A New Home?

Chapter 11

When Carolyn and Riddick arrived outside, Varro already had breakfast cooking. Royce and Isabelle appeared as it came off the fire.

"Well," Carolyn said with a smirk. "Don't the two of you look well rested?"

Lowering himself next to Riddick, Royce indicated Carolyn with a jab of his thumb. "Thought you were going to do something about that?"

Riddick shrugged making a noise in the back of his throat.

Royce snorted in amusement.

"Did you find anything?" Chloe asked as they ate.

"We found a settlement." Royce answered.

Carolyn exchanged a look with Isabelle. "What kind of settlement?"

Riddick spoke up in reply, "There's a valley about a days walk in that direction," he pointed to what Carolyn thought was the west but knew there was no way to tell on this planet. "We found evidence that people were living there not too long ago."

"Riddick and I where throwing ideas around on our way back about the pros and cons of staying here or moving into that valley, but in light of what happened yesterday I think we should go."

"But won't we be more exposed there?" Chloe asked grabbing onto Varro's hand.

"At first," Riddick answered. "But it shouldn't take too much work to set up a perimeter."

Carolyn placed her hand on his arm silently demanding his attention. "Tell me what you really think"

"It's a good location Carolyn. You can see anyone coming for miles in any direction and of the two it's more defendable, at least until we can figure out a way off of this planet."

Standing, Varro looked towards the sky, "Speaking of getting out of here."

Everyone stood then, watching parachutes fall from the sky. Edging closer to Riddick, Carolyn's voice wavered, "Did you see that?"

His jaw tightened in anger. "Yeah, I saw it."

"See what?" Royce asked.

Varro spoke up, looking just as grim as Riddick, "That blue tinge in the sky just as they reach a certain altitude."

Isabelle turned her attention to the three of them. "What about it?"

"It means that there's a force field around this planet. Getting through it unless you know the correct code would be impossible. A ship would blow the second it hit it." Varro explained while comforting Chloe.

Royce clenched his jaw, "You mean there really isn't a way off of this fucking planet?"

"Not right now there's not," Varro replied.

"Well son of a bitch," Royce bit out before walking away.

"Are we going to go after them like all of you did with us?" Chloe asked after Royce stormed away.

"No, we stay here and get ready to move out. We'll leave first thing in the morning." Riddick instructed, joining Varro. "I want to keep the women inside today. But we need to set up a watch."

"I'll take the first one," Varro answered in agreement.

"Four hours?" Varro nodded, and began climbing up the drill to find a higher vantage spot.

"Ok ladies," Riddick said. "Why don't we go inside and see what we want to take with us."

Carolyn was in her room gathering what few things she and Riddick had when she felt his large hands on her waist. They were warm against her cooler skin. She could feel his erection pressing against her back before he spun her around pressing her against his body. She looked up into his silver eyes nuzzling his nose for a moment before his lips covered her own. Backing her into the wall, his hands trailed up under her shirt to cup her breasts, thumbs running over her nipples. Carolyn whimpered as his hands disappeared from under her shirt. Seconds later she felt them tugging on the zipper to her pants.

Toeing off her boots she shimmied out of her pants as he pushed them down her legs never once taking her lips off of his. She felt him adjusting his own clothes before lifting her up, pulling a leg over his hip. Her head landed on the wall behind her, her back arching with each of his strokes.

Burying his head in the crook of her neck, Riddick slowed his motions. "You don't have to spend the rest of your life trying to make up for what happened to those people."

Her sex-befuddled mind took a moment to catch on to what he was saying. She grabbed onto his shoulders, digging her nails in, trying to focus on his words and not what he was doing to her body, rubbing her cheek against his. "She didn't deserve to be thrown here with the rest of us."

He bit her neck lightly. "No, she didn't, but that doesn't mean that you have to put your life on the line for her or anyone else." Pulling away to look at her he started thrusting harder the force causing her to moan. She held onto his shoulders tighter as he pounded his frustration with her behavior out on her body. Reaching between them to rub her clit he caused her to nearly scream her orgasm before roughly covering her mouth with his own. The feel of her body tightening around his shaft was too much to take and a few minutes later he withdrew, his seed spilling out onto her smooth belly.

Slowly releasing her leg he let it down gently to join the other as she rested her head against his chest panting heavily, her hands resting lightly on his waist. He brought an arm up to rest on the wall behind her waiting until she caught her breath and regained her balance.

"Jesus, Riddick," she finally exhaled.

Smirking he handed her a cloth that was lying near by. "I keep trying to tell you there's nothing holy about me, Carolyn," He tucked himself back into his pants as she put her clothing back on. He was helping her with the bedding when Varro appeared.

"Royce is back and we've got incoming!" Varro yelled before turning back the way he had come.

"Shit!" Riddick spit out, dropping what was in his hands, pulling Carolyn with him. "Weapons! Now!" Riddick said hopping through Isabelle's hatch grabbing the plasma rifle and tossing Carolyn's weapons to her.

"No," she said as Isabelle picked up her sniper rifle.

"Carolyn, we don't have time for this!" Riddick growled as he headed out the hatch.

"I'm taking the 12 gauge," she yelled at an impatient Riddick before handing her weapons to Chloe giving her a brief rundown. "She doesn't have to be accurate she just has to fire," she said as she took the 12 gauge from Isabelle, "and we need all the firepower we can get."