The skiff slowly paced through the quite, star filled space. Far into the distance were bright flashes, whether it was a cosmic storm, comet shower or even an exploding star, it was far off and didn't seem to be in the way of small, quite going ship. Inside, the skiffs three passengers slept in hibernation like state in their pods as the ship progressed in auto pilot.
It had been almost three weeks since the events on the desert planet, Hades and days since the skiff had a run in with a large dangerous mercenary ship. Riddick, Jack and Imam had just barley escaped the insane ship owner Antonia Chillingsworth and her ruthless soldiers, it ended with Riddick nearly losing his life and the girl Jack firing the shot that killed Chillingsworth. Riddick and Imam had grown worried since the escape seeing that Jack was changing and becoming more violent, she still looked up to Riddick and he was afraid she'd try to fallow in his footsteps, he couldn't allow for this to go on and in fact once he drops them off in New Mecca on Heliom Prime he just wanted to be left alone.
For the time being the three hoped they could rest after the recent, violent events in their pods as the ship powered towards its destination. Those flashes that reflected off the ships hull and window were closer now, close enough to be recognized as a cosmic storm and a giant one at that, and now seem to of moved into their direction. The storm was large and could almost look like a black hole except for covering of black and green clouds. Quietly the skiff still moved forward towards the looming giant until finally it got in range for the storms energy to start to affecting it and the skiffs auto pilot tried maneuvering out of the way, but the storm covered too large of an area now to maneuver around. The ship tried maneuvering away in anyway it could but still kept getting closer to the giant and now started to get pulled it to it's violent center.
The alarms started to go off as the skiff started to shake dangerously from the storms energy and the three were awoken. All three fell out of their pods at the same time but Riddick was the first to jump up and react to this situation. He sat down at the seat in front of the control panel and pressed the button to cover and strengthen the windows from the force of the storm as alarms and the ships on board computer rang all around. Imam and Jack came to after a few moments and started speaking, "What's going on?" Jack yelled over the creaking of the space craft hull and shrieking of the inner depth of the storm, "Were goin' through a storm!" Riddick yelled "this is more vicious then any I've heard of, Allah help us!" Riddick tried responding to some of the ships computers instructions then the ship shuddered suddenly, so powerful Imam and Jack rolled to the ground and Riddick fell out of his chair. The ship and the three quickly recovered as Riddick realized that the ships auto pilot was broken now and he'd have to guide it himself.
For a long half hour Riddick guided the skiff through the storm, flying through the clouds at top speeds but there was seem to be no escape in sight, just thick clouds consistently. Then suddenly time seem to slow down almost to a stopping point, the three could think as normal but all movements and sounds moved at an extremely slow speed and you could see even the smallest events all around you happing from far away, like objects falling off shelves. Riddick glanced as he saw a drop of sweat float through the air next to his face falling to the ground like a snowflake would, only even slower. This phenomenon went on for nearly a minute but felt like an eternity before the three and their ship were thrown back into the chaos of the diving ship through the clouds of the storm.
Finally the skiff dove out of the storm and into space again but different surroundings. Where there should have been opened space lay planets the ship would of noticed a long time ago. The three stared at the near by planets for a few moments, the closest was an average size compared to others and was red with a gassy pattern another of similar size lay just a little beyond the first and looked to be blue, green and white in patches. They didn't get much time to observe as the ship was still speeding and in a steep dive. As they were suddenly released from the storms energy Riddick fought to get the ship under control, pulling on the steering with all his might to the breaking point but the ship was virtually uncontrollable now. He still fought and hopped it would lose speed as it gained distance, he quickly guided it past several rock debris and within a few minutes passed the red planet and near the blue one, the ships computers didn't seem to recognize it much but Riddick didn't pay much attention and just tried to avoid the planet and its moon. Just when it looked like Riddick was starting to get back into control a bit of debris cut through the ships left wing and it started to spin and Riddick lost control again. With no other option he aimed towards the blue planet to make an emergency landing great, emerg. landing on another strange planet hopefully it's not like the other hell-hole Riddick thought. The ship sped by the moon in minutes and approached the planet, Riddick fighting his hardest just to keep the ship in control and not go into an uncontrollable spin again. Within minutes they entered through the planets atmosphere and a blast of sound came to their ears ad flame spread through on their damaged hull.
The ship was falling at an alarming speed towards the ground and could be completely demolished in a strait impact to the earth like a comet. Quickly Riddick put in fire control and tried to get it ready to land but it was still speeding and they could now see ground, quickly he diploid the giant parachutes and the ship heeled back almost ninety degrees. It started to approach the ground but was still to fast so Riddick let it power along parallel to the ground. Suddenly there was a crashing sound and the ships left wing ripped off and the whole ship began to spin and Riddick fought to keep control. Imam yelled from his seat where he and Jack were buckled "We need to eject its not goanna make it!" "No! I can get it just keep holding on!" Riddick yelled back. Almost a minute more of this went on as the ship started to plummet close to the ground "Riddick c'mon now!" Imam yelled then pulled the leaver and his seat shot up out of the ship "No!" Riddick yelled right as he did it. Jack, probably out of fear, started to do the same "Come on Riddick we need-" she started then pulled the leaver faster then she expected and hers shot through as well. "No! Dammit!" Riddick yelled in anger then concentrated on controlling the skiff now just a couple thousand feet to crashing. Riddick skillfully let go of the first parachutes and diploid the secondary ones and then as the ship slowed he was able to get it parallel to the ground again though there was still fire where the right wing should have been. Slowly the ship approached the ground before shuddering violently and almost slipping but skidded along the ground. Dirt and debris kicked up everywhere as the ship skidded for who knows how long. After a couple minutes the ship slowed down more and Riddick released breaks that kicked into the dirt and slowed the ship to one final stop. The skiff almost flipped again but then rested on its side and finally came to a full halt with smoke rising everywhere.
Riddick wiped a shower of sweet from his face then took a deep sigh. He then grew angry knowing Jack and Imam could be god only knows how far behind from him on a strange planet. He got out of his seat and pressed the button to open the side doors, when it didn't he kicked it down. He got out and overlooked the skiff, it was dented all around and had plates of metal missing and its left wing gone but other then that it had done well. Riddick then observed the land, it was a wide open field with spots of trees and bushes, it had been a while since he'd see a setting like this being used to barren prison planets or compacted cities like Slam City. He rubbed his forehead wondering what to do next. He wanted to get the ship repaired as quickly as possible but he had a worry for Imam and Jack, if they were dead he'd move on without hesitation but he didn't protect them from the creatures on Hades and Chillingsworth soldiers for them to die on another planet. He thought that he should probably try looking for them but he didn't want the ship to fall prey to scavengers. Riddick then decided he'd try running back the direction that ejected and try to find them and quickly make back to the crash sight before dark.
He ran for miles without breaking, physically stronger then most humans and with far more endurance. After almost a half hour of running he started to find bits of debris form the skiff including the wing, he made a mental note to remember where it was so to come for it later. He seem to be on the right track finding a rough trail of debris, along the way he spotted glimpse of some crude roads and even what looked like the wrecks of vehicles he'd never seen before, however he didn't pay much attention to it as he knew he needed to concentrate on finding his two, acquaintances. After about forty five minutes he finally found the smashed remains of the their black ejected seats, they were empty and just a few hundred yards apart so they must of ejected, he continued running and found no bodies with a almost a quarter mile range so they most likely deployed their parachutes. The area he started to enter was thick with mud so he often had to leap rather then tread through the mud. Finally he found two parachutes close to each other and stopped besides them, they had obviously been unclipped so the two were indeed alive, Riddick then noticed a collection of foot prints all around perfectly preserved in the mud. Though there looked to be more then two sets, those of what looked like several pairs of boots crowded around the chutes. It looked to Riddick like an entire group could of walked through there, "Dammit!" he yelled in frustration "Might of got themselves captured"
Riddick thought about it again, weather he should try to find them or just try to work on the ship. If he worked through the night and morning he could probably get the ship working again and he'd be able to leave the planet. However he remembered he hadn't left them on Hades or Chillingsworth ship so he mind as well save them again, he might even need the help maintaining the ship which might have to limp back to New Mecca or at least the universe he was used to. Riddick finally came to the conclusion that he could work through the night to get the ship working as best he could and try to scan the ground for them and with their help get the ship to work well enough. He turned and ran again at full speed to try to make it back to the wreck and get it to fly again as quickly as he could, for every hour that went by would make it harder for Riddick to find the two.
The sun had already set when he reached the parachutes and darkness now enveloped Riddick as he made it back to the left wing of the ship. Though of course the darkness never bothered Riddick thanks to his unique eye job, he actually could see better in darkness then light and was now in his prime. Riddick looked around and found some ripped cable and decided he'd try to used it to wrap it around his torso and carry the wing over his back; as he paced back over to the wing he kept hearing a treading noise. He looked over and could see into the distance in purple or reddish night vision through his eyes, a figure moving slowly in his direction. Riddick observed it, it looked human but moved very slowly and seems to make a moaning noise then it looked almost as if sniffing the air then turned towards Riddick. The man charged over, actually snarling at Riddick like some kind of animal. Without hesitation Riddick glared at the man then moved to the side out of the way of him, now noticing the blood running down his mouth and neck, then elbowed the man in the face so hard he broke his nose and the man fell back onto the ground. Riddick stared for a couple moments before the man recovered and looking at him with his disfigured face then leapt at him. Riddick easily moved out of the way again and with his scavenged cable wrapped it around the things neck from behind and started to strangle it. It struggled for a few moments then Riddick pinned it to the ground and using the cable snapped its neck. Riddick stood and looked over what he had just killed, "What the hell's wrong with it?" he said to himself then he heard more shuffling noises and shot his head up. In the distance were more creatures, he then heard them snarling and they started to charge at him again like some kind of animal like the last one. There were about six or seven, their cloths were ripped and stretched, some wore no cloths at all but they didn't seem to care and they all had blood covering their face and torsos. As they charged at him they seem to stumble in the darkness and it didn't look like they could see well in the dark, an advantage Riddick had completely over them. As the first one reached him he whipped the cable out at its face once then again at its neck, opening it throat and it quickly bled to death, Riddick then dropped the cable and pulled out his unique forward curved knives and charged head first towards the creatures. He tripped the first one with his knives then slit the throats of the next two, the other three he quickly and almost effortlessly cut their throats and buried his knives in their skulls. He the turned to the one he had tripped, it recovered and charged at him, he buried his knives into its chest then pushed it way and it fell to the ground limp and dead.
Riddick took out a ripped cloth from his pocket and cleaned his knives of blood, then recovered his cable and walked towards the wrecked wing, thinking heavily of what had just occurred and what was with those people who were more like blood driven animals. Best to get those two and off this planet as quick as possible, he thought to himself and began to tire the wing around his chest, always paying attention to his surroundings as he did.