053 ☣ never meant to lie

[fridgetothefire]

[Spam for Ben]

[They were together in the arena, and they end up together on the barge too, in between their cabins, sprawled a few steps apart on staircase by the fourth floor. As the depthless darkness recedes from her vision and her counterpart's sharp, bright, selfish mind gingerly extracts itself from her own, she glimpses him, and thinks for a dazed moment, with relief and quiet love, and when you wake up, I will still be here. Except - except - he is looking at her, and his expression is all wrong.]


[Public Video (actual immediate response reserved for Peter)]

[She switches to video, with an awkward view of her chin and collarbone as she holds it close to her mouth and speaks as clearly as she can, teeth gritted.]

Help. Stairs, fourth deck, high powered. Fast, please. Ben's mirrored.

[Then she just holds it, turns the view to face Ben and Riddick's fight.]

Comments

[with_my_teacup]

[Ribs crunch, bruised but (mostly) not broken. Riddick grunts, pained but not stopping. He never stops. It's not a particularly bright move, yanking Ben to the side so that he can get a shot at his back, but it's the fastest guaranteed way to put him down-- but fuck, what that motion does to his ribs isn't good. He falters, just for a second.]

[warisart]

[It's just a second, but when an opponent can move as fast as Ben can move, it can be fatal. Would be fatal, if he were remotely calm, if he were obeying his training. But he's a shrieking mess, too angry and too desperate to think straight, and when he's swung around out of reach he responds by doubling back, twisting in Riddick's grip.

They're too close for a full range kick so Ben brings his knee up, his grip shifted up to Riddick's shoulder to steady them both for it, fingers closing vice tight.]

[myresponsibility]

Hey!

[He's out of practice. This doesn't feel like it comes as naturally to him anymore, and for a horrible second, he's not sure what to do. There's no witticism on his tongue, no instant reflexes telling him to make what move-

Until he sees that knee come up, and then he just... acts. Like it's simple. Because he's not letting this messed up version of Ben hurt anyone if he has anything to say about it.

So it's childish and stupid, and probably not necessarily going to get the reaction he wants (hopes for?), but once it seems like he's got his attention, Ben's got a bunch of web headed straight for his face, either to blind or distract him for long enough for Riddick to break free, or get Ben's attention on Peter and off everyone else.

Enjoy...?]