A/n I want to thank everyone for their reviews. I know Jack's hair is brown not black, but hey, this story is a product of my own weird imagination. Lets just say that it changed color as she got older. Also thanks everyone for the spelling corrections. I'll try to find the time and go back and fix my mistakes. Anyway enough of my blabbing on with the story!

Chapter 4

'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

Jack woke to a pounding headache, her whole body was bathed in sweat and she was shivering. She was starting to panic, wondering what was wrong with her. She was wracking her confused mind for answers when the memories hit her like a ton of bricks. Her eye's popped open and she jerked into a sitting position, and regretted it instantly. Pain knifed threw her head and her ribs felt like they were about to shatter. Stifling a cry, she slowly lowered herself back down.

Taking a few deep breaths, she raised herself into a sitting position once more. Pain hit her again, but bearable this time. Looking around she found herself to be in the bedroom of, what seemed to be a decent sized ship (judging by the size of the sleeping courtiers.) The room was pretty plain, a queen sized bed, dresser, a couple bedside tables, and a desk. Finished taking inventory of the room, she turned her attention to herself. She was wearing men's clothes, and not just any men's clothes, very large, very black men's clothes.

Her heart started beating faster, she thought she had hallucinated the vision of silver eyes, but the evidence proved to the contrary. Her mind raced, was she really going to see him again after all this time. What would her think of her. Was he alright, was something wrong, were mercs on their tail. All these questions clamored threw her mind at the speed of light. Then as if the cosmos was answering her, the door slid open with a quiet hiss, and the very large, very imposing figure that had tormented her dreams for the past ten years filled the door way.

"Hello Jack." The smooth drawl in his voice started her heart pounding, it was just like she remembered. "Rid…" Clearing her suddenly dry throat she tried again. "Riddick?" Her eye's were starting to blur with tears. "Yea kid its me." The slight smirk on his lip made her smile. Unable to hold back any longer Jack launched herself off the bed, across the room, and into his arms. "I missed you so much!" Burying her face in his chest she let the tears fall.

(Riddicks Pov)

'She's so dammed beautiful.' That was the only thought that entered my mind, as I watched her from the door way. I didn't know what to expect, I knew she wasn't a kid anymore, but I never thought she'd grow up to look like THAT! Sexy amber eyes, long thick black hair, and one hell of a body. I wasn't able to take the time to get a good look at her before. Concentrating on dodging mercs kinda holds you attention. I'm kinda glad, cause if I notice her body before, I would have got us killed.

I watched her eyes fill as she said my name, damn she had a sexy voice. I was so entranced just watching her, my response was not what I had planed. "Yea kid its me." Real smooth dumb ass. I watched the most amazing smile I had ever seem light her face, then she was in my arms. The fact that she had buried her face in my chest muffled her voice, but I still heard her. 'She missed me?' I had expected anger, resentment, maybe even cold indifference, not the joy and longing I heard in her voice. Then I felt the tears staring to soak threw my shirt. 'Aw baby don't, please! I can't stand her tears, never could. After we got off that fucking planet, I would hear her crying, and it ripped at my heart. I guess it still does, don't know why that surprises me.'

I didn't know what to say to her, what to do. So I wrapped my arms around her and said the first thing that came to mind. "Missed you too kid……..I missed you too."

(End Pov)

Jack pulled herself out of Riddick's embrace with obvious reluctance. Looking up into his goggle covered eye's, she gathered her courage to tell him what he needed to know. "You should never have come for me Riddick." That was defiantly not what he expected to hear. "What the fuck do you mean Jack? You wanted me to just leave you in the hand of those bastards?" There was confusion in his voice with a slight edge of anger. "I….." Her voice was quiet, hesitant. "You WHAT Jack?" Riddick had officially moved past confusion and straight into anger. 'What the fuck? she wanted me to leave her there, I could never have just left her.' "I'm sick Riddick." The confession was timid…nervous.

"Why didn't you just say so Jack, for fucks sake its not like I can't just take you to a doctor." The was annoyance radiating from every pore of his body. 'What she thought I was afraid of a cold or something, fuck I thought she knew me better than that.' "NO Riddick you don't get it, I'm SICK!" The emphasis she put of that word gave him pause . Fear started to work it way into his chest. When she started to speak again he held his breath. "I'm dying Riddick."

A/N Sorry for the little 'Walk to Remember' cameo in the last paragraph. Please review and let me know what you think.