Chapter 2- Changes

After they spoke things began to change rapidly. They felt like they couldn't live without each other. Then Johns agreed to let Riddick free, on the agreement that he works without chains, without bite, and without his shivs, and that he does what he says, when he says. Of course Riddick wasn't entirely happy about this but it beat being chained up. Johns and Carolyn had found a settlement and every one was going to go there in order to decide what happened next due to there being more resources there. Katy was walking just behind the others but just in front of Riddick, keeping a close eye on Alice.

"I can't stop thinking about you." She heard Riddick say to her. She smiled still looking ahead. She already knew that, she was incredibly smart and could usually tell what people were thinking, however with Riddick it was different, it was like she could hear his exact thoughts.

"I know, I can feel you." She said smiling. She began to walk past the bone structures of the dead animals. He smirked looking ahead making sure the others weren't watching. He swiftly grabbed her hand, pulled her into one of the bone carcasses and held her against one. She looked up at him shocked.

"You should be enjoying more than my thoughts." He whispered softly in her ear, wanting to show her how he felt. He kissed the spot just below her ear and she gasped shocked. She softly pushed him away and slid between two of the 'ribs' of the creature. She ran ahead to catch up with the others. He was incredibly confused then, he knew that she felt exactly the same, he could tell by her reactions to him and the things he did. She shook her head and looked down at her feet as she walked.

'Stupid! Stupid! You can't lose focus, you have to look after Alice.' She mentally scalded herself. 'After everything you have been through, you cant turn your back on her. You can not fall for him, it will be dangerous if you let anyone else in.' She carried on walking, mentally yelling at herself. Both Riddick and Alice could sense something was wrong with her.

They each began to look around the settlement by themselves. Katy was sitting on a roof watching over Riddick and Alice. She felt her cheeks begin to blush as she thought of Riddick. 'No.' She yelled to herself in her head. She then noticed Imam's youngest crawl into the coring room through a gap in the metal walls. She then heard Johns.

"Come on. You're missing the show!" He shouted then he patted his leg as if Riddick was his dog. Katy growled angry at him, he didn't deserve to treat Riddick that way. Then Riddick pulled a sheet off the roof revealing Jack who had now shaved his head and was wearing goggles similar to Riddick's.

"Come on." Riddick said to Jack and they left. Katy jumped off the roof and landed unharmed. She crawled into the same gap that the young boy had. She looked around and saw a group of bat-like creatures hanging from a metal pole.

"Hey be careful." She said softly, keeping her voice quiet. Light seeped into the room from a tiny gap created by Riddick removing the sheet. It powered a solar generator. The metal panels above began to open, letting in more light. This aggravated the bat creatures and they began to swirl around the room, screeching as they did. Katy dove at Imam's boy and attempted to get him out when she was attacked from behind. She felt their sharp talons scratch her back. She whimpered and fell to her knees. The boy ran into a dark closet soon followed by some of the bats, just before he closed the doors.

"No!" She yelled to him. She then heard his cries and stood up to run to him. It was as if the bats knew she was going to help him because a few of them attacked her. They scratched across the other scratches, going slightly deeper this time. She screamed in pain and fell again. She rolled over onto her back to try and sheild herself from the creatures. They kept flying at her and she kept trying to fight them off and ended up with scratches on her arms, legs, face and stomach. Then she heard two gunshots and the doors opening. She moaned in pain as the creatures finally left her alone and went into the hole that had been made in the center of the room. Riddick went straight to her and picked her up and immediately noticed how weak she was. She saw Imam move towards the shaking doors of the closet.

"Imam, no. Please." She mumbled barely even able to talk. He opened the closet doors and the bat creatures came shooting out. The others ran outside and Riddick ducked with Katy in his arms, missing their attacks completely. The creatures shot down into the hole in the floor. Imam began to cry, his youngest was dead. Katy felt a little stronger and managed to stand up. She walked to him.

"I'm sorry, I tried to help him." Katy said sadly. Imam slapped her and she screamed because of the intense pain of the scratches on her face. Riddick began to feel the anger radiating around her. He stepped forward and rested his hands on her shoulders in an attempt to calm her down. She growled at Imam, her animal side taking over.

"You really think I won't hurt you." She said sounding amused. "How cute." She snarled. "I have done far worse than what you just did to protect me and my sister." She said angry.

"That's hard to believe." He said simply. She laughed.

"Just after we escaped we ran into some men, they tried to rape my sister and make me watch. I won't tell you the details but they're all dead and there is a reason me and my sister are on the run. Dont fucking test me." She growled. She shook free out of Riddick's grip and walked away, trying to calm herself down. She wanted to wash her blood off of herself. She got undressed and stepped into the warm shower.

The water covered her skin and washed off the blood. She was still incredibly angry, there was only one way she could ever calm herself down completely. She began to sing to herself.

"You don't deserve my tears, I guess that's why they ain't there." She sang softly to herself, she hadn't realised it yet but Riddick was outside the bathroom, he wanted to talk to her about what happened earlier. "When I think that there was a time that I almost loved you. You showed your ass and baby yes, I saw the real you." She sang to herself. Riddick adored her voice, it was so soft and gentle, almost angel like. She then began to feel his presence. She turned the shower off, stepped out and wrapped the towel around herself.

"Can I help you Riddick?" She asked walking to the bed where she had put a clean set of clothes that was in her bag that she had packed.

"We need to talk." He said simply. "I tried to show you earlier but you just completely blocked me off." He said sounding a little angry.

"I can't Riddick." She said quietly. "I have to look after her." She said simply.

"Wouldn't she be safer with two people looking after her?" He asked confused. She began to think and realised she was using Alice as an excuse, sure that was one reason that she couldn't be with Riddick but there was something else. She slipped her clothes on under her towel. She softly rubbed her hair with the towel until it was mostly dry. She put it over the towel rack.

"There's something else." He said simply, beginning to realise she was trying to hide something.
"I'm scared to let anyone else in." She said feeling defeated. "Are you happy now?" She asked him feeling a little angry. He shook his head and walked closer.

"No." He said simply. She looked up at him. He softly stroked her cheek. "Let me help you with your fear." He said softly. She looked into his eyes, he didn't have his goggles on. He leaned down and kissed her. She froze shocked. She began to relax and kiss him back. He pulled away and hugged her, she sighed letting him hold her close and making her feel safe. "You just have to let me in." He said softly.