Across the Hall
Chapter 14
Dayla had gotten better with her fake kindness to her aunt. Her and Rita spent a nice day together (which would have been nicer if they really meant it.) with Jack not to far from them. Rita gave Dayla and Jack the 25-cent tour of the house and garden, the more Rita showed the more Dayla fell in love with the place. Dayla rubbed her small stomach as she visualized her and Riddick's children running through the halls and playing in the garden. She wanted to live here and have it be their home. 'They owed me that much' she thought. Snapping out of her dream-like state as Riddick stalks over to Rita and Dayla. Smiling he goes to Dayla's side, "Can we talk sweetie?" "Sure, aunt Rita will you excuse us?" Rita smiles sweetly before getting up. "By all means, I have some cleaning to get to anyway." As she left Riddick's 'shit don't stink' smile quickly faded. "Are you okay?" he asks with an overly concerned voice. Jack and Dayla look at each other for a moment before laughing. "She didn't try to slit my throat if that's what you're askin." "That's not funny Dayla." He says in a more stern voice. Leaning her head towards his she says, "I know, I'm sorry." She places one of the flowers behind his ear, as he pulls her to his lap. "Jack have you been thinking what I've been thinking?" Dayla says with a wink. "If it involves us offing tha bitch and keeping the house then, yes I've been thinking it too." Jack says in a calm voice. Dayla nods then turns to Riddick, "What do you think? I wana live here. I want this to be our home." He sighs deeply, "I don't know Day." Jack and Dayla sandwich him and start kissing him while saying, "oh please, oh please!" Riddick finally says 'yes', giving them their way. Riddick then goes on to say "I got the bug planted in the phone, all we need is for her to try to bait you." Dayla's smile disappears the she says "What's the plan?" "Well when Rita does her little thing and gets you alone Jack is gonna stay behind with Rita and make sure she's here when I come back." Riddick says as he takes the flower from his ear. Dayla looks at him confused "You mean when WE come back right? I'm not letting you go after him alone." "Yes you are, I'm not letting you go, especially in your condition." "Oh shut up Riddick I'm not dying, I'm just pregnant." "Same difference to me" Jack chimes in "Don't you have some training to get to." Riddick says as he glares at Jack. Even though she couldn't see his eyes she could still feel them shooting daggers at her. She quickly gets up and runs in the house. Dayla stands up, "I wana go with you when you kill him Riddick." "No Dayla, I will handle it myself." He says finally with a 'this discussion is over so drop it' tone of voice.
It didn't take long for Rita to go into her act. After dinner she asked Dayla to go to the corner store for ice cream while she and Jack stayed to clean the kitchen. They all exchanged knowing glances as Rita went straight for the phone. Riddick slid out the door making sure Rita didn't hear him go out with Dayla. The plan was simple, while Dayla was out Riddick wouldn't be too far from her lurking in shadows.
As Dayla walks back from the corner store she feels uneasy. Not even that fact that Riddick was near could shake her fear. She knew that Ethan was near because she could almost smell him. She could never forget that smell, he smelled like sweat and booze. Suddenly she felt a hand tighten around her arm. Whipping around quickly she turned to see Ethan. Ethan stood at about 5'11" and almost 200 pounds, mostly all fat. He was sweating profusely and grinning so wide it looked like his face was about to pop. Dayla froze, she couldn't move or scream, all she knew right now was that horrible night when he forced himself on her. "Long time no see baby! You ready to come home and be a good girl?" Ethan rasps. He turns to drag her towards his car but before he can move he bumps into a big barrier. Ethan looks up to see a very pissed off Riddick. "I think you have something of mine" He growls "Hey fuck you man, this is my wife." Ethan spats. In one quick move Riddick punches Ethan in face causing him to double over in pain and his hands to fly to his nose. Turning to a dazed Dayla he says "Go home and help Jack with Rita. I'll be home in the morning." When she opened her mouth to protest he quickly stopped her "Go!" Startled, she quickly turned and went home. Riddick quickly turns back to a doubled over Ethan. "Oh I'm sorry man, you ok?" Riddick says in a fake sympathetic tone. He begins to drag Ethan by his broken nose "We need to get you home Mr. Phillips, we got a long night ahead of us." Ethan screams bloody murder as Riddick throws him in the car.
Chapter 14
Dayla had gotten better with her fake kindness to her aunt. Her and Rita spent a nice day together (which would have been nicer if they really meant it.) with Jack not to far from them. Rita gave Dayla and Jack the 25-cent tour of the house and garden, the more Rita showed the more Dayla fell in love with the place. Dayla rubbed her small stomach as she visualized her and Riddick's children running through the halls and playing in the garden. She wanted to live here and have it be their home. 'They owed me that much' she thought. Snapping out of her dream-like state as Riddick stalks over to Rita and Dayla. Smiling he goes to Dayla's side, "Can we talk sweetie?" "Sure, aunt Rita will you excuse us?" Rita smiles sweetly before getting up. "By all means, I have some cleaning to get to anyway." As she left Riddick's 'shit don't stink' smile quickly faded. "Are you okay?" he asks with an overly concerned voice. Jack and Dayla look at each other for a moment before laughing. "She didn't try to slit my throat if that's what you're askin." "That's not funny Dayla." He says in a more stern voice. Leaning her head towards his she says, "I know, I'm sorry." She places one of the flowers behind his ear, as he pulls her to his lap. "Jack have you been thinking what I've been thinking?" Dayla says with a wink. "If it involves us offing tha bitch and keeping the house then, yes I've been thinking it too." Jack says in a calm voice. Dayla nods then turns to Riddick, "What do you think? I wana live here. I want this to be our home." He sighs deeply, "I don't know Day." Jack and Dayla sandwich him and start kissing him while saying, "oh please, oh please!" Riddick finally says 'yes', giving them their way. Riddick then goes on to say "I got the bug planted in the phone, all we need is for her to try to bait you." Dayla's smile disappears the she says "What's the plan?" "Well when Rita does her little thing and gets you alone Jack is gonna stay behind with Rita and make sure she's here when I come back." Riddick says as he takes the flower from his ear. Dayla looks at him confused "You mean when WE come back right? I'm not letting you go after him alone." "Yes you are, I'm not letting you go, especially in your condition." "Oh shut up Riddick I'm not dying, I'm just pregnant." "Same difference to me" Jack chimes in "Don't you have some training to get to." Riddick says as he glares at Jack. Even though she couldn't see his eyes she could still feel them shooting daggers at her. She quickly gets up and runs in the house. Dayla stands up, "I wana go with you when you kill him Riddick." "No Dayla, I will handle it myself." He says finally with a 'this discussion is over so drop it' tone of voice.
It didn't take long for Rita to go into her act. After dinner she asked Dayla to go to the corner store for ice cream while she and Jack stayed to clean the kitchen. They all exchanged knowing glances as Rita went straight for the phone. Riddick slid out the door making sure Rita didn't hear him go out with Dayla. The plan was simple, while Dayla was out Riddick wouldn't be too far from her lurking in shadows.
As Dayla walks back from the corner store she feels uneasy. Not even that fact that Riddick was near could shake her fear. She knew that Ethan was near because she could almost smell him. She could never forget that smell, he smelled like sweat and booze. Suddenly she felt a hand tighten around her arm. Whipping around quickly she turned to see Ethan. Ethan stood at about 5'11" and almost 200 pounds, mostly all fat. He was sweating profusely and grinning so wide it looked like his face was about to pop. Dayla froze, she couldn't move or scream, all she knew right now was that horrible night when he forced himself on her. "Long time no see baby! You ready to come home and be a good girl?" Ethan rasps. He turns to drag her towards his car but before he can move he bumps into a big barrier. Ethan looks up to see a very pissed off Riddick. "I think you have something of mine" He growls "Hey fuck you man, this is my wife." Ethan spats. In one quick move Riddick punches Ethan in face causing him to double over in pain and his hands to fly to his nose. Turning to a dazed Dayla he says "Go home and help Jack with Rita. I'll be home in the morning." When she opened her mouth to protest he quickly stopped her "Go!" Startled, she quickly turned and went home. Riddick quickly turns back to a doubled over Ethan. "Oh I'm sorry man, you ok?" Riddick says in a fake sympathetic tone. He begins to drag Ethan by his broken nose "We need to get you home Mr. Phillips, we got a long night ahead of us." Ethan screams bloody murder as Riddick throws him in the car.
