Chapter 4

I forgot that the UV system was the Ice Planet in COR, so please pretend like there is some warmer planet in the same system. Thanks.

'Captain's Log. We picked up a Merc back in the UV system, and I dont know if she knows whats goin on here yet. She seems to have no knowledge of me or the situation that I'm in right now.'

"Riddick?" John asked slowly. Riddick jumped out of his chair. It had been the first time he had heard his own name in a few days.

"Don't call me that. Stick to the plan that I told you." He barked, but not loud enough for the woman, Cadence, to hear. "My name is Marshall, kid."

"ok sir." John said. He said it very quietly, and he seemed to be having fun with this new game.

'I'm glad you're enjoyin' this kid.' Riddick thought to himself. 'It's gonna be a hell of a ride if she gets smart.'

"Marshall?" Cadence yelled from the cockpit.

"Yeah?" he yelled back, making John jump.

"How much further 'till the next port, we're runnin' low on fuel."

"A few more leagues, we'll fuel up at this crash site I know of." This was a daring move. He was taking two new people back to the planet. Twenty years of darkness, it had been six. It was going to be a fight, but his trip was counting on the fuel rods that they had left there.

"Stay here, in the ship, don't come out, and dont start bleedin'. You both got it?" Riddick asked, as he slowly landed the ship on the dark and dusty planet. He was half way between the old crash site, and his crash site where Fry had taken the commercial flight down with Jack, Imam, and Johns. They were the only ones on the planet that he really needed to remember. The dealer didn't last very long. Neither did the Mercs.

"I'm coming with you." Cadence said. Riddick didn't try to stop her. If she wanted to die, it was her call, but he couldn't leave the kid here alone. Cadence saw the problem immedetly. "So is John."

"Fine. Just be ready to run." They steped out into the darkness and Riddick lifted his goggles. 'Oh hell...' he thought as he looked around. He saw thousands and thousands of creatures surrounding the ship, ready to attack. The ring of light circling the group slowly dimmed as the ship's power left. Riddick grabbed his flashlight from his elt and ran forward, not listening to the wailing of the creatures. Cadence and John ran too, watching Riddick's back as he hacked his way through the landscape. He was going to the old site. They had moved all of the fuel rods to the old site when trying to reactivate the old ship. The cutter had made it off the planet, but just barely. He only needed one rod this time. Just one.