Chapter 2.
Disclaimer-Once again I do not own Pitch Black or The Chronicles of Riddick.
Jack woke slowly, trying to clear the fog from her mind. She had a pounding headache and her ribs ached horribly. Groaning she shook her head trying to pull her scattered thoughts together. Suddenly it all came back to her, sitting blot upright she started searching her searching her surroundings for any sign of the man who had abducted her. After a quick scan of the room she found herself to be alone.
Well with that one problem solved, Jack took the time to get a better idea of just where she was. She was sitting on a bed, or an old, dirty mattress, passing itself off as a bed. She was in a small dark room the walls where covered in a dull gray paint that was starting to peel. There were no windows and a heavy wooden door looked to be the only way in or out. Getting up off her make shift resting place she went over and tried the door, she knew it was pointless, but hey one could always hope that her kidnappers were to stupid to look her in.
And her effort was indeed pointless the door didn't budge. Sighing Jack made her way back to her bed and sat down once more, putting her head in her hands she thought about what these men could possibly want her for. Sure she and Iman weren't pore but they defiantly weren't rich either. Ransom just didn't seem plausible. That left her at a dead end, she had no enemies that she was aware of and they seemed to organized for slavers. Flopping down on the mattress Jack closed her eyes and came to the conclusion she would find out why she was here soon enough.
Jack must have fallen asleep because when she opened her eyes again she was surround by three scruffy looking men. Jumping up from the bed Jack started to run past them wanting to put as much space between her and her captors as possible. She had almost made it to the door when her arm was caught in a bruising grip and she was flung agenst the wall. " Where do you think your going girly?" The largest of the men taunted. " We haven't even been properly introduced, and your already trying to leave, that's not polite you know." Smiling at her with a mouth full of yellowed teeth, he grabbed both her arms just above the elbow pressing them to her side. Dragging her along he led her back across the room and threw her on the bed. "Now that your more comfortable." Leered the same man, whom she assumed was the leader as he was the only one who has spoken so far. " Why don't you just make yourself at home and tell us all you know about one Richard B. Riddick. Hmmm."
Clarity crashed into Jack with the force of a title wave, mercs! She was in the hands of mercs, and they wanted her to lead them to Riddick. As odd as it seems in all the years since Riddick left the possibility that someone would seek to use her connection to him in order to track him down never occurred to her. She would never betray Riddick, ever! She just hoped that resolve wouldn't get her killed. Smiling sweetly at her captors despite the bile rising in her throat she went for the classic denial. "I'm sorry I don't have any idea what your talking about."
The slap caught her off guard, sure she knew her answer would piss them off, but she didn't think it would piss them off that much, Ow! "Don't play games with us girly, we know you know where Riddick went after he dropped you and the holy man off on this planet. Now why don't you be a good little girl and tell use where he is?" Smiling to herself Jack thanked every god she knew that Riddick never told her where he was going. I guess her was right when he said that what you don't know……..you can't tell.
"Look boys," Jack said with a sneer on her face. "I have no clue where Riddick is, okay. I haven't seen or heard from the man in ten years." The supposed "leader" of this little rat pack didn't take the news too well. "So the little puppy lost her master did she? Well I've always heard that Riddick is more animal than human………and what better way to catch a beast than with live bate?" The smile that spread across his face sent chills down Jacks spine. "And since you will be staying with us for un unknown amount of time, I suppose introductions are in order."
One of the other two men stepped forward then, he wasn't as tall as the other two, nor did he seen quite as flee ridden. "The names Toombs and this is my crew." His face was void of all emotion, the small smirk on his face was the only sign that her was enjoying this. "You had the opportunity to get acquainted wit Gator." Toombs said pointing to the large man who had served as her interrogator so far. "And this lovely gentleman here." Toombs said pointing to the last man in the room. "Is our lovely pilot Dan. Now I suggest you get some rest as we have a nice long flight waiting for us in the morning. Tired bate just doesn't wriggle like fresh, you know?" The men left the room quick the look on the door snicking into place behind them. Jack just sat where she was listening to Toomb's deep chuckle as he walked down the hall.
-Uv System, Planet Six-
Shined eyes glowed in the darkness as Riddick made his way across the surface of the planet. Ice and snow whipped around an already chapped face. Putting his goggles back on to shield his eyes, Riddick continued to make his way toward the cave he called home. Ten years……ten fucking years he'd spent on this frozen heap, and all for nothing. This planet may be the frozen shit hole of the system, but he still got the news. Mercs had Jack, he'd tired to keep her safe. He should have know just staying away from her wouldn't be enough. So now after all this time he was going to see her again. The girl that's haunted his dreams and plagued his thoughts.
The last time he saw her she was just a scrawny little kid, stars in her eyes and untainted innocence. Then the creatures happened… and that naivety went away, replaced with nightmares and bloodshed. Why the kid liked a killer like him, he would never understand. The one thing he did know was that he wasn't going to sit around like some pussy and leave her to the mercs. It was a trap…………he knew it was a trap, thing is Riddick couldn't help but smile at the thought of seeing just what kind of woman his little Jack had grown into.
A/N This story does not fallow the story line of Chronicles of Riddick. It may use some of the charters and plot, but won't follow the timeline of the movie. RR let me know what you think of the story so far. Thanks.