Chapter 4

Letting out a deep breath Serena continued on to where she heard the voices. Lifting her hand she reached to the back of her head to feel a pretty good size lump. Huh.. hit my head harder then I thought.

Just then she heard someone scream "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH IT! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THAT HANDLE!" Running towards the sound, she came into a room where people were crowded near a man who was sprawled out with some sort of metal piece protruding from his chest. There was a blonde woman leaning over him as if wondering that the hell to do.

"Take it out of him!" the man with the Australian accent cried in panic.

"No, its too close to his heart" responded the black-haired woman.

"There's some Anestaphine in the med lock in the back end of the cabin…" directed the blonde hair woman.

"Not anymore there isn't." interrupted the nerdy looking Englishman.

"Everyone leave" the blonde haired woman said quietly. "Just leave."

Walking outside everyone started making introductions to each other. She learned that both of the Aussies were named Zeke and Shazza both on their way to Taurus Three. There was Paris the prissy little Englishman, Imam with his 3 "sons", Johns the fucking merc, and Jack the young kid. Serena wasn't sure but something about Jack wasn't right something she couldn't put her finger on. Shrugging her shoulders Serena went back inside the ship to look around. Moving things around she noticed Johns and Fry (the captain I guess…) having a deep conversation. Fry was leaning against the wall with a worried look on her face while good ole Johns with his fancy looking badge was explaining something to her.

Moving closer she then spotted Fry's problem. Riddick (aka big scary guy) was handcuffed around a beam. Still blindfolded he looked damn intimidating, and Serena was more than curious. Waiting for Johns and Fry to finish their conversation and leave the ship, Serena walked over to Riddick. Standing in front of him Serena's breath hitched. What the hell am I doing? Ok just relax he's not that attractive…awww what the hell am I saying he's hot! All those muscles…. As Serena was conversing with herself Riddick raised his head as if he were looking straight at her. Reaching behind his shaved head to untie the blindfold Serena braced herself for the worst. What she didn't expect were silver eyes gazing back at her. She was guessing maybe brown or hazel but definitely not silver.

"Why?" his deep voice rumbled.

Serena opened her mouth to explain but before she could say anything she heard footsteps coming her way. With an apologetic "sorry" Serena tied the blindfold back around his head. She finished just as Johns entered the room. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Nothing I was just looking" ugh worst excuse ever..I don't even buy it.

"He's not a freakn' animal in a zoo, so get away from him" Johns was pissed.

"Oh and I suppose locking him up as an animal is any different!"

"This is for everyone's safety, you don't know what he's capable of. He could kill you any second and never have a second thought."

"You can stop playing the caring Johns afraid of everyone's safety. I know what you are Johns. You're just afraid you won't be able to collect the bounty. Am I right?" Serena was so furious she didn't fully think about what was coming out of her mouth. It took her about five seconds before her eyes got wide. She had just blown her cover. Johns was now looking at her as if seeing her for the first time.

"You look real familiar. I can't put my finger on it but when and if I do, you just watch out." Eyes wide Serena's face blanched. He's just bluffing there's no way in hell he could recognize you. Thank god for Fry.

She rushed into the room urging them to come outside and see something. With one final glare Johns turned away and walked out of the room. Serena then "accidently" kicked the cutting torch towards Riddick's feet. As she walked by him she saw a ghost of a smile cross his face.

Shielding her eyes against the sun Serena walked over to where everyone was standing. "Three suns? This really must be hell.." she heard Shazza say.

"Well there goes my cocktail hour" Paris exclaimed sarcastically.

"Does anyone have anything to drink in the cargo?" asked Fry.

"I might have something" explained Paris.

Following Paris towards the cargo hold part of the ship Serena realized how shitty a situation she was in. No food maybe nothing to drink, never ending sunlight and to top it all of she was stuck with a fucking merc who was watching her like a hawk. As they all reached the door they could see it was blocked with some pieces of the ship. Johns playing the heroic saviour took charge and both him and Zeke were able to move everything. Pushing the rumbling door open Johns was the first to go inside. After making sure it was "secure" according to him we all followed. Antiques littered the place. Paris ran over to what looked like to be King Tut's tomb and opened it up and inside were about 15 bottles of wine. Yeah that's just great alcohol to dehydrate us even more.

"That'll just dehydrate us even more" commented Fry.

"Yeah well it's the only thing we got" answered Johns.

"I guess you can't have any of this?" Fry looked up to Imam

"No unfortunately our religion does not let us"

"You do know holy man that there isn't anything else to drink" Johns stated.

"Do not worry we will be fine."

"We're in a desert! There is nothing else."

"All deserts have water, somewhere. God shall lead us there."

Filling a bag with the wine bottles Serena then gave it to Paris to carry since he had made a fuss about them in the first place. Following everyone outside there was a discussion about looking for water.

"We have decided that we should go towards the blue sun. Blue sun means water." Imam came up and said.

Just then Johns came running over furious.

"He escaped." Johns then grabbed Serena by the arm away from the group.

"If I find out that you did anything to aid Riddick in escaping I will personally make your life a living hell! Do we have an understanding?"

"Yes! Now get the hell away from me. Personally I hope to god he ghosts your ass!"

"Just remember I'm watching you." And with that Johns made his way back the ship.

Rubbing her arm Serena looked up to see everyone staring at her.

"So whose up for a walk?" Serena said with a smile.

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