When Jack finished clean up the mess she was tired but happy. Anne and Kalifa were married, finally and it only took them mass murder, interplanetary flight, and a convicted murderer as Captain.
When she walked down the hall, having taking off her shoes and heard something she had never in her life expected.
Riddick was singing. She couldn't believe it. His deep baritone voice was so unbelievable to hear.
She crept inside and he was holding Layne in his arms his son's head on his shoulder swaying around the room. She wanted to cry, it was so precious.
"Looking back on the things I've done…I was trying to be someone…" he crooned as his back was turned and she could hear the music playing softly in the back ground. "Playing my part, and kept you in the dark… Now let me show you the shape of my heart…"
When he swung around and saw her standing in the doorway with a smirk on her face he tried to recover, "Music off."
She stood and tried to keep a straight face. "So."
Fuck, busted…
"He was crying and I tried everything, so I put the disc you had in your player on and this came on and he seemed to calm down." He tried to say but sounded guilty.
"Never thought you liked "this" kind of music. Not very manly. Bunch of poser boys singing. But you go on, don' let me interrupt this little concert. You actually are quite good. Very sexy."
"Shut it Jack." He said and his face was red, with embarrassment or rage for being caught singing Backstreet boys, she didn't know but fucking with him is fun.
"You can sing for me anytime baby." She said coming to him as he put Layne down.
"I," he said pulling her by the arm and throwing her on the bed roughly, "said," he punctuated by moving on top of her and pressing himself against her, "shut it."
"What if I don't?" She asked looking at him with his dark aroused eyes staring back at her.
"I won't let you come." He said in a low growl against her neck as he kissed it.
"Shutting up." She said quickly as he moved his hands to remove her slacks.
When Jack awoke a few hours later it was to the sound of her laptop beeping. "Shit!" She said quietly as she padded over towards the desk wearing Riddick's shirt.
Janis' message arrived uuencoded and looked as if it was written quickly. "Riddick!" she said coming towards the bed. "Wake up we're in trouble. They're three days ahead of schedule. FUCK."
He sat up rubbed his face and pulled his pants on. "When did you get this?"
"Now. It's dated 4 and half hours ago. We've got two hours before they reach the surface." She said running her fingers through her hair. "But hey, the money's there. We need to go to the bank when it opens in three hours. They'll be on the surface and I can't believe I slept through this. FUCK!"
"Jack you had a reason for sleeping. I wore you out." He said smug. "Send Janis a message, tell her to stall at least two hours. Then tell her at dusk meet us at the H street Bar. I'll send Salim. Man needs a mission anyway. Plus he knows her."
Dearest Mother,
With the wolves just outside our garden we must be aware of them. We need to know. Baba S will be so happy when you are finished with your mission. His most fervent desire is to see you again. Let us know when you're finished, when it is time to move on. Kasim and Ali send their love and we cannot wait to see you…
Our love,
Your daughter.
"Let me see the message." Riddick said putting on a black wife beater and his mech's pants and boots.
NEED TO KNOW WHEN SEE MERCS
BABA S H ST DUSK
"Send it." He said as he kissed her on the forehead and walked out into the dark ship.
He walked down the hall and banged on Salim's door. "Wake up, time to kill people." He then walked down to Kalifa's door, "Come on. Move it."
He felt bad about getting into Kalifa's business especially on his wedding night but four hours was enough to make up for lost time. They had work to do.
Jack looked into the mirror and tried to give herself courage. She had to believe that they would be able to pull this off. She brushed her hair, ran some water over her face and dressed for war. She came out of her room with her black mech's pants, her boots and a black long sleeve shirt. "Anne. Take little guy, and if he gets upset, Sasha will play my music I made for him."
Then she headed towards the med lab. "Sasha, show time."
She placed her new laptop on the table and sat Indian style typing the keys. She jacked into Toombs ship. Roper was doing a diagnostic, she backed into his hard drive, bypassing it, giving him the all clear signal. She patched into the infrared showing Janis in the med lab, she typed directly on her screen.
Janis msg recd pls find way to make it to H st. bar dusk. Are u safe?
Type on screen I can see you. Sit down and breathe.
Jack they're going over tapes from New Mecca. Big Swede is looking to go after you. They know you are his only weakness. Be careful.
Janis, keep them on ship two more hours. Need to go to bank and retrieve money. Got to get the bank. Keep them on ship…
Will try, Janis out.
"FUCK!" she said hitting the table.
"Jack, I sense you are upset. What can I do?" Sasha asked as Jack paced back and forth.
"Sasha, we need to keep the boys off the planet until I get back from the bank. They can't know about the money. We need to get it, got any suggestions?"
"Slow them down, reduce their speed, you do have control of the ship don't you?"
"Yeah, but Roper's at the controls. He'll know something's up." Jack said to her computer.
"Tell Janis to keep him busy, no one else would notice a slight slowing, maybe enough to give you time to do what you have to before the big plan goes into phase 3."
Janis, get Roper off the bridge…
Why?
Because I got to fuck with the nav computer and he needs to be off the bridge. Hurry we don't have a lot of time.
Okay. Will do, how long do you need?
Five minutes to slow you down and five to cover it up.
Fine, I will. GO dim lights again when you start. Janis out.
Jack began a complex set of commands and found after about a minute she was in the nav computer's brain. She had only a few moments and she figured give Janis five minutes to get to the bridge, and another ten to convince him.
Janis walked briskly to the bridge and found Roper running around getting ready for their landing in two hours time. "Hey Danny. What's up?"
"Nothing, just doing my fucken job." He said surly.
"Hey, what's wrong?" She asked looking at him. He was upset.
"I'm fucken pathetic. Toombs is right. I should have never looked at her. Man, I'm a fucken idiot. Two mil split between 7 ways, I should just shut my mouth."
"Wanna get a cup of coffee? I'm buying?" she offered.
"Nah, got a lot of work to do up here." He said flipping switches and slamming things.
"Danny, listen, you don't have to do this. You can get off this ship when we land and walk away." She said looking at the lights above, nothing…
The clock was ticking and she had to convince him…
"I know, but I need the money, and I said I would."
"You need to come with me. I need to check your head, it still hasn't healed. Damn, I think it may even be infected. My you're warm." She said feeling is forehead.
"I have been feeling kinda tired since we woke up." He admitted. That's it Danny come on walk away from the console.
"I got something for that, and when you get to the surface you can have a good time, you don't want to be stuck in here with a fever and shaking like a leaf do you?"
"No, let's go." He said thinking of the lay he was due.
"Come on Janis, get his ass of the bridge." Jack said with her fingers on the button.
"Jack." Riddick said bringing in coffee. "What are you doing?"
"We're out of time before they hit the planet and I need to buy us some time. Thank you. God I need caffeine. Those red blips are the crew. Janis just got Roper off the bridge. And not a second too soon. I need to slow them .15 to give us an extra hour. That small amount should do the trick and not alert them to tampering."
"Get dressed once it's done. I need to get us to the bank. We're just withdrawing the money on a chip?" he asked rubbing her back as she hunched over and made the calculations.
"Yes. Give me a minute." She said dimming the lights on the ship.
She saw that the men were still in the mess and Roper and Janis were in the lab. She backed out slowly and locked out the speed on the nav computer.
When Jack came back out she was dressed in a deep blue pants suit with a white shell underneath. Her deep blue headscarf was on and she had only a few moments to give Layne to his auntie before Riddick came in his black suit and another white shirt.
"Ready?" He asked looking at her. She looked scared.
I look at her and I can smell her fear. "Jack." I tell her looking into her eyes. "Breathe."
She's jumpy. I know the feeling. It isn't just us now. We've got others in the shit with us. "Jack, look at me."
She's gotta focus. "I am. It's just I want this over."
"You and me both Jack. Just think, after this, I'll take you to Talos 4 and we'll get a house on the beach and figure out what we want to do after that."
"Promise?" she asks walking down the gang plank.
I'm in bodyguard mode, cause people can see us. "Without Anne are you gonna speak in English."
"No, you are." She tells me. But I forgot I have the shades. Great idea Jack.
"We get the money and make it back before 930. Then we wait till dusk. I have a feeling those mercs are gonna cut loose for a few hours. They've been in cryo for a month they're going to need a little female company.
"How do you know?" she asks me, what a fucken question. But I'll answer it because she's worrying again.
"They have dicks Jack, it's a genetic thing." I tell her.
"But you held off for a long time why can't they?" she asks me.
"They're not me."