Disclaimer: The Characters of Jack, Riddick and Iman belong to USA Films, David Towhy, etc. I'm just having a little fun here. OK, I confess. I'm doing this because it's the only way to get the Muses off my back G.
NOTE: Jan 30, 2003 -- I'm afraid I have hit a snag. I am working on "V" fan fiction as well as this one and my mind isn't as clear as it should be. Being a writer I have wierd ass ways of overcoming writers block. I have made a puzzle of a picture of Riddick, Jack and Iman from the movie Pitch Black. May I have some more orderly ideas before it is over.
I do believe that Riddick and Jacqueline will join Lillian and Iman back on the planet with 3 suns ..... and perhaps Calvin will also find some way to continue to make things up.
Wish me luck. I am off to seek ideas .......
Cassandra Houston
Riddick's Death
Copyright 2003 By Cassandra Houston
Chapter Twelve: Calvin Andrews
Fathers Michael and Francisco remained at the rear of the chapel while Riddick and Jacqueline walked down the aisle together. Halfway down, Jacqueline took Riddick's hand in hers and held it loosely.
They approached the figure near the pulpit. They were about eight feet from him when he spoke. "You came with your guardian." He said. "Good. I need to speak with him as well."
He turned to face them. His skin had been pulled across his empty eye sockets. "I never had transplants." he said quietly. "I do not believe I deserve them after what I did." he paused a moment. "I never had anything transplanted." he said, alluding to the penis he was missing.
Jacqueline said nothing. She simply looked at him, remembering and going through the emptions that seeing him again brought to her.
"I did not know who you were until after I went to the Jesuits." he said. "And when they told me that Richard Riddick had attacked me in revenge for what I'd done to Jack I realized that God must want me for something. Because if you were sent as a punishment I would have been killed instead of simply maimed."
Calvin sighed. "I do not expect forgiveness, Jack." he said. "I am still not sure that what I did can ever be forgiven. I took from you." he paused. "I killed a part of you. I have thought of what I could possibly do or say to make things up to you. It has taken me many years to finally track you down here. Because only now were you using any name I was familiar with. I believed that you may be going by the name of Riddick." he gave a sad half smile. "The revenge was too personal to have come from someone who did not love you deeply. He took my eyes so that I culd never look at you again. And he took my sex because I'd proven I could not use it properly." he began to nod. "In hindsight I cannot argue my punishment. It fit the crime perfectly. Certainly better than a secular judge would have doled out for me."
Jacqueline found herself speechless. She had never expected such words from Calvin Andrews. She looked and listened to him and felt something strange coming over her. It wasn't pity. It wasn't anger. It wasn't fear. She could not name what she was feeling. She continued to hold Riddicks hand.
"God has touched me through you two." Calvin said after another pause. "I never would have thought that I would be where I am today. The man I am today." he shrugged. "I can only tell you that I am so sorry for what I put you through, Jacqueline." He looked like he was going to say more, but instead lapsed into silence.
Jacqueline looked at Calvin for a long time. She opened her mouth. "What you did to me can never be forgiven." she said, succintly. She paused, considering her next words. "But the person can be forgiven, even if the act cannot." she bit her lip. "And you aren't the Calvin Andrews who attacked me all those years ago. I think that between my guardian and your God that man is dead. I can only hope that the man standing here today is better than the old Calvin Andrews could ever dream of being."
She squeezed Riddicks hand and they turned and left the chapel together.
NOTE: Jan 30, 2003 -- I'm afraid I have hit a snag. I am working on "V" fan fiction as well as this one and my mind isn't as clear as it should be. Being a writer I have wierd ass ways of overcoming writers block. I have made a puzzle of a picture of Riddick, Jack and Iman from the movie Pitch Black. May I have some more orderly ideas before it is over.
I do believe that Riddick and Jacqueline will join Lillian and Iman back on the planet with 3 suns ..... and perhaps Calvin will also find some way to continue to make things up.
Wish me luck. I am off to seek ideas .......
Cassandra Houston
Riddick's Death
Copyright 2003 By Cassandra Houston
Chapter Twelve: Calvin Andrews
Fathers Michael and Francisco remained at the rear of the chapel while Riddick and Jacqueline walked down the aisle together. Halfway down, Jacqueline took Riddick's hand in hers and held it loosely.
They approached the figure near the pulpit. They were about eight feet from him when he spoke. "You came with your guardian." He said. "Good. I need to speak with him as well."
He turned to face them. His skin had been pulled across his empty eye sockets. "I never had transplants." he said quietly. "I do not believe I deserve them after what I did." he paused a moment. "I never had anything transplanted." he said, alluding to the penis he was missing.
Jacqueline said nothing. She simply looked at him, remembering and going through the emptions that seeing him again brought to her.
"I did not know who you were until after I went to the Jesuits." he said. "And when they told me that Richard Riddick had attacked me in revenge for what I'd done to Jack I realized that God must want me for something. Because if you were sent as a punishment I would have been killed instead of simply maimed."
Calvin sighed. "I do not expect forgiveness, Jack." he said. "I am still not sure that what I did can ever be forgiven. I took from you." he paused. "I killed a part of you. I have thought of what I could possibly do or say to make things up to you. It has taken me many years to finally track you down here. Because only now were you using any name I was familiar with. I believed that you may be going by the name of Riddick." he gave a sad half smile. "The revenge was too personal to have come from someone who did not love you deeply. He took my eyes so that I culd never look at you again. And he took my sex because I'd proven I could not use it properly." he began to nod. "In hindsight I cannot argue my punishment. It fit the crime perfectly. Certainly better than a secular judge would have doled out for me."
Jacqueline found herself speechless. She had never expected such words from Calvin Andrews. She looked and listened to him and felt something strange coming over her. It wasn't pity. It wasn't anger. It wasn't fear. She could not name what she was feeling. She continued to hold Riddicks hand.
"God has touched me through you two." Calvin said after another pause. "I never would have thought that I would be where I am today. The man I am today." he shrugged. "I can only tell you that I am so sorry for what I put you through, Jacqueline." He looked like he was going to say more, but instead lapsed into silence.
Jacqueline looked at Calvin for a long time. She opened her mouth. "What you did to me can never be forgiven." she said, succintly. She paused, considering her next words. "But the person can be forgiven, even if the act cannot." she bit her lip. "And you aren't the Calvin Andrews who attacked me all those years ago. I think that between my guardian and your God that man is dead. I can only hope that the man standing here today is better than the old Calvin Andrews could ever dream of being."
She squeezed Riddicks hand and they turned and left the chapel together.