Caroline with cutting torch in hand slid the door open as she peered out to see if the coast was clear. Once she stepped out everyone else followed staying close to the light source except for Riddick and Rynn she held Riddick back by reaching around him from behind grabbing him between the legs and started to massage him through his cargos.

"I take it you want something?" Riddick purred arching an eyebrow. Rynn felt him twitch.

"Am I making it that obvious?"

Riddick turned to face her.

"Your not going to tell me you don't like this."

"Never said that."

"Than what?" She tried to reach into his pants when Riddick caught her hand before she did. "What?"

Riddick studied her. "I'm starting to regret you talking me into letting you get that morphine."

Rynn jerked her wrist out of his hand. "What the hell does that have to do with anything?"

"Riddick?!" Caroline called to him realizing he nor Rynn hadn't joined them outside.

"Let me shut that bitch up."

Riddick just curved his lip upwards and Rynn roughly shoved him away.

"Hey." Riddick stopped her from leaving the hanger. He stepped up to her his hand going to the back of her neck pulling her to him and leaving a kiss on her lips. Rynn tried again to go for Riddick's man hood but was cut off yet again by his hand. She released his lips looking into his eyes confused.

"Why are you stopping me. I can just shut the damn door and go to town with you."

"Your not yourself. Besides I don't wanna fuck you when your all fucked up from that drug. I hate having that shit in you. I only agreed cause of how much pain you were in."

"I'd much rather have you in me. Besides it's not a drug, Riddick."

"It is."

"That's not fair. I needed it or else we would still be in that damn hanger and you know it."

"I would have carried your ass." Riddick cocked a smile rearranging himself before taking a step to her give her a kiss on the forehead before he stepped out of the hanger pulling her with him and making his way to a part of the ship that crashed going after the cells needed to power up the skiff. He made sure the light from the cutting torch Caroline was holding was out of his eyes even though he had his goggles on. He stood in front of the mangled craft, lifted up his goggles and looked inside. "Looks clear."

Johns made his way next to Riddick with gun in hand ready to fire. When Riddick placed his goggles back over his eyes a screeching sound and a gush of air rushed over them as there was a creature inside. It flew over their heads to avoid the lights. Riddick and Johns hit the ground ducking.

"You said clear." Johns said angrily.

Riddick still on his stomach looked over at Johns correcting him. "I said it looks clear."

Johns on his back peering over his shoulder. "Well what does it look like now?"

Riddick barley lifted himself off of the ground to peak inside for a split second. He looked back at Johns with a small smile on his face and his muscles flexing slightly. "Looks clear."

Gathering up the cells they would need along with light blue lights that were like cables and a makeshift sled that was nothing but a part of the roof to the ship to put the cells on to drag.

"Run about ten paces ahead." Riddick's goggles on his forehead and his hand up in front of his shined eyes to block out the bright lights as he spoke to Caroline. "I want light on my back but not in my eyes." Caroline following him around like a lost puppy.

Rynn was helping Jack out with the lights. Riddick passed them deliberatley saying. "And check your cuts. These bad boys know our blood now."

Rynn knew he specifically directed that to Jack as she looked up to see Riddick pass by and Jack looked over to Rynn with a spooked look to her face like Rynn had told Riddick about Jack's true gender but Riddick has known all along.

"We stay close together and keep the lights on. That's all we have to do to live through this thing." Caroline spoke as if she knew how to survive this hell. She went up the stairs of the busted ship to find Johns sitting on the floor holding an empty vile of morphine in his hand twirling it around after spiking up again.

"Are you ready, Johns?"

Riddick was standing next to the stairs eavesdropping. Rynn made her way over to do the same playing with the tear in his wife beater.

"You give him the cells and the ship. And he'll leave you all out here to die. He'll leave all of ya. So will Rynn."

"I don't get it, Johns. What is so god damn valuable in your life that your afraid of loosing? Is there anything at all? Besides your next spike. As far as I can tell they haven't done anything for us not to trust them."

"He's a fucking killer, Caroline and so is she."

"We know that."

"Just don't trust them for a second."

Everyone huddled together as close as possible. Riddick came up behind Rynn grabbing her chin to turn her head to him and pulled her into a deep kiss without saying a word. He released her lips and moved in front of the group away from the lights.

"True love." Jack said to Rynn who gave her a soft smile before holding her hand out to her. Jack took it without a second thought as the two and others followed behind Riddick walking and sometimes running into the darkness towards the skiff.

The cutting torch was going out everyone stopped when it finally did. Those blue lights weren't very bright but bright enough to keep the creatures at bay but still watching, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. But they kept moving and had to stop when Paris screwed up knocking a flare out of the sled and Jack went to go after it.

"Jack!" Caroline and Rynn both shouted to her. "Get back in the lights." Rynn demanded.

Riddick up ahead snapped his head around watching Jack and the creatures who were gunning for her on count of her bleeding. He squatted down with shiv in hand, bringing it to his face to rest on his cheek thinking, watching, contemplating.

Imam dove and saved Jack back just in time. They just about got the girl. Paris wasn't so lucky. He got spooked. He crawled far enough away from the power block of light to knock it completely out plunging them all into darkness.

"FUCK!" Rynn shouted. She felt Riddick's powerful arms wrap themselves around her interlacing his fingers together, keeping her tight in his grip. Jack rushed back over to Rynn wrapping her arms around Rynn and Riddick for dear life.

"Paris get back here!" Caroline shouted. "Follow my voice!"

"Won't do no good." Riddick mummbled only being heard by Jack and Rynn. Jack looked up at Rynn. Rynn saw the fear on her face. She placed her arm around her and pulled the girl into her more burying her face in Rynn's side.

Everyone finally saw Paris' fate when he took a big swig of liquor and blew it out of his mouth and into the small flame of his lighter lightening up their surrondings for a couple of seconds seeing the creatures surrond Paris. "I was suppose to die in France." Were his last words.

Rynn cringed as the creatures were feeding from Paris. His bones crunching. His screams until there was silence.

Rynn's breathing was short and shallow but rather quick. She put her hand over her mouth to keep from throwing up again. "When is this nausea going to go away?"

"When the morphine leaves your system." Riddick replyed.

Johns lite up a flare and everyone took hold of bottles that had alcohol in them with some cloth to keep their hand held lights a flame.

Riddick grabbed Rynn's sides and moved her behind him on count of her light. Jack followed. She held the bottle above her head and behind out of his eyes as Caroline strode next to Riddick.

"Do I even want to know?"

Riddick watched as the creatures were still eating away at Paris. Riddick didn't answer her just tilted his head. He looked over to Jack who was still clinging to Rynn. Rynn knew Riddick was up to something.

Continuing on the move they realized they were going in circles. The tracks from the sleigh proved it.

Riddick squatted down again looking out into the darkness.

Imam came up to him. "Why have we circled? Are we lost?"

"Listen." Riddick spoke softly.

Imam voice raised. "Do you even know where-"

Riddick stood up abrutply to his full height. "LISTEN!" He roared and got everyone's attention. "The canyon ahead...I circled once to buy some time."

"When?" Rynn shrieked knowing Riddick disappeared and now knowing to where.

"So we go now?" Imam wondered.

"Oh, I don't know about that. That's death row up there. Especially with the girl bleeding."

"Riddick..." Rynn warned.

"What are you talking about." Johns spoke. "Your girls not bleeding. Her wound is stitched up."

Riddick whirled around to look at Rynn standing next to Jack. "Not her." Rynn's jaw clenched tightly holding back her emotions and Riddick noticed but ignored her. His shined eyes darted down to Jack and with a low rumble of a purr let everyone in on Jack's secret. "Her."

"Rynn!" Jack accused her. "You bitch!" Jack started repeatedly hitting Rynn but Rynn quickly took control of the girl.

"I didn't tell him, Jack!" Raising her voice. "He already knew!" Jack believed her knowing Riddick was an animal, predator, with heightened senses and a high tolerance for pain. Of course he knew.

"You gotta be kidding me." Johns said.

Jack threw herself into Rynn's arms as Caroline asked why she kept her true gender a secret.

"I just thought it would be better if everyone took me for a guy." She weeped as Rynn consoled her. Rynn looking at Riddick with hatred and anger on count of his betrayl.

"Don't give me that look, baby. It was your secret not mine. You knew it would eventually come out." He said blandly. No emotion.

"You didn't have to tell everyone! You could have kept her secret!" Rynn was really pissed. Her blood was boiling.

"Not a smart idea bad mouthing me now, Rynn." Riddick stalked over to her and Jack.

"She trusted you!" Rynn shouted.

"I don't give a fuck about anyone's trust except yours!" Riddick yelled back.

"Well you should! You know I care for her and even Imam. That should have been enough to keep your mouth shut."

Their argument was putting everyone on edge.

"If you don't like it..." Riddick looked directly at Rynn. "...Get off of this planet by yourself!"

Rynn gave Riddick a little taste of his own medicine by growling back at him. Riddick just laughed it off and Rynn had to calm herself down before her blood pressure sky rocketed out of control. There was no sense in continuing the argument. What's done is done. Time to move on.

Caroline came over joining Rynn in comforting Jack.

"They've had their noises open for her ever since we left." Riddick told Imam acting like nothing just happened. "Incase you haven't noticed. They go off blood."

Riddick being Riddick. A hardass. A man. A predatory man. Sometimes that really pissed her off just how cold and cruel Riddick could be.

"Look this is NOT going to work. We're gonna have to go back."

Johns slowy turned around to face Caroline. "What'd ya say? Your the one that got us out here in the first place-"

"I was wrong. I admit it. Can we just go back?"

"I don't know Caroline. Nice breeze. Wide open space. I'm starting to enjoy my fucking self!"

Caroline was about to rebutt but Johns cut her off. "My life is a meaningless pile of shit anyhow. You said so yourself." Johns angry and yelling now. "I saw we mush on! Stuff a cork in the fucking kid and lets move."

Imam spoke up for Caroline. "We should listen to her-"

"Listen to her?" When she was so willing to sacrifice us all."

"What is he talking about?" Jack asked still trying to control her tears.

"During the crash she tried to purge us all."

"Shut your fucking mouth!"

"We are all disapposible..." Johns kept adding salt to the wound.

"Shut your-" Caroline lunged for Johns to attack him but he gripped her arm and used her momemtum to knock her on the ground where she landed on her hands and knees and curled up into herself coming face to face with her demons.

"Enough!" Imam came to her rescue.

"Oh, Caroline." Johns had an evil smirk loving this. "How much do YOU weigh now?"

Johns hit the flare against his leg to light one for himself as he walked past Caroline where she was still lying ignoring her like she wasn't even there.

Rynn croutched down next to her chuckling. Her chuckle had an evil tone to it. "Pathetic."

"Aarggh!" Caroline swatted at Rynn and Rynn retailated by standing up and kicking Caroline in the stomach. She groaned out in pain and clutched her stomach as Rynn fisted her hand roughly in her short blonde hair and using her hair she forcefully yanked her to her feet.

"Bitch!" Rynn roared out. Deciding to take her anger and frustration from Riddick out on Caroline.

Caroline tried to have her fist connect with Rynn's face but Rynn was to quick and Caroline missed but Rynn sure didn't she clocked her good with a right hook that knocked her flat on the ground. Rynn shoved her knee in Caroline's throat cutting off her airway and holding onto her wrists her free hand going for her shiv.

"It's high time I finsih you off, Caroline. Those creatures are going to love how you taste." Rynn added even more pressure to her throat. Caroline was desperatly gasping for air and clawing at Rynn's leg. Rynn pulled the shiv out her arm going behind her more for more momemtum as her hand came down ready to gut her when Riddick pulled Rynn off of her. Rynn was still in a tirate she swung around and the shiv came into contach with Riddick's palm cutting it. Blood soon began to appear.

"Dammit, Rynn!" Riddick rushed over to Imam yanking and tearing a piece of cloth from his head ware wrapping it around his hand getting the bleeding to stop as quickly as possible so the creatures didn't pick up on his scent.

"Shit Riddick. I'm sorry."

A growl from Riddick to Rynn that was not too friendly.

"Blame it on the morphine, Riddick." Johns shouts. "She's not used to it especially how it got injected in her."

"Riddick." Rynn walked over to him. "Let me see."

"I'm fine!" He snapped not letting her see the cut.

Imam and Johns went over to check on Caroline. She would live. Jack stood by Imam but kept her eyes on Rynn.

Riddick talked a little calmer to Rynn. "You can kill her later." He whispered.

"Why not now?"

"Oh I don't know, Rynn. Maybe 'cause we're out in the open with these fuckin' things!" The dark tone to his voice was back.

"Excuses. I'm tired of you protecting her!" Rynn accused snapping again.

"I'M NOT PROTECTING HER! I COULD CARE LESS WHAT YOU DO TO HER! I'M TRYING TO GET YOUR ASS AS WELL AS MINE OFF THIS HELL HOLE!" Riddick's deadly voice made the creatures screech like they were afraid of him. "And put that damn thing away. You know you don't want to use that on me." He warned talking about her shiv not saying another word. He made his way to the front of the line as everyone including Rynn whos hand was grabbed by Jack's followed in silence as she put her shiv back in its place feeling bad for hurting Riddick even though, to him, it would be just a scratch.