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Disclaimer- You know how it goes; I just own Nightshade and the mercs that I made up.

In bold flashbacks

The few minutes that Nightshade had closed her eyes, were a few minutes too long. The dreams started again.

Running through the forest, she had to get away, she saw too much, knows too much. They will want her dead or put away.

Gasping for breath, she runs blindly through the forest not knowing where she is going or what direction she was even going.

She tripped and fell on a twisted tree root. A shadow loomed above her and then a sharp pain knocked her into a dark oblivion.

Startled from the dream, Nightshade shot up from the bed and looked around in a panic. She realized that she was safe….for now….

Nightshade realized that she was thirsty and was covered in a cold sweat, she got up still wrapped in the bedsheet, went into the bathroom to get a drink of water and splash some water on her face.

Riddick watched as Nightshade got up and went to the bathroom. He was keeping guard at the window when he heard whimpers.

He wondered what she was dreaming about that made her thrash about and jump awake. He could smell the fear and the sweat on her. Whatever she had dreamt about really scared her.

He watches as she walked back from the bathroom and lay back down in the bed.

Not once did she look his way or even acknowledge that he was in the room.

He noticed that her breathing was back to normal and she had settled back into a peaceful sleep. She slept now and he returned to watching out the window, keeping guard.

The Same Night

The young merc went to meet up with the rest of his group. He had decided to band with these guys for the simple fact that they always seemed to make the money. He was still in shock from seeing the woman naked.

"Damn," he thought "I'd love to have a piece of her."

In a daze he continued to walk to the rendezvous point. As he was walking, he kept thinking about her face and wondering why it kept haunting him.

A couple of the guys were already at the ship, grouped in a circle talking about their disappointment in not finding Riddick. An older merc named Jake called to the younger merc.

"Erik, you find anything?"

Erik, startled from his daydreaming, looked up and shook his head.

"No, but you wouldn't believe this chick that I ran into at that motel. She answered the door stark naked."

The group of men laughed, but the leader of the group, James, stepped out of the group and clasped the man on the shoulder.

"Erik, was this the same motel that we say Riddick run too?"

Erik nodded.

"What did this woman look like, did she act strange?"

"No, she was fine, real damn fine." Erik started to let his mind wonder off again when James had called the men to attention and gathered them together.

"Our young protégé here has let some important things slip his mind."

Erik looked at James, curious and a little embarrassed that maybe he has messed up.

"We tracked Riddick to the motel and possibly by coincidence, a beautiful naked young woman answered the door. Now…" James scratched his head and got a thoughtful look on his face. "this certain motel is not know for its prostitutes or whores, so as I see it I am thinking that we are going back to this place and we are going to check it out for ourselves. Get your guns and let's go. Move it!"

James walked up to Erik and looked him straight in the eyes. "Next time, radio in and report to us before you leave the site."

Erik now totally embarrassed and humiliated at his own stupidity, nodded and took off after the rest of the group, hoping to redeem himself.

Back at the motel

Nightshade woke up again with a start, not with nightmares this time, but with a sense of alarm. She knew that they had to leave and get out of here.

She looked around for Riddick and noticed that he wasn't here. What did she expect? Sighing, she got up and quickly got dressed. Gathering her meager belongings, she opened the motel room door and quickly took off into the night. She felt like she was being watched and she took to the shadows.

Riddick looked down as Nightshade exited the motel. He was somewhat relived that she had left because he knew that the mercs would be back soon, once the new one had realized his mistake. He watched her move into the shadows, he tightened his fists, angry at himself for leaving her, but he knew that he couldn't get her involved. It would be too risky and too complicated and not to mention that everyone he cared for had ended up dead.

Just as he finished his thoughts up, he saw THEM in the shadows, being quiet and being quick.

"Damn mercs," Riddick growled under his breath.

The mercs approached the room that he and Nightshade had earlier occupied. A man guarded the windows and tried to peer in. the younger merc tried the front door, but it was locked. He shook his head. The leader stepped forward and kicked the door in.

He entered the room and exited the room in less that 2 minutes. He had looked around the area for any clues, Riddick was sure of that.

Riddick watched their every move from above and heard the man speak.

"They are both gone, the place is empty. I want you all to spread out and search the perimeter. See if you can find one of them and bring them back to the ship. Now fucking MOVE!"

Each merc went their own way, but the man that lead them noticed some water marks that were left by a shoe and moved in the direction that Nightshade went.

Riddick knew that Nightshade would be in trouble and he'd have to help her out.

Growling and gritting his teeth, Riddick took off, hoping to find her before the mercs did.