By: MataruDoukotsu

Taming the Beast

Chapter Four

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the Riddick universe, no matter how sad it is. One thing is for sure, Riddick is hot. The one man who can pull off buff and bald is Vin Diesel and the character he plays in this series.

Now on to the story.

It was very, very unfair. It wasn't that he hadn't tried, or maybe a four man team just wasn't enough. Had to be; it was the only explanation. She had sensed the excitement and the smell of hunters in the air, and had fled the area. He hadn't realized just how stupid his men were until he noticed them giving chase.

"You idiots!" he had yelled at their backs wishing that he could just shoot them down before the beast caught wind of them and tortured them to death for trying to bring harm to her charge.

"C'mon Toombs; we can catch her!" the Asian man, Torch, yelled excitedly back at him. "Even if we don't get Dame Evil, we'll still be able to spilt 8mil from Lil Evil's capture!"

"There's one thing that I know that you don't, Torch," Toombs growled, "Once Dame notices that Lil Evil's gone, she'll come after us, and I mean track us down and scatter our pieces. Dame isn't just a convict; she's the beast."

The look that the young lad gave him was pure horror as both of them began down the alleyway after the rest of their crewmates. It didn't take them long to find the first body: June, her neck supporting a clean laceration and gushing blood onto the asphalt below her.

"Looks as if Satan has taught her Lil' Evil well." Torch frowned, and clenched his gat harder.

"Well you better take some comfort from it." He replied, standing back up and pulling his own gattling back into his hands and looking into Torch's questioning face. "'Cause it means that no one else will be able to take our bounty from us. Just better hope that she ain't as skilled as it seems."

They walked on farther down the alley quietly, hoping that they might be able to save at least the last one of their teammates. Rounding the end of the alleyway Toombs was filled with both relief and distress. The one they were chasing was holding a shiv to Kevin's throat, baring her teeth. Toombs had many names for the teenaged convict: The Raven (the messenger of death, get it?), Lil Evil, Lil beast, Lil Devil, Artillery Gal, Death Ticket, and Convict's Ward. But he knew when to use those and when not to, and now was a 'not'.

"Nice to see ya, Kayce." He smiled suggestively, not a care in the world that she was just nineteen. She was already legal in every planet now, so he had every right to hit on his target. "You look great, babe."

"Dream on, Toombs." She growled; something that she had, no doubt, learned from her elder sister. "Your men were stupid. Got rid of the girl; she looked like a long road competition for me."

He watched a dark smirk tug at her lips. "So why don't you hand over your sister then. Isn't she a competition?" Toombs hoped that she would take his offer, but he had a feeling she wouldn't. After all, Satan had a lot more bounty on her head that her Lil Devil.

"Not a chance, Toombs. Dame doesn't want male attention, and when it's given she kills 'em. You should know that; a good couple of your prior crews have tried to woo her and you saw how she unsheathed her claws and splattered their blood on the walls and streets. At any rate, she got me outta the mess you put me in. I would give anything for her and she would the same for me." The glint of her blade played wicked with his eyes, and when he opened them again Kevin was bleeding heavily from the X mark on his chest. Toombs took a moment to watch the dark shadow stealthily climb the wall and disappear.

"We'll see each other again, Damion." He'd smirked.

A/N: Short, yes, but it is just the introduction to Toombs...On to the next chapter! .
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