"Hello again," he said in his deep voice. Shivers paraded up my spine as his fingers found the zipper on my jacket and began to unzip it. When he had it off my body, he tossed it across the room. He kept eye contact with my eyes while he removed his goggles. He tossed them aside and looked directly into my eyes with his glowing ones. His hand reached up where Johns hit me. He leaned forward and kissed me on my cheek, moving his way down my face to my lips. He hovered over my lips for a minute. "Riddick…" was all I got out before his lips covered mine. I was surrounded by his kiss. It was pulsing throughout my body. I put my hands over his shoulders and pulled him closer, demanding more. The table in the center of the room was where he lead me. He laid me down gently on the table, never breaking the kiss. My legs wrapped around his waist, begging him to take me. I moved my hands over his shoulders, arms, chest, and his back. Every inch of him was solid as a rock. I wonder if everything is this big and hard. My hands moved down his chest and slowly began to lift his black tank top. His lips left me long enough for us to get it over his head.

He moved back down to me, kissing me with passion I've never experienced before. He removed my tank top just as quickly as I removed his. He kissed me again with all the strength and passion in his body. His lips left mine and began moving over my collarbone again. His hands were slowly massaging my breasts. My back arched in anticipation of what was coming. "Oh, Riddick…" I whispered in passion. My legs pulled him closer to me. His right hand moved down to my jeans and began to undo the buckle. My hands ran over his shoulder and his baldhead. His kisses were scorching me everywhere they went. I was on fire, and I didn't want to be cooled off.

Shouts brought us out from out sexual pleasure trip. Riddick growled as he stood up. He found his shirt and put it back on. I followed suit. We were both dressed again in a few seconds. I went to walk past Riddick and he grabbed my arm. He was very gentle about it. He pulled me close to him and kissed my passionately. When we parted he leaned down and whispered in my ear. "I will have to finish this later." Then he left. I followed about three minutes later.

Iman's youngest charge was found dead in the coring room. They buried him about a mile away. The rest of us went into the coring room. Johns tossed one of his flares down the hole in the middle of the room. At the bottom there was tons of skeletons. Oh those poor souls. Riddick was looking down the hole with his special vision. Johns was watching me out of the corner of his eye. Fry was looking at the samples around the room and Shazza was standing near Johns, but looking down the hole.

Riddick hoped out of the hole and we started to leave. Johns walked over to Fry, who was looking at something specific on the samples. "22 years ago," Fry said. Johns looked at her curiously. "What?" "These coring samples are dated. 22 years ago this month." "Does that mean something?" Fry looked up deep in thought. "I don't know. Maybe…"

Fry rushed out of the coring room and back into the main building. The rest followed shortly. I stood next to her as she messed with the tiny model sitting on the table. She was spinning it around and around till it reached 22. Then the planet was covered in everlasting darkness. "An eclipse," Fry said in shock.

Everyone got busy right then, trying to prepare for departure. Fry and Johns headed out to the skiff while Shazza and Jack went over to the sand cat to get any last necessary supplies from the ship. Iman and his other two charges went to gather more water. I was left alone with Riddick.

I looked at the model, wondering how long the darkness would last. I felt his hand on my back. I turned to him and buried my face in his wide chest. He wrapped his arms around me, holding me close.

"I'm scared," I said to him. He started laughing. I looked up at him then pushed myself away from him. "Damn you Riddick. You are an asshole." I started to walk past him, but he grabbed me around the waist and pulled me back to him. I kept my back to him. I could feel his breath on my hair and his hands on my stomach. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "Are you scared of me, or what's going to happen when the lights go out?"

I shut my eyes, listening to his breathing and deciding what I should say. Finally he released me and I turned to him. "Both, Riddick. The monsters underground for what they can do to us, and I'm afraid of you for what you do to my system."

Riddick smiled and leaned down toward me. "How interesting," was all he said before turning and leaving the room. I looked at the model, deep in my thoughts for several minutes, before Johns walked in.

He was shaking violently. I just looked at him. He removed his little red box from his pack and sat down. I stared at him before walking out the door. He didn't even notice me leaving. I saw Fry rush in the skiff, but she didn't see me. She had something on her mind apparently. I walked off, past the skiff, to a small building behind it. Riddick was standing there, working with some ropes. I passed him and leaned against the building, out of view of anyone who would be passing by.

Then I felt a hand on my shoulder and another on my waist. I knew who it was. "Hello there Riddick," I said as he turned me around and pinned me against the wall. He just smiled down at me. "How did you know it was me?" he asked. I smiled at him, then leaned forward and licked his neck. "I could taste you," I said on his neck. He growled before wrapping his arm around my waist and pulling me toward him. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he lifted me off the ground. My legs wrapped around him pulling him closer to me. Within seconds my jacket and tank top were removed, as well as Riddick's tank top. His hands caused a fire wherever they touched, as did his lips. He removed my boots and then my jeans before allowing me to rewrap my legs around his waist. I undid his pants and he let them fall. My hands roamed along his bare shoulders.

Before I knew it, he was over me as we lay on the ground. His kisses were blinding me with their passion. His hands roamed all over my body. I was naked as he removed his last article of clothing. I could feel my face growing red. I was right. Everything is big and hard. He leaned down engulfing me with kisses. Then he stopped, and just stared down at me. "I haven't had a woman in a long time," he said. I took a deep breath and whispered, "I've never had a man in my life."

I pulled him down for another passionate kiss. The pain came and went as he showed me what I had been missing all those years. I tried to keep my voice down, but Riddick was incredible. "Oh, Riddick…" I whispered in his ear. He sent me over the edge several times over before he got there himself. We just lay there in the sand, holding each other close.

After what seemed like hours, we finally got up when we realized that the sun was setting. We dressed quickly, even though I could barely walk. Riddick left before me.

I pulled on my boot and rushed over to the sand cat, but Riddick wasn't there. I heard Fry yell, "Where's Riddick?" Paris made some sort of remark, right before Riddick jumped in the sand cat behind him. I sat next to Jack. Johns rushed out of the building and Riddick helped him into the sand cat. We took off across the desert as quick as lightning.

When we reached the crash site, Riddick and Johns hopped out with Iman and Fry to get the power cells. Paris rushed off to get a few things from the other part of the ship. The suns were being covered quickly. Finally I saw Riddick walking out with two power cells over his shoulders, followed by Johns with the other two. By that time the suns were covered enough for the creatures to come out.

Everything was loaded into the sand cat, and we were ready to go. Then the rings of the nearby planet blocked out the sun and the sand cat became useless.