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Salvation

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Part 4

I was a little scared of this first night on Pandora. It was was the first time I've been in the jungle in the middle of the night. Luckily, I wasn't completely alone, Neteyam was with me. But still, I felt a little uneasy when we walked through the bushes. I thought of all those animals that were out there. I've heard that even some of them could easily kill a Na'vi.

We made our way through the woods and I noticed that it wasn't as quiet as I thought. Especially my steps were loud because of my boots. Branches broke under my feet and i kicked stones. Neteyam turned around, an amused smile on his face. "You make noise like a mob of Angtsik.", he chuckled. Hammerheads . "Ha ha", I made. Nice that he compared me with rhinoceros-like animals. I suppressed a laugh. But he was right, I was too loud out here. But not my steps were loud, I heard chattering, screeching and chirping. The forest was truly alive but I couldn't see one single animal.

"Wait, stop!", Neteyam grabbed my wrist. Hy heart started rushing. What was happening? "What? Animals!?" Predators? But Neteyam shook his head. He sreched out his arm. "No, look!" And then I saw them:

"Pa'li", Neteyam whispered. A herd direhorses. Six-legged horse creatures. I sighed with relief. Those animals were herbivores, friendly beings. We watched them for a while. They drank nectar with their tongues or just rested under the trees. It was truly pieceful.

At a small glade, Neteyam stopped. He showed me a plant that grew directly unter one of the massive trees. It looked pretty plain, not that spectacular. It was as tall as my waist and had clycinal petals. Neteyam touched them softly and magenta color spread across the flower. I gasped in awe. Sure, I had seen bioluminescent plants before, but never in the middle of the night in the middle of Pandoras forests. It was breathtaking.

The magenta color spreaded over to other plants and within seconds, the whole glade shone in rainbow colors. Pandora was such a wonderful place!

A sweet small was in the air and I took a deep breath of the clear night. Up in the sky sparkled the stars and the gasplanet threw a color explosion onto the horizon. It was so bright that you didn't need any lights or torches. Even in the forest there was enough light, and my Na'vi eyes adjusted to the night lights.

I looked at Neteyam. The white dots on his face, which every Na'vi had, shimmered in the dark. Norm and his science friends called them freckles. Every Na'vi had a different pattern and formed a picture like a fingerprint. Like identification markings. I didn't realise that I stared enchantedly at Neteyams face until he started grinning. I had to laugh. "Sorry, it's just so..." I made an undefined gesture to the forest.

"Magnificent?", he finished my sentence.

"Yeah" I laughed.

We began our work with photographing the plant from every angle. Then I took a sample of the nectar, put it in a test tube and labelled it correctly.

While I cut the flower and some leafs off, Neteyam murmured some words in Na'vi, which I didn't understand.

Suddenly I felt like a polluter, a destroyer of nature. I had no right to cut off plants, I thought. But Norm and his science friends did this all the time...

The shimmering of the flower faded when I cut it and put it in a plastic bag. Neteyam didn't say a word about my work and I was slightly afraid that he was mad at me for cutting down the plant. He just guided me to the next plant a few minutes of foot walk away. I could take three more samples this night.

...

The sun shone though the leafs and I blinked confused. I sat up an groaned. I back ached like hell. I put one hand at that sport and shook my head. Sleeping on the bare floor wasn't a good idea. Of course I did not sleep in the hammocks in hundred feet height. I wasn't suicidal. And I had no clue how to get up there. I had slept at the foot of the tree between the thick roots. Horrible idea.

A young Omatikaya couple went by and chuckled when they saw me. I suppressed a curse. Walking hurted like hell but the movement was good. I eased my back.

I had no clue what time it was but the sun wasn't that high yes, so somewhat before noon.

My stomach rumbled. What was I supposed to eat here? I knew that the Na'vi ate the same things we humans, they were omnivorous. But where should I get that food? On my way to Mo'ats hut, I saw some fruits in a bush and I picked it. I knew these were eatable.

Mo'at was awake. She greeted me nicely and seemed very clear in her head. But her condition didn't change, she still had fever and coughed. I gave her some water from a bowl next to her bedding. We talked a bit but it was obvious that speaking was exhausting for her, and so I said goodbye and left her hut.

I checked out some other patients, which Norm and I had taken care of the other days. None of them felt any better and the hope to heal them sank.

I sighed and left that part of the forest. What now? I looked around. Mo'at was too exhausted and the plant samples I could only take at night. What should I do now?

I continued way way through the forest when suddenly someone grabbed my tail. A loud howling rang in my ears and I flinched around. Something small pulled at me and I recognised Spider. My heartbeat calmed down.

"Spider!", I cried out. The human boy just laughed. He ware his breathing mask and jumped around like an ape. He only reached up to my shoulders.

"Good morning, how was your first night in the forest?"

I rolled my eyes. "My back hurts. I slept on the floor."

Spider's eyes widened and he started laughing. "Why? Didn't they gave you a hammock?"

"Yeah, but that thing is dangerous! I don't wanna fall out!"

Spider couldn't get over it and he held his stomach while laughing. "You cannot fall out! They are constructed for that, I sleep there all the time!"

His wild energy was contagious and I grinned. "What are you up to? Where are you going?", I asked curiously.

"To the Sully's. Wanna come?"

I thought of Neteyam. Was he angry at me for cutting down that plant? "I don't know." Was I even allowed to visit them? I mean, I looked like them but inside, I was still human. And Jake was the clan leader. So his family was something like royal. But Spider visited them all the time.

"Okay, I'll come with you", I grinned and we started running.

The Sully home was located on a glade, in the middle of the village. And it was not really a hut, more like a weaved tent made out of different kinds of fabrics, leather and bamboo pillars. I could already hear the laughs from far away. And I smiled when I heard Tuk screaming something.

Spider just went inside, without hesitation as if he was part of the family. I stood outsode for a second but then I followed him.

After my eyes got used to the dimlight, I recognised them: Tuk and Kiri lay on the floor and rolled around with a laugh. They got up as they saw us and Kiri brushed off the dust from her knees. "Spider! Eva!" Sie smiled.

Tik hugged my waist with such frevor that I almost fell down. I laughed surprised and hugged her back.

"How are you? Have you slept well?", Kiri asked. Before I could answer, Spider did: "She's got a backache because slept on the floor!"

They laughed and after a small pout I joined them.

Now I saw the interior: The Sully's slept in hammocks (of course) and blankets lay on the floor to make it more comfortable. Boxes and woven baskets stood in the corners and on one box lay a bow and arrows.

"Where are the others?" I asked. Kiri shrugged. "Hunting, patrolling. The typical stuff."

"They fly on their ikrans!", said Tuk with excitement. "I can't wait to get my own ikran!"

Kiri smirked. "That's gonna take a while, ngatsyìp (little one).

I wanted to say something when the curtain at the entrance opened. Jake came in, followed by Neytiri and the boys. Toruk Makto frowned when he saw me and I was afraid he could become angry at me for coming into his home. But Jake just hut one hand on my shoulder. A gun was in his other hand. "I've been looking for you!", he said and his voice sounded worried.

"Norm's got sick."

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