Is this what Grief feels like...? Part 6....Culprit.
4 Weeks after her time in the hospital.
Varang and Quaritch stood in front of Parker and Angela, after hearing this Operation plan....Quaritch was...Unsure....But Varang...
"And what do I get from you?"
She says in Na'vi, sparking confusion from Angela and Parker, Quaritch looks at her in disbelief, Varang was never the quickest one to accept a deal, he knew that first hand experience.
He shook his head, confused as he translated for Angela and Parker.
"She needs somethin' in return...."
Angela scoffs, putting her hands on her hips.
"We don't have nothing for her that she already has....And I'm not all for giving her everything she wants...."
Parker, however interjects, a slight change in his voice, fear or happiness...?
"I think we have something she might like..."
He walks into another room, snapping his fingers to another guy in the room to turn on the screen. It shows footage of a cave, but Varangs reaction snaps at Ka'sem, throwing a girl on the ground, grabbing her bow.
"Fragile...And weak..."
He snaps the bow in half, the same berating tone in his voice...
"just like...Your, clan..."
Varang looks at the recording....Her face already ense enough...Why was this skyman showing her this...?
In the tape, Ka'sem had grabbed the girl by the throat, choking her, a usual thing he did....
"Do you think Eywa, can feel my hand on her throat?!"
He said menacingly, cold and devoid of any remorse, just as things got heated, a gunshot is heard, and Ka'sem drops, Varangs eyes widen, her ears pinning back....
Her eyes become black pits, her iris only yellow rings around black voids, she locks her eyes on the culprit that shot him...The Sarentu....Them...It was them....
The video turns off....Parker looks at her, his plan was working...
"Other cameras picked up the same guy with all your other friends...If you help us...We will help you..."
Varang stares at where the screen should've been, they didn't know whether she was thinking or not... Quaritch interjects for her instead.
"And who says you won't turn her into your little fame puppet?"
He says, aggressive, something he didn't mean for to come out...He knew too much about being a puppet for the suits....And he would rather burn this place down then let his woman, wife, mate and mother of his unborn child be a puppet for such a stupid man.
"I myself don't need to do anything, she has all the fame herself, the video of you two walking together has 4billion views TODAY, I have no reason to control he-"
"I Will Do It..."
Varangs voice cut through the tension, her eyes sharp, and cruel...She found the killer of her men....Her friends....The last knots of her sanity that were brutally yanked away from her...
Parker and Angela understood it just by tone alone, Parker looks to Angela, smiling stupidly, well that worked I guess...
Location: Mangkwan camp on Bridgeheads campus.
After they got in the yurt, Quaritch finally let his emotion go.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!?"
Varang whips around, taken back by his sudden yelling, she snarls, and yells back, her voice gravelly.
"YOU CANNOT ASK ME TO LET THESE WEAKLINGS LIVE AFTER WHAT THEY TOOK FOR US- TOOK FROM ME!!"
Quaritch retorts back, possibly even louder, projector-.
"THOSE SUITS DON'T GIVE A SHIT OF WHAT YOU LOST, THEY ONLY WANT TO USE YOU FOR THEIR EXPENSE!!"
"DO NOT PROJECT YOUR PROBLEM ONTO ME, MILES!"
They argue back and fourth, until they got tired...Of each other maybe? They slept without cuddling that night...
The rise of a queen and the fall of a king.
This is redemption from the short chapter last time 😀, who do you think is in the right? Varang, who is Grieving her old friends and father figure. Or Quaritch who doesn't want Varang to be manipulated, and or killed in the process, especially cause she's now I think 2 months in pregnancy.
@raggedypina Chapter 7 will possibly be a long wait. Just like this one, do you think Varang will hold back for her child? 🤔