Disclaimer : I do not own any of these characters, they have been created by other people, I merely use them for entertainment.
I want to thank HomicidalHunter for their feedback to my story and their brutal honesty.
I'm still working out the kinks in this story, mainly with how I portray the character of Riddick. I am more of a Buffy fan, so the characters from BTVS are more accurate. I am still trying to get my Riddick down without a problem. I would appreciate feedback as to how you believe he should be. Thank you.
Chapter two. The meeting
When Riddick awoke he felt as though he had just crashed a ship into some dead world. There was a bright light for a moment, which his thick black goggles blocked slightly from his delicate eyes, then there was dark. Riddick lay on a hard, wet ground, nothing like the dry ground of Furya which he just lay. As he slid off his black goggles and looked around at his new surroundings, a rush of excitement came over him, which he suppressed, so that his face remained passive. The new world around him was dark and green. There were tombstones all around him, some more worn than others, and then others where the soil had been disrupted. Riddick walked around for a moment, he searched for any sign of life, but found none. Then as he walked, Riddick stopped short and looked down to see an open grave. As he examined the area, he noticed that whatever had disturbed the grave had done so from inside the coffin. He paused and glanced around until he saw foot prints, which he approached and examined for a moment, touching the soil around it.
"Male, 86 kilos.." Riddick stared out into the darkness around him, which was illuminated by his glossed eyes. There wasn't any movement where he could see, but he could smell something in the air, something familiar. A fight. Riddick began to jog in the direction of where the footprints led until he could hear noise from behind a stone building.
Faith smirked as she stared at the newly risen vampire, who outweighed her by an easy 75 pounds. The vampire looked at Faith as if she were an easy treat, but of course, Faith knew better. As he charged for her, Faith fell to the ground and swept his feet from under him with ease. She had been pounding on this one vampire for a while now, but she felt like she needed to get this out of her system before she called it a night, little did she know, she was being watched.
"That all you got? Come on, vamp" Faith taunted the vampire with a smirk as she watched it struggle to get up. He was new and clumsy, but he was still much bigger than Faith, which always gave her a rush when she was out on patrol. Faith approached the vampire and threw a punch in his direction, but it was caught by a large, dirt covered arm. The vampire smirked as Faith tried to throw her other fist in his face, only to be caught again.
"Mmm, my first slayer." The vampire growled under his breath as he titled his head in to bite Faith's neck.
Riddick approached the fight just as young brunette had her arms tangled with the vampires. He assumed that this girl was in trouble and he felt as though he should do something. Although he wasn't much of a hero, he didn't feel like he could watch a young woman be killed by whatever it was that was attacking her. He leaned himself against a tall stone mausoleum and pulled out a knife, which he kept in his belt loop.
"I don't think she appreciates that." Riddick's raspy voice distracted the vampire and the girl both looked in his direction, the girl looked more irritated than the vampire. Riddick only stared at the knife in his hand as the girl grunted.
"Thanks, but I don't need your help." Faith's eyes never moved from Riddick as her knee lifted up and kicked the vampire directly in the balls with a grunt. Her small frame had enough power to cause the giant vampire to crumble down and hit the floor for a moment. Riddick pushed himself off the stone wall and looked directly into Faith's eyes.
"I don't think that will kill him." Riddick approached Faith slowly, not with an air of caution, but one of self restraint. He stood at least a foot over her, and a thicker muscle build than she did, but she didn't flinch in fear as most would. Faith's hazel eyes stayed glued to Riddick's glossed with aggravation. The vampire stood behind Faith silently until Riddick lifted his hand and jammed his knife into the vampire's chest. The vampire staggered back with a look of shock on his face, Faith only raised an eyebrow and sucked her teeth.
"And that won't kill him either." Faith turned from Riddick and kicked the vampire in the chest, sending him back. Slowly she strode over toward the vampire before he could get up and pinned him down with her foot. The vampire struggled under her pressure as she pulled the dagger from his heart and pulled a wooden stake from her belt loop. "This will." Faith stuck the stake deep into the vampire's chest and watched as he exploded and turned into dust. Faith dusted off her pant leg and turned to leave, but Riddick gripped her arm. He wasn't exactly sure what he had just seen and he needed answers
"What was that?" Riddick didn't sound to concerned, nor did he sound like he really cared much. It was almost as though he were just trying to intimidate Faith with his grip and raspy voice. Faith pulled her arm free and looked down over toward the dust pile that was once a vampire. She shrugged with a sigh.
"A vampire." Faith knew she was supposed to keep these kinds of things quiet, but she wasn't much for the whole covering up the one thing she was actually good at. Besides, Faith figured that the guy in front of her would believe her, which she was almost right.
"A vampire?" The man's raspy voice almost sent a chill down Faith's back, but she had dealt with things more terrifying in her few years living on the hellmouth and other few she spent in prison. Faith looked down at the ash and kicked a little bit of it away from her, her hazel eyes looked back up to Riddick.
"Yeah. But, you're safe now, or whatever. So..." Faith looked at Riddick's outfit with smug look and smirked a little. "Get back to playing G.I Joe, or whatever it is you were doing out here." Faith turned on her heel to head out of the cemetery but could again feel Riddick's tight grip on her arm, she instantly gripped his hand back, letting him know she would break it if she had to, but Riddick never flinched to her grip, and neither her to his. His shiny eyes looked down at her with an empty expression.
"The knife." His voice was demanding and almost frightening, but Faith only raised an eyebrow and pulled herself back. Her full, glossed lips pursed together as she stepped back and looked to Riddick, confused. Her eyes then traveled down to knife she held in her hand, it intrigued her. The knife was so unique and fit perfectly in her hand, this also made her feel nervous. The reminder of what it was like to kill flashed into her mind and she dropped the knife quickly. Riddick didn't make a movement to pick it up at first, he only watched as Faith stepped further back, rubbing her hands together.
"Take it and get out of here." Faith watched as Riddick slowly bent down to pick up his blade, he moved like a tiger, so slowly yet dangerously, like he could pounce at any moment, without warning. Riddick watched as Faith stood a few feet from him, rubbing her hands together as if they were dirty. He didn't say anything, he merely watched her until another figure came running from out of the dark.
"Faith?" Buffy's voice called out to Faith, which momentarily distracted her from her hands as she looked over to the voice. Riddick stood still, his eyes going from Faith to Buffy. Faith recognized this look, he was watching their movements, trying to find a weak point, Faith only knew because she had done this many times when she was evil. Faith put a hand out to stop Buffy, who paused slightly. "Willow called... something went wrong..." Buffy's green eyes looked to Riddick, questioningly. Faith only nodded.
"All right, B.." Faith slowly backed up, her eyes never leaving Riddick, who only tilted his head down and smirked at the two girls. His smirk was more like a scare tactic, which didn't work on Faith or Buffy, since they had bigger things to fear. Buffy reached out and grabbed Faith's arm, pulling her. The two girls walked off as Riddick stood where he was, with his knife gripped tightly in his hand.