Summary- All her life Harry, short for Harriette, had always been one of the boys and nothing was really going to stop that. Not even a Zombie apocalypse. So, what if the group she was currently in was under the mistaken perception that she was actually a male. After all, considering all that was going around them did it really matter? Fem!Harry

Disclaimer-I do not own Harry Potter or the Walking Dead. Nor do I make any money off of either one of them.

Chapter eight

Harry did her best to ignore the snide comments Lori hissed under her breath about her sleeping in so late, and about how Harry really was such a lazy boy. That had been going on since the moment she had walked into the Kitchen; only a minute or two after both Daryl and Merle had walked in themselves. Which weren't even the last members of the group to actually enter the kitchen; that honor had gone the Shane. Whom Lori hadn't said a word to all morning.

At least Harry had been trying to ignore what was said to her, until Lori decided to do something everyone in the wizarding world had long since learned not to do. She brought Harry's mother into it by making the comment.

"I'm sure that your mother would be ashamed of having such a lazy boy as you. Sleeping in so late and having to make someone else cook for you. I bet if she was here she'd say something about not having others be you maid service to you…if she had raised your right-" Here Lori was cut off, and Harry was stopped by going for her throat by Daryl, but this didn't stop Harry from all but hissing out.

"Don't talk about my mother like that you bitch. She is ten times the women you could ever hope be. At least she knew what loyalty was! At least she knew how to pull her own god damn weight around and then some. And at least she didn't depend on some man to save her; she could save her own damn self. My mother died protecting me when I was child and I would love to think she is proud of who I've become, and I will not let a two-faced whore like you spit on her memory in anyway. "As she said this, and as she shrugged off Daryl's arms, which had been holding her back, two things happened. One Rick spoke up.

"Now look here don't talk to my wife is-"Only to be cut off by a still steaming Harry before he could get any further.

"If you don't want me to talk to you wife in such a way, then tell her to keep her mouth shut and don't talk about shit she doesn't know. Or you know have her treat others the way she wants to be treated. She treats other like shit and acts like a bitch; she'll get shit and be called a bitch in return!" And two Shane screamed in rage and tried to throw a punch a Harry for bad talking Lori.

Only for Harry to see the punch coming from the corner of her eye and simply move out of the way; letting Shane punch the metal wall right beside her as hard as he could. Leaving him clutching his hand in agony from doing so. Seeing this Harry simply smirked and told the man.

"That, that's a wall and generally those with common sense don't punch those; especially not metal ones." Before heading to the kitchen to get some of the food that had been prepared; leaving behind a stunned group as she did so. Though quite a few of them looked to be rather amused at the turn of advents; especially when Harry turned back around and casually said.

"Oh, and Lori next time you bad mouth anyone in my family, women or not I will not take it easy on you. Also, because you brought it up, saying I was lazy and making some else make my food. Wasn't it you who said, just yesterday might I add, that I shouldn't have cooked last night in the first place? That someone else should have done it? And didn't you yourselves eat the food I made, without YOUR help? Hmm talk about double standard right?" Then acting as if she hadn't said, or did anything, got a plate to get her food; completely ignoring the two glares boring in her head from Shane and Lori, as well as the confused conflicted look that was one Rick's face.

Harry, then calm as you pleased sat herself down in-between the two Dixon brother and began to eat; enjoying the meal of eggs and Bacon as she did so. Harry as she began to eat saw Dr. Jenner come in and get himself a plate set up.

Seeing this and seeing that Shane had gotten tired of being ignored, Harry sighted. She could tell that Shane had gotten over the pain of slamming his hand into a metal wall, at least for the most part, and was about to try to do something he'd believe would reaffirm the status he had before. Knowing this Harry could also tell that Dr. Jenner wasn't going to be able to eat before he was bombarded by question.

Seeing this and realizing that because of this they would be dragged off somewhere soon. Harry began to quickly, though still rather politely, finish of the rest of her food; ignoring the look on Lori's face as she did so.

After all it wasn't like she was shoving the food in her mouth eating like a starved cave man, AKA like Ron would, and no she was eating anything like a pig. In fact, was just eating a little quicker than normal.

So honestly, Lori had no reason to stick her nose up at her at all; especially since her son was sitting right beside her doing this same as she was; in an even worse manner. Not to mention, so where a majority of the others at the table including Daryl and Merle; who had obviously gotten the same feeling Harry had just moments earlier.

No sooner had Harry finished the rest of the food on her plate, then Shane started to demand answers from Dr. Jenner; all before he could even put the first bit of food into his mouth. If it were Harry, she would have ignored Shane and started eating, only answering him after she had finished eating; and then only if she felt like it.

"Look, give us answers here. What the hell is all of this outside, and what they hell have you guys been doing about it! The whole reason we came here is for answers not to eat some messed up eggs and bacon or hear some little boy bitch about the world." This last bit was clearly directed at Harry seeing as Shane spat this last bit out while glaring at him.

Not that it seemed to really bother her as Harry just simply flick Shane off and took out one of her daggers out to sharpen; paying no more mind to the spitting mad leader want to be. Something that seemed to set off the man in question more than ever as his face became even redder, and several veins could be seen throbbing on his head.

Something that showed as he quickly turned to the Doctor and glared, trying to demand answers with his look alone. Dr. Jenner seeing that he really wouldn't be able to eat, seeing as all the others really wanted their answers, sighed deeply before pushing his still full plate away from him.

"Alright you want your answers then follow me." If Harry wasn't in the mood she was in, and wasn't actually in the group she was, she might have found how quick everyone followed Jenner to be rather amusing. But since she was, and since she felt her inner hellcat's hackles starting to raise, Harry instead began to cautiously follow behind the man in question. Clenching tightly to her bags and being grateful she had grabbed all of her things before she had come down for breakfast; after all she really didn't like the feeling she was getting right now.

The group walked silently behind Jenner as he led them to a room that had been labeled the main room. It was one of the rooms that Harry, Daryl and Merle hadn't thought to go in the night before. Both because there wasn't anything they needed inside it, and because when they were making their rounds, they saw that Dr. Jenner had latterly spent the night in said room. Making it all but impossible for them to be able to empty that room anyway; so going in it would be moot point.

Inside the Main room there was a large computer station and what had to be one of the largest screens Harry had even seen mounted on the wall on top of it. Harry watched with narrow eyes, and a building itch in her wand hand, as Jenner walked up to computer and started keying in several things before speaking aloud.

"Give me a playback of TS-19" The tone this was said in raised the hairs on the back of Harry's neck and warned her even without her magic, that was still building up to attack, that something was wrong; no one should sound that dead when they talked.

However, before Harry could mention this, or point it out to the two brothers at her side, the screen on the wall flickered to life. Showing everyone the picture of a human head with the brain visible a crossed the entire screen.

As this picture came to life on the screen Harry noticed that Dr. Jenner was looking at it with a strong look of longing on his face, and almost looked like he wanted to reach out and touch the scree, before he hide said look, clenched his fingers together, and turned to the group, informing them.

"Few people ever get the chance to actually see this, a very few amounts indeed." Harry again felt a shiver of dread go down her spine as she heard this. Something wasn't right, something big wasn't right and it all centered around Dr. Jenner.

"Is that an actual brain?" Came the sudden question from Carl, as he stared almost transfixed at the screen; obviously curious as to what he was seeing. Fortunately, it seemed that Dr. Jenner wasn't insulted by this question as he answered Carl's; with a slight smile on his face as he did so.

"An extraordinary one." Before losing the small smile had had gained as he continued; going back to the dead tone he had been speaking with in the beginning.

"Not that it actually matters now, take us in for the EIV" Harry tried not to jump as the computer answer Jenner.

"Enhanced internal view commencing."

Harry along with the others watched nearly transfixed as the screen moved closer to the brain on this screen, until it was only showed the human brain. A brain that was brightly lit up with several different light in different places.

"What are all those lights?" This time the question came from Amy who was standing beside her sister and was curious as to what is going on. Again Dr. Jenner didn't seem offended by the question he had been asked. But again, at the same time, his tone left Harry knowing something was wrong. This constant knowing something was wrong, that there was danger nearby had Harry really on edge, as she continued to listen in; knowing that there were answers she would need from Dr. Jenner.

"It's a person's life, their experience, their memories...it's their everything, it's what that makes them, them. What makes them human. They are the synapse and electric impulses in the brain that carry out all the messages; all of them. They are what determine what a person does, says, or even thinks, and shows who they are from from birth...to death." This last bit seemed to strike something in Rick because he asked.

"Death? Does this mean that, what this is a Vigil?" Harry watched as the Doctors hand clenched and unclenched before he answered Rick's question. All these signs were adding up and they weren't added up to anything good. But at the same time Harry knew that they needed answers so she waited a little longer before she would react.

However, at the same time she was rapidly thinking on just how she could get the others to see just how dangerous Dr. Jenner was. So far, she couldn't really think of a reason to get all of them to believe it. Especially when you considered one of the main reasons, she knew that Dr. Jenner was so dangerous was because her magic told her he was. And her magic was something she didn't want the others to know about yet; at least not some of them.

Biting her lip Harry turned to where both Merle and Daryl were trying to get talk to them with her eyes; warn them about the dangers of Dr. Jenner. Only to see both brothers were already tense and ready to spring into action at a moment's notice. It seemed they were just as good, if not better, at reading body langue as she was because they could already see that something wasn't right here. Sadly, before she could say anything to any of the other's she heard a question that made her magic spike and caused every instinct she had to scream escape.

"What is that clock behind you for, and just what happens when it hits zero?" Harry hearing this spun around to look at the clock and seeing it counting down knew she needed to get herself and all the others the hell out of there. More so then ever when she heard the reply from the AI when Rick asked what happens when the power runs out.

"When the power runs out, a facility-wide decontamination will occur." The others hearing this, and after a couple more question directed at the AI finding out just what that meant, started to panic and rush to the door to leave. Only for the door to slam shut before any of them could get out; locking them all inside.

Seeing this door slam shut, Harry spun around to see Dr. Jenner at the keyboard. He had just used his ID to seal the door shut behind all of them. He was prepared to die and take them all with him while he did so. Worst yet, in Harry's mind at least, he was acting as if he was doing them all a large favor by doing this.

"It will be quicker this way, just a short burst of pain than nothing. No worries, no loss, no fear… nothing." Then Dr. Jenner had the nerve to look insulted when Harry responded to him.

"Oh, go jump on a chainsaw while doing a split why don't you" While she tried to get the doors to open up. However, it seemed that because of just how the door was made, her magic really had no effect on it. Meaning Harry couldn't open the door up herself.

This didn't mean she couldn't make the Doctor open up the door though. That in mind Harry spun around to face the doctor, ready to use her magic to 'convince' the doctor he needed to open the door up.

Only to feel her eye twitch when she saw Rick attempting to stop Shane from shooting the doctor. Harry seeing this was about to really let her temper loose on Shane and let him know just why he shouldn't kill the only one capable of opening the doors for them when suddenly the doors slammed open.

It seemed that while everyone was fighting or paying attention to the fight Dale had actually managed to convince the doctor to open the door for them. Luck them; they only had a couple of minutes till it all blew.

Once the door was open everyone rushed out grabbing as much of their things as they could before taking off towards the exit where the shutters were still close. Seeing this Harry cursed and remembered how those things had made her feel when she had first gotten in here, at least now she knew why. Not that it helped much.

Feeling panic as they couldn't get the shutters open Harry began to gather her magic, willing to at least temporarily reveal it if it meant she would live to see another day and not die here. Only to find out she didn't have to as Carol had found a grenade in Ricks jacket. A grenade that was quickly lunched at the shutters and blew a good size hole for all of them to escape from.

As soon as everyone was out of the CDC, and into their cars, it blew up. Taking the building, a lot of the walkers, Dr. Jenner, and to some of the group's grief Jacqui, who had decided to stay behind, with the 'good' doctor.