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CHAPTER 8
Dawn had come more quickly than they would have liked, and everything was eerily calm. Not even the animals of the forest weren't making a sound. The warriors of the Omatikaya clan were saying their goodbye to their loved ones before they went out to battle. Mate hugged and kissed, children held on tight to their parents not wanting to let go and what elders were left set together and pried to Eywa for the safe return of their warriors.
Spyro and Cynder, who were painted up with the colors of their dragon forms, were with Mo’at saying goodbye to little Sylwanin before they left for battle. “You be good for grandma, ok little one don’t give her a hard time.” Said Cynder as she held her daughter tightly to her chest. Spyro was right beside his mate, a hand on his daughter’s little head, he let Cynder do all the talking to Sylwanin.
“Do not worry she will be just fine.” said Mo’at as she gently took Sylwanin out of her mother's arms and into the sling that Mo’at now had around her chest. Cynder nodded, holding back her tears. Spyro put his arm around her shoulders, and he led her to where Jake, Neytiri and Tsu’tey were waiting.
When they arrived where the group was waiting, Cynder and Spyro walked up to them. Spyro then put one hand on Tsu'tey’s shoulder and his other hand on Cynder’s shoulder. Tsu’tey put his hand on Spyro and Jake’s shoulders, Jake did the same with Tsu’tey and Neytiri, Neytiri with Jake and Cynder and Cynder with Neytiri and Spyro. Spyro then said, “ May the ancestors look after you.” and then together as one they said, “ May they look after us all.”
They then broke the circle and moved to their own mounts. Before Jake mounted Toruk Jake said to Spyro “ You know you never did tell me what that saying was about.” Spyro gave him a smile and then said as he mounted on Latem. “ A story for after the battle.” Jake huffed a laugh and then threw his hands in the air and then mounted onto Toruk.
All five took off and flew to the Hallelujah Mountains with Jake in the lead and Spyro and Tsu’tey on his left and Cynder and Neytiri on his right. As they flew, the other Ikran riders were right behind them.
They soon reached the place where they would set up an ambush and take the sky people by surprise. The ikrans held onto the floating mountains and their riders watched as the air ships moved below them. Both riders and mounts were tense and ready to spring the trap.
Jake and his group flew through where the floating mountains made a canyon and both Neytiri and Tsu’tey called for the gathered Na’vi and they started their attack. “ Brothers, I'm going to punch a hole and you two follow through.” Jake said with the throat mic and Spyro and Tsu’tey “Yes Toruk Makto.”
All the ikran riders dove at the airships. Jake had Toruk grab a ship with his feet and swing it into the side of the mountain making the ship explode. Tsu’tey shoots a pilot through the front window killing him right then and there. Spyro threw an ice bomb at the blades of the ship, freezing them and causing it to spin and crash into the mountain. One by one the Na'vi rain down on the Sky People.
Soon the sky people started to fire back at them. And ikran riders start to fall Spyro kept up with Jake as both Toruk and rider worked as one and Spyro shot at as many Sky People as he could. Suddenly Spyro felt a pain that was not his own; it was at his hip and Latem let out a screech of pain making him rear back and making Spyro fly off of Latem’s saddle, losing his bow as he did.
As Spyro was falling he had thoughts of changing forms, but the thoughts vanished as he felt a tug on his arm and then slammed onto a warm body on his front. Spyro looked down and saw that he was lying on the back of Toruk and was behind Jake.
Jake looked behind him to look at Spyro and said to him “ let's save the dragon for when we really need it.” Spyro laughed with a nod of his head. Spyro got up on his feet and threw a ball of lightning at a nearby airship.
“ Jake! Jake! We're falling back! We're getting hammered!” said Norm over the comms “ Copy get out of there!” Jake replied to Norm. Jake then turned his head just in time to see The Dragon “ Hold on back there!” Jake said to Spyro and Jake had Toruk make a sharp turn. Spyro took a hold to one of Jake’s weapon straps as Toruk made the sharp turn.
The Dragon started to fire at them Jake and Toruk dodge the missiles by flying behind big boulders. Spyro sat on his knees staying as close to Jake as he could, not wanting to fall off a second time. The firing stopped when Trudy flew over The Dragon and fired at it.
WITH CYNDER AND NEYTIRI
Both Cynder and Neytiri were being chased by a Scorpion that fired at them even as they moved below the forest canopy trying to out fly it. They flew over a shallow river dodging the bullets. As Cynder and Neytiri looked back to see if they lost the Scorpion, they did not see the amp suit. The amp fired at Neytiri and Seze hitting the ikran in the chest. Neytiri yelled at the phantom pain that corseted through her.
Both ikran and rider crashed, Seze first crashed into some vines making her rider fly off and making Neytiri roll multiple times on the ground. Cynder dove down close to where Neytiri came to a halt. Cynder jumped off of Lawr mid-flight and landed by Neytiri and helped her up. Neytiri got up with a hiss of slight pain from both the phantom pain and the tumble she took from the fall, Neytiri looked to where she saw Seze last, and she spotted her ikran “Seze!” yelled Neytiri and she ran to her companion. Cynder followed after her and both stayed low to the ground to avoid getting hit by bullets.
They got to Seze but she was already dead. Both women watch the carnage that was all around them, Na'vi being shot, explosions sending pa’li and Na’vi alike flying with force. Neytiri yelped as an explosion went off not that far from them. Cynder put her arms around Neytiri and pulled her to herself and brought them close to the ground. Neytiri eyes landed on a pa’li who was running away from battle with its battle regalia on fire.
WITH SPYRO AND JAKE
“ Tsu’tey, brother do you read!” Jake asked as both him and Spyro fly though the mountains. Both men kept an eye out for more sky people. “ Rogue one, you copy. Trudy.” Jake had been trying to get a hold of their team, but no one had answered yet.
WITH CYNDER AND NEYTIRI
“ Ma Jake!” Neytiri said into the throat comm as both she and Cynder ran for cover behind a tree. They wait for Jake to respond. “ I read you, do you have eyes on Cynder?” said Jake. Neytiri slid down the tree that was to her back. “ I'm with Neytiri but we're on the ground.” said Cynder as she put her hand on top of Neytiri’s head. Cynder took a peck out from behind their tree and then quickly pulled back.
“ Seze dead, they are very close, there are many.” Neytiri said. In the corner of her eye Neytiri could see the shadows start to smoke and crawl up Cynder’s legs, and she sees Cynder take out her knife. “ Do not attack! Do you read me Neytiri and Cynder!” They hear Jake say but Neytiri ignored him as she brought her father's bow that was now hers in front of her and nocked an arrow.
“ Do not attack! Fall back now! Get out of there! That's an order!” Jake said. Neytiri takes deep calming breaths as she draws the bowstring back “ Neytiri! Cynder!” It was Spyro that said that. Neytiri and Cynder were ready to attack but stopped when one of the sky people said something.
“ Stop and hold! Something is coming. 200-meters” all the sky people stopped and looked to where the movement was coming from.
Cynder and Neytiri fell back against the tree that they were hiding behind. Both their ears perked up as they heard the sound of thunder and lightning but that couldn’t be because there were no clouds in the sky. Cynder and Neytiri looked to where the sound was coming from and was met with a herd of ‘angtsik. The herd went around them and went straight for the sky people. The ‘angtsik threw sky people around like children playing roughly with their toys.
It wasn’t only ‘angtsik but also talioang, nantang all of the forest inhabitants seemed to be fighting back against the Sky People. “ Jake Eywa has heard you.”
WITH SPYRO AND JAKE
Both Jake and Spyro looked at each other confused about what Neytiri was talking about. Then there were the sounds of Ikran calls. Both men turned to where the calls were coming from, and they saw hundreds of ikrans flying towards the ships “ Eywa heard you!” Neytiri yelled over the comms, her voice cracking just a bet.
Both men were filled with new hope as they watched as ikran swarmed the airships like zize’ do flowers. Ikrans bring down ship after ship. Spyro took this as a blessing from the Great Mother, so without giving Jake a warning he jumped off of Toruk and transformed into a dragon.
Spyro flew to a ship that an ikran was trying to get a person that was inside it. As the person turned to shoot at the ikran his back was to the other door. Spyro took hold to the side of the ship, he then grabbed the person with his mouth and then flung him outside and dropped him to the forest below. Spyro then set the ship on fire with his fire breath and let go of the ship.
The purple dragon smiled to himself and moved on to the next ship to help other ikran and to make a path for Jake to get to the biggest ship.
WITH CYNDER AND NEYTIRI
Cynder and Neytiri ran with the nantang, Neytiri was shooting at Sky People and Cynder was using the shadows to jump from person to person to slit their throats. Both women stopped when the area was clear, there was then a roar right beside them.
They looked to the side to see a palulukan, the great beast looked at the women eyeing them. He locked eyes with Neytiri and snarled at her and then bowed his head to her.
Neytiri looked to Cynder and then back to palulukan. Neytiri smiled and walked to the beast and formed tsaheylu with him, Neytiri then jumped on his back. Neytiri turned her smile to Cynder, and she smiled too and then Neytiri helped Cynder to get on the palulukan’s back. They took off at a run.
WITH SPYRO AND JAKE
When Jake and Spyro got to the biggest ship they both took a side and ran the length of the ship killing Sky People that were in trenches, Jake with his gun and Spyro by making ice spires with his breath.
Jake dropped his gun because he had run out of bullets. He then took one of his grenades, taking out the pins and threw it into one of the ship’s vents. “ Spyro grenade!” Jake called out to Spyro before he jumped off the ship and back onto Toruk. Spyro got off the ship just as the grenade exploded.
Both men watched as the largest ship flew into a pillar taking off a wing and then it crashed to the ground it then exploded into a big fire ball.
Spyro flew beside Jake. Jake then pointed to The Dragon, Spyro nodded and flew ahead of Jake. Spyro flew below The Dragon and Jake had Toruk fly above. Spyro then flew straight up and then grabbed a hold of the cockpit window just as Toruk passed overhead.
Spyro looked inside the ship and saw a pilot and a man behind him that had three scares going down his face. Spyro’s lips pulled up in a snarl showing his fangs, he then used his fire breath and blew it onto the window just as the scared man turned and saw Jake as he was taking out the pins out of the grenades.
All of the sudden the ship jerked to the side sending both Jake and Spyro off balance. Spyro lost his grip on the window, his claws scratching the glass and he fell for a moment before he caught himself with his wings. Spyro shakes his head to get rid of the dizziness. He looks back at The Dragon and Spyro sees Jake hanging on to the ship with a white stick in his hand.
Jake climbs up a bet with the white stick still in his hands, he looks at the stick then to the ship's blades. Just as Jake was about to throw the stick the scared man from the cockpit pops out of a little door and points a gun at Jake. At the same time that the man shoots at Jake, Jake puts his whole body into the throw sending him off the ship. The stick hit the blades and caused a large explosion.
Spyro dives after Jake to catch him, Spyro catches Jake with his front legs bringing him to his chest and curls around him just as they hit the canopy of the forest. Spyro hits vines, large palm leaves, branches and more vines. Spyro then hits the ground and rolls for a bit. When Spyro comes to a stop he lets go of Jake and Spyro turns back into a na’vi.
Both men are panting as they watch as The Dragon falls out of the sky and crashes to the ground and explodes. “ What are the chances that the scared man served?” asked Spyro as he leaned on a fallen log. “ Pretty high. Come on, let's get to the shack.” said Jake and both him and Spyro ran in the direction of the shack.
WITH CYNDER AND NEYTIRI
As Neytiri and Cynder were riding the palulukan back to the Tree of Souls was when they saw a lone amp suit. The Sky Person was aiming his gun at the Dream Walker shack. Neytiri had her mount charged at the person. The beast jumped just as the amp suit turned around. The palulukan landed on the suit and then got off of it and got in between the suit and the shack.
The palulukan roars, then lunges at the suit and brings it to the ground. The suited man got up and started to fire his gun, but the palulukan tackled the suit to the ground and then grabbed the gun and smashed it on a rock and broke it into little bits.
As they turned back the suit punched the palulukan, he then tried to grab one of the na’vi women, but they dunked before he could. The great beast lunged again at the suit and both the suit and beast grabbed each other and they started to wrestle. Neytiri and Cynder look at the man in the suit and they both hiss at him.
The suit then throws the palulukan back but the beast lunges at him again. The man using the suit threw the beast at a tree, Neytiri was able to stay on but Cynder was not. Cynder lost her grip and hit a tree that was behind the one that Neytiri and the palulukan hit, Cynder had hit her head and was dizzy.
As Cynder was trying to clear her head, Neytiri had the palulukan lunge at the suit again but as the beast did the suited man stabbed the palulukan in the stomach and he did that three times. He then threw Neytiri and the beast again to the ground, trapping Neytiri’s leg. The suited man jumped and plunged his large knife into the palululkan’s heart, twisting it, killing the great beast.
The man took his knife out of the beast and was ready to stab Neytiri but when he heard someone say “ Give up Quaritch! It’s all over.” It was Jake as both he and Spyro jumped down from a tree “ Surrender and the Na’vi will show mercy.” said Spyro acting as the negotiator of the two of them.
The man, Quaritch, flipped his knife and said to them “ Nothing's over while I'm breathing.” with gritted teeth Jake said, “ Kinda hoped you'd say that.” As Jake ran at Quaritch, Spyro ran to Neytiri to help her. Spyro got there just as Cynder did. The mated couple tugged on the palulukan and Neytiri pushed, trying to get the beast off her pinned leg.
There were the sounds of wood braking and metal hitting metal, then there was the sound of glass breaking. Then there was p-foom sound and then the Sky Person spook “ Hey Sully, how does it feel to betray your own race?” they hear Jake hiss at him, his answer clear as day. “ You think you're one of them? Time to wake up.”
Cynder and Spyro doubled their efforts when they heard more glass breaking and the shack's alarm going off. All three heard Jake scream in pain. Spyro looked back and saw Jake hanging by his queue. They finally moved the beast just enough for Neytiri to slip free.
Neytiri looked around for her bow and arrows. She found them, she grabbed it, nocked an arrow and drew back aimed and fired at Quaritch. The arrow landed below his heart. Quaritch let go of Jake dropping him to the ground.
Neytiri fired another arrow, this time it landed in his heart. Neytiri, Cynder and Spyro ran over to Jake and stood over him all three hisses at Quaritch. They watch as the man drops dead. All three turned to Jake “ Jake.” Neytiri said, shaking him a little trying to get him up.
Spyro heard the sound of crashing coming from the shack. “Neytiri, the shack.” Spyro said Neytiri ran to the shack and was stopped by a window that was still intact. Neytiri saw the broken window and climbed through it.
Cynder and Spyro looked through the glass window and watched as Neytiri gathered Jake into her arms, shaking him and calling his name. They see Neytiri look to the side, and she grabs something. It was the mask of the Exopack. She put it on his face, and they waited, and nothing happened. Spyro’s ears flattened, and he put his head on the window, his eyes shut tight, Cynder put her face in Spyro’s neck.
Then there was a gasp and the mates looked back inside and saw Jake gasping for air. Jake secures the mask and looks around he sees Spyro and Cynder and then he locks eyes with Neytiri. Jake placed his hand on Neytiri’s cheek, and she placed her bigger hand on his small one. Neytiri smiles with tears in her eyes. “ I see you.” Jake said to Neytiri, and she said back “ I see you.”
FOREST DAY
After getting Jake’s Sky Person body to a commodore Hells Gate so he can get back into his Na’vi body they were called to go deep in the forest. They had found Tsu'tey; he was mortally wounded and was hanging on as long as he could.
The two pairs of mates ran as fast as they could through a burning forest. There was a high-pitched call of a Na’vi and they made it to Tsu’tey’s side, with Jake and Spyro on one side and Neytiri and Cynder on the other side. Cynder was clutching her brother's arm. “I see you Jakesully.” Tsu’tey said “ I see you brother.” Jake said back.
“ Are the people safe?” Tsu’tey asked, his voice raspy with pain, “ They're safe.” Jake said. Tsu’tey looks down at his blood-soaked hands and then back up at Jake and says to him “ I cannot lead the People. You will lead them, Jakesully.” Spyro’s eyes widened knowing what Tsu’tey was asking of Jake.
“ No. I'm not officer material.” Jake said, Cynder looked up at Spyro, slightly asking him to save her little brother. “Tsu’tey let me save you, you know I can do that.” Spyro said as he reached for a posh that he kept on his tewng at all times. But was stopped when Tsu’tey grabbed his wrist and said to him “No! You will not. You save that crystal for when it is needed most.” Tsu’tey said he then looked back to Jake and said to him “ It is decided. Now do the duty of Olo'eyktan.” As he was saying this, he made Jake grab ahold of his knife.
“ I'm not killing you.” Jake said softly, his ears pinned back to his head. “ It is the way. And it is good. I will be remembered, I fought with Toruk Makto, we were brothers, and he was my last shadow.” Both Cynder and Neytiri cried, Cynder’s body shucked with silent sobs as she held on tighter to her brother’s arm.
Jake looks to Neytiri and the others he then leans forward, blocking the sun. his shadow falls across Tsu'tey. Jake then plunges his knife into Tsu’tey ending his suffering. “Forgive me, my brother. Go now to the Mother Spirit.” Jake says keeping his voice calm. Neytiri had gathered Cynder into her arms, Spyro’s head was bowed and was reciting the prayer for the dead with Jake.
“The aliens went back to their dying world only a few were chosen to stay.”
“What happened to Toruk uncle Jake?” Jake looked at Sylwanin who was sitting next to Kiri. Kiri was holding Sparks close to her little body, Neteyam was on Sylwanin’s other side and Spider next to Neteyam. The boys looked up at him and Spyro, eyes wide with wonder.
“The time of great sorrow had ended. Toruk Makto was no longer needed.” Jake said Spyro rolled his eyes at Jake “He let Toruk go my little flower.” Spyro said to Sylwanin and Jake looked at him and pushed on his shoulder and said to him “Here I am trying to sound wise and here you are just spitting out facts.”
“I hope you two are not fighting like children in front of the children.” said a voice behind them. Both men turned their heads to see their mates walking into Jake’s and Neytiri’s tent. Both women held a baby in a sling little Lo’ak and Ignitus.
“Were not fighting ma Cynder just telling the tale of Toruk Makto the Skxawng.” Spyro said as Spyro got up to greet his mate. From behind Spyro, Jake gasped in mock offense. Behind them Sparks made little chattering noises and Kiri laughed and said to the prolemuris “That's mean Sparks.” The prolemuris squirmed got out of Kiri’s arms and leaped out of the family tent.
“Well in any case it's time for little ones to go to sleep.” said Neytiri, side eyeing Spider with a little frown on her face. “Right, come on Spider time to go to Hells Gate.” Spyro said as he lifted Spider and placed him on his hip walked out the tent. “But dad.”
“No buts, what do we care about most when it comes to you?” asked Spyro as he walked the path to Hells Gate. “My health.” Spider said with a pout on his face and little arms crossed. “That's right and that means that you need a good night’s sleep in air that wouldn’t kill you.” Spyro said he then kissed the top of Spider’s head.
The past two years have been bliss and he hopes for many more to come. No more battles and needless death, just good hunts and happy children.