Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters (although, I wouldn't'
mind owning Vin Diesel ;) )
Riddick rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and looked at the stars outside the small spaceship. They were beautiful, but deadly if you got to close. Their gravity would suck you in and you'd die on their fire filled sky. That described him, in a way. Beautiful but deadly. He looked over at Jack, sleeping. She was grossly underweight and slightly sick from the lack of food. Her period was gone from the weight loss. Imam seemed to be doing the best out of the three of them, used to the fasting and self- deprivation. He saw lots of planets, but all of them were either uninhabited or filled with the scum of the universe. Riddick laughed at that. Here was the most notorious killer in Slam playing superhero for a holy man and a kid. Thinking of Jack made him smile slightly. She was always trying to be brave, always trying to hide her suffering. She slept most of the time, to avoid the hunger pains gnawing at her gut. Riddick was hungry too, but he never ate much anyway. He heard someone cry out from the back of the ship and got up to go investigate it. He saw Jack with tears streaming down her face sleeping. This happened every once and a while, when the dreams got to be just too vivid. She never told him what they were about, but he always woke her up and talked her into reality. He knelt beside her and gently shook her shoulders, not wanting to frighten her even more. She let out one last scream before her eyes shot open. It took the girl a few seconds to fully grasp her surroundings, but Riddick felt her shoulders relax. He positioned himself so that he was sitting beside her.
"You okay?" he asked. She nodded mutely. He changed positions again so that she was leaning against his chest. Her breathing was slightly labored. "You need to calm down, little girl. You'll hyperventilate"
"I'm not a little girl" she said, slightly peeved.
"Yes, you are"
"An not!"
"Are to" This kept going for a good ten minutes, until Jack's breathing had returned to normal.
"You wanna tell me what you were dreaming about?" Her eyes widened slightly and she shook her head.
"Tell me. It'll make you feel better."
"Every time it's the exact same thing." She took a deep breath. "We're on the planet, and our remaining lights are about to die. You can't get the plane started, so we go outside to se what the problem is. Imam is looking at something under the ship, and you're looking at something under the wing. Two of those creatures sneak up on you and Imam. I try to yell to tell you that they're there, but no sound comes out. I see both of you get slashed up and eaten. Once they're done with you two they come after me. I suddenly have your shiv and am trying to get away, and suddenly Johns appears. He takes my shiv away and ties me up with some rope, then he leaves me. He takes the only light and gets on the ship. This time its starts. He keeps the lights off until he gets into space, then he flies away. As soon as he's gone, the creatures surround me. I try to get free, but the bonds are too tight. Every time I try to loosen them they get tighter and tighter until I can't breathe. I can't see anything, but I can hear them. They keep getting closer and closer, and I can feel their breath on the back of my neck. Then.its all over."
"What happens?" he asked, genuinely interested.
"I wake up. I never find out if I live or die, but I know I die. Alone on that God forsaken planet with those damned bloodsucking leaches." She finished, sweating. He wrapped his arms around her, wanting her to know that everything was going to be all right. She relaxes into his arms and closes her eyes. Soon she is asleep again. Riddick starts to think again about the creatures and hoe they have changed his life.
"Maybe I should thank the little fuckers." He smiled into the darkness, feeling the warmth of Jack nestled in his arms.
Riddick rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and looked at the stars outside the small spaceship. They were beautiful, but deadly if you got to close. Their gravity would suck you in and you'd die on their fire filled sky. That described him, in a way. Beautiful but deadly. He looked over at Jack, sleeping. She was grossly underweight and slightly sick from the lack of food. Her period was gone from the weight loss. Imam seemed to be doing the best out of the three of them, used to the fasting and self- deprivation. He saw lots of planets, but all of them were either uninhabited or filled with the scum of the universe. Riddick laughed at that. Here was the most notorious killer in Slam playing superhero for a holy man and a kid. Thinking of Jack made him smile slightly. She was always trying to be brave, always trying to hide her suffering. She slept most of the time, to avoid the hunger pains gnawing at her gut. Riddick was hungry too, but he never ate much anyway. He heard someone cry out from the back of the ship and got up to go investigate it. He saw Jack with tears streaming down her face sleeping. This happened every once and a while, when the dreams got to be just too vivid. She never told him what they were about, but he always woke her up and talked her into reality. He knelt beside her and gently shook her shoulders, not wanting to frighten her even more. She let out one last scream before her eyes shot open. It took the girl a few seconds to fully grasp her surroundings, but Riddick felt her shoulders relax. He positioned himself so that he was sitting beside her.
"You okay?" he asked. She nodded mutely. He changed positions again so that she was leaning against his chest. Her breathing was slightly labored. "You need to calm down, little girl. You'll hyperventilate"
"I'm not a little girl" she said, slightly peeved.
"Yes, you are"
"An not!"
"Are to" This kept going for a good ten minutes, until Jack's breathing had returned to normal.
"You wanna tell me what you were dreaming about?" Her eyes widened slightly and she shook her head.
"Tell me. It'll make you feel better."
"Every time it's the exact same thing." She took a deep breath. "We're on the planet, and our remaining lights are about to die. You can't get the plane started, so we go outside to se what the problem is. Imam is looking at something under the ship, and you're looking at something under the wing. Two of those creatures sneak up on you and Imam. I try to yell to tell you that they're there, but no sound comes out. I see both of you get slashed up and eaten. Once they're done with you two they come after me. I suddenly have your shiv and am trying to get away, and suddenly Johns appears. He takes my shiv away and ties me up with some rope, then he leaves me. He takes the only light and gets on the ship. This time its starts. He keeps the lights off until he gets into space, then he flies away. As soon as he's gone, the creatures surround me. I try to get free, but the bonds are too tight. Every time I try to loosen them they get tighter and tighter until I can't breathe. I can't see anything, but I can hear them. They keep getting closer and closer, and I can feel their breath on the back of my neck. Then.its all over."
"What happens?" he asked, genuinely interested.
"I wake up. I never find out if I live or die, but I know I die. Alone on that God forsaken planet with those damned bloodsucking leaches." She finished, sweating. He wrapped his arms around her, wanting her to know that everything was going to be all right. She relaxes into his arms and closes her eyes. Soon she is asleep again. Riddick starts to think again about the creatures and hoe they have changed his life.
"Maybe I should thank the little fuckers." He smiled into the darkness, feeling the warmth of Jack nestled in his arms.