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Many thanks to Wildfire6962000 and Amarcano for their reviews and advice.

Heres the new chappie let me know what you think.

It was a rushed week, the new furnishings for the ship arrived and Jack and Riddick helped get everything in place. AJ stood on the bridge of the finally finished ship and took a deep breath of achievement. She ran her hands over the bulkheads lovingly as she walked the length of the ship to the gangway. Jack and Riddick had headed back to the house earlier so she was alone as she locked up and left the docks.

The night sky was filled with stars and the streets were empty as she walked quickly and silently towards the house she had been welcomed into. The soft scrape of a boot on the cobbled streets made AJ pick up her pace, she was confident in her abilities but she never went looking for trouble. A movement, a shadow just out of her field of vision whipped her head around and she watched with horror as Imam crawled from the dark alleyway out into the street.
"AJ," he panted as she rushed over to his side, her shoulder propping him up, "You … must hurry … Jack … Riddick … mercenaries … hurry … danger…" he gasped and slumped against her, his lifeless body suddenly heavy. AJ swallowed as she laid him down and closed his open staring eyes.

The soft stealthy footsteps alerted her to another's presence and she spun around, shiv in hand as she met the attack from a heavy set man. He smelled like rocket fuel but his reflexes were surprisingly fast. He had in his hand a hand-gun, one that looked like it used bullets and not the more common electric pulses that easily stopped the heart if you were unlucky enough to get hit in the chest. AJ kicked out, knocking the gun from his hand as he pulled the trigger and fire erupted in her shoulder making her drop the shiv she held.

Time seemed to slow as they both looked at their weapons on the ground, it sped up quickly as they moved, and AJ could see the look of surprise in the mans eyes as she buried the blade deep in his throat, his large meaty hands clutching at her shirt, ripping the sleeve off as he fell away to lie in the filth of the alley. AJ sank to her knees and loudly threw up the entire contents of her stomach. She pushed herself to her feet when she remembered that Riddick and Jack were in danger. Wiping the shiv clean she tucked it into the waistband of her pants and took off at a run, one hand clutching at her injured should, trying to stop the flow of blood.

Riddick was sitting in the lounge holding one end of the knotted rag that the puppy was trying to tug out of his grip. Jack was quietly doing homework at the kitchen table. She glanced up at the clock and frowned slightly Imam was never this late; normally he would already be in the kitchen cooking dinner and setting the table. Riddick was suddenly in the room with her and pulling her out of the seat.
"Go upstairs and pack what you need, one bag only," he growled softly, Jack's eyes widened but she did as he said. Riddick growled again and commanded the lights off. Taking the goggles off his head, he could see the six mercs through the kitchen window. They burst through the door only a split second later, their guns firing, tearing the room apart. Two of them were dead within seconds of entering the house, another one died as Riddick grabbed him and used the body as a shield from his comrade's pulse gun. He vaguely heard the front door open and suddenly AJ was there, slicing through the neck of one of the mercs and blowing another's balls off with the gun she had retrieved from the merc whose throat she had slit. Riddick gutted the last merc and in the dark she turned towards him.

"We have to hurry, Imam's dead, and the streets are crawling with soldiers," she said stepping over the dead and heading towards the stairs.
"JACK! GET YOUR ARSE MOVING!" Riddick yelled from the kitchen while AJ went to throw together several of her things. He knelt down and carefully picked up the small furry broken body of the puppy. It had been hit by a random pulse and killed. Riddick wrapped the small body in a cloth and went outside, quickly burying the lifeless body in the garden.

Jack jumped down the stairs and almost gagged at the stench that wafted out of the kitchen. AJ grabbed her arm and tugged her into the front hall where Riddick was waiting.
"Let's go," she said opening the door and stepping out into the dark night.
"Wait! What about Sagira?" Jack asked as Riddick pushed her in front of him, his silence was enough to explain that the puppy hadn't made it. Jack sucked in a deep breath and refused to cry, but she found as the three of them jogged quickly down the streets, sticking to the shadows and the back streets that tears were pouring down her face, blurring her vision.

"Stop in the name of the law!" a strong voice called out as they were almost at the docks. Riddick pushed the two women forward and turned to face the group of soldiers that were now aiming their weapons. There were eight of them and one of them got a lucky shot off. Riddick stumbled as his leg went dead, he kept all his weight on his good leg and managed to take out six of them before he lost his balance and fell to his knees. Blood splattered his face as the soldier that was standing in front of him exploded. AJ knocked the other one unconscious before grabbing his wrist and hauling him to his feet.
"Jesus Christ Riddick you're heavy," she grunted as they made their way as quick as they could to the gangway of the ship. She kicked the button that closed the hatch as they were tackled from the side.

For Riddick the world went black, AJ rolled onto her back to find herself looking up the barrel of a pulse gun.
"Thought you could get away did you?" the merc sneered. AJ glared at him and lifted her unarmed hands. He motioned with the gun for her to get up and to walk in front of him down to the cargo hold but only after he shot Riddick with a dart gun, the small feathered vial injecting a clear liquid into the side of his neck. Jack was already down there, chained up with a bit in her mouth. AJ's hatred grew.
"Put this on," he said tossing her the bit, AJ snarled quietly but did as he said for he was now aiming the gun at Jack who was looking terrified. He chained her up, strapped her in and then stood back, his eyes travelling her body. AJ growled low in her throat and was rewarded by a lewd grin.
"You certainly are a sexy woman Cortez," he said, "I came here looking for you, I must admit, you are one of the best hackers I've ever met. You completely wiped you file from the system pity you can't wipe hard copy." AJ's eyes went wide and the merc grinned evilly.

"I got myself a copy, must have been just before you hacked in, imagine my surprise when I tracked you here, and I found that you weren't alone but with the infamous Riddick. Well I couldn't let that opportunity go to waste, so now I have you all at my mercy, and I'm looking at the biggest payday I've ever seen." He stepped forward and placed his hands on her hips, his face getting really close to hers, close enough for her to smell his horrid breath,
"Maybe I'll have some fun with you before I drop you off," he said feeling confident as he pressed his hips to hers. AJ growled as she felt his hard length pressing into her stomach. She threw her forehead forward, feeling a satisfying crunch as she broke his nose.

The merc backed off, his hands covering his face. There was nothing AJ could do as he slapped her hard across the face, so hard her ears rang and she could see spots floating in front of her blocking her vision. The ripping of cloth seemed a distant noise but when the spots cleared she saw that he had ripped her top into shreds, leaving her chained with just her bra covering her full breasts. AJ threw herself against her bonds as he walked cockily out of the cargo hold, then with a weary look over at Jack she slipped into unconsciousness.

Riddick woke up with a nasty headache and with the familiar feeling of the bit in his mouth. He growled as he tensed his muscles, testing the chains that held him. He opened his eyes and realised that he was chained in the dark. AJ and Jack were chained up across from him, the young teenager looked relatively unharmed but AJ was slumped against her bonds, her shirt in tatters, dried blood smeared over her shoulder and down her side not mention she had a nasty bruise on the side of her face.

He smirked when the filthy merc came in and saw that his nose had been broken, his beast purred at the thought that AJ had put up a fight. The smirk disappeared and he growled again when the merc went straight up to her and slapped her unblemished cheek. A light flutter of her eyes told Riddick that she was well aware of her surroundings and his beast grinned in the dim light when he saw her feet subtly moving. The merc turned to see Riddick awake and watching him with an expressionless face; the merc grinned and turned his back on AJ walking casually over to the big man in chains.

"Well, well, well, never thought I'd ever have the chance to take you in Riddick, it's a dream come true, it really is," the merc said almost sincerely,
"This is going to be my biggest payday ever," he went on, ignoring the growl that Riddick was making.
"This your girl?" he asked swivelling his head back to AJ, who quickly closed her eyes again. The merc looked her over, taking his own sweet disgusting time before returning his gaze to Riddick.
"She's a feisty one isn't she?" he said lifting his hand halfway to his nose, but dropping it before it reached his chest.
"You know I had come in here to teach her a lesson, but it will be no fun if she isn't awake, I'll come back later," he said before walking out, leaving them once again in the darkness.

AJ's eyes snapped open and she stretched as best she could, she couldn't help but let out a chuckle at the foolishness of the merc. He had clamped the cuffs around her boots making it only difficult, not impossible for her to slip her feet free of the boots, cuffs and all. Now all she had to do was wait; she was ready to kill him when he came in, but he moved away before she could come up with a way to kill him with just her legs free. She looked over at the dark space where Jack was and couldn't help but feel guilty about the situation they were all in.

The merc came back in later that night announcing that their time together was short, Riddick thought around the closest slams to Helion Prime and came up with only one that would take him. Crematoria, a triple-max, no daylight slam, only three of them left in the system and the other two were on the other side of the galaxy. He watched as the merc wandered over to AJ and he growled as the merc ran his hands down over her breasts squeezing them harshly,
"It's good to see you're awake Cortez, I've got a little lesson for you," he said biting her neck.

AJ could feel his teeth sinking into her skin and she could feel the skin break and the blood start to drip down her neck. A blade sliced her hip and she could feel her pants sag a little as her belt was cut. She had the beginnings of a plan, but with the shiv in his hand, he'd probably kill her before she killed him. Riddick growled and threw himself against his chains, the merc spun around and glared at him, "Quiet convict, or I'll slice the girl," he spat waving the shiv in the direction of Jack. Riddick's eyes locked onto AJ's and she shook her head, she grinned as best as she could and he nodded slightly before settling down again, his beast growling with rage.

The merc tucked the shiv into his boot and roughly pulled her pants down, leaving her clad in just her underwear, her pants bunched around her feet. He was kneeling in front of her, confident that she was still chained. He sat back admiring her body, rubbing the front of his pants. AJ took a deep breath and made sure that she was hanging by her wrists, she didn't want a sudden drop as she lifted her feet from the ground. The merc looked up when she sagged and cried out in surprise when her legs wrapped around his neck, cutting off his air. He reached down for his shiv and managed to slice her leg from thigh to knee-cap before she twisted him sharply to the left. He raised the blade again, deep red with her blood but it dropped uselessly to the floor as she snapped him to the right, breaking his neck and killing him instantly. He dropped to the ground and AJ lowered her feet to the floor. She grunted as she and straightened. She met Riddick's stare calmly before patting the merc down with her feet, searching for a key to the restraints.

It took her three attempts to get the key from being gripped between her toes that were slippery with blood to her hand that could only just fit it to the lock and turn the thin metal key until she was free. Working quickly she removed the chains and the bit before rushing to Jack and freeing her. The teenager fell into her arms tearfully. AJ pressed a kiss to her forehead and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear before getting Riddick out of his chains and bit, knowing that he was itching to be rid of them.

A/N: Hey guys, third chappie is up, hope you all like. Please R&R, I need all the encouragement I can get. I'm getting the chapters up fairly quick but thats because I've them crazy little demons inside my head poking my brain with their pitchforks. I'm sure they will tire of their little game soon, and when they do the chapters will take a while to get posted. So review me peoples, I need all the help I can get cos damn those pitchforks are sharp!

Wildfire6962000 - Hope you like this chapter, Riddick's had the little shake up he needed, there will be more coming, just got to think the ideas through a bit more.

Amarcano - Thanks for your advice, I was going to keep them planet side a chapter longer, what the hell I was going to write I have no idea, but here's my attempt at a bit of action and drama. You'll find out who the merc is in the next few chapters hopefully . . .