A/N: new chappie! enjoy!

Chapter 10: Lies

Deirdra sighed as she lay on her back, staring at the ceiling. It was night, and she couldn't sleep…not without Riddick. She tossed and turned in the bed of a small room on the small ship and growled when she still found herself wide awake. He hadn't spoken to her, he hadn't even let her kiss him good night when she said she was going to bed. He was still sitting out there now, in the pilot's seat, doing who knew what.

Why hadn't she just told him the truth? Now he thought she was pregnant and getting rid of it. And what was his problem with it anyway? He was the one that said he didn't want kids, and now he was upset over it? Of course, maybe it wasn't the fact that she was getting rid of it? Maybe it was because she hadn't gone to him to discuss it…if it were true.

Sighing again she rolled onto her side, facing the door, willing him to come in. She almost gasped when she saw his figure in the doorway and narrowed her eyes to slits so she could see what he was doing. She watched him walk toward the bed slowly, and he stopped at the edge, staring down at her. She saw the hand in front of her clench and fought the urge to stiffen. She had to look totally asleep. Maybe if he thought she was asleep he would crawl into the bed with her and she would be able to really sleep.

Riddick's hand unclenched, and he lifted the hand toward her head. She almost let out a sigh when it touched her arm, gently. She wanted to burst into tears when he leaned over and kissed her cheek but managed to keep her emotions at bay as she swallowed the lump in her throat.

"Goodnight," he whispered and stood to walk out the door, closing it behind him. Deirdra shut her eyes completely, letting the tears gather in them and letting her body shudder with sobs.

God, Deirdra you are such a goddamn idiot! her mind screamed at her. She rolled onto her stomach and gathered the pillow beneath her face to sob into it. It's not too late! Go tell him the truth! Having him smack you around a bit for lying to him is better than suffering through this!

She quickly sat up and swung her legs off the bed to get up but froze at another thought.

He said he'd leave me, she remembered. I wouldn't be able to suffer through that either.

Choking out another sob she flopped face first onto the bed and pounded her fists against the mattress, no longer caring if Riddick heard her or not.

Meanwhile...

Riddick slumped back in his chair and stared out the cockpit window, his goggles on his forehead. He stared into the purple, black and silver glow that was his night vision and thought about Deirdra, lying in that bed…alone. He hated not being there with her, but he was still angry with her. He didn't want to go in there and end up doing something he might regret.

Why had she lied to him? He knew she wasn't pregnant, it just wasn't possible. If she had been pregnant she would have gone to him before going to any doctor. Even if he had said he would make her leave if he knocked her up, she would have gone to him and begged to stay, which he probably would have given in to.

No, there was something else she was going to that doctor for, and he was going to find out. He clenched his fists as they sat on the arms of the chair he sat in.

"If he so much as looks at her in some way that ain't medical I'm gonna wring his goddamn neck!" he growled lowly through clenched teeth.

Morning...

"I'm going," Deirdra called, cautiously as she stood in the hatchway, staring at the back of Riddick's head. He still sat at the pilot's chair, and hadn't spoken a word to her since she got up and ready to leave. Now she was about ready to walk out, her cloak around her shoulders and staring at him, hoping he would turn and at least order her not to go.

"Whatever," he only replied and she felt tears start to well in her eyes.

He was still angry with her, and even though she knew that, she had to try to apologize for this fake abortion. She slowly walked toward him and he stiffened slightly, hearing her footsteps getting closer. She stood next to him and he looked up at her, his eyes covered by his goggles. He noticed that she was wearing her own goggles around her neck but lost view of them as she bent down to be face to face with him. She pulled his goggles from his eyes and wasn't surprised when he only scowled at her, as he had been since she got up. She gazed into his eyes a moment then leaned forward and pressed her lips to his cheek. He felt a tear drop fall onto his face but she stood and hurried out of the ship before he could say anything.

Riddick waited a few moments then growled and grabbed his cloak and headed for the exit as well to follow her. As he stopped to close the hatch he touched the tear that had fallen from Deirdra's eye onto his face and quickly wiped it away.

"Why does she have to be so damn emotional?" he growled at himself as he walked away but knew he shouldn't be one to talk. He had felt like he could have fallen to pieces at the thought of Deirdra crying, though he would never admit it.

The Streets of Kalos...

Deirdra sobbed into her hand as she hurried through the streets to Harko's office. She hadn't wanted to cry, and as she had been kissing him, she had wanted to stay in that moment forever, because it didn't feel like Riddick was angry with her. But when she felt a tear stream down her face, then saw it land on his cheek, she didn't want to face his wrath. He would have yelled at her and asked her what she was crying for. Then again, still being mad at her he probably wouldn't have said anything, which was worse.

She finally came to Harko's home and knocked on the door, tiredly. When he opened the door she didn't wait for him to ask her to come in. She walked into the room, head bowed and Harko shut the door behind her.

"You're late," he said without emotion and she glared at him, making him shrink back.

"Let's just get this over with," she snarled and he nodded vigorously, eyes wide in fear. He led her to his operating room and she sighed when he shut the door. There was a table in the center, surgical tools spread out over a tray and a window on the far side of the wall opposite a huge cabinet with medicines.

"How did your friend take your leaving?" Harko wondered as Deirdra pulled off her cloak to hang it on the coat rack next to the door.

"Not well," she replied honestly, sitting herself on the table and lying down on it fully. "Don't ask me any other questions, Doc. Just get this done with."

"That's the second time you've said something like that," Harko noticed, hovering above her to stare down at her. "You've lost your enthusiasm about this. I'm wondering if, perhaps we shouldn't-?"

"My eyes, my rules!" Deirdra spat, lifting her head slightly off the table then letting it back down. "Put me out and do it!"

Harko swallowed and nodded, then lifted a needle from the tray filled with an anesthetic and placed it to her arm to pierce her skin and vein. He yanked the needle back when they both heard glass shatter and looked to the window.

Outside...

Riddick watched Deirdra enter the house then hurried toward the door and around too the side where there was a window. A few seconds past before he saw her and the doctor enter the room through the partially blinded window.

"How did your friend take your leaving?" he heard the doctor ask as Deirdra hung up her cloak.

"Not well," he heard her reply and felt his heart clench slightly at her tone of sorrow as she laid down on the table. "Don't ask me any other questions, Doc. Just get this done with."

"That's the second time you've said something like that," he heard Harko say and clenched his fists when the doctor leaned over her to look down at her. "You've lost your enthusiasm about this. I'm wondering if, perhaps we shouldn't-?"

"My eyes, my rules!" he heard Deirdra bark at him.

What the hell? Riddick thought. It suddenly clicked as he heard her order him to put her out. She was going to get her eyes shined!

He didn't take the time to reason anything out when he saw Harko lift something from the tray next to him and held it at Deirdra's arm. Like hell he was going to let her do that! He stood tall and elbowed the window, shattering it and not caring if he was cut or not. He climbed in as Deirdra instantly sat up and stared at him with wide eyes, the doctor staring at him as well as Riddick marched toward them.

"Riddick-"

"Don't even," he warned, cutting Deirdra off before she could say anything, his silver eyes boiling with anger. He turned to the doctor who was cowering against the cabinet. The needle had fallen from his hand and he was visibly shaking with fright.

"R-Riddick?" he sputtered in wonder and Riddick sighed in exasperation, seeing that Harko recognized his name as he turned to Deirdra again.

"Now look what you did!" he snarled at her. "You had to say my name and now he's gonna call up somebody to turn me in!" He didn't wait for an answer before he grabbed Deirdra's wrist, pulled her off the table and dragged her toward the window muttering, "Let's go."

"But, Riddick-!"

"Let's go!" he snarled back at her when she tried to pull away. She allowed him to drag her through the window but they both stopped once they climbed into the alley. When Riddick looked down to where the street was, he saw a familiar face he had hoped never to see again. Deirdra gasped when she saw him and instinctively ducked behind Riddick.

"Well, well, well," Zain said slowly, walking toward them just as slowly. "Looks like Xenos came through better than expected."

"Z-Xenos?" Deirdra shuddered, staring wide eyes at Zain.

"Yup," Zain nodded with a smug smirk. "Bribing the Doc to get you guys here was easy. The hard part was waiting for him to carry it out."

He suddenly jerked his head to the window and before either Riddick or Deirdra could react to it, Deirdra was pulled back toward the window again with a shout and Riddick spun around to see Harko throwing one arm around her shoulders, the other hand holding a clump of her hair so that her throat was exposed. Riddick pulled out one of his shivs but was stopped from using it.

"I'll snap her neck if you try anything, Riddick," Harko snarled, his demeanor changing drastically from the cowardly doctor to the threatening merc.

"You're no doctor are you, you goddamn piece of shit?" Deirdra snarled at him, struggling to be free.

"Oh, I'm a doctor," Harko replied. "I'm just also a merc."

"Somehow, 'I told you so' doesn't really fit this, does it Girl?" Riddick growled at her and she glared at him with gritted teeth.

"Just ghost these shits, Riddick!" she growled back but Harko pulled her head back a little farther.

"You shouldn't treat this so lightly," Zain advised as Riddick turned his attention to him, not letting go of his shiv. The green haired man was staring burning sapphire eyes at Riddick as he fingered the gage on his belt. "My brother will be avenged today, and you'll suffer like no one before you."

"Poetic, but can you just cut the shit and take care of this, Zain?" Harko shouted and Zain snapped his gaze at the doctor. He saw Riddick try to advance on him, but he pulled his gage from his belt and pointed it at him as Harko pulled back a little harder on Deirdra's neck, making her cry out. Riddick froze and glared at Harko in anger beyond words.

"Take her to the bedroom, Harko," Zain ordered and Deirdra groaned in terror as Riddick's burning gaze turned to him again. "Tie her down and I'll take care of Riddick."

"You'll try, you stupid son of a bitch!" Deirdra spat as Harko pulled her through the window and deeper into the house. "Riddick's gonna chew you up and spit you out! He'll carve you into so many pieces even the dogs won't find them all!"

Her voice and shouts faded and Riddick lifted his shiv, preparing for a fight.

"If I die, she goes with me," Zain told him, unmoving. "With my last breath I'll tell Harko to kill her and she'll follow right after me. Maybe you should just let me screw her right now and I'll give her back to you before I kill you."

"I know for a fact she'd rather die than let you touch her," Riddick replied in his low, menacing voice. "In fact, I'd rather see her dead than have you touch her."

A crash from inside the house drew his attention and Riddick took that opportunity to go at him.

In the House...

"Get away!" Deirdra screamed, throwing the first thing she could grab at Harko, which was a vase. "You even come near me, I'll-!"

She didn't need to finish when she brandished her knife as he stood up from being kicked to the ground at the door of the bedroom.

"Just hold still, you little bitch!" Harko snarled, lunging at her.

She took a swipe at him but he dodged it and gripped her wrists, making her drop the knife and they both fell to the floor. She thrashed around violently, squirming to get out of his grip. She kicked back sharply, hoping to hit what she was aiming for. A grunt and painful howl from Harko confirmed that she'd caught him between the legs and she elbowed him in the face when his grip loosened on her wrists. She scrambled toward her knife as Harko rolled on the floor in pain but he quickly regained his thoughts and tried to grab her ankle.

"Get off me, you son of a bitch!" she spat, kicking him in the face with her free foot then grabbing her knife and turning in her spot to stab him in the heart. He screamed in agony then fell limp onto the ground. Deirdra stared at him, panting for a moment to catch her breath then yanked her knife from his body and scrambled to her feet to run back to the room with the broken window, one thought echoing in her mind.

I have to help Riddick!

Riddick knocked the gage away and socked Zain in the face, sending him to the ground. He was about to let his shiv come down but Zain rolled out of the way just in time for Riddick's shiv to stab the dirt, and get stuck. Zain shot to his feet and pointed the gage at Riddick's head but he took too long pulling the trigger and Riddick pulled out his other shiv and stabbed it up into Zain's forearm, making him drop the gage and howl in pain. Riddick yanked his shiv from Zain's arm and swung his feet at the merc's ankles to send him to the ground.

Riddick stood tall over him and pointed the gage at Zain, but the merc had another gage behind his back, stuck in his belt, and with his uninjured arm he yanked it and pointed it at Riddick. Both men came to a stand-still. Neither one of them willing to die, but both knew that they would.

"Remember…?" Zain panted and Riddick lifted the gage a little higher toward the merc's head. "I could call Harko right now and tell him to kill her. She's probably tied to the bed right now…waiting for me."

A knife suddenly stabbed into Zain's gage and it toppled out of his grip to the ground as he stared at Riddick with wide eyes. Riddick kicked his still raised hand out of the way and stood on his forearm, slamming his foot so hard onto it that there was a sickening snap and Zain howled in more pain.

Riddick placed the gage to Zain's temple and knelt down to murmur, "You were a lot smarter than your brother, Zain. But not smart enough."

A blast echoed through the alley and blood drops splattered into Riddick's face. He stood up and turned to the window, not surprised to see Deirdra standing in the opening, her eyes wide and watering as she stared at him.

"I thought you were gonna shoot each other," she breathed.

Riddick said nothing as he stepped toward the window and grabbed her wrist to pull her into the alley again.

"Where's Harko?" he asked, emotionlessly.

"Dead," Deirdra replied flatly and without a word he pulled her out of the alley, into the street and toward the hanger.

A/N: ding dong, the merc is dead! which old merc? the wicked merc! ding dong, the wicked merc is dead! lol! ok, reviews?