Chapter: Researching Clues
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The main island on the Uncharted D planet was cleaner and there were no criminals that dared to roam the outside walls of the main island. There were too many guards around the high class island, which made Riddick and the others to see that the privilege got the firepower.
The Purifier immediately went to work once again as they entered the square of the place. The citizens listened, but a few walked away, not wanting to hear anymore. The troops stood around the area, armed and ready for anything suspicious to stick out.
Reyna had gone off toward an older man and question about location of the archives that might have a list of systems that this planet system went around. The old man suggested the archives library that was nearby. Reyna thanked him and made her way back over to Riddick and Vaako.
"I found the location of their library."
"Let us go." Riddick said.
"Riddick, we have to wait—" Reyna started, glancing back at where the Purifier stood.
"He is fine. There are troops."
"But Vaako can't be at two places at once. Be with you and be here?" Reyna pointed out, glancing at Vaako as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"I have been on my own before." Riddick said.
Reyna knew that he was right, but Vaako had a job. She crossed her arms over her chest and stared at Riddick with narrowed eyes. Her older twin growled and he stomped over to one of his troops to tell him what was happening.
"Let us go now." Riddick said, walking by Vaako and her.
Reyna led the way as the old man told her that the library was nearby a fountain with a statue of some unknown creature he told her about. The area that they entered appeared to be a ghost town. An area were many did not appear to venture around in. She walked around the fountain and up toward a large building with tall double wood doors.
"Seems like not many come here." Riddick said once they pushed open the doors to see dust collecting everywhere.
"No, usually old timers come here. Or those that want quietness." An older woman appeared before them with a gentle face.
"Hi, I am Reyna. Do you happen to have archives on systems that your planet might've passed." Reyna stepped forward, getting straight to business.
"I am Naomi. Oh yes we do. Back then, the past leaders made sure to write down the way our system moves. We have journals on the planets that they visited when our system came near them too." The older woman named Naomi led them through the library.
There was dim lightening, but it was enough to light the way. It gave a gold hue to the library, giving the place a relic feeling. They were led up a flight of stairs and then to the back of the building where Naomi waved her hand toward shelf that contained old tablets and books.
"Thank you."
"I will be dusting. Call if you need anything." Naomi walked off.
"She'll be dusting forever." Riddick mumbled, but grunted when Reyna slapped him in the stomach for him to cut it out.
Reyna pulled out a tablet and clicked it on to begin scrolling through its history. Vaako picked up another tablet and Riddick grabbed a journal. They began their researching. The three kept going through journals and tablets, stacking them when they found nothing relevant.
"Argh." Riddick tossed a journal down and rubbed his eyes since he took his goggles off due to the lightening being dim inside.
"This appears questionable." Vaako said out of nowhere from his spot of leaning his backside against a table.
"What?" Reyna stepped up beside Vaako, setting the journal she was reading down to stare over his arm.
"The information stated that they passed a system that only had two planets that had a large orbital ring. They moved in weird direction, never appearing to be on the same track but stayed around a certain diameter making them to see it was a small system. The system moved around like their system and did not stay in one spot. Having different coordinates and not the same one." Vaako explained as he skimmed over the information.
"Kan did say that the planet never stayed still." Riddick pointed out.
"It said they did not want to visit it due to scanning the planet and finding no human life, but creature were alive there. The climates were harsh and they did not want to risk it due to a last exploration that went wrong on a planet that had been harsh when a storm came and unknown creatures came out of the storm." Vaako read, glancing up at the Riddick twins.
"The planet that they did wish to go on might had been Furya. Did they indicate the time and coordinates that they came across this planet?" Reyna pressed her body closer to Vaako, eyes flickering up as he glanced down at her then back down at the tablet, hitting the screen in various places.
"Fifty years ago and they could not list the coordinates due to it fluctuating way too much. It messed with their machines that tried to pinpoint it."
"Why would Kan say it is haunted if they never went on it?" Reyna mumbled.
"I was wondering the same thing." Riddick sat back in his seat, kicking his legs up on the table.
"Because it messed with their drop ship. They had entered the atmosphere to scan the planet to see if there was any life. They only got a few pictures from a sky view of the planet climate. Those that worked the ship stated that crew members would have nightmares as if they were on the planet after they studied the pictures. Their nightmares had to do with being hunted by creatures that were strong, brutal and lethal. But they said others would have nightmares of warrior looking people yelling and crying as they were torn from their land by an unknown force. Another story reported they heard whispers throughout their drop ship. They left after three days in the planet's orbit and called it a haunted planet with a painful history." Vaako read before he lowered the tablet and he stared between Riddick and Reyna as they had been listening the whole time very closely.
Reyna bowed her head, resting her forehead against Vaako's shoulder as she thought about those stories. She knew that the Furyans were spiritual, and that they could still inhabit the planet, but as ghost. They haunted those that came near, but maybe not to scare them off, but rather, show the pain of the destruction that had happened to the Furyan race.
Her head lifted off Vaako's shoulder to look at Riddick to see him in a deep thought. He kicked his feet down and stood up from his spot.
"Bring that tablet. We will download the information to our archive system. Maybe we can find more about the location of Uncharted D spot when these explorers went to that haunted planet." Riddick said lowly before he walked away.
Reyna stared after Riddick until he disappeared downstairs. She looked away from where Riddick disappeared off to look back at Vaako. Vaako had shut off the tablet and he looked down at her.
"I can't tell if he knows how to become purely upset." Vaako said.
"He has levels of what he is feeling, but he is a professional when it comes to masking away his emotions." Reyna replied, turning to the table to start putting the tablet and journals back on the bookshelves.
Vaako began to help her to make this go faster, knowing that Rayna would not leave until she put what they had taken out of the bookshelf, packed back away.
Once everything was put away, Reyna thanked the old woman and then Vaako and she were walking out of the library. Reyna made Vaako tuck the tablet inside his armor due to it being bulky and there was no way to see the tablet inside the thick torso armor.
Reyna saw that Riddick was rounding up the Purifier, wanting to get back to the Armada fleet and back onto the basilica commanding ship. She saw that there were a few new people that were joining them. It was clear that these people did not want to be on this planet anymore as they had no one holding them back from going, such as, family or friends. Usually family and friends were the ones that hold people back and got them to change their minds from joining the Necromongers, but these people, they had no one but themselves.
Vaako hand came to rest on Reyna's lower back making her to glance up at him with narrowed eyes, but saw that he was glaring at something over her head. She looked to her right to see that the crowd of people that had gathered in the main center were breaking apart, leaving the square after they had listened to the Purifier make his usual speech. Yet Rayna saw a good amount of men were eyeing her, which were the targets of Vaako glaring.
"Does everyone want you for marriage?" Vaako muttered, leading her away.
A snickered could not help but snicker, but she bit her tongue as she saw Vaako shoot her a look with narrow eyes.
"Why do you laugh? I do not find it amusing."
"I am not laughing at that. I am laughing because I like it when you get overprotective and defensive over me." Reyna stepped in front of him and ran her hands across his worn armor.
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Vaako glared at the men that continued to eye Reyna, but his attention moved down to stare at her, watching her hands trail over his beaten up armor. To show those wandering eyes of men who Reyna belonged to, Vaako ran his left hand down her back and to her behind, pushing her hard against him. A gasp escaped her and her eyes got a flash of excitement in them.
He smirked and he brought his mouth down on hers, swallowing her moan as his hand squeezed her left butt cheek. After a couple of seconds, Vaako pulled back which caused a low growl to escape her, not happy that the kiss was too short for her liking.
"Done marking your territory?" Reyna asked him with a single raised eyebrow.
The smirk appeared on his lips and his eyes flickered off to the crowd that was disbanding. The men were looking away, minding their own business now. Though there were a few glance toward Vaako, who gave them a snarl causing them to look away, not wanting to mess with a man like him.
A hand on his face turned his head back forward. His eyes came to look down at Reyna.
"Hey, come on lovebirds." Riddick shouted at them.
Vaako pulled away from Reyna, but he kept his right hand on her lower back to lead her in the direction where Riddick was walking away with the Purifier, the troops and the people that wanted to convert.
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Reyna saw how Vaako would keep touching the back of his head with a twitch of the muscles on his face throughout the whole trip back to the main commanding ship. He was not happy about the fact that he sliced through his braids, even if it was to protect her.
She was sitting on the couch in Vaako and her living quarters when Vaako came back from having a meeting with Riddick and the other high ranked troops. They had been discussing about Uncharted D and how they want to check out the other planets in this new system.
Her eyes stayed on Vaako, catching sight of the back of his head. She noted that Vaako must had stopped at one of the shops to get his hair fix. There wasn't different length strands of hair hanging on the back of his neck anymore, and everything was even off now. He still had either side of his head shaved with the middle semi-slicked back, but the only thing missing was the braids.
Standing up from her spot on the couch, Reyna walked over to Vaako. He was taking his armor off and placing it inside the chest that was nearby the door that led into the master bedroom. When Vaako was only in black pants and the sleeveless undershirt, Reyna stepped forward to run her hand through the back of his hair.
"It will grow back."
"I know,but my head feels lighter." Vaako turned to her causing her to drop her hand away from his head.
"I still have your braids if you want to attach them to the back of your head as extension." She said, giving an innocent smile.
Vaako rolled his eyes and shook his head. He moved around her to make way to the kitchen area where he got himself a glass of water to drink. Reyna followed him into the kitchen and she leaned against the doorway, staring at him.
After a couple of seconds of staring, Reyna walked up to Vaako to touch the back of his shoulders. He faced her as she stepped closer, her right hand sinking back in his hair. He set the glass of water down to face her. Reyna felt herself take a step back as he had pushed his body against hers.
Since Vaako was taking over, she bit her lower lip, enjoying the new side of Vaako. The feel of his hard body pressed up against her own sent a pleasant zing through her. He bowed his head as she clenched the back of his head, pushing him down toward her.
"You were fierce and protective over me today, Vaako. You know I can handle myself." Reyna said, wanting to see what his response will be. She knew that she needed help when she got caught in that netting, and Vaako had delivered in a brutal way.
"If there is trouble, I will be there to stop it from reaching you." Vaako said firmly, bowing his head until his mouth came against her left ear.
"I will protect my mate when I am near and I will destroy the threat that brings any harm to you." Vaako hissed, pressing his body against her own.
Reyna held back from groaning at the feel of his words sending a chill throughout her body. She liked how he referred her as mate and not wife. She knew that Riddick and her ways were affecting him. Vaako was welcoming the animal side that he had deep within him, and he was using words that were relevant to the animal side, such as, mate. He was acting as the alpha male that would protect his significant other without a second thought.
The way that she became Vaako's wife, Reyna was glad because she had her eyes on him since he made his appearance with Riddick on Taurus 1, looking for her. She liked the way that he carried himself and he had potential to be powerful, but he used to have that ex-wife who held him back from unleashing it. Now, with the ex gone, Vaako being able to find that animal side, his confidence boosted in his leadership role and he was actually being respected by others. Not many had talked to Vaako due to them being afraid or had a deep dislike for the late Dame Vaako, but now that the ex was gone, everything was changing.
Her hands came up to grasp his head when he lifted his mouth away from her ear to be able to stare down at her. She ran her right hand softly down the side of his face, taking him in.
"What are you thinking?"
"How I am glad that you are proving yourself to be my mate."
The comment from her had made Vaako to smirk. He bent down, pressing his lips against her own, and showing that he liked the answer that she gave him.
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