I stand in bathroom at the docking station for the ship to New Mecca, I cant help this feeling running down my spine, a tingling. My guts way of telling me to run, but I cant, I cant leave him. I look in the mirror after splashing my face, I cant help but admire my growth into womanhood, eighteen, nineteen in a few months, I'm not a kid anymore. I'm only 5"2, with an hour glass figure, My skin is stained ivory, my eyes a doe ice blue, rimmed with a blood red around the icy colour, my lips a rose petal pink. My teeth and fangs pearly white, my fangs are where any humans would be, except their longer slightly, and much sharper, and also for the ones behind them and the smaller set on my bottom teeth. My hair is a dark brown, the curls falling down my back into white, its natural in my race for the hair to turn white at the tips, my mothers is the same, except her hair is blond. We are from Illyria, in the dark sector. Not many enter, and few leave. I'm wearing a thin white, long sleeved jumper under my green t-shirt, with a picture of a teddy bear holding a bloodied knife and a cookie jar in the corner, a small saying in the centre "touch my cookies, feel my blade!", with a pair of black glitter jeans and green converse, a dog collar bracelet on my right hand and a silver, diamond and ruby crown ring on my left hand, index finger.

I walk back into the docking gate and grown in annoyance as I hear a loud, feminine voice shout "Alessa!" I turn to find a skinny, blue eyes, pail blond woman, in a skin tight black dress, she's beautiful, but sluty, a tanned man, well built, with brown eyes, brown hair and a five o'clock shadow in a blue dress shirt, black pants and blazer. I smile angrily "what do you want Halley?" she folds her arms in annoyance "why must you call me that? I'm you mother to you know! Anyway we came over to tell you that there's going to be a convict on our flight, can you believe it?" " I just shrug and look to the man beside her "Dad?" knowing he's just as annoyed with her moves next to me and whispers "don't kill you mother!" I smile and look up at him with a fake pout, he just laughs and outs an arm around me as Halley jibbers on.

I sit next to my dad, knees pulled up, my head on his shoulder while Halley flirts with some guy, he looks rich "why did you marry her again?" he smiles and answers "she's good for appearances, my clients like her and my favourite, you piglet!" I scrunch my nose and hit him in the arm "stop calling me that!" he just laughs and pulls me into a hug "never piglet!" I cant help but smile at the childish nickname. No matter how old I get, I guess I'll always be his little girl.

As we board the ship I bump into a kid "sorry" he just smiles up at me "its cool" I smile as he walks over to his camber. Dad helps me into mine, kissing me on the forehead, "night piglet" I smile "night Daddy." Halley just climes into hers. I strap in, the crew checking them, its them I notice him, a muscled bold man chained up, that must be the convict. As I stare at him, I can feel his eyes on me, despite the blindfold. He's the last thing I see as the gas of the chamber puts me to sleep.

When I wake its to find myself trapped in my container, I cant help but panic, feeling a pain shoot through my arm "DADDY! HELP ME! I'M IN HERE! DADDY!" suddenly the containers moved around and I quickly undo my straps as a hansom man with blue eyes yanks open the door "you alright?" he asks lifting me up "yeah." but I don't look at him now as I scan the room looking for my parents. I see Halley and run to her "Halley! Where's dad?" she has a cut on her forehead and some scraps "I don't know" she jus sits there as I look around, then spot the shinny shoes he was wearing, laying at the side of a rebound convict. I run over and pull away the rubble, seeing others gather round to help. When he's freed I can see he's bleeding heavily from a few deep cuts, I lay half on his chest as he smiles weekly "there's my girl." I cry, clutching his shirt "Dad, you bleeding, tell me what to do!" he shakes his head "nothing you can do piglet. I've lost to much blood." I shake my head franticly "NO! Daddy you cant leave me!" he smiles and cups my cheek "you've always been the craziest, strongest, most amazing girl. You've grown up, don't need me anymore." I gasp in sobs "I do need you, you're my daddy and I need you! You cant leave me with her! You cant leave me alone!" he wipes at my tears "You did good Alessa. I'm so happy that I got to be your dad. I love you piglet!" as he says goodbye I sob "I love you to daddy!" he smiles weekly, but the his head falls, his smile gone and I cry. Its all I can do. I cry.

I take a seat outside, I need a moment, but Halley chooses to sit next to me "its ok. We'll find someone else." I look at her with such hatred "we all knew you didn't love him, but could you at least pretend to have a fucking heart!" she nods shamefully "I'm sorry sugar. I know you got attached to him, but we need to move on, survive. I only do what I do for us." I glare at her and stand "No! you do wants good for you! You always have! Your not a mother, your just a gold digging whore who only thinks about how she can use people to get what she wants! The only good thing you ever did for me was marry Luke." she stands as everyone looks at us because of my outburst "sweetie your just angry." I shrug off her arm "damn right I am,…I wish it was you, not them, just you! I fucking hate you and I always have!" I storm off, back inside to my dad.

I walk in seeing that convict guy pulling unchained, he looks at me and I look past him, to my dad "he wasn't my father, biologically. My mother, 'the slut' married him for his money. He could have sent me away, been horrible to me, but he wasn't. he was the best dad in the world and he didn't have to be." I look up at him, he seems confused "I don't care, who you are or what you've done, I don't care, but if you hurt the kids, I'll kill you." he seems shocked as I take a step past him "now run, before they realize." I sit with my dad and unbutton the top of his shirt pulling out his chain, finding a unique fang amulet pendant with a Tibetan silver hook, which has a small red Coral bead at the top. I take it off him and clip it around my neck "I got you daddy, I got you." I kiss his head and stand heading out of the ship again.

When I get outside there's the kid I bumped into when we boarded, he smiles and nods "hey,… sorry about,…I'm jack!" he tries to make be feel more comfortable "Alessa. Who you with?" he shrugs and says "just me mostly. I take it you don't like your mom?" I laugh and answer "ya think?" we laugh as the cop guy runs out, guess they realized the convicts gone. When he comes back we go through the guy Paris's stuff, he's got some cool weapons. I pick up some sort of tribal blade and slip it into my belt, while Halley flirts with the armed cop, winking at jack and handing him a matching one, he smirks at me and takes it.

When we get outside I clime up and stand with the hansom blue eyed copper "I never thanked you for getting me out of that chamber, thanks. And I'm sorry Halley drooling all over you, dads only been dead less than a day and the bitch's looking for a new meal ticket." he smiles "don't mention it and don't worry about it. I like my girls with a bit more class. What's your name?" I look up and him and offer my hand "Alessa Milligan" he takes my hand "William Johns, call me Johns." I pretend to think and then say "nar, I don't think so Will." he chuckles lightly and then eyeballs me "I like you Alessa" as the others notice the three suns we clime down, Will taking my hand as we go, then letting go as we reach the others. Their going to look for water, the same direction as Riddick went.

When everyone starts on their jobs I help Zeke move my dads body on the dragging thing. It hurts, god it hurts. He's the only person in the world I had who ever loved me, and know he's gone. Jack makes me feel better about it though, I cant help but laugh when he scares the shit out of Paris. Then went he meets me on the ground he pulls me aside, looking awkward and nervous "Alessa I like you, you seem cool and I really need a favour, but I need you to promise me you can keep a secret." I look at him and nod "sure" as we walk inside "when you boarded the ship you new you'd be on here for a while, did you pack any tampons?" I look at him totally confused, but before I can say anything he pulls up his shirt, showing me his, her, bound breasts "I don't want anyone to know! I cant find the tampons I had, do you…" I nod and walk over to where my cubical was, ripping open the side locker and pulling out the tampons I had inside, handing them to Jack "I wont tell, bitches honour!" she smiles and takes the gift "thanks" I stay look out as she does what she got'a do. Fuck knows where Halley got to, but I don't care right know. Something's wrong, I can feel it my spines giving me those shivers again, my fangs twitching forward in defence. Something coming!