{"id":1024,"date":"2022-03-10T11:46:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/?page_id=1024"},"modified":"2024-03-20T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:00:26","slug":"the-prehistory-of-planet-riddick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/read-online\/the-prehistory-of-planet-riddick\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prehistory of Planet Riddick"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\r\n  .su-tabs-nav {\r\n    display: flex;\r\n  }\r\n  .su-tabs-nav span {\r\n    flex-basis: 100%;\r\n    text-align: center;\r\n  }\r\n  .su-tabs-nav span:last-child {\r\n    margin-right: 0;\r\n  }\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"button\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/fan-fiction\/the-prehistory-of-planet-riddick\/\">Return to the Title Page<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-scroll\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"yes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\" tabmoji-cover\" data-anchor=\"cover\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Cover<\/span><span class=\" tabmoji-pubdata\" data-anchor=\"pubdata\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Publication Data<\/span><span class=\" tabmoji-story\" data-anchor=\"the-story\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">&nbsp;&nbsp;The Story<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim tabmoji-cover\" data-title=\"&nbsp;&nbsp;Cover\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"4127\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4127 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; 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margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#pubdata\">Publication Data \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim tabmoji-pubdata\" data-title=\"&nbsp;&nbsp;Publication Data\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3995\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3995 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#cover\">\u00ab Cover&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4062\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4062 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-story\">The Story \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span data-post-id=\"1278\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1278 \"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>The Prehistory of Planet Riddick<\/u><\/b><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 30px;\">By Ardath Rekha<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<span data-post-id=\"4510\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4510 \"><p><b>Synopsis:<\/b> A Planet UV historian presents her findings regarding some security entries made by the civilization\u2019s founder, about the arrival of his wife and his embroilment in a galactic conflict.<\/p><\/span>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Category:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-genre\/#fiction\">Fan Fiction<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Fandom:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-fandom\/#cor\"><i>The Chronicles of Riddick<\/i> (2004)<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Series:<\/b> None\r\n\r\n<p><b>Challenges:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-challenge\/#cor-au\">Ardath Rekha\u2019s TCOR AU \/ \u201cKyra is not Jack\u201d challenge<\/a>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Rating:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-rating\/#rated-t\">T<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Orientation:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-orientation\/#het-plot\">Het (Plot)<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Pairings:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-pairing\/#riddick-jack\">Riddick\/Jack<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Warnings:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#adult-situations\">Adult Situations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#harsh-language\">Harsh Language<\/a>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Number of Chapters:<\/b> 1\r\n\r\n<p><b>Net Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a133e6bbd504_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a133e6bbd504\" data-settings='{\"position\":\"top\",\"behavior\":\"hover\",\"hideDelay\":0}' tabindex=\"0\"><sup><i class=\"fas fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#243a68;\"><\/i><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"display:none;z-index:100\" id=\"su_tooltip_6a133e6bbd504\" class=\"su-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-inner su-tooltip-shadow-yes\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%);color:#D9ECFB;font-size:16px;border-radius:5px;text-align:left;max-width:300px;line-height:1.25\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-title\"><\/span><span class=\"su-tooltip-content su-u-trim\">In the Read Online section, net word counts exclude cover pages, publication data pages, tables of contents, chapter titles, page links, original post date medatata, and \u2014 in the case of Lyric Wheel stories \u2014 song information and lyrics. In the case of articles, contextual notations are also omitted. Afterwords and chapter notes are treated as part of a text\u2019s overall body.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a133e6bbd504_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 1,773\r\n\r\n<p><b>Total Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a133e6bbda13_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a133e6bbda13\" data-settings='{\"position\":\"top\",\"behavior\":\"hover\",\"hideDelay\":0}' tabindex=\"0\"><sup><i class=\"fas fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#243a68;\"><\/i><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"display:none;z-index:100\" id=\"su_tooltip_6a133e6bbda13\" class=\"su-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-inner su-tooltip-shadow-yes\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%);color:#D9ECFB;font-size:16px;border-radius:5px;text-align:left;max-width:300px;line-height:1.25\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-title\"><\/span><span class=\"su-tooltip-content su-u-trim\">In the Read Online section, total word counts include all text present in the story tabs, excluding forward\/back page links and tooltips. This count tends to be slightly different from the eBook Total Word Count reported on the title page.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a133e6bbda13_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 2,122\r\n\r\n<p><b>Story Length:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-story-length\/#short-story\">Short Story<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>First Posted:<\/b> January 2, 2005\r\n\r\n<p><b>Last Updated:<\/b> January 2, 2005\r\n\r\n<p><b>Status:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-status\/#complete\">Complete<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<span data-post-id=\"4462\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4462 \"><p><small>The characters and events of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0296572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Chronicles of Riddick<\/i><\/a> are &copy; 2004 Universal Pictures, Radar Pictures, and One Race Films; Written and Directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0878638\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Twohy<\/a>; Based on characters by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0003117\/\">Ken and<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0923646\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Wheat<\/a>; Produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0472256\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Kroopf<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0004874\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vin Diesel<\/a>.  The characters and events of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0134847\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Pitch Black<\/i><\/a> are &copy; 2000 USA Films, Gramercy Pictures, and Interscope Communications; Directed by David Twohy; Screenplay by Ken and Jim Wheat and David Twohy; Story by Ken and Jim Wheat; Produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0257259\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Engelman<\/a>. This work of fan fiction is a transformative work for entertainment purposes only, with no claims on, nor intent to infringe upon, the rights of the parties listed above. All additional characters and situations are the creation of, and remain the property of, Ardath Rekha. eBook design and cover art by <a href=\"https:\/\/laraklaber.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LaraRebooted<\/a>, using a screen capture from <i>The Chronicles of Riddick<\/i>, a publicity still of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0341587\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhiana Griffith<\/a>\u2019s performance in the short film \u201cJulia\u201d (&copy; 2008 Luca De Simone; Written and Directed by Luca De Simone, International Film School Sydney), the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/fontmeme.com\/fonts\/stonehenge-font\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stonehenge<\/a>\u201d font from <a href=\"https:\/\/fontmeme.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Font Meme<\/a>, and background graphics &copy; 1998 Noel Mollon, adapted and licensed via Teri Williams Carnright from the now-retired Fantasyland Graphics site (c. 2003). This eBook may not be sold or advertised for sale. If you are a copyright holder of any of the referenced works, and believe that part or all of this eBook exceeds fair use practices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/contact-me\/\">please contact Ardath Rekha<\/a>.<\/small><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><small><i>Rev. 2022.10.09<\/i><\/small><\/p><\/span><\/span>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3995\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3995 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#cover\">\u00ab Cover&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4062\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4062 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-story\">The Story \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim tabmoji-story\" data-title=\"&nbsp;&nbsp;The Story\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3996\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3996 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#pubdata\">\u00ab Publication Data<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4127\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4127 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span data-post-id=\"1515\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1515 \">  <h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><u><b>The Prehistory of Planet Riddick<\/b><\/u><\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><b>Researcher\u2019s Note [1]:<\/b> The following is a partial transcript of one of the security log cards found by archaeologists at Site R-1.  It appears that whatever device was used to record the log was portable and that the Founder took it with him during his brief off-world foray.  These entries occur approximately five years after his arrival on our planet and are the first time he discusses anything other than the technical specifications of his security system, or his hunts.  Voice-print analysis does indeed confirm that this is the voice of Richard B. Riddick, the Founder of our civilization.  The \u201ckid\u201d he calls Jack appears to indeed be his wife, Jacqueline Riddick.  Previously, historians had believed that they had met here on what was, at the time, still known as Planet UV, but it is clear from these logs that they had known each other before her arrival.  We still do not know how.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <hr style=\"align: center; width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(to right, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%); height: 3px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5745<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Intruder alerts going off.  I appear to have a visitor.  Not a local.  The bioregister says it\u2019s a human.  Will provide more information after I deal with the threat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5748<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Not a threat.  Jack.  What the fuck is the kid doing here?  Guess I have to wait for her to wake up.  She didn\u2019t see me coming and I had her out cold before I realized who she was.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5749<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">This is too fucked up.  Did I really hit her head that hard?  She doesn\u2019t remember me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5750<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Not my fault.  Someone stole her memories before she ever came here.  So how the fuck did she find me?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5751<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Jack is coherent.  Her story is starting to make sense.  I don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">The kid ain\u2019t  a kid anymore.  She\u2019s maybe seventeen, eighteen.  I can\u2019t remember and she doesn\u2019t seem to have the first clue.  Two months ago she woke up in her bed on New Mecca with no idea who she was or how she got there. When she was trying to figure out what was going on, she found her diary and read it.  She must have written down everything she knew or thought about me because it led her here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Gonna have to rethink my security system and maybe relocate.  If a teenage amnesiac can find me so easy, anybody can.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5752<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You can learn a lot about a person by taking away their memories.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I still don\u2019t know what happened to the girl, but it\u2019s interesting to watch her fumble around.  Most people would be crying and scared and who knows what else.  But this girl\u2019s got the instincts of a wild animal.  She never told a soul she couldn\u2019t remember things.  Not even Imam.  She just hunted for answers on her own.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">They had to know something was up with her.  But nobody said a damn thing to her or asked her why she was acting funny.  Which means they had to know what was wrong with her even if she didn\u2019t.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I don\u2019t like the idea that the Holy Man is in on whatever this is.  Tightening security.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5753<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Fuck.  I\u2019m the galaxy\u2019s biggest asshole.  Couldn\u2019t keep it in my pants.  Jack seemed to have a good time but I feel like a fucking user.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5754<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I can\u2019t seem to stay away from her.  I tried, but she\u2019s pretty determined.  Wants me to teach her \u201clife skills.\u201d  How to fight, how to hunt, how to live here with me.  I tell her it\u2019s dangerous and she just shrugs.  Next thing I know, we\u2019re fucking.  The girl\u2019s incredible.  All instinct.  Takes me forever to tire her out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5755<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Been reading the girl\u2019s diary.  She brought it with her just in case.  And damn if it isn\u2019t enlightening.  I knew she had a crush on me before.  Part of why I <nobr>left\u2026<\/nobr> didn\u2019t want to have to deal with coming home from a hard day to find a naked girl in my bed because I might just take her up on the offer.  She was planning to do just that, too, before I left.  I maybe got away just in time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I was worried that she\u2019d obsess over me, but she didn\u2019t.  Two months after I left she eased up on the All About Riddick entries and started writing about other stuff, like school.  Smart kid.  She was getting really good grades and shit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Damn.  Just read one of her sexual fantasies about me, though.  Gonna have to try the thing with the cuffs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5756<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Coming up on the last entries.  She\u2019s writing about some kind of ambassador visiting the Holy Man.  People are acting strange around her.  They stop talking when she comes into rooms, shit like that.  She\u2019s nervous.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5757<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She must\u2019ve known what was going to happen to her, or she had a really good idea.  She just wrote a long entry about all of her suspicions, about where I am, how to reach me.  The entry says she put money in the diary, enough to get her to me.  Don\u2019t know where she got it.  Her diary doesn\u2019t say and of course she doesn\u2019t remember.  Then she hid it and left herself puzzle clues to find it again.  Like she knew she wouldn\u2019t remember.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">What I don\u2019t get is, if someone stole her memories, why they didn\u2019t know where to come, or where that diary was.  Something\u2019s up.  Tightening security again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5758<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Caught Jack crying.  Guess the strain of all this finally got to her.  Comforted her the only way I knew how, but she seemed to like it.  She\u2019s easy to talk to.  Always was.  That hasn\u2019t changed just because she has no memory.  Her personality is pretty much intact.  I\u2019ve decided that if nothing happens in the next month, we\u2019re going to Helion Prime and I\u2019m going to make the Holy Man tell me what was done to her.  There\u2019s gotta be something behind all this.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5759<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Long range proximity detectors say visitors are on the way.  I\u2019m putting Jack in cryo.  She doesn\u2019t want to go but I\u2019ve promised her whatever happens, I\u2019ll be back for her.  Of course she kicked up a fuss about that.  She\u2019s still got that whole thing going where she wants to ride to the rescue of people stronger than her.  Guess that\u2019s just her nature.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5760<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Fuckin\u2019 Hoodoo Holy Asshole sent mercs after me.  Leaving Jack in cryo, she\u2019s safer there.  Gonna go beat the answers out of him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5761<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Son of a bitch is in on something big.  Don\u2019t know all the details yet, but they\u2019re trying to sell me on a save-the-world mission.  Necromongers coming to Helion Prime, help us, save us, blah blah blah.  Asshole really pissed me off when he told me HIS version of what happened to Jack.  Supposedly she ran away to look for me, got in a lot of trouble, and ended up in prison.  Yeah, right.  I\u2019ve decided not to mention to the shithead that I have her on ice.  Let them think they\u2019ve snowed me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5762<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">So the Necromonger threat turned out to be real.  Ever had days when you feel like the whole galaxy is out to get you?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5763<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Can\u2019t stop thinking about Jack.  Bout the way she called to me for help back in the canyon.  And the way it felt to pin her down on my bed, a week ago, and take her.  This game\u2019s getting crazier by the minute.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5764<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">In Crematoria.  Who the fuck came up with that name?  I guess they must have discovered this pathetic shithole of a planet AFTER they used up all the good names.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5765<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">The puzzle\u2019s starting to come together.  There\u2019s a girl here, named Kyra, who has Jack\u2019s memories.  Did they really think I\u2019d fall for her act?  Okay, she doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s an act.  Or she doesn\u2019t seem to.  But Jack was never this <nobr>bitchy\u2026<\/nobr> and she doesn\u2019t really look or smell much like her at all.  I\u2019m playing along.  Figure if I can get her out of here with me, I can maybe find a way to get Jack\u2019s memories back out of her head and where they belong.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5766<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kinda like this Kyra kid.  It\u2019s probably the memories.  She\u2019s a damn good fighter.  I wonder what her story really is.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5767<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Stupid kid ran for the Necromonger ship when she should have stayed put.  She may have Jack\u2019s memories but she doesn\u2019t have her instincts, that\u2019s for sure.  Going after her.  Yeah, I know.  I\u2019m being played here.  But I want Jack whole again and this girl\u2019s the ticket to that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5768<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra\u2019s dead and apparently I\u2019m now the new ruler of the Necromongers.  The universe IS out to get me.  Jack\u2019s memories are gone forever, I guess.  I kinda feel bad for Kyra.  Still don\u2019t know her story.  Maybe this Aereon bitch knows what\u2019s going on.  She was there for a lot of it.  Jack mentioned her in her diary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5769<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Well, when I get played, do I ever get <b><i>played.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">On my way back to Planet UV.  Got Jack\u2019s memories encoded on a disc, and the machine to put them back in her brain.  That bitch Aereon traded it to me in return for control of the Necromonger fleet.  I was a fucking stalking-horse.  They knew exactly what I\u2019d do and why.  I don\u2019t think they meant for the Holy Man to get dead, but maybe they didn\u2019t care.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Fine with me.  I don\u2019t care.  I\u2019m just going to go back to Planet UV, put Jack back together, and then the rest of the universe can fuck off and leave us alone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5770<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Home again, home again, jiggity-jig.  Heard that in a movie once.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b><u>Entry 5771<\/u><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Jack has her memories back.  Damn.  I think she\u2019s gonna wear ME out.  Good news is she says she was about to turn eighteen when they did all this to her.  So by the time she reached me, she was completely legal.  Not sure why that\u2019s important to me, exactly.  But good to know.  Her scent\u2019s changed a little.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Not sure if Planet UV is a good place to raise even a psycho-fuck family like I\u2019d have, but we\u2019ll give it a try.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <hr style=\"align: center; width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(to right, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%); height: 3px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><b>Researcher\u2019s Note [2]:<\/b> At this point, the entries return to standard security entries.  A log is made approximately nine months later of the birth of Daniel A. Riddick, the eldest child of our founder.  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