(Disclaimer: I own none of the Pitch Black or the COR characters. I wouldn't mind owning Riddick though.)

Their lips parted and she looked at him as if he had given her a gold bar.

"I don't think it would work out....." she said making a strait face.

"But..." Riddick stuttered in shock.

"Without Slice's approval." She smiled again gesturing to me. Riddick stood up and turned around to face my bed. He sat next to me and shook me lightly.

"Slice. Wake up. Your mom and I have a question."

"What?" I said with a groggy brain.

"I just asked your mom to marry me. Should she?" He showed me the ring. My mouth dropped and my eye's widened. "I'll take that as a yes." Mom stretched out her hand to him and he slid the gold banded diamond ring on her ring finger.

"I like it. It's great." Mom said looking at it.

"Me too." I said nodding in approval.

"Well I have the date ready and everything. I asked the nurse at the desk when you will be discharged and she said in another couple of days, so the date is set two days after you get out of here."

"Wonderful. Privet I hope." She said looking at the ring closer.

"Yes, privet and Slice as our witness."

"Why me?" I pointed to myself.

"I'd rather not have any mercs barge in on my wedding." Riddick laid his hand on mom's thigh.

"Um... Ok, I'm gonna go and like take a little walk. I'll put a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door." I laughed just enough to let them know I thought it was funny. "See you two in what...three minutes?" Riddick picked up the empty plastic cup on moms night stand and threw it at me.

"Get outta here you." He said smiling playing around.

"Fine. I'll give ya an hour." I walked out the door, just wearing my boxer's.

"Three, two, one." Riddick counted, as I walked back into the room grabbing my pants.

"I forgot these." I pointed to my pants, and then walked out the door closing it behind me. I wondered around the hospital just looking and being absolutely tired from just sleeping for the past two days. I stopped at a window that looked over the streets of New Mecca. "Wonder if he's gonna be a good father?" I asked myself in a whisper hoping nobody heard it.

"Your worried about me hurting you and your mom?" I hear his deep voice behind me.

"I just...I think it's gonna be weird having you around all the time, that's all."

"I understand. I could leave."

"I don't want you to do that. You make her happy. But how will you get the bread on the table? Everybody knows who you are." I kept my glare out the window looking at his reflection. He stood two or three feet behind me with is hands behind his back, looking out the window.

"That's for me to worry about." He walked up behind me and put his hand on my shoulder as to comfort me.

"Yeah. And you love mom so I don't have to worry about you beating on her, like two out of the six she's dated. And if you lay a hand on her I will kill you. So don't say I didn't worn you."

"I would hurt her. I love her too much. Seeing her body in my arms, I wanted it to be me instead."

"Who did it?"

"I took care of that when I bought the ring."

"Good. Why did you come and find me?"

"Because I wanted to see who you are."

"I mean, why did you come and find me here, in the hospital?"

"Jack fell asleep. And I wanted to talk to you a little more."

"Talk about what?"

"You. Do you have a girlfriend? What's your favorite color? Do you have any hobbies?"

"No. Black. No."

"Ok. I'm going to get something to eat, you..."

"Sure why not?" I said turning around and heading toward the Cafeteria.

Riddick and I sat at a table by a window; He was drinking a cup of black coffee as I drank a cup of water.

"What do I call you?" I looked out the window facing the alley behind the hospital.

"What do you want to call me?"

"I don't know weather to call you Riddick or 'Dad'" I looked to him and gave a smile at the corners of my mouth.

"Does it matter?"

"I guess not. You're Furyan right?"

"Yeah."

"That makes me Furyan doesn't it?"

"Yep." He stared at his coffee. "What kind of music do you like?"

"You ever hear of 'Alabama'?" I looked at him.

"No."

"They were a band on Earth, and in 1996 they came out with a CD of their greatest hits. I love that CD."

"Oh. You've gotta let me listen to it sometime. Maybe when we blow this popsicle stand?"

"Yeah sure."

"You want to go for a walk? Out of this place?" I said with a small smile.

"Yeah." We stood up and left the hospital. We walked around for about two hours just looking. "This place sure has changed in 16 years. Any place would."

"We better get back before mom starts to worry." We headed back towards the hospital.

We walk in the door of our room and, mom was sitting there with a big box in her lap.

"What's that?" Riddick asked walking over to her and sitting in his chair.

"It's for you." She handed him the box (Looked like a necklace box.) he took it and opened it, when he saw what was inside He grinned a grin that lit up his whole face.

AN: Sorry about the long boring conversation. It probably wasn't very fun them either. Want to know what's in the box. Then you better R&R.:)