I am so sorry for leaving this story the way I did, the only excuse I have is life caught up to me. I am trying to get back into it. I'll try to write as kids and life allows. The Chinese sayings are probably going to stop since it's been so long and I don't feel like looking them up right now. This chapter is short and I apologize for that but I'm trying to jumpstart my creative juices. As for the people who think this story is written in a confusing manner….well the characters I'm writing as are all a bit crazy so it just kind of comes out that way.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Firefly/Serenity/Riddick world. Just another fan!
Riddick had been beside himself waiting for River and her crew to come back with Jack. Not that Simon would ever be able to tell, Riddick keeps his turmoil on the inside. Peering into the darkness, he straightens as someone begins to walk into view. A woman from the slight built but of a leaner stature than Zoe and taller than River. Could that be Jack? Riddick inhales deeply and catches a familiar scent mixed with dirt. Strutting forward he reaches the woman and stares at her. "Jack?" he questions.
"The name is Kyra now" replies the woman with a strong voice as she cocks her head to the side. "Nice to know I haven't been forgotten completely." With that she moves around him and quickly boards the ship. Riddick smiles to himself. Now that is a whole different animal. An animalist urge to possess fills him and he is about to follow her aboard when a little slip of a girl appears at his side. "Kitten needs to rest, not time to claim. Leaving now before guards wake up" whispers River before gliding into the ship in the trail of the other woman. The rest of the crew follows and minutes later they are in the air guiding towards the black while Mal and Jayne croon over the money they stole from the guards.
Meanwhile River has caught up to Kyra and leads her to an empty bunk. "Welcome home sister, Serenity is calm and strong, she'll keep you safe while you rest. Puppy wants to claim you but the girl will keep him away for a time," sings River as she guides her to a bed. Kyra is not quite sure what to think of this girl but something inside her seems to trust her. Riddick as a puppy huh? Not how I would choose to describe him. I don't know what to think right now, everything is different. Not an hour ago I was watching my back in a place of hell, now I'm on a ship with this girl and my hero… No, not my hero. He left me. Riddick… the big bad. Never thought I would see him again. Wonder what he thinks of me now? Probably still thinks I'm a weak little girl. Well I'll show him she thinks with a smirk. Stretching her back out she takes in the room and thinks to herself this will do for a while. Filled with an unfamiliar sense of content and could it be safety? Kyra lays back on the bed and allows herself to relax. To think about the strange wisp of a girl who just left her room. To the men that worked with her to break her out of that slam. To the man she dreamed of for so many nights. Thoughts swirling in her head she drifted off to sleep, for once not needing to keep a shiv in her hand.
In the other room Riddick paces back and forth wondering about the girl named Jack he had left behind and how much of that little girl survives inside this new creature. This Kyra... Beautiful.