The sun was beating against his tan skin as he watched for the reports of a few crew members of the Shalona fleet were here. They had already searched through the room and found some very interesting information. From what he could gather they were after the same thing. The woman, Kat, had to know something. His mind drifted at the thought of seeing Kat again. They had some pretty interesting times, till the end. Standing at the front of the entrance he smiled and ordered his men to search around. She had to be around there somewhere, so was that man. They had to be if they werenâ€™t there they would have to do some searching and since one of his men hadnâ€™t come back he wanted to keep that to a minimum.<br/><br/>He stretched and glanced to his left. There was movement, or so he thought. Waving a signal at a few of his men he sent them back inside the hotel leaving him there on his own.  He stretched again and sighed walking in the exactly opposite direction of where he thought someone hid. Making sure his stride wasnâ€™t too fast he casually walked along the stores that littered the street and when he was sure he was out of whoever was thereâ€™s sight he darted across the road and made his way back to where he saw the  movement. When he was within range he grabbed a knife and slid it silently out of its sheath. He could see a crouched figure of a woman now, it was to feminine to be a man. Smiling from ear to ear like a hyena he crept up to her and carefully slipped the knife under her chin and grabbed her around the waist with one powerful arm. â€œHello Kat, I havenâ€™t seen you in a while.â€ He said his voice a thick English accent.<br/><br/>Removing the knife he adjusted her weight and pressed her tightly against him hindering movement. â€œNow we are going to walk calmly out of here and you are going to tell me what you have been doing. It is naughty to creep around behind someoneâ€™s back you know.â€ He said getting in close to her ear. They both got up slowly and he led her out of there and into the hotel. His men looked shocked when he brought her to where Kat and Eric had been staying. He pulled out the desk chair and roughly plopped her down in it and held her from behind while his men got a few pairs of handcuffs. They cuffed each hand to the armrests and her legs to the two front leg posts.<br/><br/>â€œRiddick sir, we have a problem, the male isnâ€™t here.â€ said one of his lieutenants. He saluted and went back outside to stand by the door. Riddick smiled and leaned in till he was in Katâ€™s face. â€œNow where could he be?â€<br/>____<br/><br/>Eric smiled and stared right back in Ryanâ€™s eyes, he didnâ€™t back down. He had committed himself to this and he was going to follow through. â€œYes, thatâ€™s what I mean. Why should they have all the power and have the right to push us around. Iâ€™ll tell you right before I was sent here, my commanding officer told me I had to clean an entire level on my own.â€ Frowning he turned away from Ryan as if he were so angry he couldnâ€™t look at a person without fear of snapping. â€œIâ€™m sorry, I need to pull myself together for a moment.â€<br/><br/>While he was turned away he took some deep breaths, long and satisfying. He could feel himself start to believe his story and it was beginning to scare him. Pushing out all those thoughts from his mind he turned back and said, â€œI feel better now.â€ He stared at Ryan and moved, almost as if his body were not his own and grasped Ryan by the hand squeezing it lightly. He had no weapons and he said, â€œI have nothing on me that could harm you. If you like you could check and make sure. I know that we are supposed to be enemies but I would like to put that behind us and start out new.â€<br/><br/>He sounded sincere and he felt it, he did want Ryan to trust him, it would be easy to extract information but he felt that if he pushed too hard he would lose him also. He had to push that out of his mind to if he wanted to be genuinely interested in making his performance convincing. He had a sparkle in his eyes, hopeful and pleading.  He wanted Ryan to feel comfortable. There were things he wanted to ask him but didnâ€™t think it prudent for the time being. They werenâ€™t as close as he would like.