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Chapter 3: Job?!

Nova's hand print on her shoulder burned. She winced and noticed he did too. And also noticed his glowing hand print, it was the same as hers.

They looked at each other. Riddick was about to say something, but Vaako came running up.

"Lord Mar-"

"Riddick!" Riddick shouted cutting Lord Vaako off.

He was annoyed that everyone kept on insisting that they call him 'Lord Marshall' when he told them to call him by his name.

Vaako looked peeved but said, "Riddick, we have released all those we just recently captured. But now some of the ones that have just been converted wish to leave. What should we do?"

"Let anyone who wants to leave, leave. I don't care." then he thought about what Nova had said to him. "Hey, Veeko, or whatever your name is, can I name a successor?"

Vaako bit his tongue to keep from correcting his Lord Marshall, "Yes, you can. But the successor can only ascend the title 'Lord Marshall' if you die of natural causes. Or your successor challenges you. "

Riddick could just see the many deaths the man in front of him just wanted to try on him.

"Woman!" Riddick barked at Nova.

"Excuse Me! How Rude! If we were on my planet the men woul-" Nova was cut off.

"Like I care. What is your status on the ship?" Riddick asked.

'Ohhhhh... how dare he show her disrespect. On the planet she had been on, Kuzza, the men were most kind and respectful. Cus' if they overstepped their boundaries, the women could pound them into the next moon.' Nova thought to herself. 'Let's see if we can push some buttons.'

"Like you care." She mocked him.

Riddick growled at her.

"Down boy, I don't want rabies." she said coldly.

It happened so fast Nova 'yelped' in surprise.

Riddick was holding Nova by her neck up against a tree.

"Don't test me girl. I don't forgive and forget." He said in a cold voice.

Nova's eyes widen in shock, then in anger.

"How dare you! How dare you touch me without my permission! Unhand me! I will not be handled in this kind of fashion. I do not even know you and you no idea who I am! Put me down at once!" Nova yelled at Riddick.

Riddick tightened his grasp on her neck. Nova grunted, but she could still breathe.

"Woman! How dare you raise your voice against our Lord Marshall!" Lord Vaako yelled at her, "Riddick, sir, she will be whipped for her disrespect."

"I am no Necro! I am..." Nova gasped, "I am... I, I don't know. I don't know what I am."

Tears welled in her eyes. And that was when Riddick noticed their color. They were an indigo, with gold flecks in them.

Riddick released her. Nova slumped to her knees.

"If you are not a Necro, then you have no business on board. You are free to go." Riddick began to walk away.

"Well," *sniff* "I was hoping to get a ride back to my planet, Kuzza. Do you think that would be possible?" Nova risked asking.

"Look, I don't like to make a habit out of repeating myself, just so you hear me, and so that I make myself perfectly clear, like I care." Riddick snapped.

"Yah, it was just a question." Nova said.

~On the ramp of the main armada~

"So?" Linda asked.

"Well... I got us passage, but..." Nova trailed off. She tugged at the collar of her dress. It was a silver color, skin tight, and was sleeveless. Her shoulders were bare and that was what had her uncomfortable. Nova was nervous about running into Riddick. 'What if my hand print acts up again?'

"But...what?" Linda nudged Nova in the ribs. Nova was pulled from her thoughts.

Nova giggled involuntarily as Linda tickled her ribs. She coughed. "But,... our passage is this ship." Nova said in a small voice.

"I hope you are joking." Linda stated coldly.

"Ummm... no. And I have some bad news." Nova said.

"What could be worse!?" Linda yelled at Nova.

"I have to stay."

"Stay? Stay where?" Linda was mad, but now she feared losing Nova. "Are they going to sacrifice you so that I can go home!? I'll decapitate them!"

"What!? No! God, you and your imagination. Jeez! No, Aereon wants me to stay and look after Riddick, for some reason or another. And for some weird reason she was giggling while she said that."

"So, you're not coming home with me?"

"No, I'm sorry."

"I'm going to miss you so...so, so much!" Linda started to cry.

"I'll miss you to." Nova and Linda held each other and cried.

"NOVA!" Riddick yelled.

Linda yelped in surprise and they turned in time to see five Necro women following Riddick.

"Oh, Lord Marshall please come and see me play my flute!" one women cooed.

"No! You must let me give you one of my famous body massages." another swooned.

"Get them away from me, before I hurt them." Riddick whispered to Nova.

Nova struggled to hold in a smirk.

"Ok, that is enough. Riddick needs to get his work done." Nova addressed the Necro women.

"Excuse me, but you are not a part of our culture, and even if you were you are not married to a wealthy commander, like Dame Vaako. So, we don't have to listen to you, little imp." a tall women walked up to her.

"And how dare you speak to our Lord so informally." Another one put in.

The five women, never the less, left and as they did so two of them bumped into Linda and the other three bumped into Nova, knocking her to the ground. The women laughed as they turned a corner.

"Oh, come back here!" Linda took off after them. The women shirked and ran. Linda diapered around the corner after them.

"Here," Riddick held out his hand for her to take. His blue hand print was burning. For some reason when the three women knocked Nova to the ground he felt... like he wanted to kill them.

'Jeez. What is wrong with me.' he thought.

Nova looked at his hand and then took it. He pulled a little too fast and Nova was yanked into his chest.

Nova gasped as her hand print started to glow and make its self-known. Riddick stared at her, and then tugged down his sleeve. His shoulder also had the hand print.

"Dammit." he said.

His mouth was on hers and she quickly melted into his kiss. But as soon as it started it ended.

Nova slapped him as hard as she could.

"Never without my permission will you touch me again!" she then stalked off to the sparing rooms to get rid of so much unneeded tension.