A/n: Slightly weird yet entertaining chapter ahoy!
"What do you mean you expect hatchlings?" Harry asked dangerously.
He and Owen had taken the break their pack had granted them to sleep in the morning after their impromptu date. The only thing that had kept them from happily sleeping the morning away was vindictive Vivian from the day before. When she'd gone to hit a still sleepy Harry with something heavy she'd found herself pinned to the floor under a furious Owen as Harry watched in instant wide-eyed shock from his cot. The warm feeling that welled up inside had him wondering if their meddlesome packmates hadn't had a point about them getting to know each other at too slow a pace.
"~The other speaker told me how wizards can bear young,~" Raja told them proudly. Harry's floored expression told Owen that he either hadn't known or didn't usually think of that ability.
"~It is good that your different peoples can interbreed,~" Blue said with no little amount of satisfaction and mischief.
"Species, I think you mean species... but we are the same species with slightly different characteristics. We call the groups of significant differences a person's Race... you don't care as long as we can have children together and be part of the pack," Harry tried to explain than sounded resigned when he saw the unimpressed looks at his stalling.
"~Little Shiva is enough hatchlings for now,~" Rexy rumbled as she used her tail to keep said hatchling close to her leg and out of the way of the nearly adult raptors.
"Yes, she is. There is no point in having a baby when there is so much danger to the pack," Owen said pointedly finally speaking up on the subject only to get a wounded look from Harry. He immediately knew that the other man thought he didn't want kids, making his next words all the more important. "I am perfectly happy to have a baby with Harry but doing so now would be reckless and ill considered, not fair to Shiva, the baby, Harry, or the pack as a whole. We can discuss the idea at a later time."
Rexy's rumbling "~Very good,~" meant far less to him than the beaming smile that broke across Harry's face, making him feel all warm inside. The intense kiss didn't hurt either and it made both Blue and Raja very smug.
"Don't get any ideas," Harry shot over his shoulder, not bothering to even look at the pack. "We haven't had sex and we don't plan to until we are good and ready on our own.
"~Yes Alpha's mate,~" Blue said smugly. Owen watched as Harry rolled his eyes at the stubborn raptor before turning in his arms and facing the rest of the pack. That's when Lowery came over the paddock speakers.
"Hey guys? We've already missed Rexy's morning snack and Claire is talking about either making you guys do a week of four shows a day raptor shows or feeding you to the Mosa," Lowery warned them. Before they could respond a gunshot echoed through the speakers followed in quick succession by what sounded like an automatic weapon. Harry pulled free and apparated on the spot, a split second later they could hear his voice echo through the speakers with a summoning spell.
"Bad choice Potter! You should have come willingly when we sent that ransom note. Anca Nos Furous!" a man's voice roared through the speakers.
"That didn't do anything! What did you do? Make up some weird sounding words and decide they were the perfect spell?" Harry sneered.
"Every last creature on this island now sees you as lunch Potter! Accio! Now men! Take the island!" the voice roared through every speaker across the park.
"You're loco! That opened every speaker and paddock in the goddamn park!" Lowery cried, proving he wasn't dead yet.
"Oh did it?" Harry asked gleefully. "~All residents are to stay in their human established territories. All true serpents are to restrain any human attempting to threaten or harm the other humans or other creatures not already dead if they are not defending themselves. All flyers are to patrol from the air with the same instructions. When your nests are safe from the intruders I will inform you. Do not challenge me or you will face my pack and Queen Mother Rexy!~"
"What did you just do?!" the earlier aggressive voice demanded in a panic.
"Did you think Voldemort was the only speaker in the world? There is a reason I was called his equal even as an infant!" Harry declared with a nasty laugh accompanying at least six different thuds telling of fallen bodies.
"He is in so much trouble for not taking one of us with him to watch his back," Owen said in clear annoyance as they listened to Harry take on an unnumbered amount of opponents with flare.
"~You can not argue that this proves his is an alpha,~" Rexy pointed out with a rumble.
"That doesn't mean he should take unnecessary risks. If he can prove to me that it wasn't an unnecessary risk I'll concede the point but from where I'm standing he should have just taken me with him to help. Its not like I don't have combat training," Owen pointed out, irritated and forgetting who he was arguing with.
"Demon!" the attacker's voice echoed clearly through the sound system.
"Hardly, those things are nasty. I can quite happily walk into a church, listen to the sermon, and receive a blessing without any harm... actually I tend to get a power boost, its weird but then that's my life," Harry's voice vibrated with both power and authority. "If you can't be bothered to learn basic tactics I don't see why I shouldn't use them against you. You're fault for not sorting out the facts from the fiction, not mine."
A squelch cut the man off as he started to shout something else, telling anyone with sense that the man was probably dead.
"Ah... shit. I forgot to turn the speakers off after I mobilized... yeah, Voldemort and my parents are going to kill me," Harry said with a groan right in front of the pick up. Owen could tell from the beeps and bloops that he was trying to turn the announcement system off before doing anything else to screw up the statute of secrecy.
"Harry? Its the button under the mic but I don't think turning it off will do much good," Lowery's voice said wryly.
"Its not my fault some idiots thought to try raiding the control center and play evil master mind! I just played hero because there wasn't anyone else," Harry protested. "If the kids want a toy or something for this performance they can always play with Rexy's model or something. Stomping the toy soldiers with Rexy is much more fun than having a teenage idiot tripping everyone and bashing them over the head with something heavy."
"The signal to the pack and the rest of the island to play grassroots army notwithstanding," Lowery said with a snort of amusement.
"Oh god, Owen and the pack are going to kill me for disappearing and running into danger without them to watch my back," Harry groaned, a thud and a quickly cut off squeal told everyone he'd found the off button with his head and ended the little performance.
"Anyone object to retrieving our wayward speaker?" Owen asked wryly.
"~Little Shiva will stay with me while you fetch him,~" Rexy rumbled as the rest of the pack answered his question in the negative, indicating they were in favor of getting Harry back.
"Right, Aaaand we're moving!" Owen ordered, quickly leading four raptors and one familiar out of the paddock in search of their missing wizard.