Chapter thirteen

Rhios was feeling trapped as he walked beside Kedar, he could feel the human eyes upon him and the emotions coming from them were stifling. The blonde female felt a dizzying mix of lust and jealousy, curiosity and superiority that were sickening when added into the guilt and self hatred she felt. The priest Imam was merely curious in a childlike manner, as were his children. The man Paris, was horribly slimy, he could actually feel how the man was calculating what he could gain by selling the cat-beings. And Johns, he was feeling lust and power, he felt the need to hurt them and mate them, and he hated them for "making" him feel that way about a male creature. All of these emotions plus the excitement of his soon to be hatchling and the pains of his magic preparing him for the new bonds to form left Rhios feeling very trapped indeed.

Kedar was frustrated with the humans, they continued to stare at his bearer, and they whispered loudly to each other as if they could not be easily overheard. He could feel his bearer's anxiety and discomfort, and if it were a viable choice he would fly ahead and prepare what was needed for his bearer to be on better comfort; but it was not viable at all, his bearer was injured and not in his right mind, he was surrounded by people that they could not trust to care for him at all, and he was about to go into his of age growth to top it off. If only the damned humans would be silent.

Suddenly Rhios fell to the ground and writhed silently, causing Kedar to stop and swiftly lift him up, refusing to touch his bearer's wings, feeling through Rhios the pain as they slowly contorted and slid into his body until there was no sign of them at all. Kedar was careful still after this as he felt the pain through Rhios, there was more going on than they knew at the moment.

Riddick had dropped the sled that he was pulling to swiftly come forward and touch the shoulder of his kitten, he didn't know what to do, but his instincts told him that he needed to be near his little one. Normally he would have thought about his reputation, but right now his instincts were riding him and he put no thought into the matter at all.

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Jack watched Riddick and the cat-man who was writhing on the ground, they were heading back to the drop-ship with the first power core to get accurate readings from it to see if they could escape from this odd planet. As she watched the strange trio in front of her she caught a movement from the corner of her eye and turned toward it. She belatedly noticed that it was Shazza, wearing a look of combined bitterness and rage and loathing while looking upon the trio. Jack felt her self want to back away from the woman.

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Paris was getting annoyed, the convict wasn't moving as fast as they were hoping he would, if the damned man didn't stop pampering that strange cat-thing they were never going to get to the shade.

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Johns grinned as he saw a true sign of Riddicks' weakness, if he kept that pretty cat-boy under his thumb he wouldn't have a single problem getting him to the newest prison planet… and if he had to he could get rid of the other cat-thing. His smile turned unpleasant as he contemplated the things he could do to the boy in order to get Riddick to obey him.. it gave him a shiver.

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Frye watched the three men and felt a shiver climb her spine, something about the way the two men huddled around the third said that something was happening… she hated not being in the loop.

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Finally Rhios stopped writhing, the first pains leaving him as he got to his feet. He sent a reassuring thought to Kedar, and a soothing smile to Riddick. He swiftly pretended that nothing was happening and started to again walk towards his and Kedars sanctuary. He wished he had slightly better control over his abilities… but he didn't oh well. His thoughts swiftly veered back to annoyance at the pack around him, they weren't right… they needed to go away.