Chapter 1.

I knew we had crashed when I woke. My body ached and I was surprised I was lying down on a cold surface. I slowly opened my eyes and blinked a few times to adjust to the light that shone into the vessel I was in. Coughing, I slowly got up and watched around me. There was a woman with dark hair sleeping beside me, and a boy. I stood, as silently as I could, walking towards the light. The vessel had been cool, enjoyable, but the sun outside burnt my eyes. It was hot, really hot. I closed my eyes. Not watching where I went, and of course tripped. Before I hit the warm sand a hand gripped me by my middle, pulling me back into a solid body.

'Better watch where you're going girl,' a deep voice rumbled, keeping me against the strong body for a second before he released me. I quickly turned, curious who it was that kept me from falling and had such a deep voice. My mouth formed a silent "oh" as I saw the enormous man before me. He was huge, very muscular and was bold. His eyes were covered with black goggles, not allowing me to see them.

'Thanks,' I mumbled, a little intimidated by his appearance and voice. He grinned and cocked his head to the side.

'What's your name?' He asked me then. I was not even looking around me, so hypnotized I was.

'Luna – Luna River.' He licked his lips and tried my name with his voice, grinning some more.

'And you are?' I asked him. His grin disappeared and he got a little more serious.

'Riddick.' I expected a last name, but he gave me none, and I didn't dare to ask.

'Where are we?' I then asked him, suddenly remembering why I was here, speaking with this man in the burning sun.

'Well, we crashed on this planet. Don't know which one, but it is not populated. Too hot I guess.' I nodded, that sounded plausible.

'Those people inside, are there more survivors or-' I didn't dare to finish that sentence, but Riddick grinned again, his seriousness completely gone.

'A woman and child, there are two more men, and a woman. A holy men and his children died yesterday, as a arts dealer that died this morning. The others died in the crash.' I fell silent at that. People had died, I had been lucky enough to survive, but people had died…

'Don't look so sad, you're still alive little Luna,' he mocked me. I looked up and suddenly saw another man appearing next to Riddick. I instantly noticed that the man didn't like Riddick. His gaze told me everything he was thinking.

'Ah Johns here's another living being, complete and in one piece,' Riddick mocked the man, watching him curiously, but with no single worry in the world. I wondered if Riddick feared anyone at all.

'I can see that Riddick, move,' Johns grunted approaching me and scanning my body from bottom to top. His eyes lingered on certain body parts, and the his eyes met mine.

'You don't look strong or like you have a lot of stamina,' he told me, not even bothering to introduce himself or check if I was alright.

'But alive,' I snapped back. Johns who was already looking in another direction brought his eyes back to mine, surprised by my remark. Riddick chuckled.

'One plus, now find Catherine, we need to make a plan,' he ordered us. He didn't even waited for us to answer, but left us alone again.

'Nice guy,' I told Riddick, my voice dripping with sarcasm. Riddick watched me curiously.

'He's a bounty hunter,' Riddick said, watching me take that information in. I was confused, what did it matter that he was a bounty hunter?

'Good for him,' I answered looking around, astonished to see sand, sand and more sand.

'Little innocent Luna,' Riddick said. He watched me one last time before he turned and walked away, making his way around the vessel. I followed him slowly, readying myself to meet the other survivors.

I did not need to wait for long, on the other side of the vessel I saw a little camp. Johns was sitting in the shadow of a cloth, hung from the vessel, providing a little shadow. There was a woman with short, reddish hair, and a man with black hair.

'Hello,' the woman with the red hair said, watching me curiously. I cautiously walked closer to them.

'Hi,' I replied. Johns gave me a short look, but the woman watched me with interest.

'Are you oke?' she asked me. I nodded. I was oke, confused, but oke.

'Good, Shazza is with Jack, the woman and child inside, I am Caroline,' she told me. I nodded and watched how Riddick made himself comfortable and sat down, watching the others.

'You can sit down, we don't bite,' Johns told me. Suddenly his eyes were back on me, watching me with even more interest than Catherine, I wondered why.

'I am Luna,' I told them, walking around them, sitting down in the sun, but a firm space between us.

I was just going to ask the plan to get away from here when Riddick pulled out a large shiv and casually started cleaning his fingernails. I watched him, suddenly understanding why he brought up that Johns was a bounty hunter. Riddick suddenly seemed even scarier than before. What was he?

'Well Luna, you probably figured out we crashed here. The ship is badly damaged and for now there's no fucking way we'll fly back any time soon,' Johns told me plainly.

'Don't let him bring you down, Luna. We'll get by. I'm Zeke,' the other man told me, stepping closer and bowing down to shake my hand. So far he had been the only one who had proper introduced himself.

'Hi Zeke, thanks,' I softly said.

'First we'll find out what everyone is good at and then, maybe, we can fix the shuttle.' Caroline spoke with confidence, but I saw Johns shake his head.

'While you go and tell everybody fairytales, I'll go find water,' Johns said, standing up and taking a gun from his pants. My eyes grew wide, what he saw. It amused him.

'Don't worry Luna, I'll keep you safe enough,' he told me, winking before he walked off.

I saw Caroline pull a face at him and walked off towards the shuttle, leaving me with Zeke and Riddick.

'Feeling safe already?' Riddick asked me, his voice filled with amusement. I swallowed and was wondering what I had done to deserve this situation I was in.

'Not really,' I mumbled, standing again, deciding to wonder around for a bit. I saw Zeke and Riddick watched me, but they did not respond when I slowly walked away and around the shuttle, trying to figure out what exactly had happened. Would we get away from here?

I hear soft voices from within the shuttle, but I didn't felt the urge to go and see. I always enjoyed silence and being on my own. I was wondering how much of that I would get being here. I wondered a bit further away from the shuttle, amazed by the enormous amount of sand. There was nothing to be seen but big piles of sand all around. What kind of planet was this.

Walking further I started to see things more clearly. All that sand and no water… we would all die from the lack of it.

'Walking away already?' I heard Riddick's deep voice say from behind. I turned and wondered how someone so big could sneak up on people, being completely silent.

'I don't blame you, I feel exactly the same.' I chuckled at his words. We were completely different, he and I.

'I doubt that,' I answered him, keeping my distance from him. He grinned and walkd until he stood right beside me.

'That's quite the knife you are carrying around,' I remarked. He looked surprised I brought it up and took the shiv from his pocket, letting the sun shine on it.

'This little thing here? Nah, it's just a cleaning necessity,' he said, placing it in his pocket once more.

I shook my head and walked further, Riddick followed.

'You seem young,' he tried to engage in further conversation. I stopped and looked at him.

'You seem old,' I remarked. He grinned even broader.

'Ahh you wound me, but do tell me. I'm sure good old Johns, would like to know too,' he mocked me. I glared at him.

'I don't know what you are playing at, but all I am interested in in getting away from this big sand pile,' I told him, turning and heading back for the shuttle and the others. I heard his chuckle before I saw him beside me again.

'Well it's good to know that, because I am too and I am not too sure about how Johns feels about taking you and me with him when they do fix the shuttle.' I stopped again.

'What do you mean?' He looked serious, all the playfulness gone.

'The shuttle is badly damaged and cannot take all of us aboard. There will be people who have to stay behind. It aint gonna be me,' he told me. I swallowed. It sounded logically.

'Who can fly that thing anyway?' I asked him. He smiled.

'I can, and Caroline. That's it.' I watched his muscular arms and wondered why he was sharing this information with me.

'And you need me to know this because…?' I asked him. His grin returned.

'Always good to have a companion, especially one looking like you.' I was sure it was meant as a compliment, but I couldn't help but wondering what he saw in me.

'You heard Johns, I don't look like I have stamina or strength.' Riddick took another step closer and licked his lips.

'I think he only saw the outside. His loss.' He brought one of his hands towards my face, like he was going to touch my check, but stopped right before his fingers touched me.

'He only sees a good fuck. I see something more than just that.' When his fingers finally caressed my cheek they felt softer then I had suspected.

'Keep close and I'll try and keep Johns off of you,' with those words he walked away leaving me stunned.

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I was tired and it was kind of annoying that it stayed light and sunny while we all needed sleep. I sat down beside the shuttle, leaning against it, my eyes closed. I needed rest and sleep, but it was so hot and light it was hard to.

I had thought about going in the shuttle to rest, but Caroline was still trying to fix the vessel and told everybody to stay out.

I heard a huff and a body sinking in the sand beside me. I quickly opened my eyes and saw it was Johns, his arm resting against mine.

'Fucking hot everywhere,' he muttered, his eyes unclear, but finding mine for a second.

'What does Riddick want with you?' he asked when I remained silent.

'Riddick?' I asked him. He licked his lips a bead of sweat dripping down his neck.

'Yeah, you know he's a murderer right?' I froze for a second. Somewhere in the back of my mind I had known it. But hearing someone saying it out loud was shocking.

'Ah I thought you'd know, well he's done a few people, and I will sent him right back where he came from, slam.' I looked before me, seeing Riddick sitting down on a piece of the vessel, his eyes closed.

'But eh, you are traveling all alone?' he continued, one of his hands suddenly on my leg. I shook it off and got up.

'I'm not one of those girls Johns, not even on this deserted planet,' I hissed. He squinted his eyes and got up too.

'Well we'll see about that when the time comes you need to choose between staying here and leaving. Remember this moment.' He turned and left, muttering about a drink. I shook my head in disbelief and only then saw Riddick watching me, grinning, of course, like he had understood perfectly what had happened.

He patted the space next to him on the piece of vessel. I swallowed and walked closer. Maybe I needed a companion too.

I needed some more Riddick….Enjoy