HELLO PEOPLE! Many apologies for the delay...it really shouldn't be happening again anytime soon, cuz it's SUMMER! Heck yes! can u tell i'm happy? anyway, i won't delay it anylonger, hope you enjoy and PLEASE R AND R...i know it's short but i just typed it up...next chap soon
Jack got their ship checked in without a problem and wandered around a little, wanting to see some of the area while she was out.
"Hey"
She jumped and turned when someone walked up behind her but smiled when it was only Riddick. He smirked with amusement since he'd scared her and wrapped an arm around her.
"What're you doing?"
"Just looking around a little..."
"Anything interesting?"
"Dunno...it's a nice place"
"Yea...we'll stay for a few days...the company is bringing the cargo to the ship later this evening."
"Ok"
They walked down the street quietly and were almost back to the ship when Jack stopped and stared at someone.
"What?" Riddick asked when she stopped abruptly.
"I think I've seen that guy before..."
"Well it's not nice to stare...who is it?" Riddick asked, unsure of who she was looking at.
"That blonde guy...I saw him back on the station...he said he was maintenance or something there, so why would he be here?" Jack asked, sort of talking to herself.
Riddick looked in the same direction as she was and saw the blonde man she was talking about it. He recognized the face and it only took a moment for him to realize it was the guy who'd been watching Jack on the station before. The fact that he'd seen the man watching her, she'd just happened to bump into him, and he was here now...that was too many coincidences for him. Something was up.
"Jack...go back to the desks and tell them we're leaving"
"Why?"
"Jack, just do it. Oh, and make sure you get in the line next to Blondie...don't talk to him though or look at him."
"Riddick, what're you..."
"Just do it," he repeated firmly, giving her a little push in the direction.
Jack frowned but did as she was told, going up to the desk right next to the man she recognized. She noticed him straighten up a little but didn't look at him.
"How may I help you?" the plump woman behind the counter asked.
"I just checked in about an hour or so ago...but we need to leave now"
"Why's that?" the woman asked, looking at Jack's 'ID' and typing in her computer.
"Well the company that was giving us cargo actually wants us to pick it up on Thova, not here, so we want to get going"
"Alright, you'll be cleared for take-off soon, have a safe trip"
"Thank you very much"
The woman smiled and gave her ID back and Jack turned and went back to the ship, hoping Riddick would be there to answer he questions. He wasn't. She went to the kitchen and took a seat at the table, hoping he'd come back soon from where ever he went.
Riddick watched Jack talk to the woman at the desk and bet anything the man next to her was listening to everything she said. Once Jack left, the man gave his ID to person AGAIN and it looked like he was changing his plans of staying.
Riddick followed the man away from the registration area and down rows of ships until the man stopped at one near an and of a row. That was his chance.
He silently moved in behind the man and grabbed him, clamping a hand over his mouth and pulling him into the shadows of a corner.
"Yell for help and I swear I'll kill you," Riddick growled, removing his hand. After all, he needed answers.
The man nodded and was visibly shaken.
"Alright, who the hell are you"
"S-Shane," he answered, purposefully leaving out his last name or anything close to the fact that he was a military agent. He knew perfectly well who he was talking to.
"Why are you following me," Riddick demanded, pulling out his shiv for the fear he knew it would cause.
"I'm not"
"Bull shit; you were on the space station watching and talking to Jack, even after I told you not to...now you're here...and I bet anything that you changed your flight plans when you heard Jack change hers...am I wrong?"
Shane said nothing. He knew a lot about the large man in front of him and knew he was too smart to believe blatant lies.
"So, I'm gonna ask you again...why are you following me?"
"I just do what I'm told, man—"
"Who told you? Who sent you after me?" Riddick demanded more forcefully.
"It...it was anonymous," Shane said, thinking quickly while he eyed Riddick's shiv cautiously.
"From where?"
"The...the Hellion System," Shane said, picking a space system at random.
Riddick nodded and wordlessly slammed Shane's head against the wall, knocking him out cold. He'd be out for a good few hours and Riddick would be gone long before then. He a trip to Hellion to take...after he went back to the cargo place and canceled his order. He'd have to get a shipment later. Right now he had other plans.
Jack shot out of her seat when she heard Riddick come back and met him at the top of the stairs.
"Where'd you go?"
"To get answers"
"From that guy?"
"Yea"
"And who was he?"
"A merc, I'm guessing...an 'anonymous' person sent him after me..." Riddick explained quietly, brushing past Jack and heading to the front. "Come on, get strapped in; we're leaving"
"Now?"
"Well I'm not waiting for our little friend to wake up...maybe I should've killed him..." he shrugged and began flipping switches to get ready for take-off.
"Well where are we going?" Jack asked, sitting down and strapping in, eyeing Riddick expectantly.
He said nothing.
"Riddick!"
"What!" he snapped, looking up with a frustrated look.
Jack flinched a little but didn't back down.
"Where are we going?"
"Hellion Prime"
Jack let that sink in and frowned. Why?
"Why are we going there?" she asked quietly.
Riddick ignored her and started the ship up.
"Riddick, why are we going there?"
He looked at her but said nothing, instead clearing them for take off and getting them up into space.
"Are you going to answer me?" Jack asked, thoroughly agitated with him for ignoring her.
"What was the question?" He asked, unstrapping and stretching.
"Why are we going there," she repeated, sounding exasperated.
"We're going to pay Imam a little visit..." he answered, glancing over at her before setting a course to New Mecca, for the second time in his life, while Jack's eyes widened...
How was it? kinda short, i know. Fun stuff coming up soon though...
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