The Caves

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Some large caves in the jungle. What secrets could be in there?

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Sam and Kiree soon reached the caves. They looked rather impressive.
Sam felt simply comfortable here.

"Did you come here often?" He asked her in an interested tone.
"Must be awesome to live an entire life on that planet...I wish I could too..."
His voice took shards of sadness, but his face still showed the smile he gave her.

"So, I don't know what they want you to get here, but i'll cover your back"
He then gave a headsign to the cave's entry and pulled out one of his pistols.
"I'm ready"

[Sour Kangaroo]

“I have visited caves before,” she said quietly as she stepped past him and wriggled through the shrubbery surrounding the entrance of the cave. Not these particular caves, but caves in general. Kiree glanced back at Sam, her yellow hues reflecting the light of the glowing moss on the cave entrance walls. The hint of sadness was easy for her to pick out. She frowned, feeling a stab of pity. “Perhaps with Eywa’s help you will be able to live your life here.”

Kiree continued into the cave until she found a spot that was wide enough for both of them to stand and a little extra room as well. She shrugged off her backpack and opened it, taking out a containment unit as well as a scanner, both of which she had been taught how to use before coming here. There was a small token of guilt that she felt when scratching some of the moss off the wall but she knew that it was necessary.

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Perhaps with Eywas help he could live here...that sounded like a beutiful song in his ears...
But Sam never understood who this Eywas was or what she could do and not...

"Maybe..." he finally whispered, and followed Kiree in the cave.

It made him feel embarassed...In two days, the Na'vi became more of a scientist then Sam in his whole life. They learned fast...Jeez...

Sam played with his pistol while Kiree collected the moss they needed. She did it in a very professional way.
Sam finally gasped. He spotted something wierd some meters infront of him. A half eaten pile of meat. He couldn't even tell himself anymore what it once formed...

He slowly went back to Kiree, and slowy tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey...is this...a bad sign? "
He pointed to the pile of meat with an nervous look on his face.

[Sour Kangaroo]

Kiree glanced away from the containment unit where she was now collecting some water dripping from the walls of the cave. "Hm?" She followed where Sam was pointing and saw the pile of fresh meat. Her yellow eyes widened. "Oh-!" The next word had four letters and she had learned it from an avatar who stubbed their toe. Let's just say it was a dirty word and was told not to repeat it after having someone explain what it meant. The Na'vi shoved the units into her backpack haphazardly and swung it onto her shoulder.

"Let's get out of here before-!" She cut off and froze at a deep growl that came from the shadow of the cave. Her heart began to race as the growling increased and into the glow of the flora stepped none other than that awesome carnivore we all love to hate, the thanator. Her ears pulled back in fear and she took a slow step back. "Run," she said in a voice hoarse with terror. Swallowing she said it again, shouting this time, "RUN!"

[Crimson Na'vi]

Rygen was walking through the jungle on his way back to Blue Lagoon where the other avatars were, he began speaking to himself "god it's been so long since i've been there, been in the jungle for far too long."

Ry was near the caves of the jungle clan territory when he heard someone yell run he then looked around to where the voice came from and heard a thanator roar "shit i need to book it, someone's in deep shit" he began running as fast as he could to where the voices came from as he reached the caves he saw the thanator, a Na'vi and another Avatar.

Rygen stayed out of sight from the thanator to see what would happen, hopefully the other avatar wouldn't be stupid enough to provoke the thanator

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Sam saw this terrified expression on Kiree's face...And not only this made him get the goosebumps.
A roar, full of rage and danger filled the cave, so loud, it almost hurt in Sam's ears.

His eyes widened when Kiree told him to run. No, she even yelled it at him. Then before he even could move, he saw this giant shadow approaching to them on the wall.

Sam then turned around and started to run after Kiree. If even she ran away, it must have been something really dangerous.

Both Na'vi ran to the end of the cave, hearing the screams and roars behind them approach. The sounds of massive steps became louder and louder, and soon, Sam turned around to take a look at the beast following them.

He stared into a black face. No fur, only teeth as long as his hand and four eyes glaring back at him. He didn't know what it was, he could only tell himself that it looked like a terran panther...only 5 times bigger.

Then seconds later, Sam maybe did the most stupid thing in his life.
Triggerhappy like he was, he turned around,pulling his pistols.
The black tank was approaching to him faster and faster, and soon prepared for a jump.
Sam couldn't hold himself back anymore. He simply started firing around. Only now he found out, how difficult it was to use pistols in an Avatar body...

Nearly every shot missed, only one or two hit the beast. But they didn't hurt or killed it...They only made it more angry.

Then it happened. The Thanator jumped in Sam's direction, and before the last one could move, mighty claws cut a deep wound across his shoulder.
The impact made Sam fly backwards, and made him hit the heavy walls of the cave. His pistols simply flew away.
Now the Beast was approaching...slowly...only to finish what it has started.

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Kiree skidded to a halt when she saw that Sam was no longer running beside her. She whipped around, staring at the avatar who seemed to decided to play hero instead of running. The sound of gunshots were deafening in her sensitive cat-like ears and her hands went up automatically to cover them. Kiree let out a hiss. Idiot, moron, stupid! “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” she shouted to be heard over the gunfire and snarling of the thanator.

She gasped when Sam was injured and thrown across the cave. One of the metal things clattered to her feet and she picked it up without thinking. Maybe she could use it...if she could figure out what it even was. Her mind raced for ideas as the creature approached Sam to finish him off. Reaching behind her she grabbed one of the fibreglass containment units holding cave water. “HEY!” she shouted at the thanator. “Leave him alone! Come get me! Look over here!” Anything to catch its attention and pull it away from Sam. The creature gave her a glance. With all of her strength she threw the tube. The thanator let out a roar of pain as the tube shattered above his eye, sending shards and water downward.

“Come on! Come on!” The thanator snarled and ignored Sam. He was injured, and it could come back to him later. But this Na’vi who dared hurt it would die first. Kiree took a step back before pivoting around and starting to run, the thanator right on her tail.

[Crimson Na'vi]

Rygen heard the gunshots and knew it was the avatar "god is he an idiot...." rygen reached into his bag and pulled out a mask that hid his face and all you could see were his eyes, he pulled his staff out of it's holder and ran into the caves.

Rygen looked at the hurt avatar and kneeled in front of him and spoke "are you ok pal" he saw the blood and that he was hurt pretty badly, Rygen had no medical supplies on him "look just hold on, i wil help you out."

Rygen then heard a female Na'vi in the distance, he looked in her direction and saw the thanatir chasing her "shit..." he stood up and ran after the thanator "not again you don't" rygen then jumped into the air when he was close enought o the thanator and landed on it, and felt as it started bucking trying to get him off "THIS SEEMED LIKE A REALLY GOOD IDEA IN MY HEAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he held on as best he could so the female Na'vi could do something

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Sam could barely move his body...
The impact caused by this mighty hit left it's scars...

The Pain in Sam's body made him bite his teeth together. Who would have thought that beeing an Avatar could be so painfull?
He felt the warm blood running down his schoulder...
With his still good hand, Sam felt the deep impact the Thanator's claws left on his body.

Everything he saw was unsharp, so he barely recognized the shapes of a huge humanoid carrying a staff. He then heard it say: "I wil help you out..."

Nothing more.

Sam wanted to get up, but couldn't. he couldn't even find his wapeons.
His incapability made him angry...the only thing he so did, was calling for the Na'vi who came with him to this place.

"Kiree! Are you alright?" He yelled.
In the sound of his voice we could hear the pain.

And another thing...Who was this other guy? The voice sounded so familiar...