alice_abernathy | Post #11

*Alice's aimlessly pacing around her room. She's not sure what she needs to do beside find somebody to help her learn to control... whatever it is. The urge to just leave isn't quite as bad as it was since she's figured out that her Keeper most likely hasn't found her here yet but the two men that look and sound just like him still make her nervous enough to want to run. And that's not even mentioning the whole was that her Rain or... another problem. She's made it halfway around the room for the fifth time when she hears a knock on the door. She narrows her eyes and goes to the door. She peeks out the window next to it and blinks. Speak of the devil... She opens the door and cocks her brow.*

Rain... How'd you find me here?

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"Not that I haven't appreciated your leniency toward creatures with homicidal tendencies, but I really think it's time for you to move beyond that. You don't understand what you're dealing with here. Ornery is a mild term for Dick the Cat."

"I think it's because of his name. I tried to warn you. But do you ever listen to me?"

He shakes his head. They weren't going to listen, and BOOM! It wasn't going to be his fault, but how to keep them from the fallout? Literally.

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"Sorry Jack nothing works to get rid of headaches for me..."

She glances pointededly at Riddick before responding.

"Give me one good reason I should listen to you huh? You were after all going to turn me over to Keres as soon as we got out of Raccoon... Yeah, listen to you, that's a joke. And for the last damned time i named him after you!"

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Jack groans. "Unbelievable..."

She stands up and walks over to Riddick again, giving him a wry smile.

"I need to go... still got two more of you to warn, you know?" She reaches up and gives him a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Hopefully we can catch up soon or something. It's good to see you again. I have no idea which universe you're from or anything, but..."

She backs away, suddenly feeling awkward. Did she really just kiss him?

"...it's good to see you. So... watch out for the cat, and put your boots where he can't get to them, okay?"

She starts backing out the door. She'll let them shout at each other if they want; at least nobody's yelling at her right now.

"Oh, and Alice? You were asking someone what three suns meant the other night, right?"

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"Wait a second, you come in here. Tell us Dick the cat has a nuke. Both of you act like this is a believable thing, and now you're just leaving? I do not know how this cat has you two so fooled. He does not calm down. He waits until you don't expect it and then Boom! Only this time it really will be boom! And the two of you are Okay with this?"

"And don't worry about the boot thing. He's only ever going to get to pull that once on any of us. I could take him back to where you found him," he suggest hopefully.

Riddick stops what the other two are going to think of as ranting if he's not careful.

He points at Jack. "You take care of you, 'til I see you again. Tell that other Riddick you're staying with if anything happens to you, he'll answer to me."

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Alice makes sure she has no trace of any emotion and certainly not the one she's feeling is showing on her face as she watches Jack kissing his cheek. She starts wondering where the hell the jealousy is coming from and almost misses that the other two people have spoken. She shakes her head then looks over at Jack.

"Yeah, I see that a lot around him..."

She looks over at Riddick and smirks. If he hadn't have shown up right after Rain kissed her... who was she trying to kid. Better to act as if she's a raging bitch around him then deal with... 'not going to go there'

"Dick getting a weapon isn't the strangest thing going on around here... in fact that might be pretty normal."

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Jack feels a little shy suddenly. "Well, those might be real. See, Riddick and I met on a world with three suns. One red-gold binary pair, and then a blue sun. He protected me back on that world."

She flashes Riddick a quick smile. "I owe him my life."

Well, she owes a Riddick her life; funny how she feels varying levels of gratitude and affection towards all of them. She wonders what this one's story is and how it compares. Hopefully she'll get a chance to find out at some point.

"Oh and... when I passed earlier, right before I heard Dick causing trouble... I ran into a woman who was leaving here and um... she seemed to want to recruit me to break you two up. Dunno what that was about but I thought you should maybe know. See you tomorrow? Assuming Dick doesn't send us to the great beyond or anything?"

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Riddick watches as Jack finishes saying good-bye and leaves.

"See, I kept trying to tell you I had nothing to do Umbrella or Keres. I'd never even heard those names before you spoke them. Couldn't tell you I was from another 'verse. Like you would have believed that? I started to try when I told you about my eyes. That didn't work. Anything I said. You were just so sure I was workin' for somebody that wanted you, dead or alive."

"But instead they ended up with you anyway."

Riddick lays down on the sofa, stretching out and putting his hands behind his head.

"Now, you're here. I'm here. And Dick the cat has a nuke. And you don't think he's going to use it."

"Jack's here, when she should be in New Mecca. And there two other Riddicks."

"I don't see any of their stuff here."

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Alice groans and covers her face when he sits down beside her. He's going to be impossible to live with if she admits that he might possibly be right. She parts her fingers and looks over at him.

"Yeah there's a lot of you here but I'm not sure where any of them but you and maybe Jack's you are staying..."

She trails off not sure what to say. Everything's nuts! And with him so close she's starting to lose what brain cells she has like always. She lowers her hands and turns to face him.

"I'm not worried about Dick because I have a strange feeling that no matter what he does, all of you will survive... look why are you here anyway?"

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"Told you. Angela sent me to make sure you were alright."

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alice_abernathy

Alice arches her brow, forcing herself not to feel guilty about leaving the little girl behind.

"Like it was just her... How is she by the way?"

She's trying hard to be civil since the chances of him leaving anytime soon are slim to none.

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"She's fine. They're all fine. Someone said something about the furniture not having to worry about dismemberment anymore."

He looks over at her with a wry grin.

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alice_abernathy

"Good, cause okay I was worried... but bon't make me regret hurting you!"

She grins at him as she thinks 'Okay I've gone nuts why am I playing nice again?'

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Riddick just stares at her. His grin getting bigger.

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alice_abernathy

Alice scoots further away from him when he starts grinning. It's never a good sign, especially since she's been away for a while. God knows what he's been planning.

"So... since you've found me, guess you'll be going back... maybe?"

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"I only just got here. You could just be putting on a brave face for me. No. I need to make sure everything is okay before I go back. And even if everything is okay with you. Dick the cat with a nuke. Not okay."

"I don't want to have to face Angela until I can give her a really good report."

"So... which half of the bed is mine?"

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Alice pushes herself up and starts pacing again, to release some of her nervous energy and mainly to put some distance between them. She runs her hands through her hair and sighs.

"Fine... but who said you're sleeping in the bed with me?"

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Riddick puts his gloggles up on his forehead and arches an eyebrow at her.

"If not there, where?"

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alice_abernathy

Alice stops pacing long enough to look over at him. 'I still think he's been infected!'

"You could always stay on the couch... or find where ever Dick's staying, oh yeah that's right he wants to blow you all to smithereens."

She doesn't mention that she's actually asked somebody not to give Dick a chainsaw.

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He looks over at her and shrugs.

"But I don't fit on the couch. See."

Riddick demonstrates by stretching out on the couch. He crosses his ankles on the arm rest.

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alice_abernathy

Alice arches her brow when he lays down then starts smiling.

"Looks like you fit on there to me!"

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"I'd be a grumpy Riddick come morning," he warns with a smile.

Actually he doesn't mind where he sleeps as long as he gets to stay in the same appartment with her. The floor would be fine. Letting her feel like she's winning something, by dismissing him to the couch, is a good plan. Definitely slept in worse places.