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Ok here's chp 4, this is completely in Jack's POV. Again if you're confused add it into your review.
The days went by like weeks, and the weeks went by like months. Imam still didn't think I was ready. I walked up to him 2 years and 6 months to the day to give him a piece of my mind.
"Imam I feel like I'm ready to see Riddick." The two of us stood by the front door. "You said you would let me go when I was ready. You also said that I would be ready in two weeks. I'm 14 and feel I'm ready. Doesn't matter where he went I miss him." I made my voice stern and direct. "I can't live like this anymore. I need him."
"You are right. I should not have kept you away for so long." Imam dropped his head to look at the floor. "You're ready, but I'm not."
"I want to see him." I walked over to him and swung an arm around his shoulders.
"Go pack." He turned his head toward me and smiled. I smiled back, a smile that reached from one ear to the other. So I ran up and packed. I packed everything I could fit into my duffle. When Riddick left all he left was that note, I never left home without it. I held it in my hand and looked at it, I smiled and shoved it into the bag; and swung the strap over my right shoulder and almost skipped out my bedroom door. I ran down the stairs and into the living room to find Imam lying on the couch. I stopped and dropped the duffle to the floor. I stood there looking at him as a tear fell down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away, and walked over to him. His body leaning over the back of the couch painting it a crimson red. In his right hand he held a piece of paper. It was only one ticket for a crater headed for the U.V. system that would make a very short stop on planet 6. I looked at the tooth around his neck, and pulled it way holding it. I was so caught up in the ticket and the necklace I didn't notice the merc standing just on the other side of the room.
"Where's Riddick?" The man asked walking out from the small shadow, holding a gat.
"Riddick?" I asked giving him a puzzled face. "Riddick who?"
"Richard B. Riddick He was being escorted by a merc named Johns; the ship crashed on a desert planet…only three survivors a holy man, a boy, and Riddick. Now where is he?" The merc moved in a little closer.
"I don't know, but where ever he is he's gonna cut you up like a piece of meat." The merc gave a sinister smile and took a few more steps closer walking around the couch and coming face-to-face with me. What do I do? Do I kill him and be like Riddick or is there a second option? There is no second option. I thought standing there with a large smile on my face.
"You don't have a reason to smile." He pointed the gat at me and started to pull the trigger, it jammed; and my grip on Imams necklace tightened, before I knew it I was slicing the mercs middle with the sharp tooth in my hand. I quickly walked towards the front door grabbing my duffle on my way out. I walked with all notions of getting on that crater to U.V. 6 and never looking back. Over the past two years I still looked like a guy; I wore baggy jeans and a sweatshirt. I bought a "Riddick outfit" I didn't mind it, it looked good on me. I just preferred my jeans and sweatshirt. I had a little more muscle, getting your ass whipped everyday after school for two years toughens a kid up.
As I sat on the ship staring at the stars outside I wondered if Riddick just told me where he was going because he knew Imam wouldn't let me follow or if he really did want me to follow, or if that's where he really went. I held Imams necklace he never took off along with Riddick's good-bye note to give me some comfort. Didn't help much I still missed Riddick and Imam. I'd never see Imam again and Riddick wouldn't be much of a support for sadness or any other feeling for that matter, but I could learn to live without feelings; they only get you into trouble anyway. I still have nightmares about the creatures on the hellish planet, but then the black knight comes to the rescue. Yeah I know it sounds nuts, Riddick a hero, there was only one rule stay in the light. I sat in my seat and waited for someone to walk by grab me and throw me off the ship. I fell asleep and when I woke up the ship was bumping, and jerking. The intercom beeped.
"We have made a quick stop on U.V. 6 to refuel and to pick up water. Thank you." I new then it was my stop I had to sneak out and quick. I made my way to the garbage discharge and climbed through the small whole for garbage disposal. I slid out onto an icy surface and landed on my butt. I jumped up and started walking away from the ship hoping no one would notice. I was smart enough to bring a larger coat and a hat to cover my bare head. I walked for hours till I found blood staining the ice a foot print stood next to it. The treads resembled that of the ones on Riddick boots. I followed the prints to a hill of ice and snow, climbing the hill the breeze got colder. At the top the prints stopped and laid a body of a dead animal.
"Hmm…must be one of the creatures that inhabit this place." I stated to the wind and snow. I got that feeling you get when your being watched and started back on the path forward. There was a crunching in the distance ahead and a blurry figure walking to a cave. I realized it was Riddick. I would recognize that walk anywhere. I followed him, he stopped and barley turned his head my way. I hid behind a piece of standing ice as he started back for the cave opening. I was about to run towards the cave when a large white creature ran through the door at full force, Riddick stabbed it and it hit the ground. The animal got up and looked around; as I hid at the entrance watching. A Fleece made from the same kind of animal Riddick had been wearing lie on the ground, the creature walked to it towering over it. I saw a shadow blocking the light from above the creature so I got closer, Riddick held himself in a type of hand stand with his knives in the ice above the animals head. He pulled the knives outta the ice and dropped on the creature stabbing it in the chest; he pulled the knives out and pushed himself off also pushing the creature making it hit the wall behind it. Riddick ran up to it and stabbed it upwards picking the large animal up off the ground and letting it bleed to death. He let the body drop to the ground. I was in awe I couldn't believe his strength, that animal could have easily ripped him apart.
"Riddick!" I said in a tone that carried throughout the large cave.
"Jack." He said in a low growl.
I dropped my bag and ran at him jumping at him. He caught me and I wrapped my legs around his waste, my arms wrapped around his neck. I wanted to cry but I was too cold and too happy.
"I'm never letting go." I whispered in his ear. I let go of my grip and slid to the ground. "I want you to teach me. Teach me everything you know." I looked around the cave and smiled. "Nice place."
"It works." Riddick grabbed the creature by it's foot and started dragging it towards a little opening in the far wall at the end of the cave. He dropped it and turned around. Blood from the animal slid down the wall to my left, the blood stopped moving and a gust of wind picked up.
"You've learned to use your gifts well, Riddick."
"Riddick?" I said with a shivering voice as I ran to his side and held his left arm.
"You've learned to manage your gifts and to use them to your advantage. Now you must help the child tap into her inner strength. She too has been blind far too long." I felt as if a needle stuck into my eyes and pulled back out. I cried out in pain. when I was able to open my eyes everything looked different and colorful. I looked up and the light hurt my eyes. I looked at Riddick and he too looked different.
"Wha…What happened?" I asked trying to grasp what I was seeing.
"How do you like the eyes?" Riddick asked guiding me to his bed. I sat down and looked at his eyes.
"I don't think I can get used to this." He handed me a pair of goggles much like his own. "Now you'll have to teach me how to see, fight, and how to use my instincts."
"I like a challenge."
AN: I really hope you liked this chp. Plz R&R:)