afraid of the dark? good~

ch 8

by the time the whole group made it to the other site, all three suns were close to one another up in the sky. almost making a straight line, using my hand to cover my eyes, i stared off into the distance and watched as jack and the youngest, ali i do believe his name is, run off towards the other buildings.

"jack!" i yelled. he turned around and waved.
"yeah?"
"dont go to far, i want to be able to see you!"
"okay!" he continues to run off with ali.

the rest of the group gather up the rest of the stuff and heads off in the other direction. riddick pulls up next to johns left side and stared at him through his goggles.
"just put the stuff over there than rest, we'll need you for the way back." johns smirked and walked off to talk with mark. i slipped away and found myself standing next to imam.

"hello tasha."
"its tessa actually...... hello." i looked at him slightly then looked back towards the other two boys who were looking around the building.
"are they your sons?"

he smiled, the skin around his eyes wrinkling as he did so, and nodded. "yes, they are all i have."

"you have a nice family...."
"you do not have to force yourself to talk, we can just stand here in silence listening to the wind."

looking down at my hands, i played with my fingers and let out a small sigh.
"something troubles you?" he asked. nodding i sit down on the ground beside him and he follows suit.

"you can tell me. what's on your mind."
"what's love?" he stared at me for a long time before i huffed and turned away."nevermind it was a stupid question, mostly for someone like me to ask."

"no it's not, you just caught me a little off guard. love. love is when you would put someone before yourself. you would do anything for that person without a second thought. you would actually give up your life for them. may i ask who this is about?"

"no one exactly..."
"riddick?"
"hell no. i'm gonna stop ya right there old man. me and him will never happen."
he chuckled and patted my arm. "love, my dear, comes when you least expect it. know that, for it could save a life or two."

"save a life, me? don't you remember who i am imam? im a cold blooded killer who doesn't think twice about killing kids."
"then why haven't you tried killing jack or Ali? why not them?"

"....." i stared off into the distance and saw Ali and jack chasing after hassan and suliman.

"maybe not killing them is your way of showing love." he smiled and covered my hand with his warm one. "don't lose yourself to those saying of 'hearts like ice cannot love' because it is not true." he stood up and dusted the dirt off of his gown, gave me a brief bow, and walked off to where fry was waving from.

'hearts as cold as ice cannot love....they can.....bullshit they can't. i can't.'

jumping up, i made my way passed jack and ali towards the outside part of the site. 'need to be alone for a while, and get this shit out of my head'

(ok guys next chapter will hopefully be up before too long, and maybe it will even have some good old fighting >~<)