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K-CRACK! -- SLAMS the end of the cannon into the canopy,

crazing it with a web of cracks as QUARITCH SLICES air with

the huge knife. Jake ducks, coming up to meet the next slash

and --

SMASHES the knife hand with the cannon once -- twice -- again

-- in a furious attack -- knocking the knife flying.

QUARITCH catches him with the other arm, hurling him away.

Jake rolls just before --

THUDDD! -- the massive foot stomps down where he just was. He

scrambles up as Quaritch CHARGES and --

JAKE DUCKS another round-house, LEAPING forward to smash the

canopy again -- then again -- until it is WHITE with cracks.

Quaritch manages to GRAB the cannon barrel but --

INSIDE THE COCKPIT, he sees nothing but the sun on the

shattered glass. HE HURLS the cannon blindly, but Jake ducks.

The massive cylinder cartwheels toward the shack and --

FROM INSIDE we see it CRASH against pressure window, crazing

it but not penetrating. Jake's link sits just inside.

INSIDE THE COCKPIT, Quaritch yanks a yellow handle and --

P-FOOM! -- the canopy BLOWS OFF, flying through the air.

Quaritch can see again. He dons his breathing mask. Bends to

pick up his KNIFE.

NEARBY NEYTIRI struggles furiously, trying to get her legs

free from underneath three tons of thanator.

QUARITCH, panting, glowers at Jake.

QUARITCH:

How does it feel to betray your own race?

Then, inexplicably, he TURNS. Walks away.

FROM INSIDE the shack, we see him charge straight toward us

and --

CRASH! -- he puts his hydraulic fist right through the

window. He is reaching inside for the Link when --

JAKE HITS in a flying tackle with every ounce of force he

has, knocking the ampsuit sideways and --

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JAKE REACHES around the suit, grabbing Quaritch's shoulder

and, yanks him forward HARD, SMASHING his face into the edge

of the cockpit but --

QUARITCH flings him off with a sweep of his arm, and Jake

slams to the ground.

INSIDE THE LINK Jake is holding his breath as the toxic

Pandoran air swirls in. GAS ALARMS SHRIEK.

NEYTIRI shoves with one free leg, desperately trying to pull

her other leg out.

THE AMPSUIT charges, the knife flashing down and --

JAKE just manages to catch it in both hands, but the force of

the attack drives him to his knees as --

QUARITCH pushes the knife down inexorably, until Jake is

pinned against a rock, the blade now inches from his throat.

INSIDE THE LINK Jake is straining to stay conscious, to stay

connected as --

THE KNIFE reaches his throat as --

THWAP! AN ARROW APPEARS in Quaritch's chest. He looks up.

NEYTIRI STANDS -- a FURY released. A classic archer figure,

she NOCKS another arrow. Then draws and releases smoothly.

TH-WHAP! The machine TOPPLES off Jake and lies still.

QUARITCH STARES at the two arrows in his chest. He touches

the feathers of the ancient weapon, then -- with an ironic

laugh -- he dies.

NEYTIRI runs up, another arrow nocked, bow drawn. Seeing

Quaritch, she lowers her father's bow.

JAKE sees her, then goes limp, his eyes rolling back, and --

INT. SHACK

HUMAN JAKE EXPLODES out of the Link, slamming to the floor

where he gags for breath. With his last strength, he claws

toward an emergency breathing mask -- across the room.

He scrambles toward it, on the edge of unconsciousness.

NEYTIRI VAULTS through the shattered window, landing in the

debris like a cat. She GRABS the mask and flashes to Jake's

side -- puts the mask over his face and --

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JAKE drags in breath after breath. He looks up at Neytiri,

studying him as she holds him -- seeing his human body for

the first time.

Jake touches her face, his pale human hand against the blue

of her skin. There eyes meet across the glass of the mask --

together, separate. Worldless.

CUT TO:

EXT. RAINFOREST - DAY

MO'AT tends to the mortally wounded TSU'TEY as AVATAR JAKE

arrives with Neytiri. Mo'at has bound his wounds, but by her

expression, it is clear he cannot be saved.

Jake kneels and Tsu'tey opens his eyes. Through a haze of

pain, he recognizes Jake.

TSU'TEY

(NA'VI)

I See you, Jakesully.

JAKE:

I See you, Tsu'tey te Rongloa Ateyitan.

TSU'TEY

Are the people safe?

JAKE:

They're safe.

Tsu'tey weakly clutches his severed queue.

TSU'TEY

I can never ride again, or bond with my

woman -- or hear the voice of Eywa. I can

not lead the People. You will lead them,

Jakesully.

JAKE:

No. I'm not officer material.

TSU'TEY

It is decided. Now do the duty of

Olo'eyctan. Set my spirit free.

JAKE:

I'm not killing you.

TSU'TEY

I am already dead.

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JAKE:

No.

TSU'TEY

It is the way. And it is good. I will be

remembered --

Tsu'tey's voice is weak, but thick with emotion.

TSU'TEY

-- I fought with Toruk Macto, we were

brothers -- and he was my last shadow.

TSU'TEY'S HAND clasps with Jake's in a fierce grip. Jake

draws his knife.

TSU'TEY'S POV -- Jake leans forward, blocking the sun.

HIS SHADOW falls across Tsu'tey.

JAKE:

(NA'VI)

Forgive me, my Brother. Go now to the

Mother Spirit.

By his movement, we know that he has ended Tsu'tey's pain.

Jake's eyes well with tears as he continues reciting the

prayer for the dead, and his Na'vi words carry over as we --

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. HELL'S GATE -DAY

Na'vi ride direhorses among the abandoned machines of Hell's

Gate.

Banshees roost on the roofs of the modules, and stingbats

flutter about, unimpeded. The SENTRY GUNS are silent, and

the GATES are open to the forest.

JAKE (V.O.)

A few chose to stay. Fewer were chosen.

Max, Norm, and a few of the avatars hold AR's as the

personnel of Hell's Gate file up the cargo ramp of the

remaining shuttle. The evicted humans are sullen and angry,

like POW's.

JAKE and NEYTIRI stand together, watching the departure of

the Sky People.

PARKER SELFRIDGE shuffles up the ramp. His eyes -- the eyes

of a lost soul -- meet JAKE'S. He disappears into the ship.

CUT TO:

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EXT. SPACE

ISV VENTURE STAR hangs suspended against the dark side of

PANDORA. The ISV's antimatter engines BLAZE to life and it

accelerates out of orbit.

What remains IN FRAME is a virgin, primeval world. Spanning

the black continents is a vast reticulated lace-work of

BIOLUMINESCENCE -- a ghostly WEB connecting all of Pandora.

CUT TO:

EXT. RAINFOREST - DAY

The sun's rays shaft down through the layers of canopy.

JAKE (V.O.)

The forest will heal, and so will the

hearts of the People. New life keeps the

energy flowing, like the breath of the

world.

NEYTIRI, obviously pregnant, is bow-fishing in the shallows.

Children jump and squeal with laughter in the river.

JAKE (V.O.)

This is my last videolog.

INT. LINK ROOM

VIDEO IMAGE -- Jake sits in a chair, talking straight TO

CAMERA. He is thin, pale. He looks around the high tech room.

JAKE:

The science guys will keep the lights on,

here. But I won't miss this place.

EXT. WELL OF SOULS - NIGHT

THE WILLOWS glow softly. The entire Omaticaya clan is

gathered, seated in a prayer circle around the Mother Tree.

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