Amanda: well, I got some pretty good feed back on this, and I've just realized that no one else has tried this, so I've nothing really to go by as to other people's opinions on what the Underverse is. I'll explain something here, so that no one will get to confused. Riddick isn't exactly looking for the Underverse, what he is looking for the place that the converted souls go to before they all rise as one to see their new world. He wants to find Kira/Jack's soul, and he wants to get it back to her. What I'm thinking is that when all life dies, and all converted are gone, they will once again rise to find the Underverse, so, I'm going by the idea that they have to have a sort of… Limbo, somewhere that they wait in for this to happen, and that the Underverse is like a Garden of Eden, and it is somewhere, just no one has ever found it. So, that's my reasoning, and you are perfectly allowed to tell me yours, actually it would help me to mold this into the proper story. Sorry for the long explanation, but I wanted to get that out of the way… on to your previously scheduled uploaded chapter.

Dreams of Infinity

"My lord, you cant possibly." Riddick pushed past the man, not paying attention. He wasn't going to be delayed any longer. There were going to be no more, 'problems' with the skiff. He was going, and they couldn't stop him. He was a Furian above all else, and if this didn't count as fury he didn't know what did.

"You owe me, damn you, you owe me." He growled under his breath as he stepped onto his ship. He looked around, sitting in the chair and spinning, checking all of the gears, and the fuel. It was all in check and he was going. They had tried in so many ways to keep him from leaving. He was their leader, their favorite leader. He shook his head in disgust. He wasn't going to put up with him any longer. He had answered the simply.

"What is a king without a queen." Offer upon offer had been made, and none were close to acceptable. All were beautiful, and any man would call him a fool for not accepting one or all of the women, but he didn't want them. He wanted that dark pair of eyes that had looked at him before they died. He wanted those eyes that were with him through he end, and it were going to be the end here and now, at least he would see her on the other side… but he was going to find her other side before he went to it for good.

He had left no one in charge. He had simply told them that if he did not return in a years time, they the better find a new king. He told them not to kill anyone, and stay there, and if, when he came back, they had disobeyed, he would slaughter them all, and he had no problem doing it. The thing was, they knew he could, and he would.

"System check, set run for the Ristranc Galaxy." Commanded into the coordinator, he wouldn't have to worry about flying. He shut the hatch door to many more requests of please, and he went to his map. There was an infinite amount of space that hadn't been explored, and he was going to see where exactly this Underverse was in all of it. Ristranc was at the edge of explored space to date, and his new race had turned through all of space before it. He was going to start new. He was going to find what he was looking for.

He moved back to the back of the ship, and picked up one of the many volumes that had been left behind by the previous ruler. He flipped through it, scanning for any information that would help him in his search. His hand went up idly to his neck, playing with the little scar that indicated his conversion. He had contemplated the move for some time, and had finally decided to go for it. He couldn't stand the thought of dying and waking up in a place that Kira didn't. This way, if nothing else, he could die and wake to her beside him. It was what his race was meant to do, die and wake in a better place. But he didn't want to die, because he wasn't sure how much better this place was going to be, or if it even existed at all…

People would ask why it was then, that he believed that he could reach Kira, if he wasn't even sure that the Underverse wasn't real. It was simple really, he had dreams. He had found lately that that was all he had, and if he wouldn't rely on them, then there was nothing for him to rely on.

He waited for a few minutes, and sat his course one more time, then went to the cryo chamber. Dreams are all we have… He pressed the button, setting the chamber and settled back, waiting to see her once more…

'You know, I was beginning to think you weren't coming back.' She smiled at him.

He shrugged. 'You know I'll come whenever I sleep, it's just hard to get here lately.' He smiled at her, sitting down beside her. She grinned fondly at him.

'I know, and I'm wondering exactly what it is that I'm doing, because it's not dreaming. I've not fallen asleep.'

Riddick looked at her. 'Kira, you know you died…' She smiled.

'But if this is my dream, I didn't have to. And even if it isn't, I'll see you again, wont I?' She looked sadly at him. He ached whenever she looked at him like this. He wanted their dreams together to be happy, incase that was all that there would ever be.

'Yes, you'll see me sooner than you think.' He said. He was being his typical cryptic self. Even in his dreams, he could break the habit.

She nodded. 'I hope so Riddick, I hope so.' She tilted her head sideway. 'You know, sometimes I wish you just wouldn't wake, but then I realize exactly what that would mean for you. I don't want you to be snuffed out of the world.' She grinned at him. 'What would the world do without their protector Riddick?' She grinned.

'Well, probably a lot better then they would with. I'm tearing up the world to find the Underverse.' He said truthfully. Even in dreams, he hadn't been able to tell her… tell her…

'Riddick, what is it?' she said. She had grown and developed so much from that little girl who tried so hard to be a boy.

'I think I'm waking.' He said, feeling it now…

'I'll see you again soon.' He nodded.

'Sometimes all we have is our dreams…' and then he was gone…

Amanda: yeah, I hope that was a little better. I'm having a little trouble getting started, but I didn't want to get the dream sequence out of the way. I'm going to have a lot of those, and maybe a flash back or two. I hope you'll enjoy it!
OH, and by the way, is Dark Fury good? I cant get it without getting COR again, and I'm thinking about doing it. So opinions people! Thanks, and I'll apologize for how short the first part was, but I wanted to get the feedback on that chapter before I started on the other ones. Thanks for the feedback, and if you like this story, go to my main page and read Survival Instinct, and Survival Instinct Two: Acting on Instinct

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