Riddick's Mate

6 ~ Beat The Eclipse

Fry did not want to waste time, they had to get the power cells, who knows when the eclipse will start, that was what crept fear in everyone's heart, when Alice could not stop watching the sky and the horizon, fearing that the eclipse could sneak up on them all at any second, "enjoying the view, Pet?" Riddick whispers in her ear, causing her to gasp and then jump a little, she sighs in relief, "stop doing that," she places a hand over her rapid heart and rolls her eyes at him as he chuckles, she frowns when she notices him carrying a bowl and shiv, "what is that for?" she frowns at the green substance in the bowl.

"Found it in 1 of the cabinets in the bathhouse," he holds up the bowl and sniffs it, "i am guessing it is some sort of shaving gel," he says as he moves to sit under the wing of the skiff, he sniffs the gel and grunts at how old it smelled, "in case you have not noticed," he rubs his head which carried fuzz of hair, "this does not happen by miracle," he smirks and begins to coat his entire head with the gel and begins to shave as Alice scoffs and watches him, "are you not nervous about the eclipse?" 

Riddick begins to laugh, "me? Nervous?" He snorts and wipes away the gel off the shiv, "have you met me already, Pet? I can see in the dark," Alice walks overlooking down at him and says with worry in her voice, "but so can those creatures," he stops laughing and with a sigh, "true."

"We have seen what they can do, from the sounds... who knows how many there are and that scares me to death, seeing how all these people..." Riddick cuts her off, "Alice," he reaches for her hand giving her a firm but gentle grip, "I do not make promises that I cannot keep, and I do not make them often, trust my word when I say, I promise nothing will ever happen to you," he says strongly and determinedly and Alice sighs as her heart flutters at those words, something inside her believe him, but should she? Could she?

Suddenly, a very sick looking Johns stumbles out of the skiff, he leans on it for support then bends over to vomit, Riddick chuckles and let's go of Alice to finish his grooming, "bad sign, shaking like that in this heat," Riddick says as he runs the sharp shiv over his scalp, Johns voice wobbles, "I thought I said no shivs," he gags and vomits again, as Alice notices Johns hands shaking violently, she knew the sign, he was an addict as Riddick holds up the shiv with a snort, "shivs? This? This is just a personal grooming appliance," he smirks and continues to shave, Johns did not have the energy to argue, he needed a hit, and he needed it bad, he scrambles away and goes off to find his stash.

 Alice folds her arms over her chest and moves to sit next to Riddick, watching Johns stumble towards the wreck, "he is an addict, is he not?" Alice did not know why she asked, she could smell it from the first moment she met Johns, Riddick scoff and wipes away the shiv against the bowl, "you think Johns... is a do-right man, do you not?" He snorts and looks over at her, "you think I could trust him to cut me loose?" Alice sighs and said, "no and no I do not think he is a 'do-right' man," she scoffs and then shivers in disgust, "had a bad feeling about him since I first stepped on the Hunter," she looks up and sees he missed a few spots, "hang on," she reaches to take the shiv, but he snaps his hand out to grab he wrist, she gasps as he growls lowly in warning, "you missed a few spots," she stutters and tries to gently pry him off of her, "it is okay," she whispers, trying to assure him, she somewhat manages to get him to let her go and slowly hand her the shiv.

Sighing softly, Alice gets to her feet and stands behind him, helping him groom, "did you hear something between Fry and Johns?" She asks as she gently shaves his head, "I know they are always whispering about you, hell Fry practically glues herself to his side as if he is a shield with that badge," she scoffs as Riddick tries not to show his emotions, but the feel of his mate grooming him made him purr softly in his chest, it was a new feeling, good, but strange, "I guess if it were trickeration he would just 'X' me out, he would just kill me," he scoffs, not really surprised with another person wanting him dead, he shrugs, "then again... I am worth twice as much alive," Alice's hand freezers as she looks at him in realization, "he is not a cop, is he?" She asked and Riddick scoffs, "he is got that nickel-slick badge and that blue uniform but all in, he is just a merc and I am just a payday, that is why he would not kill me, see? The creed is greed," he snorts.

Alice sighs as she gives him the finale shave, she moves and grabs her water bottle that she recently filled recently filled and a cloth near him, dabbing it with some water, she moves and gently cleans his head off, rubbing off the gel and hair.

Riddick closes his eyes as she massages his hot skin with cold water, he licks his lips and gently grabs her hand, stopping her, "what did I say about stirring the Beast... Pet?" He smirks and turns to looks at her, "want to get eaten again?"

Alice shivers as she thinks about what he he did to her in the bathhouse, how he made her feel, Riddick slowly gets to his feet and stands just inches away from her, his eyes trail down to her arm and lifts up her sleeve to see the bruises from where Johns grabbed her, he frowns deeply at the sight and lifts his hand to touch her flesh.

"If he ever touches you again," he growls lowly and takes the shiv back into his grip, "I will ghost him," that is another promise I am willing to keep," he says and Alice knew he was telling the truth, which causes her to tremble against his touch.

"To answer to your question earlier.... I do not truly know what is going to happen when the light go out, but I do know when that dying starts, this little psycho-fuck family of ours is going to rip itself apart," Riddick leans in closer, "fear... brings out the touch of all of us and you will truely see what people really do to save their own asses."

Riddick slowly lets her go and heads inside the skiff to have a chat with Fry. 

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