I followed him around keeping an eye out for Jack and Ali, I could smell them. I watched as Riddick played detective and picked up and observed whatever he found. A lantern, a pair of glasses.
When we got to the coring room the doors were locked from the inside.
We heard a whistle and looked to see Johns.
"your missin the party, comeon boy." He patted his leg.
I laughed and watched as he pulled the tarp off the roof revealing Jack.
"your missin the party."I imitated Johns.
"Comeon." Riddick joined.
I laughed as we walked back when I saw Jacks new look. She i mean he, had shaven off all of his hair and found apair of goggles. Cute kid.
"you too Ali." I called over my shoulder thinking the child would follow.
We walked back to the building where Imam found the water and drank from glasses we found. Everyone glanced at Jack.
"what?" He asked.
"its the winner of the look alike contest." Paris commented.
...
Riddick listened as they went on about the ship.
"its not a ship its a skiff." Johns said.
"like an emergeny raft?" Paris asked.
"yea, they must have had to drop the load during take off." Shazza said.
"they didnt drop the load, they never left." Riddick said.
"we dont know that." said Carolyn.
"if they left then they wouldnt have had to prep the fucking emergeny skiff." He countered.
"hes fucking right." Jack said.
Midnight's hand clamped over his mouth and she shhed him as she giggled.
Then Imam rushed in.
"have you seen Ali? Iv looked everywhere."
"wait! I thought he was with you Jack! shit! The Corring room!" Midnight said franticly running out of the room.
Johns shot through the door and we walked in keeping everyone together, we watched as Imam searched calling out the young boy's name.
Johns heard something and pushed us out the doors intime.
"Imam?" We called out.
Midnight found him...he found Ali.
...
I watched from afar as Imam and the other two prayed for Ali as they burried him.
"other buildings werent secure, so they ran here." Riddick concluded." Heaviest doors...but they forgot to lock the cellar."
I walked towards him as Shazza handed him her oxygen device.
"what its broken?" He asked throwing down.
" it still has a few hits, actually asshole, im saying im sorry." Shazza said back.
"dont waste your time on him Shazza." I said.
She walked away with Johns.
I walked up to him and picked it up and placed it on him and walked away. He caught my hand. I looked up to him and he pulled me to him.
"waoh what are you doing?" I asked.
"going for the sweet spot." He answered.
I stopped him as he leaned down for a kiss.
" look, i got healed and you got your fix. Thats the end of it."
"ok." He said as I walked away." Just keep tellin yourself that."
He followed me to the others and we watched Fry with a solar calender.
"eclipse." She said" the last coring samples were dated this month, twenty two years ago."
"you afraid of the dark?" Riddick asked.
...
Riddick sat with his shiv shaving his head as Johns walked up about to puke.
"i thought- I t-told you no s-shivs."
" this is a personal grooming device." He defended.
He waited till he got Fry alone in the skiff.
he figured out that Johns had told her how he escaped the last asshole slam. He got up close behind her. And she tried to stay calm as she talked to him. He smelled her neck as he told her that Johns wasnt a cop, but a merc. And riddick, he was just another payday worth more alive.
Then the door open and he saw Midnight. She bent her knees and patted them.
"there you are doggie, your such a good doggie." She said reminding him of Johns' earlier gag." Come on come on!"
He started walking down the lift.
" next time your alone with Johns, Why dont you ask him why he shakes." He said over his shoulder." And maybe you can ask yourself why owens told you not to touch the handle."
He finally stepped off the lift to thr beaconing woman.
" are you trying to piss me off?"he growled.
Fry watched as she laughed at him like he was a personal friend.
" oh I dont do it to piss you off." She said." I do it to make me laugh."
...
johns secured the needle in his eye filling himself the morphine.
"your not a cop are you?" I asked knowing full well he wasnt.
"never said I was."
Carolyn walked in.
"Jesus, you never said you were a fucking hype either."she hissed." Theres enough morphine to knock oit a mule team. This could have saved Owens."
"he was already dead, his brain just hadnt caught on yet."Johns said.
"what is it for Johns?" I asked." The sweet spot? Did he go for it and miss?"
"i can still fill thr shiv pressing agaislnts the wound."He said getting in my face.
Shit! I could smell the morphine and this time a bigger dose due to the time between now and when he had taken it. I startred taking deep breaths. I felt feint. Morphine has a chemical embalance with my health process. And right now It was like it was all around me.
That was it. I could see the looks on their faces as I went down.
...
"Riddick!" He heard Johns yell
he followed Shazza, Jack, and Imam to the room to see the unconsious girl. He hair turned white, and vines along her arms and legs.
"wanna tell me something?" Johns demanded.
"what the fuck is she?" Carolyn yelled.
"A Banshee, a breed known for their high-pitched screams, and thier ability to see perfectly in the dark, and are highly allergic to Morphine." Riddick explained smiling.
"what the fuck!" Fry shouted." We dont have time for this!"
Imam's two young travelers came in shouting in thier language.
Carolyn ran out to see the eclipse begin.
Everyone franticly ran to the climb on the sandcat. They had to hurry, it was solar powered.
"where Riddick?" Jack asked
" theres no time lets just leave him, hed do the same." Paris said right as Riddick walked out carrying a very different looking Midnight."
"oh thought we lost you." He said nervously.
...
I awoke along the way. I looked to see my vision different and my markings visible. I looked to sed Jack statring at me. I looked forward and pointed signaling Jack to duck.
"we'll discuss this later." Johns told me.
Shit, now I had a merc after me. fan-fucking-tastic!
...
they loaded the battery-type things onto the sand cat back to the skiff.
By the time they were done, the sandcat was no longer of any use, the suns were fading as darkness and the creatures started engulfing the sky.
"how many are there?" Johns asked.
"beautiful." Riddick and I wispered at the same time.
" just a suggestion." paris shouted." Perhaps you should flee!"
Everyone rushed from thr sandcat to the ship wreckage seeking refuge inside. Everyone but Riddick and Shazza made it.
She got up run.
" stay down Shazza!" Jack cried. " just stay down.
Jacks words fell on deaf ears as the creatures attacked the woman.
Paris rushed everyone in.
Carolyn, Midnight, and Riddick stared outside.
Fry watched as Midnight slowly walked towards Riddick as she stared in the same direction.
"what do you see?" Carolyn asked.
" like I said, it aint me you gotta worry about." Riddick answered.
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