Chapter 6- Beware of the Dark.
They got the power cells and had just set off towards the emergency ship. Everyone was lit up like a christmas tree in order to keep the reatures away from them. Katy found it rather amusing but she kept quiet. Her and Riddick were up front, setting the pace and keeping everyone on the right track.
Paris grabbed a bottle of liqour from the little box they had on the piece of metal that they were using to drag the power cells. A torch dropped out and began to roll away.
"I'll get it." Jack said, taking the lights and pulling them off. He ran to grab the flash light.
"Jack!" Fry shouted. Paris then began to panic, this was becoming too much for him to handle. He began to crawl away, with the lights still around him, pulling the power source they were using for the lights straight off and breaking it. The lights began to dim and go out.
"Paris, get back here!" Fry shouted. Imam got Jack and held him close.
"Are you alright?" He asked worried. Jack just nodded. Katy was watching Paris. She was froze to the stop, she knew she could help him but she couldn't get her body to move. He had kneeled up and was just staring into the distance. He had been stabbed through the stomach by one of those creatures. Katy felt like her insides had flipped upside down. What had happened to her? Where was the ruthless Katy that could deal with any amount of blood and gore? She didn't know but she knew and some point during this eclipse, it would need to surface again. Everyone knew that.
"I was supposed to die in France. Never even saw France." Paris mumbled quietly, no one heard apart from Katy. Damn her amazing hearing. With that he took a sip of his liqour, lit his lighter and spat out the alcohol creating a burst of fire. He was surrounded. With that he was torn to shreds. Katy couldn't take her eyes off of the creatures. They were brutal, but so was she.
"Do I need to ask?" Fry asked, specifically Riddick. He just shook his head. She didn't need to ask, nor did she need to know. Paris' burgandy red blood instantly stained the sand as it splattered all over the place. The once clear golden canvas of sand was now stained red. They finally finished him off and they didn't leave a single trace of him anywhere, except his blood on the sand. The touch of Riddick's hand on her shoulder brought Katy back to reality. They began walking again. After a few minutes Riddick leaned over to Katy.
"You see that canyon up ahead?" He whispered. She nodded looking ahead. "That's death row up there, especially since the girl is bleeding." He whispered to her. Katy knew exactly what he was talking about. "I'm gonna circle to buy me more time to think." So they did, they began to circle and no one else noticed until one of them saw the tracks.
"We circled." Johns said confused. "Just what exactly do you think you are doing?" He asked angry.
"Buying some time to think." Riddick mumbled. "There's is a canyon up ahead, it's death row. Especially with the girl bleeding." Everyone turned to Carolyn.
"What the hell are you talking about? She isn't cut." Johns asked confused.
"Not her. Her." Riddick said, looking directly at Jack. Jack looked around scared.
"For god sake Jack!" Carolyn shouted angry.
"I'm sorry, I thought if everyone though I was a guy you would listen to me. I'm sorry." She said crying and curling up into a ball. Carolyn hugged her apologising for yelling.
"Can we just go back to the ship?" Carolyn asked, feeling defeated. Her plan had gone to hell and everybody knew it.
"I don't know, Carolyn. Nice breeze, wide-open space. I'm startin' to enjoy my fucking self out here." Johns yelled angry.
"What? Are you high again? Just listen to yourself, Johns." Fry said, sounding disappointed and angry at Johns.
"No, no. You're right, Carolyn. What's to be afraid of?" He asked getting angrier by the second. "My life's just a steaming pile of meaningless shit anyhow. So I say mush on. The canyon's only a couple of hundred meters, and after that it's skivv city, so why don't you butch up, stuff a cork in this fucking kid, and let's go." He yelled angry.
With that, no one dared question Johns, they thought he would snap and hit them. So they walked in silence. Katy walked a little further behind Riddick, holding Jack's hand making her feel safe. Johns was talk to Riddick up front.
"Battlefield doctors decide who lives and dies. It's called triage." Johns said to Riddick.
"They kept calling it murder when I did it." He replied simply.
"Ain't all of us gonna make it." Johns said to Riddick.
"You just realised that huh?" Riddick said mocking Johns for being so slow.
"Seven of us left. If we could get through that canyon and lose just one, that's be quite a fucking feat, huh? A good thing, right?" Johns asked Riddick. Riddick glanced at him.
"Not if I'm the one." He said to Johns.
"What if you're one of the six?" Johns asked Riddick this time.
"I'm listening." Riddick comments.
"What're they doing up there?" Fry asked from behind whilst walking with Imam.
"Talking about the canyon, I suppose. How to get us through." Imam replied. All five of them looked ahead, Riddick and Johns almost looked like friends. Talking and getting along. However, they didn't know the conversation that was happening in front.
"Sacrifice play." Riddick mumbled figuring it out. "Hack up one body, leave it at start of the canyon. Like a bucket of chum." He said thinking.
"Trawl with it. There's a cable on the sled. We can drag the body behind us." Johns suggested.
"Nice embellishment." Riddick commented. Almost sounding pleased at the suggestion.
"We don't wanna feed these land-sharks. Just keep them off our scent." Johns explained.
"So, which one caught your eye." Riddick said looking behind. Katy noticed the slight movement up ahead.
"Don't look. Don't look, Do not look." Johns had to say a few times to get Riddick's full attention. Katy was a little concerned, what were they talking about? They were far enough ahead that she couldn't hear them that well.
"Imam. Slow down." Fry said sounding scared.
"What?" He asked confused.
"Don't stop, just slow down. Just a little more space between us and them." Fry said worried.
"I'd rather we all stay-" Imam began before Carolyn interrupted.
"Please, just do as I say." She said practically begging him.
"Jack, can you do me a huge favour hunny?" Katy said keeping her voice soft and gentle. She nodded. "Can you go and walk with Imam, the pilgrim and Fry? I want to get a little closer to those two." Jack nodded and walked to the other three. Katy walked a little faster to get closer. They were talking about murdering someone. This creeped Katy out, who were they thinking of murdering?
"Alright. You do the girl, I'll keep the others off your back." She heard Johns say to him. They were talking about Jack. Riddick stops and thinks for a moment, reconsidering. "What's wrong? Too big a job for you?" Johns asks taunting Riddick.
"Just wondering if we don't need a bigger piece of chum." Riddick said to Johns turning to face him head on. Johns looked at him with his crystal blue eyes. Riddick looking directly back with his shiny eyes. It was imtimidating. Riddick goes for the shot gun and Johns fired it into the air. Johns light hits the ground, creating an arena of illumination around them. The shot gun goes free and Johns lunges for it, Riddick kicks it away into the darkness and pulls out his shiv.
"Gotta stay in the light, Johns. That's the only rule."