**Author's Note**

Here's Chapter 12 .. Finally !

Warning ! Brace yourself !

~KP

RIDDICK'S POV

While they were having their little touchy feely moment Johns here was growing impatient.

"Let's go we don't have all day here, because the three of you we got more of those things circling us."

"Hold on a minute I'm almost done." Aisha replied helping Boone onto the stretcher.

"No! No more waiting and no more breaks! If you want you can stay behind and die with him, 'coz I ain't waiting any longer, I'm taking the cells and moving on."

"Aye! Watch your mouth" Lana stood up. She walked over to him clenching her jaw with her fists balled up. She looked like she was up for a few rounds.

"You're not in any position to order me around, girl." Johns shoved her out of the way, he walked over to the sleigh that carried the cells and felt the ground around with his shoe to look for the rope that was attached to it. I looked over to Lana to see that her hands were still balled up into fists and now her knuckles were beginning to go white.

'What are you gonna do now?' I crossed my arms watching the scene unfold. Lana had flames in her eyes, her chest started rising and falling slightly faster. I grinned knowing what was coming his way. Her feet heavily stomped their way towards Johns, she grabbed his t-shirt from his back shoulder and spun him around to face her, she took her balled fist...and hit him with a right hook.

'Oooo should've seen that one coming' I smiled enjoying the show. She hit him quite hard causing his head to whip to the side, she then just stood there waiting for his reaction.

'Don't just stand there keep it coming' Her arms were at her sides again, squeezing her fists, her knuckles turning white again. With one hand Johns held his face and the other was balled up, slowly he came back to an upright stance as they locked eyes.

'Watch ouut' his fist connected with her face with twice as much force she put into her hook, knocking her to the ground. I cringed a bit when she fell to the ground.

'Not as tough as you make out to be' She immediately stood up and took a fighting stance putting her left arm and leg forward.

'Hmmm'

"Bitch I don't have time for your little games" He says that yet he also took a fighting stance too. The others just watched in horror.

"They're gonna kill each other if we don't do something" Fry suggested. Lana launched towards Johns, she cursed and spat insults at him only to be restrained by Fry, Aisha and Jack. It took a lot more to restrain Lana than it did Johns, Imam was the only one holding him back and Johns was more willing to give in.

'Way to kill the fun and just when things were starting to get a bit interesting' I rolled my eyes.

I started walking a couple paces to find Johns waiting for me with his bright green flare lit. I put a hand up to block the light from my eyes while the other hand held the strap of lights secure to my back. He took this into consideration and moved the flare to his side so it wasn't shining in my eyes anymore.

"Ain't all of us gonna make it." he started walking next to me with his arm that held the flare stretched out as far as possible. He seemed awfully calm for one who was just in a fist fight with a military girl.

"Just realize that?" I sarcastically asked.

"Ten of us left, if we could make it through the canyon and lose a few, that'd be quite a feat huh?" Lose a few? Who are you planning on "losing" Johns?

"Not if I'm one of the few" Johns and I glanced at each other then back at the ground.

"What if you're one of let's say six?" planning on killing four huh? The creatures made their whooping sound again, we stopped and whipped our heads in the direction the cry came from and then back at the group to see how they were doing.

"I'm listening" I smiled and continued walking.

LANA's POV

Riddick's eyes met my gaze, he said something to Johns, smiling he turns back around carrying out their secret conversation. We couldn't hear much, just whispers and we couldn't see their lips either so it made it harder to figure out what they were talking about.

'What are they best friends now or something?' I scoffed earning the attention of everyone else. I guess I wasn't the only one that noticed that Johns and Riddick were getting a bit too cosy with each other.

"What do you think they're doin' up there?" Jack asked. Hmmm we were all curious to know what they were talking about.

"They're talkin' about the canyon I think. How to get us through" Fry answered pulling the sled along with Imam, she didn't sound too convinced though. Imam's two kids huddled with Jack while Aisha and I carried Boone. All we had to do was get everyone to the skiff then it's all smooth sailing from then on. There were supplies and our medicine on that skiff and now I regret not bringing it. Paris could've made it, Imam's boy, Shazza and Zeke...if only they listened they would've made it alive. I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at Boone.

'You can do this, you can make it. We're almost there I just know it' Riddick and Johns started putting more distance between us...something was up, I know for sure they weren't talking about the canyon mostly 'coz Johns was getting a bit too close up with Riddick for our liking when we all know Johns hated him, something had to go wrong sooner or later 'coz the two men can't stand each other.

"Nice shot by the way" Fry glanced at me and we both laughed a bit.

"Been wanting to do that for a while now" I confessed.

"Who didn't?" Fry stated making everyone chuckle, then we immediately got quiet. She wasn't bad and I guess I forgive her for the whole trying to jettison all the passengers on the ship to save her own ass and I can see that she realizes that now. I looked over to Jack who had both boys on either side of her, poor Jack what must've happened for her to run away from her parents like this? They must be worried sick about her, unless she was the type of kid that was neglected and abused. I gulped, I hope she wasn't...no kid should go through hell like that ever. I had the urge to ask her why she ran away but swallowed it. I shouldn't be asking a question like that at a time like this, I wasn't my place anyways. I would only talk about it if she wanted to, since it is a sensitive subject.

I smirked remembering the times I ran away from home and succeeding once only to find out I was on my own in a world too dangerous for a weak girl to be on her own. That's when Aisha and Boone took me in, even when they were still stuck in their honeymoon phase. They always looked after me and made sure I didn't feel alone, on my eighteenth birthday I decided I wanted to join the Marine Corps and be just like them. Inspire other kids to be strong and fight for what's right.

RIDDICK's POV

Johns glanced back before continuing.

"Battlefield doctors decide who lives and dies. It's called triage." what now he's giving me an excuse to kill?

"Kept callin' it murder when I did it." I pointed out. He stopped.

"Either way, I figure it's something you can grab onto." Johns gave a half smile as he shrugged. He continued walking and waved for me to join him again.

"So sacrifice play? Hack up a few bodies and leave 'em a good distance from the canyon like buckets of bait"

"Trawl with it. You got extra cable on the sled. We drag the body forty-fifty feet behind us"

"Nice embellishment" I half smiled.

"I don't want to feed them, I just wanna keep 'em off our scent" he defended. Our huh?

"So which one caught your eye?" I turned around to look at the group trailing behind us.

"No, no don't look! Christ. What the hell's wrong with you?" I chuckled he placed a hand on my back shoulder turning me around.

"I was thinking about Boone, he's already half dead. Might as well...and if that ain't enough then we can throw in Lana and maybe the girl. Heh that cunt Lana's been a pain in my ass for much too long" I tried to hide the fact that I tensed up at mention of her name.

LANA's POV

Adjusting my grip for the third time Fry stepped closer to Imam tapping him on the shoulder, she looked concerned.

"Imam, slow down. Just a little more space between us and them." Fry knew there was something cooking between them and it couldn't be good.

Boone reached for his left hand with his right and removed his engagement ring along with his doggy tags. He tapped Aisha and placed it in her hands.

"No" she whispered.

"Don't argue" he looked at her with dreary eyes.

RIDDICK'S POV

"Alright. Enough of this shit. You do them, and I'll keep the others off your backs," Johns stopped in his tracks. He looked at me with a serious expression. I stopped walking and had my back turned against him.

"It's not too big of a job for you, is it?" he sneered.

I pivoted as I slowly turned around to face him. My face showing no emotion.

"I'm just wondering if we don't need a bigger piece of bait," I commented, my expression unchanging.

"Like who?" asked Johns, oh like he didn't know. We stayed silent as we started at each other and he slowly started to catch on.

LANA'S POV

The boys had stopped all of a sudden forcing us to come at a halt. They were just starting at each other not saying a word. Johns seemed a bit hesitant as he shifted his weight a couple times.

"This can't be good" Aisha commented receiving a nod from Fry and Imam. Riddick then slapped the bright green flare out of Johns' hand causing it to go flying a great distance away from them. We could barely make out their silhouette as we watched in horror, the two men started to fight and panic started to rise within our group.

"Leave the sled! Let's move!" Fry screamed and everyone scattered leaving the three of us behind.

"Move!" Aisha screamed and we started to drag Boones' body along with us as fast as we could in the direction Imam and Fry headed towards. We could just barley make out the orange flame of the lit bottle just several feet ahead of us.

"Almost there!" Aisha screamed encouraging Boone to stay with us, but that didn't stop the creatures that nipped at our feet to get a taste of our flesh. Out of nowhere Boone raised his arms and pushed us forward. Horrified we frantically searched the ground for his body.

"Go! You still have time!...I-I-I love yo-" and a crunching sound was heard.

"NOOOOOO!" Aisha wailed.

"W-we gotta g-go, we gotta go" I cried. I found her arm and dragged her body along with me. She fought against me but soon started running along with me hand in hand. That's until we felt something take a swipe at our feet causing us both to fall flat on our faces.

**Author's Note**

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Sooo...are you guys okay?

Did you expect this?

What do you think's gonna happen next?

Thank you followers, favoritetors? lol and especially my reviewers!

dragynfyre18

lol don't worry about me disappearing and never coming back. I'll always come back to you guys sooner or later...even if it's like super later...which I'm guilty of. :( Forgive me! :'(

shadowoftheblackdeat

yeahhh...Riddick he's, he's very conflicted about his feelings. xD ... ahhhhh nooo not the pitchfork O.O
Yes there are more Biorapters on the prowl ! and errm yeahh...Boony died... :( and yeahh Paris died in chappy 10 (Hunt-ed). I'm glad you enjoy my story faithful reader! :)

sketchingnerd97

Awwwwe I'm glad I made you happy by being the first to mention you in my AU! :) ... I'm glad you loved the way I portrayed Riddick in the last chappy. lol I love monsters inc. ! and I love your lovely reviews and comments! Don't worry I haven't abandoned this story or any of my stories :) Yes I'm still alive buttt updates will be kinda slow coz college has started up again...but don't worry I'll be updating! I swear! :)

deathincarnate65

I'm glad to hear my story made you laugh :D and wish granted :) I hope the little tussle was satisfying enough...Riddick got the last swing though just before Johns got devoured by flesh eating monsters.

Guest

Welll the thing is...they loaded the skiff with all their belongings in chappy 8 (eclipse)...they figured it would be a quick grab and go...boyy were they wrong :/ plus they really couldn't bring anything along with them because everyone took up all the room on the sand kat and the extra weight would just slow them down. Good question though thanks for asking :)

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