A Kid Like Her (A Riddick - Jack Romance/Adventure Story)

Screwing Maya

Riddick slammed the door going into his first meeting, and everyone jumped not expecting it. That was the first clue that something was amiss. Second clue? Instead of casually lounging in his chair with his feet propped up on the table, he hunched over it like an ogre. The final clue appeared when Eron arrived and Riddick glared at him. He was rarely tardy, but when it did occur, Riddick usually speculated on the reason for his tardiness, just to get a rise out of him. Not this morning, however. He felt Riddick's eyes on him until he took his seat.

"You're late," he half-growled.

Eron paused a moment, taken aback by his attitude. "My apologies, my lord. I was briefly detained."

Riddick didn't take his eyes off of him right away before turning to Roald. "Make this quick."

Roald, his personal assistant or secretary for lack of a better title, began going over his agenda for the day. "After this briefing you have the weekly disputes to hear an-."

"How many?"

"There are ten this morning, my lord."

Riddick ground his teeth. They would take all day. "NEXT"

"After the dispute hearings you have a meeting with two genlieder supervisors."

"Why?"

"They have asked for an audience with you, my lord."

"That doesn't answer my question, Roald. I asked why?"

Roald was growing quite nervous. Riddick looked like he wanted to smash something, and he was afraid he would become that something.

"They did not specify."

"Cancel it."

"My lord?"

"Cancel the fucking meeting! I will not attend. Vaako is responsible for them and you will tell Vaako that he can meet with them. They know they are NOT to come to me. They go through him and I would have thought by now that YOU would know not to schedule the damn meeting in the first place."

"I am sorry, my lord. You are right. I should not have scheduled it. I won't let it happened again."

"See that it doesn't. What else?"

The poor man was shaking. Eron looked at Riddick contemplating what had gotten him in such a distasteful mood so early in the day. He closed his eyes for a moment. Jack. Who else could get him this irritable? Forget irritable, he's far beyond that, so it must be something big.

"That meeting would have taken until the dinner hour, so your afternoon will be free. Then after dinner, you are to-."

"Cancel it."

"Bu-." He quickly closed his mouth when Riddick looked as though he was going to break the man in half. "Consider it cancelled."

"Does anyone have anything else they need to deal with before I have to go listen to a bunch of people bitch and moan about their fuckin' problems?"

Even if they did, they weren't going to say so and they all quickly left. Except for Eron. "Well. That was...interesting."

"Don't start with me, Eron."

"Sounds as though someone else already has." He had said it under his breath even knowing Riddick would hear him.

"Care to repeat that?"

"No."

"Didn't think so. Find out when the hell we're landing, down to the day if you can, then go tell Jack."