I dedicate this to Rose, cause while we have a thing for Riddick, she's got Toombs' number.
For those who think that this story is never gonna end, have faith, the end game is drawing neigh, but I may havea sequel just gotta see where we end up.
Now, onto the show. Snappy banter and flirting ahead, beware...
Rose: This is for you kiddo. Last update today hubby has chess tournie at 7. please review as always.
Now everyone please put yourseats and tray tablesinto the upright position, we are approaching Talos Prime.
When Jack found Riddick he was punching the heavy bag and covered in sweat. Working out his frustrations was something he was doing more often lately and she knew sometimes he had to be alone.
Being in the slam he was never alone and that always had been a problem for him.
"Need a towel handsome?" she asked looking over at his incredibly gorgeous sweat shined body.
"Only if you're wearing it." he smirked. His powerful arms nailed the bag with the loud thud that always made her wonder how hard it had to be for a man to fall to his knees dead from the deadly form of fighting Riddick used.
"Sorry about before. Snag in 'the plan'." She said apologetically as he took off the tape around his hands.
"Can't do the bit again Jack. You don't understand what it does to me." he said sitting on the bench putting his head in his hands.
I go insane in seconds and you don't want to see me like that…
"I can't imagine the terror and claustrophobic fear it raises in you but I can respect that. I saw you when Johns found you after the crash. I watched him taunt you pullin on the bit, you blindfolded and restrained. I remember. It made me mad as hell."
He growled low and painfully as she rubbed his back. "You don't know what mother fuckers do when you're a mummy like that. Fuck with you in ways that make you want to stay an animal."
Her chest tightened, she knew, just knew what he meant and it broke her heart. The utter violation and no way to defend yourself, it was as bad as being drugged back on New Mecca.
"Listen. Don't think about that now. I have some ideas and no one will make you do anything you can't do. Hey, this is me. I won't let anything hurt you. Even if it means finding another way. Come on, Layne should be waking up and it's about time he saw the ship don't you?"
"Yeah, let's go play." He told her taking the towel and wiping his head clean of the sweat and grime.
Dearest Mother,
First, Ali has been so good. Quite often he lays on my lap with his deep chocolate brown eyes looking up at me so loving. Allah as certainly blessed Kasim and I with such a child.
He has his father's skin, and chin, my smile and is growing healthier every day. The wolves will not bother us once Kasim and his friends help him with the plan and when you are finished with your boss Mr. Toombs and your job with him is over, the house will always be yours to live with us in.
A friend came to call, his name is Maz Ibn Haben. He and his son are so helpful with repairs to our place and he has expressed a desire to help Kasim with the wolves.
One by one they will be caught and after all that, we shall be free of their terror.
Love your daughter.
Jack sat at the laptop and typed and encrypted the message indicating the following:
FREQ OF MAINFRAME…
NEED THE CODE…
WILL DLOAD…
WHO IS MR TOOMBS BOSS…
YOUR JOB IS FIND HIM
She looked over at the two of the only men in her life that mattered, asleep on the couch. Layne was laying on Riddick's chest, both snoring lightly.
God how she loved them. How could she pull this off? What would she be capable of? She hit the send button and waited.
It wasn't long before she got a reply. After decryption it read.
FOR LOVE, WILL DO. TELL SALIM THINKING ABOUT HIM.
Toombs needed to make a decision. What the hell was he gonna do about the Doc? He liked her, she was really hot, and she seemed to actually treat him like a person.
"Janis?" he asked walking into the mess as she read a medical journal.
"Yes Harold?" she replied making sure she tried to smile. To keep him from turning back into Toombs. She wanted him Harold because it meant he had a human side. So she always used his first name, to keep him off balance.
"How's the kids?" he stammered slightly.
Sipping her coffee, "Good. Hoping we finish up quickly. My grandson isn't getting any younger."
He sat down and tried to engage in conversation but found it very difficult. "Yeah, Riddick's a bad ass but I'll tell ya, he's got a soft spot for the girl."
"How's that?" she asked subtly. Get him to open up. That's what she needed. Trust me Toombs, that's it.
"It's a long story, boring if you ask me." he said starting to clam up.
"Want some coffee?" She asked going over to the pot slowly, knowing he was taking a look. "You take it with a little sugar."
"Sugar yeah, got me a sweet tooth." He quipped.
Banter, well Harold aren't we bold, she thought.
"I bet you do." She said smiling.
She got a shit eating grin out of that comment.
"Well, Riddick, this son of a bitch spends most of his life in slam, cept for when he was a special ops guy in the military. Fucken amazing pilot, deadly with or without guns. Cold calculating bastard…" he started taking a sip and sighed. "Likes knives, likes to get his hands wet."
Nothing felt as good as good hot coffee..
"And we're gonna go after this guy?" she asked putting her feet up, giving him a nice view of her legs.
"2 million's a big incentive. Consider me motivated…" he smirked. She smacked his boot with her hand since he decided to lean back against the chair.
"Who's the client?" she asked laughing, "I've lived on Hellion Prime for 10 years and don't know anyone with that kind of cash." She asked sipping her cup.
"Private party." He said smugly. "Remember Massacre in New Mecca?"
"That was horrifying. An entire male side of the family was murdered, guards, and some women am I right?"
"That was our boy, trying to 'rescue'," he said using air quotes, "his girlfriend. See, like I said, Dickey boy never was much of a ladies man, someone who paid for the pleasure if you know what I mean."
She rolled her eyes playfully, "Hey, but that was until he met that special little someone. Her name is Audrey, or Jack, depends on who you know. Well, he saved the little sprout on T2 after their transport ship crashed. Only three made it off the planet alive, him, the kid, and holy man. Left them on New Mecca, but not after a tearful, jerkin at your heart strings goodbye. Man, watchin that made me a believer."
"He loves her?" she asked her heart so full, Jack, who did so much for so many found love. It was an answer to prayer.
"Knocked her up and everything. Making his own little psycho fuck family." Toombs quipped. "That's his only weakness. When we first met, I was on the Kubla Khan, a merc ship out of the Lupos 5. Tried to snatch him then. The bounty was 850k, I'd of gotten a good cut too but the bastard got away. Took me years to find his ass again and then when I thought I had him, another merc got his ass, Johns. What a fucken panty waste! Shakin, skin-popping fuck got my mark. Boy was I fucken pissed."
"Then what?" she asked, "Want more?"
He nodded yes and continued to talk for the joy of hearing his own voice. All of what he said she would remember for another time. "Then he went and got his ass ghosted. Can't say I'm sorry to see him go. For a while, I just laid low. That bastard's got nine lives. Then I saw him on New Mecca, giving the kid the speech, to see his face was an exercise in torture. She nailed him good. But hey, that's not what I'm worrying about. That's what I'm gonna use to nail him. Jack and his kid. He wouldn't dare do anything to me if he thought I was gonna hurt them."
That thought made Janis sick inside, and she knew that she had to take drastic measures to ensure that didn't happen.
"So," she said smiling leaning on her elbows letting her dark hair fall towards her face. "who would want them so badly? The Mohammeds? There's no one left except women and children and they're all too frightened to say anything."
"Mahmood Farad. He's the great granddaddy of em all. Leader of the magnificent seven. He didn't like someone coming in and cleaning house under his watch. He's gonna take his time with Riddick. Wanna talk about shiv happy? I'd pay to watch him gut that piece of shit. But the kid, man I'd hate to see history repeating itself." He told her remembering the attempted rape, the beatings, the humiliation. "Ain't right what those fuckers did to her the first time."
"That's why my children are in hiding. After we get this Riddick, I'm gone, I want to spend my remaining years in freedom with them." She told him rising from her chair.
"Good coffee Doc." He said trying to smile.
"Yes, and good conversation." She said a broad inviting grin on her face.
Well slap my ass and call it a night. He couldn't remember the last time he actually had a conversation with a woman. that didn't involve, a money transfer and grunting.
An hour later, Dr. Janis needed to get the codes and frequencies for the ship and their current position as soon as possible and the only place she'd get that would be on the bridge.
Under the pretext of checking on Roper's forehead, she carried her black bag towards the main deck.
"Good evening Danny, I thought I'd make a house call." She said warmly smiling as she put her hair up into a makeshift bun.
"Hey Doc." He said adjusting the nav computer.
"How's the forehead?" she asked leaning against the computer console.
"You might wanna be careful with that. It's delicate." He told her blushing at the attention.
"OOPS! What's that screen do anyway?" she asked knowing it was the comms screen.
"That's what holds the frequency comms codes and uplinks our nav computer with any planetary mainframes. It's pretty complicated." He told her as she put on her gloves.
"Someone stupid like me couldn't ever be smart enough to read something like that." She scoffed.
"No it's pretty easy. See here's our frequency setting. And when we reach a planet their mainframe jacks into our computer to help us land with this code. Pretty simple stuff. You can control the entire ship from here. See this, this is the coolest, Toombs has a direct line from his ship to our "private party" calls him once a week letting him know what's going on. But you didn't hear that from me."
Checking his sutures she winked close to his eyes. "You're secret's safe with me. soon you'll be able to dope up and sleep like the rest of them."
"Yeah off to dream land then Talos Prime. Got some great bars on that planet and female company if you know what I mean." He said smiling a satisfied grin.
"Yeah, fun's gonna start in a little over two and half weeks. What's Toombs calling this hot new ship?"
"The F.U.B." he said laughing. "Fuck you bitch."
"Good lord." she said shaking her head putting her gloves in her bag. "Don't hit your head again."
"Sure Doc. Thanks." He replied setting the course.
Three days after Janis' last transmission Riddick was found pacing the room nervous and irritated. Jack sensed his agitation and approached with caution.
"He won't stop crying Jack. I've done everything." He said ready to pull his eyeballs out.
"Did you check downstairs big guy?" she asked smiling demurely.
"No, but… No Jack. I drawn the line at that." He told her looking at the child like he'd grown a third head.
"Give me my son. Have you ever changed a baby before?" she asked sweetly.
"First kid I've been around." He said gruff and completely mortified.
"I take that as a 'no.' Don't worry it's pretty simple." She told him laughing. He watched her and scrunched up his face for a moment causing her to smile.
"Viola. All better now, Layne stop torturing daddy and tell him mommy got a message from Auntie Janis. We can land on Talos prime now. I know what I need."
Jack's gonna be the death of me. She loves fucking with me now that Layne's here. It's fun and I love her for it. But damn she's getting good. Gonna have to watch my ass…
"Talos Prime, this is the Flying Dutchman. Requesting clearance to land." I say in a strong booming voice. It's my Captain Riddick at your service ma'am voice.
"Good evening captain, this is Talos Prime. State the nature of your visit." A very sexy woman's voice asks as I throw Jack a look that causes her to shake her head.
Gotta fuck with ya again princess. Just cause I can…
"Great another woman, damn baby you like attract them like bees to honey." She says laughing.
"Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz." I tell Jack before resuming my chat with the tower. "Re-supply refit, and a few days R & R."
"Well, Talos Prime is where you need to be for that Captain. Have a safe landing. Let us know if there's anything you need."
"Well thank you I'll be sure to let you know, babe." I say in Jack's favorite low purr/growl just to piss Jack off.
"Sweet thang, you can land on me anytime." She tells me and Jack is rolling on the floor laughing. "Safe trip handsome you're good to slide in on hanger G-1-5."
Man what's it with being married, women are comin on to me like crazy?
Ain't complaining one bit about that. Just seeing the look on Jack's face makes me smile again. I wink and she looks at me trying to keep a straight face.
Nice try princess.
"A regular Don Juan." She says pointing at me. It's funny and I like it when she smiles.
Keeps me thinking we're gonna get out of this without a scratch. I land as slick as Jack's ass in the shower and move to go secure the landing gear.
Lately, I'm thinking about anything and Jack's ass. Fixing the bulkhead pressing her ass up against it. Hitting the heavy bag, flipping Salim thinking about flipping Jack and touching that damn fine ass.
Jesus, I really need to get laid.