I AM SOOOOOOO SORRY! i didn't realize that i'd tacked the 2nd part onto the first chapter! show's you how well i planned that one out!
here's the chapter i worked on while on vacation- i really hope you like it!
disclaimers are so boring ya know?- Riddick and Jack ain't mine! boo-hoo
"You know, Riddick, its been a while since I'd seen you, but I never knew you went in for the whole…" she gestured toward Jack, who was calmly packing her clothes away in a large black bag she'd grabbed from the bathroom, "pedophile thing."
"You don't know a lot Rieder," Riddick smirked , "but that's like you. You never broke that unfortunate habit of toying with your prey."
"Ahh, but at the moment I have that luxury. You can't rush me before I stick a shiv in your little girlfriend there, so at the moment, I have the upper hand." She played with the silver key around her neck and chuckled, "besides, I like my habits, I see no reason to break them at this point in my life."
"Habits get you in trouble and make you predictable."
"How so?"
"You haven't figured it out yet?" Jack scoffed as she reached into the bag.
"What?" Rieder asked, amused that the girl could act so confident, "I know, you're a black belt and you can catch knives?" she teased.
"No." Jack stuck out her tongue, "but whatever I throw hits its target." With that she flung out her hand, a shiv from Riddicks bag left her fingertips and buried itself in Rieder's right arm. A shrill scream and a short scuffle later, Riddick sat on Rieders back and pulled the dagger from the bounty-hunters skin.
"Now you've made my life difficult." Riddick growled as she bit her lip, keeping the pain from her arm in focus. She could shoot herself for being so stupid. She should have known Riddick wouldn't travel with someone who couldn't keep up!
"Jack finish getting the essentials. We've got to blow tonight."
"Fine." The girl sighed, looked at the blasted door and shook her head, "but you'd think we could keep a hotel room for just one night!" she complained as Riddick hauled Rieder to her feet.
"I'll take her to the ship."
"Why?"
"Because I need to know how she found me." he explained patiently as Jack eyed the woman carefully.
"Fine." She spat out, "but be careful. And don't let her-"
"Jack."
"Wh-aa-T?"
"Just. Pack."
It was dark on the ship. Rieder stumbled a few times, wondering how Riddick could see where he was going, until she remembered his shine job. As if she had asked he turned around so she could see the gleam across his retina.
"You will behave. You will not harm the girl and I will not, I promise, kill you at the moment. But the second you lay a hand on that kid I will come down on you like the wrath of God." He growled, a cold streak ran down her back, making her shiver.
"Wow Riddick, I didn't know you were such a good guy." It was said sarcastically, but they both remembered the time she'd said it… and meant it.
"I'm not a nice guy." Riddick growled, "I kill people for money. Noone who does that can be termed a decent human being." He grabbed her arms and pushed her against the rough wall. "I take what I want, when I want it." His face swooped down, his lips stopped seconds before contact with hers. "And noone can stop me." his eyes gleamed in the soft light, they stared into hers with an intensity that suddenly made her aware of every brush of his body against hers. His legs were spread, but tight against hers so they couldn't move, his fingers clamped around her biceps and his chest pressed against hers. She could feel the steady beat of his heart against her breast. She took a shuddering breath as he smirked.
"And why do you let yourself believe that?" Rieder asked, his eyes narrowed as the lights suddenly came on full.
"Riddick?" Jacks voice traveled down the hall, echoing off the metal walls as she started down the corridor.
"This conversation is far from over Bountyhunter." Riddick hissed as he released her and took a few steps back. She took a deep breath as Jack rounded the corner and scanned the room for Riddick.
"There you are, the coordinates have been set, it'll take us a week to get to New Mecca. I sent the Holy man a message."
"Thanks Jack. Here…" He grabbed her arm again and shoved her at Jack. "Take her to the extra room. Don't leave the control room unlocked." Jack watched as the lady nodded stiffly at Riddick and fingered the silver key gently. For some reason, Jack knew, that before the journey was over someone was going to crack. And she knew it wouldn't be her.
"So, how do know Riddick?" Jack bounced down the hall fully confident the raven haired hunter would follow.
"He stole something that belonged to me, a long time ago." She shrugged, "So I've been after him ever since."
"What'd he take?"
"And wouldn't you like to know."
"Fine, don't tell me. I'll figure it out eventually."
"Tell me. How did you meet Riddick."
"You really want to know?" Jack turned around to face her, a smirk on her face.
"Yes. I really do."
"I'll tell you the first part of it, the rest you'll have to wait for." She smacked her palm on a reader and gestured for the bounty hunter to proceed into her holding cell. When the woman was safely in the room she smacked her palm against it again and said, "Lock."
"Wait, you said…" Jack let the smirk fall from her face as the door closed. But before it locked she answered.
"He didn't kill me, and things progressed from there."