Full Summary or Synopsis whatever you wanna call it: Arch always knew she and her family would live long lives, what with being almost immortal and all. However, the last thing she expected was for them to end up crash survivors on a desert planet. With a convict that's feral enough to give Victor a run for his money and monsters that are ready to eat them all alive, she and the other survivors have to figure out a way off this planet before they end up food for the only other life forms there. (I suck at synopsis guys just bare with me here)
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While Arch had always known she and her family would live a very long time, she had honestly never believed they would live thousands of years. They had lived to see the Earth become barren and abandoned as the humans of Earth left their home planet to join into Intergalactic relations and travel. It had been difficult for the four of them at first, travelling while trying to stay hidden, only to learn that hiding wasn't necessary. Mutants were far more accepted out in space than back on Earth. In fact they were treated as a normality instead of an oddity, to the point Arch didn't even have to send out a mental suggestion to hide her wings any longer.
Yet, she and her brothers along with Laura continued to travel from planet to planet like they had traveled from town to town from city to city back on Earth. They had recently boarded onto the ship named the Hunter-Gratzner and would be placed into Cryo-pods for the foreseeable future while the ship traveled to Helion Prime. They were going there in hopes of finding some better labor jobs for the boys to work while Laura and Arch were hoping to find a decent place to live for a bit.
Arch's wings fluttered behind her as she placed her Vibranium case into the bottom of her Cryo-pod, her long blonde hair sweeping over either shoulder. She had managed to put a suggestion into the crew to make them believe the packs her and her family handed over were the only luggage they had. The Vibranium case was the only thing she would never let leave her sight. It carried all of her most precious possessions, as few as they were, as well as the Stark Phone and nano-tech Gauntlet that had FRIDAY in them. As she stowed it where it would be hidden even while she slept, she was nearly knocked into her pod when a blonde man stormed past her to the pod diagonally to the right and across from hers. She glared at the man, holding her hand out to stop Logan from skewering the man, though Victor and Laura growled under their breaths at him.
It was then she took notice of the Cryo-pod across from hers that had a lot of tape across it stating no early wake up for the occupant and labeling them as a dangerous criminal. However, it was the surface thoughts she could hear that drew her interest. The man inside, even though he was already supposed to be locked into Cryo-sleep, was thinking rapidly about the scents and voices around him. He had already cataloged her and her family as predators among prey and seemed quite interested in the unique combination of things in her own scent. She quickly forced herself to look away however, when the blonde man from before started eyeing her suspiciously. She turned quickly to Logan to have a seemingly normal conversation with him while mentally informing her family of her suspicions of the supposed criminal.
Logan easily told her not to worry about the criminal, he wasn't their problem after all, and to prepare for the pretend sleep they would have to go into. Rolling her eyes, Arch glanced at the pod across from hers once more before climbing in and allowing the pod to do its job. She and her family of course weren't going to be sleeping like the rest of the passengers during the trip, with how their healing factors worked none of them could stay in Cryo sleep like most people could. Arch sighed as she shifted in her pod and settled back while her wings twitched slightly at the chill that filled the air around her. She let her eyes watch the pod across from hers for a short time before finally allowing herself to slip into a light doze at Laura's silent poke to her mind.
Riddick listened as the other passengers around him moved into their pods to prepare for the long trip. Johns had gone to reassure himself that nothing was going to happen to his pod while in his own Cryo sleep, leaving the Furyan to gather information on the passengers in silence. He'd already clocked a Muslim man and three young boys with him, as well as a pair of prospectors who he believed were most likely a married pair if the argument he'd caught bits of was any indication. However, it was the family of four that were across from his own pod that drew his attention.
All four of them reeked of predatory intent. They functioned and moved about almost like a pack of wolves, circling around each other while getting ready to settle into their pods. He'd already picked out that the male he heard with the gruffest voice was definitely the Alpha, all of them turning to him for confirmation and guidance to what they should do, but to his surprise the second male didn't appear to be the beta of their little group. No, instead it was one of the two females.
Riddick couldn't see her, but he could hear her move about, setting a case of some sort at the bottom of her pod right across from his. When she would move and shift there was the sound of what he believed was feathers, shifting and moving, large appendages stretching as she went about her task. She carried the scent of a forest fresh from a storm with the lingering scent of smoke from a campfire and the overwhelming scent of fresh air and feathers. It was an odd combination of smells for one woman, which made her all the more intriguing. He almost wished he could get a look at her with his own eyes, see how she would appear in his own unique vision, but that wasn't going to happen. It didn't keep him from wondering how she seemed to be the Beta of the little pack of predators. While she didn't sound like most of the weak sniveling human females he'd met in the past, she didn't seem to carry herself in a way that would intimidate those around her.
Or she didn't until he heard Johns return and practically knock the woman into her pod as she finished settling whatever metal case she'd snuck into her pod. He heard her straighten swiftly and the sounds of large wings fluttering and feathers ruffling as she did so. A hand smacking a solid chest and two twin growls from the other two pack members was the only indication that the rest of her family were angered by Johns' treatment towards her. Now she carried an air of absolute menace about her and yet she made not a sound nor a move to retaliate. Instead she settled her pack with a mere relaxing of her stance and turned slightly.
Riddick instantly registered the feeling of being examined and scrutinized, allowing him to realize the woman had turned to look at him. He could feel her eyes run over him and his pod for several moments, before she swiftly turned with the sound of her wingtips sweeping the ship's floor. He listened to the soft mutterings of the woman speaking to the Alpha of her little pack, keeping him calm even though he very clearly still wanted to go after Johns. Yet at the same time Riddick suddenly felt like he had the whole family's attention as she spoke to them, as if she had subtly instructed them to examine him and yet he had not heard any signs of movements that revealed she had.
It was a little unnerving to have the attention of four feral type humans on him, but at the same time Riddick couldn't help but feel a little thrilled that there appeared to be others who were even slightly like himself. He'd have to keep an ear out for them while they slept, see if there were any interesting things he could learn while they were travelling. He inwardly smirked as he listened to the sound of the winged woman climb into her pod and begin to settle back into sleep.
Arch and her family were in and out of sleep a lot during the weeks they were aboard the transport, but remained in their pods for most of it. She didn't know how many weeks they were on the transport, but she does know when she was suddenly woken by panicked thoughts from what she recognized to be two of the crew members. She saw the flashing lights outside and quickly pulled the release on her pod and dropped out. She practically stumbled into the pod across from hers as she started jolting awake her family. Logan was the first out practically launching himself out of the pod, closely followed by Laura and finally Victor.
'What's going on?' Laura inquired, looking to Arch as she steadied herself against the convict pod as the ship jolted.
'We're crashing and fast, the Captain is dead and the docking pilot and the navigator are currently working to keep us from all dying. Logan, Victor, I saw a man board with three young boys, find their pods and stick close in case the kids need assistance getting out when we finally hit ground. Laura, I heard a stowaway in one of the pods, I'll direct you to her. Keep her safe and make sure she doesn't panic when she wakes up.' Arch instructed quickly, barely avoiding hitting the convicts emergency release as she stumbled again, 'I'm going up to the crew to see if I can help out.'
Logan and Victor shot off down the row of passengers, while Laura followed Arch's mental instructions to where the Stowaway was located. Arch watched them go for a moment before cursing as the ship jerked hard and she knocked her head against the convicts glass. She heard the man inside the pod thinking rapidly, his curiosity over four random passengers being awake before they should be filling her head, but she quickly pushed those to the back of her mind and spread her wings to balance herself as she made her way to where she could hear the navigator shouting at the docking pilot.
She narrowed her eyes as she approached the crew area, seeing the doors that would seal off the crew from the rest of the ship closing before her. Then she focused on the docking pilot's thoughts and nearly scrambled the bitches brains when she realized she was thinking of purging the passengers. Taking off at a run towards the closed doors Arch phased through the sealed doors scaring the hell out of the navigator as he was moving towards the doors. He seemed to recover quickly and grabbed a piece of loose metal and began prying the doors open. Arch immediately helped him making sure it was jammed in there tight once he settled it.
"What the hell Owens!" The docking Pilot screamed down at them from the cockpit.
"You have seventy seconds to level this beast Fry!" The navigator, Owens, shouted back, moving away from the doors.
Arch followed him, her wings and arms out to steady herself while the ship jerked and jolted. It got worse the longer it took the pilot and Arch grabbed a hold of the navigator as she could hear the ship tearing apart as it dragged across the planet's ground. One final jolt sent both of them flying causing Arch to wrap herself around the man and her wings to curl him in close. She felt something stab through her back causing her to release him as they were thrown around and felt the blood flow down her front as the object punctured through her chest. She came to settle on the floor as the ship finally stopped and choked softly as she felt blood fill her lungs, before her mind faded to black.