The morning came too quickly for Kyra. It seemed like she'd just fallen back to sleep when Riddick snapped at her to get up. Rolling over, she glared at him.
"What?" came her growled response.
"Get up. We've got to go. Got a new ship ready."
Sitting up quickly at his tone, she prodded, "Why?"
"We were followed."
Without waiting for more, she sprang out of bed and was ready instantly.
The few minutes it took them to reach their new ship felt like hours to Kyra. Once they were safely in the sky, her mind wandered back to a similar incident many years before…
"Riddick!" Jack screamed, trying as hard as she could to keep up with him. It was supposed to be a simple supply run, their trip to Solium II. Get in, get out, nothing to it. But then the attack on the ship had caused the need to either repair damages done, or find a new one. In the end, they opted to grab a new ship and get out. However, this took time, more time then they'd planned. Enough time for the mercs that were following them to track them down again. So now, here they were, trying to escape, and failing miserably. Riddick could have killed them, Jack knew. He could easily have killed the whole 5 man crew. But he'd had to think of her. So instead, he ran, and she followed. Or tried to.
"Riddick!" she screamed again, losing sight of him around a corner. She turned the corner and stopped, not able to see him anywhere. Panicked, she froze in fear. Jack tried to deny it, but she still had many fears. And losing Riddick was the worst.
She heard the men behind her as she felt a hand grab at the collar of her shirt. Before she knew what was happening, she had been hauled onto a second story balcony and through a sliding door. She felt an arm circle her waist, pulling her against something hard. A man's hand was on her mouth, keeping her from crying out. She struggled desperately, her legs flailing about wildly.
"Jack. Jack! It's me! Stop!" the whispered command came, directly into her ear. She calmed instantly on hearing Riddick's voice. He still held her hard against him, one hand on her mouth. After what seemed like eternity, he let her go. She gasped, filling her lungs fully. His hand had severely limited her air supply.
"What the hell, Riddick! Way to disappear back there!" the girl spat, whirling on him.
Riddick stared out the glass door, not responding. That was unlike him. Usually he would scold her for not keeping up, for panicking, for something. Jack shivered, despite the heat. Somehow, she knew his silence was worse then any scolding.
"Kyra! Pay fucking attention!"
Kyra snapped to, her memories receding once more to the back of her mind. Riddick was talking to her, telling her something.
"What?"
"Jesus where the fuck is your head today? I need you to keep your eyes open. Check the mainframe for any possible trackers. I don't want to be surprised again."
Kyra didn't respond, just did as he asked for once. He was right, the last thing they needed was to be caught unaware and be captured or worse. Mercs were an ever constant threat, and now this new enemy, the necromongers. They made her nervous, she wasn't gonna deny that. Their whole join or die philosophy didn't bode well for the rest of the universe.
Kyra glanced at Riddick. He didn't seem to be phased by them. Riddick may have been her knight in shining armor once, but he wasn't a hero. Neither of them were. But could they really just walk away and say screw it to the rest of humanity? She was a murderer; that didn't mean she wanted to see innocent people killed. There was a line, even she knew that, as horrible as some of her crimes may have been. There was a line you didn't cross, and these people weren't just crossing it, they were obliterating it.
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A.N.-Yes, I have no head for anything electrical or anything like that, so I have no idea of a better way to phrase the part where Riddicks asking Kyra to make sure they can't be tracked or traced or w/e lol. Any suggestions of how to make it sound less…wrong? Lol definitely would be appreciated. Tried to make this chapter a little longer then the last, but eh, w/e haha. Still short, but I'm updating regularly now so I'll have another up in a day or two. And yes, my planets have terrible names, so sue me. Please R&R.
