Hounds | By : Trinity Category: M through R > Pitch Black Views: 1711 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Riddick stepped quickly away from the room breathing air free of her scent. His mind reviewed her words. Children… A laugh rumbled through him. It had been easy for him to be Lord Marshall because he had been surrounded by death and destruction for as long as he could remember. Family had never even crossed his mind, a beast out for blood is all he had ever been. Something about her stirred something primal in him. The decision had been made but he had to be careful. Like playing chess, the right pieces needed to be moved for the outcome to be favorable or at least not a bloody disaster.
Something inside him ached, something he had never felt before and it drove him to thoughts he had never before entertained. The large hound strode next to him. "Venom," The alpha hound looked up at him. "Well if you have to have a name that sounds as good as any." Riddick shrugged and descended a set of stairs that led directly into the large ‘conference’ room. The two tables were actually made to sit all the lords that could eventually reside in the fleet. Somewhere around 200 but Riddick didn’t care right now. Seated at the tables, currently were somewhere between 65 and 85. The number mattered not to him, so many here had tried to kill him. Assassin, random blaster and his favorite of all poison which never made it to him of course. Even those that were supposed to be ‘scentless’ he could still smell.
Riddick walked to the head of the room Venom hot on his trail and occasionally he growled at those lords that he passed. As was customary the Lord’s Ladies had accompanied them. Riddick inwardly smiled the woman of the necromunger faith gossiped a lot and as he reached the front of the room he looked over the twenty or so woman who stood with their hands bound. Each one wearing a skimpy barely there outfit. Riddick paused and looked over each one, at one point each would have drawn him in just the lure of lust and sex. Somewhere the prospect of eternity with any of them disgusted him. After Riddick looked over each woman he turned and nodded to the guards who brought forth the high lord who Riddick had never took the time to learn his name. Venom growled raising his hackles and sat right in front of him.
“The plan?” Riddick’s words were harsh and it was this moment that Shirah appeared at the end of the hall with one of the six guards that Riddick was trying to trust. Although trust was a foreign concept for him, this civilized bullshit annoyed him to no end.
“Lord marshall there was no plan.” Whispered words reached Riddick’s ears. A loud growl rippled through Venom because it was clear that the man was lying. Riddick turned and grabbed the youngest girl by the arm. He made it appear rough but he made sure he did not hold her too hard. Leaning over he whispered in her ear.
“Tell them all what his plan was and I will see about making sure you live… in one piece.” A shutter ran over her body and although she did not fear death, or pain she did not wish to loose her beauty. So soft was her voice that Riddick had to tightened his grip only slightly causing her to speak louder.
“Lord Tavor… Lord Tavor wanted us to bed…” She paused taking a deep breath. “Wanted us to bed the Lord and once we were with child he would hide us.” Riddick watched as some of the high lords began to speak amongst themselves.
“Then what?” Riddick released his grip but the woman spoke again.
“Once he was assured that the child would live, he intended to have you killed.” The lord’s eyes became slits as he looked upon her and she squeaked taking a step back. It was at that moment that Riddick realized these woman were slaves to him and Riddick felt the beast rise not at the prospect of the woman being used. But at the aspect that this man deemed to try to manipulate women at all. Venom could feel the tension in the air and jumped out of the way as Riddick’s foot connected with the lords stomach. Venom raised his hackles ready to dive on the lord but he made no movement just yet.
“Continue.” Riddick’s voice was a harsh growl. He knew that having children was forbidden because it went against the Necromonger faith. A lot of the lords clearly showed anger at the affront to the faith.
“If you didn’t die he planned to leverage the child if necessary. Either way he knew a child of yours could be very… valuable.” Riddick doubted that that was the word the man used.
“None of you had an issue with this?” Lord Vaako stepped forward looking at each of the woman individually. “Why didn’t any of you come to me?” Not that he cared about Riddick because he did not but he cared that someone had betrayed the faith. The one that had spoken flinched not afraid but shocked by the tone of his voice.
“None…” She shuttered but did not know what to say, another woman stepped forward smaller than the rest. Defiance was clear in her eyes when she spoke.
“Lord Tavor finds our weak point and uses it to manipulate us in any way that he can.” The woman smiled softly at the other girl it was clear that she was stronger then the rest. “Once we were broken if he had no use for us then he would use that one as an example for the rest of the girls. The reason we did not tell anyone is because we service so many of the lords,” swallowing she continued, “some of them are married, too.” There were a few gasps around the room and Riddick turned to one of the guards waving him forward.
“I want to know the names of all the lords we will deal with each one.” The guard nodded and gently grasped the woman who had spoken taking her to the side. Speaking in quiet hushed tones. While they did that Riddick turned back to his audience. With calculated movements he walked to the lord and lifted him with one hand and set him on his feet. Riddick turned away and began to walk back to the front.
“Please my lord…” Although whatever he was going to say was cut off because as Riddick passed Venom and tapped the beast on the head it leaped in the air and landed on the lord. The sickening crack echoed through the room as Venom ripped into the Lord’s chest. The scream from his lips lasted for a few seconds before Venom’s jaws reached his heart and ripped it out. Blood dripped from his jaws as it turned and pranced back to Riddick prize in mouth. Dropping it at his feet a wet slap made some of the people cringe. Riddick dropped on one knee rubbing behind the beast’s ear. Riddick was still scratching the beasts ears when he spoke.
“If anyone else has issues with my methods please speak now.” Riddick looked at one of the other guards and they reached for a dagger waiting for the inevitable voice.
“I take issue.” One of the smaller lords stood his bald head gleaming in the low light. “Our faith requires traitors be dispatched in a specific manor.” Riddick slowly stood turning his eyes descending on the lord tilting his head slightly he stood there in silence. The silence was only interrupted as Venom turned and his claws clicking on the floor as he returned to his well earned meal. Cracks and crunches filled the room and many people shifted uncomfortably with the large predator just a few feet away.
“We have proof, you are all the witness’s and justice has been upheld. What else do you require?” The man stared at him hard his eyes closing slightly in anger.
“We require you to follow the…” Whatever he was going to say was cut off as Riddick nodded his head. The guard threw the dagger and it landed with a sickening thud in the Lords chest. This time there was a scream as the Lord’s wife fell to the ground next to him, tears ran down her cheek.
“Anyone else take issues?” Riddick waited but as he planned no one spoke. Up until this point Riddick had not looked at Shirah but now he did. She stood silently at the back watching everything happen with a stoic look on her face. Riddick pulled his attention away and nodded to the guard, the guard had the full list of those that interacted with the now dead lord and the woman. Riddick really would have rather killed them all but his point had been made. Riddick looked at the long list of 20 or so lords that the woman had ‘entertained’. Riddick turned his back on the assembly and spoke softly to the guard. “Arrest them each and find out to what extent they knew of the Lord’s plans. The girls…” A cruel smile slipped across his face. “Let Dame Vaako deal with them but have one of the guards work with her.” The guard nodded and walked to his brothers. Riddick turned back to the gathered Lord’s and Ladies. “No more assassins, I will accept any challenges put forward. Blood for blood.” Riddick strode to the back of the room, Venom jumped after him and Riddick grasped Shirah’s hand her smell quickly enveloping him. A growl rumbled from him and he quickened his pace back to the rooms and the pack.
“My lord.” Riddick paused taking a breath of air that was clear of Shirah’s smell. With very calculated movements Riddick turned to Lord Vaako. Vaako had become accustom to Riddick’s lack of words so he continued his thought once he had caught up to him. “I have a plan for you.” At this point he leaned in closer to his lord for all of the people that passed by.
“What’s in it for you?” Riddick was a ball of tension even though he might not have appeared so. Shirah’s fragrance was teasing him in various ways that were becoming quiet cruel.
“Transparency.” As simple as the statement was Riddick knew it would be anything but easy. Behind the goggles Riddick’s eyes narrowed, the eyewear had always been an advantage in these situations because few people knew what was going through his mind. Vaako glanced over Riddick’s shoulder then shook himself and tossed something at Riddick. Lightening quick it was snatched from the air and stuffed in a hidden pocket. “Of course, My Lord I will see to it right away you won’t be disturbed. I will send the guards you chose to watch your door.” Riddick would have begun to wonder if Vaako was loosing his mind but a moment later a group of high lords passed them. It was clear that Vaako had not spoke of this plan to anyone. Riddick turned back towards his room and was assaulted by the frustrating scent once more. Closing his eyes he suppressed all of his urges and focused only on the steps before him. Not for the first time since the hounds came onboard Riddick was indebted to them. Venom kept everyone out of his way. Riddick was focusing so much on every step that when Shirah spoke he missed her first words.
“.... the rest of the names for the pack.” Riddick nodded and released a breath as he pushed open the door to his rooms. A deep breath gave him the smells of the pack each of them had a slightly different smell. It was easy for Riddick to tell them apart. But the reprieve was brief as alone her smell surrounded him completely.
“Room. Now.” Riddick’s voice was more animalistic then it had ever been. A chill swept over Shirah’s spine, her mother had spoke of the Furyan men rarely. But what she had learned was that left alone the men turned to their beast side more. Where the woman could temper them and bring them back. Unfortunately her mother never bothered to explain more. Simply because her mother believed her daughter would die never meeting one. Shirah stood tall, this whole time she had been a damsel in distress but no more.
“No.” Strong was her voice, with her hands on her hips. Defiance was not something Riddick was going to become accustom to, not now or ever. In one breath he had vaulted over the lounge that two of the hounds resided on and seized her arms and heaved her into the bedroom from earlier. She was strong compared to most women but Richard B. Riddick was something so much more than just a man. The second breath that she took he had deposited her not to gently on the bed. A knife appeared in his hand and without preamble he stabbed his own hand. Her gasp and the pain brought him back enough that he could speak again. Shirah pulled the dagger out and watched amazed as the whole healed before her eyes.
“That is not...” Words failed her as she continued to stare. Riddick struggled not to breath deep but his control was slipping and he needed to finish before he did. Eloquent he was not, so he chose his words carefully.
“Eternally bonded together if I stay.” Auburn eyes drifted up and she carefully pulled his goggles off. If she stayed and they had sex something would transpire that would mean both of them living possibly forever. A shudder slipped over her body she had a few seconds before he lost control completely and the choice would no longer be hers. But was it really ever?
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