Summary: The remaining crew of Serenity is still flying, and life seems to be getting back to normal. That is, of course, until another fugitive manages to get onboard… Things are about to get a whole lot more interesting. (Riddick/Firefly Crossover)

Spoilers: The entire Firefly series, Serenity (the movie), and both Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick.

Disclaimer: Firefly and Serenity both belong to Joss Whedon, Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick belong to Universal Studios and are produced by Vin Diesel. I own absolutely nothing. I swear. Nor am I making any kind of money off of this piece of writing. It's merely an idea I had, that wouldn't leave me alone.

Rating: M (For language, violence, and sexual references)

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Romance

Pairings: River/Riddick (a little odd, I know), Simon/Kaylee, and hints of Mal/Inara.

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Chapter 7: False Truths

The whole damn ship is on edge. Damn girl, her little fit made things worse, made them more suspicious. They're all watching me, everywhere I go one of them is there; waiting for something. Waiting for me to do something? What the fuck am I going to do? We're in the fucking black, besides killing all of them there isn't much I can do.

The girl, she mentioned those fucking Necro-bitches, said they were close. I need to know how close, my plans may have to change… But first, getting to the girl.

I know they moved her to a passenger room, to make her more comfortable. That will make it easier for me, the infirmary has too many windows. I walk towards the passenger rooms, the captain and the doctor are there, talking quietly. My presence makes them both uncomfortable, I can tell. They should be fucking uncomfortable, I'm a killer. They don't know that of course, not yet at least. They may get first hand experience sometime soon… we'll see. I walk towards them, towards 'my' room. They both tense, I know I'm smirking, but I really don't give a shit.

"Turnin' in Richard?"

This captain has balls, I'll give him that. I turn to him, he's the one smirking now. His guard is up. Good.

"Well, captain, it's been eventful night, I think it might be best for me to… turn in."

The doctor is on edge now too. He looks at me, fear in his eyes. This is just too easy… Without looking back, I enter 'my' room and shut the door. I'm not going to be able to reach the girl for a while, they'll be watching her. That's fine… I know how to wait for the perfect moment. Might as well rest till then.

It's late now. There might be someone 'on watch' but that wont matter, they won't see me. It's dark on the ship now, which will make my life easier. I remove my goggles, putting them in my pocket. The door opens silently, good. I make no noise as I walk down the hall. I can see the doctor; he's sitting in a chair outside the girl's room. Asleep. I move past him, watching him for any signs of waking. This door opens silently as well; that little mechanic takes good care of this ship. I close the door behind me; I wouldn't want anyone to interrupt.

The girl is asleep, or unconscious. I stand over her, watching for a moment. Some of her hair is covering her face, I want to push it aside…Wait? I want to what? Fuck that. I pull out my shiv, and place the tip of it on her pale neck. My other hand covers her mouth.

"Time to wake up girl."

I didn't actually think that would work, but it does. Her eyes snap open, panic and fear in them, until she focuses on me. She relaxes then. What the fuck? I have a knife to her throat and she's relaxed? I push the tip into her a little further, almost drawing blood. I remove the hand from her mouth. She smiles up at me… How she can see me in dark, I don't know.

"Your eyes. They're pretty."

"I'm not pretty. I'm a murderer."

"So am I, but you think I'm beautiful."

I growl. I'm going to kill this girl.

"No your not."

Her hand reaches towards my face. I grab her wrist, squeezing the fragile bones, hard. She glares at me, her other hand comes up. I can either drop the first hand, the shiv, or let her do whatever it is she wants to do. I decide the latter. She has no weapon. Even with her nails she can't do much damage in this position. She's smiling at me again. Damn her. Her cool fingers touch my face, right under my eye.

"You see so much more. These eyes, so much. They're coming for you. I can feel them pressing on me…" she puts pressure on my temple, "here."

"Is that so, little girl?"

"Yes."

"When?"

"Why? Will you kill us? Steal our ship? Run? Are you that weak?"

I throw the shiv across the room, my hand going around her neck. I yank the little bitch off her bed, slamming her against the wall. I can tell I've knocked the air out of her lungs. I also know I'm making more noise than I should, but I don't really fucking care right now. I lift her, until only the tips of her toes are able to touch the ground.

"I don't know little girl. Am I that weak?"

She's gasping for a breath, her eyes meet mine, she smirks at me.

"Yes."

I slam her against the wall again, her head hits hard. I see the pain swimming in her eyes.

"Yes."

I pull out my second shiv, and press the metal tip against her abdomen. She winces. I can tell the lack of air is getting to her, she brings her hands up to wrap around my wrist. She looks me the eyes again.

"Yes."

"I'm going to fucking kill you, little girl. Then I'm going to kill everyone on this boat."

The cocking of a gun echoes around the room.

"Now I don't mind you cutting on moonbrain, she's cut on me once or twice. Hell I don't even mind you plannin' on turning her in. But thinkin' you gonna kill me in my sleep, well now, that don't sit right with me."

I can tell the door has been opened again…the lights come on. I close my eyes… Shit.

"Get your hands off my pilot, unless you want to know the feel of a bullet in your brainpan."

I let the little bitch go, and drop the shiv. She smiles up at me, her eyes bright.

"I said you wouldn't kill me, not tonight."

That little bitch… She knew this was going to happen? She's going to die. If I get sent back to slam, I'm going to make the torture she's been through so far seem like a tea party. Hell even if I don't get sent back, I'm going to kill her. She reaches into my pocket, pulling out my goggles. She puts them in my hand, her fingers lingering on mine for a moment longer than necessary.

"No. You won't… You should put those on now."

As much as I don't want to listen to the little whore, I know I have to. I pull on the dark lenses, and open my eyes. That little fuck is grinning up at me. I almost lunge at her, but the sound of a second gun cocking stops me…

"Jayne…"

I feel the tall man come up behind me, the impact of his elbow on the back of my head stuns me, I fall to my knees, my world fading into complete darkness. The last thing I hear before I pass out is that little bitch's voice…

"You can't throw him out the airlock Captain Daddy, not yet."