Night Falls

Lily's POV

Am I going to be lectured? I don't want to. I see no reason why, I told the truth, can't get annoyed with the truth, or is it that? That the truth hurts more instead of setting you free. Er, I think I got that wrong. Oh well I don't care. I'm still brooding over my thoughtless ogling at someone who wasn't all that. His secrets still suck, but how the hell can that affect me? Oh, I see. I get savagely torn apart and his morphine dulls the pain, ha! But no seriously I can see that totally happening. Fry then says something, stopping my thoughts there,

'Can you see the aura you were talking about?' staring down at me, biting her lip nervously.

'Um, so you heard everything' I didn't think she heard the whole thing. Just the bit about Johns. My skills are getting rusty, note to self: if survive planet of unseen evil, I will train my body to the extreme.

'Yeah, so tell me the truth, you see it don't you?'

'Yes I do, but if it makes you feel better yours is smaller and guilt ridden whereas Johns was just an ugly lying flame' that should make anyone feel better about themselves.

Fry chuckles softly 'why make me feel better?' guess not.

'Keep looking away, I'm going to tell you the truth'

'Oh, okay' I look down, arms crossed, waiting to hear her tale.

'During the landing when things were at their worst, Owens was at his best, he's the one that stopped the docking pilot from dumping the main cabin' the main cabin that had all forty passengers on it, including me?

'The docking pilot being?'

'Me' why that son of a bit-calm down Lily, I'm sure Fry wanted to save her own ass. It's what I've been doing all day. Switching off my anger face, I look up at her calmly,

'I guess I ain't the only one who's looking after her own ass' scratching my head, feeling guilty. Well a little.

Fry scoffs,

'Really? Aren't you taking care of everyone? Sure you do it slightly different from everyone else and in a roundabout way, but you're doing a much better job than I am'

'If you're talking about the situation with the spire, then that doesn't count, you're alive now because I was stupidly in the way' another mistake I've done.

'But I trust you'd saved me had you not been in the way' smiling at me.

'Bu-'she cuts me off with,

'You're one of the few adults here that I can trust, and I believe you got my back'

'Say what?' pride gushing through my body when she uses the word 'adult' heh she didn't call me a kid.

'If Johns and Riddick ever prove to be dangerous, I want you to look after everyone, and you're the only one who can'

'Err' this is bad. I don't want to care for the others. It's hard looking after my own ass let alone other asses.

'I really must d-'

'Captain! Captain!' the two remaining holy boys come in panicking, Fry rushes out and I follow. I think I know what's going on. I exit the skiff, and I see everyone's gathered. All eyes are locked on a dark arch in the sky, bright and ominous as it grows from the horizon. The arch rises, inching closer to the suns. Yeah, it's starting.

'If we need anything from the crash ship I suggest we kick on' Shazza rushes to get the solar powder sand cat working. People get to work, snatching up rope, water and lights, boarding the vehicle one by one; I notice a certain criminal missing,

'Where's Riddick?'

'Leave him! He wouldn't wait for us?' I arch an eyebrow at him but before I can agree, Riddick jumps down onto the vehicle.

'I thought we'd lost you' kinda wished we had.

I look behind, the wind whipping through my hair as the solar cat moves across the desert. The rim of the giant planet crests over the horizon, I can see the luminous ring of the planet in clear view now. We storm through the canyon passing through the giant skeletons of creatures that died out years ago. We finally reach the crashed ship, and we all leap off. Paris heads off somewhere,

'Where are you going?' Fry shouts

'I'm gonna get some things. I'll be a few minutes. You wouldn't leave without me would you?' yet he heads for the cargo hold without hearing an answer, yeah we'll leave without him. Riddick and Johns go off to grab the power cells; I use my combat knife to roughly make a scrap metal sled. I give it to Jack, who lashes it on to the sand cat. Think it's about time for an update; I look back into the sky, the ring of the planet block out the first, yellow sun. A red darkness sweeps over us, I hear a growing high pitch sound coming from the spires, as if those things are rejoicing the coming of the night. The planet is in a moment of evening dusk.

We're all frozen in time as we witness something pouring out of the spire-tops. It looks like smoke or ash but that's just wishful thinking. Its living things, squealing in delight at their first night in twenty two years, they fill the sky with thick black waves, heading straight towards us. I retighten all my stuff with me, ready to run.

'People, just a suggestion, perhaps you should flee!' Paris shouts to us. I turn to run, but Jack grabs my hand wanting to run with me….Fine! Bugger it, we all run to our only safety. The cargo hold.

'Let's go!'

I reach the cargo hold with Jack, who collapses to the floor; breathing hard. Okay so I went a little too fast but it's her fault for grabbing me. Anyway being with me is her only chance of survival so she should just thank me. One by one people reach the cargo hold, only Shazza and Riddick remain, but it's too late.

'Come on! Run!'

The squealing wave descends upon them, Riddick and Shazza hit the dirt just in time as the things fly overhead. I see Shazza whipping her head up, looking at us. No, don't tell me she isn't going to-? And yes she does, she's worming her way towards us. I roll my eyes; well it's no guess as what's going to happen next. Aw hell.

'NO!'

'No Stay There!'

'Stay down Shazza! Just stay down!'

She gets up to her feet, truly the dumbest last move she'll ever make. I go round Jack, and from behind I cover her eyes. Just in time, as the black wave is back, enveloping Shazza and lifting her up in the air, caught in a funnel cloud, in which she completely disintegrates into nothing. Jack's struggling and protesting, wanting to see, trying to remove my hands which I do. She looks around for Shazza and then says something to me, well shouts at me. I have no clue what she says as I zone her out, concentrating on the sounds coming from the spires. The spires are crumbling; something is tearing them down from within. There's a second darkness as the ring eclipses the red sun and the world goes dark. Fry shouts out some orders,

'Everyone get inside! Get some lights on in there!'

'Wait! Do you all hear something else?' Imam asks

'What is that?'

'I can't see' from the corner of my eye I see them standing at the mouth of the cargo hold, their directions to the spire. They can't see, but I can.

The moment the last of the light vanished my vision instantly transformed, seeing through the darkness as clear as day with a purple hue. Yeah, my mum is crazy. Can you believe she had my eyes shinned when I was a kid? I couldn't believe either but it's true. I'm damn lucky to even retain my sight let alone be able to see in the dark. Anyway back to the spires, I see large hammer headed creatures. Obviously predators. They emerge out of the spires, clicking, I assume sounding out the world that haven't inhabited in twenty two years.

'Beautiful' I hear Riddick whisper to himself, oh yeah I forget he can see in the dark too. It's practically his element.

'What is it? What happening?' Fry asks

The predators launch from the hills, gliding, searching. Aw, they can fly? Damn.

'Like I said. Ain't me you gotta worry about' Fry groans in frustration, and she says I'm a roundabout person. She goes to shout at Riddick but I interject with my observations.

'Big flying motherfuckers Fry, that's what we got to watch out for and I reckon the little ones are their infants. Both deadly carnivorous predators'

'Right. Everyone get-Wait! How do you know!'

I shrug, still looking at the scene before me, there is a lot of them things,

'How else? I can see them' I'm met with voices of questions and surprised gasps but Fry ushers everyone into the cargo hold. I go to follow, but Riddick grabs my wrist and I look up into his own jaguar jewels of silver.

'Beautiful' Riddick says, his attention on me, staring down into my eyes. I blush despite myself. Feeling awkward, I step back turning my back on him.

'Well let's go' is all I say to him, and I head inside the cargo, he follows. A long shitty night ahead of us.

Riddick's POV

When the lights went out, I couldn't believe the first creatures that appeared were only the infants. I put my bone shiv into the air when they passed overhead and like razor blades they demolished it into dust. They're extremely deadly; using combined strength and numbers they can literally tear a person apart. Beautifully demonstrated on that woman. And the big boys. Wow. This will be fun indeed.

Lily still has them. My eyes. Still much more purple than mine, exactly like when she was young. But where were they all this time? Though I'm proud she has my favourite characteristic, it does mean I have to tread carefully around her, she can see everything in this pitch black darkness.