A/N~ wow, watched The Pacifier while writing this chapter and it totally screwed up Riddick's character. Ok, this is the last chapter peoples! If you enjoyed this fanfiction, please review and let me know.
So for the next three days every one lazed around the pool or the teen room, hanging out and enjoying them selves. Well, almost every one, Sarah subjected Emily to lectures on being responsible and doing work. Through these lectures Emily would drop her head onto the table and groan.
Riddick had hung out with them a couple of times, mostly just checking up on the girls. There was even one night when they were all out in the hot tub and Riddick had sat on the bench next to it, listening to them talk about school and what they were going to do in the future and ways to do it.
Riddick took this as his vacation time, a break before he would have to get back to running.
"Well, I think I want to get into journalism and write stories for the news," Sarah said as she trapped a bunch of bubbles in her hands. Emily made a face.
"I like writing stories but I don't like to write them on stuff that happens," Emily sighed and went under water up to her nose.
"What did you want to do again?"
Emily took a second to think before she took a deep breath, "A fashion designer, writer, archeologist, pianist, artist, movie director, actor, street performer, acrobat, and maybe even a marine biologist!" She said, a smile on her face. Emily leaned back against the hot tub.
Riddick raised an eyebrow and Cody laughed, "Oh right, I forgot Emily was immortal, but you know, she did leave off dictator…" Cody pretend to drift in thought before Emily splashed him with the scolding water. Cody shouted and splashed her back, every one was dripping wet and Shelby made a move to dunk Emily but she jumped out in time and ran for the pool. She jumped in, though she could barley see since there weren't any lights in the pool.
Sometimes Emily wished she would never have to grow up, honestly, the thought of working day in and day out just didn't appeal to her. She came to the surface and watched as her friends talk. She looked up at the moon and sighed. She lifted her hand, as if to catch it. Your childhood was the best part about your life, and hers was over in a month.
She was scared to move out of her house, to live on her own and pay bills and to have to come home to an empty house every night. Her stomach clenched and she could feel a panic attack coming on.
Cody stood up and headed over towards Emily while the girls were engaged in a conversation. He sat down next to the stairs of the pool, where Emily was sitting.
"What's wrong Em?"
Emily could feel her eyes well up and she pulled her knees to her chest, her fist at her mouth again.
"I don't wanna grow up," She whispered.
Cody was stunned and blinked. He looked up and saw that the girls, Kiba, and Riddick were all looking over at them. Cody gestured for them to come over. The girls came without hesitation but Riddick stayed behind, he could hear fine from where he was sitting.
"Emily says she's doesn't wanna grow up," Cody said to them. Shelby gasped and Taylor smacked her in the head.
"The fearless Emily doesn't want to grow up, that's not possible!" Sarah said, hands on her hips.
" I thought you wanted to change the world, you cant do that if you don't grow up," Shelby said.
Emily ducked her head into her arms, they could hear her sniffling.
"And we were going to get a dorm together in UF and spend our college days partying our asses off," Sarah added.
Emily looked up, "But after that we'll leave, and I'll move into an empty apartment and there'll be no one there to say 'welcome home!' or I'll just live a depressed life of paying bills and working at a dead end job-,"
"Emily!" Cody said sternly, Emily ducked her head down, "You don't know what the future holds and neither do we, all you gotta do is have fun with it."
"Yeah Emmy, just dance a little bit every day. What was it that lady said, dance like no ones watching, sing like no one can hear you, and I forget the rest," Sarah ended in a defeated tone.
"Don't forget to do something that scares you every day!" Shelby added.
"Your gonna be one of those rare kick butt and awesome adults that the kids come to for help. You can't not grow up, those future kids need you!" Cody said, shaking her shoulders.
Emily stood and walked passed them, intent on going inside. She was halfway there when she ran into something big and solid. She looked up into the un-goggled eyes of Riddick. He had a stern look in his eyes, like he wasn't taking any excuses.
"Since when do you run away?" His voice was deep, like always, and it brought reassurance to her. He placed his hand on her head, "It's nothing to be afraid of, we all grow up, and we all have the same fears." His voice was barely above a whisper. Emily nodded, though a tear made its way down her cheek. He ruffled her hair and his hand lingered for a few seconds before he dropped it. "Why don't we go and watch a movie or something?"
Emily nodded and followed him inside, every one else ran after them.
"We should watch the new Fast and Furious movie!" Cody said.
"No way! The Pacifier!" Shelby said.
Emily blinked and it seemed like she was thinking hard before shook her head, "No way, we should watch Lord of the Rings." Every one agreed to that and soon they were all sitting around the huge living room. Emily was thankful, it would have been awkward, how would Riddick react when he saw someone who looked exactly like him on the screen? She could just picture it, and she paled from the thought.
So, they were all piled onto the couches, eating popcorn and watching Frodo and all the other characters fight the war, Emily couldn't help but think that it was nice. Even Riddick had sat down on the couch next to her. It was awkward at first but about half way through the movie it started to become casual. Well, more like Emily was forced to move closer because the more intense the movie got the more people wanted to sit on THAT specific couch.
She had a strand of purple hair in her mouth as she stared at the screen. She leaned forward as Frodo and the others hid from the Death things, and right then Shelby shouted "Skaboosh!!!!" Emily's heart stopped, started back up and then stopped again. Riddick hadn't even flinched, well; his goggles were on so maybe he had blinked.
Emily threw a pillow at Shelby, "Only during horror movies," she said before pulling a blanket around her shoulders. Cody, who was sitting in a recliner, yawned before throwing a piece of popcorn to Kiba, who caught it and munched on it.
Riddick seemed to be interested in the movie, probably because there was fighting and stuff. Emily rolled her eyes, she liked action, but there was more in life than a good fight. She propped her head up with her hand, her elbow on a pillow.
As the second movie rolled by people started to fall asleep, soon it was just Emily, Cody, and Riddick watching the movie, and as Cody finally closed his eyes Riddick glanced at Emily.
"You can sleep," he was quiet when he said this and Emily glanced up at him, almost to see if it was actually him talking.
"Sorry, I'm always the last to fall asleep, it's a maternal thing," She yawned and looked at her hello kitty watch; it was almost 3 in the mourning. She closed her eyes for a second, and then she was out like a light.
Riddick had been sitting on the couch with his feet propped up on the coffee table in front of him through out the entire movie, he was about to get up and head for his room when Emily moved closer to him. He didn't mind too much, it was just the fact that it felt wrong to him. He was becoming a crutch to her, and he wouldn't be there for her forever, he might even be gone tomorrow for all he knew. She would start to rely on him to the point where she wouldn't be able to fall asleep without him in the room, or she wouldn't be able to stand up for herself, or she wouldn't be able to defend herself.
These thoughts raced through his head, and for a second, he felt like he was worrying to much. The thought all most made him laugh. He took out his shiv and fiddled with it, maybe he was just letting it get to him because he had had nothing to do for so long so he was thinking too much on things. He growled lightly, this life style was going to drive him insane.
Kiba stood and padded over to Riddick and set his head on his leg. Riddick looked down at the wolf and looked into his eyes. Kiba was a good wolf; he was always by Emily's side no matter what, and he would kill anyone or thing that laid a hand on her, even Riddick. (Though he quietly doubted the wolf could kill him) Was Kiba a crutch?
Careful not to move Emily Riddick leaned forward slightly and stared at Kiba, almost as if he were looking into his soul. Something happened then, Riddick didn't know what but something touched his mind. It was bright and it hurt, but it settled over the darkness of his heart and spoke softly.
"Not a crutch, human, a friend." These words echoed through his mind and Riddick pulled the goggles back down over his eyes, even though he didn't remember removing them. Kiba sat by the couch, just under Emily and closed his eyes with a doggy like sigh.
Riddick's mouth twitch and he leaned back, closing his eyes.
When he woke Emily was still sleeping, her head on his shoulder and the rest of her body curled into a ball next to him. He glanced around, he had only been asleep a couple of hours so something must of woken him.
He cocked his head, as if listening for something. Kiba's ear twitched. Riddick glanced down at Kiba, a warning in his eyes. Kiba turned his head and went back to sleep.
The door to their room opened, Riddick nose was assaulted with the scent of dried blood.
Riddick's blood boiled, 'Nick,' he thought. Nick moved through the room, quietly avoiding the scattered sleeping bodies. 'Toombs must have left him', he closed his eyes, breathing deeply.
Nicked moved closer to Riddick, he steps carefully measured and timed. But as he moved in for the kill, his had poised to drive the knife straight into Riddick's head; a terror took hold of him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Riddick said lightly, his voice quiet. Nick's hand began to tremble.
"I really hate your kind, the people who think that there so powerful when they can't even lift a finger without someone else doing it for them. You got a rich dad, Nick?"
Nick wasn't really frightened by Riddick's accuracy. It was obvious in the way he carried himself that he had money. What frightened him the most was the power that radiated from the man. It was rolling off of him in waves and working its way through the entire room. Every muscle was tense and ready for action, but Emily's head rested gently on his shoulder, unmoved. This man wasn't human.
Nick gulped and turned, intent on fleeing, but as he looked behind him, what he saw glued him to the spot. There, behind him was Kiba, hackles raised and his eyes ablaze with fury. His fur stood on end as he took a step forward.
The next mourning Emily woke and fell off the couch, Riddick was gone, probably looking up info on the whole dimensional rip thing. Emily picked up the phone, a list already forced into her hand of food to order from room service. Everyone was starting to wake up and Emily blinked down at Kiba who stood at her feet, wagging his tail.
"Who gave Kiba ketchup?"
"Not me!" was heard all around the room. Emily raised an eyebrow but shrugged and went back to ordering breakfast.
They left to go home that night, after shopping for several hours at the mall anyways. The bus and plan ride seemed short and soon they were back home, ready to sleep. It was around a seven hour trip and they had left at six, so they got to the airport at 1:00am.
Emily yawned, her eyes drooping as she trailed Kiba's crate and her luggage behind her.
"Alright, who lives closest?" Cody asked.
"I think I do," Shelby said.
"Ok, sleep over at Shelby's," Taylor said, yawning.
"You guys do that, I'm going home, I've got to start applying for colleges or whatever it is Sarah does,"
"Hey," Sarah pouted. Emily shrugged and headed for the parking lot. Riddick appeared at her side. Emily didn't even look as she spotted her jeep and headed for it. When she got to her car she unlatched Kiba's crate and opened the door for him. After he jumped in Emily opened her door and sighed, she got in and put the key in the ignition, rubbing her eyes.
"I'll drive," Riddick said, taking the Key out of the A.C. vent. Emily blinked at it in confusion. Riddick stood in the open door waiting for Emily to move.
"You can drive?"
Riddick raised an eyebrow and pulled her out of the seat. Emily walked around and opened the passenger door. She hoped in and closed the door before putting her seat belt on.
Riddick put the key in the ignition and backed out. Emily didn't know how he did it but apparently, who was a fast learner and had picked up how to drive by watching. Emily closed her eyes and took a nap.
When she woke up they had just pulled into the garage. He tired brain took a few seconds to realize where she was before Riddick opened he door. She looked out at him and rubbed her eyes before she slid out and opened the other door to let Kiba out. Riddick closed her door and they made their way inside.
The house was pitch black but Emily made her way to her room purely by memory. She flopped down onto her bed and closed her eyes.
Riddick followed her and sat down on the desk chair. Emily was asleep and Kiba was on her bed with her. He watched as the wolf closed his eyes. Riddick was left alone in his thoughts.
He glanced over at Emily's desk; a small light had turned on. Moving closer he realized it was her Ipod. It had a half a battery. Last he looked it had been dead. He fingered a fang that was tied around his neck with a leather cord in thought. He looked down and cocked his head. He was disappearing, much like Emily had back on the skiff a year ago.
He looked back at the Ipod, 'that thing had something to do with this,' he thought. As he began to disappear he turned to look at Emily and Kiba. "Later, Kid," he didn't want to say goodbye, because whenever he said good bye, it meant forever.
When Emily woke the next mourning Riddick was gone and strangely enough, he Ipod was working. She shrugged, guessing she would see him again sometime in her life and got up to get ready for the day with only a muttered, "Story of my life."
Riddick sat, in the pilot seat of a stolen ship. It was small and easy to maneuver, which is why he chose it. He decided it was time to go into hiding. He just didn't know which planet. Then he found it, an uninhabited frozen waist land. He could just hear Emily's voice saying, "Jesus that looks cold."
The fang still rested around his neck under his shirt so it wouldn't get in the way.
A/N~ the end! Don't worry; this was like a little mini sequel so there's still more coming. Believe it or not, the song I was listening to at the end of this was the hamster dance. Thank you for the reviews, I love getting them so much. And here's a little scene for your guys enjoyment.
A young mans unconscious body was found inside an air vent at the Family resort in California. The man was close to death and had several bleeding wounds all over his body, when his DNA was tested it turned out that there were no files what so ever on him. Police find this odd; this boy had come from nowhere. But the strangest part of all, when the vent was dusted for finger prints, the match they got was one Vin Diesel. But after questioning the man said he had been in New York that week and couldn't have done it. Seeing as how several people had been with him at the time, the case was dropped and the young man was thrown in juvy for possession of weaponry.
