Riddick knew that Jen was hurt, but since she didn't want anyone to 'know', he just left her alone and talked to Kyra.

Kyra didn't notice, but by hanging around Jen on that planet they were stuck on, she ended up acting slightly like her, as well as him. She wore similar clothes to Jen, and he knew that was influenced when she lived with Imam's family.

At one point, Riddick left Kyra to muse to herself on whether Jen was alright, but no way was he going to admit to it. When he came to the room, she claimed he could tell it was locked. She probably locked the bathroom door where he heard the water flowing.

Riddick was curious as to why Jen decided to lock both doors. He wondered how long she was on Crematoria, so he went back to Kyra. He didn't even have to ask, because she asked if he knew which planet she came from. He answered simply, and she frowned.

Kyra turned to Riddick and said, "She must have been on a merc planet, because this is a merc ship; but if she was, then why?"

So she went to a merc planet. She is still a merc, and she fucking lied.

His animal side was about to speak when Kyra said, "She probably went into the merc place, hacked into the mainframe and sent a message to Crematoria saying I was to be taken elsewhere. That's why she had to take a merc ship to make it seem legit." She looked out into space and said, "When did she become so cryptic?"

Riddick just looked at her and she said, "When she came to get me she said, 'Well, the dark says you were, but now the light says you're a killer.' That was after I said I wasn't a kid. I only understood it when she said 'Jack', because I never forgot how she said my name on that planet, and when I got into trouble. It was always lined with concern, annoyance and laughter."

Riddick nodded and Kyra said, "She left to go find you. She left me on Helion and knew I would follow eventually. It was in her eyes."

Riddick glanced down the hall and Kyra said, "It's funny. I hated you both for leaving; but if you didn't, I never would have become who I am now, Kyra. Riddick, when it comes to the time to kill, can we play my favourite game? Who's the better killer?"

Riddick looked at Kyra and smiled only slightly. "Sure Kid."

Kyra looked down the hall and said, "I'm going to talk to Jen. I've already set the autopilot to Helion." Riddick nodded and sat their consumed in his thoughts, when something popped up on screen. It was a convict and her whereabouts saying the last known location.

He was about to turn it off when he saw the location to be Helion, and part of him hoped it was coincidence, but another part of him knew it wasn't.

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Jen opened the door and motioned for Kyra to come. When she did, Kyra said, "Ok, me and Riddick know you're hurt, and I gave you enough time to sort it out, so you're going to sit down and let me talk."

Jen looked at Kyra, then sat down on the bed and said, "Can I say something first?"

Kyra sat down next to her and said, "Sure."

Jen looked at her hands and said, "Kyra, life isn't easy, and the best place for a kid to grow up in is a place with a family like Imam's."

Kyra sighed and said, "I'm sorry I left but…"

Jen stopped her with a look and said, "Let me finish. Riddick and I are mates, and well, I was pregnant five years ago."

Something clicked in Kyra's mind and she said, "That's why you got so fat. I feel so stupid, and that's why you just instructed me during the lessons you gave me instead of showing me after a while. It explains why you were gone a lot, and why you were gone for a whole month before you left."

Jen sighed and said, "It does, doesn't it." She chuckled and said, "Kyra, I never came back home with the kid because I gave her to a rich family who could take care of her and tell her of Riddick and I one day. I gave them a folder with pictures of us and a letter. They said they would tell her, and that's all that mattered. They didn't hate criminals, and the reason may have been because their only child 'Sun' was a convict/Criminal."

Jen took the picture she printed off the merc database and handed it to Kyra, "She was the same age you were when she was sent to slam, and I remember seeing her once. When I was on the merc mainframe I declared her dead the same way Riddick and I were. I promised her parents that I would bring her home safely. I contacted her on my way here and told her to go to Helion, but not to be reckless. She said she would send this ship a message that would look like it would show to all mercs with a picture and everything."

Kyra smiled and said. "So what's your girl called?"

Jen smiled and said, "Jackie, named after her godmother."

Kyra smiled and hugged Jen and said, "I'm a godmother." When she released her she said, "So the reason for us going to Helion is to help Sun and Jackie."

Jen nodded then said, "I should tell Riddick shouldn't I?"

Kyra nodded and said, "Well, no better time than now. I'll get in the shower of my room and you talk to him." With that Kyra dragged Jen out of the room and shoved her in the room Riddick was in, and then left to go take the shower.

Jen sat in the seat Kyra occupied before and said, "Riddick, I need to tell you something."

Riddick looked at her with anger and switched on the wanted pic of Sun and said, "What? That you're still a merc?"

Jen didn't flinch, or seem to move at all from the anger pouring off of him, for she knew it would be much worse when she told him about Jackie.

She looked at him and said, "Sun is a friend of mine. Yes, I went to a merc planet and everything Kyra said about that was true, except that I hacked into the mainframe and also declared us dead as well as Sun. I contacted her and she said she would contact me through something like this, so if any other mercs were on the ship they wouldn't know that I wasn't a merc.

And the thing I wanted to tell you RIDDICK is that we have a five year old daughter named Jackie, and Kyra is the godmother." Before she could start her next sentence she was lifted out of the chair and shoved painfully against the wall.

"You choose to tell me this NOW!"

Jen looked down and said, "I left her with a rich family that could look after her on Helion."

Riddick shoved her again and said, "So she doesn't know who her fucking parents are?"

Jen wouldn't let the tears that threatened to fall go, neither would she look at Riddick when she said, "She will find out at sixteen. They promised if I brought Sun back safe they would tell her, and even if I didn't they would give her the folder I left for her which would tell her who her parents were.

Riddick, you don't know how hard it was to give up my child, but I had to. I wasn't going to drag her into my mess that people call life. She deserved a home where she could stay and not always be on the run.

Jackie deserved a life as a kid like we never truly got Riddick. I hate to think I have already missed five years of my beautiful baby girl's life, and that I don't know what she likes, dislikes, what her hobbies are. Even what she looks like."

Throughout all that, Riddick remained silent, and knew she ended up crying, for it was in her voice. Half way through speaking she looked at him with an expression he never saw on her more than once; regret, love, anger, a deep sadness, and last of all… pain. A pain that only went to the heart, that she never saw her daughter for five years and doesn't know anything about her except for what she looked like as a baby.

He let her go and turned around, not facing her when he said, "I still had the right to know."

Jen looked at him and said, "I know, and I'm sorry. I truly am. All I know is that she looks like both of us, inside and out." She chuckled slightly and said, "She was born with the metal around her bones, but it's different to mine. The doctor said it could expand, meaning it could grow. Mine only could grow to a certain extent, but hers will grow with her.

She has our eyes and she has your handsome face, and the doctor said my smile. When she saw me she knew then that I was her mother and smiled." Jen was on her knees by then with tears running down her cheeks. Then she looked at Riddick and said, "I truly am sorry Riddick, but I never really knew if you wanted a child or not and I had no idea where you were."

Riddick looked at her and ran a hand over his face, and said, "I never really knew. But now all I want is to see her- be there for her." He sighed again and said, "I haven't even met the kid and she's made me go all soft." They both laughed at that and smiled at each other. Riddick helped her up and said, "Don't you ever keep something like this away from me again, got it?" He growled.

Jen looked at him and said, "I won't."

Jen then looked at the autopilot and said, "They're not the only reason I'm going to Helion." She looked at him and said, "I am going there to avenge the Furyan race, and kill the Lord Marshall."

Riddick looked at her and said, "I will be the only one to kill him."

Jen nodded reluctantly then said, "What if me and Kyra just help when you need it?" She didn't get an answer, only a grunt which was good enough for her.

The rest of the journey was easier for the three convicts; for they got past all the lies and secrets and became the little family they were before Helion.

They planned what to do when they got there. Kyra reluctantly agreed to what they told her to do, which was to find Sun and take her back to her family, and then stay there and protect Jackie at all costs. She didn't mind protecting her godchild. It was just the fact she was babysitting someone while Jen and Riddick would have all the fun.

When they arrived, stealthily Kyra went to do what she was told while Jen and Riddick went to the ship with the Lord Marshall. The plan was: Riddick would fight the Lord Marshall while Jen fended off the troops, so to speak.

What she didn't know, was that she would get rid of a threat towards Riddick if he won and became the Lord Marshall, and that she would save the life of a fellow Furyan.