Hey everybody! Thanks so much for all the reviews. You guys are awesome! Here is chapter 9. (I sadly own nothing, except Hailey that is.) '' Means Hailey's thoughts.

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CHAPTER 9

Hailey woke up with a throbbing headache. When she opened her eyes she realized she was no longer in the forest. Looking around she also noticed that she was safe in her quarters on the ship.

'How did I get back here?' she thought trying to remember exactly what happened.

Then it hit her, the last thing she hear before she passed out, Johns' voice.

'Oh no! I'm never going to hear the end of this.'

Hailey sat up and covered her face with her hands. She was hoping, at the very least, that maybe the torture Johns was going to put her through would start after her head stopped pounding. However, not a moment to soon, Tombs walked in the room fallowed by none other then Johns himself.

'Wow, I have shitty luck.'

Hailey grabbed the nearest pillow and put it over her face.

"You know even if you suffocate yourself, I still saved your ass." Johns said with a smile on his face that was a mile wide. Hailey chucked the pillow at him as hard as she could. Unfortunately, much to Hailey's chagrin, he caught it.

"Nice try Hails." Johns taunted, tossing the pillow back onto the bed.

'I'm going to kill him. It's gonna happen.'

Hailey was so mad she couldn't even react.

"Would you two knock it off for two seconds?" Tombs yelled, making his presence known.

"I had it under control Tombs." Hailey said trying to pretend that Johns wasn't in the room. She knew exactly what Tombs outburst was about.

"Ha! Yeah Tombs. She had it completely under control. Did you know that some of the best strategies are devised while unconscious?" Johns joked, continuing to make Hailey's blood pressure rise.

"If the room wasn't spinning, I'd kill you." Hailey threatened, not a hint of doubt in her voice. Hailey would have given Johns a dirty look, but she could barely keep her eyes open.

"What happen Hailey?" Tombs demanded. He wasn't in the mood for their BS.

'Oh crap, Rob ratted me out. Bastard.'

Tombs had his serious face on; Hailey always knew she was in trouble when he made that face.

"Rob told you. Didn't he?" Hailey asked sheepishly.

"You know better then to go off on your own Hailey Rose!" Tombs fumed, kicking the bottom of Hailey's bed.

"I'm sorry Tombs. I really did have it under control, that is until Riddick got help from his buddy the tree." Hailey said rubbing the knot on the top of her head that the tree had inflicted.

"Wait. You saw Riddick?" Johns asked. His joking attitude had disappeared and anger took its place.

"Yeah, what the hell did you think happened to me?" Hailey questioned in a sarcastic tone.

"Johns saw the dead animal. We just assumed you had fought it off, and then passed out from exhaustion." Tombs had regaining his cool, he couldn't stay mad at Hailey, she was his girl.

Everything was coming back to her now, the fight, the animal, and how Riddick had saved her life.

"What happened Hailey bunny? Can you remember anything?" Tombs asked again, pulling a chair over to the side of the bed from the near by desk. Hailey told them all she could recall about the fight. However, for some reason, beyond Hailey, she left out the detail of Riddick knowing all those things about her.

'I should tell them….Why didn't I tell them?'

"He saved your life?" Johns mumbled, as he started to pace back in forth in front of Hailey's bed.

"What the hell is this guy up to Johns?" Tombs implored. He looked worried.

"I don't know, man. Whatever it is it can't be good. This jackass is the master of playing mind games." Johns replied.

He had stopped pacing, and now stood with his arms crossed leaning against the wall. Hailey could tell he was lost in thought.

"Damn it." Tombs whispered looking at Hailey.

"Alright, we gotta figure out a plan. There is no way this dumb fuck is gonna out smart us." Tombs said getting up from his chair, "Johns, you come with me. We will get the crew together and go over our options. Hailey, get some rest, I'll be back to check on you a little bit later."

As they were walking out the door, Hailey suddenly remembered something.

"Johns!" Hailey called after him.

He turned around, waiting for her to say something.

"Umm….I need to talk to you…" Hailey said nervously.

"You go ahead Tombs, I'll be right there." Johns said walking over to Hailey's bedside, taking the chair that Tombs once occupied. Tombs looked first at Hailey, then at Johns, as he lifted his eyebrows in suspicion.

"Get out Old Man!" Hailey teased. "I just need to ask Johns something." She reassured him with a smile.

Tombs let out a snort, fallowed by him muttering something under his breath. Hailey couldn't quite make it out but it sort of sounded like, "Yeah, sure." And with that he was gone.

"What is it Hailey? Did you tell Tombs you needed to ask me something to cover up you thanking me for saving you?" Johns badgered as he leaned forward and kissed Hailey's cheek.

"You wish. Douche bag." Hailey said trying not to laugh.

"Nah, seriously. What's on your mind?" He asked.

Hailey didn't give much thought to how she was going to go about this. In truth, she was completely clueless to why she was even asking him the question at all. She didn't owe Riddick anything, why would she put her friendship with Johns in jeopardy like this?

'Maybe it's because he saved your life Hailey. Like it or not.'

"Umm…" She stammered.

"Hails. Just spit it out." Johns told her. He looked concerned.

"Okay. Here it goes. After Riddick saved me, he told me to ask you a question." Hailey said, trying to keep Johns as calm as possible. The very mention of Riddick usually sent him over the edge.

"What question?" Johns asked clinching his jaw.

"How did you get that scar?"

Hailey had a feeling that Johns' reaction was going to be pretty, but she wasn't expecting this. Johns shot up out of his chair and started pacing the room once more. Hailey could see his body trembling with anger. Then, without warning, he grabbed the chair he had been sitting in and threw it at the wall.

"Johns! Calm down!" Hailey screamed, trying to talk some sense into him.

"You aren't on this assignment anymore." He seethed, his voice calm but terrifying.

"Excuse me?" Hailey asked incredulously getting out of bed.

"You aren't going anywhere near him again." Johns yelled.

Hailey just looked at him with contempt.

"Do you understand me?" He barked, grabbing her by the arms and shaking her. "Don't you ever put your hands on me!" She ordered pushing him away from her.

He just stood there, staring at her coldly.

"Get. Out." Hailey demanded, shoving him harder.

This time it worked, Johns stormed out of the room, slamming the door. The force from the impact of the door hitting the hinge made a small crack in the wood. Hailey was dizzy again. She sat down, closing her eyes in hopes that her surroundings would stop spinning. A tear rolled down her cheek as she tried to stop shaking. However, Hailey had little time to calm down. Her eyes immediately snapped open at the sound of the doorknob turning.