{"id":978,"date":"2022-03-10T11:32:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/?page_id=978"},"modified":"2024-03-24T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T15:26:17","slug":"first-contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/read-online\/first-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"First Contact"},"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<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a8680861dfdd7066660829' value='6a8680861dfdd7066660829'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a8680861dfdd7066660829' value='WARNING: FICTION WITH AN \u201cX\u201d RATING IS NOT FOR MINORS. 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You didn\u2019t find any, but when you twisted your ankle and had to return to the ship, Riddick found you\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Notes:<\/b> There are two very very special people to whom I dedicate this story\u2026 Superchick and Dallas.  <b>Chicky,<\/b> you showed me the image that got this ball rolling, and were my happy captive audience as I wrote this.  <b>Dallas<\/b>\u2026 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Imagine this as your present\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>One More Special Note:<\/b> This was done as a Live Storytelling. Chicky presented me with the image on the ebook cover, and I began to tell her an imaginary set of circumstances in which she would be confronted with Riddick, looking just like this\u2026<\/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\/#pitch-black\"><i>Pitch Black<\/i> (2000)<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Series:<\/b> None<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Challenges:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-challenge\/#live-storytelling\">The Live Storytelling challenge<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\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-x\">X<\/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-pwp\">Het (PWP)<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Pairing:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-pairing\/#riddick-others\">Riddick\/You<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Warnings:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#harsh-language\">Harsh Language<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#explicit-sexual-content\">Explicit Sexual Content<\/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_6a8680863e8a5_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a8680863e8a5\" 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_6a8680863e8a5\" 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_6a8680863e8a5_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 1,391\r\n\r\n<p><b>Total Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a8680863eda1_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a8680863eda1\" 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_6a8680863eda1\" 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_6a8680863eda1_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 1,751\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> September 20, 2002\r\n\r\n<p><b>Last Updated:<\/b> September 20, 2002\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=\"4438\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4438 \"><p><small>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0878638\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Twohy<\/a>; Screenplay by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0003117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken and<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0923646\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Wheat<\/a> 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>, incorporating a <i>Pitch Black<\/i> publicity still of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0004874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vin Diesel<\/a> as Riddick, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1001fonts.com\/amarante-font.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amarante<\/a> font from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1001fonts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1001 Fonts<\/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=\"1380\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1380 \">  <h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><u><b>First Contact<\/b><\/u><\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You\u2019re all alone in the desert.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You were walking with the others to find water, but you twisted your ankle and you weren\u2019t going to be able to keep up.  So you had to turn around and limp your way back to the ship, and <nobr>now\u2026<\/nobr> now here you are, alone in the desert, middle of nowhere, following your tracks back to the ship, and he <nobr>appears\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">For a moment, the two of you just stare at each other, and you think about just how large a man he <nobr>is\u2026<\/nobr> you know you can\u2019t fight him.  And you know you can\u2019t run.  You\u2019re trapped.  And a little smirk appears on his <nobr>lips\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He walks forward, until he\u2019s almost touching you.  \u201cYou get lost, miss?\u201d he rumbles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You don\u2019t have the faintest idea what to say.  You try to shrink back from him, and pain stabs through your ankle.  You wince.  He glances down and then the smirk becomes full blown.  \u201cYou don\u2019t belong out in the desert, you know,\u201d he whispers, as his hands grasp your arms and steady you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He lifts you up and starts to carry you across the sand.  You realize he\u2019s leaving the tracks behind and suddenly you\u2019re afraid <nobr>again\u2026<\/nobr> is he taking you away so he can kill you where you\u2019ll never be found?  But soon you realize that he\u2019s circled the <i>Hunter-Gratzner<\/i> <nobr>wreckage\u2026<\/nobr> and he\u2019s aiming for a quiet, dark cargo <nobr>container\u2026<\/nobr> one that nobody knows about except <nobr>him\u2026<\/nobr> and now you.  He carries you inside, into the darkness.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">It\u2019s cool inside the container.  You can\u2019t see a thing, but your entire body is suddenly thanking you \u2014 <i>him<\/i> \u2014 for the end of the heat.  He lowers you down onto something soft, and you realize it\u2019s a big pile of clothes.  \u201cHold still,\u201d he tells you, and his hands move down you, stroking over your leg until they reach your tender ankle.  You expect it to hurt like hell when he probes, but he\u2019s startlingly <nobr>gentle\u2026<\/nobr> sexy?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI think you\u2019re gonna be okay,\u201d he rumbles, and you feel the clothes under you shift as he sits down beside you.  \u201cBut maybe I\u2019d better make sure you\u2019re okay everywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You take a breath to ask what he means \u2014 surely he doesn\u2019t mean what you <i>think<\/i> he means! \u2014 and that\u2019s when his hand start moving over you, caressing your throat and shoulders, and then sliding down over your breasts.  He <i>does<\/i> mean what you thought!<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You hold still and he begins to peel away your sweaty clothes.  Tentatively you reach up and touch him, your hand finding his shoulder.  Solid, granite-hard muscle covered in warm, smooth skin meets your touch, slick with perspiration.  He growls softly again, still pulling off your clothes, but lets you keep touching him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He gets impatient with your garments, suddenly, and you hear the sound of fabric ripping.  <i>Who cares?<\/i> you think.  <i>I\u2019m lying on a whole PILE of clothes, something else will <nobr>do\u2026<\/nobr><\/i>  Your hands slide down to his pants and you <nobr>feel\u2014<\/nobr> <i>ohmigod.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He chuckles.  \u201cI love a woman who\u2019s ready to play,\u201d he drawls, and his hand covers yours, pressing your palm against the straining erection you feel beneath his trousers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You sit up, no longer afraid, and begin blindly working the fastenings of his pants.  He chuckles and you feel his hand on your chest, between your breasts, gently pushing you back against the clothes.  You lie down again and hear a rustling sound as he strips off his shirt and pants.  \u201cMuch better,\u201d he murmurs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">His hands begin to move over your skin again.  You reach up for him and this time, no fabric meets your touch.  Just satin-smooth, flawless skin covering one of the hardest bodies you\u2019ve ever <nobr>felt\u2026<\/nobr> solid muscle and bone.  Your hand moves lower and discovers something that is, impossibly, both harder and silkier than any part of him you\u2019ve touched so far.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cOh yeah,\u201d he rumbles.  \u201cI <i>really<\/i> like a woman who knows what she wants.\u201d  His voice seems to be coming from an odd place, no longer above <nobr>you\u2026<\/nobr> and then a moment later you feel his warm, wet mouth capture your nipple.  A new stab of feeling goes through your body, this one a spear of pure pleasure that seems to travel from your captured breast to your very center.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">His hands move over you, stroking your skin, awakening nerves and pleasure centers you never knew existed.  Slowly, he spreads your legs.  You\u2019re still touching him yourself, your hands trying to memorize every line, every muscle.  He releases your breast and shifts his position, again.  Suddenly, you can feel the head of his cock nudging against your most delicate, sensitive flesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cHold still,\u201d he whispers, and begins to push inside you.  You gasp, feeling his surprising girth stretch you in a way you\u2019ve never experienced before, and his mouth covers yours, capturing your gasp.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You shift your position as well, wrapping your legs around his waist and your arms around his shoulders.  There\u2019s a little twinge of complaint from your ankle, but it only seems to sweeten the feelings he stirs.  He\u2019s still pushing inside you, the journey made harder by how large he is, but eased by how receptive <i>you<\/i> are.  Soon he\u2019s filled you, more than any man ever has before, and he releases a long, low, shuddering groan of pleasure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Releasing your mouth, he puts his lips to your ear.  \u201cBeen a long time,\u201d he whispers.  Genuine emotion fills the soft words.  He begins to rock into you and out, slowly, as if he\u2019s savoring every taste.  His impatience is gone now.  Now he seems to want it to last as long as it can.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You realize you haven\u2019t said a word to him, haven\u2019t made a sound since he first walked up to you.  Now you finally speak, a whisper against <i>his<\/i> ear.  <nobr>\u201cRiddick\u2026\u201d<\/nobr>  You feel his muscles tense for a second, and then relax, as he realizes you spoke his name the way a lover would.  His pace picks up a <nobr>little\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cTell me your name,\u201d he whispers after a moment.  You do, managing it between the soft moans he\u2019s stirring from you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He covers your mouth with his again, exploring with his tongue, capturing your moans.  His pace begins to pick up some more.  After a long, delirious moment, he breaks free, gasping.  Gasping your name.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Two words, now, are going back and forth, in a strange rhythm with your coupling.  His name, from your lips, and your name from his.  Whispers exchanged to anchor you in something that otherwise seems outside of time and place.  You wish you could see him, but all you catch are glimpses of his shined eyes, like flashing silver coins above you in the blackness.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">His body begins to shiver and tighten, even as the most exquisite waves of pleasure start to crash over you.  He whispers your name again, his voice desperate now.  \u201cI wanna feel you <nobr>come\u2026\u201d<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">And that\u2019s the last thing you hear for a long moment as a roar fills your ears and pure, overwhelming pleasure courses through you.  You think you hear another sound, for a moment, your own voice raised.  <nobr>\u201cRi\u2014\u201d<\/nobr>  His lips cover yours and cut of the rest before anyone can hear you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Slowly, slowly, the sensations abate.  You regain your sense of time and place.  Above you, you feel him shudder as his own release sweeps over you.  A sound, half groan and half whimper, escapes him.  Your name again.  Then he collapses against you, pressing your body into the heap of clothing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Silence fills the cargo container.  In the distance, you can hear voices.  People talking.  Calling out to each other.  Has the search party returned to find that you never made it back?  But you don\u2019t want to move.  You don\u2019t think you can <nobr>walk\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cBeen a long time,\u201d he whispers, and rolls over onto his back, drawing you with him.  Now your head rests on his shoulder.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cShould <nobr>we\u2026\u201d<\/nobr>  you ask, wondering if it\u2019s time to reunite with the others, before they decide Riddick must have killed you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cNah, not yet,\u201d he rumbles.  \u201cSome things are worth waiting <nobr>for\u2026<\/nobr> let them wait <nobr>too\u2026\u201d<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He wraps his arms around you and holds you close.  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