You should all thank that Beth Riddle reviewer. She was the fifth reviewer!!! YAY! Also, dispite the fact known to everyone but me apparently, i'm going to write a sequel thingy.

Since the fight, I haven't spoken a word to anyone; I don't think I could with out someone mentioning what I did. Walking to the mess hall, I hear people whisper around me, wanting to kill me for being a traitor but afraid to because of Riddick. I always time my trips for food now so Josh and me don't have to meet. Guards hate me, inmates hate me, and everyone wants me dead except Josh and Riddick and I cant even look at them in the eyes. I moved back to my first cell, the one next to his, when he was out doing god knows what. The shiv he gave me never leaves my side, like if it hits the ground my life goes with it. Riddick never came to look for me when I left and took the deck of cards. Maybe he knows that I'm here. Maybe he doesn't care. I lay in bed waiting for Riddick to leave his cell like he does everyday. He leaves and, once I cant hear him, I count ten seconds before going to get food. Finally, I hear the familiar thud of his boots fade away and I stand, count to ten, and walk down the hall. Turning the first corner, I see him waiting for me. I steal a glance but don't slow down when I come to him.

He falls into sep beside me. "If you don't start talkin' I'm gonna leave you here."

Curiosity tugs and I break my vow of silence. "What do you mean leave me here?"

"This isn't my kind of place. Do you want to stay here or do you want to leave?"

I decide to humor him, "What did you have in mind?" We turn down a hall, one I've never been down before.

"You have to do everything I say, no questions. If you cant keep up I'll leave you. Are we clear?"

I roll my eyes, "Just don't slow me down. What's the big plan?"

He motions ahead of us and I see my little Mexican friend waiting and holding two guns. "He volunteered."

'Like Josh would do this of his own free will.' "Sure he did."

"He knows a way out."

Josh hands out a gun for me. "I can get us out with out them ever knowing what was happening."

I take the gun and hold it down by my side, "Josh... I'm..."

"Don't worry about it."

Riddick stands ahead of us, "Come on cop. Lead the way."

"Damn it Josh! I thought you said they wouldn't catch up to us this quick!" I shout. Riddick draws his shiv behind Josh but I shoot him a warning glare.

Josh sees me looking behind him and turns fast backing up to me for protection. "Arc, keep an eye on your boy. With out me you two are going to get caught."

Riddick shoves past us as we hear the approaching guards and dogs. "If you don't do some quick thinking, then we'll be caught and you'll be dead." He holds his shiv up threateningly."

Josh looks at me but I just shrug, "I'm not going back down there."

He looks back down the halls, "Ok, Ok. Um... The back way! Come on." He bolts down the hall followed by Riddick and me.

Rounding the first corner, a group of guards spot us, "You!" Josh stops and moves out of sight of the three guys. One guy comes at me but I dodge him and kick the lower part of his back. He stumbles and I draw the gun from the back of my jeans, shooting him twice in the back.

I lower the gun and turn around to see a pistol pointed between my eyes. "Oh shit." The warm spray of blood lightly coats the right side of my face. I wipe it away with the back of my hand and look up at Riddick who is pulling his shiv out of the guy's neck.

He grabs my arm and looks at Josh, "Which way!?"

Josh looks around and hurries down the hall. Riddick almost rips my arm from its socket, keeping up with Josh. He stops at a door and punches in a few numbers on the keypad. "This is it. Take the first you see." The door slides open to the hanger and Riddick lets go of me and walks in, scanning the area, probably for guards. "There aren't any guards on this side. The master code is 11329."

Riddick looks back at me, "Come on."

I start for the door.

"Not you."

I stop in mid-step and look behind me at Josh who was starting for the doorway too. "But I thought..."

"Josh" I cut him off, "you're not coming with us. Even if I said you could he wouldn't let you. He'd probably toss you out the air lock." I give a weak smile but stop when I see the look on his face.

"I showed you the way around guards, gave you the codes. If they get to me, I'll go from guard to prisoner." As he finishes the sentence, the handle of a gun comes down on his head, knocking him to the ground.

"Come on." Riddick grabs my arm and drags me into the hanger, shutting and locking the door behind us. He punches in the code and pulls me into the ship. Once the ramp closes, he releases my arm and takes the pilot seat. I claim the copilot's seat for my own and buckle everything up, letting Riddick have full reign over the controls.

'I'll yell later. Want him to be forced to listen to me.'

"Can you fly?" He asks, turning on the controls.

'Question is can you and do I want to.' I shake my head no and I see a look show through his mask for a second before he hides it. 'Glad? Was he happy I said I couldn't fly? Wouldn't it be better if there were two pilots?' Gunshots start as the hanger door opens. Riddick fires up the engines and the ship lunges forward, leaving the ground and atmosphere. He glances at the screen, keeping the ship at its highest speed longer than what could be called safe.

"Riddick?"

He ignores me.

"Riddick, even I know this cant bee good for the ship. Slow down."

"Need to be sure they can't get us." He keeps looking back at the screen.

"Fine," I pout, anger growing in my voice "then would you mind telling me why the hell you beat my friend over the head?"

It takes a while but eventually he slows the ship, "I didn't kill him, didn't try to."

"Then what were you trying to accomplish with that little stunt you pulled?"

"He said that if the guards found out he was helping us then he would take our place in the cell. None of the living guards saw him and when they see him unconscious on the floor, they'll assume that he tried to stop us and I knocked him out." He stands and walks to the door leading to the rest of the ship. "Problem solved." The door slides closed behind him, leaving me alone.

I take a few moments to think of everything that has happened. Sent to a slam, made a name for myself ,was almost raped, found a bigger asshole than me, belonged to someone, almost died, saved a cop, and escaped from a slam on a ship with the most dangerous guy in the universe.' Sucks to be me.' I look around at the controls, taking them in and checking the scanner. Riddick is in the main room right outside the door. Standing up I walk out the door and see him stretched out on an old couch, arms behind his head, staring at the ceiling through black goggles. "I'm going to take a shower."

He makes a grunt noise, which I take as an OK. I find the bathroom and lock the door before turning on the hot water of one of the stalls. I undress and let my clothes sit on a pile on the floor. Stepping into the shower the heat surprises me and I turn the handle for cold just enough to make the water lukewarm. I scrub hard at my skin until I cant smell the planet on me anymore and my skin is raw. An hour later, I'm shampooing my hair when I hear the door knob turn and try to open.

"I'm still in here asshole!" I call out to him.

"This is the only bathroom!" he yells back at me, trying the door again.

"Get over it! I'm washing my hair!"

"This is a big merc ship, there are more showers in there than just that one!"

"I don't give a shit! I'm in here and I'll be done in a little bit." There is no reply so I go back to rinsing my hair. A bang forces me out of the spray of the water and open my eyes, "What the hell?!"

"Just stay in there kid and you wont see anything you don't want to." I hear his deep laugh and the water in the next stall over start. I put conditioner in my hair and grab a white towel that is hanging over the side of the stall. Putting my head under the water one last time, I turn off the water and wrap the fluffy towel around my middle. I leave my clothes on the floor and run out of the bathroom, entering the first bedroom I come to.

Literally tearing through the drawers, I find some sweatpants, a shirt, and a new pack of black and red silk boxers.

'No way I'm wearing some merc's used underwear.' Snatching a goose down pillow off the bed, I stand in the doorway and look at the destroyed room. The closet was open and a wave of clothing was erupting from the entrance. All the drawers had been dumped on the floor creating a kind of carpeting for the whole room. Squeezing the pillow to test the softness, I close the door and walk back to the front of the ship. A quick look at the screen tells me Riddick has done something. I bring up the course settings and find us on route to a planet I've never heard of before.

'Merc ship, merc ship... What does a merc ship have of interest?' Dollar signs flash in my head and my fingers dance over the keys. Numbers appear on the screen as the stored credits. "Bingo." I wait for a moment reading the same thing over and over again. "That's a lot of zeros. Who the hell did these guys bring in?"

"Me."

I never heard anyone behind me, and the sudden voice probably caused me to jump two feet in the air. I regain my composure and turn to see a clean Riddick. "What do you mean you? Why wouldn't they leave after getting the money?"

"Cause these guys weren't mercs, just guards out on a smash and grab who got lucky." He takes a seat beside me. "Thought you said you couldn't pilot."

"Flying and finding stored credits are two different things. I only press the little buttons that I'm familiar with. Anything else and I'll probably blow us up."

"Years of ship jumping and you never learned anything?"

"I was busy. You know, not getting caught and trying to get food and a safe place to sleep." 'Here's to hoping he bought that.' It didn't even sound believable to me but he seemed to let it go. I stood up clutching the pillow and snuggling into it before patting Riddick on the shoulder and walking out to explore the rest of the ship.

ONE MORE CHAPTER!!!!