** Author's note **
Well all I can say is that this is the longest chapter so far.
And *SPOILER ALERT* this is the first time Riddick and Lana finally meet!
Excited?
Well then go on...and read what are you waiting for? LOL
(and please excuse my grammer mistakes)
~KP
LANA's POV
"You should see this." Paris pointed outside, as we all followed him.
"Three suns?" Jack asked surprised.
"Yeah we noticed that on our walk back here" Boone interjected.
"Bloody hell" Shazza sighed.
"You're awake?" I asked looking at Aisha and Boone.
"Yeah, great power nap." Aisha yawned.
"So much for your nightfall." Zeke pointed out.
"So much for my cocktail hour." Paris wined.
"We take this as a good sign. A path, direction from Allah. Blue sun, blue water." Imam and his boy Hassan smiled. It was great to see that some of us were still optimistic about things.
"Ever wondered why I'm an atheist?" Zeke answered unconvinced, causing Imam and Hassan to frown.
"It's a bit of a bad sign. That's Riddick's direction." Johns informed.
"I thought you found his restraints over there. Towards sunset." Fry asked.
"Right. Which means he went towards sunrise." He replied with confidence.
"We need weapons." Johns suggested.
"I have weapons." Paris nodded, as we all shot him a weird look.
"Well come on then" he demanded as we all followed him back to the container.
'I don't know if I should be concerned about Riddick right now or the fact that this scrawny dude has weapons' I thought.
"I guess I'll take this spear thing?" Boone asked.
"What the hell are these?" Fry and Aisha asked.
"They're Maratha crow-bill war Picks from India. Very rare."
"And this?" Zeke asked picking up a wolf head spear tipped thing.
"That's a hunting blow-dart pipe from Papua New Guinea. That's very rare, since the tribe is now extinct."
"'Cause they couldn't hunt shit with these things would be my guess." Zeke said, as I smirked.
"What's the point? If he's gone, he's gone. Why should he bother us?" Paris complained, as I picked up a hunting knife.
"Maybe to take what you got. Maybe to work your nerves. Or maybe to just come back and skull-fuck you in your sleep." Johns explained as he loaded a rifle, and a semi-automatic, placing them in his holsters.
"Sounds like a charmer." Shazza joked, but I saw that she was convinced that Riddick was the baddest of the bad, and she was frightened at the thought.
"You have a rifle and a semi?" I poked.
"Yeah I got two guns" Johns smirked.
"There called a rifle and a semi-automatic man, not guns" Boone protested.
"We don't use the term 'guns' " Aisha quoted.
"Ok. One's comin' with me and the other stays here with one of you" Johns suggested.
"I'll stay" I volunteered.
"You sure?" Aisha asked.
"Yeah" I responded handing her the hunting knife, while taking the semi Johns handed me.
"I don't suggest you handling that without getting at least some shut eye. You still haven't gotten any rest at all." Boone argued.
"We've all had some sort of rest before you guys showed up. You're the only one who hasn't gotten any" Johns explained as he pulled the gun away from me.
"Fine I'll take a power nap" I sighed. We all walked out and discussed on who's going to go out to look for Riddick, and water, and who's gonna stay to organize, and work on the ship. The conclusion was that Imam, his three boys Hassan, Suliman, Ali, Fry Johns, Aisha and Boone were going to go out. While Shazza, Jack, Paris, Zeke and I stayed behind.
"Zeke. Fully-loaded clip. Safety's on. One shot if you spot him, okay?" Johns motioned the rifle, showing him how to work it. Zeke nodded, and Paris came up to them.
"Umm what happens if Mr. Riddick spots us first?" Paris asked worried.
"There'll be no shots." Johns laughed. I headed towards the ship while Paris took a chair and an umbrella to the roof, setting it up.
"What are you doing?" I asked as he jumped.
"Uh…watch-tower?" he answered. I rolled my eyes, grabbed my sleeping bag and headed inside. Found a nice, clean, and cleared safe spot and fell asleep, while everyone said their last goodbyes before leaving.
RIDDICK's POV
I woke up to hearing the holy man singing. I got out of the skeleton and headed towards the hill.
'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight… there were eight of them. Three of which were kids. Really Johns you brang kids with you?' I laughed at the thought. I smelled her sent…Lana, I'm guessing that's her right there. I was right about her, she smelled like government issue…it's because she is, she's military. A brunette, with soft light brown skin…but wait she's with a guy…dirty-blonde hair, and well built, also in the military.
'You've been flirting with a girl thats already got a guy?' I leaned forward, suddenly causing a few rocks to roll down. the hill. I quickly got down and crawled away, then sprinted back to where I was hiding before.
The search party soon caught up, Johns flashing his rifle around everywhere like he's the boss.
'Who you tryin' to Impress?' I laughed. Then came along the docking pilot, her breather ran out so she took a seat against the rib cages.
'Prefect' I pulled out my hand made shiv and made my way towards her, until I saw Johns coming. Slowly I pulled back into the shadows until I was sure that Johns wasn't paying attention.
"Drink?" he asked.
"Probably shouldn't do this. Dehydrates you even more" she disagreed as she took a sip.
"Yeah you're probably right" he smiled sitting down next to her.
"You could've stayed at the ship. Probably should've. We don't find water, you know what happens." Johns blabbed.
"I wanted to get away."
'Hmmm wonder why?'
"I've never seen a captain so ready to leave her ship-"
"-I think we should keep moving." she cut him off trying to avoid the subject.
"What did Owens mean…about not touching the handle?"
'Let the truth be told' I moved closer to her knowing that Johns wasn't paying attention, he was to into the conversation, wanting to know what happened.
"You're not the only one to ask."
"This is between you and me, Carolyn. I promise."
'You and I know very well Johns, that you never keep your word' slowly I made my way toward her again, her neck was fully exposed 'coz of her short hair.
"I'm not your captain. During the landing when…things were at their worst, Owens was at his best. He's the one that stopped the docking pilot from dumping the main cabin passengers". I readied my shiv, It was only inches away from the back of her neck…until...
"And the docking pilot being?" he asked curious. I also became curious, I wondered if she would tell him, I drew my shiv back for a few seconds. Instead of saying anything she gave him a guilty look, I moved my shiv back to her neck and sliced a small amount of her hair off.
"I guess I'm a little more glad to be here than I thought." he said sarcastically while placing his cap on her head.
'Yeah?'
"By the way who else asked?" he questioned.
"Lana. More like interrogate…If she tells them, especially her team over there…I don't know. Do you think you could talk to her?" she begged.
"We don't exactly see eye 'ta eye either…but I'll see what I can come up with. I'll talk to her when we get back."
'Hmmm interesting.'
"Thanks" she thanked.
'So the girl I just saw isn't Lana?…that's her unit? hmmm I think it's time to pay a visit." I took in the smell of Fry by sniffing her hair as they walked away, she smelled sweet and bitter. I blew her hair off my hand she was strong, I liked that in a women.
I made my way back to the crash site, as I fished around to find her. A women in the baggage compartment, a man hauling dead bodies, while a scrawny little man keeps watch, I entered the ship and caught onto her scent. I almost didn't see her until I spotted the sleeping bag, all I could see was her hair tied back, and a small part of her forehead showing.
She was lying on her side all curled up and comfortable. Quietly I made my way towards her, making no noise at all… making sure she wouldn't wake up. I crouched down in front of her and slowly started moving the zipper of the sleeping bag down enough to reveal her face...soft light brown skin, flushed lips, jet black hair. She almost resembles to the other women I saw earlier.
'Probably related' I thought as I heard footsteps nearing towards us. I quickly got up and hid in the shadows, where I wouldn't be detected. I looked down at her, she woke up with an expression of high alert. I watched her move, she did not make a single sound as she got up and out of her sleeping bag, crouching behind a piece of metal, peeking over the corner to see a little boy walk in, and allowing him to pass.
LANA's POV
I woke up to hearing footsteps coming in. Quickly I got out of the sleeping bag and crouched down behind a chunk of metal, slowly I peeped from the corner only to find out that it was Jack.
"And where do you think you're going?" I asked as I snuck up behind him.
"WOAH!" Jack jumped, while I tried my best not to laugh.
"Jesus Lana you scared me." he sighed, as he gasped for air.
"You didn't answer my question" I pointed out.
"I was goin' to scare Paris, but you scared me instead" he confessed, finally making me laugh.
"Go ahead, I'm sure he didn't hear us" I choked out.
"Not funny" he whined.
"Yes it was" I teased.
"Hmm" he sighed, then smile and left. I sat down on my knees and started rolling my sleeping bag up.
"Christ!" I heard Paris yell.
'Well he got 'em' I smiled, then I heard heavy breathing coming from a corner.
RIDDICK's POV
'She's so short…not even 5'5", her body was a bit chubby, but she was well built. Bet she's got abs under that shirt' I thought. It was funny to watch her scare the kid, she acts like one herself. She had the instincts of a good Marine alright, but she did fail to notice me.
"Christ!" I heard the scrawny man yell.
"He'd probably get you right here…under the jaw and you'd never even hear him coming. Because that's how good Riddick is." I heard the boy warn.
"Tell me did you run away from your parents, or did they run away from you?" the man replied frustrated, as the boy left. She laughed when she heard his reaction, then she turned in my direction, she was trying to scan the area until the man came running down.
"Did you hear that?" he whispered scared.
"You getting scared by a little boy? Yes" she replied not taking her eyes away. The man left without bothering to engage any further, but she didn't, she kept her eyes where I was hiding.
'Not a bad Marine after all' I smirked, while gripping my shiv. She made her way towards me slowly, and steadily. Until gunshots went off.
Her head snapped in the direction the shots came from. She ran towards it, forgetting all about me. I made my way towards the roof, where the man had his things set up, sitting in his chair, and drinking from his bottle of Booze, I enjoyed the show down below. A man named Zeke killed a survivor thinking it was me.
'I'll make sure he dies first then'
LANA's POV
I heard gun shots, and automatically I assumed something was about to go down. If whatever Johns said about Riddick was true, and if Zeke did spot Riddick he may be in trouble. The thought of losing anyone scared me, I ran towards the gun shots only to hear Jack screaming.
"It was just somebody else. It was just somebody else from the crash!" Jack yelled.
"Crikey. I thought it was him. I thought it was Riddick." Zeke confessed.
"What happen!?" I yelled as I caught up to them.
"I thought it was Riddick." Zeke confessed again.
"It's alright, move!" I sat down next to the man to find a plus, hoping that he was still alive, then slowly stood up.
"He's dead." I announced, looking up at Shazza all covered in blood. Jack had tears rolling down his cheeks, while Paris was still trying to process what happened.
"S-So what do we do now?" Paris stammered, looking at me and Zeke.
"We bury him with the rest. Here, take it...It's better if you keep it" Zeke said handing me the semi.
"I agree, and Zeke I understand it's not your fault you were only trying to protect everyone. I get it, but we'll have to talk to the others about this" I explained.
"Yeah of course." he replied turning around and walking away.
"Get cleaned up Shazza. I'll go and help Zeke, everyone stays here. That includes you Jack." I ordered.
"Ok" Jack replied.
"I have to stay here with him!?" Paris replied with shock.
"Is there a problem?" I asked crossing my arms.
"N-no." he replied as I walked away. I couldn't help but have this sick feeling in my stomach that I was being watched. I glanced around but I didn't spot anyone so I did a perimeter sweep before I left, there was no sign of anyone besides the ones I know...I picked up the bottle of alcohol I took earlier and went to help Zeke take the body to the burial site.
RIDDICK's POV
I followed them to their little graveyard. This is the perfect moment to kill one of them, I was gonna go for the man, until something odd happened.
"You know I thought graves were supposed to be five by five; five feet deep and five feet wide. But this is like ten feet deep." She said jumping into the grave.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Hey why is there another hole in here?" she asked.
"What do you mean another hole there is none-" he explained as he jumped in. There was silence for a couple of seconds.
"Well there's a hole now." she replied.
"There's a flashlight up there, can you get it?" he asked. I placed the flashlight by the edge so she didn't have to get out. I can't risk me getting caught. Zeke started digging making it wider as she handed him the flashlight.
"Do you see anything?" she asked, and then I heard a sound, that sounded like awkward dolphins.
"AHHH!" he screamed.
"ZEKE! HERE TAKE THE SEMI! SHOT IT! I GOT YOU DON'T WORRY!" she yelled after him. I slipped into the hole without her noticing, stood behind her, and pulled my shiv out. I was just waiting for the perfect moment, until her back started bleeding. I'm guessing they were cuts from the crash that didn't heal, she was trying to pull him out…but she wasn't strong enough.
LANA's POV
"ZEKE! HERE TAKE THE SEMI! SHOT IT! I GOT YOU DON'T WORRY!" I reassured him as I threw the semi into the hole. I put my legs on either sides of the hole, while grabbing onto Zeke's legs pulling him towards my chest I pulled him back by bending as far back as I could. Zeke started firing rounds, and was still screaming. Blood started oozing out of the hole and whatever that thing was…it was stronger than me I found myself back in an upright position, and Zeke began to slip from my hands. I closed my eyes shut and grind my teeth to get Zeke back until I felt something touch me.
My eyes flew open as I saw what it was, it was a huge shadow of a man behind me.
"HELP!" I shouted, but I got nothing.
"HELP!" I yelled again as Zeke went quiet.
"ZEKE!?" I screamed when I heard nothing, I thought I saw something pop out of the hole but before I could get a better look big strong hands wrapped around my waist, and pulled me back into an upright position.
I stood there for not even two seconds before I was thrown against the sandy wall of the grave opposite from the death hole.
"Urgh" I grunted as I hit the wall. I glanced a look at the figure as it turned around to look at me.
"Riddck?" I whispered shocked as he climbed out of the grave. After his escape I heard the tarp being ripped off from its place.
"ZEKE!" yelled Shazza as she looked at all the blood, then me and then up at Riddick who knelt down with a shiv in his hand. She looked at him with shock before he got up and started to run, shortly after processing the info for a couple of second...Shazza, went after him followed by me.
'What the hell just happen? Did he just save my life? Why couldn't he help Zeke? And if he was as bad as Johns describes him to be…then why the fuck would he save me?' I was so confused, I was having a hard time processing everything, all I wanted at this point was to get him and get answers.
I saw Riddick trip and fall to the ground when he took a glance back at us chasing him. Johns had tripped him, and they started to struggle. Johns grabbed Riddick's goggles and removed them.
"Piece of shit!" Johns yelled while beating him with his baton. Shazza caught up and started beating him too.
"What did you do to Zeke!? WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!" she screamed and kicked till Fry came along and grabbed her holding her back.
"STOP!" I screamed catching up to them, tackling Johns to the floor just like a professional linebacker.
"Just kill him. Just somebody goddamn kill him before he-" Shazza warned when Aisha grabbed a hold of her pulling her back. She managed to give him one last kick to the head knocking him out.
"Alright back the fuck up!" I turned and raised my hand at her signaling her to stop, while still lying on Johns.
"Lana what happened?" Aisha asked.
"He's a murderer." Johns barked.
"Get up" Boone ordered, I took a look at Johns and got up right away, I hadn't notice that I had my forearm against his throat and that I was choking the life outta him, instinct I guess. Johns quickly stood up placing his hands on his knees coughing, while giving me a death stare.
"Go get bandaged up." Boone ordered as he helped Johns and Imam pick Riddick up to drag him back to the ship, and chain him up again.
RIDDICK's POV
"Urgh" I grunted I woke up with a headache that bitch knocked me out. I smelled blood not mine but hers. I couldn't see anything, my eyes were blindfolded...but that doesn't mean that I couldn't sense her around me.
"You done in there?" Johns called out.
"Almost." the woman answered.
"Why do you do that?." The woman asked her.
"What?" Lana asked in an angry tone squirming around, she was acting like a kid.
"Act without thinking, Johns was simply doing his job. These people look up to us, especially Jack...he looks up to you like a role model. You gotta start acting a bit more professional. Now just 'coz I'm your big sis' don't mean that I'm always gonna take your side. You freaking tackled a cop, who was only doing his job, he was protecting not just you but everyone else, that guy over there he could've killed you. You understand?" She explained mad.
"Aisha, I know you can't back me up all the time and fine I'll think before I do anything again, but for the record he didn't kill me" she whined.
"Yeah?" she questioned.
"Aye ma'am!" she stated. The woman finished dressing Lana's cuts, while she slipped her shirt back on.
"You can come in now!" she called after Johns, as I put my head back down pretending to still be unconscious. I heard the woman leave, but Lana stayed behind.
LANA's POV
"That was some tackle." Johns said sarcastically.
'Was enough to knock the shit outta you and you're twice my size' I thought as I smirked.
"Like a professional linebacker" I said laughing.
"How you doin?" he asked. I picked up the bottle of alcohol and started taking big gulps.
"Mmm alright...the alcohol makes me drunk, but it's helping the pain." I smiled weary.
"Mind if I ask you a question?" Johns asked in a bitter voice as I looked up at him standing over me. I was still sitting on the ground.
"Knock yourself out." I replied taking another drink.
"Just keep what you know about Carolyn, to yourself...she's our only ticket outta here, and we don't need anything happenin to her, now do we?" he spat out, while squatting down in front of me.
"What is she your little girlfriend now?" I laughed.
"No. And I mean it...keep it to yourself" he warned as he walked out.
RIDDICK's POV
I heard her get up and walk towards me, I relaxed my muscles and continued to look unconscious.
"Heyy." she said. She was a bit tipsy I could hear her stumble here and there.
"I said hey." she said again with frustration, I felt her eyes linger, but I still didn't budge.
"You think I can't notice you pretending to be knocked out? I know you woke up a few minutes ago...I heard you grunt." she stated, but I still didn't move. Her anger grew even more, as she came closer to me.
LANA's POV
"Urgh why does he gotta be so annoyin'? I know he's awake' I stormed towards him and started undoing his blindfold when his legs clamped together trapping mines between his.
"I knew you were awake" I stated as I removed his blindfold. I looked down at him he was sitting on a piece of metal, and I was trapped in his legs, he didn't bother to face me...
"You mind letting go? My leg's cramping up." I asked stupidly. A few seconds passed by, then when I sighed he loosened his grip allowing me to escape and step back.
"Finally." I stated as he raised his head towards me while backing into the shadows a bit.
"I wanna ask you something." I admitted crossing my arms. Instead of answering back he gave out a low growl.
'You ain't getting rid of me that easily' I smirked, taking a step closer to him, while still staying outta range from his legs. He growled.
"I'll take that as a yes" I replied to his growl...and that's when I saw him smirk.
"Are you really as bad as Johns describes you to be? Or is he like exaggerating?" I asked.
'Anddd no reply. Okay...Urgh gotta make him talk' I told myself.
"You know I've seen murderers...I've met them too, and you...ehhh you're nothing like them. Trust me when I say this, you don't look dangerous at all, in fact your presence is actually like really annoying" I smiled taking another step closer this was fun. He instantly snapped, and shot up and towards me, I didn't budge at all I was expecting him to do something impulsive. He was in my face and he looked real angry.
"What?" I asked in a cocky tone. He opened his eyes, clenching his teeth...His eyes weren't normal which threw me off a bit. I gasped while trying to take a step back...but he had one of my legs caught in his grip again.
"Me not dangerous? You don't even know me." he growled in his deep husky voice looking deep into my eyes, it was creepy...It felt like he was looking into my soul, and I couldn't move even if I wanted to...I just stood there frozen, looking back into his eyes.
'Damn I wasn't expecting this...what did you get yourself into' I gulped.
** Author's note **
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~KP