Ch5- Back to Start

The next morning, Jack woke up to the sound of birds outside her window. She looked out and saw a yellow bird on the branch. She screamed happily and Riddick rushed in. "Jackie are you alright?" He asked, panicked, but still uncoordinated from sleep. Jack was hopping up and down as she pointed out the window with one hand and covered her mouth to keep from squealing with the other. "It's a bird" She squeaked happily. Riddick slowly walked towards the window and saw the small feathered creature looking at him and Jack with interest. "You're screaming over a bird?" When Jack nodded enthusiastically, Riddick began to wonder if all the morphine and pain reduces had finally gotten to her head. "And is there something special about that?" Jack's eyes were as wide as two dinner plates, and Riddick didn't expect to get an intelligent answer out of her yet. "Okay, you woke me up with your screaming for a bird..That's just great. Well I'm getting back to bed Jackie, so unless you see the boogeyman, a werewolf, or the ghost of Johns, please, no screaming." At the last one Jack glared at him, but sat down on a stool in front of her window and gazed at the bird. Riddick slowly nodded his head and walked out the doorway. "Oh yeah," He said before he left. "I want to take you out to dinner tonight, if you're feeling up to it" Jack nodded and smiled and Riddick did the same. "Good. I'll leave you alone with your bird friend," He said with a laugh. He quickly closed the door as a barrage of flying rabbits headed towards him.

That night Riddick did something he hated the most, he wore a suit. He knocked on the door and Jack opened it slowly. His breath caught in his throat when he saw her. She was wearing a long silk dress the color of ancient cream with a strand of pearls around her delicate neck. She was also painted. Her lips were the color of golden sand on a tropical beach and she smelled like strawberries "Jack," He said after a minute of just staring at her. "You look amazing" Jack smiled and examined his black suit. "You don't look too bad yourself cowboy" Jack smiled then noticed something about Riddick that was different. "You're wearing contacts," She said, noticing his dark brown eyes. "Yeah. I didn't want to totally freak out the people there" Jack smiled and took the arm that he offered her "Thank you sir" She said with a wide smile. "You ready to go Jackie?" "Ready as ever". Riddick smiled, but Jack could tell he was nervous.

The small French restaurant sat the front of the bay and the sun was just setting. "This is beautiful Riddick" Jack said resting her head in the palm of her hand. Riddick nodded and said. "Yeah," He couldn't take his eyes off Jack's profile and how beautiful she looked in the orange light. Her hair was set aflame like a million little candles and her eyes turned into pure gold. A plump waiter waddled up to the table. "What can I get you to drink?" He asked in an attempted French accent that Jack and Riddick could both see through. "A bottle of your finest red wine" Riddick said without looking up at him. The waiter nodded in approval and turned to Jack. "And to eat?" Jack pushed a stray strand of gold hair out of her eyes and said. "I'll try your pheasant please," Jack said softly. "I'll have the same. The waiter nodded and took the menus.

After the dinner, it was dark and Jack gripped onto Riddick's arm as he lead her back to the car. Suddenly some one grabbed her from behind and shoved a knife against her throat before she could even inhale the breath to call out Riddick's name. Riddick spun around and groped for his shiv, Which, to his terror, he discovered that he had left it in the apartment. "Idiot" He hissed and rushed to help Jack. He stood in front of the attacker with all his muscles tense and alert. "Let her go" He growled. The attacker laughed darkly and it made Jack want to vomit violently. "Alright" Riddick said and acted like he was going to walk away. Then in a flash of movement, Riddick was on the man and Jack was thrown from the line of fire. It didn't take long; Jack had scrambled behind two cars and was crying silently. Suddenly the man who had attacked her was thrown onto a car, the window smashed into a million little pieces and the man's blood dripped from them and pooled around his head. He was dead. Jack wanted to run out to Riddick and another wanted to run away screaming. She peaked around the corner and saw Riddick hunched over like a wild animal. He contacts were knocked out of place and she could see the shimmering blackness of his eyes. The animal in him had taken over, and he had killed someone again, but this time for her. It's not like you didn't know Jack's body was shaking with all the emotions she felt. She stood up shakily, and turned and ran away. Riddick wanted to chase after her and comfort her, but the man's blood was still on his hands, and Jack should never have to have it on her. Riddick sighed. He doubted that Jack would go back to the apartment. He growled and whipped the blood off on his pants. It was like starting all over again.

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Hey guys! This is Arwyn. I hope you like the story that I'm working on.

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Arwyn