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Don't Mess with Dad

Four years later when Ilea was able to walk and run, Riddick began to train her sight and hearing. When she turns eight he would teach her how to fight, but right now he wanted to stick with the basics. Ilea and Riddick were training in the Black Room at the moment. He was training her in her hearing. She had very keen hearing and was able to find basically anything in the dark. All she really had to listen for was breathing, footsteps, the swaying of the body through the air currents, the rubbing of their clothes or even their heart beat. He was later going to train her with her sight. Today was actually their first week of training. Riddick had soon found that her hearing was better than a regular human.

Riddick had done a lot of thinking while he was with his daughter. When she was about five months old he learned that she had his eyes instead of Kira's. Her eyes had changed from human to Ferian eyes. She was becoming more like him. She was quiet, agile and able to sneak into places unheard and unseen except when he was there. Just last week she had almost gotten into Fry's candy drawer for her, but he had stopped her. In many ways Ilea was like him, but in many ways she was like Kira. She was a care-free kid like her mother was.

Riddick's mind turned back to the lesson at hand and turned his attention to his daughter who was now standing front him.

"I can't do the hearing thing anymore unless you're behind me daddy." Even after four years of having her as his child he still wasn't used to having her call him dad. For many years he was a ruthless killer and he was scared that one day the bounty hunters would appear at his door and take her from him. He wasn't about to let that them do that. He and Fry had already had plans set out if those had happened. She would claim the child hers and if they saw her eyes they would tell them she was blind. They had to have Ilea know the eye plan. So they told her that if bad men came inside the church that she was to pretend she was blind. When they had her act like she was blind she pretended to stumble and walk into things. The little travesty made Riddick feel happy. A happiness he never thought he would feel before. The first time he had felt it was when he and Fry were beginning to like each other and the feeling that made him happy was love. He would never let them take his daughter.

"Daddy?" Ilea was pulling on the leg of his pants. His mind returned to Ilea. Her face was set with confusion. He had gone into his staring spell again. "What's wrong daddy?" she asked him in her little girl voice. He looked at her and saw the innocence in her.

'So much of it to. When she gets older she'll lose a lot of it.' he continued to think. He pulled himself out though it was time for her nap. Fry had decided it was best for Ilea to take naps until she had reached first grade. "Come on, it's time for your nap." Ilea gave him a look, but took his hand. He bent down and picked her up and she rest her head on his shoulder. To him she was like a little china doll. Fragile and small. He carried down a few hallways and into her room. They had changed the designs of if it to swirling galaxies painted on her walls and she slept in her own bed, but sometimes she woke up with nightmares and would go sleep with Fry. Fry had kept her word from four years ago. She was taking great care of her. Riddick laid her down in her bed, but to no surprise to him she had fallen asleep in his arms. She did that all the time and he always wondered why. He stood up after he covered her up and walked out of the room and shut the door. He turned away from the door and nearly jumped. Fry had appeared out of thin air again. She was constantly doing that.

"She fall asleep on her shoulder again?" she asked him and he smiled softly and nodded.

"Why she does that I don't know."

"Well she is training before she goes to bed and is probably just exhausted or she just might like being in your arms and finds your shoulder comfortable." The two walked down the hall into the lunch area. After grabbing some food they sat a far table to talk about some business.

"So have you heard anything else about those bounty hunters?" asked Riddick. Fry looked at him and shook her head.

"All I know is that bounty hunters were spotted around town looking for you. Don't worry though they can't come here, so Ilea is safe and so are you."

"I'm not worried about me, I'm worried about Ilea."

"Don't worry about Ilea. She's fine, I'll be with her and I won't let her be taken." Riddick took a bite from his fish sandwich and put it back down. He chewed his food and then turned back to Fry.

"Well you know where to take her if anything does happen." With that said they returned to their food and sat in silence. After twenty minutes of eating and no talking the alarms indicating there was a fire and they needed to evacuate went off. Fry and Riddick both jumped up and ran to Ilea's room. Riddick reached the room first. He grabbed the handle but pulled his hand back. The fire was inside her room and the rooms down the hall. He backed away a few feet and then rammed the door down. Flames shot up at him and he blocked his face with his arms.

"ILEA." he hollered her name, but no tiny voice responded. His heart began to beat faster as he searched for his daughter. He quickly went to her bedside as more flames jumped at him. He pulled the covers off the bed and found it empty. 'Someone must have saved her.'

"RIDDICK WHERE IS SHE?" hollered Fry to him. He ran back out and grabbed Fry by the waist and leaped out of the way. An explosion erupted from the room and flames flared like the depths of hell. Riddick soon realized that the whole fire deal was set up and someone had his child. Ilea's face flashed across his mind and his temper flew.

"Fry, go to the other exist and see if you can find Ilea." She nodded and left in the other direction Riddick turned and ran towards the back of the building. He was nearly there when a few kids that were running out saw him and ran to him. One of the kids with white blonde hair spoke to him.

"We're supposed to tell you that Michel has your daughter outside. Michel went to look for you, but when he couldn't find you in the Black Room he went to Ilea's room and saw the fire. He saved her before the fire reached her bed." Riddick thanked the two kids and picked them and carried them outside. When he reached outside he set down and they ran to there parents. In the distance he saw Michel running over to him with Ilea in his arms. Riddick was happy to see that she was alright and he jogged quickly over to them. Michel handed Ilea to him and he held onto her safely.

"Thanks for saving her." said Riddick. Michel was a ten year old boy who idolized him from when he started to live at the church with Fry and Ilea. He had played with Ilea and was always protecting her from bullies. Riddick had almost considered him like a son.

"No problem, now I have to go find Sanders." Sanders was his older brother that never took care of him well enough. Other people of the Samarian Colony were taking care of him. Riddick held onto Ilea and went to find Fry, who actually came up behind him through the bustles.

"Is she alright?" Riddick nodded and looked over Fry's shoulder. About 100 yards away he saw the bounty hunters. He grabbed Fry's hand and ran through the crowd away from them. When they were past all the noise and in a quiet area, Riddick told Fry what he knew.

"The fire was started purposely. They were trying to get me out of the church. So they started the fire in Ilea's room, which spread to the others."

"But how would they have found you? You've never even left the place and no one knows me because I'm technically a dead woman. So who could have started it?"

"I think Michel did."

"Why Michel?"

"I don't know, just a hunch. He was the first and only person to go to Ilea's room, then two kids came looking for me to tell me that he had Ilea. The two kids knew more than what they should have." Clapping came from behind them and Riddick whipped around with Ilea still in his arms. She had stayed quiet the whole time, too afraid to say anything. Five men stood in a line behind them; preventing them from going anywhere.

"Well if you really are that smart to figure that out then you should have figured out that a man with the name of Sanders was the same man who captured you and took you to a prison, which I see didn't hold you very well. My BROTHER Michel Sanders was the one helping me. I learned a lot about you through him and I didn't want to strike too soon, something may have come up on my part and I wouldn't have been able to pull through with capturing you again." A man with shaggy brown hair stepped forward. His brother didn't look anything like him. Michel was short and a bit chubby, Sanders was tall and buff. "That's a cute little kid and wife you have there. Oh that's not your wife, I forgot, but she's still a fine looking one." Riddick handed Ilea to Fry who held onto her like her life depended on the young child. Riddick stepped in between the bounty hunters and the only two family members her had left.

"You go anywhere near them, I'll take your heads off." Ilea watched as her father talked with the ugly man. She didn't know what was going on, but she did know that the man was making her dad very mad.

"I wouldn't make daddy mad." she said in her tiny voice. Sanders and his goons smirked.

"Kid, I believe it's too late for that." Riddick backed away from Sanders and Fry backed away as well. Both knowing that they were trying to get Ilea further away from harm.

"Daddy isn't happy when he's mad."

"No kid I don't think he is. You have a smart kid Riddick. Your precious girlfriend and kid will be in a better home soon. Don't worry." Sanders grabbed a lasso that hung around his waist and whipped it at Riddick. It snapped past his face and hit Fry in the shoulder, opposite arm she was holding Ilea in. She leaned over in pain, but quickly recovered. She looked at Riddick who was looking at her, but didn't have his back to Sanders.

"I'll be alright, you just take them out." Riddick turned back to the bounty hunters with flames practically appearing his eyes.

"Hey, I didn't go near them, so it doesn't exactly count." Sanders smirked. Riddick clenched his fists and then uncurled them. Sanders could see how pissed he was. "Awe did I make poor daddy mad?" He laughed and smirked. "Just what I was going for." He raised his left hand and gave a signal. The other bounty hunters walked closer to him and Fry backed away with Ilea. The two bounty hunters on the left made their first moves by throwing punches and kicks at him, but Riddick blocked them and threw the fatter one into a nearby tree and grabbed the shorter one gave him a hard kick in the stomach. The other two weapons. One of them had a double bladed axe. He swung it down but Riddick moved backwards raising his arms above his head, but having his arms bent. When the body of the man was flung forward from the way he swung his axe, Riddick punched the guy with his right hand swinging down. Making a quick move Riddick brought out a sharp item, the Fry recognized as they same item Riddick had on the desolated planet they had been stuck on. Riddick made a swinging motion with his left arm that held the weapon. His arm started out straight out and bending at the elbow he swung his arm forward twisting his body in the process. The knife cut into the man's arm and the pain that seared through him caused him to pass out.

Riddick stood up and stood tensely in front of Sanders. He was standing straight up with his arms at his side and his weapon still in his left hand. Sanders made his own move and with quick speed brought our a long sharp knife as well and went for Riddick, but he counter and with his greater speed; pinned Sanders to the ground with the knife at his neck and Sanders knife on the ground, in an unreachable distance.

"I want you to leave my family alone, you got it? If go anywhere near them, I won't make life seem so great to you." He stood up and backed away from him towards Fry and Ilea. He took Ilea and she looked at Sanders. Sanders gave her an ugly glare and she just smiled.

"I told you not to mess with my daddy." Riddick and Fry laughed silently and turned and walked away. While Sanders was alone with his down for the count men he vowed to get Riddick and his family.

Riddick walked back to the church with Ilea in his arms and Fry at his right. Michel walked up to them and was looking deeply depressed. He stepped in front of Riddick and stopped him. Riddick gave the kid an evil glare, but Michel pushed it away.

"I'm sorry. He's my brother, I didn't have a choice."

"You did have a choice." said Fry. "Everyone has a choice. You put I four year olds life at risk. Your brother has no say in your choices."

"If I didn't do what I say he would have hurt me."

"Better to be hurt than have an innocent child killed and you would have known you were doing the right thing by knowing you were protecting some." Riddick responded. The kid looked down and his eyes began to tear up.

"I'm sorry." said the kid quietly.

"Forgiven, but I don't want you to play with Ilea again." said Riddick. He then walked off with Fry. Ilea looked sadly over his shoulder and stared at Michel with a wounded heart, but she knew that she would understand in the future.

'Yup, don't mess with dad.' thought Ilea as she rested her head on his shoulder and fell asleep.

Ok how was that chapter? I thought it was pretty good and cute. I think this story is going to come out really good and I just might continue it even if I don't get reviews. Well anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Next chapter: Sacrificing for You (sad chapter)