Snow In The Dark

It ain't me you gotta worry about

As soon as we reach the ship I can't help but notice the shadow moving on the ground. Looking up I see large spirals coming over the horizon. Iman's boys take off running into the ship for Carolyn.

"Crap." I say looking at it knowing the eclipse was starting.

It doesn't take long for everyone to decide that we have to get off the planet as soon as possible. Sharon getting the doom buggie up and running it definitely going to help us get the rest of the power cells back to the ship. They were heavy and would take hours to carry from the crash site. Hours we didn't have. The buggie was solar powered.

I hadn't seen Riddick or Johns since my "chat" with Johns. Something I was happy and nervous about.

Happy because the more I was away from Johns the better and nervous because I didn't know how Riddick would react.

I knew I was nothing to him, just something to pass the time with or entertain himself for the time being but something told me he wouldn't be pleased with my new found bruises.

Just a gut feeling that he would be upset.

We all climbed into the sand cat quickly, a twisted thought that we all wouldn't fit if the people who had died were still alive.

"Where's Riddick?" Jack yells, making me look at her.

She was right, him and Johns was still MIA.

"Leave him." Paris says, shocking me. Making me wonder if he would say that about any of the rest of us.

"He wouldn't wait for us." He says just as Riddick jumps from the roof of a nearby building. Him landing right behind Paris.

"I thought we lost you." Paris says nervous, making me roll my eyes.

I can't stop the small smile as he quickly sits down. It's wiped from my face when Riddick tilts his head towards me.

I knew what he saw. We all did, it was kinda hard to miss. He moves closer to me, standing next to where I am sitting.

"Johns!" Sharon yells, and starts to drive forward slowly.

I kinda hoped she would leave him, but he quickly comes out of the building. Him starting to climb on the buggie. Riddick surprised me by helping him up.

Him holding him on the edge for a second. I realize in that moment that he knows. Riddick knows what happened to me. Or rather who did this to me.

It wasn't even an hour ago when he threatened to kill Johns for busting my lip. Now I had his literal finger prints on my jaw. I didn't know what would happen but I knew this wasn't going to end well.

Riddick only held him there for a moment, staring at him but it felt much longer. My stomach twisting in knots watching the interaction between them.

Riddick helps him on the sand cat then turns around.

He settles himself next to me. Glancing up at him he looked angry. Everything on him was tense. As if he was daring anyone to look at him wrong.

We rode quickly towards the crash site. The impending eclipse is right behind us.

Jack looks over at Riddick, pulling her found broken goggles over her eyes.

I didn't even get a chance to smile at how cute she was being. Riddick pointed behind her to the very large bone hanging ready to knock off anyone who was standing up.

Jack quickly ducks down out of the way. I don't bother moving, already sitting down so I wasn't expecting when Riddick's large hand was placed on my back pushing me down as he squatted out of the way.