To all my faithful sorry for not update for the last few days. I had succumbed to a four day cluster migraine and it sucked beyond any rational thought. I would have rather had a bullet in the brain, at least I would have stopped hurting....
But to all those who patiently waited here is Chappy 60.
Dedicated to BloodluvsRoses, ???, PSL (I think it's fucking good too...)
Sita my sista in crime, Nina, Kendra and to Rose, got some more Toombs for ya
Eternal Celstial, you are the UBER best!
I PROMISE to update a few times this weekend. While I was on the mend, I reread the story just because I love it too, so when the pain stopped I could go on and be right where I left off.
Thanks to everyone, and for those who want to read some other great FF on Riddick, HATE VS LOVE. definitely awesome.
Bear in mind guys, that things are gonna get action packed now and after a talk with my sista sita, a sequel has been mulling around in the recesses of the blot bunny infected portion of my head. The next chappies are gonna be fun and we all know how Riddick likes his fun.
Talos Prime
Joe met Riddick and Jack at the H Street bar after midnight three days later. "Hey, Robert." He said smiling, nursing a whiskey sour and tapping his hand on a silver briefcase.
"Hey Joe." Riddick said escorting Jack by placing his hand at the small of her back.
The bar was dark, just the way Riddick like it, with cold beer, pretty waitresses and no questions. It was his kind of place.
"Hey there Jack." Joe said smiling. Jack wore her favorite jeans, and a blood red top, with spaghetti straps and ending just around her navel, under a black leather coat. "Word on the street is you're a big payday now. But that's just another urban legend. Riddick's dead, been dead over a year now."
Removing her coat, turning and placing it on the back of the booth, giving Joe a clear view of her tattoos, Jack asked smiling at Riddick who smirked having to live with that for years, "How much?"
He stammered a bit, not unusual when he spoke to a beautiful woman, and Riddick tried to remain serious faced. It was hard because Jack seemed to enjoy making the man squirm.
He cleared his throat. "25 million." He said making them both laugh.
"Said you killed 50 men, women and children." Joe said joining in.
Jack leaned forward and shook her head. Riddick put his hand on the back of her neck and began to rub affectionately as he began to speak. "For the record, I killed 14 men, Jack killed one woman and I had to shoot one on the way out. I'm a killer, not a butcher, I don't do kids. And the bounty is 2 million for me and 250,000 for her."
"Damn." Joe told them taking another sip. He slid the briefcase towards Jack and beamed at her. "Sweetheart, I'm gonna say something. This is a masterpiece. A work of art…wireless, undetectable…FLAWLESS."
"Thanks Joe." She said just resting her nimble fingers on the metal. "I do love a man who can handle his hardware."
Joe blushed so red that Riddick had to stifle a laugh.
"Aren't ya gonna look at it?" he asked suddenly concerned.
"No." she said patting the silver metal. "I trust you."
Damn… Joe was impressed, and that happened rarely. His grin, widening each second accompanied his eyes darting back and forth between the two and he was convinced that the little lady before him, pleasing as hell on the eyes was the best thing to happened to his friend in a very long time.
"A pleasure doing business with you both. And congrats on the kid." He told them getting up to leave. "Don't forget to tell your friends."
"Bank on it pops." She told him turning to look at Riddick who had just become aware that they were in a secluded booth in a dark bar filled with strangers.
"Let's go Jack." He said and in an instant, they were gone.
Doctor Janis walked Roper to his tube and put him under sighing. She'd gotten the information and transmitted it in the following message, her next part of the plan was she had to get Toombs occupied, for hours.
My Dearest daughter,
First, you are missed. Too many days have passed since I last saw you and Kasim. It has been 11 months, 26 days, and 2 hours and 15 minutes since we parted and I feel the separation greatly. Quite often I wonder how Allah comes to decide whom to bless. Time will tell…
I long for the day when I see you again and pray that Allah grants my prayer. In my life, I have seen both life and death, have hastened it when the death knell sounded and ushered in life when the promise of the future called. Peace and quiet is what I long for, to see S again and realize my future is to see a taste of heaven
The wolves are quiet I hope except for the crafty one, the leader always stalks so be careful. Setting a diversion is the only hope of success. After, you will know what you must do. Until my prayer is answered….
I will always love you both. Kiss Ali for me and be vigilant. The wolves will soon be caught and bother you no more.
Your mother.
Jack walked up the gang plank and went directly towards their rooms. Layne was supposed to be sleeping and wasn't in his bassinet.
On the couch however, slept Anne, with the boy perched atop her breasts both snoring peacefully.
She picked up the baby, placed him in the bassinet and watched as Anne sighed and sat up. "Fell asleep a little while ago."
"Get some sleep Anne, thanks." Jack said placing the lap top on the desk. Next to it was her old one and her music player on top.
She sat down, removed her coat, and leaned back in the chair. There was a message waiting for her and she checked her watch. It was after 1 in the morning and when Riddick joined her he grabbed a chair and sat silent, waiting for the answer.
FREQ 1126 TIME 2 15 PASS CODE ASGA-MR
FARAD THE PP
BE CAREFUL… I SET DIVERSION THE LEADER
ALWAYS BE VIGILANT
"Well, aren't we timely." Jack said aloud as she cracked her neck. She booted up her lap top, and scanned. With Toombs at least two weeks out, she had an indication from previous transmissions where he'd be and which area.
"Okay Jack. This is your show, where to first?" He asked laying his coat on the back of the chair and pulling up beside her.
"We need to track him. Find his ident and position, then prep my baby for a painless and undetectable entry. Janis is gonna have the rest of the crew doped so it's just Toombs she's got to occupy until I get passed their security. It's like hot-wiring a car with an alarm. Quick, and you're gone, but some newer ships take time and if he knows I'm trying to hack his ship Janis may have some trouble."
He rubbed her back and smiled. "I'm glad they taught you all this. I just love a smart woman." He crooned trailing his hand down her back.
"Right." She smirked. I have less than an hour to prep for the download and you doing that is gonna distract me."
"And I thought you could multi task." He quipped.
"I can, but I have to be able to get around things and I need all my resources for that." She said shaking her head.
"Baby?" she asked looking at her screen. "Sasha said I've got a little problem with Layne."
His face lost it's playfulness and he looked at her concerned. "What's wrong?"
"My milk's dried up. She's got some ideas how we could feed him through artificial means, and I thought you should know before you see him drinking from a bottle and not from me."
"You're not sick are you?" he asked watching her scan star charts.
"No, it just happens sometimes. Formula now is really scientific, all the nutrients, tastes okay, don't worry."
"Sure, so now those are just for play?" he said coming up behind her and grabbing both in his hands.
"Yes, you horny perv." She said laughing as his lips kissed her neck.
"Good, you know I hate to share." He said laughing a deep throaty laugh.
"Are you gonna help me or just play with my nipples?" she smirked looking up at him.
He paused making her laugh louder. "You really want me to answer that?"
Riddick smirked and sat back down in the chair and winked. "Hack into that asshole's ship there you."
"As you wish my lord." she said locating a single red blip. "Easy as pie. See, he's there. I can track his every movement. Better than a tracking beacon. Now, with this program and the use of the ship's long range scanners, I can tap into his ships FREQ and code like they would when he'd land on a planet. That gives me complete access to every file on the ship."
She put her foot up and leaned her chin on her knee and tapped the keys. "Once I'm in, I can even access the crew dossiers, pictures, backgrounds. I can even tell you the last time they ate. We'll know everything about them before he even steps on the planet. If there are cameras on board, I can even tap into those. You tell me what you want to know and I will have it at my finger tips."
"That Jack, makes my day. Getting the drop on that merc is gonna make me a very happy man. That bastard's been hunting me for years and I think it's about time it happened to him."
"Now, I've also programmed the ship's security protocols to alert me so when he looks at the files later on, it's as if nothing happened, and anybody decides to check and see if there's been any tampering, nothing will show up."
"Genius what happens after you copy his personal files and vid phone records?" he asked walking over and adjusting Layne's blanket.
"I use this program to create a virtual Toombs, one I can control using this." She said pointing to the screen. "This allows me to do something fun. Earlier this week, using my old computer I was able to compile enough of you from the med lab, to do this. Just to prove I could do it. We will control everything..."
On the vid screen above them, she displayed a very realistic representation of Riddick, down to his cat like movements. His eyes looked from her smiling, to the screen and then to her typing on the keyboard. "Now big guy I'm gonna type something I know you'd never say."
She got up, closed their bedroom door and sat back down. He was skeptical and she knew it. But that didn't deter her. She tried to keep a straight face. "Look at the view screen and listen."
"Hi, Riddick. I'm virtual Riddick. The latest creation by Jack. You're wondering what the hell I'm doin, just watch. First mistake Riddick, is that Toombs underestimated Jack." Then he watched himself smirk. "Do you think you'd be saying: Man," the virtual Riddick said in his classic low seductive growl. "Johns had the greatest ass. Couldn't get enough of that man's ass. Mmm loved to try and chase that ass around the planet. Wanted to touch it all the fucken time."
She did not just make that fucken thing say that shit.
"Jack, that's just wrong." He glared menacingly at Jack. "Gotta admit though, it looks, moves and sounds like me. But that's just fucken wrong though."
He was very impresssed, deeply disturbed but still impressed.
"What, you didn't look at Johns when he was alive?" she asked. "I did."
"You did?" he asked cocking his head.
"Yeah, but after you get a taste of Riddick, everything else is just a second rate." She said smiling a broad shit eating grin. "That's with the old software. With Sasha's modified AI, and the newer version of the software, I'm gonna be able to allow her to be Toombs. All with my prompting. Trust me, with the updated software I have now, you won't be able to distinguish him from the original."
"Baby, you keep surprising me." he told her completely convinced. "That copy of me even had my smirk, my head movements, the way I hold my mouth. Damn Jack, never knew you were that fucken smart."
"Be afraid, be very afraid. Smart women are very horny women." She quipped.
"I knew that already smart ass." He said looking at her screen. "Janis is sending a message."
After decryption it read:
JACK, DLOAD A GO
TOOMBS OCCUPIED IN MESS.
TWO HOURS STARTS 0215
GOOD LUCK
"Jack. I've been thinking." Riddick said when she started on the com computer's data link.
"Did it hurt?" she said playfully, getting a smack on her arm from Riddick. "About what?"
"The restraints." He said and she suddenly turned serious.
"Baby, we'll work around them. I know how they make you. I watched, I don't need you feeling that way again." she said holding his fingers and rubbing his palm against her cheek. It meant the world to her that he would endure the humiliation and torture for her, for them and she wanted to hug him and kiss him senseless for it.
"No, it's okay. I can handle it. I spent years in the dark and I know what's at stake." He said in a pained voice.
"No baby. We'll do it another way. I've been thinking about that." She said looking at the still of virtual Riddick. "Voila. Virtual man will be restrained. Remember that movie we saw a few months ago, where the kids were playing those video games on their computers. I can write it into the program and you're restrained. If I can make Toombs dance like a ballerina, I can restrain you. No harm no foul, you're still free. Sasha and I have it covered."
"She was supposed to be a med computer." Riddick said so relieved his sigh was the best sound she'd heard in a long while.
"She evolved." Jack simply said smiling. "OOH! I'm in. Jesus Toombs. Can you say, I'm in love with myself…"
"Jack?" he asked quietly.
Jack was so involved with bypassing unwanted files and security protocols that she murmured, "Yeah baby what?"
"Thanks, you're the best." He said meaning her attempts to get around him being restrained.
"Work with the best, become the best big guy." She said winking. "Watch me work baby. I plan on fucking him up from the inside out."
Janis knew that the download had begun. Jack was always so efficient she knew that the briefest of flicker in the lights was the signal. "Harold?"
"Yeah?" he asked walking down the hallway.
"Hungry?" she asked looking at him with her best smile. Two hours was a long time to make small talk and she needed a diversion big enough to keep him away from any of the ships monitors.
"I could eat." You. He said smiling. "Whatcha cooking Doc?"
"Well, since we've got processed stuff, nothing special. But if you can eat that, I suppose I can cook it."
"Good, been a while since I got a meal cooked for me by a good looking woman." He offered smiling big.
"Well, it's been a while since someone like you ate it." she told him trying her best to keep her smile genuine.
One hour fifty minutes…. Could she do it? Charm him? She prayed to Allah for all their sakes that she could.