Chapter 4

Clothes were abandoned as Wolf leapt from building top to building top in animal form with Riddick. There was an air battle going on overhead, but they weren't concentrating on that, just on getting back to the ship. They stopped and looked seeing a huge statue crash into the ground, sending a shock wave over the city. When it reached them they were flung back but Riddick did a turn in the air and landed on his feet, Wolf gained her footing as well, sliding slightly on the stone. They shared a glance; Necromongers have come to Helion Prime.

Sometime in the panic they had been separated. Riddick was running, he had just escaped from the Necropolis.

Furyan, I'm Furyan. He thought and then he heard a large ship behind him, there were several explosions and the ground rocked as the ship started to crash. He stopped in his tracks and ducked down as the ship went overhead, crashing into a building.

"Let me guess. Five man crew this time?" he asked not turning around.

"Couple things you coulda done better." A man said and Riddick turned, seeing Toombs lower the hood on his cloak. "First, trash the locator beacon inside my ship, the one you jacked. And last, and this one really is the more important one, dust my dick when you had the chance. Any questions?"

"Yeah." Riddick said and held out his hands. "What took you so long?" Toombs nodded to a woman and she moved forward, starting to unravel chains. There was a howl and Wolf jumped down from a building top, standing in front of Riddick, growling. The mercs froze; something passed through the female mercs eyes…recognition? "Wolf, its okay." She looked at him and he nodded. Wolf stepped aside and allowed Riddick to be cuffed.

"Toombs? What do we do with the mutt?" a merc asked and Wolf snapped her jaws at him, making him back up and his hand go for his gun.

"Dogs have excellent senses of smell and we could use a tracker." Toombs said, "Make our job a whole lot easier. Take it, it'll fit, just barely but it will." One of the mercs went towards her and she growled, snapping at him. "Riddick, control your dog." Toombs commanded and Riddick reached up, putting his bound hands on Wolf's head. She looked at him and licked his cheek. "Too bad we don't have a muzzle."

"She won't hurt anyone, will you Wolf?" Riddick asked and received only a blink from her. "Nope, unless you try to hurt her or me, she won't do anything.

"She loyal to you?" the female merc asked.

"Very."

They had broken orbit and had decided on a destination, Crematoria.

"So, what's with the dog?" Toombs asked Riddick.

"She's ain't a dog, she's a wolf, there's a difference."

"Not much of one, despite the fact that she's big as fuck." The pilot said. Wolf just barely fit inside the small craft and had to stay either sitting or lying down, she sat by one of Riddick's hands and he brushed her fur with his fingertips.

"Where did you find her?" the female merc asked.

"UV 6, the little slice of heaven that Toombs tracked me to." Riddick said and the female merc stood, walking towards her. She reached out a hesitant hand.

"May I?"

"If she'll let you." Riddick said and they all watched as the canine sniffed her hand, then butted her head into it. Wolf stood, her shoulders just brushing the top of the craft and her head hunkered down. She moved closer to the woman and started to sniff her neck.

"Riddick." Toombs warned but Eve (the female merc) held up her hand.

"Cool it Toombs, if she wanted me dead, she would've ripped out my throat by now." Eve said and Wolf backed up, meeting her eye to eye.

Eve waited until everyone was asleep before getting a blanket from a compartment and going over to Wolf, who was lying at Riddick's feet. She opened her eyes as she approached.

"Its safe now." She said and held up the blanket, Wolf stood and shifted back into her human form. She took the blanket from Eve and wrapped it around herself. Wolf nodded to her and they embraced. "It's so good to see you again Nara." Eve pulled away and they touched each other's temples, joining their foreheads.

Toombs opened his eyes, still half asleep and thought he saw Eve doing something strange with a woman with silver-gray hair, but before his mind could grasp it, sleep sucked him under again.

Eve was back in her seat, sleeping soundly, mentally exhausted. Wolf was curled up in Riddick's lap, the blanket still wrapped around her, and her mind absorbing everything she learned from Eve. She knew Riddick was watching her through his goggles and she was pleased. Sleep started to envelop her mind and she let it.

Riddick watched as Wolf slept, he had seen her go into a mind lock with the female merc and it had intrigued him that she would trust a merc so much to do this, and that the merc knew how to at all. Bowing his head down, he smelled her silvery hair and closed his eyes lazily, enjoying the familiar scent, letting it override his senses, just for a little while. He could feel sleep on the edge of his consciousness and he let it come, he'll sleep for now, just for a little while.

"Riddick…Riddick wake up." He heard and opened his eyes, seeing Wolf in front of him in human form.

"Wolf?" he asked and she nodded.

"But that wasn't always my name." She said and looked back, letting him see Eve.

"And Eve wasn't always mine." Eve said and Wolf rose to her full height. Eve put an arm around her waist and hugged her shortly.

"Unlike them, Shirah was always my name." Another woman, her hair was long and in braids. She was wearing a brown leather skirt with straps for sheathes around her thighs. Leather cuffs on her bare arms and halter-top with a corset bodice. Thigh high brown boots on her legs. This woman has haunted his dreams since he and Wolf mated.

"Where are we?" Riddick asked and looked around, seeing rolling hills covered with gravestones.

"We are on Furya, what's left of it anyway." Shirah said.

"What happened here?"

"He does not remember." She said looking at the other women.

"No, he doesn't, but he's beginning to. He talks in his sleep, about Furyans, about the prophecy. His subconscious mind may remember, but his conscious mind does not." Wolf said.

"You must help him remember Nara, for the sake of all Furyans, and for the sake of all Shifters, you must help your mate remember." Shirah said and turned back to Riddick. "In the meantime, this will help, but its going to hurt." She said and reached out her hands, she laid one flat on Riddick's chest and one flat on Wolf's chest, joining them. A jolt rocked his body and his eyes snapped open. Wolf was back in animal form and at his feet, looking up at him. He was aware of Eve looking at him also.

"Nara." He whispered, inaudible to the sleeping mercs but Wolf heard him just fine and nodded her head. He desperately wished at that time that his hands were free so he could stroke her soft fur. As if hearing his thoughts Wolf stood and sat by his hand so he could, he watched her for a long while before looking back at Eve. She had gotten up and was walking towards them, sounds from the mercs indicated that it was almost waking time. Eve stood in front of her and they locked eyes.

"Eve?" Toombs was awake and was looking at them in interest. "What the hell are you doing?" Eve wasn't listening to him, her hand raised and she put one palm against Wolf's chest. Then the last thing that any of them expected happened, Eve screamed and changed into a gigantic black panther with sea green eyes. Her scream had woken the others and they had vaulted out of their chairs. "Holy hell." the animal turned around to look at him and Wolf stood next to her.

"Shifter." Riddick said and the two animals looked at him. The Wolf and Panther looked at each other and nodded then went to other sides of him and snapped his restraints with one bite of their mighty jaws. Riddick lowered his arms, taking the cryo-brace off his right arm and stood. Wolf and Panther sat on either side of him and looked at the mercs.

"That's it Eve, no cut for you." Toombs said.