Didn't Riddick warn Rynn that he wouldn't be very nice to her you-know-what eariler in the story? He kept his word. Hehe! I guess it is a good thing...for Rynn he isn't always THAT rough.

Rynn attended to her wound finding a first aid kit hidden away in a duffle bag that was crammed in a corner. Must have belonged to one of the geologist that were here before them. She had also finished working with the wires. Took longer than originally planned thanks to Riddick. She steps out of the skiff and is met with her love leaning against it, arms and legs crossed waiting for her.

"Come here. " He ordered removing the bandage taking a gander at the wound again. "It's healing."

The wound wasn't as bad as first thought but it was deep and once healed completely you would really be able to see Riddick's teeth marks.

"It is but my damn neck sure does hurt."

"Gave you what you wanted."

"You wanted it too." She reminded him.

"Jeez, Rynn. What happened to you? Riddick get ya." Jack joked approaching with Imam and the two boys in tow.

"Yes, child. Are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm-"

"She's fine."

Riddick spoke for her placing the bandage back over the wound. Riddick didn't want Rynn to be pitted she didn't want that either but the two seemed genuinely concerned for the killer and that felt kind of nice to her coming from someone other than Riddick.

Jack was a smart kid knowing what the two did inside the skiff just as surely as the others did. "Next time, Riddick take it easy on her. I'm suprised you didn't split her in two."

'He just about did.' Rynn thought still aching in her lower stomach and between her legs.

"You hear her complaining?" Riddick being hostile?

"Where's Caroline?" Rynn spoke breaking up the conversation before it got out of hand hearing the hostility in Riddick's voice raising an eyebrow as to what was going on with him.

"Fuck if I know." Riddick's sour attitude apparent.

"She followed Johns there." Imam pointed in the direction of the crashed ship.

"Maybe Johns is giving it to Fry now." Jack laughed as well as Rynn but she laughed on the inside while shaking that image out of her head. Rynn ran her hand over Jack's bald head. "You two better run along." Jack done the unexpected before leaving with Imam she wrapped her arms around Rynn's waist for a quick squeeze. The kid had some strength in that little body.

"Your letting the kid get too close." Riddick's teeth clenched.

There's the source for Riddick's attitude.

"What did you want me to do shove Jack away?"

"Yes." Riddick stated harshly.

"I'm not cruel to kids, Riddick. You know that."

"Wouldn't have been cruel."

"To Jack it would have been. The kids taken a liking to me as well as you if you haven't noticed. Hell the kid is idolizing you."

Riddick ignored that part. "Don't go getting attached, Rynn. It'll be a mistake on your part again."

"For fucks sake, Riddick-" She stopped cold seeing that look in his eyes, well she couldn't see the look on count of his goggles but his face revealed it. That cold hard don't fuck with me poker face look. The only muscles moving were his jaw muscles that were ticking away. Riddick started to walk off but was stopped by Rynn's hands grabbing his muscular arms.

"I'm not attached to them."

"Who are you trying to convince, Rynn. Me or yourself? Remember the boy in slam? I warned you not to get involed with him that he was on the chopping block but you took him under your wing, protected him. But you didn't protect him good enough DID YOU!?" He yelled earning a hard slap to the face. Rynn's hand stung and Riddick brought his own hand up to rub his cheek. "You didn't listen to me than listen to me now!"

She felt tears start to well up in her eyes but she did a good job at keeping her emotions in check except for the slap to Riddick's face. He deserved that.

"When mercs killed him they almost killed you." Reminded her again.

Rynn tried to walk away but Riddick grabbed her upper arm preventing her from doing just that. His face inched closer to hers, his voice chilling. "I told you if that ever happened again that I'd kill you myself." He jerked her arm emphasizing his point. " I WON'T watch you go through that hell again!"

Riddick didn't like being cruel towards her and she knew it but it was true. To this day they never found out what or how that innocent boy came to be in slam and when mercs killed him they almost killed her and if it hadn't been for Riddick they would have.

"It's your weakness, baby girl. Wish the hell I could change that."

"But you can't. So I'm sorry if that's a sin. What are you going to do if we do have a baby, huh? You going to order me not to get attached to our very own child!?"

"Your crossing the line, Rynn." Riddick hissed warning dangerously. Darkness added to the chill of his voice.

"I'm just saying, Riddick." She softened her voice not wanting to get Riddick riled up even more and she didn't want to get anymore upset.

"Goin' for a walk." Riddick not wanting to speak of it anymore.

Rynn needed to cool down just as much as Riddick. She took off heading for the crashed ship finding Caroline and Johns who was shooting morphine into his tear duct while Caroline bitched him out. Some time or another Riddick must have gotten to her about letting Owens die in pure agony when Johns could have easily prevented that.

They both looked to Rynn.

"Well if it ain't Riddick's bitch."

"You prick!" Rynn lunged for Johns in absolute rage. Johns quickly side stepped her and grabbed her wrist that was still sore from Riddick's hold. She cringed a bit but never let her guard down for a second. She let Johns have his way have control of her arm as he moved her hand to his lower back feeling a scar that was fourth lumbar down and left of the spin. Riddick's trademark if you want to call it that. He was going for his abdominal aorta, the sweet spot but missed, very rare for Riddick to miss but at least Johns has a souvenir from that encounter. A piece of his shiv imbedded in him.

"Looks like you'll always have a piece of my baby to remember him by."

That was Johns way telling her that was the reason he shot morphine. Sure having a piece of a blade broken in you is uncomfortable and probably does still hurt but Johns didn't fool her she knew he was hooked on the stuff.

She stared Johns dead in the face as he let go of her hand. "Don't EVER call me that again!"

Johns smirks. "And why is that?" He muses.

"'Cause you won't be dying by Riddick's hands." Her eyes big, determined and relentless with no mercy. Wasn't a good idea to fuck with Rynn after calling her that and after her and Riddick's argument.

"You'd be disappointing your man if you killed me...if you could that is." Johns laughed.

"Don't underestimate me, Johns." Her intense eyes glared over at Caroline who was smart and kept her mouth shut as Rynn made her exit.

Complete suprise and shock hit Rynn like a ton of bricks. Everything forgotten in a split second. Caroline ventured outside standing next to Rynn also in awe and horror at what everyone was seeing up in the sky. The planets were taking over. There really was going to be an eclipse and it had begun. Riddick's warning flooded Rynn's mind. 'Be prepared. Things are about to get interesting.' Riddick true to his word and knowledge.

"If we need anything we should get on with it that sandcat is solar." Shaza pointed out and proceeded to get it ready while the rest pretty much panicked and ran in all directions until Caroline got order back under control.

Everyone was accounted for on the sand cat except Riddick who was still probably taking that walk.

"Where's Riddick?" Jack blurted out almost panicking with him nowhere in sight.

"Leave him. He wouldn't wait for us." Paris said as Riddick jumped onto the sand cat from atop a buildings rooftop looking at Paris as he landed on his feet graceful like a cat. Paris regretted his words and tried to make up for them. "Thought we lost you." With the spooks he sat down and kept quiet.

Shaza was calling out for Johns who was gathering up his stash. Riddick extended his hand to help him up onto the moving sand cat. There was no way Riddick was going to let Johns die any other way except by his own hands. Jack was so mesmerized by Riddick he had to point out the huge ribcage of one of the creatures they would be going under ducking just in time.

Shaza stopped the sand cat by the crashed ship wanting to gather up some more items to take back to the skiff but they had ran out of time. The sun was disappearing and you could hear screeches from the creatures coming out from their huge ant like holes.

"How many are there?" Johns asked Riddick but he ignored him, mesmerized by the creatures, muttering a soft. "Beautiful." That Rynn picked up on.

"People just a suggestion...perhaps you should flee!" Paris yelled from the hanger and they did.

The sandcat was dead. No sun to move it so they had no choice but to make a run for it. Everyone ran to the hanger safely. The ones behind were Riddick, Rynn and Shaza whom grabbed Rynn's arm taking her anger and fear out on her. "Your man going to get us out of this?!"

That sent Rynn off. She was so sick of Shaza blaming everything on Riddick. Her apology to him eariler meant nothing. She took off running and Rynn took off after her, forgetting all about the creatures above. Rynn tackled her from behind and from the force of Rynn's body it drove them both into the ditch from where the ship crashed and skidded to a halt. Her tackle was so hard that Shaza and Rynn bounced off some rocks banging their heads and bodies. Rynn recovered faster than Shaza and was ontop of her in an instant clutching both of her wrists in her small hand while her free hand reached around finding the shiv and without hesitation stabbing Shaza in the chest, to her heart. Blood bubbling out.

"Don't get her blood on you!" Riddick shouted.

"Why?"

"They go after blood!"

Rynn quickly got off of Shaza but she didn't let her get away as the creatures were closing in. Rynn let Shaza flip to her stomach watching her attempt to crawl away while keeping a firm hold to her ankle. Rynn too layed on her stomach waiting for the creatures to take her feeling Riddick having a hold on her own ankle. Shaza did her best to get free from Rynn's hold but she was now coughing, getting weaker. Finally a swarm of creatures took her from Rynn's grasp up into the air. You could still hear her screaming as they literally rippped her in two.

Exhaustion from the fight Rynn rolled over onto her back as the creatures made a final swoop flying over her and Riddick but not bothering them. When the coast was clear Rynn stood up and placed the shiv back into her pants but not before wiping it clean in the sand. Riddick stood up and dusted the dirt off of his hands and discarded his bone carved shiv off to the side and walked to her with a smirk.

"What? She deserved what she got after all her shit towards you."

"Nothing new baby, you know that." He gave her bony shoulder a quick squeeze. "Nicely done but your buddy saw everything." His head jerking towards the hanger.

Her buddy? Shit. Jack?!

Rynn turned to look at a completly shocked Jack. The kid was kind of close to Shaza.

"Damn."

"How are you going to explain that?"

"Who says I am?" Rynn brushed herself off as the two made their way to the others in the hanger. She looked at Jack as Caroline shoved the kid inside.

"We need to be inside. Come on, let's go." Paris was in a panic.

Everyone went inside including Rynn. Riddick made sure she got in safely. Caroline and Riddick stayed outside a little longer. There was crumbling among the creatures' huge ant like holes. More were coming out. Riddick placed his goggles on his forehead to get a better look at the beautiful sight before him.

"What is it, Riddick? What is it now?" Fear of the unknown effident in her voice.

"Like I said. It ain't us you gotta worry about." His deep sexy voice had a slight amusing tone it it.

"Like hell we don't!" Caroline shouted. "You saw what Rynn did to Shaza!"

"Guess your lucks running out." Riddick smugly walked passed Caroline his intense eyes putting more fear into her before stepping inside the hanger. Caroline wasted no time in following him she was right on his heels and a good thing too because Riddick would have left her out there. He smiled at the thought sliding the hanger door shut.

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