{"id":985,"date":"2022-03-10T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/?page_id=985"},"modified":"2024-03-20T06:28:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:28:27","slug":"furya-rising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/read-online\/furya-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Furya Rising"},"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\/furya-rising\/\">Return to the Title Page<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a8e86a79b1025050093890' value='6a8e86a79b1025050093890'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a8e86a79b1025050093890' value='WARNING: Stories rated \u201cM\u201d are not intended for younger teens or those who are easily offended. 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Dame Vaako has the biggest secret of all, and the best secret weapons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Dedicated to Candylyn, who challenged me with the question: \u201cIf Kyra isn\u2019t Jack, why would she fight and die for Riddick?\u201d This is my answer. \ud83d\ude09 <\/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>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-m\">M<\/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\/#adult-situations\">Adult Situations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#mild-language\">Mild Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#mild-violence\">Mild Violence<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#death\">Death<\/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_6a8e86a7b9cd0_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a8e86a7b9cd0\" 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_6a8e86a7b9cd0\" 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_6a8e86a7b9cd0_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 2,942\r\n\r\n  <p><b>Total Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a8e86a7ba39c_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a8e86a7ba39c\" 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_6a8e86a7ba39c\" 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_6a8e86a7ba39c_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 3,319\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 12, 2005\r\n\r\n<p><b>Last Updated:<\/b> January 12, 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=\"4443\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4443 \"><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 Universal publicity still of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0628601\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thandiwe Newton<\/a> as Dame Vaako, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fontmeme.com\/fonts\/armwarmer-font\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armwarmer<\/a> 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=\"1410\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1410 \"><h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><u><b>Furya Rising<\/b><\/u><\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cHe is the One,\u201d Ravenna said quietly.  The door had closed and she was alone with the Purifier.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cAre you sure?\u201d  The Purifier glanced at the door with a dubious frown.  \u201cI don\u2019t think so, Ravenna.  You thought Lord Vaako would be the One and he\u2019s been stalling for years.  In temperament, this man could almost be his brother.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI know Furyans when I see them.  And unlike my Lord Husband,\u201d Ravenna sneered as she spoke of the man whose bed she\u2019d been warming for a decade, \u201che is <i>intelligent.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">The Purifier nodded and shrugged.  Another attempt would be made.  \u201cVery well.  I\u2019ll bypass the normal regression program.  How do we want to arrange this?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cFind out what he holds dear.  Something meaningful to him, that would be meaningful to our Lord Marshall as well.  Something that our Lord Marshall might realistically wish to take from <nobr>him\u2026<\/nobr> and that he would be compelled to take <i>back.<\/i>\u201d  Everybody, in Ravenna\u2019s experience, had something to lose.  Even Necromongers and Furyans.  The trick was knowing what those things were.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cThat might not be easy, Ravenna.  You saw him; he\u2019s a loner.  No ties, no connections.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cAnd yet he stayed on the planet when he could have escaped.  Something compelled him.  The rats have been deserting for hours.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">In spite of the Necromongers\u2019 claims that they converted everyone in sight, the truth was a bit different.  Cowards, sneaks, and snitches, the lowlifes that inhabited every world, were allowed to escape and take their useless hides to other worlds.  Only the brave and the strong would truly be given the opportunity to seek paradise in the Necromonger fold.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">If this Riddick had been the sort to flee, he could have done so easily.  He hadn\u2019t.  That meant there was something he was willing to stand and fight for.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna smiled to herself and moved closer to the Purifier\u2019s screens, observing Riddick\u2019s progress.  \u201cShow me his dreams, Linneus.  Show me his nightmares.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Together they watched.<\/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;\">\u201cThere.  That child.  She keeps appearing.\u201d  Ravenna froze the image on the screen, studying the innocent, wide-eyed face of a girl who appeared to be right on the cusp of adolescence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI\u2019ll sift through the memories and see who she is.\u201d  The Purifier began touching controls.  The echoes of screams seeped into the room, from other chambers where <i>real<\/i> regressions were taking place.  The sounds were ignored, if they were noticed at all.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">A voice, distorted by the vagaries of memory and emotion, filtered through one of the Purifier\u2019s speakers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cShe never forgave you for leaving when she needed you <nobr>most\u2026\u201d<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna smiled.  This.  This would be Riddick\u2019s weakness.  This girl.  \u201cFind out everything about her.  How much time does he believe has passed?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cFor him it\u2019s only been a few minutes.  He has no idea how many hours have really passed.  We have plenty of time.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna nodded.  Her husband would be off slaking his bloodlust, challenging men to combat, cowing the <nobr>citizens\u2026<\/nobr> acting like a mindless Necromonger rather than the Furyan Warrior he could have been if only he\u2019d listened to her.  She sneered at the thought of him.  He wasn\u2019t even imaginative in bed; she wondered if perhaps Riddick would be.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>The contest could go either way.  The important thing is to fulfill that blasted prophecy.  The Necromongers can only be destroyed from within, that\u2019s what Auntie Aereon told <nobr>you\u2026<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">The hell with Underverse Come; Ravenna wanted to see Furya rise again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cShe was twelve,\u201d Linneus said, breaking into her thoughts.  \u201cMaybe thirteen, when he met her.  Five years ago.  They survived a starship crash together and he protected her from harm in the aftermath.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cWhat\u2019s her name?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cJack.  She was pretending to be a boy.  He never learned her real name.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cSo she\u2019d be seventeen or eighteen now?\u201d  Ravenna\u2019s mind raced, contemplating which of her servants would be best for this job.  The girl\u2019s face was extraordinary.  Elegant nose, pixie-pointed <nobr>chin\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>Damn, none of my serving girls look a thing like her.  The closest is Kyra, and she\u2019s in her <nobr>twenties\u2026<\/nobr> Underverse take it.  Kyra will have to do.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cYes.  Apparently she\u2019s in prison.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">That could complicate things.  Ravenna cursed under her breath.  \u201cWhich one?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cIt\u2019s unclear.  The Imam he was dealing with didn\u2019t know; just that it was on a world \u2018too hot to set foot upon.\u2019  There are six such prisons.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cCan you find her?\u201d  The Necromongers kept extremely up-to-date databases on the other worlds, pirating information from every satellite they encountered.  <i>We should have relatively recent copies of the prison <nobr>rosters\u2026<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI think <nobr>so\u2026<\/nobr> yes.  She\u2019s on Samara.  Serving a ten-year sentence for the second-degree murder of Antonia Chillingsworth.  It appears she\u2019s a \u2018model prisoner\u2019 but there\u2019s a no-parole clause of some kind.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna frowned.  Samara was too remote, and it was for women only.  There\u2019d be no conceivable way for Riddick to reach the girl there.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>Perfect.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI want you to reinforce an impression in his <nobr>mind\u2026<\/nobr> that this girl Jack is on Crematoria.  And cloud his memories of her a little.  Those images are already distorted by his eye surgery, but he\u2019s Furyan, like us; he\u2019ll know her scent intimately.  Cloud that memory.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cYes, My Lady.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna walked over to an intercom and pressed a button.  \u201cKyra?  Report to the Purifier\u2019s chamber immediately.\u201d<\/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;\">Kyra watched the video feed for the fifth time, studying Jack.  She tilted her head in imitation of the girl.  \u201cHe\u2019s <i>fuckin\u2019<\/i> right.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cPerfect.  You sounded just like her.\u201d  The smile Dame Vaako gave her warmed Kyra\u2019s heart.  \u201cYou\u2019ve mastered her mannerisms.  I knew my faith in you wasn\u2019t misplaced.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cCan we go over that one memory again?  About the shine job?\u201d Kyra asked diffidently.  \u201cI\u2019m still not sure what she said.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cCertainly.\u201d  Dame Vaako pressed several buttons and another image appeared.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201c\u2026ell can I get eyes like that?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra frowned.  \u201cThat can\u2019t be right.  It makes no sense.  Ell can I get eyes like that?  Who talks like that?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cMaybe it\u2019s some new street slang,\u201d the Purifier opined, his voice laced with amusement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra shook her head.  \u201cHow.  I\u2019ll bet it\u2019s \u2018How.\u2019  That makes more sense.  The memory must have gotten distorted.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cProbably.\u201d  Dame Vaako smiled at her once more.  \u201cAre you ready, my dear?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra nodded.  \u201cI am.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cYou\u2019re going to Crematoria.  I\u2019ll give you a bribe for the guards so that you\u2019ll be safe from harm there.  Wait for Riddick to arrive, and when he does, make sure that he thinks you\u2019re the girl from his past.  Be angry with him.  Make him feel horrible for having abandoned you.  We know he already feels that guilt, deep down.  Force it to the surface.  Make him \u2018rescue\u2019 you from there.  Do whatever you need to make him love you.  Seduce him if necessary.  Bind him to you.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra nodded.  She was an accomplished seductress, among her many other talents, and one of Dame Vaako\u2019s best assassins.  She\u2019d been operating for years among the Necromongers, undermining the Lord Marshall\u2019s strength on behalf of Furya Rising without detection.  She knew she could handle one untrained Furyan warrior with ease, even if he was ten years her senior.  \u201cHe won\u2019t know what hit him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cGood.  It won\u2019t be for very long.  Once he\u2019s \u2018rescued\u2019 you from the prison I will see to it that my husband and his men take you back from him.  He will have to come here to rescue you again.  Make sure he loves you enough by then that he will.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cOf course, My Lady.\u201d Kyra knew she could make that happen.  She knew everything <i>he<\/i> knew about the girl Jack, and could weave that tiny thread of story into a web that would snare him.  \u201cHow will he manage to rescue us?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cYour sister Eve infiltrated the mercenary unit that was sent to capture him.  My Aunt was hoping that he could be persuaded directly, but her attempt failed.  Eve contacted me an hour ago, and they\u2019re preparing.  When Riddick makes his \u2018escape,\u2019 her team will capture him and take him to Crematoria.  You will already be on your way in my fastest ship, and should get there several days before him.  More than enough time to prepare, and to bribe all the right people into cooperating.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra nodded.  This would actually be her second visit to the prison, and she had friends among both the guards and the inmates.  Her insertion would be a snap.  In a few days, when Riddick \u201cfound\u201d her, there wouldn\u2019t be <i>anything<\/i> to tip him off.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI\u2019m ready, My Lady.\u201d  Kyra bowed formally, in the style of the old Furyan court.  \u201cMay Furya Rise.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cMay Furya Rise,\u201d Dame Vaako responded, her eyes full of genuine emotion.  \u201cThe luck of the Elementals be with you on your mission.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cThank you, My Lady.\u201d  Kyra turned and pulled her cloak around herself before heading out of the Purifier\u2019s chambers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>Finally I get to get off this hideous ship for a <nobr>while\u2026<\/nobr> it\u2019s been too long.  My poor Lady.  I wish she could come with me.  Even Crematoria is preferable to this place.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She headed for Dame Vaako\u2019s private ship, her clearances at the ready.<\/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;\">\u201cHow will you convince your husband to go after Riddick?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna smiled at Linneus, the expression lighting her face and stripping away the years and cares.  \u201cA little reverse psychology.  If I start scheming about the Lord Marshall\u2019s overthrow again, he\u2019ll go after Riddick just to get away from me for a while.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI want to go with him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna blinked.  \u201cYou <i>what?<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cIt\u2019s no longer safe for me here, My Lady.  The Lord Marshall has begun to suspect me.  It\u2019s only a matter of time before he realizes what I am now.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna felt her heart begin to race.  If the Lord Marshall suspected <i>him,<\/i> how much longer could it be before <i>she<\/i> came under suspicion?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>By all the powers in the Multiverse, Riddick, you\u2019d <b>better<\/b> be the One.  We\u2019re all running out of time.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cOkay\u2026 that could work to our advantage.  Once my husband takes Kyra back from him and leaves Crematoria, you can point him in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Linneus nodded and move to a terminal, studying Riddick\u2019s progress.  \u201cI think the memories are clouded now.  Shall we have him escape?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cYes.  And alter the system records so that it seems we only just began with him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cAlready done.  No one will suspect a thing.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Together they watched him escape.  Ravenna felt like a little girl again, awaiting her birthday.  <i>Soon.  He is the One.  He\u2019ll bring it to me.<\/i><\/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>\u201cDead?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cMy Lady, I am so sorry.\u201d  Kyra knelt before her, head bowed.  \u201cLord Vaako killed him.  I saw his body.  There was no way he survived the blast.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cVaako, you bastard!\u201d  For a moment Ravenna let her self-control falter, hammering her fists into the wall.  \u201cYou <nobr>mindless\u2026<\/nobr> <nobr>automaton\u2026<\/nobr> <i>bastard,<\/i> you just destroyed my people!\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">If her husband had been near, she thought, she\u2019d have gladly killed him, Furyan Warrior or not.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra\u2019s arms came around her and held her as she sobbed. \u201cI\u2019m sorry.  I\u2019m so sorry, my Queen.  Is there no way to achieve the prophecy now?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t <nobr>know\u2026<\/nobr> oh Furya, Riddick\u2019s dead, Linneus is <nobr>dead\u2026<\/nobr> Vaako\u2019s the only Furyan Warrior left, and he <nobr>just\u2026<\/nobr> <i>believes<\/i> too much in Underverse Come to defy the Lord Marshall, even for <nobr>me\u2026\u201d<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cPerhaps there\u2019s a way,\u201d Kyra said after a long moment, her voice considering.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna sniffled and wiped at her eyes.  \u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cDo you remember last year?  When I was posing as the Lord Dastorith\u2019s concubine?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna nodded, searching her robes for her handkerchief.  \u201cYes.\u201d  That assassination had been one of Kyra\u2019s best.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI never wanted to tell you this, because I know you do feel <nobr>some\u2026<\/nobr> <nobr>affection\u2026<\/nobr> for your <nobr>husband\u2026<\/nobr> but he bought my services for a night, from Lord Dastorith.  About a week before I made the kill.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna froze, feeling her insides turn to ice.  <nobr>\u201cHe\u2026<\/nobr> had sex with you?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra dropped to her knees again.  \u201cA thousand apologies, my Lady.  I couldn\u2019t refuse, or I\u2019d have been unmasked.  I didn\u2019t want to.  I never, <i>ever<\/i> would do anything to hurt you.  <nobr>But\u2026<\/nobr> I think I can use that now.  I <nobr>think\u2026<\/nobr> <nobr>maybe\u2026<\/nobr> I can persuade him to kill the Lord Marshall for you.  For us.  For Furya.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cDoes he realize you\u2019re the same girl?\u201d  Ravenna considered it.  She still felt strangely empty, hollow, light as a feather.  She wondered how harsh the pain would be when it finally came.  <i>I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever be able to bear looking at either one of them after this is <nobr>over\u2026<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra looked up at her, serious.  \u201cNo, my Lady, he doesn\u2019t.  He thinks I\u2019m a new convert, nothing more.  I think I can use <nobr>his\u2026<\/nobr> <nobr>interest\u2026<\/nobr> to further the cause.  If you were to catch him with me, he would <i>have<\/i> to give you what you want in <nobr>penance\u2026\u201d<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna nodded.  As much as it sickened her, the plan was sound.  \u201cThis evening.  <nobr>And\u2026<\/nobr> when he kills the Lord Marshall, I will have operatives standing by to kill <i>him<\/i> in retaliation.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She swallowed hard.  She wanted to be sick.  <i>And maybe you, <nobr>too\u2026<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cYes, my Queen.\u201d  Behind her, Kyra rose and left the room on her new mission.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>Damn you.  Damn you all.  For dying on me, for betraying <nobr>me\u2026<\/nobr><\/i>  Queen Ravenna, the last Queen of the Furyans, fell to her knees on the carpet of her bedroom and began to sob.  <i>I don\u2019t want this life anymore.  If Furya doesn\u2019t Rise, I don\u2019t know if I can go on <nobr>living\u2026<\/nobr><\/i><\/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>This is definitely my life.  Nothing ever works out the way I plan it.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna couldn\u2019t believe it.  Riddick had survived, somehow, and had come back.  She caught Kyra\u2019s panicked glance and nodded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>Time to go with Plan <nobr>C\u2026<\/nobr> which rhymes with \u201cseat,\u201d as in \u201cseat of your pants.\u201d  Don\u2019t fail me, Kyra.  Not again.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Of course, Kyra\u2019s plan for her husband <i>had<\/i> worked.  Lord Vaako had been caught with her, in an extremely indelicate position, and was suitably cowed and prepared to sacrifice his twisted sense of honor to his wife\u2019s cause.  Everything was in place.  Everything except Riddick, who had suddenly arrived with his usual chaotic fanfare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">All she could do now was wait and hope that the Lord Marshall and her husband died tonight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">The battle was joined.  She watched, begging the universe for some measure of justice at last, as it increased in ferocity.  <i>That\u2019s <nobr>it\u2026<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Her men were moving into position to kill Lord Vaako the moment he delivered a death blow to the Lord Marshall.  <i>Just a little <nobr>more\u2026<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">It all went wrong.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra\u2019s death didn\u2019t faze her.  She still hadn\u2019t forgiven the girl for having sex with her husband, even if it had served a higher calling.  But Riddick\u2019s savage reaction was <nobr>immediate\u2026<\/nobr> and deadly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">The Lord Marshall was <i>down!<\/i>  <nobr>And\u2026<\/nobr><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cNO!\u201d<\/i>  Her agonized scream stopped her men an instant before they would have killed Riddick.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>My GOD, what do I do now?  What do I do?<\/i>  She drifted nearer and watched as he knelt over the girl he thought he loved.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Kyra\u2019s eyes, however, were blindly, sadly, seeking her queen.  \u201cI was always with you,\u201d she managed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna felt her heart break.  <i>Oh my dear girl, I\u2019m so <nobr>sorry\u2026<\/nobr> I shouldn\u2019t have hated you.  Everything you did, you did for <nobr>me\u2026<\/nobr> and now you\u2019ve died for <nobr>me\u2026<\/nobr><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She knelt with everyone else as Riddick sat down on the throne of the Lord Marshall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>Patience.  Patience.  Furya can\u2019t be reborn in a single moment.  At least <b>he<\/b> isn\u2019t a <nobr>convert\u2026<\/nobr> damn, what am I going to do about my husband now?<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna slipped out of the throne room as soon as she could, a new plan forming in her mind.  She knew how she could get Riddick to help her.  She\u2019d seen the depth of his grief.  She\u2019d give him back what he wanted most of all.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Locking her chambers, she hurried over to her interstellar comm unit and began punching numbers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cSamara Penitentiary.  How may I direct your call?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cI need to speak to the superintendent of the prison.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cMay I ask who\u2019s calling?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cRavenna Vaako.  I spoke to him the other day.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She waited for a long moment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cMrs. Vaako, it\u2019s good to hear from you again.\u201d<\/i>  The superintendent\u2019s voice was friendlier than during their last call.  He must have gotten her money.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cHow is the girl?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cShe\u2019s well.  Do you want me to complete the arrangements to have her transferred to you?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cYes.  When can I expect her arrival?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cIn about eight weeks.  We\u2019ll put her in a transport tonight.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cMay I speak with her?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\"><i>\u201cSure. Are you willing to hang on for a few minutes?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna smiled.  \u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">There was another long pause.  Then a voice she\u2019d only ever heard from Riddick\u2019s memories began to speak.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cYeah?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Queen Ravenna felt her smile grow.  Soon Furya would rise.  She would give Riddick his heart\u2019s desire, and he would give her <nobr>hers\u2026<\/nobr> the rebirth of her world.  \u201cHello, Jack.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cWho are you?\u201d  The voice was a little cautious, but not suspicious.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cMy name is Ravenna, Jack, and I\u2019m your new friend.  I\u2019m going to help you return to civilian life.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cBut\u2026\u201d She could hear the confusion in the girl\u2019s voice.  \u201cI still have seven years on my sentence.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">\u201cIt\u2019s being commuted.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Now there was suspicion in Jack\u2019s voice. \u201cWhat do I have to do?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Ravenna\u2019s smile widened.  She could feel her success approaching.  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