Jack sees the planet as they approach it. She couldn't wait for the chance to look around New Québec again. She has become fairly restless during the last few days, stuck on that ship with this expressionless figure. As they descend, the tower control contacts them to ask if they are here for work or for pleasure. She rolls her eyes when Riddick answers the latter. "That's so typical of him." she thinks.

It's summer down on the planet and the streets are buzzing with life. Local festivals are taking place in every section of the planet. It is like she never left all those years ago. Everything looks so the same.

They've landed in a relatively small city called Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu. This particular town is known for their hot air balloon festival, and the pretty laid-back attitude of the inhabitants. She wonders if the local crazy homeless guy, that goes by the name of Burger is still alive and doing yoga on the street corner.

Riddick and Jack make their way down the streets, in the down town area. The sound of people talking and laughing in the local outdoor market can be heard from streets away. Bars, stores, coffee places and restaurants crowd the streets. The smell of pizza assaults Jack's nostrils and makes her stomach growl. She slows down as she approaches the pizza joint, but a strong hand grabs her wrist tightly, pulling her along, pressing her to keep up. Riddick turns a corner, bringing Jack right behind him He lets her wrist go and knocks on a door hidden right next to a dumpster. Jack can only gawk at the man that answers, "Damn, he's so my type, almost as sexy as the stuck up ass standing next to me."

"Hey man," says the good looking stranger "What are you doing here? When you said you might drop by, I thought you were joking! Man, it's good to see you!" They shake hands, lightly slapping each other's shoulders and laughing.

This is the most expressive she's seen Riddick since the first time she laid eyes on him. The intense gaze of the stranger's Hazel eyes lands on Jack and lingers as he inquires to Riddick about her.

Riddick makes the introductions "Jack, this is Jerry. Jerry, Jack."

Jerry engulfs her in a warm hug, taking her by surprise when the hug is followed by kisses on each cheek. His goatee tickles her cheeks, a sensation she actually finds herself enjoying. As she glances at Riddick, she can sense that he didn't appreciate the exchange. "Awww, seems big evil feels a little left out, could that actually be jealousy?" She thinks to herself.

Riddick's friend ushers them in, and Jack is surprised to see the inside is the complete opposite of what the exterior looks like. The exterior has a run down air to it, but the interior of the loft is absolutely beautiful. This guy has taste, thinks Jack. The rooms have a modern style to them, but yet a homey, comfy feel. One of the walls is stacked from top to bottom with CD's and DVD's.

Jack walks up to the shelves full with CD's and starts looking through them. But Jerry breaks the silence by saying "I'll show you guys to your room."

In Jacks mind she is sure that, he should have said rooms, but she shrugs it off, playing it as a simple and honest mistake. They walk up the wooden stairs, making them creak and squeak under each foot step, she can feel eyes on her back side as they make their way up to the second floor and into the corridor. Three doors align the walls, on one side there is the master's suite, and on the other the bathroom and the guest room. As the host opens the door to the room they will be staying in, he looks apologetically at the two and says "Sorry guys, you'll have to share a room, if I would of known you were going to be two, I would of got a spare bed."

"That's going to be just fine" Riddick replies as he enters the room and heads for the curtains pulling them down so the rooms is dark, just the way he likes it.

"Hey" Jack utters, "Is the mall still located at the same place?"

"Yeah, it is. Why?" Jerry questions.

"Well, I kind of need some clothes and other personal products" she remarks.

Jerry takes a moment to think, then says that the mall is open tonight and that he could drop her and Riddick off if they wanted, while he takes care of some personal shopping of his own. They all agree that after supper is the best time to go.

*******

In the lavish kitchen Jack washes and cuts fresh vegetables for their salad, while the two men prepares the main course, catching up on old times. The amazing aroma of their meal hits Jack in the face as they sit down at the table and start digging in. Jerry starts the conversation back up by asking how they have come to know each other.

Jack looks at Riddick as he answers by "You remember the story I told you about?"

"The one about the crash and all that unresolved stuff about that teenaged girl…" He stops talking as Riddick gives him a stern look telling him not say one more word on that subject. Jack blinks her eyes and processes what has just been revealed, or the lack of it for that matter.

Jerry tries to lighten the mood by asking what brought them there. Knives and forks clink on the table, which is followed by a very uncomfortable and awkward silence. Jack tells him that they should talk about it later because it is not a really appropriate to talk about such things at the table. So once again silence fills the room and they eat, trying to savour what is left of their meal.

*****

The trip to the mall is silent but a good kind of silent. The parking lot at the department store is packed, it seems every one has decided to go out shopping. They decide on separating and meeting back at the food court in 2 hours. The young woman makes her way through the throng of people heading for the first clothing store she can find. She doesn't have one foot in the shop when a perky little sales lady approaches her and asks, "Bonjour! Est-ce que je peux vous aider?" {Hello! Can I help you?}

"Erm…" she stammers, "I….eh…non, ça va aller!" {No, that will be alright!}

The sales person tells Jack "d'acc si t'as besoin d'aide t'as juste a me caller!" {ok, if you need me just holler!}

She nods her head and goes on looking through racks of cloth, grabbing pants, shirts and skirts of all kind. She purchases a couple dozen different articles including boots and shoes. The next stop on her list is the "La Senza" boutique, an underwear and lingerie shop. She raids the bra and thong section grabbing a couple of cotton as well as black lace panties on the way to the pj section. She spots some nice burgundy lounge pants that she just has to have, grabbing them as well as a couple of pairs of cotton rib boxers, and tops she heads for the lingerie.

"Might as well" she thinks to herself, "Never know when that will come in handy."

From the corner of her eye she sees a bright red material; walking up to it she can imagine herself wearing it, a red push up babydoll with a rose design embroidered on each breast. The silky red fabric is opened up in the middle of the front side, showing off the stomach area and the matching panties that go with it. Her final destination is the pharmacy for some personal body products. She is pleased with herself as she walks out of the store with all her bags with half an hour to spare. She locates Jerry in the music shop just in front of her, and she makes her way over to him. He looks like he's deep in thought, going through CD's, and he turns in her direction as he feels her eyes on him, and makes his way over to her.

He asks her if she's got everything she needed and if she wanted to grab a little something to eat while they waited on Riddick to make his presence known.

They get a table near the exit and Jerry asks her what she would like. Jack tells him that a poutine would be wonderful. Jerry comes back with two plates of poutine and two cokes.

"You have no clue how long I've been craving this! They don't make this shit anywhere else." She remarks.

The young woman takes a fork full of the fries mixed with cheese curds and gravy, she closes her eyes in delight. She smiles as she hears the conversation of the guys sitting at the next table. Jack has definitely missed hearing the local people talking to eachother, inserting such curses as caliss, chriss and tabarnack.

Out of nowhere Riddick pulls out a chair and sits next to Jack, making her slightly jump.

"Damn" she mumbles, "Don't do that, you almost gave me a heart attack."

"Look," he says, "We've been followed, we need to get out of here fast, but still look like we haven't noticed anything, lets go."