They soon found a refueling station and stopped long enough to get fuel and food. He asked directions to the nearest friendly planet, and was directed to a planet about a day away. They started towards the planet with, if not hopeful, slightly optimistic attitudes. With some food in her Jack looked a lot better and stayed awake longer than before. She would just sit and stare out the windows for hours, doing nothing. Riddick didn't intrude, and neither did Imam. They knew that she needed to figure things out for herself now. When they were about an hour away from the planet, Sungtum- 12, Riddick suddenly asked her a question that surprised everyone, including himself.

"Kid" he started, Jack looked over at him, "Do you have any family?" The 12- year-old just nodded.

"Well, where do they live? Or don't you want to go back to them?" he asked, none to delicately

"Earth" she said, "and I don't want to go back just yet"

"Why not? If you have a warm place to sleep and people who love you, why in the hell would you want to stay out here?" he asked, annoyed at the girl for wanting to throw away a perfectly good family.

"Because I want to find my father." She said stubbornly. She crossed her arms and went back to looking at the stars.

"Kid, listen. At least go back and let our mom know you're okay. Imam and I will take ya there, then you can come with us when we leave, if you want to." He said, he annoyance gone from his voice. He knew what it was like to want to find someone in the big blackness of space.

"And" he continued after a pause, "Asking your mom about him is your best bet to find him" He let this sink in and rearranged some of their supplies. She finally nodded.

"Okay. I'll go back, if you promise to take me with you." Riddick just nodded and continued messing around with the equipment. He hated lying to kids, but there was no way he was going to take a kid that had a family into space. Being around him right now wasn't safe, as every bounty hunter in the galaxy was looking for him. He'd just slip out during the night and leave her a note, simple as that. With this plan set firmly in mind he went back to the controls and sank into his own thoughts.