Chapter 10 anyone :P
Taking that as their cue, the three jumped to the ground just when the creatures flew by. Sarina landed on her stomach while Riddick landed on his side but quickly rolled on his back. The creatures flew over them and she shuddered at the thought that those little murderers were so close above her. The horror of their last encounter still haunted her mind.
When the creatures had past, everything was silent and Sarina shared a glance with Riddick.
A determined expression appeared on her face and she shifted her arms to push herself up. Riddick placed an arm on top of her back, making her hiss in pain but he ignored it.
"Not yet." he said but she shook her head.
"Shazza is about to stand up. She's going to die. I can't let that happen." she told him and made to stand again.
"No. She's too far. You can't reach her." he said making her shake her head.
"No. I have to try."
"What did I tell you about playing hero?" he asked her.
At this point, she didn't really care, as instinct took over, and she was determined to help Shazza.
Sarina bit her lip and still tried to get up. Riddick didn't allow her and rolled on his stomach and placed a firm hand around her waist.
"When it's over." he told her.
Shaking her head again she struggled to get up.
"Shazza!" she yelled, seeing the woman stand up. "Get down!"
Shazza took two steps before the creatures got to her and attacked her.
Sarina watched in horror how the woman struggled to get away from the creatures, screaming as she did before she was torn in two. With agonizing screams the woman got pulled into the air while being eaten alive.
"No… Shazza." whispered Sarina, slightly devastated, knowing she had failed to save her.
She clenched her hands into tight fists but didn't say anything. Riddick let go of her and stood up. Sighing, she stood up as well and reluctantly followed him towards the hold where the others were.
Paris looked from one person to another, still holding Jack tightly to him after having had to struggle to keep him there.
"Please, I really think we should go inside. We have to be inside to be able to close the door. Come on, let's go! Let's go, go, go!" ordered Paris while dragging Jack inside.
Imam and his sons followed.
Fry, Riddick and Sarina were about to follow when they heard something crumbling in the distance. Slowly Fry turned around along with the other two. Creatures squealed in the distance.
Sarina sighed "And so, it begins." she whispered before turning around and climbed inside, ignoring the gaze of Riddick on her back. He then turned his attention back to the pillars that were in the distance. The tops crumbled away and slowly many large creatures flew out of them. Riddick pulled his goggles up and looked again at the pillars with his moon-like eyes.
"What is it, Riddick? What is it now?" questioned Fry softly.
"Like I said… it ain't me you gotta worry about." he told her.
The last ray of the suns disappeared behind the other planet and the eclipse was complete. Fry and Riddick climbed inside and shut the door behind them.
The place was completely dark until someone turned on a flashlight. Paris was clicking his lighter, trying to get it to work.
"She should've stayed down. If she'd only stayed down, she'd be okay. She wouldn't have died." said Jack sadly.
Sarina agreed with her but didn't say it. She was right and she wished she could've saved Shazza but Riddick didn't allow her. For an instant she was angry at him for stopping her.
She didn't have a reason to be angry at him, he only stopped her because he knew it would've been suicide. She knew this, so on the other side was she slightly glad.
"You remember the bone yard?" asked Johns suddenly and after a moment of silence he continued. "These just might be the fuckers that killed every living thing on this planet."
Sarina mentally rolled her eyes.
One of Imam's boys said something in Arabic.
"So what are we gonna do now?" asked Jack, interrupting the boy's words even though he still continued.
Imam didn't translate for them so nobody commented on whatever he said.
"Are these the only lights we have? I-I-is this everything?" asked Paris with a stutter after he finally got his lighter to work.
"No, there's a cutting torch here on the floor somewhere. I just can't find it." answered Fry while feeling with her hands over the floor but didn't find the thing.
The creatures outside made their strange squealing noise.
"Quiet, please, everyone." ordered Imam while leaning his head against the door to listen.
Hassan did the same along with Jack while Fry put her hand against the wall and leaned a bit forward to listen.
Sarina didn't need to listen, she knew that the creatures made that sound to see.
She remembered there was a site where they called these creatures bio-raptors.
She fumbled absently with her breather while she recalled. Then she made a decision and took it off to gently set it on the ground. It slid a bit down to the middle since the ground was a bit angled because the room was upside down.
"Why do they do that, make that sound?" asked Jack in a soft whisper.
Sarina bit her lip. "It's how they see." she whispered, while glancing over to where she knew Riddick was, but she couldn't see him.
He was just out of the light next to Johns. Her eyes shifted to Johns, thinking she would have been happier about this whole thing if he had died instead of Shazza.
"Yes, perhaps." Imam said, looking at her. "With sound reflecting back-…" he was cut off by a noise that came from down the hall that made everyone jump and turn to face the hallway.
Sarina tensed but didn't jump up like the rest did. She knew what was there, she knew it all. Her only concern was herself. Now that she was here, she had already changed a few things by saving Ali and coming here herself.
She could only hope she survived this. Dying a second time so soon would be stupid. There was a rattling sound and Jack climbed up to the side a bit, while Fry walked slowly up to the front along with Imam.
"Could be a breach in the hull. I don't know." Carolyn muttered suddenly.
"Come on, Johns. You got the big gauge." commented Riddick while staring at the end of the hallway.
"I'd rather piss glass. Why don't you go fuckin' check?" he retorted and Sarina silently laughed at how brave Johns was.
"I'm not staying here anymore." said Paris suddenly while taking a step back.
"Where you going? Hey. Hey! Hey!" called Johns while turning around to face Paris who was backing up towards the door.
"Hey! Paris!" cried Fry while Imam stopped the man from coming closer to the door.
Imam pushed him down and Fry came up to him.
"Shut him down." ordered Johns annoyed.
Sarina pressed her lips together to keep her smile at bay, though there was no need.
Nobody was paying her any attention now.
Fry grabbed Paris by the front of his jacket.
"You don't know what's out there." she told him.
"I know what's in here." retorted Paris with a bit of fear ringing in his voice.
Imam in the meantime was fumbling with the lock of a door next to them, using a metal bar to pry it open. Finally he succeeded.
Sarina sighed silently and felt eyes on her. Glancing up, she saw that it was Riddick.
She gave him a knowing look before standing up and following the others. Imam said something in Arabic while motioning with his hand to the now open door. His boys went inside followed by the others.
"Hurry!" ordered the man.
Once Johns, the last person of the group, went inside did he pull the door back up and locked it.
"Now we're trapped in a much smaller space. I hate this!" whined Paris.
"Please stop, you're making this worse." Sarina whispered to him.
Imam leaned against the door, panting slightly. There was some rattling that came from seemingly everywhere.
Suddenly, a sharp tail-end burst through the door right next to Imam's head, causing him to scream in surprise and shock. Everyone stumbled away from the door, trying to get as far away from it as possible. Paris sat the furthest away from it, holding his lighter up to keep some light around him.
Suddenly, the flame of his lighter was used to get a flame on a cutting torch.
Paris gasped in fright making him whirl around and see that it was Riddick.
The man turned away from him, to the wall and started cutting through it.
Johns was shooting at the door, trying to hit the creature that was behind it. Sarina rolled her eyes again while wincing from the loudness of his gun. Since she was right next to him, the noise was all the louder.
Riddick quickly made a round opening and kicked the panel out before climbing through it. He pulled his goggles up again, having had to pull them down to use the torch and looked around.
Fry held the cutting torch while standing next to the hole. Everyone came climbing through it one after another. Johns was once again last. Sarina helped Johns and Imam put some stuff in front of the hole to block the way.
Once done, Sarina sighed and sat down against the wall. She thought about what happened in the movie. She knew there was something important about this part, but she couldn't seem to put her finger on it. She wasn't surprised, she hadn't seen the movie in over a year so her memory was a bit rusty on the facts.
Looking up, she glanced at all the other passengers. Then, a frown appeared on her face when she noticed that Riddick was gone.
"Why is…" she whispered under her breath before her eyes widened.
Finally she remembered and glanced around the group again and noticed that another person was gone.
'Oh no! Hassan! Hassan is gone!' she thought in panic and was about to get up when she felt someone sitting down next to her and lean his head against her arm. Blinking, she glanced down and saw that it was Ali.
Sarina was torn in two for a second. On one side she wanted to comfort him and on the other, she wanted to save Hassan, knowing it was probably already too late.
She wrapped her arm around his little shoulders and pulled him closer. Johns walked up front and everyone started following him. Sarina noticed and gently pulled Ali up with her.
They followed the rest as they slowly and carefully walked through the room.
Ali held onto her tightly while Jack walked a bit in front of her.
Sarina saw that the girl was looking frightened, her head a bit ducked while her eyes swiveled around.
Feeling pity for the girl, she placed a hand on her shoulder.
Jack jumped and gasped while whirling around.
Sarina gave her an apologetic smile. "Sorry." she whispered before holding her hand out.
Jack swallowed and glanced at the hand before taking it and hugging Sarina's side. Sarina threw an arm around her shoulder.
Johns and Fry stopped to listen. The group stopped also and huddled close together. There was the faint sound of some kind of rumbling in the room.
Sarina heard it and she remembered the part with Riddick. She gently pried both kids off of her and walked over to Imam.
"Imam?" she asked softly making the man turn to her. "Where is Hassan?"
Imam's eyes widened while he looked around the room. She already knew where he was but she wanted to help the man even if it was by him finding out sooner about the death of his second son.
"Hassan?" called Imam while looking.
It was then that Fry noticed that Riddick was gone.
"Riddick?" she called while her eyes flew from left to right.
Sarina stared at her. 'Now she noticed that Riddick's gone?' she thought a bit annoyed but didn't dare to voice her thoughts.
"Don't stop burning." came the tense reply from Riddick.
"Take this." said Fry softly while handing Johns the torch.
"Take that." said Johns while handing her the flashlight.
Sarina walked next to Fry, a bit worried for Riddick even if she knew he was going to be fine. She worried maybe her coming there had changed everything. What if Riddick dies on this moment? She panicked slightly, her body tensing ever so slightly before she forced herself to calm down. She knew Riddick wouldn't be taken down so easily. And if he was, then he was way weaker than he made himself to be.
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