Ch 10

They made it into the cargo bay where they thought they were secure. Only like they had was Johns flashlight.

"He should've stayed down. If he only would've stayed down, he'd be okay. He wouldn't have died." Jack was upset over another one of her friend's deaths. Shazza was still holding her glad to be alive herself.

"You remember the boneyard? These just might be the fuckers that killed every living thing on this planet." Johns was being a cynical bastard about Jack's feelings.

"What are we gonna do now?" Jack ignored Johns and I everyone else.

Paris was freaking out. "Are these the only lights we have? Is this everything?" He was asking everybody frantically, as he lit his lighter to provide more light.

Fry remembered and start looking around. "No. There's a cutting torch on the floor here. I just can't find it." Shazza handed her the cutting torch that she was using earlier that day.

"Quiet please, everyone." Imam said then leaned up against the side of the wall to listen.

Jack and Suleiman also place there ears to the wall. They could hear the screeching of the monsters outside.

"Why do they do that? Make that sound?" Jack not understand why they made the sound. Frightened her, but in her mind she needed it would protect her. For that's what soulmates do.

Look at the two kids standing next to him. "Tt's the way they see. With sound reflecting back."

Everyone jumped when they heard screeching and scratching noises from within the cargo bay.

"Could be a breach in the hull. I don't know." Fry said to the others as they all looked into the darkness.

"Come on, Johns. You got the big gauge." Riddick couldn't even see where it was coming from. But he hoped Johns would actually do he said.

John was terrified but he didn't want the others to know. "I'd rather piss glass. Why don't you go fuckin' check?"

"I'm not staying here one more second." Paris was heading in the opposite direction away from the others.

Johns grabbed Paris as he ran past him. "Where are you going?" He kept trying to get away from Johns. "Hey! Sit him down." Forcing him to sit.

Fry held him in place by his collar. "You don't know what's out there."

"I know what's in here." Paris mirrored back at fry.

Imam broke open one of the hatches to the other sections of the cargo bay. "Hurry!" He beckoned everyone to go through the hole.

"Now we're trapped in a much smaller space. I hate this!" Paris complain once he was through, they were now in a much smaller section of the cargo bay.

Imam lean back on the door he had just closed. One of the monsters spikes came through the door barely missing his head. He jumped away from the door yelling. But before anybody could react Riddick lit the cutting torch and cut off hole in the opposite wall taking them into another room. With everyone through Riddick past the cutting torch off to fry while John and Imam closed up the hole.

Riddick walked around exploring to see if the area was secure. You came across one of the monsters eating a smaller one. What he did not see was Jack and Suleiman not far behind him.

Riddick turn to melt into the shadows that's when he saw two that were following him. "Extremely bad timing." He put his arm out to put Jack up against the crates, Suleiman followed their lead. "Just don't run." All three looked up when they heard scratching on the crates above, there was another creature coming down above their heads.

"Don't stop burning." Riddick called to the others hoping they would understand that there was monsters in here.

Jack understood not to move, but Suleiman did not. The boy ran when the creature came too close, Riddick took his opportunity to pull Jack towards him. He was not fast enough and one of the claws got Jack acrost her upper back.

Suleiman was grabbed bye the second creature, the one that was above them smell the blood and followed. This gave Riddick a chance to pick up Jack and run for the others where the light keep young wounded Jack safe.

Notes: My story has started to finally take on a life of its own so please let me know what you think of the changes from the original movie. Please review!