Imam's place hadn't been built back yet but the people who had been bunking in her ship were sleeping in their own space tonight. All her sheets and bedding had been washed but right now, she felt dirty, she felt like a Frankenstein. Sure, she had felt the scars that were barely even there but the description of the damage that she had endured, it made her feel like she had let those hammerheads rip her up. She jumped in the shower and scrubbed, she scrubbed her skin until it was red and raw.

~He cant ever see me this way. How is he going to love me now? ~ Nadia thought to herself as tears ran freely down her face.

(Fantasy by Nadia playing)

So stay away from me

You're better off to stay as far from lovin' me

Just stay a fantasy

In the dark, and in the night and in my dreams

Nadia washed up and got out, she wrapped herself in a towel and walked down to her bedroom, running her hand along the wall of the ship to get there. Once she got into her room she crawled onto the bed and curled into a ball with her hand clutching the shiv that her initials and his embedded into the bone handle. A faint outline of Riddick, almost like a ghost, came and laid down by her curling her into his huge arms of comfort and safety.

"I need you." Nadia choked out, as she cried herself to sleep.

So stay away from me

You're better off to stay as far from lovin' me

Just stay a fantasy

In the dark, and in the night, and in my dreams

Nadia started to toss in her sleep, she dreamt of Riddick.

"I'm here Jack. Thought you would be a little too old for those hammerheads to still be chasing you." Riddick standing next to her bed, she could see him plain as day.

"You can't see me like this. Stay away from me, I'm the monster now. How could you ever love me like this?" Nadia turning away from him.

"No Jack, you ain't no monster." Riddick turning her around, his hand still on her hip,

"But I…" Nadia not looking him in the eyes. Riddick raised her chin to make her look at him,

"You are gorgeous Jack. You are breathing, you're alive, and you survived, you survived for me." Riddick explained in his deep demanding baritone voice.

"How could you love someone who…" Nadia being interrupted,

"You told me once that I was worth it. You are alive because I was worth it, wasn't I? And I don't see any kind of scars." Riddick holding her hip and touching her hair.

"You are worth it Riddick, but you never came back to me. I need you right now." Nadia leaning her cheek into his massive hand, aching for his touch.

"You grew up gorgeously perfect." Riddick spoke low, in a demanding voice.

"You aren't here." Nadia whined out,

"You've gotta give me time." Riddick whispered in her ear as he licked her ear lobe. Nadia closed her eyes and moaned,

"Stay away from me, you're better off to stay as far from loving me Riddick. I'm damaged." Nadia whispered, Riddick's arm came around her waist,

"No, I'm not better off. You saw worth in me long ago. You still see worth in me because you survived, you still breathe air, if you gave up, I wouldn't still be worth anything. You saw me when I was an animal, but there was something in me you decided that was redeemable. If you did not exist, there would be no reason for me to rejoin the human race. And its too late for me not to love you, because I already do. You are loved Jack, don't you ever forget that." Riddick making her look him in his mercury silver eyes.

"Then show me, show me how much I mean to you." Nadia whispered. Riddick held her hips on the outside of her towel, he pulled her flush against his huge muscled body. Without warning he crushed his lips to hers into a searing kiss. The towel dropped to the floor as her hands came up to hold his cheeks as their kiss deepened, Riddick grabbed her up and threw her on the bed. He gave her his classic crooked smile as he took the time to throw his shirt off. He crawled up her body like she was his prey. He kissed and nipped every inch of her long legs, savoring her. Nadia began to pant, she wanted more, she whined out his name as his lips turned into a smile against her skin.

"Patience Jack, good things come to those who wait." Riddick whispered in a husky voice.

"Patience is not my strong suit, not at a time like this." Nadia growled,

"Ha, training must be a bitch then." Riddick chuckled a little.

"And you Mr. Riddick are wearing far too many clothes." Nadia fumbling with his cargos.

"You do this often Jack?" Riddick helping her,

"First willing time, but technically this is a dream. You're way of saving me from the real monsters, huh?" Nadia licking her lips,

"No more talk." Riddick leaning down to kiss her scars, Nadia put her hand over the spot,

"Jack, I have scars too. The thing about scars, they heal. If they weren't scars, they would still be open wounds, and you would have bled out, cease to exist. I will kiss them to show you how much I love you for surviving. If I have to tell you how beautiful you are everyday until you believe it I will. If you have to tie you down to the bed to show you how beautiful you are to me every night, that is definitely doable, and I am more than willing. Move your hand." Riddick demanded, Nadia stared at him, he angled his head, as he watched her eyes fill with tears.

"I love you Riddick." Nadia putting her hand to the side of his neck,

"You have no idea Jack, but I am trying to show you just how much." Riddick growled. He grabbed her wrist and pulled it away from the scars, he licked them, gently running his tongue down the scar and around the underside of her breast where the scar ended.

"You can barely even see it." Riddick whispered as he ran his hands all over her body as she squirmed.

"Fuck, you are driving me crazy!?" Nadia growled out. Riddick removed his boxers, his fingers traced her hips where they led down to something warm, sweet, and juicy. He gently dipped his fingers in between the wet womanly folds, she gave a squeal,

"So not nice to tease." Nadia growled, he licked his fingers,

"Just savoring all of you Jack, I don't wanna eat you whole." Riddick rubbing his enlarged member into her dripping juices.

"Please Riddick." Nadia begged, she was so wet for him, he hissed,

"Damn Jack." Riddick grabbing her hips to steady himself from just taking her like the animal he was. He had never made love, the slow, savoring, and compassionate kind, but he was trying, all for this woman who had loved him and not for the con he was. Slowly he filled her cavern, warm, wet, and tingling with want.

"Yes! God!" Nadia hissed out,

"God has nothing to do with it." Riddick leaned down and whispered in her ear.

"You have to move. Don't stay still." Nadia whined,

"I am trying to show you how much I care. You're not just another lay for me. You are mine. I am marking you as mine tonight." Riddick explained as he sealed his words with a raw passion filled kiss. Slowly he began to move as he tasted her skin with his lips. She was strangling his enlarged manhood with her muscles and he didn't know if he could last. She felt unlike any woman he had ever had,

"Riddick more!?" Nadia panted,

"We have all night babe." Riddick's voice rang out.

The dream started to fade out as Nadia sat straight up, sweating and panting, with her arm swinging her shiv out. Once her heartrate calmed she felt her chest, it was warm, almost like a branding mark.

"What the hell?" Nadia hissed out,

"Nadia? You okay?" Damien coming in, he saw her tousled hair, she had her hand over her chest,

"Nadia?" Damien asked, she could hear the panic in his voice.

"Are you alright?" Damien touching her cheek,

"My chest, it burns." Nadia still having her hand on it,

"Let me see it." Damien gently moving her hand, he saw a glowing handprint.

"Furyan." Damien clinching his jaw,

"What?" Nadia confused,

"You are a Furyan. You have this greenish glowing handprint on your chest." Damien seriously.

"He said…. he said he was going to mark me as his." Nadia staring into space.

"What? What happened last night Nadia?" Damien try to move her hair behind her ear, she caught his wrist,

"Nobody can know about this." Nadia hissed out.

"What…" Damien being interrupted,

"Nobody can know I'm a Furyan!? Promise me!" Nadia panicked,

"Yeah, okay, I got it. Now tell me, what happened last night." Damien confused, Nadia calmed herself, then proceeded to tell him about the dream without all the details.

"Damn Nadia, didn't think you missed him that much." Damien chuckled,

"He was protecting me from the nightmares, in his own way." Nadia seriously.

"Or it just means you need to get laid." Damien smirked.

"No, he was gentle. He said I wasn't like the rest." Nadia harshly,

"It was just a wet dream sweetheart." Damien leaving her room. Nadia put her hand to the glowing handprint,

"It wasn't just a dream, it was so vivid. It was…he was here. I could touch him. He was so real." Nadia's body tingling all over,

"Wow." Nadia gasped low.