A night's hunt

[Kade]

Kade grins as he places his breathing mask over his face and opens the tube so oxygen can flow freely right after he does so his pilot sighs and looks back to him. "Are you sure you want to do this? You know everytime you come out here is just another chance for you to get killed and since we don't fly at night you will not have an evac..." Kade looks to him and laughs. "Who says i'm going to need an evac? What good is a life-threatening hunt with a sure way of escape, makes your sense dull and your mind becomes dark and you cant think at a moments notice. If i die it means my prey is better prepared than I am, Just be glad, I'm going to remove some of "Threats" You flyboys worry about." The pilot sighs agian and looks to the sun as it crests the horizon, clearing less than an hour until it is night and every nocturnal beast comes out to feed. "if you say so..." He sets the gunship down in a small clearing. Kade jumps from the side door and hits the pilot side two twice. "Make it look like an extraction, you wouldnt want to make it seem like im here, now would you?" The pilot nods. "No sir, I don't" Kade nods moveing off into the foliage as the gunship takes off agian. "Good man..Good man.." He stalks silently through the thick vegitation of the forest at a fast but controled pace. As soon as the sun goes down and the plants begin to lite up he has climbed a predetermined tree and is now perched high upon it. His rifle laid across his legs as his eyes search the area around him.

[Akame]

Akame had been curious about the sky-people for a while now. She had heard stories and had developed a burning hatred for them after the death of her older sister. Tonight she was determined to see what was going on over at the base, and why they were so formidable. After all they had been driven away once before, how hard could a second time be? Quietly she jumped branch to branch making no noise. Unlike the sky-people she knew the forest extremely well, and moving silently was just one of those advantages that she enjoyed. A bow was slung over her shoulders, but she didn’t plan on having to use it, it was just there for protection purposes in case she got caught or she decided to take out one of the sky-people as a warning.

Spotting a suitable branch high up off the ground she jumped to it and crouched them amongst the leaves. Despite the bioluminescence she was knew how to hide herself. Creeping forward on the branch she removed the bow, carrying it in one hand and making it much easier to use and as an advantage it also made a great close combat weapon if it came down to it. As she continued to creep forward she could faintly hear voices talking up ahead. Luckily she had learned English from her father and while she spoke it was a thick Na’vi accent she understood it almost perfectly.

From the safety of her branch she saw one of them climb up another tree. It was almost tempting to draw her bow and kill him right there on the spot as a warning that they could not take their land. Curiosity was getting the best of her however. What were they doing back here and what were they wearing on their faces? Akame tried to remember what her father told her of sky-people technology but she was drawing a blank. Perhaps if she watched them a little bit longer her questions would answer themselves.

[Kade]

Kade remains motionless, his eyes are the only thing that moves. At everysound that was made his eyes would move too to check to see if it was his prey to the night, seeing it was not or was just the plants makeing the noise he would return to scanning the area. A very professient hunter and stalker his senses were keen to the subtle calm that would arise slowly as the moment before the first shot was fired. He breaths deeply but it made no sound, a skill he learned in his sniper training.

He slowly starts to pull the butt of the gun to his shoulder, everything is silent but it seems he was aware of something, his movments were subtle and silent, each move he made was carefully controled as to not draw one ounce of awareness to him. He looks through his scope to where the Na'vi Unaware to him was hideing but it seemed he was looking past her, his attention drawn to that of a small hunting party returning late with their kill. Seeing them as not a threat to him and not a very smart target to shoot at becuase he knew as soon as he fired he would have to move. He returns his rifle to his lap giveing no sign as if he did or did not see the Na'vi that was infact watching him.

[Akame]

Akame’s eyes widen with surprise and fear for a moment when she thinks she has been spotted. Gripping her bow tightly, ready to grab one of her poisonous arrows she stares at him from her hiding spot. A sound behind her grabs her attention and she looks to see a hunting party. She looks to the sky for a moment and watches and Ikran and rider pass over head. Knowing that a few of her people are near by makes her feel slightly calmer. Determined to know what the sky-people were up to she holds her position, mostly because she wonders if she was spotted and the marine is playing with her, wanting her to make the first move.

Knowing it would be bad if she were to expose her position when she wasn’t sure if she was spotted or not she crouches lower on the branch as she silently moves an arrow into position, aimed at the solider. Having never seen their weapons before she wasn’t sure how fast they were, but she was confident she could get the first blow if it came down to it.

[Kade]

Kade remains silent but instead of scanning the area he takes up his rifle and disengages the safety, giveing off a distinct click that is rarely heard further than the shooter. He is aiming right at the Foliage that serves as cover for the hidden Na'vi.

He grins as he sees the leaves sway slightly, its almost unnoticable but he takes every detail into consideration. He moves his aim slightly to right and moves his finger to the trigger and fires, the bullet cuts through the leaves next to you, but the gun, makes now noise, seems it is silenced for the time being. He was testing what his instincts told him. His shot was a distinctive miss as if to make you fire upon him, if you were truely there.

[Akame]

Fear ran down her body as the gun fired and the bullet whizzed past where she was hiding. It was an obvious test to see if she was there or not, but if she moved she was in the open, if she didn’t she was a sitting duck if he chose to fire again. Panic threatened to overwhelm her, seeing as she had never been in this situation before. He was just sitting there though, could she get her arrow off before he could fire at her again. His weapon moved faster but it wasn’t covered in a neurotoxin like hers was.

She decided to hold her position for a moment longer; if he fired again she might have to move, assuming she didn’t die. Killing a sky-person so close to base seemed like a bad idea right now. The idea of warning them was appealing but how long would she have to escape. Of course if she had her ikran nearby that wouldn’t have been a problem, but she wasn’t near. Akame knew she could always call her, but that would be a dead giveaway. An idea dawned upon her, maybe she could distract this solider if he didn’t fire again. She crouched low as she could on her belly trying not to rustle anything.

[Kade]

Kade nods once and draws back his rifle, removeing the silencer which he placed into his side pocket of his packet silently and took aim agian, For him to remove his silencer ment that he had a clear idea of where you were. He fired agian and then instincts kicked in. As soon as the muzzle flash escaped his rifle he was repelling down the tree and a few seconds later moveing through the foliage. The bullet cut through the leaves, grazeing your hair, seems he thought you were higher than that, the echo of the shot moves quickly through the trees.

Seems he knew what he was doing... after all he spent weeks mapping out his hunting grounds. Paths, Points of enterests, Distances all in his head. He was takeing a hidden path rarely seen from above. He wasnt sure if it was a kill or not but he knew what was around him and made his shot, whether it was a clean kill or not would be determined in the morning by inspecting the tree for blood splatter if the body was removed. His movements are incrediably silent for a human in an unknown environment.

[Akame]

Akame flinched at the closeness of the bullet. She was sure now that she had to move, but where too? Taking advantage of the fact that he was on the ground and she was still up in the trees she quietly leaped to the next branch and climbed higher up where the leaves were denser giving her cover. There she drew her bow, an arrow notched and ready to fire. As the marine moved through the foliage she kept an arrow focused on him, ready to fire it thorough his chest if she needed too and if he didn’t happen to see it coming and move out of the way in time.

[Kade]

KAde continued to make his way through the vegetation. Knowingly that there might be Na'vi after him now, but its just part of the fun and he can't argue with that. As he continued he would shift directions down another path and another to weave his way through avoiding the most dangerous areas until he was sure that he was not being followed.

After sometime he slowed to a stop in a densly packed underbrush. Looking to his watch he nodded and scanned the ground floor with his scope, seeing none he aimed for the trees. Scanning, He feels that he is now the hunted and he found a strange pleasure in that... For once his own survival skills will be put to the test. Not seeing a distinct sign of anything out of the usual for the Na'vi following him from above is in a high, well hidden spot. He moves deeper into the brush, every inch makes him fade from sight even more. The glow of the base is seen in the distance and even the thought of moveing towards it made him feel sick. -This was a hunt damnit, So why go back, theres no fun in that. Lets see how well they are at hunting, I've heard rumors but i want to see first hand myself- HE thought to himself as he took up a well camofluaged, well covered snipeing position that gave him amble opertunity to fire both ground level and above. Checking his watch one last time let him know that he has atleast another six hours to play his little game with the Na'vi until his night ops are over at sunrise.