Once we reached the others, I overheard Fry and Johns talking and listened in on the conversation.
"I'm telling you, we shouldn't trust her, I got a bad feeling about her," Fry whispered sharply to johns.
"You're just being paranoid Fry, there's no reason for us not to trust her. Arista has done nothing to make us not need to trust her"
'Ahh so the bitch wants to turn them against me, get rid of me' I thought with a chuckle.
She can try all she wants, I couldn't give less of a fuck about what that chick had to say about me, no matter how hard she tried my ass was getting off of this fucked up planet.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
'Gunshots,' I thought hearing the familiar noise. The others began running back towards the ship and I jogged behind them.
When I caught up with the others I saw Riddick on the ground, Shazza screaming and kicking with Fry and Jack trying to hold her back, Johns was standing over Riddick with his goggles in his hand and a cocky smirk on his face.
From the way things were looking, and the fact that it was Shazza screaming with the scent of blood in the air, Zeke was no longer with us. I walked over to the hole that Zeke had been in and saw blood splattered around a hole that was placed there.
I kneeled against the side and closed my eyes, listening to the sounds coming from the inside of the hole. It was obvious that Zeke hadn't created it. The way the hole was dug seemed sharp and ragged, it wasn't caused by the shovel that he had been using.
"He killed him! He killed him!" Shazza was screaming and I stood up and quietly replied, "no he didn't."
Apparently, it wasn't quite enough as everyone froze and turned to me. "What? It's obvious that he did-" Shazza screamed and I cut her off, "he did not."
"How can you say that?" Fry shrieked and I simply shrugged. "Because it's the truth. My father was a detective as well as a corner. I used to study blood splatter and causes of death back when I was younger. From the splatter around the hole, he was dragged inwards as the blood trail goes further in. From the ragged edges, the hole was created from underneath the ground and with something with sharp ends. Finally, with the amount of blood in the hole, no matter how skilled a murderer is there would be at least a good amount of blood on him."
Everyone looked at Riddick who laid there passed out, there was no sight of blood on him or his shiv. "But if he didn't do it then who did?" Shazza asked her voice raspy.
I shrugged, "I don't know but the facts point that he isn't the one that did. Do what you want but you're blaming the wrong person. Whatever or whoever killed your husband dug that hole and pulled him in."
"I don't care, I'm not trusting him and letting him loose," Johns cut in and I shrugged as he dragged Riddick away. On the outside, I seemed indifferent and calm, collected. However, for some reason, on the inside I was upset and wanted to lash out at Johns for treating him so poorly though.
"Do you really think Riddick is innocent?" Jack asked and everyone turned to me, eying me skeptically.
"That man is far from innocent, however, involving Zeke he isn't the culprit."
"Why should we believe you? How do we know that you aren't the one that killed Zeke."
"Shut up Fry, you're making yourself seem even more stupid than you already are. I was with you all in the boneyard when the shots rang out and you all got here before I did so what sense does that make?" She was silent as her cheeks reddened in embarrassment and I simply scoffed and walked away from them, towards the ship.
I sat back in the shaded part of the ship and took in a deep breath trying to calm down. Fry's idiocy was beginning to grate on my final nerves. My water supply was lower than I thought, apparently, the cap hadn't been screwed on tight enough and now I had left was the half bottle of water.
Riddick had been locked up in the bottom part of the ship, I could hear him rattling his chains a little before becoming silent.
I saw Fry through a crack in the wall heading towards the hallway that would lead to him and raised an eyebrow. Soon after Jack sneaked in after her and my curiosity got the best of me and I got up and followed after them.
"Where's the body?" Fry asked Riddick and was responded with silence. I snuck up behind Jack and wrapped my hand over her mouth silencing her short yell in surprise. She turned to look at me and I put a finger to my lips to which she nodded and I let go of her mouth.
"Alright well what about the noises? The ones Johns said you said you heard."
Riddick remained silent and Fry grew frustrated and backed up a few steps, seeming to get ready to leave when she spoke up again. "You know the others are outside, they're debating on whether or not to leave you here to die."
I thought he would be smart enough to realize that Johns wouldn't be willing to just leave him after going through all the trouble to capture him but apparently, I was wrong.
"You mean the whispers?"
Fry turned back around, now interested in what he had to say. However, he started to freak her out, talking about how blood tastes and how to use ginger schnapps to get rid of the copper taste.
"Let me see your eyes Riddick" Fry said stepping slightly closer.
He chuckled, " you'd have to come a lot closer for that."
Unsurprisingly, she stepped closer. I could see from here that she was interested in Riddick. Her arousal was beginning to fill my nose and I scrunched it up in disgust.
Not just do to the fact that it was Fry, but because it smelled disgusting, like sweat, dirt, unwashed crotch and crusty discharge. To sum it up she smelled like am unwashed pair of undies that belonged to a homeless woman.
"Closer," he whispered and just as he wanted, she followed his command.
This happened three more times before Riddick jumped up and scared Fry.
I heard a something creak and my head snapped towards Jack who had stood up to try and get a closer look, giving us away.
"Whoa where can we get eyes like that?" she asked.
"You got to kill a few people first," he responded and Jack nodded eagerly.
"I can do that."
"Then you got to get locked in slammer where they tell you, you'll never see the sun again and then dig up a doctor and pay 'em to do a surgical shining on your eyeballs."
"So, you can see who's sneaking up on you in the dark!" Jack finished with a large grin and Riddick smirked, "exactly."
"Get out!" Fry screamed, ripping the smile from Jack's face. She repeated herself softer and Jack huffed before walked away.
"Look in the hole," Riddick told Fry. "We already did," she snapped back at him in anger. "Look deeper before leaning back in the dark showing that he was done talking.
"Get out," Fry said to me harshly and I raised an eyebrow and moved down the stairs, closer to them.
"Did you hear me?! I said g-" Fry started to yell and I pulled out my knife and placed it against her throat.
"Watch it captain," I hissed sarcastically, "I've had enough lip out of you, the others may think that you saved their asses but I know damn well who the real hero was. You are nothing more than a piece of gum on the bottom of my sandal, a lying piece of shit. So, watch your step with me Fry, I'm not someone to mess around with."
I heard Johns coming towards us and leaned in close to Fry's ear. I could feel her body shaking underneath mine in fear though she was trying to stop herself. "Say anything about this to anyone, I will find out if you even think about this. And watch yourself Fry because when shit hits the fan and trust me it will, I'll be there and I'm not someone you wanna fuck with."
I pulled away from her and placed the knife back in its holster just as Johns came into the room. "He said look deeper into the hole," I told him before leaving the room and heading out towards the others.
There was a bad feeling in my gut and I knew that from here on out things were only going to get worse.
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