Chapter 3-Her

He dropped hte shorts and pulled on his leath jacket, the shiv still tied lightly to the lining.
"I'll be back later.."
Jack nor Imam heard..
He stood at the railing on the top floor of the hotle. People were checking in one by one and
a line was forming. He watched them below carefully. Was this a fuel and go colony? Everyone
had distinct tastes from every planet. Everyone was soaked with the rain that now pattered
to the ground outside.
"Damn people..." he snarled to himself fingering his shiv carefully.
He started moving towards the stairs face tilted down shadowing his features.

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'Bah! Horrid weather.' She thought to herself, her whiteish hair clinging to her face and back.
She glanced around scanning the area, through the sheild of water that blocked her gaze. Night
was setting in bit by bit and she still hadn't moved from her position just off the gang plank.
"Hey you."
Her head swiveled lightly in the direction of the voice, then her face darkened aggrivatedly.
"Ricardo."
"Yeah!" He pulled her into a hug.
She hugged him back an irritated look on her face all the while though he didn't, or pretended,
he didn't notice it.
"What are you doing around here Ric?"
"Looking for some murderer dude. Didn't show up somewhere, they figure he hijacked another ship
and has about 42 hostages, 10 commerical, 3 crew."
"Still a merc I see?"
"Yeah, yourself?"
She looked around slowly icey grey eyes gleaming.
"Thinking bout' getting out the profession."
"Oh..."
They rose to meet Ric's bright greens.
"Isn't that what you said the past couple times I met you?"
"Yes."
He laughed openly. She sighed shaking her head.
"Anyways, He doesn't seem to be anywhere near here."
"What's his name?"
"Uhhhh..." Ric pulled out his pocket book and scanned several pages.
"Umm, Richard B. Riddick. Why?"
"Curious."
She patted his shoulder and started away.
"Hey, wait!"
She turned again, already sopping with water.
"What?"
"Uhh... see ya around okay?"
"Fine!" she snapped stomping off irrately.
She could hear the water swishing around inside her boot. She didn't like Ric. He annoyed her
then again, most people annoyed her.
'Damn fool Ric... Where is that name familiar from? I -KNOW- I've heard it somewhere..'

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