A FURYON'S MATE

Riddick sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the wall in front of him. His mind was reeling at what Alexis had told him about herself, her background, her reason for being in SLAM. The reason she was in SLAM, with him. That was the hardest part. His hands clenched the sheets turning his knuckles white at the thought.

A Child. His Child. He let out a low defeated growl and slowly loosened his grip. His heart raced so fast he felt as though it would explode in his chest. He tried to calm his breathing and focus. Everything that had been happening wasn’t God finally smiling down at him, it was God’s laughter, radiating from Riddick’s soul. How else could the explanation of a child fathered by him, by Richard B. Riddick, be anything but a cruel joke. Not just to him, but the child as well. Allowing such a small helpless being to enter the world knowing once that his name was branded upon it, its life would be over.

Clutching his head in his hands he tried to think of what to do. A part of him wanted to destroy anything that would cause this numbing pain he was feeling, but then the thought of Alexis would emerge and he couldn’t help the feeling of overpowering compassion he felt for her. His stomach twisted at the notion, knowing full well it was normal for him to feel that. He breathed deeply; he felt defeated. His mind knew what it should do by rational thought, but his heart, his heart would have no part of it. He loved her, and he loved the child she was carrying.

“Are you OK?” Alexis’s soft voice came from the doorway.

Riddick didn’t look up but shook his head lightly. He couldn’t lift it, the weight of everything, being too much on his mind, as if holding it down.

Alexis walked to him and knelt down before him. She put her hands on his and gently pulled his hands away from his face. He resisted at first but then let go, still not looking at her but putting his elbows on his knees so his hands hung limply in front of her.

She cradled his face and pulled up slightly, then bent her head down to look into his beautiful shining silver eyes. He stared at her blankly, his willpower, his fight, his fire, gone from his eyes. Alexis fought back the tears at seeing him like this and kissed him quickly on the lips. She sat back looking at him again and gave a small smile while her eyes focused deeply into his and setting off a small spark.

“I love you Richard. I felt that before this child even came to be. I know you feel the same about me. I can feel it even from the other side of the ship. Something other than the Council brought us together. If there hadn’t been anything else I would have left you in SLAM like I was supposed to.”

Riddick blinked at that. She hadn’t said that part to him.

Alexis could see the confusion in his eyes and she smiled a bit more.

“That’s right baby. I was supposed to leave you. But for that unknown reason I couldn’t. I Couldn’t. I got you out of SLAM, according to them you are dead and gone, Richard B Riddick no longer exist. And if the Council thinks they have anything to say about it fuck them. Do you hear me Richard? Fuck. Them. You and I are going to raise OUR baby together.”

Riddick looked at her, total sincerity covering his face.

“What if something goes wrong? I know you have this all worked out in your head Alexis, but my life has never gone to plan, ever. These feelings I have for you are so foreign to me I think I am going to be sick. And when I think….of the baby….It’s almost too much to bear. Your life has been good to you but my life has been nothing but a fucked up piece of waste. That baby is going to get half of that, I can’t help but feel sickened that I am the one that’s going to be responsible for anything that goes wrong in that child’s life. Me.”

Alexis stood up and pulled Riddick with her. She wrapped her arms around him giving him a warm hug. He pulled her closer smelling her scent and wishing he could just snap out of the feelings he had and enjoy this till its ended. It always ended eventually, but why couldn’t he just believe that she was not going to disappear on him. God, he thought to himself, what’s wrong with me.

Alexis kissed Riddick softly on the neck and then pulled back from him. He was looking down still. She let out an exhausted sigh as she started to turn towards the door. She stopped midway.

“This is fuckin enough!” She whipped around as Riddick raised his head at her words and her fist struck his face knocking him backwards and flipping him over the bed. She followed him and straddled his chest before he could get up and proceeded to punch him in the face. Riddick stunned blocked a few shots but she landed most of them. His growl started as a rumble in his chest. Alexis didn’t stop punching him though, she wanted that fire, that hatred to emerge before his depression and self loathing swallowed him whole.

“AAARRRRGGGHHHH!” Riddick roared grabbing her wrists. “Stop before I do something I regret bitch!”

Alexis struggled against his hold and managed to free her right hand and grabbed Riddick at the throat squeezing hard. “Fuck You Riddick!” She spat at him. “You wanted to give up so bad a few minutes ago just give me a second and I can make sure you don’t feel anything ever again. That’s what you want isn’t it?”

Riddick grabbed her hand off his throat. He pushed her off him by flipping her over and then dragged her under him and used his body weight to hold her down.

“I said STOP!” He shouted at her, pushing her arms down to the floor and leaning a couple inches from her face. “Stop.”

Alexis looked into his face to see the fire in his eyes again. His breath quick from their fight and a small line of blood dribbling down from his nose to his lips. She quivered at the sight of it. Riddick watched her with fascination, knowing why she had done what she did. He had lost it a bit he thought. She looked into his eyes and slowly raised her head. Riddick tensed at her movement but her eyes told him she was done fighting. She flicked out her tongue and tasted the blood on his lips. Riddick just stared at her in awe at her movement. She flicked her tongue again and licked the last of the blood away before gently pressing her tongue into his mouth. Riddick’s tongue met hers and he could taste the blood. He growled in response and pushed his tongue into her mouth and ravished her mouth.

Riddick picked her up off the floor and laid her on the bed. They pulled at each others clothes removing them as fast as they could. Riddick entered Alexis hard and fast, her head thrown back as her body surrounded him and tightened. He thrust in and out of her quickening his pace while holding her arms down to the bed. She wrapped her legs around his waist and met each thrust trying to get him deeper inside her. Her screams came with each thrust as did his deep growl. As Riddick was getting close he dropped his head to her shoulder. He could feel her inner walls tightening around him. He opened his mouth barring his teeth and as he sank into her shoulder he felt her bite on his. They both bucked into each other harder and faster as each refused to let go of the other and only added pressure to the game. There orgasms came quick and fierce as the taste of Riddick’s blood in Alexis’s mouth caused her to shudder stronger than she had ever done before. Riddick suckled the blood on Alexis’s shoulder as he came hard inside her as her shudders caused her body to milk him hard. They collapsed on top of each other breathing heavily and holding each other.

Alexis kissed him on the head and said breathlessly, “I don’t know how to help you get past the new feelings you are experiencing, but you belong to me now, and don’t think that will ever change. So you might as well deal with it.”

Riddick looked up at her, her face serious and challenging. “I don’t want to belong to anyone but you. And that’s not going to change, ever.”

He looked at the mark he had put on her neck to see it was gone. He traced his fingers over the area and smiled. “It’s gone already. That fast.”

Alexis smiled at him. “Yours too. I guess there are privileges to being with me, besides the obvious.” The last part said with a smirk as she glanced at her own body.

Riddick looked at her bemused, then reached up and felt his shoulder. Nothing there.
“I didn’t even feel it heal.”

Alexis motioned for Riddick to get up and they stood up together. She walked over to her desk and grabbed Riddick’s shiv off the table. Riddick followed her, stopping behind her. She turned around without a word and plunged the shiv in Riddick’s side. Riddick doubled over and stumbled back to the bed. “What the FUCK!!!!” Riddick rasped out between painful gasps.

“Breath honey,” came Alexis’s voice softly, “just breath and stand up straight.”

Riddick looked at her and did as she told him. He breathed deeply a few times and looked down at the wound. He watched in amazement as the pain disappeared and the wound healed completely in sight of a few seconds. He looked at Alexis. She starred at the spot where the wound was and had a look of utter fascination.

“What?” Riddick asked softly.

Alexis looked up and smiled as she dropped the shiv to the floor. “I didn’t know that would happen for sure.”

Riddick looked at her stunned that she would stab him without knowing for sure he would heal.

“I mean, I was pretty sure after the bite mark, but I was never told my blood would be able to transfer that ability to anyone else.”

Riddick’s anger at what she had done died down immediately and he looked at her and then himself. “I think we need to get cleaned up, I feel pretty dirty.” He said with a smile.

Alexis looked at him and gave him an evil little smile before she jumped at him. He caught her and she kissed him deeply before pulling away still grinning. “Oh, you are very dirty big boy, let’s get you cleaned up.” She slid to the floor and grabbed his hands wrapping them around her as she led him into the bathroom.