Jack had no idea how long she laid there on her stomach but when she opened her eyes she knew two things, she was naked, and she was covered in bloody welts all down her back. She was laying face down shackled to the bedposts by handcuffs and chains.

It was dark in the room and she could tell there were guards posted outside her door when she heard a small female voice ask to be permitted to enter. "Lights seventy percent." The veiled voice said quietly.

The bright light hurt her eyes and she felt a sting hot pain all down her back when she tried to move. "Go away, I don't want any of you fucken bitches to touch me."

"Is that any way to treat your best friend?" she asked looking at Jack and carrying a small satchel filled with medication. She removed the veil and smiled brightly at her. Hope flooded Jack's body as the small blonde girl went to hug her.

"Anne, oh shit!" she said lifting her head. "Oh my God! What the hell are you doing here?"

"They married me off to Akbar, I've been here for two weeks. Sit still and let me see what that witch did to you." She said lifting the blood soaked sheet that had been thrown over her. "Oh Jack!" she cried.

From the top of her buttocks to the backs of her knees were striated red welts that bled in certain spots. "How bad am I?"

"Well Ziza sure kicked your ass." She said in a nervous chuckle. "She used that damned cane. Bet she got off on it too, that sadistic bitch."

"She had four guys holding me down so I think she had the advantage. You shouldn't be here." Jacksmirked ather when she leaned up to take a look. "Riddick's gonna be pissed when he sees that. He loves my ass."

"I am so sorry. I tried to warn Kalifa but it was too late, she'd already gone to take you. You have no idea how much they hate you. Kalifa cast her out for sleeping with one of his father's guards, sent her packing back here in shame, apparently she found out about those pictures he took and did it to retaliate. She's been at the compound for weeks and his father only found out about it yesterday. She had the men watch for you and when you were your most vulnerable she went to the villa."

"Smart little pilgrim isn't she?" Jack smirked as Anne tended to her welts. "Got anything in there for pain Anne? Son of a bitch that hurts."

"Yeah, got all kinds of stuff in here. You're gonna need to stay still. I need to talk to you and they're listening so I'm going to whisper."

"Fine just do it." She said quietly through her teeth as the salve went onto the welts. It sizzled at first bubbling around the broken skin then the pain dulled. "Thank you Anne. Jesus, how bad is it?"

"I'd say you'd be sleeping on your stomach for a while. But you've got bigger problems."

"No, wait can't I at least have a five minute rest from the world being completely fucked?" Jack asked looking towards Anne's blue eyes and seeing her look away.

"No sorry kid." she said adjusting her pale blue headscarf. The long shirt she wore complimented her pale coloring and she sat there looking through her medical bag for something else.

"You should get going. You'll get beaten." Jack told her as Anne took a brush and brushed the hair out of her face.

"I don't care. You need me and that's all that matters right now. Ziza is sleeping and that's a blessing in itself. Akbar is away with Faisal and they won't return until tonight."

"How long have I been here?" she asked looking at her friend.

"Almost 12 hours. They brought you in just after sunset." She answered putting away some of the dark fluid she'd been using on her wounds. "You've a nasty bruise on your back, I would assume Farah gave that to you. She's been bragging that she's the one who brought you in. Cast out! Kalifa should have killed her."

"I need you to do something. You need to go to the market, to make something special for Akbar. Get word to Kalifa and get the message to Riddick. He's gonna be pissed and worried sick. Give them as much information as you can. I need him to know that I'm ok." She begged, looking at Anne with unshed tears in her eyes.

"I will. You only have a few hours. Ziza plans on making you submit. But I will help if I can. Faisal knows that you're here. He's planning on bedding you then giving you to his brothers, then to his men, each having a turn, then he'll…"

"I get the picture, giant gang bang. Oh my favorite." She said trying to loosen the bonds that held her on the bed.

"I cannot release you. You know that. But I will give you this." Anne said injecting her with something.

"What the hell is that?" Jack asked looking up at her.

"It's something to give you some strength back. Give it a few hours and you should be as strong as ever." She told her trying to smile. "The salve will cauterize the wounds, by this afternoon and you'll be able to move."

"Tell Riddick he's got to come tonight. And bring Sasha. He'll know what I mean. You know Ziza's gonna drug me. That fat fuck couldn't and wouldn't dare try and nail me when I can fight back. I won't be able to defend myself."

"She's not knocking you out. She's been ordered to give you Bazrataki. It's a paralytic. You're to be fully aware when they start raping you. It is to teach you obedience."

Jack began to struggle against her bonds harder. "Anne you have to get to Riddick, find the antidote so I can fight. I'm gonna kill her Anne. I'm gonna strangle her with my bare hands. Then Farah's next."

"I'll take care of that, leave it to me. Don't worry Jack." She said tenderly, stroking her shoulder, "Take me with you."

"No problem." Jack told her as they quietly continued to chat.

Riddick sat silently in the room that he and Jack shared. He had not eaten nor drank since her abduction and when Kalifa knocked he did not move. He had known pure joy with Jack and he wanted nothing more than to turn back the clock and take her advice and run. He inhaled deeply still detecting her faint lingering scent.

Inside he sat reliving moments they had shared, touches, kisses, he remembered the sound of her voice, her laugh, and singing in the mess when she did think he'd hear her and he smiled.

He looked towards the door, sitting in the shadow and watched it open. Kalifa walked inside and only saw his silvery pupils in the darkness.

"What do you want?" he growled. His face was tired, he was weary and his heart was broken into a million pieces.

"You need to eat Riddick, and rest. I have news. You must come quickly. Anne is walking to the market and we may have a chance to get some information. Since she is husband to Akbar, she is permitted to walk with another one of the servants. Come, she is a good woman, someone Jack trusts. We may yet know what we can do."

Riddick rose and put his goggles on. "Riddick, you need to dress as a pilgrim."

"Yeah, be down in a minute." He said grabbing the clothes off the bed and watching as the young man closed the door.

Riddick walked down stairs looking very different than his normal bad ass self. Wearing a deep brown robe and a beige tunic he covered his silver eyes with the contact lenses Jack had given to him. His face showed a shadow of nearly a week, and his head had a dark shadow of deep black hair.

"Kasim. We are going to the butcher. Will you come?" Salim said standing next to a strange man. "This is Hafaz. He owns the shop. He is pleased that you expressed a desire to buy some of his fine meats for your ship."

"Yeah, let's go." He snarled looking passed the short portly man and walked out the door.

Salim explained what Riddick had said to him and Riddick wanted to know what the small man had said after that. "He remarked that you're a very chatty man."

Riddick laughed, the first real laugh since Jack's abduction.

Anne walked quietly, head down and the servant who walked with her carried herself just as conservatively. The young girl standing just behind her was a dark skinned skinny child who had been bought by the Mohammed family only days before. Anne had taken that fact and used it to her advantage by taking the girl underneath her wing and gaining her trust.

"You must not speak, and whatever you hear you must take to your grave. Understand?" she asked as they passed the café where many of the men sat and congregated.

The twelve year old nodded, proud to be in her confidence. "I will do my best."

Both women were veiled, Anne in a black abaya and deep blue veil. Her servant wore white, indicating her status. They walked into the butcher shop and stood quietly waiting for the shop owner, Mr. Hafaz, to appear. Anne, as was the custom, handed him a list of meats that she needed for the dinner she was needing to prepare and stood silent.

"Send the child to the back and let my wife get her the meats." He told her as the young girl walked behind the counter and to the back where his wife sat and waited for her.

Three men walked inside the shop from the side door, and she turned removing her veil. "Kalifa. Thank Allah." She said walking towards the three of them.

"You must be Riddick." She said looking at the tall man behind him. "I am glad that the lenses help you. I will get right to it. We don't have much time."

Riddick looked at her and her only. "Is she alive?"

"Yes, and she sends me a message to give to you. She says she's sorry that she "fucked up and that you need to hurry up and get her ass out of there." Those are her words mind you. She's relatively in good shape. Ziza had her beaten with her cane, after she examined her, with a fist. We have five hours before he comes back. She's being kept in his private apartments on the far side of the courtyard. Ziza has been ordered to give her Bazrataki; it is a paralytic. Then Faisal has ordered she is to be dressed, presented to him and he will take her then pass her to his 5 brothers, then to each of his men."

Riddick's jaw clenched and his chest tightened as a growl of rage escaped him.

"Riddick, Jack says you are to give me Sasha. Before I left her, she said it has a tracking device and that your computer will be able to locate her. She is smart, to develop this machine to help you. She says "get your ass moving". "

He laughed, "You tell her, that I'm coming and to keep her head down when the dying starts." He said handing herthe small handheld pc. "It's a medical diagnostic tool. You can scan her and let us know how bad off she is. Sasha said you can transmit data back and forth to if you need to. If you can get to Jack, get her to send word to me."

"I will, and Riddick?" she said looking into his face, "hurry. I will protect her if I can."

She turned to Kalifa walking away some who spoke to her in hushed low tones. Salim groaned as he turned away. It was clear to Riddick that something was going on between the two of them but he couldn't care about any of it, he just wanted Jack and that meant killing people.

"The women will be in the women's quarters right?" Riddick asked Anne after a few moments.

"Yes," she started, "why?"

"I don't kill women. Keep them out of my way, but let Ziza and Kalifa's ex out, I don't consider those two women. They're dead. They just don't know it yet."

Just then, Anne's servant walked out with the meats in a package and she walked with a veiled Anne out the door as if nothing happened.

Riddick watched them walk away and took a deep breath. "Come on, I want to go to my ship. I've got some things I need to get before the party starts. You coming?"

Both Kalifa and Salim looked at him and watched as his face contorted into a mask of rage. Neither of them dared countermand what he had asked of them. He was in animal mode and they knew better than to tempt fate, or a Furyan.