To all the ladies, hold onto your seats!

Sorry for the cliffhanger.... I'm not REALLY that sorry. MUAUAUAUAUAUUAUAUAUAUA don't worry will update another chappie today.

Dedicated to my sista sita!

To Rose: what do you think of TOOMBS now? :)

Toombs sat in a café in New London so fucking pissed he could have ghosted his entire crew, except for Janis, he had a soft spot for her for some reason. And she knew it.

They had spent a almost three weeks looking all over New London for Riddick and Jack, found their ship and he railed on all of them when he discovered that it had been sold and the dealer had no idea where the captain had gone.

The waitress brought him his fourth round and he sat cursing himself. Roper had intercepted a transmission sent in Arabic to a coded channel and he knew that Janis had sent it.

Why, he thought they had something between them. She was a damn fine looking woman and he groaned thinking she was using him.

He find that out later, and if he had to hurt her, then so be it. 2 million is a big payday and nothing was gonna stop him from getting it.

"What's wrong Harold?" she asked in a sultry voice. His loins twitched at her using his given name.

"Fucker switched ships and no matter how hard I squeezed Fat Tony, he wouldn't give him up." Then she made it worse by putting her hand on his arm as if to comfort him. "This was a waste of my fucken time."

Inwardly he groaned, no one touched him like that in a long fucking time.

Roper jumped into the seat next to them and smiled a big shit eating grin. "What asshole?"

"Talos Prime my friend." He said triumphantly.

"Now how do you figure that?" he said skeptically. He rolled his eyes and poured himself another.

"Little lady needed clothes for a hot planet, and the only system with warm planets is Meterora. Talos Prime and Talos 4 baby. I am so fucken good!" he said taking a shot and tossing it back.

The others sat around the table looking down and dejected. Roper made no sense half the time and scared them with his reasoning the other half. "Grab some clean panties ladies, we're outa here."

"Doc, can you deliver a baby?" Roper then asked and Toombs' head swung sharply around.

"Why Danny?" she asked her heart suddenly in a ball in the pit of her stomach.

"Cause the shop I showed hottie's picture to was a maternity shop." He told her.

Masking her concern, she simply said, "Sure, it's just like taking candy from a baby." Then she did her best to laugh. But inside her heart was breaking.

"Well, I'll be Dickey boy." He muttered grabbing his coat and walking out the door.

And baby makes three. You Dog...

Riddick stood dripping with sweat. His attacker looked at him with a face as cold and calculating as his own. Both shivs in his hand he looked passed the figure to the light and colors around him.

The attack came swift but Riddick deflected the blow and threw him on his back shiv at his throat ready to cut him without a second glance. The speed with which Riddick countered his move was so quick that he looked like a blur of movement.

"Good!" Salim clapped and Riddick helped Kalifa up. "You're as quick with the lenses as without my son. Good. How does it feel to fight in the light?"

"Weird, but I could get used to it." he told him as Jack handed him a towel. "Fighting for years in the darkness with only the heat signatures to see is something, but seeing the like this again takes a lot of getting used to."

"Again." Salim said taking a knife. "Now fight me with a handicap."

Riddick stood back and watched Kalifa off to the side wiping his face. "Lights off."

The room was plunged into blackness and he remembered his first nights in total darkness with a pang in his chest.

"Shit, okay I see your point." He growled.

"Lights."

Kalifa had him on his back a shiv against his throat. He looked down at him and smirked. Riddick looked furious.

"Enough." Kalifa released him and helped him to his feet. Embarrassed he was so exposed Salim continued to speak handing him a blindfold. "The greatest threat to you is your eyes. When you can learn to see past them, then you won't be as vulnerable."

"Use the force Luke!" Jack said from the position she held next to the mirror.

"Shut it princess." He snarled. He hated being so unprepared. Worse he hated that others saw it.

"Oh, I'm so scared." She taunted. She had a grin on her face that made him instantly furious.

"Out woman!" he shouted startling Anne as well. Kalifa scowled at them both and muttered something not so nice in Arabic.

Jack got up and adjusted her tight black shirt and pants and stormed out, but not before she shot him her best "fuck you" death glare.

Anne followed because she had no desire to be the brunt of Salim's glares or Kalifa's bravado. Riddick, she didn't even want to contemplate his irritation.

Jack sat in their rooms, her feet up and a blanket around her reading a book. She had not spoken to Riddick since the training session and he was making it plain he didn't want to speak to her.

She had seen Sasha that afternoon who gave her the news that her son was a strapping five pounds already and to pay attention to any pains she might start having.

"But I've another month to go." She told her getting off the table. Anne helped her and laughed when Jack stared at the floor unable to see her feet.

"Jack, stranger things have happened. First babies are usually late but you're Furyan and I don't know anything about their birthing statistics." Sasha told her.

Jack sat slowly feeling the ire at getting yelled at dissipate. She felt the need to walk around and to make dinner so she got up and walked feeling oddly cramped. But she'd been feeling that way all day, even while she watched the men spar.

She stood at the stove, taking out some chicken to roast and felt the odd feeling again. The baby had been quiet for the last few days which was a blessing since he beat the crap out of her most of the day.

"Hey." She heard from behind her.

"What do you want?" she said stirring the soup she was making.

He was standing in his black cargo pants, his tank and his goggles. "I want to talk to you."

"What makes you think I want to talk to you?" she snapped turning her head around and glaring at him.

Damn she's beautiful, even when she's angry.

I shouldn't have snapped at her. But she doesn't realize that if I'm caught with my contacts in, and the lights go out, I need to know what to do and I don't.

I won't be able to protect her.

"Cause you love me." There, she can't say no to that.

"Cause you love me? How many times did you bust my shit when I didn't get it right? Guess that doesn't work both ways. Chauvinistic pig!"

She's flashing me the "kiss my ass" face. I guess she can say no to that.

"That was when there was only you and me princess." I tell her. "Come on, I don't want to be mad and I sure as hell know you don't want to stay mad."

She flips me off. Okay, I may have misinterpreted how pissed she is at me.

Now I'm trying not to lose my temper cause I don't need her bitching at me. "Jack, I need you to stitch me up."

I've a gash on my cheek, it's small but if she concentrates on fixing it she won't be mad. She's been edgy all day. Been cleaning the bedroom three times, wanting to move stuff around. I put a stop to that shit right off. Made her mad even then.

"Get Anne to do it. I'm busy." She growls at me and turns back to the stove.

Something ain't right. She's bitching and I know she's still not mad at me. "Jack? Baby, what's wrong?"

I go to touch her and she flinches. What the FUCK?

She turns sheet white looking at me. "Riddick, we're in trouble."

I look down and there's a puddle on the floor at her feet.

OH SHIT.

"JACK!" he shouted as Jack grabbed hold of sides of the counter top and screamed.

"Riddick, I'm not feeling so good." She said looking pale and in pain once she caught her breath.

"ANNE!" he bellowed so loudly that Jack actually cringed. "Sorry baby. Come on. Give me your hand. Careful, step good girl."

She put her shaky hands out and he helped her over the mess on the floor. Anne and Kalifa ran in both looking somewhat disheveled. He rolled his eyes and shook his head.

Salim must be meditating… Get a fucken room.

Their eyes darted from Riddick's worried face, to Jack to the floor and back to Jack. Anne ran off to the med lab and started shouting.

Riddick swept Jack passed the kitchen and Kalifa helped him to get her to the hallway.

A strong pain ripped into her and she shouted, "OH HELL NO!" dropping to the floor.

"Jack!" Riddick said in a voice filled with concern. Oh shit, no… not now, it's too early…

"If you thought I was mad at you before, wait bucko, I'm fucken pissed now." she glared doubled over in pain.

Kalifa laughed, a nervous laugh. "Jack, you're just having a baby. It's not the end of the universe."

"That's easy for you to say!" she said breathing shallow. "You don't have this thing wanting out!"

It took them twenty minutes to walk her to the med lab and in that time she had five gut ripping pains.

"Sasha! I'm gonna lobotomize your brain. Why didn't you tell me it hurt this bad?" she shouted as Riddick carried Jack the rest of the way.

"What good would it have done to tell you? It was inevitable." She stated while Riddick put Jack on the table. "Jack, you need to relax. This is going to fast and furious."

"YA think?" she said trying to breathe through another one. Riddick waited for the blue light to pass and held onto her behind her shoulders.

"Jack the good news is that you won't be in pain long." Sasha crooned as her stats and the baby's blipped on the monitor.

"Bad news?" she asked as Riddick rubbed her arms and shoulders softly. They'd watched a few classic movie discs that had fathers helping out and he thought it was a good idea at the time.

Plus Sasha gave him pointers since they found out she was pregnant.

"I found out that Furyan births are painful and you're too far along for drugs."

"You're tough kid, don't forget that. Animal tough." Riddick purred in her ear.

"I can't do this." She said terrified.

"Yes you can." He growled softly in her ear. "I'm here."

"And so am I." Anne, followed by Kalifa, followed by Salim who walked in with his hands ready to help.

"I brought that child into the world, I can do the same for you. That is, if you honor me with the task." He said bowing reverently.

Another pain ripped into her and she screamed arching back against Riddick. "We must undress her as quickly as possible, and move her to the bed. Can your computer monitor her from there?"

"Bet your buns that I can." Sasha crooned. "Hurry, another pain will come in little over a minute."

The three men lifted Jack and brought her to the bed about twenty feet from the diagnostic table. Anne removed her boots, socks and Riddick helped remove her slacks, slick with fluid and a little blood and threw them in a bin.

"Jack, remember what they taught us in school about how to breathe when in pain." She told her sitting on one side and Riddick sitting behind her. "You are so brave."

"Riddick, remember when I told you I was mad?" Jack said slick with sweat and looking at him wide eyed.

"Yeah baby?" He said nuzzling her neck and kissing it, while Anne pulled a gown on her.

"I'm not mad, I can't be mad. I'm sorry!" she shouted as the wave began again. "This really sucks."

"Tell her to calm, I must see if the baby is ready." Salim said as he put on the gloves.

"You're not putting your hands in my wife are you?" Riddick said slipping.

"When did that happen?" she growled, "Was I asleep or something? WE ARE NOT MARRIED! When this fucked up crap is over that's what you said."

"I know…. I was supposed to have a little more time to talk to you about that. I think we should get married now." he said quietly in her ear. Man he did not want to push it.

"NOW?" she asked incredulously. "Are you high?"

He never looked more serious.

"So what do you say? Still want me?" he chuckled as Salim looked at him funny. He sure picked a strange time to push the issue. But he smiled knowing it kept her mind off the pain.

"Will I get a ring at least later on?" she snarled as the pain started again ripping her apart. "OH GOD This hurts!"

"Anything you want. Just tell me you'll have me, like we said, the house, the garden the beach…" he asked looking at Salim who looked worried.

The clock was ticking.

"YES!" she grunted not wanting to push but feeling the urge. "I'll have you, if I don't kill you first. God I will NEVER do this again!" But he smiled knowing she would.

"So, it is done, you are married." Salim said removing his hand and breathing a sigh of relief. "It is good that you both made the right decision because Jack you need to start pushing now. Count to ten and bear down."

"You've GOT to be kidding." She said looking at Salim like he had a second head.