This is a revised version of this story which was pretty easy to do seeing as the old one only had a chapter. Let me know what you think

~SLM~

Nightshade (the emptiness)

Crash

Rolling out of the container I groaned Cyro always messed with me and judging by the way glass was across the floor, and the screaming we had crashed. Shaking my head I stood my head trying to clear my head.

"Don't touch that handle!" I looked in the direction it came and saw a crowd, someone was dying the air smelled of blood and pain. I turned deciding to see what was outside stepping outside I knew we were in trouble. The ground felt hallow and as if something was down there, looking at the ground I sighed before looking at the sky, three suns. Looking around I climbed on top of the ship, behind where we were the rest of the ship was carnage. It was a purge I looked down at the ship I stood on, why the hell didn't we get included in the purge as well.

"We were going to look for survivors." I looked back as a few others joined me.

"That seems to be unneeded, anyone who lived through that won't for too much longer." I stated looking at the woman who nodded.

"Well that answers that then." one of the more upper-class man stated, listening to the conversation looking around disgusted.

"Who are you anyway?" One of the guys asked a very good question. I slid my eyes over to him again, he was going to die.

"I am Paris P. Ogilvie, and you sir?" Paris responded, yup definitely going to die, I decided shaking my head.

"I'm Zeke." I looked over at him than the others.

"Call me Shazza." She offered nodding at me.

"I'm Jack." A young girl stated but she looked to be pretending to be a boy. Shazza looked over at me.

"And you are?"

"Call me Shade, everyone dose." I told them then looked back as the cop joined up, he stank of drugs, and by the look in his eyes he was going to be trouble.

"Making friends I see, I'm Johns that all you need to know." He stated rather bluntly, oh boy he sounded like a charmer.

"Anyone else having a problem breathing?" Paris asked, there was some nodding in the group.

"Yeah, feels like I just ran, or something." Jack added rubbing her chest a little.

"Feels like I'm down a lung." Shazza added. Adjusting my weight to my other foot I watched them all agree. The air here was thin but so was my home world this I could deal with, the people here that's a whole other matter.

"It's the atmosphere, Too much pressure, not enough oxygen. Might take a few days to –"The one I believe called Fry starts but is cut off by Zeke.

"So what the bloody hell happened, anyways?" A rather good question looking at Fry she sifts her weight a little, only enough to notice if you're paying attention.

"Somethin' knocked us off-lane. Maybe a rogue comet, we'll never know." Fry answers looking at the group who seems indifferent until Shazza speaks.

"Well, I for one am thoroughly fucking grateful. This beast wasn't made to land like this. But cripes, you rode it down. C'mon, you lousy ingrates, only reason we're alive is cuzza her." Everyone who nods saying thanks when Jack puts her hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah thanks for saving our dicks." Almost laughing at her I shake my head, she's trying way to hard.

"Do we have anything to drink?" The holy man spoke with three boys behind him, pilgrims. I must have missed something, the ship had water unless it got fucked when we crashed, which would make sense..

"I have some of my personal stash." Pairs stated, somehow I wasn't surprised, I bet he had a lot of things in his stash, would explain why he took a ghost ship.

"Did you hear that?" Johns asked as silence went over the group, he turned and ran down the way we came

"I take it his prisoner escaped." I stated just as we heard him cursing then heading back up top. A few people looked at me than back at him as he started to talk.

"IF you have weapons I suggest you get them, Riddick's gone." After he said that there was a rush to the supply room, it seems Paris was a collector of weapons among other things, so he handed them out on the side of unwillingness, while Johns got his guns, I on the other hand looked for my bag and smiled when I found it, I slipped in my two daggers into my boots while tucking a shiv into my belt, then putting the backpack on. Paris pulled out some fine wine and showed the others while he went on about its rarity something or other I tuned him out until he asked about big evil, well at least that's what most people call him.

"Is this guy really that bad? Do we need all this?" Paris asked looking at Zeke who was checking out the sword he was just handed, Johns shrugged.

"Well maybe he will leave us alone and do his own thing, or maybe he'll come back when were asleep and skull fuck ya." I giggled a bit getting a few raised eyebrows.

"You think this is funny little girl?" Johns shot at me, I raised an eyebrow and shrugged.

"Among other things." I answered walking out. Riddick wasn't the real danger here that much I was sure of. The other's followed out not to long after when Jack spoke up.

"Well, is someone coming for us? Or are we all just gonna die of exposure or dehydration or sunstroke or maybe even something worse?" The holy man and a few other look at each other worried and Jack cuts in their silent conversation.

"Hey, you don't have to worry about scaring me, I can deal." Shazza put and arm around her shoulders and smiles down at her.

"We're worried you'll scare us. Name's Jack right, love? And you're goin' to Taurus Three like we were?" Shazza asks as she pulls Jack away from the group.

"Yeah, but...do we even have enough food to get there? Or will we have to resort to cannibalism?" I heard Jack ask and smiled a bit she was a cute kid. Fry looked at the rest of us and nodded.

"Were going to go look for water stay in a group and see what you can save around here." Fry stated motioning to the holy man, the kids with him and Johns. Zeke looked around and at the bodies before sighing.

"We should bury the dead." Pairs held his nose up and walked away mumbling something and Zeke looked at me.

"I'll help." I offered and he shook his head.

"Go help the others, ill take care if it." Rolling my eyes I shrugged and started walking away. I glanced around having the feeling I was being watched, Riddick was off in the distance and I shook my head a little, as long as they had their attention on him it wasn't on me, though now I had to make sure he kept his attention elsewhere as well, I didn't need to be called out.