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OH MY GOSH! I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO PUT AN END NOTE ON MY LAST STORY! I AM SO SORRY! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAS FOLLOWED AND FAVORITED MY STORY! I WILL POST AGAIN SOON.

I AM SO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T UPDATE SOONER. I JUST GOT BACK FROM AN UNFORTUNATE 20 DAY TRIP TO THE EAST COAST, DC TO BE EXACT, THAT WAS SPENT WITH MY IN-LAWS. NEEDLESS TO SAY I DON'T LIKE MY IN-LAWS AND THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE ME.

ALSO I PROMISE THAT THE STORY WILL PICK UP SOON. THESE CHAPTERS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE STORY LATER ON. I KNOW THAT THEY SEEM LIKE THEY ARE LONG AND ARE TAKING FOREVER BUT I PROMISE ONLY TWO (MAYBE THREE) MORE CHAPTERS BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR THE UNDERVERSE!

Riddick's POV:

I flopped down on the bed to sleep but my body didn't want any of that. I laid there for a few moments before I got back up. Ugh, what is there to do on a huge ship with thousands of Necros but the majority of them are asleep. I thought about it for a moment and then decided on a bath. The last one had been the night that Jack died. I thought about the water washing away her blood from my skin.

I got up and made my way over towards the wash room. I leaned down and turned on the water to the tub. The tub was a huge stone basin recessed into the floor. Instantly my mind went to the fact that you could probably fit a few people in there. Hmm Jack and I might have to test that out when we get back.

I reached over and dimmed the lights. I pulled my goggles off and sat down on the floor by the edge and started pulling off my boots. I watched the water level rise in the basin and I thought about Jack. I thought about how she would get those damn nightmares after we left the dark planet. How she would thrash around violently on the bed, kicking and screaming. It took Imam and I a few nights to figure out why she was so scared.

I pulled off my shirt and pants and slid into the water. Once I was settled my mind went back to the night that Jack had one of her worst nightmares. It had been about four days since we left the dark planet.

_Flashback_

I was resting up in the captain's chair and Imam and Jack were on the beds in the back. I was asleep but alert. I could sense Jack starting in with one of her fits. I could also sense that Imam knew it too. I remember Imam's hesitation when he came to get me.

"I'm awake holy man." I said with a hint of amusement in my voice.

"Riddick? I need your assistance again." I could tell that he was worried about the reasons that caused her nightmares. I was curious too. I wanted to know what scared her so bad that she would scream out in her sleep and cling to me when she was awake.

I stood up and followed him to the back of the ship. Sure enough Jack was on the bed, asleep, kicking violently at nothing. When we moved closed she started throwing her arms too. That was new. She was also talking. I didn't notice it at first. She was speaking low and fast. I took a step closer to hear better and that was when she let out a loud scream. Instantly I moved on the bed to wake her up but I stopped when I heard what she was saying. She was chanting 'Don't touch me! Get off of me!' over and over.

I turned to Imam. "She isn't having nightmares about the monsters on the planet." I more or less said it to make myself believe it.

"I had a suspicion. Did you notice how she immediately befriended you, the most dangerous person of our group, instead of Johns, the so-called cop?" He asked me with a knowing look on his face.

Fuck. Now it made sense. The kid picked the convict to protect her from the so-called cop because she didn't trust any cop. "Poor kid. Come on. We have to wake her up."

"How may I assist?" Imam asked still looking at Jack.

"Not sure yet. I dunno how I am going to wake her up." I spoke truthfully. The last few nights I have been kicked, clawed, and bitten trying to wake her up.

I took a step closer and leaned over Jack. "Kid wake up." Nothing. Fuuck.

I sat down on the bed next to her and placed one hand on the side of her face. Bad idea. That earned a yell and hard kick to the back. I moved my hand to her shoulder and lightly shook her. "Jack, wake up!" That earned me another kick to the back. Now this was getting annoying. I reached down with both and placed them on her shoulders and tried to wake her. All I did was cause her to thrash more and more, kicking and hitting me every chance she got. Suddenly she shot straight up off of the bed. Her head collided with my face. I felt my nose give way.

Groaning I stood up and checked it. The little runt had not only managed to bloody my nose but she broke it too. I looked over at the holy man. "I won't hurt her but she needs to wake up now!"

I sat back down and quickly pulled Jack up and close to my chest. I wrapped my arms around her and secured her arms. Her legs were sort of pinned under mine. She was still wiggling but for the most part she was calm. Until, I felt her teeth sink into my bicep. I groaned and turned my head. It was all I could do to keep from wrapping one hand around her throat and ending it all right then and there.

Her teeth clamped down harder and felt the skin give away. The little runt just bit me hard enough break the skin. "JACK WAKE YOUR ASS UP NOW!" I roared into her ear.

I felt her teeth leave my arm and her struggling stopped altogether. I looked down to see her staring straight up at me. "Have a bad dream kid?"

Within seconds tears started flowing from her eyes. She turned and tried to get away from me. "Jack, whether you like it or not you're going to have to talk to us." I felt her relax in my arms and instantly I relax my grip around her. As soon as she could she wrapped her arms around me and sobbed into my chest.

"They were just memories from my past. I have them every now and then. Nothing to worry about. I'll be fine." She pulled away from me and I let her go. She scooted back on the bed and leaned against the wall. When she was settled she looked up at me and her eyes went wide. "What happened to you?!"

I could feel the blood still on my face and I looked down to see a nice little trail of crimson running down my arm. "Sweetheart this is all your handiwork. You head butted me and broke my nose. Then you decided to play vampire and latch on to my arm. By the way you have some blood in your mouth."

Her face went pale and she looked at Imam. He smiled "Child you gave Riddick a run for his money. I think he used all of the self control he not to hurt you."

"I'm sorry Riddick. I didn't mean to." She spoke quietly. Scared that I might still be angry and want to hurt her.

"I know kid. I'll accept your apology on one condition. Someday you are going to tell me who fucked you up so I can fuck them up. This" I pointed to my arm and then up at my nose. "And this, hurt, and someone is going to pay for it."

"Okay Riddick. I promise. Do you need help cleaning up? You might need stitches on your arm." She asked with genuine concern in her eyes.

I reached up and popped my nose back into place. The pain lasted less than a moment. "K. My nose is taken care of and as far as my arm I don't need stitches." I turned and made my way back to the front of the ship. I sat back down in the captains chair and propped my feet up, planning on relaxing again. I could hear Imam settling back down to rest. After a moment Jack appeared at my side. She was holding the first aid kit and some rags.

"Do you at least want to clean the blood off?" The bold, outspoken kid was now replaced with a shy, timid girl.

"Sure kid." I took one of the rags and started wiping away at my face. When that was done I grabbed a clean rag and starting cleaning on my arm. The bite had a nice dark purple bruise around it. I was almost proud of the kid. "Damn kid. This is going to leave a hell of a scar." I looked over at her. She had crawled up into the other pilots chair. Her knees were pulled up to her chest and her eyes were closed.

"He was my mom's boyfriend. My mom was a somewhat decent person. My dad died when I was three and my mom started dating him when I was five because he was a cop. She told me that he would keep us safe. I was nine when he started beating me, eleven when he started touching me, and twelve the first time that he…" Her voice trailed off and she buried her head into her arms.

"How many times did he rape you Jack?" I asked her. I could tell that she didn't want to talk about it but she couldn't go back now.

"He said that it wasn't rape, that it was punishment for me acting out. He told me that I deserved what he was doing to me." She answered after a moment of silence.

"That was rape. Flat out. Don't try to justify his actions Jack. How many times?"

"I'm not, Riddick. Three times. When he had passed out after the third time I ran away. It's been about a year since then. I stayed with some of my dad's family on another planet and kept moving before anyone could find me. I'm sorry." Her voice faded on the last words.

"You don't have anything to be sorry about kid." It was all I could think of to say.

"Can I tell you something?" She raised her and looked over at me.

"Sure Jack." I had a bad feeling about what was coming next. Don't know why but I did.

"I'm scared of you Riddick but at the same time I am not. I'm scared that I will wake up and I find you doing the same thing to me that he was doing." I could smell her fear and the salt from her tears.

"Kid I ain't going to hurt you like that. I've never committed a crime against in that way. I've never hurt a woman that didn't deserve it and I have never hurt a child. Trust me when I say this, I will never hurt you."

"Thank you Riddick. That means so much to me. I have never really had anyone stick up for me before." I could feel her fear slip away and she started to relax.

"Are you tired kid?" I asked.

"Yeah but I am scared to sleep. I don't want to be reminded of his face or what he did to me." I could tell by her voice that she was exhausted.

I held my hand out to her "Come here." She hesitated for a moment and then took my hand. It was weird feeling her soft hand against mine. I pulled her over tome and spun her around. I felt her tense when I wrapped my arms around her. "Trust me Jack." I pulled her up onto my lap and pushed her body close to my chest. She tensed up for a few moments and then she started to relax. Slowly she was becoming more comfortable to this and before long she was asleep on me. Even though she was decent sized she seemed so small on my lap. So innocent, well to me at least. "Goodnight kid."

"Goodnight Riddick." She managed to mumble in her sleep.

"I promise no man will ever touch you again. At least not without your consent." I whispered in her ear.

"Thank you. I don't want anyone except you to touch me."She mumbled back to me. She was so asleep that she had no idea of what she just said to me.

I had to smile at that and the beast within purred at hearing those words. I would not act on it, at least not for a number of years if I did. But for now I am going to let her try to enjoy her childhood, or what she has left of one.

_Flashback Ends_

I look over at the scar on my arm. She did that to me. She was so scared that night. Terrified that I would hurt her or worse. I thought back to all of the nights that I had to hold her while she slept because she couldn't sleep without the nightmares. Slowly they went away and she could fall asleep without me right next to her, but I never went very far. I thought about all of the times that I had her body so close to mine. All of the nights that she had her head on my arm or my chest, or her arms wrapped around me. All of the times that she had her chest pressed up to mine.

I still hear her words echoing in my head 'I don't want anyone except you to touch me.' Damn I wish she knew what she did to me. I couldn't even begin to count all of the nights I passed by thinking about her while I was on that icy hell hole. Trying to imagine what she would look like. What she would feel like. What she would smell like. Her smell was one of the best things about her. I relaxed back deeper in the water and thought about my Jack.

I could feel my hunger building deep in my stomach. I need to take care of this. What are my options. Get out and go find some woman that was willing or stay here and take care of it myself. I probably shouldn't go take another woman. Jack would probably kill me and the other woman too for that matter.

That turns me on. The thought of Jack stalking some woman down one of these halls and sneaking up behind her, slitting her throat and watching the body hit the floor. The more I think about it the more my mind starts to wonder over to Jack. The flawless skin on her face. The way her eyes would survey over my body when she thought that I wasn't looking. The way her hands felt on my skin when her life left her body. They were rough from her years of imprisonment but they were soft at the same time. Her body had grown and she had filled out nicely in a woman. She was easy on the eyes but it was more than her beauty that turned me on. The kid had gone through some serious crap in her short life and she dealt with in an unusual manner, at least for a woman. Most girls that had gone through that shit would be dead by now, but not Jack. Instead of taking her own life she fought her way through it. She had a somewhat loyal following back on the prison planet.

My mind went back to Jack and her body. I thought about what she would look like without anything on. I thought about how many scars were carved into her smooth skin. I wondered if any man had touched her since I left. The thought worried me for a moment but I knew my Jack. She wouldn't let anyone get that close to her.

I thought about her standing at the end of my bed. Slowly stripping off her clothes, piece by piece, and tossing them on the floor. I could imagine her crawling up the bed towards me and straddling me. A shiver rocked my body at the thought. I thought about what her hands would feel like as she pushed my shirt up and off of my chest. She rocked her lower body against me.

The thought send a pleasurable burn through my body. It settled deep in my core. I wrapped my hand around my throbbing erection. Softly I started stoking and pulling on it. Pleasure coursed through my body. I pulled harder and a groan escaped my lips.

I thought about her riding me. Grabbing my arms and screaming out against my neck, franticly pleading for me not to stop. I could almost image what it would feel like to feel her body come around me. I groaned and as I felt the muscles in my groin tighten.

I thought about her laying next to me in my bed, completely drained after our little go around.

My mind went back to her body and what her face would look like if I would trap her underneath me. I want to force her on her stomach and take her from behind. My cock twitches as I think about grabbing her hair and making her moan and scream my name over and over while I pound into her. I feel her scream and cry out as she comes around me again. She sinks down to the bed, but I am not ready to be done. I pull out and let her rest for only a moment before I roll her over.

I roll her over on her back and open her legs wide. She moans loudly as I plunge back into her. She fights for only a few seconds before she gives in to me and starts grinding against me. She throws her head back and cries out for more. I grab her legs and push them up so her feet are resting on my shoulders. She grabs my upper arms to hold on against the almost brutal pounding that I am giving her. I can feel that she is getting close again and soon she starts screaming my name over and over again.

The thought of her coming around me again pushes me over the edge and I come hard. My head spins for a moment as I try to relax again. That was intense and just what I needed. I look down and see my cock still hard under the water. The next time I get off will be because Jack is in my bed and doing her job. My body protests as I stand up out of the water. I didn't realize how bad I needed release. I grab a towel and make my way in to the bed. I fall onto it and relax. I could probably go sleep if I wanted to.

My mind starts thinking about what all I have to do tomorrow, the meeting with Lajjun, the preparations for the ship and the voyage, and trying to figure out who I can trust around here. No matter how hard I concentrate my mind wonders back to Jack. I didn't get very far in my thought before I fell asleep again. The last thing that I remember before I closed my eyes was that she should be here falling asleep in my arms.

Another Dream…

I lifted my head at the bright desert sands blinded me. Once again I was back on that damn planet. I looked around but there wasn't anyone around. There was nothing. There was no crashed ship, no wreckage, no people, no monsters. Nothing. I growled and started walking. I came to the top of a small hill and looked around. In the distance I could see the bone yard. As I started down the hill I noticed foot prints in the sand. A small smile formed on my face and I decided to follow them.

They led me straight to the bone yard. I grinned as I saw that they led straight into a large hollow skeleton that was dark inside. The foot print stopped inside the skeleton. Suddenly a pair of boots caught me in the chest. I was flat on my back and the owner of the boots was perched on my chest.

"Hello Kyra." I said softly as I looked up at her.

"Hello Riddick." She said softly back at me. She started to stand and I grabbed her hips and pulled her back down.

"This isn't real Riddick." She said as she rolled off of me.

I grabbed her again as I said "Doesn't matter. This is a dream and I can do what I want. So if I want to pin you down and take you I can. If I want to kiss you, I will, and you won't me." I growled the words into her ear. I missed her so bad and here she was pinned under my weight.

"That works both ways Riddick…" She shoved me off and was across the skeleton room before I could react. She stared back at me for a moment. "If you really want m so bad then GET OFF YOUR ASS AND COM AND GET ME!"

I sat up just in time for her boot to collide with my face.

"NOT HERE!" She screamed. "COME AND GET ME! Come and get me from the UnderVerse! Come save me Riddick! Save me like you saved all of those people on Helion Prime! Like you saved Ziza and Lajjun!" With every other word she landed a new blow. She threw punches and kicks, and hit me with any part of her body that she could.

Finally I was able to stand up amid a relentless assault of punches. I grabbed her and pulled her close to my body. "I AM coming for you. Our ship is being prepped. We will leave Helion Prime in three days for the UnderVerse." I whispered into her ear.

I could feel her relax against me. "I am sorry. I shouldn't have done that. Thank you." She turned to look at me.

"It's okay kid. The ghosts know that I deserve it." I smiled down at her.

She smiled up at me. "I love you Riddick." She spoke in a low voice and kept her head facing down.

I leaned my head down so my face was in her hair. "I love you too Jack. Always have and always will. I think you knew that you were mine before I did. I need you Jack. That is why I am coming for you."

She turned and wrapped her arms around me. "I will visit again in two nights. I will be alone again and we will meet here on this planet. I will also visit often while you are on your way to the UnderVerse. The Purifier will join me. He will tell you much about what you need to know to bring me back. Be cautious about who you trust Riddick." She started to pulled her body away from mine but I held on.

I smirked. "Remember who you are talking to Jack. I don't trust anyone" I buried my nose in her hair. She even smelled like herself. I groaned at the rush of blood that smell gave me.

With a smile she leaned in and gave me a kiss. I tried to hold on as long as I could but I knew that she was slipping away from me. "I love you."

"I love you too Riddick. I have to go now. Thank you." And with that she was gone.

I woke late the next morning to a pounding on the door. "What?" Ugh I don't want to get up. I just want to take another bath.

The door opened to reveal Vaako. "Aereon sent me to find you. I have sent an escort over to retrieve the woman and child. They will be here shortly. Also I was told to inform you that the reports for the voyage ship have come back and the ship is ready."

Leaning up I groaned "Thank you Vaako. Question: Do you know what coffee is?"

"Yes sir. Would you like me to fetch you some?"

"Yes I would very much like some damn coffee." I groaned laying back down on the bed.

"Alright, on one condition. You better have some pants on by the time I get back or I will vomit." He turned and left the room before I could give a response.

I looked down. Oops… Still naked from last night. Well I have nothing to hide. I slowly got up and made my way over to a stack of clean pants laying on one of the tables. Black cargos, my favorite. I slipped a pair on and went to find my boots. Yup right where I left them beside the tub along with my goggles. I went back in to the bed and pulled on my boots. I got up looking for a shirt that I could wear. No such luck. Guess I'll just have to walk around without a shirt.

Vaako came back in carrying a mug of something steaming and handed it to me. "Well at least your part of the way dressed. Let me guess you can't find any shirts?" He must have guessed from the look on my face that he was right. He smirked and walked over to wall. He pushed lightly on it and it opened to reveal a wardrobe. He pulled out a black tank top and threw it at me. "I believe that this is what you prefer."

I downed the coffee, which was that bad, and put the shirt on. "So take me to where Lajjun and Ziza are supposed to be." He smirked again and turned towards the door

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