AN: Ah, people love me!!! I feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Totally Obsessed47-I'm glad you think it's interestingl. I do try. lol.

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Rose-Z- yes we all love ridick/jack stories. lol. anyone who doesn't is just plain weird....

Riddick's Sita- yes, Jacks cutting problem is a little upsetting. But I thought it would be an interesting way to portray her.

Well people, on with the chapter.

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RECAP

She was asleep when a large figure appeared, a silhouette against the moonlight in the window frame. Silver eyes shined with a predatory quality, his goggles pushed up. 'What the hell am I doing here. She has a life now. She doesn't need me to fucking screw it up.' he thought to himself. But still he crept in through the window, his steps quiet and graceful, like a giant cat. Riddick walked closer to the lump under the covers. A lump he knew was Jack. He stopped when he saw on a small table next to the bed something shiny laying there. 'someones been shiv happy....'he thought as he saw a small knife. It's blade had blood on it.

He frowned. It was Jacks blood. He could smell it, and he knew.

"Oh fuck Jack....."he growled.

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Riddick moved swiftly to the bed where Jack lay. Growling, he pulled back the covers. Jack gasped at the sudden lack of blankets, but her training came back and she stayed still pretending to sleep. And yes, she had trained. All these five years she had trained. She wasn't about to get soft. She fingered the shiv she was holding under her pillow.

Riddick's eyes widened after he tore off the blankets. Said blanket fell to the floor.

Holy fuck....Jacks not a little girl anymore. His inner beast growled in agreement. His shined eyes trailed down her toned, lithe form. He licked his lips and held back the urge to touch her. His eyes trailed up her body, up her smooth back that was covered by her silk shirt, to her auburn hair, then finally to her arms. Her short sleeved shirt revealed the scars and fresh cuts.

A growl rumbled deep in his chest. He grabbed Jacks arm hauling her up to him. Jack was ready. She didn't know who the fuck this guy was but he was in for it. (AN: remember? she was faking sleep. so she hadn't really seen him yet. And he didn't really say anything outloud. )

Suddenly, Jack put a shiv to his throat. Her eyes registered suprise at finding it was Riddick. Amazement would be a better description. But amazement quickly turned to anger. 'About time...' she thought.

Jack was standing before him in all her fury, green eyes blazing, her long hair cascading down her back. Her shiv pressed harder against his neck. Riddick smiled. Damn she looks even sexier when she's pissed.

Stop it. This is Jack we're talking about, for Christs sake.

Hell yeah this is Jack. This is Jack all grown up.

He was actually suprised. And amused at the fact that she actually had a shiv to his throat. Look who woke up feeling frisky.'

Like lightning, he grabbed the arm holding the shiv and pushed Jack, the shiv coming loose of her grasp. Jack fell backwards as Riddick let her go, twisting her body so she landed face down on the bed. She tried pushing herself up with her hands, but he grabbed her arms, holding them behind her back.

"Hey kid, been a long time." he said as she struggled against him. He held her arms gently but firmly, so as to not hurt her.

"Yeah, a really long time. Wouldn't have been so long if you'd have come back sooner, instead of hiding for five fucking years!" she yelled angrilly. Riddick smirked.

"That the kind of language holy man has been teaching you?" he quipped. Jack smirked, then brought her head back fast, hitting Riddick in the face.

"Fuck!" he growled.

"Nope, I learned that language from you." she said, a smug smile on her face.

' Damn, she's got a hard head,' he thought. He pushed her farther onto the bed so her legs weren't dangling. He crawled ontop of her so he could hold her down without having his hands occupied. 'What the hell is he doing?!' she thought frantically.

Riddick smelt her fear. He stopped moving for a moment, pausing. Then he leaned down slowly, till his lips were inches from her ear.

"What the hell.....are you afraid? After all the shit we went through back on that fucken hell of a planet....your afraid of me?!" he growled in her ear. Jack bristled.

"I'm not afraid of you! " she yelled in defense, but her scent told otherwise. She reeked of fear. Something in Riddicks head clicked. The cutting....the fear around him.....the fear of him being close to her.....

"Who fuckin' touched you?" he demanded. Jack stopped breathing. Then in a furious whisper she said, "Why in the fucking hell would you care? You weren't here to stop him. You weren't here to fucking care!"

That hit hard. Deffinitely time to change the subject. Back to the major issue at hand.

"So what the hells up with this?" he grabed the wrist of her right arm, the one that she's been cutting. Jack relaxed underneath him, as if in weary defeat.

"It's nothing." she said.

"Nothing my ass. Looks like someones been fucking around with shivs." He said, turning her arm over and examining all the cuts that lined it. He almost flinched at the deep scars that covered her wrist.

Fuck....what the hell has she been doing to herself.....

Jack had had enough. She twisted suddenly, now laying on her back. Riddick was crouched above her, his knees on either side of her hips, his hands holding her wrists again. She leveled glares with him.

"Five years.....after five years....now you decide to come back. And this is all you have to say?" she told him more than asked him.

Oh I can think of lots of things to say to you.....'

"I told myslef everyday....'he'll come soon. maybe today.' But you never did. I waited for you. Why the hell didn't you come back sooner?" she asked softly,closing her eyes.

"You had a life now. A life I never had. I didn't want to fuck that up by coming back." He told her truthfully.Jacks eyes flew open.

"I never had a fucking life without you! You weremy life back then! I didn't have anything else. And you left me!" she exclaimed in anger.

"Yeah I left," he said in a low soft purr, "I left because I had to. I couldn't take you and risk you getting killed by fucking mercs. So consider it a favor."

Jack pushed him off and he let her. She stood proudly and turned away from him, facing the window. She hugged her thin frame, as if warding off chills.

"A favor?" she said softly. " You deserted me....left me here.....just so I wouldn't risk getting killed.....and you want me to consider it.....a favor?" she turned to him, her eyes held anger and an underlying sadness.

"I would rather have fucking been killed." she said coldly.

Whew. That was tough. Tell me if you guys like it. I need some suggestions on where to go with this story. I don't relly have an outline or anything. I've just been writing whatever I think of. R&R please.

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