CH.14 - Back Home -
The sky was becoming striped with the colour of the dawn, an unnatural silence beside the little haze, wrapped them. A new day was coming fast. "Give me the keys." He said nothing and gave them to her. She opened his door and helped him to seat. He still got his eyes closed. She ran faster to the other side of the car and jumped in, but while she was putting the key in the engine, she saw something in the rear view mirror, that made her blood run cold. "Fuck!" she muttered. "What?" he turned his face toward her furrowing his eyebrows . "Don't talk and whatever I say, play along with me" she whispered him, quickly cleaning her face from the brown cream he'd put on her before and wearing a jacket. He said nothing, but she knew he was already smelling around him, and trying to capture everything to know what was going on.
"Are you going somewhere?" a voice out of the car came. Even if she was prepared to their come , she started a little.
She turned to see from where the voice came. "I'm sorry?" she asked in a very quiet tone, looking at the man who had appeared at her left. Another one was on the right side of the car. They wore black uniform. Had to be the private guards of the house. And they were drunk: his breath stank of alcohol terribly. How much had they seen? "Could you please get off the car and give me your documents?" the man near to her asked her. "I'm Agent Berry and he is Agent White" said the man indicating the man near by Riddick. "Yes" she simply answered. Both of the men went in front of the car waiting for her. "It's the private guards of the house" she told fast to Riddick. "Wait here" she said going to leave him alone. She looked once more at him. Oh! What she'd needed his strength, his support! She thought for a while. He turned his face to her, his eyes still closed. He knew she was still there. "Don't look scared" he suggested her, as reading her thoughts "Aim good and don't get wrong". She furrowed her eyebrow, not understanding what he'd told her. Then she got off the car. He tried to open his eyes only for a millimetre and he immediately had to close them because of the light. He cursed mentally. He couldn't do anything except for wait and be very careful to what was happening outside.
"Here. There's my driving licence" she gave it to the man. "Also the man has to get off" the policeman insisted. "It's not necessary. He is blind." She said quietly. "I, tell you what is necessary or not" the man told her through his teeth, loosing his control. The other man, agent White, turned and asked her: "Who's the owner of the car? And please: keep the man off the car" he quietly added. She went to Riddick and helped him to get off the car. He moved hesitantly to look more believable and both of them went to the policemen. She remained near by him. His presence infused her courage. "The owner.is Mr. Ripley, which is.?" Agent White asked them, reading the paper. Then lifted his face up watching them, waiting for an answer. "I'm Mr. Ripley" said quietly Riddick. "How is it possible that a blind might drive a car?" said agent Berry suspiciously coming near to Riddick and waiving his hand in front of Riddick's eyes. He remained still. "He has become blind recently. I'm his driver. Documents have still to be changed" she explained, hoping to be as much as she could believable. "Ok." Simply replied agent White weighing up her words for a while. Riddick silently smelled the air. Alcohol. They were both drunk. Maybe a good sign. He worsened his senses to catch as much things as possible of what was happening around him. "Miss. Baxter? Right? Please, come here" said agent Berry with a strange tone and a dangerous wicked smile. "Is there,. something wrong?" she asked hesitantly. Heck! I sound afraid! It's because I am, thought Stephanie wiping her hands on her pants and approaching to the agent. Suddenly he felt she was no more near to him. His senses were on the alert. He felt someone coming near to him. It had to be agent White. Things were going to be worst. "Please, Miss Baxter. Come here" repeated agent Berry showing her to come near a wall. "What's happen? Why agent White is near to Mr. Ripley? He need me to walk" tried to say Stephanie. "I think you should take care more about what will happen to you" said the agent in a menacing tone. Smiling her coldly . She swallowed realizing now the danger. The man approached to her, a slimy smile on his face. Riddick felt agent White very near to him. Tried to open his eyes a little and saw on his left the shadow of the man. Good. At least he'd focused where the man was and how he was. He closed his eyes, couldn't standing to keep them opened. "Be nice with us and we will let you and your blind friend go home" said agent Berry now facing her so near. What to do? She thought blocked by her fear. With a swift fast move Riddick kicked on the agent calf , so strong that the agent lost his balance and fell down to the floor in pain Riddick continued to kick the agent as strong as he could, then he tried opening a little his eyes to join Stephanie gropingly. When agent White came round and grabbed Riddick's feet making him falling down too, nearby him. He tried to open his eyes, but he'd fallen in the light cone of the headlight of his car. Agent White overcame easily on him kicking on his body and punching him. "Nooooo!" Stop! Don't do it!" Stephanie shouted horrified, at the sight of Riddick writhing in pain, beaten up. She tried to join him to rescue, but she knocked against the other man's body, who held her and throw her against the wall heavily. "You stay here!" he said, angrily "I haven't even started with you!" pushing her more against the wall. She felt her body as well as her head knock against the wall. She felt pain all over her body, her head hurting her a lot. But she didn't fall down. Things were going really worst. Leaning against the wall she stood up. "C'mon John!" said agent White to his friend "let's make friendship with our lady" continued White "it's a pity, dear Mister Ripley that you're blind. You're loosing a great moment" told White to Riddick who in the meanwhile, had been immobilized on the floor, on his stomach, his arm twisted against his back by White, who was bleeding from one side of his mouth, a knife under Riddick's neck. Agent Berry caressed her face, then grabbed her chin tightening it menacingly. She looked grim, but didn't move, like if she was going to accept him. His fingers ran on her lips. She suddenly changed her expression as if she liked it. He smiled. It was in that moment that she fast turned her face and bit his hand strongly, hurting him. "Aaah!" shouted the agent in pain. "You, little bitch!" Berry shouted withdrawing his aching hand. And he slapped her face so strong making her head turning on one side. Riddick smiled a little, he hadn't seen what had happened, but she'd had hurt the agent. Little but tough, Riddick thought grinning. But agent Berry unfortunately was immediately over her again with more fury. He slapped in her face two, three, four times, until Stephanie felt her skin in fire, and especially her left eyebrow hurt her. She realised she was bleeding. She tried to scratch his face, but he pulled her more against the wall and put a hand around her throat tightening until she had no more strength to fight. His hand was stained of blood and she noticed he wore a ring, he'd had to hurt her with that. "Looks like our lady doesn't enjoy of our company" said Berry. "I think we have to show her how good fellows we might be!" said White from where he was. Stephanie half closed her eyes. She was terrified. "Do as much noise as you like, hon. To say the truth, I like it. It's more.exciting." Said Berry with a slimy smile and he pulled her more against the wall, tearing her dresses and touching her. Riddick felt a deep cold anger growing up inside him. Stephanie tried to react but nothing, he was bigger than her, and she was still stunned by the blows she'd taken. Hundred of lights invaded her mind, her sight. She tried to focus her enemy but it was hard. She was disgusted by what Berry was doing to her. She tried to scratch him again but nothing. He laughed, like he almost liked it. Think Stephanie! Her mind ran back to what Riddick had told her before in the car :"Aim good and don't get wrong". One only one, deal a good one only blow. Agent Berry was very near. She suddenly blew with the knee, on his most sensitive parts, and he was forced to let her go, bending on his knees because of the pain, trying to breathe. "You bitch!" he shouted . Than Stephanie kicked him on his calf making him falling down to the floor. She didn't wait notwithstanding her pain, she continued to kick him, with as much strength as she could. Then, when it looked like, he couldn't react, she leaned fast toward him and put a hand on his neck, and as Riddick had showed her, she made him immediately fell asleep. The other agent who had watched the scene, left Riddick, to run rescue his friend, but with a swift move, from his position Riddick was able to held White's ankle and make him fall down. Stephanie ran faster to join Riddick, just before stopping to Agent White which was kicking Riddick with his other leg, to free from his hold. She jumped on White from the backside, to make him stop. But with a fast move he grabbed one of Stephanie's arm, making her face him and than punched her, who fell down. She was stunned by the blow, but rolled to one side and avoided White who was now coming to finish her. She felt tired now. Riddick opened his eyes with pain and barely saw White's shadow and jumped on him immobilizing under his weigh. He grabbed White on his neck. All his animal fury had finally come out. He couldn't control no more himself. Anger has invaded his mind. He wanted to kill the fucker, it'd been a pleasure. "Noo!" He heard a voice coming from far, breaking his trance. Someone was shouting worried, a girl voice. Her voice. "Don't do it! Don't kill him!" he was still holding White's neck tightly. "Remember our rule! Wait! Don't do it! No!" She shouted again and jumped on him so fast, so furious that unexpected he fell down, freeing the man which was now coughing and panting hardly, a hand on his throat. But she didn't stop and put one hand on White's neck and with a light pressure made him fall asleep as well as she'd done with Berry before. Riddick was going to jump again, eyes closed, on what he thought, was the enemy but fell on Stephanie. "No! Stop! It's me! It's me, it's ok!" she fast said holding his forearms which were now around her neck. But he'd recognised her skin, her voice and he immediately stopped, leaving free her neck. "It's finished.. It's finished." she repeated more to calm herself. Both of them panted hard. "Let's go. Don't want to stay here no more" she said. She painfully stood up and helped him did the same, he'd been hurt badly as well as her. She made him seat in the car, ran on the other side and she jumped inside too. She switched on the engine and drove fast away from there. Direction: Riddick's home.
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The sky was becoming striped with the colour of the dawn, an unnatural silence beside the little haze, wrapped them. A new day was coming fast. "Give me the keys." He said nothing and gave them to her. She opened his door and helped him to seat. He still got his eyes closed. She ran faster to the other side of the car and jumped in, but while she was putting the key in the engine, she saw something in the rear view mirror, that made her blood run cold. "Fuck!" she muttered. "What?" he turned his face toward her furrowing his eyebrows . "Don't talk and whatever I say, play along with me" she whispered him, quickly cleaning her face from the brown cream he'd put on her before and wearing a jacket. He said nothing, but she knew he was already smelling around him, and trying to capture everything to know what was going on.
"Are you going somewhere?" a voice out of the car came. Even if she was prepared to their come , she started a little.
She turned to see from where the voice came. "I'm sorry?" she asked in a very quiet tone, looking at the man who had appeared at her left. Another one was on the right side of the car. They wore black uniform. Had to be the private guards of the house. And they were drunk: his breath stank of alcohol terribly. How much had they seen? "Could you please get off the car and give me your documents?" the man near to her asked her. "I'm Agent Berry and he is Agent White" said the man indicating the man near by Riddick. "Yes" she simply answered. Both of the men went in front of the car waiting for her. "It's the private guards of the house" she told fast to Riddick. "Wait here" she said going to leave him alone. She looked once more at him. Oh! What she'd needed his strength, his support! She thought for a while. He turned his face to her, his eyes still closed. He knew she was still there. "Don't look scared" he suggested her, as reading her thoughts "Aim good and don't get wrong". She furrowed her eyebrow, not understanding what he'd told her. Then she got off the car. He tried to open his eyes only for a millimetre and he immediately had to close them because of the light. He cursed mentally. He couldn't do anything except for wait and be very careful to what was happening outside.
"Here. There's my driving licence" she gave it to the man. "Also the man has to get off" the policeman insisted. "It's not necessary. He is blind." She said quietly. "I, tell you what is necessary or not" the man told her through his teeth, loosing his control. The other man, agent White, turned and asked her: "Who's the owner of the car? And please: keep the man off the car" he quietly added. She went to Riddick and helped him to get off the car. He moved hesitantly to look more believable and both of them went to the policemen. She remained near by him. His presence infused her courage. "The owner.is Mr. Ripley, which is.?" Agent White asked them, reading the paper. Then lifted his face up watching them, waiting for an answer. "I'm Mr. Ripley" said quietly Riddick. "How is it possible that a blind might drive a car?" said agent Berry suspiciously coming near to Riddick and waiving his hand in front of Riddick's eyes. He remained still. "He has become blind recently. I'm his driver. Documents have still to be changed" she explained, hoping to be as much as she could believable. "Ok." Simply replied agent White weighing up her words for a while. Riddick silently smelled the air. Alcohol. They were both drunk. Maybe a good sign. He worsened his senses to catch as much things as possible of what was happening around him. "Miss. Baxter? Right? Please, come here" said agent Berry with a strange tone and a dangerous wicked smile. "Is there,. something wrong?" she asked hesitantly. Heck! I sound afraid! It's because I am, thought Stephanie wiping her hands on her pants and approaching to the agent. Suddenly he felt she was no more near to him. His senses were on the alert. He felt someone coming near to him. It had to be agent White. Things were going to be worst. "Please, Miss Baxter. Come here" repeated agent Berry showing her to come near a wall. "What's happen? Why agent White is near to Mr. Ripley? He need me to walk" tried to say Stephanie. "I think you should take care more about what will happen to you" said the agent in a menacing tone. Smiling her coldly . She swallowed realizing now the danger. The man approached to her, a slimy smile on his face. Riddick felt agent White very near to him. Tried to open his eyes a little and saw on his left the shadow of the man. Good. At least he'd focused where the man was and how he was. He closed his eyes, couldn't standing to keep them opened. "Be nice with us and we will let you and your blind friend go home" said agent Berry now facing her so near. What to do? She thought blocked by her fear. With a swift fast move Riddick kicked on the agent calf , so strong that the agent lost his balance and fell down to the floor in pain Riddick continued to kick the agent as strong as he could, then he tried opening a little his eyes to join Stephanie gropingly. When agent White came round and grabbed Riddick's feet making him falling down too, nearby him. He tried to open his eyes, but he'd fallen in the light cone of the headlight of his car. Agent White overcame easily on him kicking on his body and punching him. "Nooooo!" Stop! Don't do it!" Stephanie shouted horrified, at the sight of Riddick writhing in pain, beaten up. She tried to join him to rescue, but she knocked against the other man's body, who held her and throw her against the wall heavily. "You stay here!" he said, angrily "I haven't even started with you!" pushing her more against the wall. She felt her body as well as her head knock against the wall. She felt pain all over her body, her head hurting her a lot. But she didn't fall down. Things were going really worst. Leaning against the wall she stood up. "C'mon John!" said agent White to his friend "let's make friendship with our lady" continued White "it's a pity, dear Mister Ripley that you're blind. You're loosing a great moment" told White to Riddick who in the meanwhile, had been immobilized on the floor, on his stomach, his arm twisted against his back by White, who was bleeding from one side of his mouth, a knife under Riddick's neck. Agent Berry caressed her face, then grabbed her chin tightening it menacingly. She looked grim, but didn't move, like if she was going to accept him. His fingers ran on her lips. She suddenly changed her expression as if she liked it. He smiled. It was in that moment that she fast turned her face and bit his hand strongly, hurting him. "Aaah!" shouted the agent in pain. "You, little bitch!" Berry shouted withdrawing his aching hand. And he slapped her face so strong making her head turning on one side. Riddick smiled a little, he hadn't seen what had happened, but she'd had hurt the agent. Little but tough, Riddick thought grinning. But agent Berry unfortunately was immediately over her again with more fury. He slapped in her face two, three, four times, until Stephanie felt her skin in fire, and especially her left eyebrow hurt her. She realised she was bleeding. She tried to scratch his face, but he pulled her more against the wall and put a hand around her throat tightening until she had no more strength to fight. His hand was stained of blood and she noticed he wore a ring, he'd had to hurt her with that. "Looks like our lady doesn't enjoy of our company" said Berry. "I think we have to show her how good fellows we might be!" said White from where he was. Stephanie half closed her eyes. She was terrified. "Do as much noise as you like, hon. To say the truth, I like it. It's more.exciting." Said Berry with a slimy smile and he pulled her more against the wall, tearing her dresses and touching her. Riddick felt a deep cold anger growing up inside him. Stephanie tried to react but nothing, he was bigger than her, and she was still stunned by the blows she'd taken. Hundred of lights invaded her mind, her sight. She tried to focus her enemy but it was hard. She was disgusted by what Berry was doing to her. She tried to scratch him again but nothing. He laughed, like he almost liked it. Think Stephanie! Her mind ran back to what Riddick had told her before in the car :"Aim good and don't get wrong". One only one, deal a good one only blow. Agent Berry was very near. She suddenly blew with the knee, on his most sensitive parts, and he was forced to let her go, bending on his knees because of the pain, trying to breathe. "You bitch!" he shouted . Than Stephanie kicked him on his calf making him falling down to the floor. She didn't wait notwithstanding her pain, she continued to kick him, with as much strength as she could. Then, when it looked like, he couldn't react, she leaned fast toward him and put a hand on his neck, and as Riddick had showed her, she made him immediately fell asleep. The other agent who had watched the scene, left Riddick, to run rescue his friend, but with a swift move, from his position Riddick was able to held White's ankle and make him fall down. Stephanie ran faster to join Riddick, just before stopping to Agent White which was kicking Riddick with his other leg, to free from his hold. She jumped on White from the backside, to make him stop. But with a fast move he grabbed one of Stephanie's arm, making her face him and than punched her, who fell down. She was stunned by the blow, but rolled to one side and avoided White who was now coming to finish her. She felt tired now. Riddick opened his eyes with pain and barely saw White's shadow and jumped on him immobilizing under his weigh. He grabbed White on his neck. All his animal fury had finally come out. He couldn't control no more himself. Anger has invaded his mind. He wanted to kill the fucker, it'd been a pleasure. "Noo!" He heard a voice coming from far, breaking his trance. Someone was shouting worried, a girl voice. Her voice. "Don't do it! Don't kill him!" he was still holding White's neck tightly. "Remember our rule! Wait! Don't do it! No!" She shouted again and jumped on him so fast, so furious that unexpected he fell down, freeing the man which was now coughing and panting hardly, a hand on his throat. But she didn't stop and put one hand on White's neck and with a light pressure made him fall asleep as well as she'd done with Berry before. Riddick was going to jump again, eyes closed, on what he thought, was the enemy but fell on Stephanie. "No! Stop! It's me! It's me, it's ok!" she fast said holding his forearms which were now around her neck. But he'd recognised her skin, her voice and he immediately stopped, leaving free her neck. "It's finished.. It's finished." she repeated more to calm herself. Both of them panted hard. "Let's go. Don't want to stay here no more" she said. She painfully stood up and helped him did the same, he'd been hurt badly as well as her. She made him seat in the car, ran on the other side and she jumped inside too. She switched on the engine and drove fast away from there. Direction: Riddick's home.
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