Revised 06.25.2022


"Hull breach contained. Engines operating at 170 percent capacity." The ship said.

Riddick tried to fix what was happening, but nothing he did was working.

"Engine under current parameters." The ship said.

The ship was being pulled in after a hook shot through its left wing. Imam fiddled with his prayer beads trying to keep himself calm.

"Critical systems failure in 5 seconds, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second." The ship said.

Riddick hit a switch turning off all systems.

"First, you're a boy, then you're a girl, and now you're a psychic." Riddick said, twiddling his fingers while looking back at Jack. "Careful what you wish for, Jack." He finished.

Jack gave Riddick a nervous smile.

"Unidentified craft, state your purpose and contents." A voice said, over a loud speaker outside of the ship.

No one answered.

"Unidentified craft, state your purpose and contents." The voice said again, but this time more sternly. "Unidentified craft, state your purpose and contents." The voice repeated.

"Name's, Johns. My ship got scrapped in the transport run. The only survivors from Helimus are with me. Outside of that, we've got nothing." Riddick said.

"Tell me, Mr. Johns. What brings you to this lonely corner of space?" The voice said.

"I'm a bounty hunter." Riddick said.

"Then it appears we have something in common." The voice said.

The ship started being pulled in faster than it had been before. Jack gasped at the creaking that the ship was making.

"They're reeling us in." Jack said, looking concerned.

"I know it's a little much to ask at the moment, but try and stay calm, okay?" Nova said, grabbing hold of Jack's hand.

"Okay." Jack said, squeezing Nova's hand.

"Ship is secure in bay three." A different voice said, over the loud speaker outside the ship.

Riddick brought out a lighter to start up a cutting torch inside the skiff.

"No offense, but I don't think that's going to cut it against what's coming for us." Jack said.

"Hold your breath." Riddick said, taking the cutting torch away from the ship's extinguishing system.

The hull got blasted open after what seemed like forever, making extinguishing foam burst out of the skiff and filled up some of the hangar bay. Riddick started killing the mercs that got caught in the foam as quickly as he could. The red spots in the foam became the only indication of where he had once been. Jack came out for air before going back in to avoid being filled with bullets, Imam and Nova did the same. Riddick burst through the foam with impressive speed, especially with no gravity inside the ship's hangar bay, dodging the bullets being shot at him. Once Riddick reached one of the platforms he kicked a merc in the face before continuing his rampage. Riddick stabbed another merc in the face before taking his gun and using it on another merc that was nearby. Another merc came up behind Riddick, hoping to get him from behind, but got stabbed in the face with the borrowed gun's bayonet attachment instead. Two more mercs came in front of Riddick, both getting stabbed in the jugular before they could register what had happened. Riddick ran up a platform before stabbing another merc in the stomach, and then using his freshly killed body as a human shield to protect himself from a barrage of bullets.

"You certainly know how to make an entrance." A man in a white coat said.

Jack came out of the foam and took hold of a gun floating nearby.

"That's nothing, Scarecrow. He's gonna' kick your ass so - ugh!" Jack said, before Nova pulled her back into the foam to keep her from being shot.

Jack got back out but was pushed down to the hangar bay floor by the man in the white coat.

"I think not." The man in the white coat said, he had a bayonet pointed at Jack's face.

Jack gasped and put her hands up in surrender.

"What do you say?" The man in the white coat said, addressing Riddick.

"Call off your lap dog, before his trying to impress you gets him killed." Riddick said, turning his head to another figure in a white cloak, while he was strangling one of the mercs to death with one hand.

"Am I so obvious?" A female voice asked.

"Call it what you want, but tell him to stand down. Now." Riddick said, turning to look in Jack's direction.

"You'll have to excuse, Junner's, excitement. It sometimes makes him a touch quick, though I can't say I blame him. You see, he's just heard so much about you, Riddick." The woman said.

Riddick made a face when he heard the woman use his name.

"Yes, I know your name. Quite a bit more about you, I think." The woman said, looking accomplished.

"Careful." Riddick said, before looking to where Junner still had Jack at his mercy, "You may find what you're digging for." He finished.

"I'm willing to share of course, but I must ask that you surrender your weapon before any more of my apparently overpaid associates come to an untimely end." The woman said.

"Mmm, not gonna happen." Riddick said.

"No?" The woman said.

Junner squeezed slightly on the trigger of the gun he had pointed at Jack's face, making her shut her eyes tightly and tremble.

"The girl… is nothing to me." Riddick said, looking away from their direction.

"Then enlighten me. Why would a stone-cold killer such as yourself, go to all the trouble of keeping the likes of her alive?" The woman asked.

Imam and Nova stuck their heads out of the extinguishing foam to get air, and to see what had become of the others.

"Unless of course, you've grown attached." The woman said.

"She's a cover story, nothing more. You shoot her now and you'll be saving me the trouble." Riddick said.

"Then I have your blessing." The woman said, turning and walking away.

Jack started whimpering even more, afraid that this was the end for her. Riddick threw his shiv at the gun that Junner was holding to Jack's head.

"Maybe I know more about you than you do yourself." The woman said, still walking away.

"Now just ain't the time." Riddick said, before stomping his foot down on the merc from before, silencing him for good.

"Lock them down." The woman said.

Junner took the gun off Jack's forehead, leaving a slight cut where the bayonet had been applying pressure.

"We're done here." The woman said.

One of her lackeys snatched Jack up and started to take her to holding along with the others.

"Wait!" Nova called after the woman.

"Hmm, yes?" The woman said, looking back slightly.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"My name is, Antonia Chillingsworth. I am the captain of this fine vessel, and as you will soon find out, a very powerful mercenary." Antonia said.