Keira woke up with a pain in her side and her tattoo on fire,
"Oh god!" Keira growled, Byran was holding her and he woke up,
"Keira, what's wrong?" Byran confused,
"Get away from me!" Keira pushing herself out of bed.
"Keira," Byran concerned, she slowly morphed into a white tiger,
"Keira," Byran slowly getting into the floor, the white tiger stared at Byran and crept closer to him, he slowly held out his hand to her, the tiger sniffed him and slowly crept even closer to him, and let him pet her.
"Keira, are you okay?" Byran staring into her shining silver eyes. The tiger walked over and accidentally turned on the TV by stepping on the remote, there, plastered all over the TV was what Keira had done in the early morning hours, of course Byran had helped.
"Sometime within the early morning hours someone came in and slaughtered these mercs right here in the port of New Mecca, taking only the money they had received for their latest bounty, looks as if it may not be safe in New Mecca for any mercs, and now onto the weather," the TV blared, Byran turned the TV off, there was a knock at the door, the tiger growled and Byran tried to calm her,
"Shh, its alright Keira," Byran getting his pants on and answering the door.
"Oh, um, wow, you've got some muscles there, where's… oh, Keira, have you seen the news? Someone killed the mercs that were in port last night, apparently someone else beat us to the plan," Tiffney being the naïve and air headed as she was,
"Yeah, we've seen the news, actually it was me and Keira last night," Byran explained as he shut the door behind Tiffney.
"Oh," Tiffney getting in the floor on her knees and having her hand out for Keira,
"Come here pretty girl," Tiffney treating Keira like some pet, the tiger sneezed on her.
"Fine then," Tiffney huffed,
"You more or less offended her when you tried treating her like a pet," Byran explained.
"Oh, well she makes a gorgeous tiger, do you know what triggered it?" Tiffney asked,
"I have no idea, I was asleep and woke up and she told me to back away from her, she was hurt last night when she went on her killing spree, maybe that triggered it," Byran shrugged.
"Wait… you slept in the bed with her last night, she's very touchy about someone getting too close to her, maybe that triggered it, or wait, you didn't, you know…" Tiffney being interrupted,
"No! I wouldn't do anything like that with her, she is family just as the rest of us will become soon," Byran getting upset. The tiger moved in between them to try to stop them from fighting, suddenly she morphed back into a human form and stood up,
"Or it could be because my anger flared up again?" Keira standing naked in between them, her bandages both had fallen off in the process, revealing a fresh tattoo still red from irritation to the skin and her wound to her side which was nothing but a scar.
"What the hell, no one heals that fast, unless…" Byran being interrupted with Keira falling to the floor on her knees, he grabbed a blanket off the bed and got behind her on the floor and wrapped the blanket around her, he pulled her back into his lap and brushed her hair back, he noticed an ethereal glow on her chest.
"You see that right?" Byran glancing at Tiffney, she crawled over to him,
"Impossible, only Furyans hold that mark, there's no way though, she's too young, they were wiped out thousands of years ago," Tiffney removing the blanket to be able to see it better.
"Tiffney, it was just 30 years ago, maybe her parents escaped the ordeal," Byran confused.
"Well duh, that's a given, she's not but about 20 years old, they would have to have escaped," Tiffney explained.
"Well not really, remember those things kept searching for survivors even after the massacre, they are still searching today, that means her parents must have ran into trouble and left her on a planet where they would never had looked for her and put some kind of concealing spell on her to make the mark disappear, and they could have been killed trying to escape," Byran strongly.
"Then that means everyone that has abandoned her was trying to keep her protected, but they still screwed her up with the abandonment issues," Tiffney seriously.
"She's had one hell of a life but she fought to get this much of her life back, she's one hell of an animal," Byran looking down at her,
"She may be an animal but she's also a Furyan which makes her one hell of a captain," Tiffney gleaming with excitement.
"Yeah, but she has to learn control or she will get herself killed," Byran listening to her shallow breathing, Tiffney narrowed her eyes at Byran,
"You like her," Tiffney smiling big,
"Actually I did, but now its more of a big brother thing, I helped her kill those mercs last night," Byran seriously, Keira shifted,
"Hey, why didn't you tell me you were a Furyan?" Tiffney confused,
"I cant trust anybody just yet, so I tell them as little as possible," Keira getting up slowly, she stumbled a little, Byran put his hands around her waist quickly to catch her, she gave him a glance and an evil eye.
"Remember what I told you," Byran sternly,
"Its going to take time," Keira a bit harshly, she got to her closet and put her clothes on, a pair of cargo pants, a thong, and another spaghetti strap shirt, and she didn't bother hiding the dog tags this time, Lee busted into her room,
"Keira, what did you do?" Lee screamed at her. Keira turned to Lee,
"Everyone out, Keira, you stay," Lee harshly, Byran and Tiffney left the room, Byran shut the door behind him. Keira stood by the window,
"What the hell is wrong with you Keira!" Lee asked,
"This is the mission Lee, we are going to kill mercs, Riddick wont have to stay away from me anymore, we can finally be together," Keira strongly as she turned to Lee, he saw a shine in her eye.
"Keira," Lee shocked,
"I know that Riddick doesn't want this life for me but I have to be with him, its what my heart is…its begging me to do this, you've always told me to follow my heart," Keira shouting at her sensei, she couldn't stop the tears that streamed down her face.
"Keira, I saw it, just for a second, you had that shine of happiness in your eyes, know you would wind up doing this, that's why I am coming with you, I'm going to pay the crew and I am going to pilot Tiffney's father's ship," Lee smirked, Keira looked at him strangely,
"You are serious aren't you?" Keira confused.
"Of course, I can't let my daughter just leave like this now can I?" Lee smiling, Keira hugged him tightly,
"I couldn't ask for a better father," Keira laughing and crying, she opened the door and Tiffney fell into her, Byran was leaning against the railing of the stairs, he looked a little hurt because he had heard what she had said about Riddick, sure he liked her and he cared a lot about her, but it still hurt that she had said that about a con man. Keira stared at him, she gave him a pitiful look,
"So we going to go check out that other ship and see what kind of parts we need?" Byran avoiding her look,
"Yeah, first let me clean my weapons," Keira strongly.
"Here, I'll help you," Byran walking with her into her room, he took her katana and going over to the bed and sitting down, Keira shut the door,
"Byran," Keira sitting down by him,
"Keira, its fine, I'm alright, don't worry about it," Byran focusing on cleaning the sword.
"You are still my brother, right?" Keira asked,
"Are you kidding me, who is going to watch your back if I'm not around, of course we are, I kind of figured you were doing this all for him," Byran seriously.
"Yeah, I'm stupid, no?" Keira laughing a little,
"People cant help who they fall in love with, even if that person did leave you to protect you," Byran shrugged,
"You said it, but you did bring a little something back into my life," Keira cleaning her shiv that Riddick gave her.
"Yeah, what was that?" Byran still a bit hurt,
"A little trust, you came after me when I could have really been in trouble, and you helped me last night," Keira glancing at him, Byran smirked,
"Thanks for that," Keira strongly, she hugged him,
"What's good of having a brother if he lets his sis go off to war by himself, I've always got your back," Byran hugging her tightly.
"Thanks, I'm glad I do have you, my second best friend," Keira smirked,
"Who is your first?" Byran pulling away,
"Tiff, sorry, we bonded first," Keira laughed a little.
"There wont always be this weirdness between us will it?" Keira confused,
"Not unless you let it be, but I will tell you this, Riddick is a lucky man to have you and if he ever hurts my sis again I will have to kill him," Byran seriously,
"Playing the big brother part are we, considering I am two years older than you," Keira smirked.
"Yeah, well you're still my little sis because I'm taller than you, I'll always be there when you get that ass in trouble," Byran smirked, Keira stared at him serious,
"What's the look for?" Byran smirked,
"You sounded just like him just now," Keira stunned.
"Sorry," Byran seriously,
"No, its alright, you couldn't have known," Keira trying to laugh it off, they soon had the blades cleaned and joined the rest of the hung over group downstairs.
"Thanks for that," Keira giving him a kiss on the cheek,
"No problem, I'll always be here Keira," Byran strongly,
"It means a lot to me," Keira strongly, they all drove over to Tiffney's place.