Ch2-Expectations
Kara softly closed the door as she left the tall building. The heels of her shoes clicked on the sidewalk and echoed eerily into the darkness. Suddenly she could feel someone behind her. She turned just in time to see a man jump out of the darkness and grab her before she could even inhale a breath to scream. He wrapped his large calloused hands over her mouth and twisted her arms around in unnatural positions. Kara began to cry quietly as she thought about the horrible things that could happen. Out of the darkness came a strangled cry and the man that was attacking her was flicked off her like a flea. Kara turned and looked at Riddick straight into his silvery blue eyes. Even though her hands were trembling and her heart was racing, she straightened out her clothes and took a deep, shuddering breath. "You" She said coldly. Riddick grinned at her attempt to be strong. "Me" He said. Kara sighed and tried to walk away, but the heel of her shoe got caught in a drainage hole and
she tripped, with lighting speed, Riddick caught her in his arms before she fell to the pavement. "Who are you anyway?" She asked getting out of his embrace, she was partly angry because she liked the feeling of his warm skin. Riddick shrugged a muscled shoulder. "Just a guy" He said. How I'd like to believe that. He thought to himself. All the events rushed to her head and she collapsed, again, he quickly caught her. Her face brushed his neck and she said sleepily. "You smell like wood smoke and fresh raspberries" Then her dark green eyes closed and her long black inky lashes rested on her ivory cheeks. Riddick smiled and said. "Yeah, I get that a lot" He carried her to the hotel and checked them both in. When the clerk at the desk looked at him confused. "My.. Wife is exhausted." Riddick said and took the key to the room as the clerk checked them in.
The next morning, Kara slowly woke up and stared at the blank white walls and began to panic. Where am I? This isn't my apartment. Her apartment was the exact opposite of the blandness, her walls where painted a rich blue and were covered with paintings of the wine fields of Italy, the beautiful fields in France, and the wide stretching blue seas of Ireland with the fishing boats bobbing like toys in a child's bath. She looked to the bed next to her and saw it ruffled like someone had slept in it. Her emerald eyes saw Riddick sitting in a leather chair looking out the window, sitting as still as a statue. "What am I doing here?" She asked him sleepily. "You passed out, I took you here to sleep," He said without taking his eyes off the window. "I have to get to the hospital, I have to make sure you're friend is okay" At this Riddick did look at her. Even though he was wearing black goggles, she could feel how intense his eyes were. "Jack will be fine, she's a survivor." Kara
nodded slowly and sat up. "Yes, well, be that as it may, I still need to check on her" She looked down and noticed that she was only wearing her flesh colored bra. She quickly snatched at the blanket and covered herself up. "Where are my clothes?" She asked. "In the bathroom" When she looked around confused, he lifted an arm and pointed in the direction. "Okay" Kara muttered as she walked in, still half asleep and saw her reflection in the mirror. "Oh god" She moaned. She picked up her white cotton button down shirt and saw a long tear in it along with some dried blood. "Um, I'm not even going to ask." She said as she slipped it on with her black slacks and tried desperately to fix her hair. Riddick came into view behind her and nodded. "That's probably best. We should hurry and get to Jack before she wakes up, if we're too late she's going to wonder where we are" Kara nodded and scooped her hair into a bun. "Come on" She said. They walked downstairs quickly and checked out.
They arrived a few minutes before
Jack woke up and the first thing she saw was Riddick. "Hi" She said sleepily. "Morning Jack" He said and kissed her forehead. "You're fevers down" He said and smiled. Jack relaxed her body as Kara began to do some tests.
That afternoon, Riddick came into the hospital room and said to Kara while Jack was resting. "I'm going out" He closed the door and walked briskly down the road to a bar. Hours later he came back to the hospital. Kara was in her office and Jack was still asleep. He was more then half-pissed when he stumbled into her office. "You've been drinking," She said harshly. Riddick smiled drunkenly. "I have," He said "Considerably" Kara shoved out from behind her desk. "Jack would up and she's been wondering where you are. Do you know what it feels like to have someone like her ask me where you are and I have to say I don't know?" Riddick tried to raise an eyebrow. "Someone like her?" He asked. "Yes, someone that trusts you so completely. Then you come back half-pissed" Riddick gave her the charming, innocent smile of the very drunk. "More like 3 fourths to be exact" Kara rolled her eyes. "Are you trying to be bad for her?" "No, it just comes to me naturally" He said, looking around
her office at photographs. "Who is this?" He asked, picking up a picture of a 5-year-old girl wearing a swimsuit. "That was me when I was little" Kara said taking the picture out of his hands before it slipped from his fingers. "Why don't you come with me, and I'll clean you up" She took Riddick's thick arm and led him to the upstairs of the hospital. She walked into the bathroom with him and shoved him into the icy spray of the showerhead she had turned on fully clothed. She locked the glass sliding of the shower and quickly stepped outside, smiling at the sweet, but confused looking orderly that walked by. There was a loud pounding and Kara opened the door and saw Riddick standing there shivering and she smiled. The cloudiness cleared from his eyes and he was glaring at her like a hungry wolf. Kara just smiled. "Better?" Riddick growled and groped for the towel she held out to him. "Thanks" He said and desperately tried to rub the chill out of his skin. "Is Jack awake?" He
asked. "No, she's asleep again" Riddick nodded and absently tossed the towel on the floor with a wet plop. Kara winced and motioned for Riddick to fallow her. "You know you are the only, adult, in her life right now" Riddick nodded. "Yeah, she ran away when she was 14. What's your point?" Kara grabbed a manila folder off the filing cabinet and said. "Come with me on a walk, I'll explain on the way, besides its time for my break" Riddick nodded and fallowed her out the door to a small café on the street corner. She ordered a black coffee and explained to him. "Jack's still young, she needs a father in her life" Riddick stared at her. "No she doesn't" Kara sipped her coffee and said. "Yes, she does Mr.Riddick. You need to act like an adult, instead of just running off and go drinking whenever you feel like" Riddick's eyes narrowed. "Jack's survived fine without a father for 4 years, she'll be fine now" Kara raised an eyebrow. "Are you so sure?" Riddick growled and shoved away
from the table. She watched him walk half way down the sidewalk before she called out. "Would it kill you to try?" Riddick turned to her and said. "Yup, and I'm too young to die" Ignoring the times when he almost did. "You're dancing on razorblades here with her" Riddick walked up to her closely. "I know what I'm doing" "I hope so, because as strong as she is now, she can't stay like that forever" She shrugged and walked back to the hospital. Riddick took deliberately long steps in the other direction.
Kara softly closed the door as she left the tall building. The heels of her shoes clicked on the sidewalk and echoed eerily into the darkness. Suddenly she could feel someone behind her. She turned just in time to see a man jump out of the darkness and grab her before she could even inhale a breath to scream. He wrapped his large calloused hands over her mouth and twisted her arms around in unnatural positions. Kara began to cry quietly as she thought about the horrible things that could happen. Out of the darkness came a strangled cry and the man that was attacking her was flicked off her like a flea. Kara turned and looked at Riddick straight into his silvery blue eyes. Even though her hands were trembling and her heart was racing, she straightened out her clothes and took a deep, shuddering breath. "You" She said coldly. Riddick grinned at her attempt to be strong. "Me" He said. Kara sighed and tried to walk away, but the heel of her shoe got caught in a drainage hole and
she tripped, with lighting speed, Riddick caught her in his arms before she fell to the pavement. "Who are you anyway?" She asked getting out of his embrace, she was partly angry because she liked the feeling of his warm skin. Riddick shrugged a muscled shoulder. "Just a guy" He said. How I'd like to believe that. He thought to himself. All the events rushed to her head and she collapsed, again, he quickly caught her. Her face brushed his neck and she said sleepily. "You smell like wood smoke and fresh raspberries" Then her dark green eyes closed and her long black inky lashes rested on her ivory cheeks. Riddick smiled and said. "Yeah, I get that a lot" He carried her to the hotel and checked them both in. When the clerk at the desk looked at him confused. "My.. Wife is exhausted." Riddick said and took the key to the room as the clerk checked them in.
The next morning, Kara slowly woke up and stared at the blank white walls and began to panic. Where am I? This isn't my apartment. Her apartment was the exact opposite of the blandness, her walls where painted a rich blue and were covered with paintings of the wine fields of Italy, the beautiful fields in France, and the wide stretching blue seas of Ireland with the fishing boats bobbing like toys in a child's bath. She looked to the bed next to her and saw it ruffled like someone had slept in it. Her emerald eyes saw Riddick sitting in a leather chair looking out the window, sitting as still as a statue. "What am I doing here?" She asked him sleepily. "You passed out, I took you here to sleep," He said without taking his eyes off the window. "I have to get to the hospital, I have to make sure you're friend is okay" At this Riddick did look at her. Even though he was wearing black goggles, she could feel how intense his eyes were. "Jack will be fine, she's a survivor." Kara
nodded slowly and sat up. "Yes, well, be that as it may, I still need to check on her" She looked down and noticed that she was only wearing her flesh colored bra. She quickly snatched at the blanket and covered herself up. "Where are my clothes?" She asked. "In the bathroom" When she looked around confused, he lifted an arm and pointed in the direction. "Okay" Kara muttered as she walked in, still half asleep and saw her reflection in the mirror. "Oh god" She moaned. She picked up her white cotton button down shirt and saw a long tear in it along with some dried blood. "Um, I'm not even going to ask." She said as she slipped it on with her black slacks and tried desperately to fix her hair. Riddick came into view behind her and nodded. "That's probably best. We should hurry and get to Jack before she wakes up, if we're too late she's going to wonder where we are" Kara nodded and scooped her hair into a bun. "Come on" She said. They walked downstairs quickly and checked out.
They arrived a few minutes before
Jack woke up and the first thing she saw was Riddick. "Hi" She said sleepily. "Morning Jack" He said and kissed her forehead. "You're fevers down" He said and smiled. Jack relaxed her body as Kara began to do some tests.
That afternoon, Riddick came into the hospital room and said to Kara while Jack was resting. "I'm going out" He closed the door and walked briskly down the road to a bar. Hours later he came back to the hospital. Kara was in her office and Jack was still asleep. He was more then half-pissed when he stumbled into her office. "You've been drinking," She said harshly. Riddick smiled drunkenly. "I have," He said "Considerably" Kara shoved out from behind her desk. "Jack would up and she's been wondering where you are. Do you know what it feels like to have someone like her ask me where you are and I have to say I don't know?" Riddick tried to raise an eyebrow. "Someone like her?" He asked. "Yes, someone that trusts you so completely. Then you come back half-pissed" Riddick gave her the charming, innocent smile of the very drunk. "More like 3 fourths to be exact" Kara rolled her eyes. "Are you trying to be bad for her?" "No, it just comes to me naturally" He said, looking around
her office at photographs. "Who is this?" He asked, picking up a picture of a 5-year-old girl wearing a swimsuit. "That was me when I was little" Kara said taking the picture out of his hands before it slipped from his fingers. "Why don't you come with me, and I'll clean you up" She took Riddick's thick arm and led him to the upstairs of the hospital. She walked into the bathroom with him and shoved him into the icy spray of the showerhead she had turned on fully clothed. She locked the glass sliding of the shower and quickly stepped outside, smiling at the sweet, but confused looking orderly that walked by. There was a loud pounding and Kara opened the door and saw Riddick standing there shivering and she smiled. The cloudiness cleared from his eyes and he was glaring at her like a hungry wolf. Kara just smiled. "Better?" Riddick growled and groped for the towel she held out to him. "Thanks" He said and desperately tried to rub the chill out of his skin. "Is Jack awake?" He
asked. "No, she's asleep again" Riddick nodded and absently tossed the towel on the floor with a wet plop. Kara winced and motioned for Riddick to fallow her. "You know you are the only, adult, in her life right now" Riddick nodded. "Yeah, she ran away when she was 14. What's your point?" Kara grabbed a manila folder off the filing cabinet and said. "Come with me on a walk, I'll explain on the way, besides its time for my break" Riddick nodded and fallowed her out the door to a small café on the street corner. She ordered a black coffee and explained to him. "Jack's still young, she needs a father in her life" Riddick stared at her. "No she doesn't" Kara sipped her coffee and said. "Yes, she does Mr.Riddick. You need to act like an adult, instead of just running off and go drinking whenever you feel like" Riddick's eyes narrowed. "Jack's survived fine without a father for 4 years, she'll be fine now" Kara raised an eyebrow. "Are you so sure?" Riddick growled and shoved away
from the table. She watched him walk half way down the sidewalk before she called out. "Would it kill you to try?" Riddick turned to her and said. "Yup, and I'm too young to die" Ignoring the times when he almost did. "You're dancing on razorblades here with her" Riddick walked up to her closely. "I know what I'm doing" "I hope so, because as strong as she is now, she can't stay like that forever" She shrugged and walked back to the hospital. Riddick took deliberately long steps in the other direction.