{"id":983,"date":"2022-03-10T11:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/?page_id=983"},"modified":"2024-03-20T06:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:29:23","slug":"frozen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/read-online\/frozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen"},"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\/frozen\/\">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=\"#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=\"1232\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1232 \"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>Frozen<\/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=\"4489\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4489 \"><p><b>Synopsis:<\/b> Riddick discovers what his <i>real<\/i> fate is.<\/p><\/span>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Category:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-genre\/#fiction\">Fan Fiction<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Fandoms:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-fandom\/#cor\"><i>The Chronicles of Riddick<\/i> (2004)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-fandom\/#df\"><i>The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury<\/i> (2004)<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Series:<\/b> None\r\n\r\n<p><b>Challenge:<\/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\/#gen\">Gen<\/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\/#no-pairings\">None<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Warnings:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#controversial-subject-matter\">Controversial Subject Matter<\/a> (Cruel and Unusual Punishment) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#death\">Character Death<\/a><\/p>\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_6a1582d640dce_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a1582d640dce\" 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_6a1582d640dce\" 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_6a1582d640dce_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 904\r\n\r\n<p><b>Total Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a1582d64131c_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a1582d64131c\" 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_6a1582d64131c\" 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_6a1582d64131c_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 1,239\r\n\r\n<p><b>Story Length:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-story-length\/#flash-fiction\">Flash Fiction<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>First Posted:<\/b> October 2, 2005\r\n\r\n<p><b>Last Updated:<\/b> October 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=\"4442\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4442 \"><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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/tt0407658\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury<\/i><\/a> are &copy; 2004 Universal Cartoon Studios; Directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0161285\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Chung<\/a>; Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1269404\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brett Matthews<\/a>; Story by David Twohy; Produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1074691\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Kafka<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1479531\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jae Y. Moh<\/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 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0004874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vin Diesel<\/a> from <i>The Chronicles of Riddick<\/i>, text generated on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooltext.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cooltext.com<\/a> using the <a href=\"https:\/\/cooltext.com\/Download-Font-Dyonisius\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dyonisius<\/a> font, 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=\"1389\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1389 \"><h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><u><b>Frozen<\/b><\/u><\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI was always with you.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">In that moment, he realized she was right.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Staring down at the dying Kyra, as she slowly went still below him, Riddick realized that nothing around him was real.  Nothing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Jack could never have become this girl.  Not really.  Not in such a short period of time, without help and protection.  Who had taught her?  Who had protected her?  Who had made it so that she would be able to flaunt her femininity in such a dangerous place as Crematoria?  Maybe, if <i>he<\/i> had actually still been in her life, this was what she could have <nobr>become\u2014<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u2014my worst <nobr>nightmare\u2014<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u2014but without him, there was no way that a teenage girl with no combat experience could have become such a fighting master.  In some ways, she\u2019d fought like she was an extension of <nobr>him\u2026<\/nobr> and she <i>had<\/i> been.  She was a fabrication of his own twisted mind.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She wasn\u2019t real.  She was a hallucination.  All of this was a hallucination.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He staggered to his feet and over to the throne, ignoring the illusory people around him as they knelt before him, calling him their lord.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He was living his worst nightmare.  A nightmare in which everything he touched died or was defiled, the girl who\u2019d crept into his heart turned into something corrupted and then died that way before he could fix <nobr>her\u2026<\/nobr> and evil, bloodthirsty people turning to him for leadership.  A world in which Carolyn Fry\u2019s sacrifice had been for absolutely nothing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>Wake up!  Wake up!  You have to <b>wake up!<\/b><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">For a moment he saw it.  For a moment, the false, hollow, horrific world around him melted away and he was in another place.  A room.  A huge, cold, echoing room, filled with statues.  A room he knew he\u2019d seen before, if only he could remember how and <nobr>where\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">It was gone, and he was back in the snow.  Back on Planet UV, gloating at Toombs once more, as a slim figure <i>didn\u2019t<\/i> flicker in the corner of his <nobr>vision\u2026<\/nobr><\/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-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Toombs smiled as he finished counting the reward money out, inordinately pleased with himself.  Everything had worked out exactly the way he\u2019d wanted it to.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI trust everything meets your satisfaction?\u201d asked a soft voice behind him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cMoney\u2019s all here.  Both rewards, in full.\u201d He rose and turned to smirk at his employer.  \u201cThank you kindly, ma\u2019am.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He\u2019d never met Aereon Chillingsworth prior to her sister\u2019s death, and had never realized that he\u2019d been dealing with the <i>nice<\/i> sister until she went on her vengeance quest.  If he hadn\u2019t already made off with the security files at that point, the reward would have been a lot smaller.  But everything had gone exactly the way he\u2019d wanted it to.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cThank <i>you,<\/i> Mr. Toombs, for bringing Antonia\u2019s murderer to justice,\u201d she said, her arch, cultured voice hiding a bloodthirsty glee behind it.  He could <i>feel<\/i> that glee coming off of her, and wondered if she would spend a lot of time in this room gloating over Riddick\u2019s frozen form.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>Actually, your sister\u2019s killer is still free.  But you\u2019re never going to know that.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Toombs, and Toombs alone, knew that it was the girl who had shot and killed Antonia Chillingsworth, and it was a secret he intended to keep forever.  After all, she <i>was<\/i> just a kid \u2014 seventeen now, but still just a kid \u2014 and it <i>had<\/i> been in self-<nobr>defense\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">And the only way to flush out the bigger, more rewarding game, was to barter her safety for Riddick\u2019s, anyway.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Threatening the Muslim had worked like a charm.  There had been no hesitation in the man when he was offered the choice; threatened with the girl being sent to prison for murder \u2014 Toombs hadn\u2019t even needed to add what sort of prison it would be \u2014 he\u2019d immediately surrendered the information about Riddick\u2019s whereabouts.  And Aereon had agreed to pay both rewards: Riddick\u2019s normal bounty <i>and<\/i> the one she\u2019d put out for her sister\u2019s murderer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>I win, on every side.<\/i>  He\u2019d destroy the security footage tonight, as promised.  And then he\u2019d go start living the high life.  And <nobr>Riddick\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">He turned to look at the living statue again, wondering how much time had already passed for the man trapped inside.  Once, his former employer had threatened him with that very fate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cIt is a living hell, Mr. Toombs.  Trapped inside your body with nothing but your mind for company.  You dream.  But these are not dreams of joyous things, Toombs, these are the nightmares that your consciousness always held at bay.  You see your world torn asunder, all of your deepest, darkest fears realized.  Nothing good survives in your dreams.  Nothing beautiful goes unperverted.  It is a living hell, and an hour of it is like an eternity.  Anger me again, and you will experience it yourself.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Toombs almost felt sorry for Riddick, until he remembered the way the man had taken apart his whole crew until Eve stepped in.  He hoped the bastard suffered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">A lot.<\/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-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>He stared in horror at the dying girl below him, wishing again that he hadn\u2019t found her so disappointing, wishing that he\u2019d had time to draw back out the sweet girl he\u2019d actually <b>cared<\/b> about before it was too late, knowing that now he\u2019d never have the chance.  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