Part VIII
Dimitri smirked over to Riddick as he sat in the pilot's chair. The man was intimidating but he looked awkward in the uniform. "Man you jus' dun know strange ya look."
Riddick looked up to him, mirrored shades hiding his eyes. "That's where you're wrong.," he smirked a bit, "Feels kinda weird to be wearing the monkey suit instead of looking at it."
Dimitri gave a hearty laugh and shook his head. Of everyone aboard the VOXCON he got along with Riddick the best. Mainly because they had the 'You don't fuck with me, I don't fuck with you' attitude asserted between themselves. "You glad we're getting' yer girl back?"
Riddick looked to Dimitri with a slightly shocked look on his face. He hadn't told or hinted to anyone that Jacklyn was 'his' girl. He peered into Dimitri's black looking eyes. He thought that Jacklyn was never his girl; instead he felt it was the other way around. He was hers. He knew part of him would always belong to her, if not all of him. "That obvious?"
Dimitri smirked to him as a strand of auburn hair fell loose from his ponytail. "Only ta someone who ain't blind. I saw tha way ya smiled when we cam up wit' the plan."
Riddick shook his head and laughed as he took his seat across from the door of the transport. He strapped himself in and looked to Dimitri, giving him a firm nod.
Dimitri turned around and began pulling the ship away from the dock of the space station. "Please buckle your seatbelts and make sure your trays are in their upright and locked positions. We'll be arriving Nebula Slam 452 in under two hours."
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Jack leaned down and whispered in Sil's ear. "We're gettin' outta here kitty-cat, but you gotta do your part."
Sil nodded silently to her and sat up on the cot, then standing up slowly. Jack looked to the front of the cell sharply. There were coming to take her for more tests but today was the day. Today was the day they were gettin' the hell outta here. There was a transport coming with a relief warden on board. Jack moved to the front of the cell and waited, Sil hiding behind her.
The guards opened up the door and she stepped out slowly. Sil darted from behind her and took off running down the hall. The guards, as planned, diverted their attention to the escaping girl. Jack sprang into action, wrapping an arm about one guards neck, jabbing her claws into the flesh. She hissed and pulled her hand to the side in a rapid motion. Her claws tore deep gashes in the flesh of his neck, the smell of blood and death filled her nostrils. The other guard stood staring wide eyed at Jack, knowing his death was about to come. Jack grinned, she knew she'd scared him shitless, she snatched the gun from his trembling h ands and leveled it at him.
"Now… you're gonna do what I say. Open that cell." She gestured over to where Ren and Ash stood.
The guard moved to it slowly and keyed in the code. The door opened slowly. "Ash get the other guards gun. Ren lock this guy in the cell.," Jack handed her the gun before moving up the hall to Sil.
They'd managed to get to the main level without being detected so far. She moved toward the Med Lab and hurried the others in before following them. She turned to see the doctor's surprised face.
"Well, well, well… glad to see you're so happy to see me, Doc." She smirked at him. "Ren you wanna do the honors or should I?"
"Oh no. I can handle him." Ren grinned to Jack then the Doc. "This is for Sil and all the others you hurt." Ren held the trigger down as the doctor's body shook from side to side as blood spilled through his clothes.
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Riddick drifted in his thoughts about Jacklyn. He wondered how she'd held up in the Slam. He only hoped he wouldn't be too late to save her. She meant too much to him for him to lose her now. He couldn't lose her. He didn't know what would become of him if she had died or the Slam had broken her spirit. He didn't think he'd stay who she helped make him if she was gone. He knew he wouldn't.
If Jacklyn was dead then all the good in his life would be gone. He knew he'd snap. He'd kill again for the sake of killing, just to feel blood on his hands and see fear in the eyes. He would turn into even more of a monster than he was to start out with. He ran a hand over his scalp then put the navy hat back on his head. Hang on Jacklyn… I'm coming. Please God… let her be alive.
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Alarms were blaring throughout the Slam, lights flashing red. Jack did her best to block out the noise. Bullets clanged against the wall every so often from the hallway in front of it. Jack growled a bit to herself. They were starting to piss her off. They had to get past here to make it to the transit dock. Jack also knew if they couldn't find a way to get across son they'd be as good as dead.
Ren looked to Jack and nudged her. "I'll give you guys covering fire. You head for the transit and get them outta here."
Jack blinked as she looked at Ren. She opened her mouth to protest but Ren moved in the open and began firing. Jack narrowed her eyes and yelled at the other two girls. "Move!!!"
The three ran past the open hall as Ren continued to fire. When Ash got across she stopped and turned to look back at Ren. Jack shoved her around and pushed her forward. "Keep Moving!!!!"
Jack knew Ren wouldn't make it. And she would get the girls outta here, just like Ren asked her to. Jack could hear more gunfire then the thud as Ren fell. Jack rounded the corner and stopped. Sil and Ash were pounding on the hatch door. They gave Jack a worried look. "Move back. Stay against the wall."
Jack slipped to the console and checked. She smirked a bit. They were a little early; the transit was just now docking. "Get ready to run in after me. Ash once we're in hit the button to your right to close the hatch."
Ash nodded to her slowly as they moved out from the wall a few steps. Jack stepped in front of the hatch, listening to it hiss as it slowly opened. Riddick waited impatiently behind the hatch, glancing down a moment and tugging the wrinkles out of his jacket. Jack saw the boots and got ready to slam the man back. Their leaving depended on it. The door locked into position and Jack leaped forward with a yell, slamming her weight into the man. She knocked him back into the seat behind him, her prickly nails clasping at his neck, one purposely over his jugular.
Riddick didn't move as he felt his attacker press something against his neck. He peered through the mirrored shades at the woman above him.
"Close the hatch!!," Jack barked to Ash as the gunfire got closer.
Riddick couldn't believe his eyes. It was Jack. While her attention and gaze were elsewhere he turned his head to look at a stunned Dimitri. His booming voice echoed in the transit, "GO!"
Jack looked back to the man sharply, a snarl on her face. She pulled the shades off his face with her free hand. Her blue eyes met his silver-blue ones and recognition dawned on her. She let her hand drop from his neck as she stood up and moved away from him. Riddick…
