Two of a Kind

Disclaimer: I still ain’t owning anything of either PB or TCOR – If I did…well that’s for another time!

A/N: You’ll have to bear with me – Riddick didn’t save Jack on T2, but was convinced by Imam that she’d died. Trust me it makes sense in the story! Please R&R, it’s my first fanfic!

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It seemed like an eternity that they stared at one another. Riddick couldn't believe that this was Jack sat in front of him, she had changed completely, not matured but become a totally different person. Jack put her head in her hands and stared at her own feet; As much as she loathed Riddick at that moment she was too tired to care. All she knew was that she'd been left on that hellish planet as Riddick, her hero, had blasted off into space with the Holy man; even she couldn't fully explain how she'd survived, but something had awoken in her, something feral, that had kept her alive long enough to survive the eclipse.

'The Holy Man told me you were dead' Riddick snarled, he'd never felt so angry in his entire life and worst of all it was with himself - he still remembered the escape from T2 with the Holy Man. When the Holy Man had said that Jack had been attacked by those creatures, Riddick could still sense her, but convinced himself that it must have been his own senses acting up. Jack sighed, not looking up

'Yeah well I'd gathered as much...but what I can't understand Riddick is that you must have still been able to have sensed me, or at least caught my scent ...god knows those creatures could...so why didn't you wait for me? What was a big man like you scared of? Because whatever fear you might have felt was nothing compared to what a 14 year old girl was going through!' Jack didn't realised she had gotten to her feet, or that she was shouting at Riddick, who just sat there, the only emotion registering on his face was a crease in his brow.

'So why did the Holy Man lie?' Riddick growled out loud. Jack smirked coldly
'Probably wanted to save his own fucking skin' Her words dripping with venom. 'To bad it wasn't really saved...I got his skin eventually' Suddenly an almost insane glint appeared in Jack's eyes, Riddick continue to watch her. They descended into silence as both tried to get the thoughts together, eventually Riddick couldn't stand it any longer

'So how did you survive?' Jack lowered herself back into her seat and curled up, Riddick knew that she'd positioned herself so as ready to be able to spring at any moment. She shrugged and replied in monotonous voice as though the memories were too terrifying to really relive and Jack had descended into a trance

'When you left, there was only 24 hours of the eclipse left. But I was still bleeding and I knew they could smell me. As I watched the skiff leave, all terror that I'd felt before was replaced by this calm, rational need to survive...It was like I was no longer Jack, or even human...anyway I managed to get into one of the abandonned warehouses without being too badly malled; I still had one of the shivs you'd given me so I could hack as much off them as they did off me' Jack unconsciously put her hand to her left thigh. Riddick sat there motionless concentrating all his attention on the woman in front of him.

'I figured that they were attracted to the smell of blood, not that difficult when you think what they'd done to everyone else. In this place there were tanks of some kind of fuel; I don't know what it was but it reeked so much that it disguised my scent - I opened the lid to one of them and sank inside and locked myself in there. I don't know how long I treaded the liquid, just trying to stay afloat...but eventually the screeching and banging subsided. It must have been 3 days, when I got the courage to crawl out the suns were back. There were carcasses of those creatures everywhere.' Jack looked up at Riddick, trying to gauge his reaction, despite everything this bastard had done, she still wanted his approval. Riddick continued to stare at Jack, seeing her in a whole new light

'How did you get off the planet?' His curiosity getting the better of him. The dead look in Jack's eyes remained as she continued
'I made sure that I secured all the buildings - so that the roofs were ripped off to allow the sun to penetrate everywhere. I then blocked all the holes leading underground...that was slightly harder' Jack smirked to herself - it didn't reach the horror in her eyes. 'Then I returned to the transporter and tried to get the panel working; it took a month but eventually I could send out a distress beacon. I waited another month, but no one came and food and water was beginning to run out. So I returned to the warehouses to see if there was anything there that I could use...as it happened there was an old skiff that needed new parts. I amalgamated it and the transporter together, it took a further month.' Jack finished raising her eyes defiantly to his goggled face. Riddick remained stony faced, but now felt like killing something - how could he have left her behind?

'Jack...I didn't know you were still alive' He finally said, all too aware of how weak he sounded. Jack looked at him for a long time, Riddick felt as though she was looking through the goggles to the eyes underneath; eventually she shrugged
'Yeah you did, Riddick, even if you can't admit it' She growled at him. Riddick stiffened immediately
'What the fuck does that mean?' He snapped back, sitting up. Jack continued her unblinking glaring at him
'Riddick, you knew I was still alive when you left, even if it was just hunch.' Suddenly her guard lowered and she sank back into her chair her face in her hands 'But don't worry….I understand why you did it. You're a sick fuck Riddick, but I understand.' Riddick leaned forwards and cocked his head on one side, barely masking his fury he whispered
'Well then Jackie...if you know me so well tell me why I did it.' Jack watched him without flinching before she sighed
'Riddick I know you better than you know yourself - when I got rescued it took me six months in hospital before I could speak. But gradually I began to recall Jack, my human side, the animal never left me though and I began to recognise my behaviour was similiar to yours. So I hacked into the database and tried to discover everything about you. I still couldn't understand, even after what you'd done to me, why I was still obsessed with you. But then I found out that you were the supposed last of the Furians, which is why you are so bent on survival....I made you feel weak and you couldn't hack it so you left me behind.' Silence descended for a split second before Riddick growled and picked Jack up by her throat.

'What the fuck do you think you know about me' He roared at her, Jack squirmed as his hands tightened on her pulse point. They both knew she could have fought back if she'd wanted, and that he could have easily killed her by now, which made Riddick more incensed. She made him more angry than any sane person would have dared.

But as he held her there, something weird began to happen with her eyes; her eyes had widened with the pressure being exerted on her neck and now her iris' seemed to be moving contrary to her eyes' direction. Riddick dropped her to the ground and retrieved his shiv that he'd hidden during their 'truce'.
'What's happening your eyes? And why do you think you know anything about me' he growled at her. Jack straightened up her hands at her eyes; as she drew her hands from her face, Riddick dropped his shiv and took a step back: the green of her eyes had gone to be replaced with deep chocolate brown colour that had a ring of bright blue around her pupil - Riddick recognised the eyes immediately - they were the same as his before he'd been shinned. Jack took a step towards him

'Because Riddick...I'm Furian too' She whispered.