Out Of The Black- Chapter Three
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TotallyRiddickObsessed and AngelMonroe, thank you for pointing out that I was changing tenses, I will work on it in the future. I'm just not very good at 1st person. Sorry its taken so long to review! This chapter is really short because I'm not sure how the rest of the crew should react. I'll try to continue it shortly but any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!
::Serenity: In the black::
Italics indicate thoughts
Jayne sat hunched over off his bed painstakingly cleaning his favorite hun, Vera. I can't believe that gorram girl got Riddick into the ship without anyone knowing. Mal's gonna skin my hide if he finds out I knew. Never seen a man disappear into the shadows so quick. It ain't human. No man should be able to move like that. If she hadn't told me to be quiet…. hell… why did I listen? Sighing, Jayne started putting Vera back together, taking his time and trying to keep his mind off of Serenity's latest addition.
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Wash left the ship in the capable hands of his many plastic dinosaurs and ambled his way down to the mess area looking for something to snack on. He stops short when he reaches the doorway and sees Riddick sitting at the table.
"Um…. Zoe! hunny, there's a strange large man eating all our food down here." Wash yells as he stands frozen in the doorway. Riddick looks up, cocks his head at Wash, and continues eating. River skips in and sits down next to Riddick, grabbing a bun off of his plate. She looks up and grins at Wash, mouth full of bread.
Zoe and Mal enter, guns drawn, in response to Wash's yelling. Riddick looks up again and asks smirking, " So this is how you treat a guest on your ship cap't, doesn't seem too friendly to me."
Mal lowers his gun a bit and says, "Well stranger, this here is my boat and I don't recall extending you an invitation. Mind telling me who you are and why I shouldn't throw you out the airlock?"
Zoe, noticing River still stealing food off of Riddick's plate turns to her and says, "River, hun, do you know who this man is?"
"Puppy was lost. Needs his kitten. So helped him find his way. He purrs in my head."
Riddick stops eating and turn to the grinning girl on his right, "I purr?" and only gets a giggle in return.
"Ok, well seeing as how our resident trouble maker here seems to have taken a shine to ya, I reckon you can stay on board till we reach our next port, as long as you're willing to lend a hand around the ship. Now that don't mean for a second that I won't shoot you if you cause me any trouble. I just don't want to have my little albatross getting all upset for no reason. So you mind telling us your name? and Dohn luh mah?" Mal gives his welcoming speech to Riddick as he attempts to set down the rules.
Sitting back from the table and stretching his arms back over his head, causing his chest muscles to strain against his shirt and cracking a few vertebrae audibly, Riddick lazily looks around and says, "Now why don't we hold off on the introductions till the whole little family is here. I don't care to repeat myself."