Chapter 10

Running at a break neck pace towards the ships hanger they passed by the viewing ports where they could see that the ship was coming dangerously close to hitting the atmosphere of the sun. They knew that they had a matter of minutes now, before the ship crashed in to the sun. The ship was burning up due to the shield being inactive and the air was growing ever increasingly humid.

They arrived at the ships' hanger to find a lot of debris and damage, some of which had fallen on Riley's ship. Thankfully, there had been no damage. Without a second thought, Riley used her telekinesis to remove the debris as it flew off to land in a dark corner of the hanger with a loud clatter. She took care to ensure that it did not puncture the wall of the ship and cause further unnecessary damage.

"Do you think that you can trust me with your ship while you move the debris from the hanger entrance?" Riddick said.

"I suppose so since I'm guessing you already broke my encryption right?"

Riddick did not answer, but then he didn't have to, she knew full well that he was an incredibly intelligent man and that he would have had no problem breaking the code. What she could not figure out was why he did not take her ship and leave her since he came looking for her instead.

"Start the ship up and I will do what has to be done so that we can get out of here!" she said.

Riley stood in front of the hanger doors as she took in the full size of the chunk of debris that had managed to block the exit path. Her fear of using her power so vastly was still deep within her. However, if she did not do this what other choice did they have? She figured she would need to focus the full might of her telekinesis to move it. Calming herself, she focused her mind as her body started to glow as a golden light enveloped her entire body. Reaching out with her mind, she felt the tremendous weight of the debris as she took and accepted the strain of it controlling the object as she moved it. She could not afford to fail with this task and she was not ready to die just yet either. The hanger had also started to get misty but she chose not to focus on that as she worked towards clearing the exit.

Riddick sat in the pilot seat of the ship as he flipped the controls and prepped the ship for take off. He could see Riley through the main monitors as he watched her for a moment, he saw the debris levitate and move ever so smoothly out of the entrance way. A strange feeling then came over him the same feeling that he had had previously when he was chained up to a wall by Vaurith.

Rushing outside to the hanger, he found a now haggard, skeletal looking woman with wispy white hair like straw. She had herself wrapped around Riley as she held her tightly in an iron grip that defied belief to her now timid appearance.

If Riddick was concerned for Riley, there was no sign of it on his face. He took a step toward them, as he knew that the ship was coming dangerously close to the sun, as it was burning hot now.

"Oh so you do care weather she lives or dies" Vaurith said hoarsely.

"I just came to watch you kill her, like I said she's just my ride" he smiled grimly.

His eyes rested on Vaurith not leaving her face for a second. "Well are you going to do it or what?"

Vaurith gave Riddick a monstrous glare. She could not tell if he was trying to call her bluff or not. Lowering Riley to eye-level she smiled triumphantly at her captive.

"I do not know what kind of creature you are but I'm going to enjoy draining your powerful life force" She grinned revealing all her razor sharp teeth.

"No she's mine Vaurith!" a voice shouted.

Vaurith turned to see David coming towards them with his eyes all a blaze.

"She's mine! And you have Riddick that was the deal!" He locked eyes with her as he now stood only inches from her now.

With lightening speed, Vaurith dropped Riley and had her hand around David's throat. He struggled to free himself from her vice like grip but to no avail.

"You dare to interrupt my feeding!" She scowled at him as she smacked him hard back into a hanger door. That was not burning hot and getting hotter the closer they got to the sun.

He groaned as the air rushed out of his lungs, staring into Vaurith's black eyes as she held his face close to hers as she continued to speak.

"You speak to me of deals David, who are you to order me about! I do as I please and now I think it's time you joined your crew" she grinned.

David struggled frantically to break free as he realised that she was going to feed on him, just the way she had done to his crew. Even the power that she had given him was no help as he felt the life within him fading away as his limbs grew weak and timid. He soon stopped fighting back as he had no energy left. Screaming as she feasted on the last of his life force energy, he crumbled to dust within her hands.

The haggard old woman was now looking slightly younger thanks to the energy she had taken from David.

"Now for dessert" She said as she looked towards Riley.

"I don't think so" Riddick said as he stood in front of Riley with his shiv in hand gripped tightly.

"If you want her you will have to go through me" he said as he stared back at her defiantly.

Without another word, she charged to attack Riddick, as he lashed out with his shiv in defence. Just as the blade came to connect with her skin, she turned to mist right before his eyes. He then heard a voice all around him go through you How about I go into you instead ha ha she laughedThere was a rush of air as the mist began to stream in to Riddick's nose, eyes, ears and mouth. He tried to stop it but it was futile there was no way he could grab the mist. He felt his body become foreign to him, as if he was watching himself move through a monitor without his control.

Riley watched in horror as Riddick turned towards her, with his once eye shine eyes now two black coals. The sadistic grin on Riddick's face showed her exactly who was in control.

"What have you done to Riddick you Witch!"

"Name calling will get you no where – You should worry more about your self than this convict" came Vaurith's response with Riddick's voice.

"Get the hell out of him!" She shouted realising that there was not much time now until impact and the ship was still burning up and eventually Radiation would be coming through. Maybe she could use that somehow she thought.

Vaurith stared back "No, I like it here and this way I get to kill you with his very own hands" she laughed.

"I'm not that easy to kill Vaurith and besides I don't think the dick will go along with it!"

Vaurith suddenly felt a flinch in the fight from Riddick for control of his body, which Riley noticed. She refused to let him turf her out before she killed Riley. Vaurith leapt at her ferociously as they both landed on the ground with her on top holding a shiv to Riley's throat. Vaurith had gripped Riley's free right arm so that she could not defend herself. Raising Riddick's arm with the blade in hand she grinned as she brought the blade down. Riley focused her mind to send Riddick flying off her body but within the last split-second, she decided to trust him and have faith that Riddick would stop Vaurith from killing her. She closed her eyes in anticipation and hoped she was doing the right thing or it would be the last thing that she ever did.

Nothing happened for what seemed like a lifetime as she then opened her eyes to find the blade an inch from puncturing her heart. She looked up to see there was immense anger on Riddick's face as he grimaced and spoke through gritted teeth.

"Get… the… fuck… out… of… me!"

Riddick stretched up to hold his head as mist streamed out of his mouth, eyes, nose and ears as he roared. A now misted form of Vaurith stood screaming by the hanger doors.

"Glad to have you back, now get in to my ship!" Riley said as she scrambled herself up off the ground.

Without question, he did as she had asked as he watched her rush over to the control panel. Riley frantically pushed at the buttons to activate the hanger door manually and open it but nothing happened. She was about to give a telekinetically charged punch to the control panel when she felt intense pain strike through her back.

"You caused me great pain, it's only fair that I return that feeling" Vaurith said as she stood over Riley with her blood-covered fingertips.

"Is that the… best you… can do" Riley questioned as she stood up defiantly against the burning pain she was feeling.

Vaurith growled in anger showing all her pointed teeth and claws to full effect in her semi solid form. Instead of attacking, she doubled over groaning in agony as Riley saw that Riddick was behind her with a bloodied shiv in his hand.

"Open the door!" he shouted before taking hold and securing himself to the ship.

Focusing her mind past the pain as she focused on her right clenched fist, it started to glow as she smashed it in to the panel. The hanger door started to open as the air started to rush out of the place and the light from the sun shone in. As the door opened all the way the rush of air increased, the intense sunlight hit Vaurith as she started to burn up on the spot. She screamed in extreme pain as the flames consumed her before she exploded and sent charred bits of her body flying everywhere.

Riley could feel her body going limp against the force of the air with the heat of the sun making the air hot and hard to breathe. She brought up her telekinesis as a shield to protect her from the intense heat and radiation. As the emergency outer door finally sealed shut. The alarms started ringing and red lights began to flash showing that a Crash was imminent. She watched as Riddick ran towards her ship leaving her behind. Figures, he would save his own ass now she thought.