A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I also got my first flame for this story, from a lovely person named Nihilo, who apparently chose to only read the first chapter of the story and then proceeded to criticize me on how short the story was. Oh well, what're you gonna do ? More reviews please!
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"So, what do we do know ? Or are we just going to sit here and wait for them to come and eat us ?"
Jones whimpered softly and pressed himself closer to Cassandra, who looked up at Rick with a mixture of fear and hope shining in her eyes.
Hope ? In me ? That's not possible, he thought.
"We're going to try and get back to the other ship. We have the power cells here, all we need is a way out."
"Are you fucking crazy ?" Sawyer, the bounty hunter, threw his hands up in disbelief. "Go out there ? That's suicide!"
"Normally, it would be. But, I have a way."
"How ? Unless you can magically see in the dark or something ?!"
"No, I can't. But, she can."
He nodded at Cassandra, not noticing that the fear in her eyes had turned to anger.
"We take all the lights we can find and stick together in a group. Cassandra and Marina can lead us, because Marina knows the way to the ship. We can probably do this without losing anyone."
"Excuse me, Rick ? Could I talk to you for a minute ? Alone, preferably."
Cassandra had gotten to her feet, her eyes blazing. He nodded and followed her out into one of the closed off halls. She shut the door carefully behind them and then turned to him, fury in her eyes.
"Just what the hell do you think you're doing ?"
"Saving our asses."
"Yeah, by volunteering MY services, when I don't want to help."
"Listen, Cassandra ...."
"Fuck you !"
Rick grabbed one of her wrists and pulled her towards him.
"What is your problem ? Why won't you help ?"
SMACK
With her free hand, she slapped him hard across the face.
The blow still stinging on his cheek, he grabbed her other wrist and roughly forced her up against the wall, so she couldn't move.
"Alright, I don't know what your issue is, but those people in there need your help. Are you honestly telling me, you would let them all die ?"
"And, as I said before, Fuck you !"
Cassandra's voice was shaking with barely controlled anger and she glared stonily up at him.
"You do not know what I have been through, Rick and I am not going through it again. Not for you and especially not for a bunch of psycho-fucks I don't even like."
"What happened to you, Cassie ?"
Rick's voice was low, but it held a hint of a threat in it.
She shook her head and laughed coldly.
"Why do you think I know so much about Valdaine and the creatures ? Where do yo think my scars came from ?"
"You're only sixteen. If you have come from Valdaine, you would have been really young when it happened and if so, probably wouldn't have survived."
"Twenty-one."
"Twenty-one what ?"
"I'm twenty-one, you asshole. I was the only survivor from Valdaine, twelve years ago." Her voice grew softer and she took on the tone of voice, he used to scare people. "I saw my parents ripped to shreds, Rick. When the eclipse ended and the rescue crew finally found me, I was living in one of the creatures nests, covered in blood and dirt and was half-insane. Two months later, I started having visions. That's why Teke won't believe me when I tell him I've seen something. He still thinks I'm crazy. Most people I meet think that. But, then that's just was comes with the curse of being a seer."
There was a silence as he took in what she had just told him and then he leaned a little bit closer to her.
"Show me your scars, Cassie."
"You've seen these ones," her fingers brushed over the one scar that ran the length of her cheekbone and the three on her neck.
"But, you'll be the first, besides the doctors who took care of me, to see my others."
She turned around in his arms and taking his hands in her own, placed them on her waist, just under the bottom of her sweater.
He could feel slightly raised skin and lifted the edge of her shirt, revealing two scars, one on either side of her back. They were large scars, at least five inches each and as he ran his thumbs over them, his fingers brushed against another set of six scars, three on each side of her waist, just above her hipbones.
"These creatures aren't like the ones you've met before. They might have killed Raze and Thompson quickly, but that's because they were starved for blood. The next one they take, they'll make lot's of cuts on the persons body, like these, drink some blood and then slap this web-like stuff over the cuts to prevent the person from bleeding to death. They can feed off of one person for a couple of months at least, it really depends how big the size of the colony is."
Her voice had dropped even lower and Rick became very aware of how close they were standing.
There was another silence and then Cassandra spoke again.
"Rick, I don't normally do this, but after listening to myself talk about the pain I went through, I've had a change of heart. I will try to lead everyone back to the ship, but on one condition."
"What ?"
"That no matter what, you will protect Jones, because I can't protect him and lead everyone else at the same time."
He thought about it for a minute and then nodded.
"I will do my best."
"Good. We should get moving soon, so get the others and have them collect all the lights they can find."
They turned to go back into the room, when an anguished scream split the air........
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Dun-dun-dunnnnnn...
Cue evil cliffhanger music!
Sorry so short, will be longer next time
Also look for the sequel to this coming soon
Ps. Special note for Selene Morwynion:
I know that I am evil, but it is so much fun to kill off main characters! Oh well maybe if I get more reviews Riddick won't have to die...... Then again maybe he will!