It took a grand total of a few seconds to find the others, they were so loud, so visible. We watched them as they stopped and spun around in circles as the creatures made their noises. You could smell their fear. Fry turned into Riddick and let out a startled yell.

"Back to the ship, huh?" Riddick asked. I walked over to Imam and tore the torch out of his hand. I pulled the lit fabric out and poured some of the alcohol on my leg. I tore off part of my shit and tied it around my wound. Part of my midsection was visible now and damn the breeze felt good on my sweaty skin.

"Just huddle together until the lights burn out." Riddick continued.

"Get away from us. Both of you." Fry said.

"Till you cant see what's eating you." Riddick ignored her comment.

"Did you not listen to me earlier?" I asked standing up as Jack ran over and hugged me.

"I promised I will get you out of here." I whispered again to her.

"That's the big plan?" Riddick asked the group of three in front of our group of three.

"Where's Johns?" Imam asked.

"Which half?" Riddick answered.

"We're gonna lose everybody out here." Jack muttered.

"No, no were not." I said to him.

"We should've stayed at the ship." Fry said. Jack walked back toward the rest of the group.

"He died fast. If we have any choice about it, that's the way we should all go out." Riddick said as he followed Jack. I followed behind Riddick with a slight limp, Jack started to cry.

"Don't you cry for Johns. don't you dare." Riddick said to Jack.

"FYI everyone he wanted to kill Jack to make a distraction for the creatures." I said as we slowly walked back the the cart that they had abandoned. Riddick walked over to a skeleton of one of the creatures and stared at it.

"Blind spot." I heard him mutter. I walked over and sat with Jack and Fry. Fry looked up at me like I was vermin.

"I'm not a bad person you know." I said tightening my leg bandage.

"Coming from a convicted killer." Fry said with malice in her voice.

"I've never been caught." I said.

"What?" She said frustrated and confused.

"I'm not a convicted killer, I've never been in jail or prison." I explained.

"Even better." Fry muttered.

"You know, I've only killed Mercs. I killed them because they killed my family in front of me." I stood up and adjusted my pants. I looked at the knife that I had been carrying the entire time. "There is a reason for everything, and everything happens for a said reason. Best believing it cause that's as spiritual or philosophic I get." I walked off towards Riddick and Imam. I briefly heard Riddick and Imam talking about God and how with living in a prison, being found as a baby in a trash bin with his umbilical cord around his neck, how he believed in God, he just hated him. Imam walked off feeling like a failure.

"Looks like our entire group is having the same conversation but with different words." I said as Riddick tied the power cells to rope so he could drag them.

"How do you figure?" he asked with his gruff voice.

"I was telling Fry everything happens for a reason." I said as Riddick gave me a unrealistic look. "Don't believe me if you don't want to. Hell at least you believe in God. I don't." Riddick stood up nearly an inch from me. I could feel his hot breath on my face.

"Course you don't. You have no reason too. You have no one to hate other than the people you've killed." He said looking down at me. The light catching in his eyes ever so slightly giving them a silver animalistic glow.

"True." I said with a nod.

"When we get off this rock, you and I are going to have a very" he said as he closed the space between us, "long," he continued as he grabbed a hold of my ass, "talk." he said as he leaned down for what I thought was a kiss. He breathed in a deep breath, smelling me.

"Beautiful." he said as he let go of my ass and walked toward the canyon.

We walked through the canyon. Riddick leading the way, myself shortly behind, and then everyone else behind us. The creatures were fighting with each other, they were slamming their heads together making a loud cracking noise, at least to me. They were either mating or had run out of food. Everyone stopped walking behind us and looked up at the noises, Riddick and I were gazing out at the canyon. Him looking at the canyon finding a way. Myself focusing on the noises the creatures were making.

"I only see one way. That way." Riddick said pointing down the dark canyon. "Its the only way off this rock. Just keep the girl between you."

"What about the cells?" Imam asked as Riddick walked towards the back.

"I'll take those." Riddick said. Fry looked back with concern on her face. "Deja will lead the way." I turned and he gave me a curt nod. I turned back and began to walk. "Move."

"Are you sure you can keep up?" Fry asked.

"Move!" Riddick yelled and I began to run, everyone following behind me. I felt free almost. The wind in my hair and the never ending darkness in front of me. The only thing distracting me where the steps behind me as well as the creatures screams above us.

"Everyone keep moving, but duck!" I yelled as a horde of the small creatures flew above us. Some of them hitting the torches and burning. The group slowed down a bit but after the horde sped up. Drops of something fell in front of me. Then the noises began. It was the creatures blood. They were killing each other, the food had run out. The sounds were unnerving, flesh tearing, bones breaking, harder bone colliding with harder bone.

"Do not look up. Do not look up!" Riddick yelled at the group that I could only assume was looking up.

"They're killing each other." Fry said. I glanced behind me, she had stopped following and looked up. Riddick collided into her avoiding a collision with a falling creature. Everyone continued to run behind me as we dodged the falling corpses. We came to a small road block of bone from a larger creature.

"We have to go through it!" I yelled and began throwing bone to the sides out of our path.

"Move, keep moving!" Riddick said as he ran past the group behind me. Imam and Riddick assisted with the moving of the bones. Riddick went through first and I second shoving bones left and right trying to get through. I could hear Imams boy screaming, I could only assume the worst and continued on going forward.

"Deja, Riddick! Wait" Jack cried out. I stopped and looked back as Riddick continued forward. "Deja Riddick." She couldn't see us very well, she kept calling out. I heard one of the creatures coming in closer.

"Jack take cover!" I said running back down towards her as a creature flew down from the sky. The creature pinned Jack under a bone from a larger creature as it tried to get to Jack.

"HEY!" I screamed at the creature trying to get its attention. It didn't work. I pulled out my shiv and sliced my hand. The creature stopped for a moment and turned in my direction. It let out a screech and took off towards me. I growled as it came towards me and charged it. Fry shined her flashlight at it and it flew away. I heard another creature echo in the distance it was coming down in our direction. It landed right where the other one had been attacking Jack. This creature sensed my blood and started coming after me.

"Riddick take care of Jack!" I screamed and ran forward leading the creatures away from the group.

"Deja No!" I could hear the group members scream but I was already gone. Running away from and towards the monsters. I found a small crevice in the mountain and shoved myself into it as the beast that was following me got confused and continued on. My heart was pounding in my chest and I felt a little foolish for going off on my own, leaving Jack and the others. Hopefully I could keep the monsters distracted and keep myself alive to get off this rock with the others. The light that I had started to fade and went out with almost no warning.

"Fan-fucking-tastic." I muttered taking it off and leaving it. I stood in my crevice and closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

Remember what dad always told you. Keep calm in a hunting situation, deep breathes whenever you take a break and remember to keep calm.

I opened my eyes and could hear everything, more so now than before. I looked back and fourth keeping my thoughts of hunting in mind and walked out of my crevice and towards the direction of the skiff.