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"I came to see you of course," Aereon said smiling at the outraged man.
"They said you were a damned broadcast," Riddick yelled.
"I am I'm broadcasting my voice to you, but in all seriousness I knew it was more likely you would come if you thought you were dealing with an image and not the actually person. Thank you, Krya, I'm glad to see you got him here," Aereon said smiling at the girl beside Riddick.
"You did this?" he snapped turned to her like a betrayed dog he gave a low growl.
"Oh for God's sake calm down. They just want to talk to you," Krya said knowing if she didn't calm him down soon he would most likely do something rash, maybe lying to him hadn't been the best idea. Too late to take it back now through. She couldn't see his eyes, but she would almost feel his glare coming her way.
"I don't make deals with just anyone," he said his muscles not loosening from their tight stance. His head turned back to look at the Elemental. "What do you want?"
"We need your help, and you need ours," she said with a slight move of her hand to motion out the window, "Your enemies line up ageist you even as we speak. The whole universe wants revenge for the blood that has been spilled. Its an all out war of the worlds Riddick, and you are at the center of it. The men around you, your own soldier, are in upheaval. They want a ruler that will lead them to a place you know nothing about. You're the leader of a religion you aren't even part of."
"Yes, I know all that. You've yet to answer my question through. What do you want?" he asked again. He was a master of patients. He would let her talk all day, but the longer she talked the less likely he would corporate.
"It so happens that the Elementals need your help," Aereon said in a low flat tone. Riddick chuckled at the answer.
"What you think I'm just going to come down and rescue your asses from whatever the fuck you got yourselves into. Sorry old girl that's not my jig," he said but didn't turn. He waited wondering what she would say in response.
"I never expected you too. We plan, of course, to aid you if you succeed in helping us," she said quickly standing her ground and taking the insults.
"What the hell could you offer me that would be of worth," he said.
"We can bring you, and the universe back to peace. With enough planets at your side you could destroy this race or religion from the inside out, but they will never help you without influence. You would have to have a powerful people of neutral standing at your side," she stating in her slow well thought out way.
"The Elementals," he said musing over the idea a little more then he had.
"Yes, we could bring the help you need to destroy them, and everything they stand for," she said smiling a only slightly hoping he would agree. She had balanced the likeliness of coming her being of profit, and had found it to be a very small, but worthy risk.
"Whoever said I wanted to destroy them? I mean its kind of cozy got a lot of people kissing my feet, doing whatever I say, and I got this whole huge ship equip with food, warmth and servants. Why would I want to get rid of it?" he asked her.
"How long do you think they will let you stay on the throne? Do you really believe that they will let you just sit up on your high horse ruling them forever? Do not tell me that you don't expect a revolt at any moment now. Its true you won ageist the lord, but could you win ageist the whole army?" she answered him.
He had been thinking about that, since his first day. The only reason he was still alive was the fact he had killed their leader. He really hadn't fought everyone. Just one. Just one lone half dead man. He wasn't so sure if the whole army or if even just half of it went ageist him he would be able to live through it.
"What are you offering?" he asked.
"The Elementals will prove to the rest of man kind that you are trust worthy. We will tell them that you are willing to kill your own people, and help us in secret. Then after the war has ending, and if we win. You shall your freedom. No one will ever chase you again. You'll have the peace I'm sure you dreamed of. You'll be feared as the greatest and most terrifying hero that ever lived," she promised hoping that it would come to pass.
"So what your saying is. They kill the assholes that want my blood. Then leave me alone. No more Slams, no more mercs and no more collars?" Riddick said slowly thinking all the while. This all seemed to have fallen out of the sky and onto his lap a little too easily. He hadn't had to work for it. One thing he had learned and learned well was that if something was too good to be true it mostly was.
"Yes. That is what we offer in return for your help in our cause," Aereon said.
"Your cause and what might that be?" he asked smirking. He knew there had to be a catch there always was a catch.
"We need your help involving a few of our people. You see the Elementals are really a race built up of 4 race put together. The races of Wind Elementals, Water Elementals, Fire Elementals and Earth Elementals. Lately a large group of Fire Elementals declared war ageist the entire Elemental world," she told him.
"So you want me to break up a civil war?" he asked he was about to say her companion spoke up.
"Its more then that. The Elemental world is one of the last plants not completely ruled by technology. Their used to be two major ones, but one got destroyed," the oddly confident and defiant woman said. He gave her a quick once over.
She was around 5 foot 6 inches tall. She had brown curly hair that went down to met her slightly tight tan shoulder. The top she wore was a thin skin of some animal of unknown origins that was sleeveless and went down to stomach past. She wore a pair pants of the same brown, tough hide. She looked up at Riddick with marvelous green eyes as clear as glass. They showed no emotion what so ever. Her stance was strong with a powerful sense of confidences that fit her stare. Her thin lip fit perfectly with her strong jaw, and stubborn chin. She wore a black scarf around her neck.
The most alluring thing about her was her body structure. She had as much muscle as a woman should ever be allowed to have. She didn't have a trance of femininity around her, but she was beautiful in the sense that a wild untamed beast was beautiful. Her whole body told everyone around that she could kill and would. She gave every living thing about her the impression that they were somehow less then her.
Riddick moved closer, his stride was long and slow as he took her in. He stood only inches in front of her. She didn't flinch or ever more. Instead she moved closer challenging him. He sniffed her openly, and went to circle her. She circled him giving him her own sniff. Her nostrils flared. They both pulled their arms back ready to grab weapons. They tucked their heads in close. They circled each other like a couple of dog waiting for a fight. Each sizing the other up as they did so. Her eyes had a fierce glint in them, his body spoke of the same fierceness.
They both grabbed their knives at the same time. With the same lightning speed they put the knives up to one another's throat and paused. They looked into one another's eyes saying perfectly still. The two equally matched fighters watched each other rather carefully. Both had a look on their face that showed they had never been in this situation before.
The girl slowly smiled. Riddick gave a small laugh. They both relaxed and back off slowly. The girl started laughing, as Riddick let his thunder chuckle echo in the doomed room. The fighters put their weapons away slowly.
Aereon and Krya sighed at the same time watching the two.
"What your name girly?" Riddick asked her.
"Station yours?" she asked him back looking him over a few times openly. Her voice was a little raspy and too deep, but that only made her seem more vicious.
"Riddick," he told her a small smile on his lip. He licked them slowly as he looked over her ample muscular form.
"So, you're the Riddick. Heard you took on a whole empire single handedly and won," Station said putting a bit of a snarl on the word 'won'.
"I see you know your recent events. How they rope a girl of your ability and mind into their war?" he asked her solemnly .
"This isn't their war its mine," Station told him.
"What you mean?" he asked.
"Riddick I would like you to meet our Queen Station Caribbean," Aereon spoke up from behind him.
He gave a slight look of amusement then smiled.
"How the hell did you get to be queen? Sorry but you don't seem to be the type," Riddick asked.
"I'm not. The opposite of it really. I'm more a criminal type. See I got out of Slam, and on a plane. It was on route to the Elemental planet. I thought no big deal. I'll hop a new flight when I get there. You could imagine my surprise when I found out that the ship I had been on was the only heading in or out for the next 5 months. So I took up resident in one of the local homes. It was empty or so I thought. The next week got tons of guards in the place. Still don't know where the hell they came from. I get taken to prison. They shove me it their like its big shit, but it's a piece of cake compared to the shit whole I was in. Own cell with a view, a few comrades beside me and good food. Not a bad place.
Then this these idiots come and try and get this other guy out. I kick their asses and get myself out. Guard traps me with this insane bubble thing, and takes me back, but Aereon here saw my fighting still and took me to the real Queen. They asked me to help with a few military strategy in exchange for my freedom. I do get the bastards away who were attacking from the planet, normal save the day bullshit. Next thing I know I'm general of their army. Big fight, and the Queen dies. Happens she was the last of the royal family. So they vote me queen." she explained to him.
"You got out of Slam?" he asked with a slight chuckle. He liked this girl. She was more of a woman really. She must have been almost his age. She was strong too.
"Yup 3 times they can't seem to keep me in," she told him a small smirk on her lips.
"You almost got a track record as long as mine," he said, "Where you from?"
"Thought you would recognize the scent," she said slowly taking a deep sniff, "I recognize yours."
He took a deep sniff again. The overwhelming scent of her outer clothing almost covered up something beneath it. Something familiar, but he couldn't place it. His eyes shot open when he recognized it. She smelt like him. An undertone to be sure, but their was something just a little harsher in his scent. It was metallic more like blood then flesh. He had never smelt on someone else.
"I recognize it what the fuck does it mean?" he asked looking her up and down again.
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