Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own Riddick or have him locked away in my basement, I also don't own any of the other PB or COR characters so don't sue me.
Summary: don't really have one yet….it just is, and ummm enjoy.
Dark Nights
Chapter 5
She awoke to birds choking on her window sill. They must have come here from a passing ship; birds can't survive here because of the smog. She went to the window and opened it to let the birds in but they had already fallen to the ground.
She saw an old lady run to the bird and gather them up. Most likely for food purposes. A man in a hood ran down the street and bumped into the old lady. His hood moved back a little revealing part of his face. It was Drake.
She rushed out the door and looked for him. She saw him turn a corner and she immediately took after him.
He was fats. And trailing him was hard. Weaving in and out of buildings. He probably knew someone was following him and was trying to loose her. She went around another corner and stopped in her tracks. Craven was in her way.
"Following someone?" Craven put an arm out to stop her.
"Yah, some kid stole my last few dollars." She looked around Cravens arm for any sign of Drake.
"Really?" He dint believe her. "I've been following you. You've been trailing this mystery person for a while. It doesn't seem like a petty thief. You're really after this person. Is it Riddick?"
"No, and stop thinking that." She pushed past him and looked for a possible way Drake could have escaped. 'Damn Craven!'
"So can I tag along then? Thieves should always be put in their place."
"You're a thief. And, no, I don't need you slowing me down."
"Hey now. There's no need to get nasty. I'm as fast as you are. Probably faster."
"Well then I don't want to be worrying about you, its distracting." She started down a pathway looking for any sign of him.
"Worry? About me? Oh come on now. No you're just trying to insult me." He went after her.
"This guys one of those top of the line thieves. He's got a big gang and everything. Probably going to his layer. You could get hurt. And since I'm not covered by the agency anymore, you could get hurt and I'll get in trouble." She began to jog away, hoping he'd take the hint.
He followed. "So where'd you end up staying last night? You weren't at your hotel."
"How do you know where my hotel was?" She stopped and stared at him.
"I umm…Hey come on now. We're mercs. We know about our own."
"You're forgetting one thing Craven. I'm not one of you any more. Now back off!" She sprinted away and he didn't follow. Or at least she didn't see him.
She went in circle for a while, but was getting no luck. At least now she knew that Riddick had set her up with a new room. She felt safer in it. She decided to go back there and see if anything had change. She mostly wanted to go back because she had lost Drakes trail.
There was no one in the room when she got back But a note lay on the bed.
"You're a hard one to shake of. Meet Blue at the Rose in at 8. We need a damsel."-Drake
"Great, they need a damsel. Id that all I am?" She crumpled the note, frustrated. She opened her bag and looked form something tighter to wear, a damsel needs to look her best. She packed on a few extra knives, just for safety reasons. What was Riddick up to.
She was at the Rose hotel sharply at 8. No hooded men were to be found. She sat in the lobby and looked around casually. Fancy men and women walked around headed to who knows wear, dressed to kill. A desk man came up to her offering her a drink in the bar, but she refused. After a few minutes she spotted a hooded figure near the elevator and went for him.
"ello sweetheart." It was one of the dirty blonde men. "Mr. Chang is going to come out of that elevator in about 30 seconds. We need you to distract him, don't let him leave this area."
The elevator door opened and an oriental looking man came out escorted by a tall body builder looking man. The dirty blonde pointed to the oriental. Jack hesitated then went to him.
"Mr. Chang?" Jack said in a sweet voice.
"Yes. And how might you be?" Mr. Chang stopped and turned to her. The tall body builder went into an overly protective type stance.
"Rain Lamuff. I'm a big fan of yours. The door man said you were hear and I just had to meet you."
"You're a fan of mine?" Mr. Chang looked questioningly at her.
She hesitated for a second. "Oh yes. My uncle was in the Mafia on Luper7 and told me a few tales of you."
"Which door man told you I was here?"
"I'm not sure."
Mr. Chang began to walk towards the lobby.
"I was wondering if we could sit down and talk for a minute." She stepped in front of Mr. Chang and the bodyguard pushed her back a bit.
"I'm sorry miss but I'm on my way out."
"Please. Sir." She pushed up the charm and tried to look as sweet and innocent as possible. "It'll only be a few minutes of your time." She gently took his hand maintaining his gaze and pulled him towards the lobby chairs. She wished someone had given her more information on this guy. It was going to be difficult to keep his attention going in blind.
"Well miss?"
"I'd really like to know how you got started. What drove you to your wonderful career?"
"Which one?"
"Which one?" Shit. "Either."
"Well, Diamonds were always my moms favourite, she would do anything for one, and I wanted to see if I could manipulate everyone like that. And milk, well a lot of people like milk, and its so hard to find no a days. I have two great gifts in my control. I own the world and there's no one to stop me." He made a fist with his hand, trying to seem powerful and manly.
"Wow. And you decided one day you wanted to harness the power of diamonds in to manipulating women?"
?No no my dear. Not just women. Everyone likes a good Diamond. Even now. I realized how precious they are to some people and wanted to use that to my advantage." He poked around in his briefcase and brought out a beautiful necklace laced with diamonds, the tip had a diamond shaped like a pears just dripping off it. "Wouldn't you just love to wear this?" He held it out to her.
She stared at it mesmerized by it and reached a hand out to touch it. She barely touched, then drew her hand back. "Diamonds aren't really for me."
"Nonsense, they are for everyone. Here," He put the necklace on her. "Doesn't that feel good. The crystal clear smooth diamonds caressing your silky soft skin. Feel the weight, and eyes on you as you wear them."
Jack looked at her reflection a near by window. It did look very nice, but still wasn't for her.
A gun shot was herd at the front entrance. Mr. Chang and his body guard stood up to look in that direction. Jack stood up clutching the necklace and looked in the opposite direction. A hooded man quickly came over and grabbed her dragging her away. Mr. Chang turned around and began to shout franticly. "Get her, she's got the necklace."
Mr. Chang's body guard ran after Jack and the hooded man carrying her. Luckily he was shot down by the gunman by the door. A siren sound, and guards began to dispense in the lobby. Jack and the hooded man had already left the building and were speeding away in a van.
