Ironies and Things That go Bump in the Dark

Beautiful but Deadly

Sakura pushed the pedal of the sandcat to the floor.

"Someone clean off that damn solar panel!" Sakura demanded harshly pushing against the pedal even harder as if it would go faster than it was. Which it wouldn't considering it was already at full throtle.

"Who made you the boss?" Johns demanded snidely even as Riddick casually wiped off a layer of dust from the solar panel like he did it just because he was bored and not because he was ordered to.

"I did. And since I can kill you faster than you can pull that damn pea-shooter of yours, I'm the boss."

Johns openned his mouth to argue only for a second Sakura to appear behind him with a kunai at his throat before he could so much as squeak. His mouth closed with a click.

Riddick smirked at his reaction.

Frye looked at her distrustfully.

Sakura turned her attention back to the front of the sandcat avoiding hitting a skeleton by mere inches.

"Get the bloody cell and any source of light you can find." Sakura demanded as she skidded the sandcat to a stop inches from the crashed ship.

Johns glared mutiniously at her and Frye hurried to get the cell. Riddick gave Sakura an admiring look. She was perfect in his opinion. She had killer instincts and also had a sense of self-preservation.

Sakura herself automaticly ran for the ship and hurried to grab the cutting toarch she had seen as well as any other source of lighting. She found another couple flashlights and Paris' bottles of booze which they could burn.

As they were heading out the sun started to go behind the rings of the other planet. She watched in shock as billions of creatures flew out of the great spires and took to the air.

"Beautiful." Riddick whispered.

"And deadly." Sakura answered staring as some of the larger ones killed a couple younger ones eating them while still in the air.

"What are you doing?" Frye shouted from where she stood just outside of the open hull. "Get your asses moving!" She ordered.

Sakura shrugged grabbing Riddick who was only a foot away from her and with a swirl of sand they appeared right inside of the door.

"What are you waiting for?" Sakura called back to Johns and Frye.

They glared at her even as they raced to get into the door, the monsters flying at their heels. They dove inside and Sakura slammed the door behind them.

"Well that was exciting." Sakura said without an ounce of sarcasm in her voice.

"How many?" Johns demanded.

"How many what?" Sakura asked innocently.

"Of those goddamned flying creatures." Johns answered.

"Oh at least a million. Probably more." Sakura informed him cheerfully. "On the upside they're also cannaibalistic so they'll end up eating some of their own cutting down the numbers." She said cheerfully.

Both Johns and Frye were of the opinion that anyone who could be cheerful about canniabalism wasn't quite sane.

And Riddick looked at Sakura thoughtfully. He was in the opinion that anyone who could say something about death so cheerfully was someone he wanted to be around. It didn't hurt that she was easy on the eyes either. Exotic pink hair, perfect sized brests, nice thighs, and a pretty face to top it all off. And she kicked ass. What wasn't to like?

Sakura noticed Riddick watching her out of the corner of his eye and gave him a wink. Hell she hadn't found anyone near as attractive as him since her genin sensei had kicked the bucket. Now that man was sexy. Especially without the mask.

Riddick blinked slowly not sure if he had really seen what he thought he seen, 'did she just wink at me?' he wondered to himself before pushing it out of his mind. He could explore a relationship with the deadly kunochi later, when a bunch of cannibalistic flying things weren't out for his blood. Unfortunately, survival came before pleasure everytime.

"What are we going to do now?" Frye demanded.

"Easy. We're going to collect all the light sourses we have and then we're going to get back to the ship." Sakura said confidently.

"Oh? How do you suppose we're going to get through those monsters?" Johns asked sarcasticly. "Unless, of course, you have some sort of magic trick to get us out of here?"

"Oh shut up and stop being a negitive Nancy." Sakura scolded easily.

'Negitive Nancy?' He mouthed questioningly.

"And you can find your way back through the dark?" Frye asked scepticly.

"Sure. My night visions not bad. Riddick could probabily get us there faster than I can though." Sakura admitted turning to said man.

Riddick's eyebrow raised in an increduous questioning look.

"Yes you." Sakura assured when she noticed his look.

"Sure thing sweetheart." Riddick said his husky voice sending an pleasurable tingle down Sakura's spine.

She gave him a brilliant smile that had been said to take men's breaths away. And judging by the slightest hitch in both Riddick and Johns' breaths, it still worked.

"Come on boys and girl. We need to find some light sourses before the beasts figure out a way to break through the door." Sakura told them, as she led them deeper into the ship.

And as if to emphisize her point a loud thud, like metal against metal, rang through the ship.

A/N: Sorry it took so long but I finally got another chapter up. :) =D ;)

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