Deia stared at the planet through the viewing screen. She put on a pair of sunglasses that she had found in her room. They weren't her old ones but they were close. It had three suns. She jolted when she realized where they were.
"Riddick, why did you come back here?" He was silent for so long that she thought he was ignoring her question. "Just had to say good-bye." He sounded so sad.
"Well, I'll going to go...somewhere else." Deia quickly made her exit. She, invariably, made her way back to Riddick's room. It comforted her even more than her own. Flopping down on the bed, stomach first, she looked around. The room was so bare. The shiv was still on the bed. He probably sleeps with it, she thought, rolling her eyes. Lord, but the man loved his shivs.
Riddick grinned momentarily. He imagined Deia on her way to his room even now. He knew that she visited, he could smell her on his bed. He shifted, suddenly a little uncomfortable. A vision of her tangled in his sheets was interupted by something he heard.
"DEIA!" Jerked from her reverie, she jumped up. Well, that's new. If you want to make people quiver in fear just bellow their name. Quickly, she made her way to the cockpit.
Riddick was standing there, head cocked like he was listening to something. "Can you hear that?" Deia stopped walking and listened. Even with their sensitive hearing they could barely make it out. Riddick moved to the control panel and tried to magnify the noise. It worked and suddenly they heard exactly what it was. "That's an SOS, isn't it?" Deia looked at Riddick. "Is someone alive down there?"
"I don't know. But I'm going to find out." Moving toward the controls he prepared to enter the atmosphere. Deia quickly moved to strap herself in. "Great, I guess I'm going along for the ride. I've always wanted to visit Hell," Deia grumbled to herself. Riddick pulled out a pair of goggles and adjusted them on his face.
The landing was swift and easy. "Are you ready for this?" Riddick studied her carefully. Deia pulled a bottle from her pants and quickly swallowed two pills. "Ready as I'll ever be." The ramp began to lower and light streamed over both of their faces.
Riddick had landed right next to the Hunter-Gratzner. They walked in through the emaciated back end. "Sure enough. Someone came in here and set off the emergency signal. All we have to do is find them...if they are still alive." Riddick walked back out of the ship with Deia following close behind.
A pair of squinted eyes followed them from their vantage point inside one of the cryo-lockers. Sighing dully, she thought: Am I dreaming again?
"Riddick, why did you come back here?" He was silent for so long that she thought he was ignoring her question. "Just had to say good-bye." He sounded so sad.
"Well, I'll going to go...somewhere else." Deia quickly made her exit. She, invariably, made her way back to Riddick's room. It comforted her even more than her own. Flopping down on the bed, stomach first, she looked around. The room was so bare. The shiv was still on the bed. He probably sleeps with it, she thought, rolling her eyes. Lord, but the man loved his shivs.
Riddick grinned momentarily. He imagined Deia on her way to his room even now. He knew that she visited, he could smell her on his bed. He shifted, suddenly a little uncomfortable. A vision of her tangled in his sheets was interupted by something he heard.
"DEIA!" Jerked from her reverie, she jumped up. Well, that's new. If you want to make people quiver in fear just bellow their name. Quickly, she made her way to the cockpit.
Riddick was standing there, head cocked like he was listening to something. "Can you hear that?" Deia stopped walking and listened. Even with their sensitive hearing they could barely make it out. Riddick moved to the control panel and tried to magnify the noise. It worked and suddenly they heard exactly what it was. "That's an SOS, isn't it?" Deia looked at Riddick. "Is someone alive down there?"
"I don't know. But I'm going to find out." Moving toward the controls he prepared to enter the atmosphere. Deia quickly moved to strap herself in. "Great, I guess I'm going along for the ride. I've always wanted to visit Hell," Deia grumbled to herself. Riddick pulled out a pair of goggles and adjusted them on his face.
The landing was swift and easy. "Are you ready for this?" Riddick studied her carefully. Deia pulled a bottle from her pants and quickly swallowed two pills. "Ready as I'll ever be." The ramp began to lower and light streamed over both of their faces.
Riddick had landed right next to the Hunter-Gratzner. They walked in through the emaciated back end. "Sure enough. Someone came in here and set off the emergency signal. All we have to do is find them...if they are still alive." Riddick walked back out of the ship with Deia following close behind.
A pair of squinted eyes followed them from their vantage point inside one of the cryo-lockers. Sighing dully, she thought: Am I dreaming again?