Jo ran up the alley and down the steps into the basement of an old bar her friend Pacho owned. When she got inside she saw Missy lying on a cot in the corner, Diva was already there wiping her forehead with a damp rag. She had dark bruises around one eye, a hand print on her neck and some nasty bruises to her thighs. Jo ran over to her friend and grabbed her hand.

"Missy what happened?"

Missy took in a ragged breath "I went to the apartment number William gave me, but he wasn't there it was all his friends. They took turns hitting me until I passed out, I woke up while some guy was raping me and there was no one else in the room so I grabbed my stiletto and put it in his temple. I… I killed him Jo, I really didn't want to but…"

"Shh, I know its ok he was scum and he deserved it, trust me I will get them"

"No Jo they're dangerous"

"Shh, Don't worry I have an idea"

She talked with Pacho and Diva making sure they could help Missy and keep her safe.

"Jo I don't think this is a good idea" Pacho glanced back at Missy who had mercifully fallen asleep.

Diva his boyfriend came over still in her drag outfit from earlier and clutched Jo's hand. "Jo just call the police, ok. Let them handle it"

"The police!?" She said incredulously "You know how useful they are, they're more likely to lock up Missy for prostitution than to go after the damn mercs. No I'm taking care of this myself and that's it. I won't let another friend down."

"Please be careful, you don't have to redeem yourself by doing this. You didn't put the cuffs on Ri…" Jo put her finger to Diva's lips.

"Don't; just don't"

"I'm just saying, it wasn't your fault"

"Yea right" and then she grabbed her bag and headed to the apartment number Missy had given her.

It wasn't far from her own home so she stopped by to grab her 9 mil. Soon she was to the door of the mercs place and began knocking, finally an ugly man with pock marks all over his face opened the door and gave her body a once over before asking her what she wanted. Since they were still there she figured they hadn't really cared much about the guy Missy killed, it was one less person they had to split the bounty with. Mercs they were all the same greed was the name of the game.

"Someone called from this apartment said they wanted some entertainment" Jo had put one of her best outfits from the club before coming over so she flashed the merc some of her outfit.

"Please come on in"

There were only three of them now and she supposed one of them was Johns. She stood in the middle of the room while they all sat on the couch, good easier to take them down she thought. She slowly undid her jacket and quickly removed her 9 mil and put one bullet into each of their foreheads before they even had a chance to react. She praised her good thought for always going to the gun range to keep her aim accurate. She didn't think she have anymore trouble so she ran to grab the cash in their wallets and was pulling out the last guys money when she heard the door open. She stood stunned for a second just staring at the man who came in while he took in the scene, Jo made a dash for the window and fire escape, but the merc was faster, he grabbed her arms and pinned them around her and pulled her back against his chest. Jo kicked and struggled but it was no use, he was way stronger than she was, and he had her pinned so tightly she couldn't wiggle out of his grasp. He put his mouth close to her ear…

"Where the hell do you think your going? And why the hell are you here in the first place?"

"You raped my friend"

"You mean that stripper from the night club; I never laid a hand on her."

"You gave her to the pigs that would"

"Well you seemed to have taken care of them now haven't you, but that means you're a murderer, so why don't we go talk to a judge. I'll fetch a pretty price for bringing you in"

…..

The local judge ruled that Jo was acting as a vigilante and should have come to the police first, but Jo knew the police didn't know how to do shit on this planet. So she took her sentence life in jail and left it at that. She felt no guilt at killing those mercs and she figured prison wouldn't be much different from the life she was living day in and day out now. I'll miss my tub. John's "volunteered" to take her to the max security prison he was heading to, to drop off another prisoner. He loaded her on some ship called the Hunter-Gratzner. Johns didn't tell her who she was going to be locked up with, but he told her it would be an interesting ride.

She had her hands cuffed in front of her and was being pushed up the loading ramp in the back of the ship. Johns pushed her roughly between her shoulder blades.

"Move it"

"Fuck you asshole!"

"Maybe later, now get on that transport"

She was taken to the back of the holding cells, she was facing the ground and Johns mouth came close to her head.

"Here's your traveling partner"

Jo looked up and gasped "Riddick"

"Oh so you know him"

She didn't want Johns to know anything about her so she blurted out "I… I've seen him on TV before"

"So has everybody else, now get in"

Jo was pushed up against Riddick her chest to his, her hands were cuffed to links on either side of his torso, and her feet were shackled to the ground. Johns hooked up the cryo-sleep to her arm, and said they'd be taking off in thirty minutes. Then he shut the door. Jo looked up at the blindfolded face in front of her.

"Hey Riddick"

…..

He barely moved, but he knew that voice what the hell had she done to get in here? He could barely speak around the bit in his mouth.

"Josi what are you doing here?" It came out clipped, but Jo picked up on it.

"I killed some mercs who raped Missy, my friend from the club"

Riddick tensed "You should have let it go"

"You of all people are going to tell me that, she was my best friend!" she spit through clenched teeth. "I'd do it again if I had to."

"Where is Johns taking you?"

"I don't know wherever you're going or he's going to keep as a pet I'm not sure"

"No he won't"

"Are you going to stop him, from the looks of it you haven't yet"

He growled low in his chest "He's actually helping me; his odds of a better payday are greater at Ursa Luna, so we have to go a long way to go. More time to escape. He could have sent me back to Butcher Bay, but mercs are all the same. Money"

"Well that's wonderful, really I'm proud. Now please stop talking I'm tired"

She leaned her head against his shoulders, but he pushed her off.

"What the hell was that about?"

"If Johns thinks you know me well, there will always be mercs after you"

"Riddick, I'm going to prison for life and there is no way I could break myself out so really there is no need for me to worry about mercs, now shut up and let me go to sleep please."

She put her head back down again and this time he didn't move, she sighed and closed her eyes. A few minutes later they were taking off and she was put into cryo-sleep. She knew in the back of her mind Riddick wouldn't go to sleep. He had told her once that all of you goes into sleep in cryo-sleep all except the animal side. Riddick was more animal than he was human so there was no way he was sleeping.

"With me you will always deal with mercs because I'm not leaving you to rot"