Hey everyone! Sorry for the gaps between posts. I'm making a lot of progress though; I've finally got a chapter with Riddick in it. It's about time. However, the chapter I'm speaking of is like chapter 10 or 11. Haha Anyway, here is chapter 6.

As always, I don't own anything except Miss Hailey Rose Defoe. ''signifies Hailey's thoughts.

(Oh, and fair warning, there is a lot of cursing in this chapter. Well at least it's a lot compared to the other chapters. Lol)

ENJOY

Chapter 6

Hailey spent the rest of the week trying anything and everything to avoid Johns. Mostly because they were no closer to finding Riddick then a duck was to wearing a tutu. She didn't want to hear about her failure as a merc, or how much she wanted him. 'Cocky son of a bitch. How the Hell does he know what I want?' Hailey was lost in thought, which was typical ever since Johns showed up, while she tried to fix a handle on one of the ships cargo boxes. Hailey was hard at work when Johns' finally caught up to her. She unfortunately couldn't avoid him forever.

"Hey there, rough day?" He said trying to get her to look at him. With reluctance she turned her head his way. He was wearing a white long sleeved shirt that was tight fit, and blue jeans. Hailey couldn't help but notice how good he looked; to bad he was here to insult her.

"You could say that." She said as a bead of sweat ran down her neck, "It was just a miscalculation, I'll find him soon."

He walked over to her and pushed her long brown hair behind her ear. He took a second to look her over, then he placed his hand on her left hip were her tank top separated from her jeans. Taking the time to notice, he saw that she had a tattoo of a beautiful rose that weaved into her side. Hailey caught him staring and decided to give him a wake up call.

"What the hell?" Johns yelled as the cold water from Hailey's water bottle hit him in the face. Hailey smiled, "It's rude to stare."

Johns, who had seemed to be in a good mood, snapped out of it quickly.

"If you are Tombs' best, I'd hate to see his worst." He whispered in her ear laughing, that cocky smile stuck like glue to his light red lights. That was the wrong thing to say, especially with the mood she was in. Hailey lost it. With one swift motion Hailey kicked Johns square in the chest. 'Damn that felt good.' The end product was Johns laid out flat on his ass looking up at Hailey with a dumbfounded expression. 'Bitch!' After a few seconds Johns' look turned from surprise to anger, Hailey however, could have cared less.

"Feel better?" Johns said in a dangerous tone not moving from his position on the floor.

"Much better actually." She said turning back to the handle that needed fixing.

"Good," Johns said, his voice on the edge of a whisper, "cause that's as close as you are going to get in actually succeeding at something-..." Johns began to taunt, but Hailey who had placed her boot firmly on his throat cut him off.

"Watch your mouth." She warned pressing down on his vocal cords. However, Hailey had taken for granted Johns' physical state too many times. He was baiting her, and this time he was ready. Johns' seizing the opportunity had grabbed Hailey's foot and twisted her around using her own weight against her. It was quite impressive, even though Hell would freeze over before she admitted it. Hailey found herself face first up against the wall of the ship before she knew what hit her.

"Let go of me, now!" Hailey demanded. She expected a fight or at least a sarcastic remark, but she got neither. Johns, with a chuckle, simply let her go. Hailey turned around slowly; she didn't trust him as far as she could throw him.

"Why are you so defensive toward me?" he asked leaning his arm on the wall next to her. 'Is he retarded?'

"What?!" You question my skill every fucking day, and you are wondering why I'm defensive?" Hailey shot back with a question of her own. To which only made him laugh. 'Oh my god. I'm going to kill him.'

"It's nothing personal Hail." 'Hail?? Where did that come from? It was kinda cute…NO, snap out of it Hailey!' He had to just be messing with her now. He had a point though, Hailey never got defensive like this. How could this asshole get a rise out of her? She didn't know the answer; all she knew was that Johns was damn good at playing mind games.

"Nothing personal?" Hailey yelled, "Well then William what is it? Please enlighten me."

Johns moved away from the wall and walked forward, getting as close as he could to Hailey without touching her. He looked extremely focused, his gaze intense. Suddenly, however, his expression changed, and to Hailey's dismay, that fucking stupid amazing smile she hated to love was back. 'Why?!' She was seconds away from punching him straight in the mouth, but he spoke before she could.

"Because you are really sexy when you're angry." Was all he said, and then he walked away. Hailey couldn't even move. 'Are fucking kidding me right now?'

Hailey couldn't think of anything else for the rest of the day. A part of her wanted to find Johns and beat him, but another part of her wanted…well she was Hell bent on ignoring that part of her. Hailey swear after her less then pretty break up with her boyfriend that she would never let herself get hurt like that again. Let's face it; even though he was easy on the eyes she knew Johns was a heartbreaker. He had player written all over him. Plus, he had a dark side to him, Hailey could tell, there was a whole other Johns behind those blue eyes. 'Agh! Why do I fall for losers?' It was a question she had asked herself time and time again. Then, at that moment she realized a painful truth, she always found herself interested in the bad guy. Hailey took this time to curse herself for a while and give Johns a break.

"Hey kid…you okay?" Tombs asked looking at Hailey. She had checked the system three times on the ship while lost in thought. 'God! Johns made her look like an idiot even when he wasn't trying to.'

"I'm fine, sorry I was just thinking."

A loud laugh echoed from the back of the ship. 'Words cannot describe how much I hate him.' Hailey thought turning in her chair toward the source of the laughter.

"I take it that you can't multitask then?" Johns asked still laughing. Hailey ignored him. It took everything she had, but she ignored him. Two can play that game.

"So Tombs, I think I have a location on Riddick." Hailey said not looking at Johns.

"I knew you could do it, that's my girl. Where's the douche bag hiding?" Tombs asked giddy as could be.

"Sherbis." Hailey said with no emotion.

"Are you sure?" Rob chimed in; all of them had heard stomach-turning stories about that place.

"Don't question me." Hailey warned.

Tombs could see the humiliation that Johns was putting her through was getting to her more then she was letting on, so he stepped in.

"If Hailey says this dirt bag is on Sherbis, then that's where he is. You got that?" Tombs asked with a growl.

"Got it boss." Rob answered quietly.

"Alright boys and girls, let's do this." Tombs said with a smile and a wink for Hailey. As they all strapped on their seatbelts, Hailey couldn't help but smile back. At least one man was always there for her.