Chapter 5: Anything for you

Evanescence

I'd give anything to give me to you
Can you forget the world that you thought you knew
If you want me,
Come and find me
Nothing's stopping you so please release me

Riddick stood alone out in the barren wilderness of Helion Prime and looked up at the starless night. He had been here for nearly two years; longer then he had ever stayed on a populated planet since he was a child. After Kyra left in the night, he had deserted the city and never looked back. Now he was surrounded by nothing but orange sands and the crystal clear oceans. This was where he had lived since that night; unable to force himself to leave this planet. Always with the small hope that Kyra was somewhere alive and that she might come back one day: Back to him.

Without realizing it, Riddick had given everything he had to this woman who had left him. And now that she was gone, he couldn't turn his back on the chance she may come back.

He longed to have her with him, to be able to see her clear green eyes once more. To have her healed from the horror of the Underverse.

He turned away from uselessly searching the sky and walked back to the small cave he had made into his home. If she wanted him, she would have to find him.

I'll believe
All your lies
Just pretend you love me
Make believe
Close your eyes
I'll be anything for you

Kyra stood before Lajjun. Her heart dropped when Lajjun told her that Riddick had left the same night she had. A wave of hopelessness washed over her. She wouldn't be able to find him unless he wanted to be found. Her hopes that he would be waiting for her shattered.

Then she shrugged off the feeling; after all, he had never done anything to make her believe he felt the same way she felt for him. Everything he had done could have been done out of a sense of responsibility or for Imam's memory. But Kyra realized she didn't care. She needed him and she would put up with anything as long as she could be with him. She would do anything he wanted if he would only pretend to love her.

As Kyra began to search the city's database for any idea which way Riddick may have gone, she found that there had been no outgoing ships besides hers reported that night two years before. Also there had been odd rumors spreading of sightings of small, seemingly abandoned camps seen out in the planet's deserts. These were always reported in the gossip section of the city's newspapers, and it seemed to Kyra that they hadn't been taken seriously. Hope began to rise in her once more.

Gathering her scant belongings, she stood and walked out the door.

Nothing left to make me feel anymore
There's only you and everyday I need more

Kyra stood silently before Riddick. Their eyes met as powerful emotions rushed through them both. The tension between them was electric as they both longed to take the other in their arms but resisted it. The world seemed to disappear around them but for the sight of each other.


If you want me
Come and find me
I'll do anything you say just tell me

Riddick stood stoic and tense even as his heart reached out for the small, strong woman standing before him. His face was carefully blank as his mercury eyes took her in. Holding himself carefully in check and showing no outward emotion, his heart became immediately hers.

I'll believe
All your lies
Just pretend you love me
Make believe
Close your eyes
I'll be anything for you

There was no joy or happiness in his eyes at the sight of her. Kyra's heart sank once more, and suddenly she broke under the load of too many hopes dashed, too many disappointments. Tears began to run down her cheeks.

She had come back to him and he didn't want her. She had come back to the man who owned her heart and he had thrown it away.

She lifted her hands in a mixture of pleading and surrender. Without knowing what she was saying, she whispered the words so quietly that the wind caught them as soon as they left her lips and threatened to carry them away, "Riddick, please."

Anything for you
I'll become your earth and sky
Forever never die
I'll be everything you need

Riddick saw the tears course down her paling cheeks and her gesture of hopelessness. Her lips moved slowly and he barely made out her whispered words. Suddenly all his stoicism fell away and he came forward and caught her up in his powerful arms.

A small sob caught in Kyra's throat as her arms found their way around his neck and he lifted her feet effortlessly off the ground.

They held each other for several moments before he gently placed her back on the ground. Loosening their hold on each other, their eyes met once more. This time no emotion was withheld and Riddick lowered his head and softly captured her lips with his own.

I'll believe
All your lies
Just pretend you love me
Make believe
Close your eyes
I'll be anything for you