WARNING

The Slow Burn

By Ardath Rekha

Is Rated R

It contains: Language - Adult Situations - Explicit Sex (m/f) - Violence

If you are not of legal age - turn back now. You have been warned.

PAIRING: Riddick/Original; features the complete cast of the movie.

SUMMARY: In this alternate reality, there is another survivor of the Hunter-Gratzner crash. She's a young woman named Fiona and she lost her entire family in the crash. She and Riddick enter an intense relationship which begins when she's the first person to simply accept him as a human being. The first segment of the story features scenes from the movie, slightly modified to fit the existence and presence of my additional character. Later chapters will diverge more and more. In addition, the eclipse is still six months to a year away, and the skiff requires a lot more repair work to get our merry gang off the ground. Hurt/Comfort themes.

DISCLAIMER: The characters of Riddick, Fry, Johns, Imam, Shazza, Jack, Zeke, Ali, Hassan, Suleiman, Paris, Owens and the Total Stranger are the exclusive property of USA Films and the writing team that created them. Their use in this story does not entitle the author to any rights of property or royalties. This is fan fiction and the satisfaction I get from writing it is the only reward I'm accepting. Jessie, Morgan, and the Cavanaugh family, however, especially Fiona, are 100% mine.

COMMENTS: The planet New Ireland was colonized specifically by Northern Irish Catholics (I used the name New Belfast for Fiona's home town in order to hint at this). These colonists still have long-standing feelings of bitterness against the English, which occasionally shows up in offhand observations and comments Fiona makes. It has nothing to do with my own personal views or politics, so if you're English, please don't take offense -- I love you. :)