A/N: The eighteenth chapter of my HP/ST:TNG crossover-fic. Time to fight!

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling. Star Trek belongs to Paramount Pictures and, of course, Gene Roddenberry (R.I.P.), The Great Bird of the Galaxy. Lynn is all mine.





18. FIGHT!



The ships on the screen were coming closer.

"Captain, they've raised shields," said Worf. "But they have not armed their weapons..."

"Red alert," said Picard. The red alert alarm sounded and the panels on the walls began flashing red. "Just in case. Hail them."

"They are responding," said Worf.

"On screen," said Picard. An image of a dark bridge appeared. In the middle there sat a man in a large chair, obviously the Captain of the ship. He was long, pale, and had a superior look upon his face. He reminded Harry of Lucius Malfoy. Picard decided to talk with him. "I am Captain Jea-"

"Jean-Luc Picard of the starship Enterprise..." said the other Captain in a cool voice. "Your reputation precedes you, Captain." He got up from the chair. "I am Sigel. And I have come here since you have something of interest to us. Or rather someone..." He looked behind Picard. "There he is now. Mr Potter."

"I will not let you have him," said Picard. Sigel shrugged.

"That's alright, killing him will do," he said.

"We will defend ourselves," said Picard. "Our ships are both heavily armed, and yours are unarmed. You don't have much of a change." Sigel chuckled.

"Look at the 'great' muggle Captain..." he said. "So sure of yourself. All isn't visible." He turned to a man at a console. "Fire on lowest setting." The Enterprise was hit with something.

"Status report?" said Picard.

"Shields down to 89 percent," said Worf.

"We have been hit, but with something that has a different energy signature than phasers," said Data.

"Phasers..." said Sigel and scoffed. "Such crude and detectable weapons... Surrender Harry Potter now, 'Captain' and you will have a quick death."

"We will never surrender," said Picard. "I will not let anyone on this ship be victim to your threats!" Sigel was silent for a second or two.

"You're wrong..." he then said. "...I'm not making threats. Die slow, Picard." The channel closed.

"Captain, the Kurosawa is hailing us," said Worf.

"On screen," said Picard. Captain Reno and Commander Walsh appeared on the screen.

"Picard, we saw what happened," said Reno. "It looked like you were hit by a green beam."

"Yes, it seems that it's some kind of other weapon than phasers," said Picard.

"That's right, it's a modified version of a spell referred to as 'the unforgivable curse'," said Walsh.

"It's used by the Death Eaters to kill people," said Reno. "They must have somehow modified the-"

"Captain, the ships are moving into attack formation!" said the Kurosawa's tactical officer.

"Damn it!" said Reno. "Good luck, Captain."

"The same to you," said Picard. "Close the channel." The viewscreen changed to a view of the three Death Eater ships closing in on them. Picard turned to Harry and the others. "Return to your quarters. Be prepared for anything."

"Yes, Sir," said Harry. He and the others went into the turbolift.



"So what do we do now?" asked Ron. He and the others were on their way to their quarters.

"I'm going to get my sword," said Harry.

"Okay, but what should we others do?" said Lynn.

"Try to get hold of phasers, or use your wands," said Harry.

"Do we have to kill them if the board the ship...?" said Hermione.

"Not necessarily, you could use stunning spells and stun-setting on the phasers," said Harry. "I only know that I'm not planning to just prod them with the sword..."

"Okay..." said Ron. Now they had reached their quarters. Harry went in to get his sword. The others stood in the door. "Wes, you know where there's an armoury?"

"Yeah," said Wesley.

"Good," said Ron.

"You're not actually thinking of killing them?" said Hermione.

"I'm planning to do whatever I need," said Ron. "But I'm hoping that it don't involves killing..." Now Harry was ready, his sword sheathed and attached to a belt around his waist.

"Let's go to the armoury," said Harry. They went out of the room and down the corridor.



"Why haven't they attacked yet?" said Riker.

"I don't know..." said Picard. "Maybe they're..." Now a green beam was forming in between the three ships, concentrating at the center. "What th-" A thick, green beam erupted from the center ship, slamming into the Enterprise. The ship shook heavily, the people on the bridge barely able to stand up.

"Shields are down to 32 percent!" said Worf.

"Mr Worf, are you able to determine the source of the beam?" said Picard.

"Yes, Sir," said Worf.

"Target it, and fire on my command," said Picard. "And hail the Kurosawa."



"What the hell was that?" said Ron. He and the others was just outside the armory.

"They must've begun the attack," said Hermione. They went into the armory. "Wait a sec, can we take the phasers from here?"

"Yeah, since I'm acting Ensign and we're under attack, there's no rules standing in our way," said Wesley. He grabbed a hand phaser from a rack, and took a phaser rifle with a belt, strapping it onto his back. Lynn looked at him with a strange look. "Just to be on the safe side."

"I'll take one of those, they look good..." said Ron, and grabbed a phaser rifle. Harry, Lynn and Hermione took a hand phaser each.

"Alright, you know how to use these?" said Wesley.

"This controls the setting, and here's the sight and the trigger," said Lynn, pointing to each one thing in order. "The higher the setting, the more energy you will use."

"And if you use the highest setting, aim well, since that will vaporise the target," said Wesley. "We don't want any holes in the ship."

"Okay," said Ron.

"Understood," said Hermione.

"Let's go," said Harry. They went out of the armory.



"They're coming about again," said Worf.

"What for my command," said Picard.

"Aye, Sir," said Worf.

"Understood, Sir," said the Kurosawa's tactic officer over the open com channel. The Death Eaters ships were closing in. The green beam was forming again.

"Wait... Now!" said Picard just as the beam was about to fire. Phasers beams from the Enterprise and the Kurosawa hit the left ship. Still, the green beam erupted from the middle ship and hit the Enterprise. The lighting went dim, and the bridge was only lighted by the viewscreen and spark showers from exploding plasma conduits. "Status report?!"

"Shields are down!" said Worf. "Minor damage to the hull."

"And the enemy ship?" sad Picard, looking towards the viewscreen. Half a second later he realised that an answer wasn't needed, as the Death Eater ship exploded. "Never mind." He saw that a shockwave from the explosion was closing. "Brace for impact!" A mere second or two after he had spoken the words, the Enterprise was hit by the shockwave. This was the worst of all the hits yet, sending everyone flying. Picard tried to hold on to his chair, but flew across the room and hit his head on the wall, rendering him unconscious.



"Oh my God..." said Commander Walsh. He had just seen the Enterprise being hit by the shockwave. Almost all lights on the ships were of, including the warpnacelles and the deflector dish. At some places there were holes in the hull, and inside of the emergency force fields you could see fires. "The Federations greatest ship..."

"It's not over yet," said Captain Reno. "Lieutenant, prepare to fire all even numbered phasers and photon torpedo tubes."

"Aye, Sir," said the tactics officers.

"Let's show them how to fight," said Reno.

"Yes, Sir," said Walsh, and showed a light smile.

"Ensign, begin attack pattern delta," said Reno.

"Aye, Captain," said the Ensign at the helm. The Kurosawa moved into attack position.

"Lieutenant... fire..." said Reno.



"Ow... my head..." said Lynn. She lay on the floor of a corridor.

"Lynn? Lynn, are you okay?" said Wesley, a touch of panic in his voice. Lynn sat up against the wall.

"Yeah, I'm fine..." she said. "Just have to relax for a bit..." She looked around. To one side of the corridor there was some kind of gas leak, clouding their sight.

"It's okay, the gas isn't toxic," said Wesley. "Okay, can you try and stand up? The Death Eaters might transport over here any second no-" They heard the familiar sound of a transporter from the other side of the gas. Hermione pulled out a tricorder and scanned through the gas, the sound of the gas leak overpowering the sound of the tricorder.

"Three human life signs..." Hermione whispered to Harry. He nodded and signed to the others that they should get back. He soundlessly drew his sword. The he jumped through the gas.

"What the...?" Lynn and the other heard from the other side of the gas. Then they heard some slicing sounds, the sound of someone wheezing, and something falling to the ground.

"I'll show you!" said a voice. An angry cry was heard, but it was interrupted by a loud slicing sound, and then the thud of something bouncing down onto the floor. It was quiet for a few seconds.

"Harry? You alright?" said Ron. They heard some beeping sounds. The gas leak stopped, and Harry appeared, standing beside a wall console.

"I'm just peachy, Ron," he said. Now the others saw that three people, or what was left of them, in dark clothing lay on the floor. Now Hermione saw something lying on the floor about six feet away from them, and gasped.

"Is that what I think it is...?" said Ron, sounding rather disturbed.

"You mean the head?" said Harry, sheathing his sword.

"Yes, the head," said Ron quickly.

"Sorry 'bout that. But it was him or me..." said Harry. He kneeled down and went through the clothes, picking out what seemed like a communicator. Then he stood up. "Let's move on."



"Muggles..." said Sigel, sitting in his chair, looking on the viewscreen. The other of the Death Eater ships were engaged in combat with the Kurosawa. "Sigel to transporter room two."

"Transporter room two here," answered a man over the com.

"Prepare fifty men to board the Enterprise," said Sigel. "Beam over twenty- five at first, and then the other twenty-five together with me."

"You, Sir?" said the man.

"Yes, me," said Sigel. "I'll be there in five minutes."



A plasma conduit exploded on the Kurosawa's bridge after a hit.

"Shields down to 59 percent!" said the tactical officer.

"Damn it!" said Walsh. "They're one step ahead of us all the time!"

"It's almost like..." said Reno, but he became silent. He looked at Walsh, who nodded. "Go to engineering and help them out, Mr Walsh."

"Yes, Sir, said Walsh. He got up and made his way through the room towards the turbolift. He walked by the science officers console, and glanced quickly at it. The science officer held some kind of device in his hand. Walsh continued towards the turbolift. He stepped into it. "Engineering." He then quickly, but soundlessly stepped out of the turbolift just before the doors closed. Now he could clearly see, looking around the corner, that the science officer did indeed have something in his hand, which he was tapping frenetically. Walsh calmly walked up behind him. "What's that, Mr Hart?" Mr Hart, being the science officer, started.

"C- Commander! Thought you went to engineering?!" he said, a bit pale.

"Change of plans," said Walsh. "What's that in your hand?"

"Oh, um... nothing..." said Hart, paling even more and with a stroke of panic.

"Do I have to order you to see it?" said Walsh, smiling. Hart calmed down, and then chuckled.

"No, of course not, Commander," he said. Then he threw the object towards Walsh, and then pulling out something. Walsh saw what it was. A Wand. He sprained himself to throw himself out of the way. "AVADA KEVADRA!" Walsh just avoided the green beam of light erupting from the wand. The beam hit the wall. Walsh landed on the floor, rolling, and pulled out his phaser. He saw that Hart was raising his wand again. "AVADA-" Hart didn't get any further, since Walsh had fired his phaser a him. And the experience of suddenly getting your leg shot of at the knee is quite a surprise, hence Hart didn't say anything for a second or two. But then screamed in pain. "YOU SHOT MY LEG OF, YOU CRAZY BASTARD!!!"

"Actually I think the phaser was set on 'cut'," said Walsh. He pulled up Hart from the floor. "And don't you call me 'bastard', you damn Death Eater!"

"Good work, Mike," said Reno.

"Thank you, Captain," said Walsh. "You two." He looked at two Ensigns. "Take him to the brig after they've patched him up in sickbay."

"Yes, Sir," said one of the Ensigns.



"Sir, we lost contact with Hart in the middle of a transmission," said one of the Death Eaters to Sigel.

"Damn..." he said. "No time to waste, you have the bridge, I'm beaming over to the Enterprise."









A/N: The title pretty much says it all, huh?

Action is soooo much easier to write than the ordinary storyline! Well, at least Trek action is. Hence, they violence in this chapter was upgraded a notch.

Harry got a throwback to Dark Harry in this chapter. At least he's using his skills, right?

The evil undercover Death Eaters science officer Hart is of course named after Ian Hart, who played Quirrel in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (Sorceror's Stone to you US residents).



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AnnabelleElizabeth - Enough action in this chapter for you? And there's still more to come! About the shower, I really can't judge on that, since I'm a guy. But I guess it's like the female equivalent of showering with Troi. At least I feel it like that :) Though in this fic I'd rather take Hermione, since she's my favourite character ^_^ Ron would kill me though...

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Tiger Girl - For me wizards in Starfleet was a natural thing, since they just can't all stay out of Starfleet. And HP is created so that it really could exist in the same universe as Star Trek. About the Death Eater's ships reminding you of the Romulans, you're not all that wrong. My original plan was that they had stolen Warbirds from the Romulans, or maybe perhaps that they had been so devious to have had an alliance an then broken it, stealing the ships in the process. Don't look guilty! I it love when people share their ideas. Nice to hear you appreciated my review of your story, and I'm glad you liked mine : )







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PS. You may have noticed all the smileys and stuff in my review comments. This is because I'm in love *^_^* I've been grinning like an idiot most of the time since Wednesday afternoon. Seriously, I haven't smiled this much since... I don't if I've ever smiled this much! Joy, joy! Everything is good! The only thing that is slightly weird is that the girl I'm in love with is VERY much like Hermione, both in appearance and in studying habits! Is this a sign of that "Life imitating art, imitating life, imitating art" thing...? Anyway, gonna be insufferably happy right now! C ya! DS.