(Sorry for the long wait without an update. Like I said before, School is swamping me, and I really want that Laptop o.o; )
Jack's eyes fluttered open...or did they? She couldn't tell. Everything was so black. She forced her eyes open...but still there was no end to the darkness. Where was she? What happened. She sat up quickly when she remembered the mercs on the ship. But quickly found that a bad thing to do, not only did a wave of nausea run down her spine, she smacked her head off of something above her. She reached a hand up to feel a very shallow space between her and what she presumed to be a cieling. This was not cool. She felt to her left. Another wall. She felt to her right....Nothing...She wiggled over to the right until she fell.
The sudden fall surprised her, and she made a small scream- to find out she only fell 2 feet. Finally there was some light cast around the small room...Just a tiny bit. She saw what she had feared most....A jail cell.
"Calm down. You've been out for a week....I was beginning to think you weren't gonna wake up."
She looked up to see a face looking at her from the top bunk, which is what she now presumed she had smashed her head against. The silver glow in his eyes soothed her. Riddick.
"What happened?" She rubbed her aching head.
"After you got knocked out, they tied you up. Forced me into their ship, and they dragged you along. You slept the whole time. When we got onto the ship, I saw Imam...When he saw you tied up he flipped on them. Yelling at them not to hurt you. But they said You killed someone. A murderer they called you. Imam begged them with a hefty price not to send you to jail too, But they weren't seeing things the way he was. After that, we got taken to a maximum security prison, and I've been guarding you from the shadows since we got here. Good thing you're awake. I was starting to get annoyed at watching your ass constantly."
"You mean I'm..."
"In the slam. How do you like your stay so far?" He snorted.
Not far off, There was a small group of convicts talking amongst themselves.
"Yeah that's right. Riddick's here."
"Not the big bad..." someone gasped.
"Yes, it's the big bad."
"What are we gonna do?"
"I don't know, but I'm gonna be interested to see what happens when He meets OUR big bad."
"Big bad against Big Bad....Who wants to put money on who?" A tall, lanky man snickered. He had ratty hair, and torn clothing.
"I put money on Scythe." A woman said, leaning against a wall.
"Same here." echoed the rest of them.
"Riddick won't have a chance against Scyt-"
"What name did you just say?" It was a cold, amused voice from behind them.
They all turned, nervously, "Scythe, it's great to s-s-ee y-"
"Stop your whimpering. Did you say Riddick?"
"Yeah Scythe." The tall man said, smirking, "Big bad's here in our very own prison."
"You're kidding."
"Nope."
A woman stepped foreward. She had very short flaming red hair, easy to tell she had shaved her head not too long ago. She wore baggy brown pants, with a black belt holding them onto her slender, almost anorexic figure. Black tattooes outlined her eyes, black tear drops tattooed in the fallen posistion onto her cheek, "Big Bad here? Well boys, and girls...I say we pay our new resident a little...neighborly visit."
Riddick dropped to the ground beside Jack in a crouch, standing and helping her up, "Now. We're in the worst part of this prison. Anything goes here. You don't screw with the people who consider themselves at the top. You let me do that, I can handle myself. You, You gotta suck up when I'm not around. Alright?"
She nodded. She didn't want to die in a prison.
"I don't know the particulars of this prison, but I'm sure theres gonna be a bad ass thinking he can take my ass on. Once I dominate him, everything will be a breeze until I figure out a way to break us out of this fuckin' worm hole."
"You're right Riddick. There is a bad ass thinking they can take your ass on out here. But you're wrong. You ain't gonna dominate me. Oh and by the way..."
Riddick turned calmly to face the shadows.
Scythe walked into his cell and leaned against the wall, "I'm a her, not a him."
"You're the big bad 'round here? Obviously they put me in a soft prison."
"You talk big."
"You act bigger."
Jack stared. A woman controlled this prison? Now that's the type of woman she wanted to be...someone who could boss people around...not the lowly person she was right now, someone who Riddick felt he had to watch constantly. She sighed. She'd never be able to gain Riddick's respect. She'd always just be that annoyance he had to watch over...
"So What's the big bad's name?" Riddick looked at her, smirking.
"Scythe. Gotta fuckin' problem?"
"Maybe I do."
"Well you're gonna have to get over that. Listen to me. In MY Prison there are a few things you don't do. You don't go after women. I could care less if you wanna go after men. Kill 'em. Kill 'em all. I don't care. But I watch out for my own kind. And because of that, I ain't gonna fight you. Not because I'm afriad of you, but because I don't want to hurt you. I need you to watch after your friend."
She nodded towards Jack.
"I may be big bad, but alot guys here don't like to listen to me. And No doubt there's gonna be people goin' after her sweet young flesh. So watch her back. And don't disappoint me."
She turned around, a black barcode tattooed to the back of her neck, "Let's go boys." And with that she disappeared.
Riddick growled under his breath, he didn't like being told what to do...but he didn't disagree with her. He knew where the men would set their sights as soon as word got out there was a new woman out there. Worse yet, he assumed Jack was a virgin.
If there's two things you don't want to be in Prison, it was this. Female, and virginal.
(Now I know what you all are thinking, But you're wrong. You're pointing at Scythe and going, "MARYSUEMARYSUE" But no. I simply adore JxR and I wouldn't have it any other way. Scythe just plays a major role in the plans I have for the future. In fact, I have a big scene planned for Scythe in a chapter sometime soon I'm gonna- oh. Can't tell you n.n You'll have to wait and see.)