Disclaimer: I don't own Riddick or Harry Potter. Or any of the characters. Not even Spike.
While Riddick was making his way to find Kyra, he was going over the last day and a half in his mind. When he made he had manipulated the merc in to bringing him to Crematoria he had not planned for Harry, that was for damn sure. There was still so much unanswered, but for some reason Riddick was actually considering leaving with him on the necro ship. Something that was totally out of character for him.
Leaving the planet was a given, so Riddick considered the options. If he left with the convicts he would be able to make it to another planet to dump them, and then make his way alone like he always had. There would be no complications, secrets or mysterious creatures. On the other hand if he went with Harry there would be all those things along with death, dismemberment and most likely sex. Well fuck, when you put it that way.
A noise broke Riddick out of his thoughts. Following the sound of grumbling, Riddick found Kyra in a cell kicking at something on the floor.
"Did you have fun, Kyra?" Riddick asked with amusement.
Startled, Kyra whirled around to face Riddick. "What the hell? How did you find me?"
"I followed the scent of wounded pride," Riddick stated blandly.
"Fuck you, Riddick! Why the hell did you let that freak touch me? You're supposed to protect me!" Kyra wailed.
Riddick raised an eyebrow in disbelief, I am? "And what made you think that? I have already saved your life, Kyra. I kept you safe once, and you betrayed that by taking up with the same ones out to kill me. I don't know where the idea that I owe you anything, but I don't owe you shit."
Kyra stared at Riddick with her mouth agape. "I know you don't owe me. But Riddick, I thought we...you know..." Kyra trailed off her thought, looking at Riddick meaningfully as if trying to will him into understanding.
"'We' what Kyra? There is no 'we'. I travel alone Kyra." Riddick internally ignored the fact that he was most likely breaking that rule very soon. "Why the hell would I bring a kid with me?"
"I'm not a fucking kid, Riddick. Stop pretending you don't see it." Kyra demanded before marching up to Riddick grabbing his hands and placing them on her tits. "I am a woman Riddick." Kyra said seductively before standing on her toes to force her lips to Riddick's, shoving her tongue between his lips.
It was at this point that Riddick realized there was something very wrong. In his hands, literally, was a woman throwing herself at him and he didn't even twitch but even catching the scent of Harry was enough to have him aching. Well, fuck. Looks like I'm going to Necropolis.
Riddick raised his hands to Kyra's shoulders shoving her away, causing her to land on her ass on the floor and stare up at the man with shock. Riddick spit on the ground and glared as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"What the fuck, Kyra," he growled, "I fucking told you. I don't want you. The only reason I came here is to give you the heads up about the escape in an hour. I don't even know why I did that. Do what ever the fuck you want, just stay the hell away from me. Don't think you will get lucky a third time, kid."
With that Riddick washed his hands of Kyra. She really was too fucking stupid to survive. He had already done more for her than he should have. He was not going to keep saving her ass.
Sounds of gunfire from the Pit had Riddick running to the center cavern. Muzzle flash could be seen in the windows in the guard chamber at the top of the Pit from where Riddick was standing about halfway up. As quick as it started it was over and silence echoed through the cavern as the convicts stared up at the guard room wondering what had happened. Hanging from the chain that Riddick had been suspended from in the center of the room was one of the mercs that had brought him in.
Seeing his chance, Riddick backed up several steps before sprinting and jumping through the air. He caught the man and using the merc as a stepping tool, Riddick quickly used his arms to climb the rope to enter the guard room. The room was dark except for sparks of light from power cables that got caught in the fire. There were the bodies of the mercs who had brought him in yesterday dead on the floor, but the guards were not to be seen. Riddick walked over to the door leading to the hangar, but the electric lock had been disconnected.
"Now that was hot!"
Riddick looked up from the security video he had found to see Harry leaning against the still closed door from the pit. Riddick raised an eyebrow in question. "Watching you climb that rope. Mmm, you really are gorgeous, you know that?" asked Harry ask he walked closer. Riddick couldn't repress the shiver of desire that ran through him at the sight of his mark standing out on pale skin of Harry's throat as the man approached.
When he was close enough, Riddick grabbed Harry's shirt and dragged him closer. Riddick then buried his face in Harry's throat, licking at his mark enjoying the feel of the smaller man melting against him. "We've still got some time before we have to move." Harry murmured in his ear.
Riddick groaned and pulled away from that delicious flesh to capture Harry's lips. Before he could taste that sweet flavor though, Harry stilled against him and pulled back with a look of fury on his face. "Who the fuck was it?" Harry snarled in his face. "It was that little fucking bitch wasn't it? That's why you went to find her!"
Riddick suddenly found himself on the floor of the guard tower with a furious Harry atop him. His arms were pinned to the side of his head as Harry leaned down to growl in his face. "You're mine!" he screamed slamming Riddick's wrists to the ground as the larger man tried to free himself.
Really, someone Harry's size should not be strong enough to pin Riddick down. He wasn't sure if he liked being thought of as Harry's. Riddick shifted his hips and thrust upwards and dislodged the smaller man sending him flying. Riddick stood and looked down at Harry who was crouched on the floor. "I don't know what the fuck you are talking about. You don't get to go all fucking crazy on me for no goddamned reason! Now I'm going to let the cons up, and you just calm the fuck down." Riddick eyed the man warily before turning to go find the button to open the door to the pit.
That turned out to be a mistake since as soon as his back was turned, he was hit with a weight that sent him to the ground...again. Now Riddick was angry. He was frustrated at being made to look weak by this man yet again. "I said you're mine." Harry repeated, his voice low and deadly.
"Get the fuck off me!" Riddick yelled. He was pissed, he couldn't get free! He struggled for all he was worth, but somehow this small slip of a man was able to keep him from escaping. Harry was talking, but Riddick couldn't hear him over his own growls as he attempted to free himself. All movement ceased when Riddick felt a sharp sudden pressure on the back of his neck. All thought fled his mind and his body completely relaxed. Harry growled above him and Riddick could feel the vibration travel down his spine.
Riddick had never felt anything like this before. He knew he should be concerned, but he couldn't bring himself to feel anything but contentment. A sound made it's way up from his chest and had it been anyone else, Riddick would have sworn it sounded like purring. Actually, it was quite similar to the sound Spike made when Harry touched him.
Then the pressure was gone, both from his neck and the weight of Harry on his back. Riddick sat up to see Harry sitting a few feet from him, blushing and looking at him abashedly. "I- ahem- I'm sorry about that. That's never happened before. I smelled that whore on you and just- well you saw."
Riddick rubbed the back of his neck and felt the teeth impression there. Looks like he's not the only one with a mark. For some reason that thought of having Harry's mark on him didn't anger Riddick as much as he thought it should. "I didn't do anything with her. Kyra grabbed me and kissed me before I threw her off. And what the fuck did you just do to me?" Riddick demanded, unsure as to why he was explaining himself.
Harry's face darkened at the mention of Kyra. "I don't know exactly. I wasn't really thinking. Just so I know, for no particular reason of course, how fond are you of that slut's ability to breathe? For example, if she were to somehow lose that ability would become you be concerned?"
Riddick thought about it for a moment. "I don't give a shit. Twice today she almost lost her life, I'm not going to try protect her from herself. But we will be talking about this... whatever the hell it is. Soon."
"Interesting. Good to know. Now," Harry said while standing up, acting for all the world like he hadn't just went crazy and attacked a man twice his size and won,"whats the plan?"
Riddick got off the floor and hit the button in the center of the room that opened the doors to the pit. "The door to the ship was disabled and the track to the merc ship was destroyed. The way I see the only way out is the surface."
They both turned at the sound of foot steps coming up the stairway from the pit. The convicts come through the door at a run and began picking up the fallen weapons and looking at Harry and Riddick suspiciously. One of the men, the one who had talked to Riddick when he first came in, ordered another to check for the guards when Riddick stopped them.
"Don't bother. Guards ain't there. They figured out the necros were coming for me. Plan was to clean the bank, ghost the mercs, break wide through the tunnel. Then somebody got a lucky shot off with a rocket launcher and took out the sled. Guards took off on foot, but rigged the door so no one could follow. They'll take take the one ship in the hangar, but leave everyone else here to die."
"How the hell do you know what happened. You weren't even up here," asked one of the inmates.
"'Cause it was my plan."
-AD-AD-AD-
Harry watched Riddick taking charge with nothing more than his voice. The man was truly impressive, He just exuded an alpha vibe. Harry still felt a little embarrassed about his reaction earlier, but now was not the time to study their odd behavior. He could hear his cats coming up the stairway, their snarls proceeding them.
All of the convicts turned at the sound with fear, raising their scavenged guns and pointing at the iron doorway. Harry moved to stand in front of the door before the cats could make an appearance.
Harry stared down each man. "They are mine. They will not attack unless provoked. If you attempt to attack them, I will kill you. Is that understood?"
"What are you talking about kid? They will eat us!"
"You should listen to him," Riddick interjected from his place behind the men.
His warning went unheeded. As the hell hounds came into view through the door behind him, one of the filthy convicts let off a round of fire towards Harry and the cats. The rest of the inmates stared in shock as some how all of the bullets reversed trajectory and ended up in his idiot's own body.
"Now that that is out of the way. How about we leave," Harry said calmly as the mans body fell to the floor. The inmates weapons were moved from the cats to be pointed at Harry as they recognized the new threat.
"Who the fuck are you, kid?" the leader demanded of Harry.
"He's with me." Riddick told them sternly as he walked over to the controls that raised the guardroom to the surface of the planet.
"Exactly," Harry said with a glare to Kyra who had come up with the others, causing her to shrink back in fear. "Just leave my kitties alone, and we will get along grand," Harry told them while patting Spikes head.
The inmates stared in shock as Harry moved aside to allow four large hell hounds inside. Harry saw the two smaller cubs in the center being protected by the adults who growled at the inmates until they backed into the far corner.
"Spike, keep them over here. Get your cubs ready to run." Harry walked over to where Riddick was flicking switches and pulling levers. The room shuddered and began to rise as the convicts began to talk.
"What is this? What are they thinking?"
"Once that sun comes up we won't last five minutes!"
"Five minutes? We ain't gonna last thirty seconds out there. It'll light you up like a match."
The room reached the top of it's ascent and metal scraped as the heavy doors started to open revealing to Harry the first glimpse at the surface of the planet. It was completely barren, made up of steaming black volcanic rock against the night sky. Sharp spires punched up the land scape along with deep craters and pits. There was no flat ground, and making the trek was going to be difficult at the pace they had to run. Harry shifted with excitement, grinning at the new challenge.
"20 mile buffer zone over 30 klicks to the hangar."
"30 klicks over that terrain?"
The room clanged to a stop and Riddick turned to look at Harry as the convicts continued to talk. The leader of the convicts came over to talk to Riddick as Harry listened.
"It's moving in the right direction. We could make it. Stay behind the night, keep ahead of the sun," the convict leader said.
Riddick stood up and addressed the convicts. "There's going to be one speed - mine. If you can't keep up don't step up. You'll just die."
AN: Updates three weekends in a row? Go me! I made it a little longer than normal because some of the quotes were taken directly from the movie and I don't count them towards my own personal word count.
Thanks for all the reviews. I do appreciate them all, even if it is just to ask me to update soon. This way I know people like the story and it inspires me to stop reading and start writing. So let me know what you think. I don't respond to them individually in my authors notes, because it deceives readers about the word count when over half of the post is AN. So if you are confused about something or have a suggestion, leave it in the review or message me and I'll get back to you with a message.
Next time on Apex Dyad: the running of the convicts.
