Ch3-Taking on the Challenge
Jack was sitting up in bed and was quietly reading a book when Riddick came in. "Hey Jackie girl" He said. She looked up and smiled brightly at him. "Hey," She said reaching her arms out to him for a hug. Contact had become a normal thing for them, for the first 1 that Jack had lived with him in the drab apartment he had tried to avoid her and make her fade into the background. He wrapped his arms around her small waist and held her to him tightly. "Missed you" She said as she let go. Riddick tried to smile but his mind was still reeling that Jack had gotten breasts. Since when did she have breasts? He asked himself. "Where's Dr.Martin?" She asked. Riddick jolted out of his trance. "Huh?" He asked dazed. "Where's Dr.Martin?" Jack asked again, slowly like you might ask a child. "I don't know" As soon as he said that, the door opened and Kara walked in. "Hello Jack, how are you feeling?" She asked. Jack smiled. "Pretty good. Will I be able to go home today?" "Yes you will, if
you'd like to take a shower before you leave, that would be fine. "Okay" She said and left for the showers at the end of the hall. As soon as Jack left, Kara turned and bumped into Riddick's hard chest. "You're not in a good mood," He said. She pushed a piece of red hair that had escaped her bun. "You don't miss a thing," She said coolly. Kara turned to him and tried not to cringe under his gaze, she knew it could crumble her wall that she had built around herself before she went in and talked to him. "If you don't take responsibility for Jack Holmes, then I can and will have the social services take her, they'll also do a through back ground check on you, and place her in someone else's care." Riddick's face showed no change of emotions, but his stomach suddenly dropped. "You can't do that," He growled. Kara raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? I could call them right now. You really don't want to tempt me" Riddick took a step closer to her. Kara lifted her chin so she could keep
eye contact with him. "She won't go" Kara shrugged and took a step back. "She doesn't have a choice. But you do, if you take responsibility for Jack, then we can all avoid this sticky situation" Riddick's lip turned into a sneer. "Who are you?" He growled. "Someone who won't be fucked with" She said and stalked past him. He snagged her arm and pulled her against his chest. "You think you're so tough don't you?" Kara tried not to let the fear evident in her eyes, but Riddick must have noticed it because he laughed harshly. Kara tried to free herself from his grip, but his dangerous looking arms clenched onto her like a metal vice. "I'll take care of Jack. Learn whatever you want to about me, but there's no way Jack is going anywhere" Kara pried his fingers off her arm and resisted the urge to rub the red skin. "That's fine," She said stepping away from him and walking to the door. "But I don't need to know anything about you," She was almost out the door before she came back
in and said. "Well, no wait, what I meant to say is, I don't want to know anything about you" Riddick had the urge to smash everything to the ground. The door opened again and he expected it to be Kara, but when Jack walked in her calmed down before he noticed she was only wearing a white cotton towel. "Jack put some thing on god!" Riddick said angrily and clicked turned around. Jack shrugged and the towel slipped a little and relieved the rosy tip of her creamy breasts. "Sorry Riddick, I had to come in and get something to wear" She walked into Riddick view and bent down and rummaged through some clothes that she had an orderly go get her from the apartment. She chose her jeans with the knee ripped out and black tank top. She ran her fingers through her wet hair and said. "Let's go" Riddick nodded and lead her to the lobby of the hospital. As they turned to leave, Riddick turned and saw Kara sitting at a table with two male orderlies laughing. When her eyes met his, the
smile in them faded into coldness. Riddick broke the gaze and took Jack back to the apartment.
Jack was sitting up in bed and was quietly reading a book when Riddick came in. "Hey Jackie girl" He said. She looked up and smiled brightly at him. "Hey," She said reaching her arms out to him for a hug. Contact had become a normal thing for them, for the first 1 that Jack had lived with him in the drab apartment he had tried to avoid her and make her fade into the background. He wrapped his arms around her small waist and held her to him tightly. "Missed you" She said as she let go. Riddick tried to smile but his mind was still reeling that Jack had gotten breasts. Since when did she have breasts? He asked himself. "Where's Dr.Martin?" She asked. Riddick jolted out of his trance. "Huh?" He asked dazed. "Where's Dr.Martin?" Jack asked again, slowly like you might ask a child. "I don't know" As soon as he said that, the door opened and Kara walked in. "Hello Jack, how are you feeling?" She asked. Jack smiled. "Pretty good. Will I be able to go home today?" "Yes you will, if
you'd like to take a shower before you leave, that would be fine. "Okay" She said and left for the showers at the end of the hall. As soon as Jack left, Kara turned and bumped into Riddick's hard chest. "You're not in a good mood," He said. She pushed a piece of red hair that had escaped her bun. "You don't miss a thing," She said coolly. Kara turned to him and tried not to cringe under his gaze, she knew it could crumble her wall that she had built around herself before she went in and talked to him. "If you don't take responsibility for Jack Holmes, then I can and will have the social services take her, they'll also do a through back ground check on you, and place her in someone else's care." Riddick's face showed no change of emotions, but his stomach suddenly dropped. "You can't do that," He growled. Kara raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? I could call them right now. You really don't want to tempt me" Riddick took a step closer to her. Kara lifted her chin so she could keep
eye contact with him. "She won't go" Kara shrugged and took a step back. "She doesn't have a choice. But you do, if you take responsibility for Jack, then we can all avoid this sticky situation" Riddick's lip turned into a sneer. "Who are you?" He growled. "Someone who won't be fucked with" She said and stalked past him. He snagged her arm and pulled her against his chest. "You think you're so tough don't you?" Kara tried not to let the fear evident in her eyes, but Riddick must have noticed it because he laughed harshly. Kara tried to free herself from his grip, but his dangerous looking arms clenched onto her like a metal vice. "I'll take care of Jack. Learn whatever you want to about me, but there's no way Jack is going anywhere" Kara pried his fingers off her arm and resisted the urge to rub the red skin. "That's fine," She said stepping away from him and walking to the door. "But I don't need to know anything about you," She was almost out the door before she came back
in and said. "Well, no wait, what I meant to say is, I don't want to know anything about you" Riddick had the urge to smash everything to the ground. The door opened again and he expected it to be Kara, but when Jack walked in her calmed down before he noticed she was only wearing a white cotton towel. "Jack put some thing on god!" Riddick said angrily and clicked turned around. Jack shrugged and the towel slipped a little and relieved the rosy tip of her creamy breasts. "Sorry Riddick, I had to come in and get something to wear" She walked into Riddick view and bent down and rummaged through some clothes that she had an orderly go get her from the apartment. She chose her jeans with the knee ripped out and black tank top. She ran her fingers through her wet hair and said. "Let's go" Riddick nodded and lead her to the lobby of the hospital. As they turned to leave, Riddick turned and saw Kara sitting at a table with two male orderlies laughing. When her eyes met his, the
smile in them faded into coldness. Riddick broke the gaze and took Jack back to the apartment.
