AN: I'm back :P I like this fic so I'm going to try to finish it so here's to many more chapter's to come :D

PS: I do not own

WARNING: There WILL be ALL types of citrus going on! Lemons galore! In this story! (maybe not this chapter but in future there will be) So you guys have been warned! That is definitely going to be apart of this story, so all of you who want to see Riddick and Brook getting all hot and bothered for each other this is for you. Those you don't want to see that…I do not recommend continuing reading…it will only end in disappointment for ya…KAY well HERE WE GOOOOOOooooo… :P

Chapter 4:

Groaning Brook torturously came awake with a slight jerk just to hiss in pain as she had a major headache, though relatively unscathed, thank you cryo pod, she still had a small gash on her head and second degree burns on her left arm from where the cryo pod had ripped open a little causing some of the burning debris to get her. Lifting her hand she gently touched it before quickly deciding that was a bad idea and stopped. Laying still for a few minutes she pulled the release handle which, miraculously, had stayed intact and sat up.

Looking around she stared in disbelief at the flaming crash site laid out before her, everything looked destroyed beyond all hope of saving making her glad she had kept her bag with her knowing it could be what saved her from death in the desert type environment around her. Seeing the three suns above her caused a slight groan to escape her at the thought of being in that heat with her newly acquired burn. Shakily standing and stumbling out of the pod she turned to see the main part of the ship about a mile ahead of her pulling another groan from her. Pulling on her bag she reluctantly started walking towards it knowing if anyone could have survived that crash it would definitely be Riddick, and maybe some others had made it as well, causing her steps to quicken.

Hopefully Riddick stayed out of the way so as not to get caught again, "yeah right." Brook scoffed at the thought of Riddick staying out of trouble. Coming close enough to be heard if she shouted she yelled out, "Hello? Is anyone here? Hello!" Hearing a shout she looked to the right where it had come from to see a young girl with very short hair pointing at her and saying something to someone on top of the ship before running towards her. Smiling faintly she waved slightly before stopping as the blonde man who had captured Riddick came running around the corner with his gun drawn scowling.

"What the hell kid! You can't just go running off like that it could have been Riddick. Do you seriously want to die?" the grumbling voice of the merc caused her to tense slightly before she made herself relax and continue towards them forcing a confused look onto her face.

"We had a convict on board? Why wasn't I told that when I bought my ticket! I wouldn't have taken this flight! You mean I could've avoided all of this crap if the stupid cashier had done his freaking job!" Brook forced a scowl onto her face as she came even with the kid and canted her hip to the side placing her hand on it in 'anger'. She watched as interest came into the watery blue eyes as he gave her a slow look over, lust entering his eyes as he took in her form before she cleared her throat irritably.

"Yes well it's too late to do that so might as well come meet the rest of the survivors, we were just about to go looking for water and Riddick. You can come with us if you'd like." The undertone of an order caused her shoulders to tense up slightly before she relaxed them and decided she would wait till there were more people around to contradict him.

"Hey, hey! My name is Jack B. Black! What's your name?" the young voice of the girl beside her caused her face to relax and a smile came up as she realized the girl was pretending to be a boy.

"Hello Jack! My name is Brooklyn Keelie West nice to meet ya! Where were you headed before this mess up happened?" letting her eyes roam the young girl for any injuries she relaxed as she didn't see anything too bad just some scrapes and bruises.

She got a blush in return as Jack shrugged sheepishly then said, "Dunno, just getting out to see the universe you?"

Brook shrugged nonchalantly so as not to draw suspicion then said, "New Mecca, I have some friends going to Uni there." By this time all three had rounded the ship to see about eight people heading towards them before stopping seeing as they all were now safely in view. She took in the two in front, the blonde she had seen almost purge them and a holy man with three boys right behind, a woman and man in leather that looked like settlers, and a portly man with glasses that looked to have a nervous twitch about him.

"Hello! Welcome! Allah be praised! Another has been spared, what is your name child?" the man in the holy robes asked.

In slight disbelief at being called a child so soon after Riddick she glanced down to be sure her D-cup breasts were still intact, before shaking her head disgruntled and answered, "Brooklyn, but you can call me Brook everyone does. And you?"

This got her introductions all around the holy man being, Imam, his boys Suleiman, Hassan, and Ali. The blonde woman was introduced as the captain, so not true Brook griped in her head, whose name was Carolyn Fry, the portly man as Paris P. Ogilvie, and the two settlers as Shazza and Zeke, then the merc was finally named as William Johns.

Smiling Brook said, "It's nice to meet you. Now what is this I hear about Riddick being out and about?" Causing the others to stiffen and look around as if just saying his name was enough to bring him out in a murderous rage or something. Brook barely restrained herself from rolling her eyes then listened as they told her about finding the bit in the direction of sunset and how Johns said Riddick was headed in the direction of sunrise and how they had put a scouting party together to go looking in that direction for water and would she care to go with them or stay behind and help with salvaging anything they could get their hands on.

Finding her way out of going she quickly opted to stay behind with Jack, the two settlers, and Paris before Johns could make her go with them causing him to glare in her direction at being thwarted from whatever he had wanted to do. Brook just turned to follow Jack as she was tugging on her wrist jabbering on about how excited she was and wasn't Riddick just soooo cool? And how Brook was just gorgeous and how had she managed to keep her hair looking so pretty through that whole crash and the dust flying everywhere?

Brook had a bemused smile on her face and didn't even try to answer any questions as Jack seemed content to just talk rapidly without any answers. Shazza soon broke through Jack's rambling and put them to work gathering any supplies they might find useful before Jack hushed them causing them to still in curiosity letting them hear the rustling and labored breathing of someone approaching.

What happened next was too quick to really process as Shazza lifted her pick axe and swung before stopping as Jack shouted, "STOP!" Then a gun shot and pain flared through her left upper arm right where her burn was, as Zeke shot the man point blank from the back causing the bullet to go cleanly through the man and into her arm pulling a pained scream to fall from her lips and her right to go to it before stopping as she didn't want to hurt it any more than it already was. The words from a the young girl, "It was just another passenger, you hit Brook! Oh my gods! It wasn't even him!" Caused Brook to gasp and shake a little as the man who was clearly dead was on top of her legs and she scrambled away as fast as she could with her arm hurt the way it was.

Brook grit her teeth then asked, "And what the HELL, were you doing going around shooting random people for?"

This got a sob and shocked words, "I thought it was Riddick! I didn't, I mean, I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" then big tanned hands filled her vision as they went to her arm causing her to flinch before they could reach her and the hands to still before slowly retreating. "I'm sorry, I'm just, I'll go," A vague hand wave, then the dead man and Zeke were gone where he was supposedly going to bury the man. Shazza left quietly to grab some tweezers she had seen in a small first aid kit a little while ago and grabbed some alcohol as well.

"This is going to hurt hun. I'll be quick but I need you to not move, it doesn't look like it nicked an artery but if you move I could accidentally open one right up. On three. One, Two," a hiss issued from Brook's throat as pain seared through her arm and chest signaling the alcohol had been poured over it and the tweezers sterilizing them as best as they could be for now. Then a scream tore its way from her throat before she muffled it with her fist as Shazza couldn't seem to find the bullet causing the pain to escalate as she dug for it. Finally, the ping of the bullet hitting the floor of the ship caused her to slump in exhaustion then whimper as more alcohol was poured over it and then stitched with and needle and thread Shazza had found who knows where. Her vision blacked out as the needle had to go through her burns causing even more pain, then when it was bandaged they all heard a yell and frantic shooting, causing Brook to flinch pulling another whimper of pain to be pulled from her.