Finally got the first part of Vincent Cole's story
Italicized is translated Na'vi
Warning: most likely bad spelling and grammar, no beta read
Vincent rested quietly in his cave sipping on some Dawn fruit mead he had made. It was supposed to be a calm day, but the sound of a helicopter cut through the air as he let out a groan. Vincent slowly rose to his feet and walked over to his weapon basket pulling out his bow and a quiver of arrows before turning to the exit of his cave grabbing his sash pouch, and pushing through the curtain door.
He stepped out from his cave brandishing his bow as he moved to the cliff edge looking down at the abandoned fueling station. His eyes landed on 3 RDA foot soldiers and one AMP suit surrounding a tree. Slowly, he slid down the cliff using a vine to slow his descent and quietly crept closer. Vincent got behind a foot soldier before grabbing them with a hand around their mouth and plunging an arrow through their back.
As he dropped the body, he slowly moved closer, notching an arrow and aiming at the other two foot soldiers waiting for the moment they overlapped before releasing it. The arrow pierced the two foot soldiers like a human skewer. The AMP suit turned around only to get an arrow through the glass and into their chest.
Vincent turned to the tree, seeing a rather tall and familiar Na'vi leaning against it in obvious pain, clutching his shoulder with a deep groan. As Vincent moved closer, crouching down, he could see the Na'vi looking him over. Vincent pulled a Dapophet pod from his pouch and handed it to the Na'vi.
“Here it looks like you need this,” Vincent said with a soft, kind voice as the Na'vi carefully took the Dapophet pod. Vincent looked the man over, taking in the vest covered in RDA tags worn like trophies. Vincent’s ears flicked as he realized he recognized the man from a few months back when Ka'nat shunned the resistance after his mate was killed by the RDA upon their return.
“Thank you… You are Nafika’s young, correct?” The man asked with a groan as he ate the Dapophet pod before popping his left shoulder back in place. The crack and pop made Vincent's ears fold back for a second.
“Uh.. Yes. Vincent” Vincent introduced as he stuck his hand out to help the Na'vi up. His ears folded back as the man got to full height towering over him.
“So’lek” the Na'vi, So'lek, groaned still in a bit of pain as he stood up grabbing his bow before he looked down at Vincent, whom he towered over by 6 feet. So'lek remembered seeing Vincent at the Aranahe's HomeTree next to Nafika with bandaged hands and feet trying to weave.
“You are a young dreamwalker… The RDA shows no bounds when it comes to hurting their own” So'lke said with disdain for the RDA as his ears flicked back and tail thrashed. He looked down at Vincent with something akin to sympathy.
“Y..Yeah, all they care about is their own gain” Vincent sighed, shaking his head as his tail tightened around his right thigh at the memories of the past. Vincent's nose twitched as he sniffed the air smelling more RDA soldiers nearby. His lips instinctively pulled tight against his teeth at the scent.
“We should leave before they draw closer,” So'lek said with a silent growl. Vincent followed So'lek as he led him away from the fueling station and up a cliff. Vincent knew the resistance HQ base was on the other side of the waterfall but he never went over there as he was still wary of humans.
Vincent looked around with caution and awe as they got to the resistance HQ base, his eyes flicking to the humans who stood outside masked up studying plants and talking. Vincent looked over to the large orange air lock door and inside stood a girl with purple hair, looking excited to see So’lek.
“It's soundproof Priya” So'lek groaned as he looked over his shoulder at Vincent trying not to laugh at So'lek's annoyance. Soon, the door opened and they both entered, Vincent looked around the small space as the doors closed with a hiss memories of his past flooded back making his tail tighten around his leg. With a deep breath, he schooled himself looking forward as the doors hissed open to the resistance HQ.
“OH, another one? Welcome to the Resistance HQ.. Uh.. Oel ngati Kamele” Priya greeted Vincent with a small bounce and a big nervous smile looking between him and So'lek. Vincent paused for a moment before looking at So'lek as he realized he had almost forgotten how to speak English. He can still understand it just hasn't spoken in a while.
“Uh.. Priya, right?” Vincent
asked awkwardly in slightly messy English before lifting five-fingered, beat past before Priya realized Vincent was really a Na'vi
“Oh, you… You're an Avatar. Oh wow, we haven't seen another in a long time.” Priya stammered in shock looking Vincent over and how he didn't look like an Avatar in her view.
“Another?” Vincent asked, looking over to So’lek confused. So'lek gestured to the female Avatar talking to a very nervous-looking Na'vi in human clothes.
“Alma Cortez. She is the leader at this base. She was a TAP teacher” So'lek explains walking over to Alma with Vincent whose ears flicked as he looked her over suddenly getting a bad vibe that he couldn't yet explain.
“Wait, TAP?.. The Ambassador Program? She was a part of that horrid team?” Vincent asked with disgust his ears pulling back as his tail uncurled and thrashed at the memories of reading about TAP back in the Lab he was raised in. Vincent wasn't even trying to be quiet as he stood in front of Alma next to So'lek.
“Uh…Yeah, it wasn't the proudest moment of my life” Alma muttered in poor broken Na'vi as Vincent looked over to her with his ears down looking her up and down. Alma looked ashamed and guilty at her past.
“I still can't believe we were in there for 16 years” The nervous Na'vi muttered to himself, making Vincent's ears perk up at the timeline. Vincent glanced over to So'lek for answers.
“In Tap. the Sarentu including Teylan here, Nor, and Ri'nela have spent the last 16 years in cryo tubes in what remains of TAP” So'lek explained as the nervous Na'vi, Teylan, nodded with his head down the brim of his hat covering his eyes.
“...Why didn’t you get them out after the RDA left?” Vincent asked Alma as his ears flicked back and his tail stopped moving. Alma looked nervous at the question, her ears flicking back as her tail lowered.
“Thats a question for another time. We have more important things happening right now” So'lek said with a gruff commanding voice. Vincent immediately stepped down his tail going back around his right leg.
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