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Chapter 12

"Tombs!" Hailey yelled walking in the main cabin of the ship. The place was vacant except for a skinny blonde girl sitting in the pilot's chair. Hailey nearly exploded.

"What exactly do you think you are doing?" Hailey asked in the calmest voice she could manage.

Christina, smiling wide, was sitting pretty in Hailey's chair enjoying every moment of Hailey's outrage.

"What are you doing in my chair Christina?" Hailey demanded, her patience wearing thin.

"Oh Hailey, haven't you heard? This isn't your chair anymore." Christina told her, Hailey could tell she was trying with all her might not to laugh.

"Excuse me? Who the hell do you think you are? I'm the pilot Christina, and that is my fucking chair."

Hailey made a move forward.

'I'll show you not my chair anymore.'

Hailey was about to grab Christina by her long Barbie doll hair when Tombs walked in the room.

"Hailey Rose! Let her go!" Tombs barked.

Reluctantly, Hailey backed off.

'Lucky bitch.' Hailey was so not in the mood for her bullshit.

"Now, what is going on here Hailey bunny?" Tombs asked. His father like tone made Hailey relax for the first time in weeks.

'Finally, someone that is on my side.'

"Tombs, I need to talk to you. Johns is up to something shady and this dumb bimbo," Hailey continued as she pointed at Christina, "says that I'm no longer pilot. Can you please tell her she has lost what little of a mind she had?"

Hailey waited for Tombs to set Christina straight, but he didn't say a word.

"Tombs?" Hailey's voice shook.

"Hailey, my girl, we need to talk…." Tombs said trying to keep her calm.

'This isn't happening, this isn't happening!'

"Talk about what? Tombs, I'm still the pilot, right?" Hailey was desperate now, she needed to hear Tombs' reassuring laugh and an "Oh course you are honey." But that didn't happen.

"Hailey, we think it would be best if you took some time off. Just for now, it's been a long run and we aren't any closer to finding Riddick." Tombs said in a rush, avoiding Hailey's eyes.

"We? As in you and Johns?" Hailey couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Tombs, the only man that ever looked out for her as taking that scumbag's side.

"So let me get this straight," she said raising her voice, "You are taking me off this assignment because you are worried that I need a break? Tomb, you would be the first to know if I thought I needed to rest. Taking me off now is stupid, especially because we haven't made any progress."

Hailey was seething.

"Hailey, I think it's for the best." Tombs said holding his ground.

"Oh. I see. The master manipulator has already gotten to you." She spat.

"Hailey."

"No, don't worried about it. I'm sure I can't handle this assignment anymore. Riddick's mind games are too much for me, isn't that right? I'm mean that's what Johns says isn't it?" Hailey was shaking from head to toe.

'How can he trust him over me?'

If Hailey hadn't have been so infuriated she probably would have cried.

"That's not what I said Hailey bunny…it's just…"

"That's exactly what it is. How could you do this Tombs? I'm your number one girl…" Hailey said almost in tears.

It was at that moment that Hailey realized how much Tombs meant to her, how much he babied her. He spoiled her. When she was fifteen he told her, "Listen kid, you can do or have anything you want." A motto she lived to the fullest. He was her only family, her closest friend.

This was too much to handle, how could he do this?

"Hailey bunny, you are my number one girl." Tombs said with a smile taking Hailey in his arms.

Hailey started to cry uncontrollably. Which was rare, considering Hailey NEVER cried in public. She couldn't help it though, she was stressed, Tombs was actually kicking her off the assignment, and Christina was there to witness it all.

'Life effing sucks.'

Just when Hailey thought things couldn't get worse, they did. Big time.

"Aw, what's wrong Hails?" Johns asked leaning against the back wall of the main cabin, wearing a smile that matched Christina's.

"You son of a bitch!" Hailey screamed. She made a move toward him, but Tombs held her back.

"What's a matter Princess? Didn't get your way so now you're throwing a temper tantrum?" Johns was enjoying every single minute of this.

"You bastard, you set me up. You know that I'm more than capable of finding Riddick!" Hailey said clawing to get out of Tombs' grip so she could kick Johns' beautiful white teeth down his obnoxious, arrogant throat.

"We know Riddick tried to convince you to turn on us." Johns said with a cold stare.

"Ha! That's were you're wrong Cupcake. He tried to convince me to turn on you. But you know the saddest part about it? I wasn't going to, not even after what I read in your chase log. Now I can see that would have been the worst mistake of my life." Hailey finished, spitting at Johns.

"He's a liar Tombs. He's only in it for the money, and once you get Riddick he'll screw you over. I mean that's what you did at Butcher Bay, right Johns?" Hailey asked trying to push any and all of Johns' buttons.

"What's she talking about man?" Tombs asked loosening his grip on Hailey's arms.

"Nothing, just some bullshit Riddick filled her brain with." Johns told him, giving Hailey that most blood chilling look ever.

"He took Riddick to Butcher Bay and the mercs paid him for the bounty," Hailey told Tombs.

"Shut your mouth." Johns warned, but Hailey didn't listen.

"But he wasn't satisfied with the money he got, so he broke Riddick out of the slam."

"You gotta be kidding me, Johns, is that true?" Tombs questioned with agitation.

"Nah, man. I'm afraid Riddick got to her before we could stop him. That story is obviously some bullshit he made up to have her second guess this assignment." Johns lied.

Hailey used Tombs' distraction to her advantage, managing to get about of his grip. Hailey tackled Johns to the ground before he could react. Immediately she began to rain lefts and rights down on Johns' face. For a moment everyone was caught off guard by Hailey's actions including Johns. But once he grasped the gravity of the situation, there was an all at drawl. It took Tombs, Christina, and a couple other members of the crew that had heard the commotion to get Hailey and Johns apart.

"You crazy bitch! I told you I'd take you off this assignment!" Johns yelled kicking widely at the now restrained Hailey.

"Ha! You aren't taking me off any assignment William, because I quit!" Hailey retorted, spitting some of the blood from her mouth at Johns.

"That's enough! Rob, Christina, Get Johns outta here." Tombs barked.

Doing as they were told Rob and Christina drug Johns out of the room, Johns cursing all the way.

"Go luck finding Riddick. You're gonna need it." Hailey said harshly as she shook off the two men that were holding her back.

"Hailey, let me taking you back to Axelrod, so I know you are safe." Tombs pleaded.

Hailey was having no part of it.

"I'll be fine Tombs. I can see I'm not needed here anymore."

With that Hailey turned heel and left the main cabin. She went straight to her quarters and gathered her stuff, all the while silent tears running down her cheeks.

'What the hell am I gonna do?'

Hailey stopped packing and sat on her bed. She let out a huge sigh and looked around. They were still on Sherbis and Hailey knew she wouldn't be able to highjack the skiff.

'I gotta find a way off this hell hole.'

Then it hit her, an idea that Hailey knew she would probably regret. Grabbing her stuff Hailey stood up and headed out the door. She had to stay alive outside the protection of the ship long enough to find her only way off that rock.

'Okay Riddick. Game on.'