Disclaimer: I still don't own any of the characters that came from the movies. The only things I own are Zoe, her family, the planets in the Zealion System, and the situations that happen in this story that you haven't seen before. Enjoy.

Zoe had been so stunned by the entire event, that she was numb from head to toe, and she couldn't really move. She couldn't even drop her packages.

By the time she could register anything, she was being placed in a room and the door was being sealed shut. She felt the ship take off in a rather hurried manner, and then nothing again.

She could hear the loud thud of combat boots on metal and knew that he was coming back to where she was. Fear began to rise in her, having forgotten what he had said to her earlier, trying to figure out what he had planned for her. Torture, rape, or even death because she may know something that could get him caught by mercs.

As the door opened, she made a run for it, hoping to catch him off guard enough to get by him. That was a far fetched plan. She found that out the hard way when Riddick's arm shot out and grabbed her around her waist and swung her around back into the room.

"Whoa! Where do you think you're going?" he said in her ear.

"You can't do this to me! I'm a member of the Royal Family! My father won't let you get away with this! He'll hunt you down and blow you to smithereens!"

"First, I'm not from this system, so I could care less if you are from the Royal Family. Second, I'm sure your father wouldn't just come here and blow this ship up with you on board."

"Wanna bet?" she said under her breath, without a drop of sarcasm.

Riddick looked down on her in confusion and let her go. Zoe spun around so she could look him in the eyes, but they were covered by goggles. It was a little unsettling, but she hid it well.

"My father would rather see me dead, than know that he was too late and my honor had been lost to the likes of you."

He couldn't help it. He just had to laugh at her display. She was actually very cute when she was indignant.

"Why are you laughing at me?"

"Because you keep acting like I'm going to throw you on that bed and rape you. I already promised that I wouldn't hurt you and that I would let you go free once I was sure your father wouldn't catch me and hand me over to the mercs to sell. So just calm down and relax. Think of this as a rustic vacation."

She shrank into the bed as he left. She could faintly remember hearing his words and felt foolish. She had just assumed, and she thought she was better than that.

Zoe couldn't remember hearing the door seal this time, and she had steadily been growing hungrier since she had been taken hostage. Deciding to try her luck, she tried the door, and it opened. She ventured out of to the rest of the ship in search of food.

Riddick had heard a faint growl come from her stomach while he was in the room, not her room, but the only room on the ship, so he thought it might be best if he made something to eat for the both of them so maybe she wouldn't be quite so afraid of him. And now, as he was sitting down to some grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, chips, and sodas, he could hear her stomach growling as she was coming down the corridor.

"I was beginning to think that you weren't going to make your way out here before it got cold. Hope you like ham and cheese."

"You made lunch for the both of us?" barely above a whisper.

"It took a while, but I figured out how to make for two instead of one real fast."

"I didn't mean that you were stupid. Just after the way I acted, I didn't think you would go to too much trouble over me."

"It wasn't any trouble. Please eat before they get cold and gross?"

Zoe sat across form him where the other plate was set.

"Thank you."
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The rest of the day they spent in silence after she was told that they would be sharing the room, but she would be allowed her own space. She unpacked the clothes she had bought and through numbness, brought with her, and he spent his time charting star jumps and trying to find a suitable planet or space station he could leave the princess at so she could contact her father, and he could get away. But the only good ones were either too close to the Zealion System and he wouldn't be able to get far enough away fast enough, or they were too far away for them to get to her soon enough before someone else might try to ransom her off for a hefty price.

But the ones in range were no good either. They were all rough places and she was sure to get picked off as soon as she was alone there. He would have to stay there with her for protection until her rescue got there. That was suicidal. If he were going to leave her there, he might as well take her back himself and turn himself in. That was not an option either.

Riddick began to hope that maybe if he traveled around long enough, a good place would present itself, and then he could go his own way again.

But little did he know that would be his eventual discovery.

A/N: Sorry for this chapter being so short. Later chapters should be longer, I hope.