Remember me yet?

I'm floating in a fog again. I seem to be doing that a lot lately.

It started when Riddick picked me up. Why does a murderer do this to me? I have to remember that he's a convict. But all the good things in my life have come from convicts. No! Riddick is different, I have to remember that.

"Are you sure?"

Who's there? Show yourself or I'll rip out your spleen.

(Don't threaten; state facts. Facts are much scarier)

A woman with a short cap of blonde hair is stepping out of the shadows.

"Don't you remember me? Don't you remember anything?"

It's Fry! What does she want?

"Ah, I thought so. There have been some major waves being created by two women who apparently want blood of one of the damned.

And just what do I care about the damned?

"Because you'll be reliving your memories of the place where the damned dwell. To have a hole like this one in your soul is no small thing."

Fuck. I didn't want to live through Hell the first time around.

Riddick's POV a day later

He paced anxiously. Its two days since she collapsed. With a growl he throws himself on the bed. Even with exhaustion, two days out cold was too many. In Riddick's humble opinion, one day was too many.

He growls as he wraps his arms around his Jack.

This whole situation was just peachy.

His animal snarls at him that there wouldn't have been a situation if he'd just taken what was his with him when he left Imam. He tells his animal to shut up. First he spends a year searching for his girl, than spends a grand total of a week and a half with her conscious and not remembering him, and now she's in a coma.

When she came too, remember him or not, he was going to show her that she was his.

Hi there, this is probably the first time you'll be hearing from me. I just wanted to answer some questions that have been asked. I'm sorry that I can't respond to you as individuals, but I don't want to get pulled.

Will Jack ever remember?

Yes, but you'll have to be patient.

How old is Jack?

I guess I forgot to mention that. If you'll recall, no one is really sure how old Jack was as she was raised by people who found her in the streets. I placed her as underfed, and so underdeveloped, thirteen year old. She's now about sixteen or seventeen.

Has COR happened?

Nope. I'd originally intended for BWB to be a one shot until my fingers typed up the first chapter and about half-way through I started calculating how old Jack would've been on Hell and how many years later it should be. I think I originally planned for her to die at the end while she contemplated the irony of being killed by monsters in human guise.

What happened after the planet?

Riddick left Jack with Imam after they got off the planet and they got back to the boondocks of civilization. Jack tried to fit into the society into which Imam was kind enough to put her, while he didn't move to a predominantly Muslim planet. Riddick finds himself in a state of subconscious self-denial of Jack not being there and occasionally looked down and found that he'd doodled a pair of eyes. Two years after the planet, Jack gets kidnapped from Imam's home and taken to a facility that tested new medical breakthroughs, genetic manipulations, and physical enhancements that doubles as a whore house.

Jack's been here before but managed to escape. Now she's kept in a room that has no lights and is beaten daily while her body is sold to the highest bidder. Riddick is searching for Jack and is planning on robbing the place, not realizing that Jack's here or that this is also an illegal testing facility. BWB takes place a year after she was kidnapped and three years after Hell.

What's up with Jack's scars?

Jack's scars come from rape experiences when she was younger. As to why they only show up when the skin is stretched I have no clue why that happens. I've got a set high on my inner left thigh just like that only I have no clue how they got there. As to why the scars turn Riddick on, well, he's got very primitive instincts. Its not a matter of the scars themselves even though there are sickos out there that get off on those things, it's actually where their placed.

Why is admitting she's attracted to Riddick the same as admitting a death wish?

She doesn't have any memories of Riddick on the planet. As such she doesn't know that Riddick wouldn't kill her. In fact, if she wasn't Jack it would be a death wish.

Don't you think that Riddick's a little possessive?

Hell yes I do. But I think he's entitled. Everything he ever got in his life he's had to fight to get and fight to keep. He has a very large amount of possessiveness towards Jack because a) she was the first person to trust to him unconditionally and b) she instinctively turned to Riddick for protection and comfort on and off the planet. If you recall, she shows a markedly greater amount of trust in Riddick than anyone else. Besides, it's animal instinct to butcher anything that get between a male and his mate. Women haven't been able to get that out because we don't really want that to leave anyway. It's instincts again.

Are you going to go in depth about the two women that Jack programmed into the sim?

Not in this story or the next one. If there's sufficient demand, I'll go and write a separate story dealing with Jack as she was growing up and follow it until they crash on the planet. But only if I feel that enough people want it.

What the fuck did they do to Jack when she was little!

A lot that's not legal. If there's sufficient demand, I'll go and write a separate story dealing with Jack as she was growing up and follow it until they crash on the planet. But only if I feel that enough people want it.

Are we going to find out how she ended up on that transport ship?

Not in the trilogy I'm afraid. However, see the second half of the two pervious answers if you really want to know.

Why did Riddick talk to himself in second person?

I'm not entirely sure where that happened, but I think you're talking about the scene where he has his internal fight. One part of him, the animal, wants to take his intended mate and tell the universe to leave her alone or face him while the other part is trying to regain her trust. Both want to fuck her within an inch of her life.

The first person view from Jack and the change to third person from Riddick is a little jarring.

Yes, I know. I tried to make it as smooth as possible, but I didn't want to try and write a first person view through his eyes. I didn't feel that I wouldn't be able to do a good job; in fact I felt that I would actually ruin my story if I tried. I felt more comfortable writing as Jack and if I hadn't had a beta, I'd never have posted even a hint of BWB on the net at all.

You use commas to much.

Yes I do. My English teacher would've kicked up into the next difficulty level if my mechanics didn't suck monkey's ass.

I've been complimented on the style that I'm writing Jack in. I honestly can't say it was planned; I just tried to put myself in the mindset of a person who has nothing left to look forward to but death by beating, rape, and being genetically fucked with. The mental 'drowning' quality is a result of amnesia in part and in part to how she grew up.

To those who feel that there's a psychological realism to the characters, all I can say is thanks. This is the last chapter in RMY? So be sure to be on the look out for the sequel. I hope you'll like it, as it's what we've been building toward for thirteen chapters.

If I don't get reviews, there will be no sequel. And please tell me if I should write a story about Jack growing up.