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Together Again

Author: Toby7

Email: venispixie@hotmail.com

Disclaimer: I don�t own Pitch Black or its characters, but I
do own the story, the plot, and anything else you don�t recognize.

Pairings: Riddick/OMC (Elijah)

Rating: R

Warnings: SLASH, MPREG, Language, OOC, OC, Violence and
anything else I think of will be at the top of future chapters.

NOTE: I got most of the info from the book and movie. Other stuff is made up. ^_^

LAST TIME:
I stopped suddenly and turned to look behind us. I watched in awe as the gigantic black
planet swallowed up the universe.

(The darkness is coming�are you ready?)

(Always.) Riddick
whispered into my mind.

CHAPTER FOUR

The survivors reached the battery
bay quickly to get the power cells.
Johns was the first to take a cell from its socket and started dragging
it over the deck. A second later Riddick yanked out two more and swung one up
onto each shoulder. Elijah was next to
grab a cell; he laughed slightly when he saw his mate pass by Johns with a
kiss-my-ass grin on his face.

Not about to be shown up by his
prisoner, Johns awkwardly shouldered the heavy object and stumbled after
Riddick.

Riddick dumped his two cells onto
the back of the Sand Cat when Shazza wheeled it closer to the ship. Johns dropped his cell next to the other two
with a loud thump and then raced after Riddick. Fry loaded the cutting torches onto the Cat and then went back to
help Jack with the case of food. Elijah
was next with his cell. He placed it on
the vehicle and then stopped to wait for his lover. Riddick emerged a second later hauling the last two power
cells. He placed them on top of the
first three. Johns came out a second
later scowling.

Riddick turned to look at
Elijah. �What?� He asked.

�It�s almost complete�they�re not
gonna make it.� Elijah said glancing up
into the sky.

Riddick followed his
gaze. He was right. The planet�s dark
ring already blotted out the yellow sun and the red sun�s glare highlighted the
nearby pinnacles.

Riddick looked back at Elijah and
grinned. �Last call.�

Elijah laughed and gave Riddick a
quick kiss.

�Don�t stop working!� Fry shouted coming out of the ship with
Jack. They put the case of food on the
Sand Cat and then went back towards the ship.

Their
daylight was almost up. As the orange
sky darkened a high-pitched squeal sounded.

�Keep working! Don�t stop!� Fry yelled; she was warning everyone not to
get distracted by the sounds. However
it seemed that Paris couldn�t resist.
He looked off into the direction of the sounds. He noticed they were getting louder. Paris glanced over at the pinnacles standing
tall in the distance. ((The sounds are definitely coming from those.)) He
thought to himself. Happy with his
discovery, he shifted the case of liquor in his arms and started towards the
Sand Cat. He didn�t get too far,
however, because the giant ring began covering the red sun. Only the fading halos of orange light around
the pinnacles kept the awaiting darkness at bay.

Suddenly a second darkness covered
the survivors. They all stopped and
looked toward the growing high-pitched noise.
When Fry located the source of the noise she felt faint.

It billowed out of the pinnacles
like writhing black smoke. Lit up by
the fading orange light it appeared to be thick volcanic ash spewing from the
hollow peaks. But after a few seconds
Fry realized that she was looking at newly hatched living creatures, squealing
in delight over their very first nightfall.

�How many�?� Johns trailed off as
the hatchlings kept coming out in waves.

((Thank god they�re moving away
from us.)) Fry though, gaping at the dense black clouds flying across the
sky. It was wishful thinking, however,
because one huge wave cleaved away from the group and peeled back toward the
survivors.

�Just a suggestion,� Paris said,
backing toward the ship, �but perhaps you should flee!�

�Everyone in the cargo hold!� Fry
yelled.

They all ran for the safety of the
ship. Fry reached the ship and turned
back to see Shazza, Riddick and Elijah still coming. Just behind them the squealing torrent of hatchlings descended
like a tornado.

Riddick tackled Elijah so that they
lay face down in the dirt; he kept his left arm around Elijah�s back to make
sure he stayed down. A few feet away
from Riddick, Shazza hit the ground an instant before the creatures swooped
low, skimming inches over their heads.
They seemed to suck everything from the air, leaving nothing for Shazza
to breathe. She kept her eyes tightly
closed as the aliens flew just above her.
She was weak from fear.

Riddick and Elijah on the other
hand were fascinated. Carefully Riddick
turned over onto his back and eased his bone shiv into the black mass above
him. Instantly something slapped at
it. He pulled it back to see that the
shiv had been whittled down to a jagged nub.
(It�s like a river of razors.) He sent to Elijah.

Next to them, Shazza�s heart was
pounding. She lay huddled against the
ground with her fists clenched on tightly together. Her nerves were frayed and when she heard a discordant screech
inside her head she whipped her head up and sent a panicky look towards the
ship. ((Not that far.)) Shazza thought. She started crawling slowly on her belly toward the ship.

Suddenly, the swarm
disappeared. Shazza looked around to
see that the aliens were gone. Slowly
she got to her feet.

&&&&&&&&

From the Cargo hold, Jack watched
as the black mass rose up in the sky and circled. A moment later Shazza stood up.

�Stay there! Shazza!
Stay down! Don�t move! JUST STAY DOWN!� Jack yelled. She saw
Riddick quickly flip over and reach out his right hand then take a swipe at
Shazza�s legs to trip her. He
missed. She had already started running
for the ship.

�NO! NO!� Jack shrieked as the dark cloud gathered above Shazza�s
head. �NO! SHAZZA!�

&&&&&&&&

Shazza heard Jack�s yell too
late. She half-turned as the screaming
cloud enveloped her�then vanished.

&&&&&&&&

Jack stood at the mouth of the
hold, looking out at the spot Shazza had been standing just a moment before.

Without a warning the black
creatures blew past the doors. Jack
jumped back quickly. She caught a
glimpse of Shazza whirling in the center of the screeching group. Shazza�s body was shredded into bloody
strips before she disappeared into the lowering darkness.

The others saw it too. They all moved back away from the open
doors. But Jack moved closer to the
opening. She watched helplessly as
Riddick checked his surroundings, took a hold of Elijah�s right hand and slowly
pulled them both to their feet.

((Too slow.)) Jack thought. She tried to shout but she seemed to have lost her voice.

&&&&&&&&

Riddick and Elijah dusted
themselves off and started walking towards the Cargo hold.

A familiar clicking rose up behind
the two of them.

�Ready?� Riddick asked, looking at Elijah.

�Of course.� Elijah answered grinning.

&&&&&&&&

Fry moved to the doors to stand
next to Jack. She knew that sound
better than anyone.

CLICKETY CLICK�CLICKETY CLICK�

As the sound grew louder, Fry saw
Riddick bend over and pick something up out of the dirt. It was a breather. Shazza�s. He dropped it
back on the ground. Fry looked behind the two men and saw the pinnacles
crumbling. To her, they looked as if
they were being eaten from within.

&&&&&&&&

The only light left was a narrow
strip of orange flame shooting up from the enormous rim of the ascending
planet. The falling darkness,
disintegrating pinnacles, and unyielding CLICKING came to an eerie
crescendo as Riddick suddenly grabbed Elijah�s right hand again and broke into
a flat-out sprint.

Just as Riddick and Elijah reached
the hold, the narrow red circle of light flickered out like a candle, and the
world plunged in to everlasting night.

Riddick lifted his goggles and
looked out into the darkness. Elijah
turned to look as well. Their night vision gave the two a clearer image of the aliens
rising from collapsed nests. Riddick
crudely traced their features: large, mammalian predators with hammerheads and
vicious talons. They launched
themselves into the night sky, leathery wings spread, gliding, clicking,
searching�

(Like bats�they click for
echolocation�sounding out a world they haven�t inhabited for twenty-two
years.) Elijah sent to Riddick.

�What? What is it? What�s out
there?� Fry asked, watching their
faces.
Riddick lowered the goggles back
down over his eyes and looked at his mate.
�Like I said,� he paused and then turned in Fry�s direction, �it ain�t
me you gotta worry about.�

They all stepped inside and closed
the hold�s vault like doors. Locked
inside, with only their hand lights, the survivors huddled together listening
to the yowls of the circling monsters.

�What if she�s still out
there?� Jack spoke up hoping for a
miracle. �What if she�s still alive?�

�Well I don�t want to jump to
conclusions here�but remember that bone yard?
These just might be the fuckers that killed every other living thing on
this planet. Chances of Shazza ever
knocking on that door are about zero squared.�
Johns said to the gathered group.

�I saw the cut marks on those bones
in the graveyard�wasn�t a natural death.� Fry spoke gently to Jack.

Suddenly, Imam moved to the door as
if he�d heard something. Everyone
except Johns, Riddick, and Elijah pressed their ears against the doors. They all heard the clicking sweep restlessly
past, just outside the door.

�Why do they make that sound?� Jack asked quietly.

�It�s how they see.� Elijah answered. �With sound, reflection back.�
Elijah used his Sight to look through the doors. He could see two out side the Cargo
hold. He looked back at Jack. �Echolocation.�

More clicking cut across the
darkness. The survivors whipped their lights around to find nothing. Only a partially open container about
halfway down the tunnel-like hold.

Riddick�who wasn�t in position to
see down the hall�looked in askance at Elijah.

Elijah glanced down the hall again
and shook his head at Riddick indicating that he didn�t see anything.

They heard the sound again. ((How did one of them get in here?)) Fry
wondered fearfully. �Breach in the
hull.� Fry suggested in a tight
voice. �I dunno.� She added quietly, eyes locked on the open
door.

The clicking seemed to come
closer. Everyone looked at Johns and
slowly he realized that they expected him to check it out. �I�d rather piss glass.� He stated.

�Did you forget that you�re the one
with the big gage, Johns?� Riddick
asked with a smirk.

Johns lifted his weapon. �Wanna shut your fat mouth?�

�Maybe it�s just their beads again.
Imam, are you still�� Fry started hopefully.
�No, no, no.� Imam interrupted,
covering his prayer beads with his hand.
�I do not believe��

�C�mon man,� Johns growled, �you�re
drivin� everybody bugfuck with those things.
Just get rid of the damn��

Johns trailed off when the clicking
sound came closer.

Riddick smiled at Johns. �Big beads.�

Johns glared at Riddick and cocked
his weapon. He edged toward the open
container. Leading with his shotgun he
leaned around the door and fired blindly.
Something screeched loudly and then was quiet. Johns eased his light around the door and saw two shredded,
bat-winged lizards smeared across the floor like road kill.

Suddenly something swept down at
his head, swinging a curved talon like a scythe. The talon caught on his shotgun and it fired. In the flash that followed, Johns saw an
image that burned into his mind. Curved
teeth inside ravenous jaws, blank liquid eyes and strangely pulsing ears.

Johns jerked himself back behind
the door and slammed it shut. As he
backed away he noticed more cracks in their little shelter. �Very big beads,� Johns declared, when he rejoined
the others. �Need to find someplace
more secure.�

Paris began pulling at the main
door trying to escape. �Well, I�m not
staying in here another��

Fry lunged and yanked him back
before he could get the door open. �Christ! You don�t know what�s out there!�

�I know what�s in HERE!� Paris yelled, struggling weakly to get
away.

The clicking sounds erupted all around them. Imam opened a door
connecting to the other containers.
�This way.� He made sure the
group was all inside before shutting the door.

It was quiet for a moment; the only sound was from the survivors� trying
to control their harsh breathing. Then
scratching noises clawed trough the quiet.
Johns pulled out a cutting torch and turned the knob. He adjusted the gasses to emit a wide arc of
light that illuminated the metal door.
And he saw what caused the scratching.

Sharp, bladelike talons were probing the door joints with a single-minded
intensity. The group shrank away from
the door.

Jack glanced up above her head when she heard a noise and screamed. There were talons stabbing down at them
through a metal grate just above their heads.
Imam shined his light at the grate in time to see saw-toothed lizard
tails snaking away into the darkness.

The sudden silence fell over them like a blanket. Johns lifted the torch, throwing light
around the small area. The sudden
cat-like hiss in the quiet startled them all.
The survivors looked over in the direction it came from and saw Elijah
crouched down low next to Riddick rubbing his eyes. And Riddick�he was scowling.

�Can you do something else with that?�
He snarled. � �Sides holdin� it
in his fucking face? You just about
blinded him.� Riddick lifted his
goggles to rest on his forehead and then crouched down in front of his mate�not
caring if the others saw or not. He
then took Elijah�s face in his hands and spoke softly, �Open them.�

Elijah sighed and did as he was told.
Riddick grimaced. The whites
were now red and the beautiful green was now a soft milky white. �So much for �just about�.� Riddick muttered.

�What�s that suppose to mean?�
Johns growled.

Riddick stood and then helped Elijah up.
�It means that he�s now temporarily blinded. He had his eyes adjusted to the dark�was using his second Sight
and when you flashed his eyes with the torch it blinded him.�

�And how long is �temporarily�?
We don�t need someone stragglin� behind slowin� us down. Maybe we should just�� Johns started.

Riddick interrupted him. �Maybe we should what?� He narrowed his eyes and
stepped closer to Johns. �Even like
this he�s one of the most dangerous people you�ll ever have the pleasure to
meet. All his other senses have been
heightened to make up for the loss of his eyes. So I�d watch what you say MERC.�

Johns didn�t head the warning in Riddick�s eyes and took another verbal
shot. �And I�d hardly put that in the people category.�

Elijah hissed again and made a jump in John�s direction. However, before he could get to the Merc
Riddick reached out and grabbed him securely in a tight embrace. Not able to get away, Elijah unwrapped his
long tail from his waist and snapped it hard against the side of Johns� head.

�Fuck!� Johns growled out in pain.
He regained his balance and reached for his gun, only to find it
gone. He looked up and straight into
the clear eyes of Elijah. He also found
his gun�it was in the grip of the Elvin-Cat�s tail. Elijah had grabbed it from the floor after hitting Johns upside
the head.

�Depending on how bright the light is deems how long I�ll be
blinded. It just so happens that this
last time I only lost the use of my eyes for a moment. Now I�d watch what you�d say unless YOU want to be the one who�s straggling behind the party because you lost
the use of one of your legs.� Elijah
hissed out.

Johns took a small step back away from the madly
grinning Riddick and the angry Elijah.

�Knock it the fuck off! Johns cut
us a hole through the fucking wall and get us the fuck out of here.� Fry demanded.

Johns scowled at Fry slightly but did what she said. The moment the torch began slicing through
the metal, a violent rattling noise filled the room.

Imam shined his light across the ceiling and saw that the grate above
them was shaking furiously as if something was trying to smash through it and
behind them the talons attacking the door were beginning to saw it apart.

Tuning that all out Johns burned an outline in the wall and then kicked
it open.

Jack crawled through Johns� legs and found herself in the freezer
room. The others followed behind
her. The chaos was worse in here. The rattling, scratching and clicking seemed
amplified. As the last of the group
came through, the scuttling on the metal ceiling seemed to follow them. Suddenly a pressure tube overhead exploded.
Sharp talons jabbed furiously through the white cloud of gas filling the
chamber. Then more bladelike talons cut
through the soft pressure tubs, sending fumes everywhere.

(Where being HERDED.) Riddick said to Elijah. But it was too late to do anything about it because Johns had
already cut through the wall into an overviewed chamber. When Riddick stepped inside he noticed that
there was no ceiling grate, and it was large enough to enable them to move
comfortably.

As soon as Elijah made it through the hole, Hasan and Rashad started
moving heavy cargo in front of the gaping opening.

(Something�s wrong. I can feel
it.) Riddick told Elijah. He turned slowly in a circle, searching the
area.

(What is it?) Elijah asked.

(I�m not sure.) Riddick replied.

Johns added another crate against the opening and glared at Riddick. �What fuckin� union you belong to? How about a fuckin� hand?�

Riddick ignored him. He was
looking at the pepper-shot pockmarks on the wall with growing suspicion. (Stay here.) He told Elijah and moved away from the group into the darkness.

Elijah took a step in Riddick�s direction. (But�)

(Stay. I�ll be back.) Riddick whispered the promise into Elijah�s
mind.

The Elvin-Cat sighed and did what his mate asked of him.

�Where did he go?� Jack asked
suddenly. She was the first to notice
his disappearance.

&&&&&&&&

Riddick�s POV

As I walked away from the group I felt something squish under my
foot. It was soft and oily. I slipped off my goggles and put them in my
pocket. It was a dead hatchling, it�s
body ripped open by a shotgun. Johns�
shotgun.

(We�ve been herded back to where we started.) I sent to Elijah.

(Fuck. I thought this area looked familiar.) Elijah sent back. (Should
I tell them?)

I thought about it for a moment.
(No. We�ll let them figure it
out.) I told him with a grin.

I heard him laugh quietly in my mind.
(You�re the boss.)

I was about to give a retort when I sensed something. Slowly I lifted my face to the darkness
above my head. (Fuck.)

(What?) Elijah said. (What�s
wrong? What did you find?)

(Right above me there�s a hatchling sitting atop some cargo. It�s eating something.)

The hatchling�s fanged jaws were devouring something clutched in its
talons.

(Can you tell what it�s got?)

(Yeah. It�s one of the hatchlings
Johns shot. Vicious fuckers eat their
own.) I sent to him.

Suddenly the creature paused. It cocked
its head slightly and swept the area with inquisitive clicks. At the same time
its ears were twitching incessantly.
Then the creature�s ears went rigid.

(Riddick?) Elijah�s worried voice sounded in my mind. (What�s going on?)

(I think I might have a little problem.) I said.

(Do you need help?)

I thought for a second. (No, just keep an eye out over there. I�ll be fine.)

&&&&&&&&&&&

Third Person

Alarmed by the alien sounds going on around the group, Fry looked out
into the gloom and spotted Riddick. She
started closer, and then stopped short, belly churning with terror.

Riddick was right next to one of the creatures. She could see his
jaguar-like eyes gleaming in the darkness; he stood motionless as the
creature�s razor tipped wings enfolded him in an unholy embrace.

&&&&&&&&&&&

Hasan was intent on blocking the burned hole in the wall where they had
come through. When he ran out of crates
around him, he went off in search for more.
He didn�t bother to bring his hand light with him as he rounded a
corner. That was his first mistake.

A steel-like grip squeezed Hasan�s head in a vise.

�DON�T MOVE.� Riddick whispered.
�Extremely bad timing.�

Hasan rolled his eyes and saw the creature perched in front of them. His body went limp with fear and if Riddick
hadn�t been holding him in a headlock, Hasan would have collapsed to the floor.

But Riddick wasn�t concerned about the creature in front of them. It was the hatchling coming down for a visit
from the ceiling that had him worried.

((This one wants to touch.)) Riddick thought to himself.

Riddick held his breath, hands tight around the pilgrim�s head. He kept his eyes fixed on the creature in
front of him, but Riddick was uncomfortably aware of the bony talon probing the
top of his head. Then the creature
facing him folded its wings tighter around the two men. The clicking became louder.

Riddick remained completely still as more blade sharp talons descended
and began moving over his body like surgical instruments. One talon test sliced
Riddick�s shirt just barley grazing his skin.

Suddenly Riddick heard Fry�s voice calling his name.

�Just keep burning.�

Johns heard him and realized they were in the open container again. Back where they started. Frantically, he started burning through the
next wall.

�Hasan?� Imam called out.

But the pilgrim was frozen with fear and couldn�t answer. He almost passed out when a sharp talon
stroked his chest. The talon lightly
test-sliced Hasan�s skin. This time
drawing blood. As soon as the blood
welled up, all clicking ceased.

Instinctively Hasan knew why the noise had stopped. Without thinking he bolted.

Second mistake. Game over.

He didn�t get more than two steps before the creatures were on him.

Seeing the window of opportunity, Riddick jumped. But the moment he moved, another predator
loomed up, blocking his path.

Riddick darted around a stack of cargo and sprinted for the escape
hatch. But as the screeching alien flew
after him Riddick knew he wouldn�t make it.

A glaring explosion blinded him suddenly and he howled in pain. Riddick stumbled forward through the
hatch. Fry�s light shone past Riddick�s
shoulder, hitting the creature behind him.
Screeching the predator scrambled back.

Shots fired suddenly past her. Startled Fry dropped the light. As she
scrambled after it, Johns pushed her aside and began shooting shadows.

�STOP!� Fry shouted.

�I killed it.� Johns said
breathlessly.

The group exchanged glances. Johns had snapped.

Suddenly a carcass slammed wetly to the floor causing everyone to jump
back.

�Christ.� Paris said in a hushed
voice. �He did kill one.�

Fry retrieved her light and beamed it on the carcass. Wherever the light
touched, the flesh charred and bubbled, sending up fumes.

�Look!� Jack said excitedly

�Light hurts them.� Fry said in
slight awe. They had found their
weapon.

A sudden chittering frenzy swept out of the darkness as the predators
fought for what scraps remained of the boy.

�Is that�Hasan?� Imam asked�he had lost another one.

�We�ll burn a candle for him later.� Johns muttered, igniting his torch.
�Let�s go.�

&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Jack had a secret. He was
actually a she. Her real name is Jackie
and she had run away from a home with no love.
She cut off her long brown hair so she could pretend she was a boy. Twelve year old boys who traveled alone were
not bothered but twelve year old girls were a big target for the slave trade.

Jack also had a problem. She was
bleeding. It was her second
period. The first had been a month
before she had gotten on the space freighter.
Only this time she didn�t have anything to keep the bleeding in
check. Jack only hoped her black pants
wouldn�t show anything.

&&&&&&&&&&

((Poor kid. He can�t handle the
horror.)) Fry thought, seeing Jack sitting over against the wall hugging his
knees. ((Nobody can.)) She looked
around at the gathered survivors and her eyes stopped on Riddick and
Elijah�they looked completely in control.
((Well, nobody but them.)) She
amended her thought.

The survivors had taken refuge in a small container, and sat huddled in
the protective glow of a small lantern.
To prevent the group from falling into apathy, Fry roused herself and
called for a weapons check.

�I�ve got one cutting torch, one handlight and at least one more in the
cabin.�
�Spirits,� Paris patted the case he�d just discovered in the room.
�Anything over forty-five proof burns good.�

�How many bottles do you have?� Fry asked.

�Not sure�ten perhaps.� Paris
sighed and pushed the case toward her.

�And Johns has the flares so maybe we have enough light.� Fry said to herself.

That caught Johns� attention and he stopped cutting. �Enough for what?�

Fry turned and looked at him with steady blue eyes as if the answer was
obvious.

And it was�Johns just didn�t like it.
�Oh, lady, you are out of your mind.�

Fry ignored him, and turned to the others. �If we get four cells back to
the skiff�we can lose this boneyard.�

�Four? I thought we needed five cells?�
Paris asked.

�We can do with four cells.� Fry answered.

((Four power cells�might as well be a hundred)) Paris shook his head, �I
hate to kill a wonderful theory with an ugly fact, but that Sand Cat won�t run
at night.�

�We�re gonna have to carry the cells�drag them, whatever it takes.� Fry said.

The suggestion drew a troubled silence.
The idea of hauling heavy cells through the raging death gauntlet
outside had a suicidal ring.

Riddick and Elijah noticed that the lantern on the floor had become a
shade lighter.

�What? You mean�TONIGHT? With all those things out there?� Jack spoke up in a trembling voice.

�Hold up,� Johns snapped. He
turned to Fry. �How long can this
�tonight� last anyway? Few more
minutes? Hours?�

They all glanced at Imam. He had
done the preliminary calculations on the Orrery. As both a mathematician and engineer, Imam had grasped the
principle from the machine. But he
didn�t have time to work out the details.
�I had the impression from the model that the two planets were moving as
one�that there will be a lasting darkness.�
He explained to the group.

�The sun�s gotta come out sometime, and if these beasts really are scared
of the light, we just sit here till dawn.�
Johns said trying to reason with everyone.

�I�m sure that�s what someone else said Johns. Locked inside that coring room.�
Elijah spoke up. �I agree with
Fry. We gotta make a run for it.� He looked around the room. The clicking had never stopped and the
creatures were slowly getting closer.
�We can�t stay here. They are
herding us around this place and we�ll just keep coming back to this container
until there�s no where else to go.�

It was a persuasive image. Fry�s,
Imam�s and Paris� eyes all turned to Jack�who looked worried.

Johns jumped on their concern. �Look, we gotta think about everyone
now�the kid especially. How scared is
he gonna be out there?�

�Don�t you dare use him like that Johns.� Fry hissed.

�Like what?� Johns asked
innocently.

�As a smokescreen that�s what.
Just deal with your own fears.�

Johns face reddened with anger.
�Hey, why don�t you just shut your mouth for two seconds and let me come
up with a plan that doesn�t involve mass suicide, okay?�

Fry waited two long seconds and then she spoke. �Well? I�m waiting.� She
gave a short pause. �How much you weigh Johns?�

�What�s it matter?�

�How.much?� She asked shortly.

Johns narrowed his eyes. �Seventy-nine kilos, why?�

�Because you�re seventy-nine kilos of gutless white meat and THAT�S why
you can�t come up with a better plan.�

Just as Johns swung his shotgun up Riddick stepped between them. Hands shaking with fury, Johns prodded the
underside of Riddick�s chin with the weapon and looked into his shined
eyes. �Where you goin�?�

�Think about that reward, Johns.�
Riddick reminded him.

Johns� finger tightened his finger on the trigger. �I�d be willing to
take a cut in pay.�

�How about a cut someplace else?� Elijah asked.

Johns looked to his left to see Elijah standing beside him. He felt something sharp poke his stomach and
looked down. Elijah and Riddick both
had a bone shiv angled against his belly.
Both poised for the quick slice that would spread his intestines across
the floor. ((The blast might knock
Riddick back but then there�s the blade Elijah�s got.)) He thought to himself still not backing
down.

�Please.� Imam interrupted. �Please, this solves nothing.�

�Ok, ok.� Johns said softly to Riddick and Elijah. He lowered his shotgun and backed away from
the two murderers. ((Soon the three of
us are gonna dance.))

Fry knelt beside Jack. �They�re
afraid of our light. That means we
don�t have to be so afraid of them.�

Imam joined Fry and Jack. �Are
you sure you can find your way back to the skiff?�

�No.� She paused. �But�THEY can.�

They all turned. She was pointing
at Riddick and Elijah.

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Riddick POV

I stood next to Elijah at the end of the line and watched as Fry turned
her cutter on for maximum flame. Cracking
open the main door, she pushed the cutter outside and swept it around. When she was sure it was clear, she stepped
through the crack and one by one the others followed.

I turned to look at Elijah when I heard him chuckle softly. (What?)

(They look like some sort of multilegged insect huddling together inside
their little �protective� halo of light.)

I looked back in the direction of the group and smirked. We were slowly crossing open ground with the
group just ahead of us. We stayed in
the back away from the light. All
around us Elijah and I could see the creatures coming closer�they were staying
just out of range though. The primal
sounds of the aliens grew louder and more insistent, they were just waiting for
one of us to fuck up.

I could tell Fry and the others were trying not to listen. When we neared the main cabin, Fry glanced
back here. �Riddick.�

Elijah and I walked to the front of the group and peered inside the
cabin.

Lots of wreckage but no sign of life. I looked at Elijah and he shrugged.

�Looks clear.� I muttered.

Impatiently, Johns shouldered himself in between me and my mate then went
into the cabin. The moment his
handlight beamed in, a shadow fluttered to life and flew over his head. Squealing in panic, the creature shot
through the door into the darkness.

�FUCK ME!� Johns yelled.

�No thanks.� Came Elijah�s
muttered comment. I smirked.

�You said �clear�!�

�I said it LOOKS clear.� I
corrected.

Johns looked back into the cabin and then back at me. �Well, how�s it look now?�

I took a quick glance into the cabin and shrugged my shoulders. �Looks clear.�

I could feel Johns� anger flaring and I grinned at Elijah. He rolled his eyes.

Fry stepped inside the cabin.
�Just get the goddamn lights on.�

Elijah found the switch and the main lights flickered on. The others scrambled aboard and went about
their tasks with renewed energy.

&&&&&&&&&&&

Third Person

The cabin�s illumination seemed to recharge the survivors� spirits. Everyone got to work finding things they
needed to make the trip to the skiff.
Riddick powered up the system lights and then yanked a cell from a
battery bay.

The tricky part was loading up the sled outside. The moment Riddick stepped into the darkness
he felt them closing around him. He
heaved the cell onto the sled and then hurried back for another.

Imam made sure all the breathers carried fresh O2 canisters. He handed one to Riddick as he passed by him
with another power cell.

Finally it was time to yank the last cell. Reluctantly Johns moved to the exit with the others. Johns stopped walking when his body
shuddered suddenly. He reached into his
pocket and found a red morphine shell.
Just feeling it in his hand got rid of the sickness in the pit of his
gut.

�Ready Johns?� Fry asked coming
up behind him.

Johns turned to look at Fry.
�They�ll lead you over the first cliff they find.� Johns said with certainty.

Fry was just about through with Johns� paranoid obsession with Riddick
and Elijah. �We�re just burnin� light
here Johns.�

�You give the cells and the ship to those two and they�ll leave you all
out here to die. The only one�s who are
safe from them are each other.�

Fry shook her head in disgust and pushed past him to leave the cabin. Seconds later the lights faded out.

Still fuming, Johns stood in the dark cabin and loaded his shotgun. ((We�re all going on a death march and
Riddick is the Pied Piper.))

END CHAPTER

Thanks to Niere for looking this over for me.

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