Disclaimer: I do not any characters from either Pitch Black or The Chronicles of Riddick. Except for Ilea; she will be introduced in this chapter, but way at the end. Well I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Disasters and Shock

Riddick and Fry walked farther down the hidden tunnel. They had been a walking for nearly three hours and neither wanted to say anything about wanting to sit down to rest for a short while. Riddick had kept his goggles off just in case something was going to pop out in front of them and he didn't want to risk getting Fry hurt from anything. As they were walking they had come across a few bones scattered here and there. Fry had figured they had died from booby-traps. Riddick had somewhat agreed with her, he had kept all possibilities open that they could have been attacked by someone.

As they began to walk further down the tunnel the ground began to shake and rumble beneath their feet. They flared their arms trying to keep there balance. A few feet away the floor began to fall. Riddick grabbed Fry's hand and ran away from the falling ground. They ran about a hundred feet before they reached steady ground and they flung their selves forward and hit the dirt. The last of the ground fell and everything went silent. Riddick had his arm over Fry's back covering her from the flying debris. The two coughed up the dust and crawled to their hands and knees. They sat up against the wall next to them to catch their breath, but before they could the wall crumbled behind them and they fell down a sliding tunnel.

Riddick slid down a little annoyed by the traps and he tried to get a grip on Fry but he found that she had fallen into a different slide and he could see her sliding away from him, screaming.

"FRY!" he hollered her name but a wall came in between them and they were separated. Riddick then flew from the slide and landed on a hard rock floor. He skidded on his back to a stop and he then quickly got up to see if Fry had landed with him, but he didn't find her. Instead he was in a small room with lots of half naked men. All they had were linen cloths covering their waist down to their thighs. These were buff men and did not look too happy to see him.

One of the men walked forward to him and Riddick became aware and ready to fight if need be.

"We mean you no harm. We are men from the Jansol Town. Our town was destroyed a few weeks ago by demons that killed half of hour people. Only a few of us managed to escape. We came underground to find safety from the demons up above. So who was it that you cried out for?" said a man with long black hair. Around his neck was a stone that looked like it meant he was the leader of the clan.

"I cried out for my friend. She fell down a different tunnel and I lost her. Do you know where she could be?"

The man who had spoken to him walked up to him and spoke to him face to face. "She fell into the women territory. Only way to see her again is if you are willing to wonder there. They will fight and believe me they are tough, and if you go there don't fight back. They are what, you say, pissed at us men. Why we don't know, but if you're gonna go. Don't stare at them. They are our wives." Riddick cocked an eyebrow, only briefly imagining why he would say that.

'Guess they wonder around naked. Joy this going to be fun.' he thought sarcastically. "I'm going to find my friend, so lead to where the tunnel leads." The men nodded and showed him the way to the women's territory and they stopped at a door.

"This is where we're going to leave you." Some of the men backed away and the leader opened the door and pushed Riddick through and closed the door quickly behind him. Riddick watched the door close and he turned back to what lay in front of him. It was pitch black inside and he focused his eyes to his surroundings and began to walk forward. He stepped lightly and then stopped to hear any sounds. In the distance he could hear a muffled groan. As if someone was gagged. Riddick walked a little faster towards the sound. He entered another room and stopped to hear the sound again. Aloud smack rang and it sounded as if a body hit the ground and Riddick felt that Fry was in trouble. He ran following the sounds of scuffling feet. He entered another room and walked in on lots of women who were just a 'bit' under dressed. In the center of the room Riddick saw Fry tied up and was lying on her side on the ground. The women walked slowly towards him in a fighting stance.

They didn't look like they were sane women. They were foaming a little from the mouth and had devilish red eyes.

'Nope; not sane women.' Riddick figured that the men had kept the women locked up in this part of the underground because they were infected with something or the fact the men were just plain dumb asses and send everyone who fell into their mist to their deaths with these women. The women began to advance on him. Two from his left leaped at him and he caught them in mid-air by their necks and he threw them to the side wall. You could hear their backs snapping as they hit the wall.

Riddick turned back to the rest of them and measured his odds. 'Sixteen to one.' A blonde haired chick from his right swung a staff down at him and he caught the weapon in his and pulled it from her. The woman ran at him and punched her in the gut sending her flying back into the other wall. The rest of them leaped forward and Riddick went into full battle mode. He bent forward and swung his arms under two women making them fall forward. One of them feel face first and he neck snapped. Riddick took out two more by throwing a few punches to there face breaking their skulls and making the bone jam into their brain.

Riddick rolled on the ground towards Fry and measured his odds again. 'Well getting better. Eleven to one.' One of the girls pulled out a knife and jumped at him and tried to stab him in the neck. He hit her hand away, making the weapon fly to the other side of the wall. He took the girl by the waist and flung her into three of the others. The force of the throw of the body threw them into a few boulders. Two women ran at him and he kicked them in the legs forcing them to go to the ground and then he took a swing punch at both of them and he broke their necks upwards. The rest of the women watched in horror as they were being killed easily. They stopped their assault and backed away into the shadows. Riddick stopped attacking them and watched them leave. When he was sure that they were gone he turned his attention to Fry. She was awake, but was still lying on the ground.

Riddick bent down and untied her and undid the gag around her mouth. She coughed and sat up.

"Are you ok?" Riddick asked her helping her to stand. She nodded and looked around.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but I can't see a damn thing."

"I'll lead us out of here." Riddick took her by the hand and pulled her forward in the right direction. He went in the opposite direction of which the women had gone. He had seen a tunnel leading off in the other direction when he was fighting. He led her down the tunnel which had plenty of twists and turns, but they finally reached a door that had plenty of bolts. "I wonder what could be behind the door." He pulled on all the locks and ripped them off like they were nothing. He opened the door and Fry saw they were in the main tunnel again.

Riddick shut the door behind them and barricaded it with a big boulder. It jogged her memory when she saw him move the boulder in front of the door. She laughed at the thought. Riddick turned around to face her when he had finished moving the big rock in place.

"What's so funny?"

"I was just thinking about the time when you trapped us in that little cranny in the cliff and blocked the opening with a boulder."

"And you find that funny? The planet nearly killed us and you find those times funny?"

"Well sort of." She looked at him and smirked. "Come on we have to get to Samaria soon." She turned and led the way down the tunnel further. Riddick sighed and looked at her back sternly, but then gave up and followed her.

A few hours later Fry stopped and sat down.

"Let's stop for the night and get some sleep. When we wake in the morning we can walk again." said Fry explaining. She looked at Riddick and then around everywhere else. "Well it sucks that we lost all of our gear. Now we don't have any food nor blankets. The food won't matter. We should be in an under ground village tomorrow. But it's going to get cold tonight so I guess we'll have to make the best of it." She rested her head against the wall and closed her eyes. Riddick sat down next to her and pulled her to him. She laid her back against his chest and rested her head on his shoulder. Her wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm.

"Us Ferians don't get all that cold, so I'll be fine." She nodded her head and fell asleep. Riddick was happy to see her alright from when she was being held hostage with those demon-like women. He was afraid they had hurt her or even killed her. He wouldn't have known what to do if anything would have happened to her. Riddick rested his head on the wall and closed his eyes.

'I'm just happy to have her safe and with me right now. Well I mine as well get some sleep.' With those last thoughts he fell asleep with Fry in his arms. He found it very comforting, but still felt guilty about it as well. He still had Kira on his mind.

Something was poking Riddick in the arm and he woke up. He opened his eyes and saw Fry kneeling in front of him poking her finger into his arm.

"Glad to see you're still alive. You sleep like a rock. You barely moved at all last night."

"Well when you have someone in your arms, you kind of don't want to move." She smirked at that and she held out her hand to him. He took it and she helped him up.

"Well we have to get going. By tomorrow we will reach Samaria and if we hurry we might actually get there later tonight. That's only if we can find us some wheel in the town. Not to mention get something to eat and drink." Riddick nodded in agreement and they headed off again.

On their long walk they came across an underground water fall. Fry smiled in relief and started to walk towards it. Riddick watched her as she knelt down next to it and started to drink the water. Riddick walked over to her and sat down next to her. She sat up and wiped off her mouth that was dripping water. Riddick lifted her hand and whipped a dirt smudge from her face, only to make it bigger.

"Yes, I know I'm dirty and so are you. How deep do you think this water goes?" she asked looking at the waterfall. Riddick looked as well and made a "humph" noise.

"I'm not sure. It should go deeper than six feet. I'm the water has to go somewhere. Riddick stood up and took of his shirt and shoes. "Don't worry I am where something under these." He then took off his pants and walked out into the water. He reached the middle and stopped. The water came up to his shoulders and he hadn't even reached the fall yet. "Should be fine if you can swim." She smirked at him and stripped down to her underwear and something that resembled a bra. She walked in a few feet and saw the drop off. She dived in and swam under water to Riddick. He saw her form come up next to him and pop out of the water.

"It feels good. It's a bit cold but ok." She swam away towards the fall, but Riddick got an uneasy feeling.

"Stay over here. I don't trust it over there." he called to her. She stopped swimming and turned to him. Her eyes grew wide and she swam quickly back.

"Riddick behind you." She yelled to him and he turned around to see what she was looking at. Three men were heavily armed with guns stood by there abandoned clothes. They had the guns pointed at them, ready to shoot.

"They're men from the town that are headed to." she whispered to Riddick. He nodded and she swam forward to the men, but Riddick grabbed her around the waist and held her to him. "Don't shoot." Fry yelled to them.

"Who are you?" asked the man on the far right. He had short buzzed red hair and fuzz (beard).

"I'm Fry and this is Riddick. We were on our way to your town. We stopped to take a swim and bathe. We were going to see an old woman by the name of Marina Crane. She has information that we need." Riddick watched the men tense up and then relax. He let go of Fry and the two swam back. When the came out of the water the younger man took out two blankets from his bag and handed them to Fry and Riddick to dry off. As soon as the two put their clothes back on the three men led them back to the town.

It took them nearly an hour to reach it and the whole time no one had said anything. The man that had spoken to them before turned to face them.

"I'll take you to the woman. Follow me." Riddick watch the other two men leave in another direction. He then turned back around and followed Fry and the man down the crowded street. Many of the towns' people stopped to stare at Riddick. As they passed a small building a few of the younger women stared at him and smiled. Riddick grabbed Fry's hand and they backed off. When they were father away from the women they released their hands and the man showed them into a small house. The room they enter was small and sort of cramp. The man showed them to a few seats in the back of the room and left to retrieve the old woman. The man returned a few minutes later with an old woman hanging onto his arm for support. He showed her to her seat and then told her about the people who have come to see her. Fry and Riddick noticed the old woman was blind and had to rely on her hearing for everything. The man left to go outside again and the old woman faced them.

"What is it you wish to speak to me about?" the old woman asked. Fry sat forward in her chair and spoke.

"Are you Marina Crane?"

"Yes I am."

"My name is Caroline Fry and I came here to ask you about a large package that was passed through you a few weeks ago."

"Yes I do recall a large package coming through. Are you the owner of it?"

"No my friend is and we came to ask you what is the name of the scientist you past it onto in Samaria."

"His name was Theo L. Beckinsale. He had said a package was coming for him and so we sent it to him." Fry turned to Riddick.

"Is that name of the man you sent her to?" Riddick nodded and turned to the old woman again. "How long ago did you send out the package?"

"About a week ago." Marina smiled softly and Fry and Riddick got up.

"Thank you Mrs. Crane, we have a lot of walking to do until we reach Samaria and we have to head out fast if we want to get there in time."

"Why don't you take the horses in my stable. I'm blind and I can't ride them anymore. So you can take them."

"Thank you Mrs. Crane and thank you for the information." The two walked out back to the stables.

"That seemed like a useless pit stop." said Riddick.

"Well now we know that the right person received Kira and no one stopped the package and took her away."

"We don't even know if Kira made it to Theo or not."

"That's why were leaving now to go find out." Riddick looked a little down of remembering why he had sent Kira to Theo. "He'll bring her back Riddick don't worry." Fry mounted her horse and Riddick mounted the other one. "Alright lets go. If we hurry we should be there a few hours past sun down on the surface." They rode off down the trail that lead away from the town they were at only a few minutes before. Fry turned to Riddick and laughed. He was stiff and looked like he wanted down.

"Don't tell me you're afraid of horses." said Fry.

"I went up against cannibal aliens and a man with the speed of light. I'm not afraid of horses. I just never rode them before." Fry rode closer to him and reached out her hand. She rested her hand on his that held onto the reigns.

"Here relax. Just move with the horse. When the horse's body moves up allow your body to move with the horse and when the horse goes down, move with the horse. And relax your arms don't let them be all stiff like this." She imitated him and he looked at her.

"I'm not that stiff." he argued.

"Oh yes you are." she smiled and moved her horse faster to move in front of him. He watched her curiously and soon found out why she had made that move. They were coming up into a narrow alleyway in the cliffs. The horse he was on followed the one Fry was riding. They rode for nearly and hour until they had to stop and let the horses drink their fill at the underground pond they found. They had emerged from the narrow alleyway only a few minutes before and needed their horses to rest as many times as possible.

"So where are you going when you reach Samaria?" asked Fry sitting on a rock watching the horses.

"I'm heading for the Building of Renewal. It's a church in a way. I sent her body there knowing she would be safe." Fry went quite and still watched the horses. Then she brought her head down and stared at her lap.

"How much has she changed?" Her voice was sad and held confusion.

"She's changed a lot. She's a fighter now and not someone you'd want to mess with. When I finally found her, I had thought the new her was good, but I missed the old Jack and I still do. But it was in the past and I can't bring her back as the old Jack, only Kira. Can you believe this, she has hair now." Fry laughed and thought about how Kira had looked like as Jack.

"I can't wait to see her again." Fry sighed and looked at him. "Well we better get going again. We have about eight hours more to go until we reach our destination. That's just by a guess." Riddick stood up from sitting on the ground next to the rock she was on. They climbed on their horses again and rode off. They rode for two hours, sometimes the horses ran and sometimes they walked or galloped. Within five hours they came to another water pool and they stopped for their horses and for them selves.

'Damn this water tastes fresh." said Riddick. Fry laughed again and Riddick looked at her while he rested on knee and was on his knuckles. "What do you find funny now?"

"Just the fact you have changed a lot too." She stood up when she took her last sip of water. "It's past sun down and we should be there within two to three hours. The horses should be able to make by then." Fry hopped on her horse and Riddick on his. They rode off once more and this time they weren't going to stop until they were in Samaria on the surface.

They had reached Samaria with no problems. They had returned to the surface through a hidden passage way that lead into the Building of Renewal. The entered the building slowly and came out into a room filled with crosses. Riddick helped Fry coming threw the hole by her waist and then he emerged.

"Ok, now lets go find Theo." said Fry.

"Or we can just wait ten seconds and have him come to us." said Riddick nodding his head in the direction of Theo. Theo had reached them in no time.

"Riddick, I'm glad you made it in one piece."

"Would I come in any other way?" said Riddick being sarcastic. "How's Kira?" Theo's face fell. He looked at Riddick who didn't like his facial expression. "How's Kira?" he asked more urgently. Theo looked down at his hands and then back up at Riddick. Theo was a short, skinny man who was nearly bald. He looked to be in his late forties-early fifties. Riddick was becoming impatient and so was Fry.

"Damn it tell us how Kira is." she said. Theo stumbled to get the first word out but did it.

"Dead."

"She's WHAT!?" Riddick went to grab Theo but he coward and started to explain.

"When you sent her two us she was alive. Apparently you couldn't tell she was alive because her heart was beating to faint to be heard by a human heart. So when you froze her, you basically saved her life and her unborn child's." Riddick and Fry's stomach did a back flip.

"Did you just say unborn child?" asked Fry.

"What do you mean unborn child?" asked Riddick.

"Kira was with child. Since she was alive for a year in her body was able to continue the growth of the child. Even though Kira was unable to feed herself and the kid; the child had to eat from the body, meaning take it's nutrients from Kira's body that stored all of it. So since the child used up her nutrients, Kira was unable to live, but we were able to get the child out of Kira's body and save her life." Riddick's face went pale and he looked ready to pass out.

"I guess that's what you meant by stuff huh?" said Fry, trying to lighten the mood around him. He looked at her and then backed to Theo.

"Who's the child's..."

"Father?" finished Theo. Theo waited a few seconds and then gave him his answer. "You and you have the privilege to name her. She is almost two months old."

"TWO MONTHS OLD!" proclaimed Fry. "Riddick is not going to be taking care of a two month old child. I will and Riddick you can see her whenever you want." Riddick looked back at her, but Fry continued. "I will be taking care of her, because you do not hold the motherly skills that are necessary to raise her. When she is about four you can train her to fight if you want but only if she is ready." Riddick was still in shock and so Fry asked the question that was on his mind. "Take us to her, so Riddick can see her." Theo nodded and led them down a few halls. Riddick pulled through his shock and asked more about Kira.

"So what about Kira? What did you do with her?"

"She's buried in the cemetery behind the church. You may visit her when ever you wish. It's a disaster to have her pass away like that, but her body would have given out within hours and we wouldn't know what to do. So when she did we buried her in the back and we gave her a royal service to represent her for you. Sadly she was unable to see her child, but we all know that where ever she is now, we know she is watching her." Theo walked into a room and Riddick and Fry followed. At the end of the room a crib stood and inside was Riddick's child. Riddick went over to her quickly and looked at his child.

She had dark brown hair, with Persian blue eyes and small, but gorgeous face. Riddick felt something twinge his heart. She looked a lot like Kira.

"I'll name her Ilea." he said and he picked her up and cradled her in his arms. She was light like a feather and she grabbed his pointer finger in her small hands. "Fry?"

"Yeah?" responded Fry softly.

"You better take good care of her." Fry smiled at him and Riddick looked at her.

"Don't worry I will." with that Riddick went back to studying and holding his daughter.

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