Rating: R for profanity and violence

Disclaimer: The Pitch Black characters are not mine, so don't sue. My characters are mine so please don't steal them.

Story outline/authors note: 5 years after the PB issue Jack and Riddick meet up and fall into some trouble. First story on this site. Please give me feedback, but don't be too harsh.

Vendetta

Chapter 11

Jimmy sat quietly in a chair awaiting Riddick. Jack was pinned in place, hovering above the ground. She'd given up on struggling.

Jimmy stood as The Queen entered. "The notorious Queen of Spades. I'm honoured." He sarcastically bowed.

"Cut the crap Rough."

"Oh, call me Jimmy."

The Queen snorted then walked over to Jack. "She's pretty."

"Yah. Where's Riddick?"

"I don't know"

"Sure you do Queenie."

A ninja star flung at Jimmy's head, barley missing him. "Don't call me that."

"What? Queenie?" another star flew at his head. "You have an anger issue, you know that." He strode up to her. "So when's Riddick gunna show up love?"

"When do you want him?" She moved closer to him.

"Nows good."

"Interesting." She walked away from him and leaned against the wall. "Why do you want him so bad?"

"What is it with people and questions." He sighed. "Cash and revenge."

"Thought so. Mind if I ask revenge for what?"

"Mind if I ask your real name, and why you helped me?"

"Fine." she looked at Jack again. "You to must have a strong bond for him to hire me to save you."

"Is he here?" Jack only whispered.

"Yah."

"Where?" She stared at the Queen.

"Call him, he'll come." She went over to Jimmy and stared in his eyes. She quickly looked up, then back at him. She grinned then sat down in his chair.

"Riddick." Jack screamed. "Riddick!"

Jimmy stared at Jack, then moved his eyes to the roof. "Yah. Come on down Riddick. I know your up there." He took out his gun and began shooting at the ceiling.

"No!." Jack screamed. She began to squirm. She struggled to reach into her pocket, and pulled out a clip. She tried to pick the lock, but the clip snapped in half.

Riddick slowly crept in through the door. Everyone was looking up so he went unnoticed. He ran to the other side of the Tube. He took a remote out of his pocket and pushed one of the buttons. A noise sounded in the ceiling, like someone dragging in the vents.

Jimmy began shooting in that area.

"Riddick!" Jack screamed again.

Jimmy aimed his gun at Jack for her to stop screaming. When she did he put his attention, and the gun, back on the ceiling.

Riddick skimmed along the Tube so he could see Jack. "Jack." He whispered. "Jack."

"Riddick?" She whispered and looked around.

"What?" Jimmy looked over at her.

"I didn't say anything."

His attention quickly went back to the ceiling.

"Jack!" Riddick whispered again.

Jack looked all around until she spotted him. Her heart beat quickened and her eyes shone with hope. "Riddick I-"

"Shh." Riddick pushed another button on his remote and the ceiling made noise again.

As Jimmy and the Queen moved closer to the noise and away fro Jack, Riddick moved closer to her. Jimmy began shooting again.

"Riddick, I'm so glad you're here. He used me to get to you." she whispered.

"I know, now shut up, I gotta get you out of here."

"Fine, just hurry up all ready."

Riddick pulled a little black box out of his pocket and shoved it in the teeth of the clap around Jack. "Borrowed this little trinket from the Queen." He held the remote in one hand and his other was on the box. He pushed a button on the remote and on the box at the same time. A loud noise echoed through the Core room.

Jimmy shot at the roof. "Come on Riddick. What are you afraid of?"

Riddick twitched.

"Ignore him We have to get out of here."

Riddick removed the bow and the clasp opened, making Jack fall on him. He lifted her off. "Lets go."

He pushed another button on the remote and they all danced around the Tube until Riddick and Jack were closest to the door. The noise moved down the vent to the floor. Jimmy moved to the vent.

"Go!" Riddick whispered and they ran out of the Core room.

"Jimmy walked closer to the vent and slowly opened it. There was no one there. He poked his head in and saw something that looked like a remote control car. He slammed the vent door shut. "Damn it!"

"Hey the girls gone." The Queen ran over to the broken clasp.

"Fuck! Find then and slow them down or you don't get paid!"

"What? I'm not getting paid anyway. I just did you a favour by telling you he was on his way."

"Well, then, I'll pay you to keep him here."

"How much?"

"A hundred."

"A thousand."

"Five hundred."

"A thousand."

"Fine." They shook on it.

"O'right." She headed for the door.

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"Do you know where your going?" Jack stopped in mid run.

"Of course." Riddick grabbed her arm and began pulling her along.

"Man, you've become all cold hearted."

"Become? I always have been."

"Not yesterday."

"First I'm too nice, now I'm to mean. God Jack, what do you want from me? I'm a cold blooded killer."

"Not when your round me." She stopped again forcing Riddick to stop too.

"Fine. Whatever. Can we talk about this later, and just get the hell out of here."

"Can I help?" The Queen walked up beside them, eyeing Riddick.

"Do you know your way around?" Jack wasn't sure she could be trusted.

"Course."

"Lead the way then." Riddick stepped out of her way.

"You must be Jack." She made sure to take her time and look at her.

"Yah. Didn't we already sort of establish who I was, when we were in there?"

"I'm the Queen of Spades."

"Cool. So what's your real name?"

"That is my real name.'

"So people always call you the Queen of Spades? Doesn't that ever get annoying?"

"Doesn't it ever get annoying that people call you by a boys name?"

"Welcome to the new millennium, It's a girls name too."

"The Queen of spades is a new millennia name too. So get used to it." She straitened up putting her hands on her hips. "I'm surprised you haven't herd it, since you a hacker."

"How'd you know I was a hacker?"

"He told me." The Queen walked over beside Riddick.

"Oh? What else did he tell you?" She felt betrayed.

"Don't worry about it."

"Yah, come on, we need to move or Jimmy will find us." Riddick pushed them down the hall a little.

"Don't worry I blocked the door. I bought us a few minutes." She looked over to Jack. "What about lily?"

"Is that your name?"

"It's one of my net names. I use that one so I don't blow my rep, and I can have a little fun."

"I might have herd of Lily."

"K. Well it depends where you hang out I guess. Your probably too young to hang out where I do."

"To young?" She hadn't herd that phrase in years. She was really starting to get pissed at this 'Queen'. "I'm not to young for anything except senior discounts."

"Sure you are kid."

"Stop that!"

"Don't have a hiss fit." The Queen laughed.

That was it. Jack had had enough of. She lunged at the queens throat. They began to roll on the floor, clawing at each other.

Riddick had to admit it, this was hot. Two sexy women rolling on the floor in tight black clothing. But there were more important things to be done. He picked up and separated the girls. "Calm down, you can fight when we get out of here."

"She started it." The Queen smirked.

"What? No I didn't, you did !" Jack moved closer to the Queen, ready to attack.

"Children we have to leave." He went in between them, and pulled them down the hall.

Only a few seconds passed, before the Queen decided to break the silence. "So Riddick, since you two are such good friends, were you thinking about her when we had sex?"

Everyone stopped.

"Shit." Riddick whispered

"What? You had sex with that Bitch?!"

"Umm…" Riddick didn't know what to say.

"I am not a Bitch." She explained in a relaxed tone. "I am far from it. And yes, we did have sex. You can deny it if you want Riddick, but you know it happened."

"Can we please just leave, without talking?" Riddick sighed.

"Answer the question Riddick." Jack glared at him.

"Yah, I did. But what does it matter. I sleep with hookers all the time, and it doesn't't bother you."

"Last time I knew you slept with a hooker was 5 or 6 years ago, and it didn't't mater then."

"I'm not a hooker!"

"Why does it matter now?"

"It just does." Jack began to walk away.

"I'm not a hooker."

"Where are you going? Jack get back here. You'll get lost." He ran after her.

The Queen stood for a moment. "If I keep them separated, They'll stay in here longer." she ran after them.