Recap: 'I hope this is not going to become a habit because I seriously don't feel like going through awkward moments all the time.' she thought half-annoyed, half-embarrassed to herself.
Once they were out from under those bones Blade stood up straight again. Both glanced down at Luna whose face was beet-red.
Soft laughter from beside her made her glance down at Jack and send him a glare. The boy merely returned it with a Cheshire grin. Rolling her eyes, she nudged Riddick in the chest with her elbow. "Eh, could you get off? I think we're fine now," she asked softly, trying to keep a cool façade despite her red face.
A rumble went through Riddick's chest that she felt against her back. It made her stomach flutter. 'Damn hormones!' she thought flustered. She then sighed in relief when he stood back straight again along with Blade.
She stood upright also and sighed in relief. Hearing a soft snicker next to her, she glanced down and saw Jack covering his mouth. Mirth was dancing in his eyes.
Her eye twitched. Jack pointed to her waist again and she looked down. The arm Riddick had wrapped around her waist to steady her was still there.
Her cheeks burned even hotter. She placed her hands on Riddick's arm and felt the enormous urge to lean back against his chest and wrap her arms over his. Shaking her head, she tried to pry his arm away.
She felt a soft snarl sound from Riddick while she herself felt a bit sad for the loss of his arm around her. He resisted her push for a moment, but then his muscles relaxed and he allowed her to free herself.
The group arrived a while later by the ship. The planets were now closer aligned then before, which worried them all very much.
Even before the Sandcat had come to a stop, the others were already jumping out of it.
Luna felt Riddick's presence vanish behind her and glanced over at Blade who jumped, with the grace of a cat, over the side of the car.
Once the car fully stopped the kids, Fry and Paris jumped out. Luna wanted to follow. Wanted to help. But she was useless with her wounds. Her arm prevented her from carrying heavy things and her leg prevented her from running.
She clenched her fists. "Why did I have to be the one to go down that hole? If I hadn't gone down there I wouldn't have been hurt," she hissed to herself through clenched teeth.
"Did ya say somethin', Luna?" asked Shazza, which made her stare at the woman for a second before shaking her head.
"No, nothing." she said with a fake smile.
She watched Jack jump off of the car and run inside, following the others. "Hey! Where are you goin?" called Shazza suddenly, which made Luna glance over at her before following her gaze.
Though she was scared of the bioraptors, the sight of the planets aligning themselves was a sight to behold. "Magnificent." she muttered. Hassan and Suleiman climbed on the car again and started fumbling with some ropes.
Suddenly the motor of the Sandcat started up again. Gasping in surprise at almost losing her balance, Luna watched as the car drove backwards and closer to the ship.
Jack jumped on the car again and rushed towards the solar ball of the car. Luna followed him and stared at the ball as the whirling blades inside of it started slowing down. Not a moment later Riddick suddenly walked out of the ship with two cells, one on each shoulder.
She turned around and watched him come over with the cells. Her mouth fell open. 'Dear god, he is seriously ripped.' she thought as she watched the muscles on his stomach clench.
She flinched in surprise when he suddenly dropped the two cells. Blinking, she risked a glance at his face and saw him cock a brow in amusement. Not wanting him to see her blush, she turned away and to the solar ball.
She heard another cell being put on the car and turned around again. It was Johns. She sneered at him which he noticed but ignored. He stepped to the side and she watched as Blade came walking towards the car with a cell in his hand.
He placed it down and turned his head towards the aligning planets along with the others. Luna felt anxiety along with worry. They would all start running towards the cargo hold any moment now. How was she going to do that?
Suddenly they all heard creatures squealing and howling loudly.
Everyone turned towards the spires and watched as flocks of tiny baby creatures came flying out of the spires. "There must be hundreds of them," murmured Luna half in shock half in amazement.
She then shook herself out of her shock and slid on her ass towards the edge of the car. It was a ridiculous sight but it helped since she couldn't jump out of the car.
"How many are there?" she heard Johns ask. Sitting at the edge, she risked another glance towards the spires and paled considerably. The little creatures were all flying up and circling above the spires until they were one big black cloud.
Gulping, she slid off the car and limped towards Shazza. "Come on, Shazza. We need to leave," she urged softly while shaking the woman's arm.
It didn't help. The woman was mesmerized by the sight of all those creatures. Luna wanted to save the woman but she didn't know what to do. "Allah," she heard Imam say softly. Again, she glanced towards the spires and watched just in time to see a large part of the swarm break off and fly towards them.
"People, just a suggestion. Perhaps you should flee!" cried Paris loudly. This broke the group out of their reverie and they all started running towards the cargo hold. "Come on! Let's go!" cried Fry. "Come on, run!" urged Imam to Johns before the latter followed him with one last look at the spires.
Luna felt her fear escalate. How was she going to run? She could barely walk. "Shit!" screeched Shazza in frustration which made Luna jump in surprise.
All of a sudden she felt someone behind her. Whirling around, she came face to, eh, chest, with Riddick. Blinking she looked up only to yelp in surprise when he grabbed her by her hips and threw her over his shoulder.
"Hey! What are you doing?" she cried out while she looked down and blushed. His ass was right in her vision. And what a nice view it was.
She felt him turn and then felt him start running. His shoulder dug painfully in her stomach making her groan in discomfort and forget about her fear for a moment.
She heard something whooshing behind her and Riddick, so she glanced up as best she could.
Her eyes widened when she saw the swarm of baby creatures right behind them. "Eh, Riddick, mind going faster please? They're getting too close for comfort!" she cried to him.
"Get down!" came the voice from Fry from the cargo hold.
Glancing to the side, Luna saw Blade running right next to them. Before she could do anything had Riddick suddenly jumped. She let out a startled cry when he did this.
Riddick let go of her body and let her land on her back. She didn't have time to say something when his large body landed right on top of her.
"Oww! Riddick, you're heavy," she groaned but his answer was merely pushing himself harder down on her. For a moment she felt fear well up along with the memory of Derek trying to rape her before she viciously stomped it down. Riddick wouldn't do such a thing. At least, she didn't think so.
Sighing, she turned her head and stopped in her tracks when her nose came in contact with his neck. She blinked, before she felt her face heat up. She glanced at his face but couldn't see if he was watching her or not and took a risk.
Carefully she sniffed his neck. He smelled like sweat and something else. Something spicy. It was an appetizing scent and she nuzzled her face closer to his neck, forgetting momentarily about the creatures around them.
She was quickly brought out of her reverie when she felt wind move by her face, followed by squealing sounds. Blinking, she looked up and watched a small group fly by. She knew the larger group would fly by any second now. She wasn't sure if Riddick would be laying low enough with her under him.
Taking a breath, she slowly shuffled her hands from between them and then wrapped them around his chest and pulled him closer to her. Not that that was possible, but she could try. Damn, even his back was ripped with muscles.
She felt something brush against her neck and for a moment she wondered what it was. Until she heard a soft sniffing sound followed by a deep purring that made his chest vibrate against hers. She didn't know if the sound was on purpose or not, but she found it soothing.
It made her feel safe. Without noticing what she was doing, she nuzzled his neck in response and gently clawed at his back. The rumbling became deeper and louder because of her gesture.
Faintly she heard the other survivors call out to Shazza to stay down.
Blinking, she halted in her movements and glanced down at where her nose was. Or rather, her face. She had completely dug her face into the crook of his neck.
"Shazza stay there! Just stay down, Shazza!" came the cries of Jack. This brought her back to the present.
She tried to shift her body so she could see what was going on, but Riddick tensed, immediately stopping his purring and pushed down more on her to keep her from looking.
She gasped at the sudden addition of weight. Frowning at his action, she stopped moving and just turned her head to the side as far as she could.
There, a few feet away from Riddick, laid Blade on his back. For a split second she worried about the man, but that was quickly forgotten when she realized who she was worrying about.
This was Blade. The vampire hunter who defeated Drake, the first vampire ever. He did it with help, but still. He won, just like he did with Deacon Frost and those creepy mutated vampires in the second Blade movie.
'That reminds me, where did he come from if he had always been here in this world?' she wondered silently before mentally filing the question away for later.
All of a sudden was the familiar sound of squealing heard, followed by a large swarm of baby creatures flying over them. Out of fear, she ducked her head back in the crook of Riddick's neck while her hands hugged him closer. Memories of what happened to her in that hole made her shiver.
Riddick felt her hugging him closer while she buried her face in the crook of his neck. His inner beast purred at the girl's reaction. She thought he would save her from the monsters. It enjoyed the closeness between them.
But Riddick could also smell fear coming off of her and it made his inner beast growl while it started to pace inside of him. It wanted to get rid of anything that dared to frighten their…
He frowned. What was he going to say? She was nothing but a girl. One who caught their attention but further nothing. Despite having these thoughts, he unconsciously purred in response of her action. To calm her down.
He buried his nose in the crook of her neck and took a deep whiff to catch her scent again. It seemed strange, but he could smell wild flowers, vanilla, and that she was a virgin. The penultimate one surprised him, since he had rarely smelled other women her age that were virgin.
He mentally shrugged it off and focused on the last scent. He took another whiff to get a better thought of the last scent. He frowned. She smelled like… fresh forest after it had rained. This last smell was a scent he had never smelled before on humans. Even on other planets where there was more nature than humans, the people always smelled different.
Whatever. The scent was delicious and it made his inner beast croon. It seemed his inner beast liked her scent. He would never admit it out loud but, he also liked her scent. Made him want to protect her, keep her safe. Scowling to himself, he wondered why.
Luna's attention was caught when she suddenly heard Shazza scream. She turned her head and looked up but only saw creatures flying by. She clenched her eyes closed and buried her face deeper in Riddick's neck. She knew the woman was going to die and she could do nothing. Nothing at all.
Hot tears appeared in her eyes and she whimpered softly, wishing she could block out the sound of the woman's screams. Seeing that she couldn't block out the screams, she instead focused her attention on the deep rumbling of the convict on top of her.
The last few creatures flew over their heads and disappeared in the distance. The screams of Shazza disappearing with them.
Riddick sensed no more creatures nearby and was about to stand up when he noticed he was purring. Again. He stopped the sound and gently lifted himself up a bit with his arms.
He stared down at the young woman underneath him. She stared straight back for a moment before she looked away with a blush on her face. He could see her face light up and smirked in amusement. She really blushed a lot, it seemed. Or at least, around him and Blade.
He climbed to his feet and held out a hand. Luna blinked when she saw his hand before she took it. With a surprised gasp he pulled her up with one yank. She now stood against him with one hand on his chest.
She felt his muscles twitch under her hand and she blushed slightly redder. 'Stupid hormones,' she thought before she tried to step back.
But Riddick didn't let her and lifted her up in his arms. She gasped once again and placed her hands against his chest. She blushed brighter which annoyed her since she seemed to be doing that a lot.
"I can walk on my own, you know," she said softly, not looking up at his face.
Riddick hummed. "This is faster," he responded with a rumble. Calmly, the convict walked towards the container with Blade walking next to him.
Taking a risk, she glanced over at Blade. He glanced over at her with an amused smirk which quickly disappeared again.
'He really needs to smile more.' she thought absently to herself. But then an image of one of the Blade movies flashed in front of her mind's eye. In it, he had a smile on his face that looked all too predatory.
She shuddered slightly. 'Or maybe not.' she thought a bit horrified. It wasn't that he was scary to her or something. It was that his smile, thanks to his long fangs, made him look more demonic than human.
The trio arrived by the cargo hold. Luna tried to let him let her go and wiggled around. Riddick put her down and she quickly hopped closer to the entrance of the cargo hold.
"Dammit!" she hissed softly when she noticed that the opening was raised too high for her to climb in. Well, with her leg, that is.
"Please, I really think we should go inside," said Paris with a soft pleading in his tone.
"We have to be inside to be able to close the door. Come on, let's go! Let's go, go, go!" ordered the man loudly, while he pulled Jack inside and then pushed Suleiman and Hassan deeper into the hold.
Sighing to herself, Luna put her hands on the edge and took a deep breath.
She then jumped up while using her arms to push herself up. With a soft grunt of pain did her arm buckle under the weight and then her leg.
Seemed she couldn't pull herself up. 'Dammit! I really hate being so weak. I hope these wounds will soon heal cuz I seriously don't feel like being so weak much longer.' she thought to herself and leaned her head on the edge of the entrance.
The sound of squealing along with faint rumbling came to her ears. Turning around, she saw the spires collapse. Her heart started beating faster, knowing that the real threat was about to come out.
"Hey! Fry!" she called but Fry hadn't heard her. She was too mesmerized by what was going on with the spires.
With a frown she tried again. "Fry!" she called making the woman blink and turn to her. "Come on! We gotta get inside. Those things are not exactly people-friendly." she told her while motioning to the cargo.
Fry frowned before she turned back to the spires again. "Fry!" called Luna annoyed. She wanted to be inside as fast as possible. The last time she met those bioraptors she had almost been killed.
The pilot turned to her before glancing to the spires one more time and then went into the container. "Thank you." replied Luna with a sigh and then tried to climb in herself but failed miserably.
She knew she should ask for help but she didn't want to. It made her feel helpless and she wasn't! Grumbling curses, she tried again only to hiss when again a painful stab went through her arm, starting from the cuts.
Suddenly out of nowhere wrapped two strong arms around her waist and pulled her back against a hard vest. She barely had time to blink when the person jumped with ease into the container with her.
Blinking, she felt the person let go and turned around. Blade stared down at her. "Thanks," she muttered and as quickly as she could manage, she walked deeper in the container. Riddick stayed behind to watch the creatures come out before he also climbed inside and closed the door.