AN:This is my first attempt at posting a fic here so please be gentle with me, but let me know what you think. This is also my first Riddick/Jack fic.

Rated:M for mature adults (violent themes with in story) Because this is a Riddick Fic.

Into the Mind of a Killer

Chapter one

'The Holy Man said she went looking for me. Said Merc's grabbed her, they thought they could draw me out by hurting her. Stupid merc's, they know me better then that. I wouldn't risk myself for anyone, not even her. Not even Jack.'

Riddick closed his eyes in preparation for Cryo sleep. He hated this part, he hated that it really never actually worked. It was once said that the animal comes out in people during Cryo. To him that explained why he would never sleep through it. His mind was always active, always deep in thought. This time all he could think about was Jack.

'Jack, stupid girl. She should have stayed put. I left so she would be safe. Stupid. Impulsive girl.... I have to find her. Maybe the merc's did have it right. Maybe I would risk myself for one other person.'

Riddick took a deep breath. He wanted to remember what she smelt like. He wanted to remember everything about her. He remembered the smell of her blood, the sweetness of it would stay with him forever.

'Jack, I wonder what you look like? You're not a kid anymore. Maybe I should have taken you with me. They wouldn't have been able to get you had you been with me. What did they do to you? I hope you don't hate me because of what they did. I'm getting weak, since when have I ever cared what other people did or thought? I need to get her out of my system. Got to find her, Holy Man said Cremitoria. That place is worse then hell. I hope she can hold out a bit longer till I can get to her.'

"I'm coming Jack," whispered Riddick softly.

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'This place is hell,I'm never going to see daylight again. This is what he must have been talking about all those years ago.' Jack sat up and looked around at the waste that surrounded her. 'If he can survive something like this then I can too. I'm just as strong as him, maybe if I keep saying it I'll eventually believe myself.'

'Riddick, why did he have to leave. Why do I keep thinking about him. He left me years ago, and still he's the only person I ever think about. Look where it's gotten me. In a max security slam on a hellish planet where there's no way to escape. Not even Riddick could get out of here, not alive anyway.'

"Riddick," Jack whispered, as she lay back on her side. Closing her eyes she let her mind drift. 'Where can I get eyes like that?' she heard herself ask. 'You have to kill a few people,' she could remember him saying.

Jack opened her eyes and sat back up. "Riddick where are you?"

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I wake up to the sound of alarms beeping and the ship jerking around. When I get the needle out of my arm, I open the shields on the ship and look out. Cremintoria is somewhere on that hellish planet, underground. Jack is somewhere on there. 'Jack is there living in hell, it's my fault. I never thought I would ever be able to feel the emotion of guilt.'

'Jack you really have become my weakness.' Riddick angled the ship to the landing lanes and lowered his goggles so he wouldn't be blinded by the light of the burning planet as the sun started to rise. 'These idiots will be surprised when I come and turn myself in. Wonder if they'll pay me the bounty since I caught myself.'

Chuckling he set the craft down and entered the port just before the gate closed behind him. As he shut down the ship and prepared to exit he sensed that they had it surrounded. 'Guess they were expecting me, hell they even sent a welcome party.'

He opened the hatch on the ship and stood on the ramp as it lowered to the ground. He immediately noticed five guns pointed at his head. With a smirk he raised his hands showing he was unarmed and coming peaceably.

"Riddick, never thought I would see the day that you would grace my prison, and by your own choice. What game are you playing?" the first man asked.

"No game, just needed a break, tired of running and I heard that you ran a great establishment out here. Thought I would check it out," Riddick replied cockily.

The man spit off to the side and moved in closer to Riddick. "Thought you liked your reputation of being impossible to catch?"

"Well as far as I can tell I still have that reputation," he said pausing. "Remember I came to you, you didn't catch me."

"Take him," the man said tossing the chains at another man as he turned and walked away.

Riddick allowed the guards to fasten the chains on him. He even allowed the shove in the back that almost sent him to the ground. It would have too if he hadn't been ready for it. The walk seemed to take forever to the cart that would take them underground.

Riddick counted the miles as he descended into the belly of the planet. 6.5 miles below ground. The cart came to a stop and he was forced into a tiny room that had a whole in the ground. After they attached him to a rope they shoved him through the hole and started to lower him into the prison.

Riddick was instantly assailed with a plethora of scents. He could smell death and decay. Mold and mildew, water, unwashed bodies, and fear, along with a host of other things. 'Jackie girl how are you managing in this hole?'

'I hate it already and I'm not even there yet. Have to find her quick and then get the heck off this rock.'

As the crank came to a stop Riddick allowed himself to dangle for a moment longer before he started to maneuver his body in such a way as to wrap the rope up and wind it around his body as he rolled up the rope. He could sense the eyes of the other inmates on him, he knew once his feet touched the ground he better be ready to show them who was boss.

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Jack watched as the new man was lowered into the prison. She had heard the rumors but had discounted them immediately. No way did Riddick turn himself in. It wasn't his style. She almost couldn't believe her eyes when she saw him. She knew instantly that it was him, not just by sight, but because she could feel that it was. She felt the familiar butterflies in her stomach and cursed her own reaction to the man she thought abandoned her years earlier.

"Why are you here tough guy?" she muttered as she lowered herself to a crouch ready for battle. She had no idea why she felt the need to be protective of him. He had after all left her without a second thought. Her life turned out the way it had because he hadn't cared about her enough to stick around.

She watched in remembered awe as he spun himself up the rope and then rapidly descended snapping the chains that were connecting his wrists. Once his feet touched the ground he was immediately in battle stance ready to take on all comers. He was just as gorgeous as she remembered he was. She watched as men rushed him only to be hurled aside. He was as good as she remembered too. With a sigh she watched him battle 4 other inmates with another sneaking up behind him. She decided that now would be a good time to make herself known.

Throwing her chain out she managed to catch the man around the throat, instantly breaking his neck. She watched as Riddick's eyes immediately latched onto hers, and in that moment she knew why he was there. He came for her, after all these years he finally came back for her. Not knowing what to make of that she coiled her chain as she continued to stare into his mercury eyes. Then without a second look back she left through a passageway.

'Let him come to me,' she thought, I've been waiting for this for years.