Disclaimer: Chapter 1!
A/N: HI! sorry about the slight wait! I was being lazy the other day, and just couldnt get myself to actually work! Then, today, i was sickish, so i cam home and slept for half the day, so now i'm hyper, and my beta, Adam (everyone say hi to Adam!) came online, and we had a aswome talk about old people, and parks, and scaring little kids, and then i was hit with writing ideas! so here it is! and Adam, I love you so much for putting up with all my crazy bullshit! WHEEE!anyways, read, read, read! Go on!
P.S: I NEED ANOTHER BETA!
"Erin"
Grunt.
"Erin"
Grunt.
"ERIN!"
"Fuck! What?"
"People are starting to come outta the shipy thingy. Just thought you would like to know. You didn't need to bite my head off, gessh!" Said a scowling Reena.
Erin looked at her for about two minutes, blinking slowly. Then, finally she spoke up, like she had just gotten her thoughts together.
"Buddy, they are making enough noise to wake the fucking dead, and you think I didn't notice it? Come on now Reena! Well I do have selective hearing sometimes, that doesn't mean that I block out thumping feet and yelling kids…..or at least I didn't this time…"
Reena laughed a bit at that, and then said "Sorry, I thought you might have fallen asleep or something. Don't get your panties in a twist, Hun."
The combination of the heat, all the emotional stress and waking up in a strange place (in a movie on top of that!) was obviously setting tempers on high. Both women sighed at the same time, looked at each other, and burst out laughing. And with that, a lot of the stress flew out of them, leaving them feeling slightly more energized.
Erin looked towards the entrance to the ship, watching as slowly one by one, people started coming out into the open. She smiled slightly, and started naming them.
"Imam" She said, watching as the tall black man looked into the sun. Or, actually, suns. How she and Reena hadn't noticed that big change showed how out of it they were this morning. Blame it on the drinks the night before. Always easiest. Next came his three boys, or charges, whatever they were. Erin honestly didn't care. They were cannon fodder. She knew it was a mean way to think. Cruel. Heartless even, but it was just the truth of the matter. Shit, that's basically what her and Reena were now.
That thought hit her hard, but she would have to think about it later, and discus it with Reena. She watched as the next person came out.
"Zeke"
Then, " Paris"
Erin smiled at the next one. "Jack"
She knew that the only people left were Johns a.ka. The Blue Eyed Devil (in the words of Riddick), Carolyn Fry, and the one and only, Richard B. Riddick. Erin had to admit; she was feeling mixed feelings at meeting her personal "hero". She knew it wasn't going to be like how she wished it to go. She wasn't going to walk by, and Riddick suddenly falls in love with her, they kick ass and kill all the nasty bogymen monsters and then they live happily ever after, the end. She knew it was probably going to be like, she walks by, and hopes she doesn't get killed cause she somehow pissed of Mr. I've-been-to-slam-I'm-evil.
Erin looked over at Reena, who had obviously been paying attention to Erin's little name lesson. Reena looked like she had finally accepted that this was finally happening. They both locked eyes for a few minutes, and you could almost see all the emotions they were sharing. They had been best friends for so long, and through that whole time, Erin usually went out of her way to make sure that Reena was never hurt. Reena knew she would make sure that happened now too. It was the only promise that Erin would ever give to her, because she knew that she could back that up. Otherwise, Erin avoided making promises. Reena knew it was because of so many friends that had betrayed a promise, or some other thing.
Erin was the first one to look away, a determined look settling on her face. She suddenly stood up, brushing the sand off the butt of her pants, and turned to give Reena a hand up. Once Reena was up, Erin then walked towards the little survivor party going on.
Reena blinked once. Then blinked again. Erin was hardly ever that determined looking. In all their 8 years being best friends, Reena had only seen Erin that determined once. It was in grade 3 or 4, and Erin was falling behind in school so fast. The teachers finally asked her parents to take her to the doctor or something, and everyone found out that she had a "brain block" (obviously not the medical term, but its what Erin referred to it as). The teachers acted like she was disabled. Erin hated it. She was taken out of class and put in the "special" kids class. So that's when Erin suddenly got so determined to prove all of them wrong. She wanted to prove that she could be as smart as all the other normal kids. All the teachers were surprised when in a year, Erin was starting to surpass even the normal kids knowledge. And Erin had proved that all the teachers were wrong in thinking she couldn't learn like other kids.
Erin looked back when she noticed Reena wasn't following her. She raised an eyebrow when she saw her standing, staring into space with a distant look on her face. Erin frowned a bit, and then walked back to her. Standing right in front of her, Reena's eyes still didn't focus on her. Raising a hand and waving it in front of her face did nothing. Erin grinned. 'Paybacks a bitch' She thought. Pulling back her arm a bit, she gave Reena a sharp slap across the face, and then bolted towards the other survivors, laughing madly.
Reena gave a gasped and tenderly held her cheek, then noticing that Erin was getting away, ran after her. Of course, Erin having a slight lung problem didn't get that far before Reena caught up with her. When Reena was in range, she took a flying leap at Erin. Tackling her to the ground, Reena then got up and started doing a victory dance.
"That's right! Who beat you down! Reena did! BAM! Hahahahahahahaha! You can not beat the master of all things!" Shouted Reena happily, starting to do the Egyptian walk.
Erin rolled over onto her back, then onto her side so she could spit out a mouth full of sand. After about five minutes of spitting out, she thought she had finally got it all out, and standing up, she noticed Reena still boasting about her "victory" and still doing her little happy dance.
"Dude, you so cheated!" said Erin, glaring at Reena, who was yet again doing her "fish" dance. "What the hell are you doing?" Asked Erin, when she noticed Reena wasn't planning on stopping any time soon.
Erin suddenly remembered that she had been running towards people, and turned around to see seven people staring at them like they were crazy. Which probably wasn't too far from the truth.
Erin turned back to Reena, who was STILL going about her victory dance shamelessly. Erin just shook her head in shame.
"Reena, would you knock it out already? You're embarrassing yourself, and me for that matter. I mean, everyone here knows that you somehow cheated, and that I'm clearly the victor, so would you please stop? Your so undignified." Erin said, in a "holier-then-thou" tone of voice.
Reena suddenly noticed her audience, and blushed a deep red. Moving over to Erin, she hid behind her, and started mumbling under her breath about 'stupid people who cant admit defeat'.
Erin let an evil grin spread on her face, but didn't try to humiliate her friend anymore. Turning to the audience, Erin walked towards them a bit more, and had to hold back a laugh when Imam pulled his three charges back away from her a bit. 'What? Are they scared of little ole'me?' The thought made her evil grin spread even wider.
"Hi! So I see you've joined our happy little club of people who survive major crashes! Oh, you know what? We should seriously get jackets. On the back it could say "Crash Survivors Club"! That's the best idea I've ever had!" Erin said excitingly.
Reena looked at her like she had gone insane, yet again. Reena was starting to come out of her denial stage and was just starting to admit that Erin really had been dropped on her head way too much as a child, so in fact, she really was crazy.
Reena nudged Erin in the stomach a bit, to snap her out of her craziness.
"OH! Right! Sorry! Just got a bit carried away there. Anyways, I'm Erin, and this shorty here is Reena. I'm a recovering alcoholic. My little problem has caused me to lose my job, my life, and my husband! Dear god! What have I been doing all my life? So anyways, back to my alcoholic problem. Yeah, so one day, I woke up, and smelled the alcoho…I mean, coffee, and I decided to start drin…I mean, stop drinking, and now my life is perfect! I live in a beautiful bright yellow house, with a picket white fence, with two and a half children with a well paying job as a person who sits on her ass all day and pretends to work! And I have Alcoholics Anonymous to thank for that! So…..who are you people?"
Everyone blinked, then looked at each other, and as a group, all took a step back. Reena just threw up her hands and grumbled about having to be friends with an insane person. Erin just continued smiling cheerfully at everyone.
Thankfully, Johns and Fry walking out of the ship interrupted them. Fry and johns both saw the two new women, and started walking over to them. Fry was the first person to talk.
"Hi. I'm Fry, and this here is Johns. I'm not sure I remember you two. Was Owens the one who checked you guys in?"
Erin and Reena glanced at each other, and then Erin decided to take on the role as the talker.
"Ummm…yeah, I think so. So, who are all the other people? We didn't have time for introductions"
"Oh, well, that one there is Imam, and his three charges, Suleiman, Hassan, and Ali. Then over there is Paris, Zeke and Jack. Did you catch Shazza as she was coming out?" Said Fry, pointing at the people as she said their names.
"Yeah, we did. So, what's the game plan?" Replied Erin.
A/N 2: well? how was it? hehehe, i had fun writing this one! I didnt know how to end it though, so sorry about the crappy ending!
RIDDICK IS GONNA BE IN NEXT CHAPTER! YAY!
I love all you reviewers! you guys are so nice, and cute! i'd give you all cookies if i could..but, yea, i cant, so, how bout you go out and buy some cookies, and then get a piece of paper and write "From: Rin" on it, then put it outside of your door and ring the doorbell, then go back inside and open the door, and then we can pretend that i sent them to you? sounds like a plan to me! okey, gonna go now, coffee wearing off! REVIEW PREETY PRETTY PLEASE? (uses puppy dog eyes at you all) you can't resist me! (evil laugh)
