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(ME) Hi everyone as you can see I'm Back and for good this time ^^ I thought I would surprise you all with a treat for Halloween.
I also wanted to say a big Thank You to all of you that stuck with me through the hard times. All those well wishes cheered me up so much and gave me the push I needed to see that everything isn't all bad. It took me a while to get back into writing again and even when I did I was writing on paper and only a bit a day till I go into my stories again and started doing at least 5 pages within an hour. I did hold off writing anything new as I didn't want to be to busy to get more chapters out though I did write down plots for Harry to crossover into like dragon age, yes I have been playing the game and somehow got the idea of placing Harry with Iron Bull cos that would be funny lol ^^
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'Thoughts' yes I have change it.
"Talking"
Chapter 14
Riddick didn't like this, not one fuckin' bit. He could smell the fear coming from the others, even Harry and that just pissed him even more. His Vixen was strong but those things out there were the top predators of this planet and with this fucked up family anything could and would go wrong at any moment. They'd all better pray nothing hurt what was his or there would be hell to pay.
Riddick wrapped his arm around Harry's waist. He pulled him closer and saw the confused look the other shot him out of the corner of his eye. Riddick's face gave nothing away. He would not let his mate know of the worry that was hidden deep inside.
And it was rare that Riddick ever felt worried about anyone, not since going into his first slam. But Harry was very different to anyone he had ever meet. He was his mate and someone that could finally keep up with him.
Riddick mentally shook his head. This was not the time to be deep in thought as they all waited for Fry to open the cargo hull's doors. The same one they had not too long ago shut behind them in their rush to reach safety.
If it had been just him and Harry, they would have been back at the skiff already but he knew his mate wouldn't leave the kids, Shazza or Imam behind. Not with the bitch and hypo leading and the wimp wasn't worth mentioning. He wouldn't be around for long, people like him always ran when their fear took over and running was the one thing on this planet that would get you killed.
Hearing the door finally open, Riddick took notice of Fry stepping out the door slowly and holding the cutting touch in front of her for protection.
She looked around carefully before stepping out fully and onto the sand. Seeing and hearing nothing, she looked back and nodded to the others that it was safe to follow.
Imam helped his boys and Jack out of the cargo hull, followed by Shazza and Paris. Shazza quickly moved to Jack's side and grabbed a hold of the boy's arm. It wasn't that long ago that she nearly joined her Zeke in death out here, the prospector took a deep breath. Feeling a hand touch her arm, Shazza turned to see Imam giving her a concerned look and she answered with a small tight lip smile and nodded back to that she was okay.
For now.
Harry watched them from behind Riddick. He knew that Shazza was still in shock from how pale she still was and shouldn't be alone right now. He was happy that Imam was watching out for her because he wouldn't have the time to do it himself.
Not if he wanted to plan a way to conceal some of their scents. He had thought of it back in the cargo hold before leaving. If these creatures didn't have eyes and only used echoes to see, if he could come up with a way to hide their scent it could confuse the beasts long enough for them to be at an advantage if all hell broke loose. But with how low his magic was and having to do such strong magic on Jack he didn't think he would be able to. Not right now.
Sighing he followed Riddick out into the darkness and just as he stepped down he suddenly felt a hand touch his lower back, a touch that was way too close to his bottom.
Moving quickly away from the door, he turned his head slightly and saw Johns coming out of the cargo hull behind him, he hadn't even known the man had been there.
He growled low in his throat. How the man even had the balls to even touch him like that Harry would never know but it was like Johns was suicidal right now. He knew what Harry was now and that Riddick was his mate. You would think that would put any man off touching him.
The raven guessed that Johns simply wasn't thinking with his head. Though who wouldn't at a time like this was insane.
Harry so wanted to turn around and rip the guy's throat out. To watch his blood cover the sandy ground under his feet and hear his panicking cry fill the air.
But sadly now was not the time and Johns was not his prey. No, the bitch was his and the blue-eyed devil was his mate's. He would never undermine his hunter by finishing off his prey.
Hearing the monsters call out in excitement he wondered if they could feel his own bloodlust as much as he could feel theirs. They seemed to dance at the edge of the light, testing their pain as they waiting for the right moment to grab their meal. 'It seemed that attacking Johns now would be a grave mistake and would just result in getting us all killed.' he thought morosely.
Hearing a deeper growl beside him, he turned and saw Riddick sneering as he watched Johns look into the shadows with his gun light. Harry knew under those goggles Riddick was glaring murder at the merc. He had noticed what the fucker had dared to do.
And he was pissed as hell.
No one touched his mate.
"Soon my mate….soon. Just have patience." Harry whispered calmly. Running his hand over his mate's hard chest as he tried to calm Riddick's growling down. Now wasn't the time to end Johns, too many things could go to shit with the other survivors still so trusting of him and the dear captain. That was not going to last long, though. He may have been in a world of pleasure at the time but he remembered what the bitch told Johns in that boneyard and he knew that would come back and bite her in the ass.
Riddick raised a brow as a dark smirk appeared on his Vixen's dark red lips. It seemed his mate was thinking dark wicked thoughts, though his mind ran dark as well. That blue-eyed devil was going to play for touching what was HIS. Riddick wrapped his arm around Harry's waist and resting his hand on his hip he pulled him towards the group.
Just before they were too close Riddick bent down to Harry's ear. "Not soon enough, Vixen, but in this darkness… anything could happen." Riddick whispered darkly.
Harry suppressed a shiver as that hot smoky voice washed over his senses. Shaking his head clear, He elbowed his amused mate in the gut, now was not the time for Riddick to get him all worked up.
Riddick let out a small grunt but did not lose his smirk as he led his mate to the others and placed him next to the kids, then moved smoothly to stand behind him as Johns came up close. His gun pointed out into the darkness searching for monster. There was no chance he was letting Johns guard his mate's back.
Or get another chance to cop a feel.
"Stay close." Fry whispered as everyone made a tight line behind her. Harry stayed where Riddick placed him close to the kids and relaxed slightly as he felt his mate move in closer behind him, he felt safer with Riddick watching his back as he listened to the creatures move in the darkness around them.
"Wait, wait." Fry said holding her hand to stop the others. Walking with the blowtorch towards the crash passenger ship, she waved her light in front of her and when she couldn't see anything she called back.
"Riddick!"
Riddick hated being at her beck and call like a dog to its master, but he did as he was told for now.
'No point making waves this early on for the bitch, but later…we'll see.' Riddick thought darkly as more plans ran through his mind. At the moment nothing was concrete but that was how he liked it.
Turning to his mate he handed Harry one of his spare shivs. Not wanting to leave his mate without a weapon when alone with Johns. Seeing Harry hind the blade under his shirt behind his back he moved away and towards the torn up entrance.
Looking around, he saw there was no movement inside but he could feel that there was something waiting in the darkness. 'All I need is some bait, and I just know who.'
"Looks clear." Riddick said looking back towards Johns as he made his way to the front with his gun aimed forward. The light on his gun did just what Riddick wanted, it disturbed the hammerhead creature that was nesting inside, making it shoot out screeching at Johns, nearly taking his head off as everyone dived to the ground.
"You said, 'clear.'" Johns accused panting as he looked at the man lying beside him in anger.
"I said, "It looks clear." Riddick shot back.
"What's it look like now?" Johns asked again.
"Looks clear." Riddick said amused.
Harry was really tempted to laugh at the look on Johns' face at those words. His hunter loved to mess with Johns' head though he thought this was more for getting back at him for touching his ass.
Making their way inside Fry started to bark out more orders. Not that Harry listened he still needed a plan to block their scent, even if it was for a short time.
Making his way over to Jack, who was playing with some of the neon lightings they had just pulled down. He turned and saw the others pulling out more neon lights from the ship as well as making a sled for the cells. Everyone was busy and working hard and quickly to get everything done before the lights faded anymore.
Harry felt a hand brush his bottom and tuned to see Riddick and Fry walk past him. Giving a soft smile at his hunter's back he listened to what he was saying.
"I'll be runnin' ten paces ahead. I want the light on my back, not in my eyes." Riddick said to the Bitch behind him. "And check your cuts. These bad boys know our blood now."
Harry was thankful his wounds had healed, he didn't want a target painted on his back for this journey. Looking around he noticed a strange look on Jack's face and took in a deep breath, smelling his overwhelming fear and anxiety.
He knew the boy wasn't hurt and he wasn't this afraid when they left the cargo hold.
Taking another deep breath he started to pick up a scent that was coming from the boy.
The scent of blood.
Looking the kid over he didn't see any injuries and that made Harry confused to where the scent was coming from. That was until it reminded him of something. He had smelt something similar back on Maz's ship, from one of the female crew members. He hadn't understood what the scent had meant having not been around many females after coming into his inheritance.
'What was it that some of the guys had joked about?' Thinking back, Harry tried to remember what had happened that day. He had been sitting with the captain and Jas eating in the mess hall when Kate or Kay something had walked in holding her stomach and made a beeline towards the dessert area.
One of the other crewmen in the hall had jokingly said something though for the life of him he couldn't remember what. He did remember was she had thrown a bowl of ice cream at the man's head before storming out with another bowl.
One of the crewmen, Jason had said 'You know not to piss her off when she is on her period man, you suicidal or something?'
'Oh fuck.' Harry thought, finally getting what had been bugging him about Jack's scent all this time. A quick look at where the boys Adam's apple should be confirmed his suspicion, he was a she and she was now bleeding.
'Merlin's balls, what am I going to do?!' Harry thought in a panic, her scent would draw those creatures to them like a moth to a flame.
He had to come up with a way to block the girl's scent. He had already been thinking of blocking all of their scents to confuse the beasts but this was different. Her scent would only get stronger as time went on.
'If I use my magic to cloak her scent for a time, like a shield, then maybe we could get away with it.' Harry thought. He knew he could only do it a few times before his magic stopped working.
Three or four times at the most, if he was lucky that was, and since landing on this planet he hadn't had much of that. But first, he had to get the girl alone to apply it.
Harry saw the troubled look still on Jack's face and called her over to his side and away from the others. He was happy they were too busy to notice what they were up to.
"This way Jack, I need to talk to you." Harry said as he put an arm around the worried girl's shoulders.
Taking her around a corner Harry looked deep into the scared girl's eyes. "Jack, I know what you've been hiding."
"I don't know what you mean. I haven't been hiding anything." Jack said in a rush.
"Jack, I know you're a girl." Harry said softly and he could see Jack was breaking down when he said that. Her secret was out.
"What! I'm not.." she started to say in a panic, but Harry interrupted her.
"I could smell it the moment we met, Jack. At first, it confused me, but once the scent of blood started coming from you, it didn't take me long to work out what had been bugging me about your scent." Harry explained to her gently, he could see tears forming in her eyes and slowly slip down her cheeks.
"I..I.." she sobbed.
"Shhh…it's going to be okay." Harry hushed, looking sadly at the child for that was what she was. From the scent she was giving off she was a child just turning into a woman.
"I didn't want anyone to mess with me or…or be left behind." Jack said tears falling down the poor girl's face.
Harry pulled her into his arms and held her as she cried into his shoulder. "Hey, no need to be upset darling. |It's understandable that you didn't want anyone to know you're female but I can smell the blood Jack and I won't be the only one, those monsters out there will smell it too."
Jack looked terrified when Harry said that, her fear shooting higher at the possibility of those hammerhead like creatures smelling her. She would be picked off within minutes of leaving the ship. Harry, seeing how scared the girl was quickly put her fears to rest. "Now don't be scared, Jack. I know of a way to block the scent of blood for a short time, but I can only do this three times, so they will have to count."
"But how…I thought…you said…" she said confused, her mind couldn't think of any way that would save her from being killed out there, but she listened to what Harry had to say.
"Here's a tip for you darling, don't tell everyone everything you can do." Harry said with a wink, making Jack smile slightly.
"Okay here's what you need to do. Jack, I need you to close your eyes and don't move okay, you're going to feel a strange sensation covering your skin but this is normal. You mustn't move when you feel it okay?" Harry said reassuringly.
Getting a nod from Jake, Harry placed his hand on her head as she closed her eyes and drew his magic into his hand. Harry willed it to place a 'scent barrier' over her skin that would hopefully mask her blood. Trying to put as much magic into it as possible so it lasted a while he slowly panted at the strain. He was sadly still low on wizardry magic and using it as much as he had, even with the help of Riddick's blood hadn't helped to recharge it.
It also didn't help that it seemed to have a mind of its own and only worked when it wanted to as well. It scared him slightly that his magic had changed so much from when he last used it before sleeping. Sadly it wasn't the time to ponder on his magic's actions. For now, he would have to put his questions to the back of his mind till they were safe from this nightmare and he could start researching for answers.
He could feel it slowly move from his hand to Jack and her skin started to glow lightly as the magic moved over her skin, getting stronger as it moved down her body.
The faint bluish glow surrounded Jack entirely before it slowly sank into her skin.
Feeling the spell take hold, Harry let out a sigh of relief as the spell worked and didn't fade, he had worried it would of as she doesn't have any magic herself. 'Note to self research spells that can be used on muggles.' Taking his hand off her head he inhaled deeply to see if he could still smell her blood and smiled happily when he couldn't pick any scent of her blood at all.
Hopefully, it would last for a few hours at best, but with him being as weak as he was he couldn't be sure. If they were lucky it would least a couple of hours for them to get to the skiff. He could only redo the spell when it is most needed.
"There, that should do it." Harry said simply, watching as Jack opened her eyes and look at her body to see if anything was different.
"That felt weird." Jack commented as she ran her hand over her arm, it had felt like someone running a silk cloth over her skin.
Harry smiled before becoming serious again. "Jack, even with this spell I want you to stay close to sled and if possible Shazza. Can you promise me that?"
Jack nodded her head knowing this was important. "Good girl." He smiled, squeezing her shoulder before gently pushing her in the direction the others were working. Following close behind Harry's thoughts turned to the crazy plan Fry had come up with.
He knew Riddick will lead them through the darkness as best he could, but with this many people there was bound for something to go wrong.
'This night is going to be one hell of a ride.'
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Leaving Jack to help Shazza and seeing the others too busy working to pay him any mind. Harry made his way back to where he had taken Jack knowing that he wouldn't be missed till they set off.
Getting to the spot, Harry closed his eyes and sent a silent wish for his bag to come to him. Reopening them he smiled happily when he saw the bag sitting innocently by his feet. 'Thank you papa.' Harry papa had been a genius for charming it to come back to him if he ever lost it. He would have lost it long ago and lost all the items and treasures inside, especially with his habit of leaving it behind all the time.
He couldn't even remember what he had done with it this time. The last time he remembered having it was back on the sand cat. His papa luckily knew what he was like and had created it all those years ago before his death.
His papa's death this pained him but knowing Riddick was there for him helped to lessen the hole in his heart, and having bag and all its wonders would always remind Harry that his papa was always with him.
Getting back to the task at hand as he was starting to get teary eyed again. Harry bent down and began searching inside the bag for something he hoped would help them in case the neon lights went out.
He knew he could cast the Incendio spell to help, but with his magic the way it was and not wanting to risk not being able to cast the scent spell for Jack again he had to find another way to get more light. Light spells would have to be used as a last resort and only if the situation called for it and Lumos was too unreliable in a tight spot, like what happened in that blasted hole. 'I still need to pay that bitch back for that.'
Moving his hand around the bottomless bag for something was hard as the bag's magic didn't know what he wanted. Focusing his mind on wanting something to help bring light, he felt something smooth land in his hand. Taking it out, Harry stared at the oval-shaped stone, it was about the size of his palm and its onyx colouring reminded him of his papa's dark eyes.
Gazing into it, he couldn't help but feel like his papa was watching over him.
All he had to do now was think of some way to place a Lumos Spell or Incendio spell inside of it, easier said than done.
Sitting cross-legged on the hard metal floor, Harry pondered on what to place inside the stone as he set it down in front of him. 'Ok Harry think. You know what you can do and what you can't do. If I can somehow put a fire spell inside the stone maybe that will help fight off this bloody darkness. Hmm…If I combine my light elf magic with a bit of my wizardry magic…it could work but how…papa used to say my vampire magic and elf magic was intertwined in such a way that the light and dark didn't fight against each other. Maybe if I bring my wizard magic out beside my other magic and intertwined them, maybe they will combine and I will able to cast the spell… I won't demolish any wizard magic at the same time.'
Closing his eyes, Harry decided gave it a try. There was only one way to find out if this worked.
Taking a deep breath, he reached deep inside to his core and saw his magic in his mind eye. He tried not to get lost in a daze at the beautiful colours he could see swirling in the centre of his core. He found his elf magic quickly. Its pure whiteness was almost blinding and intertwined with it was the blackest of blacks which was his vampire power. He could also see his wizard magic flowing freely around both, its colour changing every few seconds.
It was a beautiful sight to see and Harry knew if he wasn't careful, he could become lost in its beauty like many wizards had before him.
Forcing himself to concentrate he drew his elf magic away from the large core. If his eyes had been open he would have seen his hands beginning to glow white.
With it at the surface, he began to pull at his wizardry magic and as it came away from the main core it began to go a little wild like it did not want to come out. As it got further from the core it got weaker, its power faded.
'I really do have to stop using it so much.' Harry thought absentmindedly before getting back to the task at hand.
Now came the hard part, mixing the two magic's together. With intense concentration he started to intertwine them, sweat began dripping down his face. At first, the two powers fought to get away from each other but with some coaxing, they slowly began to combine.
He then focuses on the Incendio spell. He thought that it would be the better choice to be inside the stone instead of the Lumos spell. His breathing became heavier and more sweat slid down his face soaking his shirt as his muscles grew tense as he pushed the combined magic into the stone.
In front of Harry the stone began to glow, a small flame appearing inside of it flickering as if in a strong breeze. A wind appeared around him causing his hair to became unbound and wave around him like an ink black cloak. he began to pant in exhaustion he pushed more and more power into the flame.
'A little…more, come on... That's IT!' Harry pushed with all his will and the magic entered the stone. What Harry didn't see was a flash of another type of magic helping his along. It made the flame that had been the size of a candle brighten into that of a small fire before it disappeared.
The instant it was gone, Harry was thrown back from the backlash of the power entering the stone.
Lying on the ground Harry tried to catch his breath and prayed that it had worked. Opening his eyes cautiously he noticed the orange glow around him and after sitting up slowly he looked at the now glowing stone. A great smile spread across his face. It had work.
Barely holding in a big shout of excitement, Harry picked up the stone and was surprised that it wasn't hot at all, not even warm.
"Now what have you been up to my Vixen?" Riddick said as he stepped out of the shadows. Riddick took in his mate appearance, hair unbound and messy while his shirt was wet with sweat and sticking to his chest. Riddick could clearly see those lovely pink nipples that made his mouth water with want. His mate looked like had been recently screwed.
Looking up at his mate Harry's smile widened even more as he held up the glowing stone. "This, my lovely Hunter, is going to help us when things go to hell cause we both know something is going to go wrong."
Taking his eyes off of his sexy mate's body, Riddick glanced at the glowing stone in his little mate's hand. Realizing it didn't hurt his eyes, the larger man took a closer look and was shocked by what he saw. There was a small flame inside that created a soft glow around them and lighting the darkness quite well. If they did run into trouble that could be very useful.
Holding his hand out for Harry to take, Riddick pulled his mate into his arms and stared down into the glowing emerald eyes. "Harry, when the shit goes down I want you to make sure to use whatever you have to, to stay alive." Riddick said seriously, the tone of his voice told Harry that his mate was worried about him.
"I will Riddick, I'm going to make it so we both get off of this shit hole."
Wrapping his arms around Riddick's neck, stone in hand. Harry kissed him with so much passion that it set their blood aflame. Riddick tangled one hand into Harry's long hair tightly, holding him in place while his other hand squeezed his butt cheek causing Harry to moan and push himself closer Riddick, rubbing his body against him.
To onlookers the kiss and body language would appear aggressive in nature but to Harry, it was his mate asserting dominance over his submissive. He knew that Riddick feared for him, even if he didn't show it to the world. The beast inside the larger male needed to know that Harry was his before they headed out into the darkness where anything could happen. And with Johns staring at Harry with so much lust the rage inside Riddick needed to be settled for him to keep his head for what's to come and worrying about what the blue-eyed devil would try when his mate wasn't a hundred percent wasn't making it settling anytime soon.
Riddick ripped his mouth from Harry's swollen lips. He used his hold on Harry's hair to move his head aside so he could bite down on the claiming mark and remarking his Vixen all over again. Harry surged forward with a small cry before he too bit the matching mating mark on Riddick. Riddick's grunt as the pleasure overwhelmed his senses. The only things on his mind were the feel of his gorgeous submissive rubbing against him like a cat in heat and the taste of that powerful blood rolling over his tongue.
No others blood would ever taste as good as Harry's.
Licking up Harry's blood, Riddick growled at the taste of his mate and felt the rage inside him calm. For now.
Harry let go of the claiming mark as well, kissing it as he watched Riddick's healed over. Panting, Harry laid his head on Riddick's shoulder and breathed in his mate's scent to calm his racing heart, sighing as he felt at peace.
Riddick heard the sigh come from Harry. Hearing his mate's heartbeat slow back to a normal pace, he never thought to this day that he would find someone to love and here he was on a planet where the biggest threat in the darkness wasn't him, about to lead people through it and was the mate to a beautiful vampire/elf.
Unfortunately there time together came to an end as he could make out the others moving around nervously, it sounded like it was time to go. Growling in annoyance, Riddick got back to business.
Playtime could wait for the time being, but one they were off this planet nothing was going to stop him.
Riddick's growling got Harry's attention, causing him look up into his mate's silver eyes.
"I want you to stay at the back of the group. Keep an eye on what's around us and what they're doing behind my back." Riddick said seriously, pissed that their time together was coming to an end.
Harry nodded before asking, "Riddick, how are we all going to fit in the skiff? When I was in there watching Fry and Johns there were only six seats and maybe one person on the floor but that it."
"Not all of them are going to make it Harry. Johns is not making it off this planet and from the sound of things nor are some of the others." Riddick said. He didn't have to say who else wasn't going to make it. Both knew that the bitch was going to try something to get Harry killed, there was just too much hate for him inside her. Also, Harry had his doubts about Paris making it, but Harry would make sure the man had a quick death if it came to that.
"Not the kids Riddick." Harry whispered, not wanting to lose the last three children that were in their group.
Riddick didn't say anything he didn't have to when his grip on Harry tightened.
"Riddick, I can't let those kids die on this hellish planet." Harry said more strongly, growing tense as he looked into Riddick's eyes. "They are just children and I can't let Imam, who has been kind to me from the start lose another child."
Riddick said nothing for a moment, he could read his mate like a book and he knew Harry would do anything in his power to save those three. Riddick nodded that he understood, he wouldn't stop his mate from saving them but he would keep a closer eye on the situation, his mate came first.
"I passed the girl when I came to find you, I noticed she no longer has a scent." Riddick said, changing the subject, not wanting to upset his mate more with talk of losing the brats.
Harry grinned cleverly, "Just an idea I had my Hunter, I knew that she would be noticed the minute we left so I did something about it."
"And what was that Vvixen?" Riddick asked, curious about what his mate had been up too.
"Magic, of course." Harry said cheekily.
Riddick spanked Harry's toned ass for his cheek, making the raven yelp before giggling.
Going more serious, Harry warned his mate about the spell. "One problem with this spell, Riddick, is that it will only last for a few hours at best and I can only do it two more times."
"We'll have to make them count then Vixen. The shit's going to hit the fan when we're out there," Riddick rumbled. "This group's fear is going to rise and then their going to panic at every little noise. It'd only take one mistake to fuck us over."
Harry nodded. "One mistake…One death." He whispered his tone serious.
"You with me, Vixen?" Riddick smirked.
Harry started to smile as he looked at his strong mate he knew with Riddick by his side they would make it out of here.
"Always, Riddick."
"Let's do this." Riddick smirked this was going to be one wild ride.
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Once back with the others, Harry stepped away from Riddick. His mate was up to something and he decided to leave him to his planning.
Coming to stand with the others of the group, he stood just behind Jack and Ali and was pleased to note that she was holding the little boy's hand. He knew she would watch out for the little one for him.
'I'm going to have my hands full with keeping everyone alive, well not everyone.' Harry thought, looking over at Fry as she made her way back into the ship. Seeing her go up a ladder, he knew she was going to where he could smell Johns, he could smell the sickening scent of drugs and knew the man was taking a hit.
"Are we actually going to do this?" Paris asked as they listened to the sounds the creatures made in the darkness.
"We stay together. We keep the light burning." Harry said, looking at the wimpy man. "That's all we gotta do to live through this thing."
"He's right and with the neon lights, we've got a chance of making it." Shazza said coming to stand beside Harry, "And there is no way I want to be sitting in this hole, waiting to become lunch for those things out there."
"But what if the neon lighting fail?" Paris whimpered out.
"Then we'll use the bottles, have faith, my friend." Imam said calmly, placing a hand on the scared man's shoulder.
Harry really didn't think that this guy was going to make it off the planet, the cloud of fear that surrounded him was strong and Harry had to wonder if those creatures could smell it too.
If they could, they were in for a hell of a night.
"Harry?"
Harry turned back to see Ali looking up at him with worry on his face. Ali said something else but Harry couldn't understand what the little boy was trying to say.
"He asks if you are alright my son, it wasn't that long ago that you fell ill." Imam translated, though he too was worried about Harry.
"I'm fine now Imam, with feeding on Riddick I have got my strength back enough to do this run."
"Still can't believe you're a vampire, I've only heard stories about them when I was a child." Shazza said. There was a slight awe could be heard in her voice.
"Don't believe everything someone tells you." Harry smiled at her.
"I'm just thankful you're here with us." Shazza said honestly, she knew that if Harry hadn't been here she would be dead already.
Harry blushed deeply. He still wasn't used to people being thankful that he was around, even though it had been so long ago. The words of his relatives still haunted his mind, even if he long forgot what they looked like. Hopefully having Riddick around would make their words follow the same root as their faces and disappear altogether.
Taking his mind off that, Harry looked around at the lights and gear they had all gathered together. It wasn't much but it was enough to get them back to the skiff if they planned it right.
He knew Riddick was going to be in the lead, followed by Johns and Imam who would be dragging the sled. It was funny that Johns had used Riddick to pull their stuff before and now he was the one going to be a sled dog.
'Very fitting for that dirty Merc.' Harry thought.
Harry and the others would be the light around the cells, and Harry was going to make sure that Jack and Ali were the closest to the center of the light. With that plan in mind, Harry and the others waited for Fry and Johns to appear so they could get the hell out of there.
Harry knew Riddick wasn't far, most likely listening in on the two.
He sighed and couldn't help but get a bad feeling about all this.
He just hoped he was wrong, for all their sakes.
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Leaving the others at the entrance way, Fry made her way up the ladder that led to the docking control station, looking for Johns.
Seeing him sitting down in the barely lit room playing with one of his shell casing she could tell instantly the man was high again, the silly grin on his face gave it away and with their fight still fresh in her mind, she was incredible wary.
"Are you ready Johns?" Fry said. Avoiding looking at him by looking around the room.
"Hmm."
"Look, we're just wasting light here." She tried again, wanting to get going, the waiting was killing her.
"You give him the cells, the ship, the boy and he's gonna leave you all out there to die." Johns said lazily. "He'll leave all of you."
Fry pushed down the jealous feeling at the thought of Riddick taking Harry with him and not her, not knowing Johns had seen it.
"I don't get it Johns" Fry said making her tone that of a tired captain. Not knowing that even as high as Johns was, she couldn't fool him.
"What is so goddamn valuable in your life that you're worried about losing? Is there anything at all?" Fry said, as she turned away from him. "Besides your next spike?"
Johns wanted to laugh at how she was trying to sound so noble, bitch really didn't get it. Riddick didn't want her; he wanted that nice piece of ass below them.
Johns turned to look at her smugly. "He doesn't want you Fry. He has that nice sweet ass at his beck and call already. One that isn't pure human and can keep up with him. If he had the choice of saving you or Harry, who do you think he's going to pick?" Johns asked smirking, not even caring about what she had just said to him. Oh, he wanted Harry, but he wanted to get that bitch back for her like 'how much do you weigh' comment.
He saw her stop a moment before continue on, he knew that if the bitch had it her way the pretty boy wouldn't be making of the planet either.
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Well I hope that was worth the wait ^^ thanks again to you all and those lovely messages.
Now I am not going to be updating every week as I have a busy life now but I have a lot down on paper now so it's just typing it up and getting it beta also I am thinking of getting Grammarly to help me but I have to read up on it before paying for something monthly. Next to be updated should be Dragonball so until next till
Bye bye ^^