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Sorry for the long wait, but finally…. the third chapter is out!
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Btw, I decided to keep the 'sss'; but I can't decided yet whether to keep Ali or not coz both of the options are interesting.
Okay, now I'll not keep you from waiting anymore. Read it everyone!!!
NOTICE: this chapter has been edited by my new beta, minorly-crazy. Love you so much ! ^^
Of the Darkness and the Light
Chapter Two
If one took a glance at the planet of Hades, they would generally think that the planet was inhabited. That was why everyone for the most part just called it an unknown planet, and it really was an unknown planet; no one had ever gotten far enough to explore it thoroughly, for obvious reasons. Hell, sometimes one even forgot that this planet had a name!
However, if someone was fortunate enough to be able to go beneath the planets surface, they would find a civilization greater than what they could have ever imagined. For inside, there was a labyrinth of tunnels, each with its own specific function, it was quite similar to the tunnels inside of an anthill.
The inhabitants of the planet were also rather intelligent despite what other may have thought. Yes, it is true that they were blood thirty animals that still followed "The laws of the jungle", but they also held a certain rule, one that no one would expect from a mere animal. That was why, even though Hadrian, or Rian according to the bioraptor's, had never met any human beings before, he didn't lack for knowledge. It is true that his mother had left him with many materials to study with (packed in a bottomless bag, complete with anything else that Rian may need to survive), but it was from the observation of the way bioraptor lived, that made him understand about survival and family ties.
Now let's head back to the tunnels, where according to Hadrian, those tunnels were the most interesting features in the bioraptor's community. When he was a child, he had enjoyed exploring those tunnel for long hours, making the one responsible for taking care of him (Caen's mother actually) worry. Sometimes, when he was in the mood for it, he even played pranks by making a fake tunnel, with traps and everything. He had also made a few useful tunnels when he was bored, like the one that lead to the prospector's building or the one that went to one of the hatchling's nests.
So, now here he was, in one of his own tunnels, one that led to the nearest cave, one not too far from the crash site.
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'Rian!'
'Rian come!'
'Here, pet me!'
The hatchlings inside the cave that Rian was headed towards, were ecstatic when seeing him. After all, he was their favorite. He always brought them many delicious foods; especially when there were yummy foods came to their planet. Like now for example.
'Rian…' said one of the female hatchlings, 'we are hungry.'
'Yesss! Yesss!' another also said.
Chuckling at the hatchlings antics, Rian said, "Hungry, huh?'
Everyone nodded.
"Well, I'll see if I can find you something then." Rian then exited the cave, but was cautious to avoid being seen by the 'food'.
Outside was the exact opposite of the darkness from inside the cave systems. Rian had to stand still while squinting his eyes, waiting for them to adjust to the light. Once he could once again see clearly, Rian walked behind a large stone, he was hidden perfectly by the shadows, while spying on the mild argument that was happening between the survivors.
A short glance into one of the survivor's minds told Rian almost everything that he needed to know.
Apparently, their ship had been hit by asteroids, while they were on their way to whatever planet that was their destination. The mind he was looking into belonged to the woman who was the co-captain of the ship before the actual captain had been killed. Now she was somewhat of a leader of their little group of survivors, besides that 'damn bastard' Merc (her words) who also held some of the leadership. From inside her mind, Rian could gauge how many survivors there were, their names and their occupations, and he also found out about the runaway convict, Richard B. Riddick.
A flash of a bald man with goggle caught his attention. He dug deeper into the woman's, Caroline Fry's, mind, but found only a little bit of information. So he tried the Merc's mind and got some of the information that he wanted. But, at this time Rian couldn't care less about the information, because he was a bit sidetracked by the way the convict…Riddick had looked.
Wow! Rian subconscious mind supplied.
Rian had never seen any other human beings except the scruffy old scientists and workers, so it was quite understandable that he didn't understand why his heart was beating so fast or why his had face heated.
'I think I am getting sick…'
Rian decided not to think about the elusive convict anymore, so he focused more on the survivors. There were ten present, not including Riddick, and four of them were children.
Was I really that small before? Shaking his head at the foolish thought, he began to categorize each survivor.
Hmm… two adult women, nothing of importance; one annoying Mercenary, not a threat; one elder, he does not look like he could harm a bunny; one coward… maybe I should kill him now? Four males, and one female hatchling; one adult male, weakling; and the convict, where he is now? Rian mussed and looked around; trying to find the convict.
Deciding that the group was not interesting anymore – after all, who would think that the quarrel between a selfish woman and a leader wannabe was worth watching, and he didn't think that this Riddick figure was a threat to the bioraptors – he turned back to the survivors to see if he could catch one of them as a present for the little hatchlings. Really, I think I spoil them too much.
"I think he went that way," said the bi… no, Carolyn Fry.
"We should find and catch him, before he kills us," the Mercenary, Johnn, told the others.
"And how, do you propose, we catch him? If what you have said is true, then he is really dangerous. Can't you see that over half of us cannot fight?" the other woman, Shazza or something similar, stated.
"We have weapons. We should at least, be able to catch him off guard, and then…" Johnn's trailed off.
"And what if he catches us first?"
"Then you're as good as dead."
Silence descended upon the survivors after Johnn's said that.
"Well," Fry said trying to lighten the mood, "Let's split up, some of us can go search for Riddick while the others stay here. We can't take chance of what Riddick would do to this ship if left alone."
Everyone agreed, albeit a bit reluctantly, and left to search for the escaped convict. Hadrian watched as some of them moved towards the bone graveyard. And Hadrian, he headed out to hunt.
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Well, that's for this chapter… (looks around warily). Please don't kill me!!
Sorry for the lack of Riddick, really sorry, but it's getting late and I'm tired, plus my relatives come and bring my little cousins (excuse…excuse…). Besides it will take more time to write about Riddick and much longer update.
Don't worry, Riddick will definitely appear on the next chapter.
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Fisca R.