He stroked her cheek with the backside of his hand. Each breath that escaped her lips making a strand of her shoulder length burgandy hair fly away from her face, then each intake of breath bringing it back to fall on her lips. She looked so beautiful when she slept. So peaceful. By looking at her you'd think she'd be dreaming of feilds with flowers and lovers. But no. He knew what was going through her head. He knew the sort of nightmare she head night after night. Every nap. Every slumber. Over and over again. He knew what she heard, what she saw and what she felt. He knew exactly the way the nightmare would start and end.

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"Can we just get the hell out of here?" Jacks small voice said to him.

"We can't go..." He replied.

"Mr Riddick?" Imam said as they heard the scratching and screeching of the creatured mounting the skiff. Preparing to rip it open and eat the passangers alive. Just as Jack was about to open her mouth, one of the creatures jumped onto the windshield of the skiff, making her and Imam to jump. And making Riddick finnish his sentance.

"...without saying goodbye." his head was cocked to the side as he looked the creature in the face, laughing inwardly knowing what was about to happen to the mass of creatures that surrounded the skiff. He pushed the throttle forward. The engine started to charge, prepared to take off when a rattle announced they where going no where. The engine died and everything around them went black. Like the rest of the planet outside. No one could see except Riddick. There was a crash of shattering glass infront of him, he could feel the shards piercing his skin, he could hear Jack screaming. H e was halfway over to her when he felt claws wrap around his waist and rip him through the window. He held on to the sides, staring at Jack. Suddenly there was a burst of light, enveloping Jack, her eyes where glazed and completely black. She went into some kind of trance, standing there staring into Riddicks eyes. Winded started to gust up from everywhere, but came from nowhere. It encercled Jack, making her clothes ripple and whip with the wind.

Her mind was somehwere else, the thing she knew she was had taken control of her body. But her saner mind could see Riddick. See the confused look on his face.

Fire burst up all around them. Flames where everywhere you looked, everywhere except inside the skiff and on Riddick. Screeches flowed through the air as one by one the creatures burned to death. Riddick could feel the claws that hel him tightly arouns the waist, finally come loose. He was pulled into the skiff and put on the floor. He looked around and noticed that neither Jack nor Iman had moved. He wondered how he got into the skiff and onto the floor. He knew that when the creature let go of him that he would have falled onto the hard, sandy ground of the planet. He looked back at Jack, still confused but he knew that it was her. She didn't need to move. It was her.

The screeches had died and Jack fall to the ground, panting and wheezing. She was exhausted but she had to reach Riddick. She crawled over to him and started searching him for wounds. Her hand was stopped by his large one.

"What the fuck are you! Get the fuck away from me!" He yelled at her, squeezing her wrist painfully, he heard it crack under his grasp. She yelled out in pain.

"Riddick! I saved you! I saved you!" she said between sobs.

"You're one of them! you're a fucking freak!" He yelled at her. He pulled his shiv out and pressed it to her throat.

"Iman! Iman please! You have to help me!" She looked to him with her tear drenched eyes. His face was unreadable for the first time, in all the time she had known him. But right before Riddick slashed her throat she saw the unmistakable look of disgussed of Imans face.

"I hope yu enjoy it on hell you fucking she devil!" And with that Riddick raised his arm and slashed her throat almost decapitating her.