Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter related belong to J.K. Rowling, and all things "Aliens" and "Predator" related belong to 20th Century Fox and such. However the plot belongs to me. Also my friend Writer Chica was kind enough to beta read my story.
Harry Potter and the Alien Hive
Chapter 10: The Ambush
Kat'ja felt his blood racing at a million miles per hour. So there was a reward for doing your duty after all.
Kat'ja had interrupted his ooman hunt to warn those in charge of the Kainde Amedha, Hard Meat, presence on the ooman planet. In return for this he was honored by being assigned to join this mission to reclaim the Hard Meat Queen.
To be on a mission like this was the chance of a lifetime for a young Predator. On this mission he was surrounded by some of the greatest hunters of the yautja world.
Ajka, the fearless, a veteran of many hunts. No yautja turned out better hunters and led more Queen captures than he. On his ritual blooding hunt he had killed three Hard Meat drones while the other students had only caught one, or none at all. He had two Queen skulls in his trophy case, no one had yet achieved that. When Kat'ja was going to start training for his first hunt as a youngling, he just missed the cut to be in Ajka's group. Kat'ja was disappointed to say the least.
And Hikate, the swift, who specialized in the hunting of oomans. No one knew the soft meat better than he. He studied them, knew their main language, and even collected different things from their various cultures. It was a very odd thing to do, keeping ooman things other than their skulls. It made Kat'ja wonder if the rumors that Hikate had hunted dragons with an ooman before were true. Oh well, no one could deny Hikate's skill, his trophy case was proof of that.
They were getting ready to go inside the ooman building, Kat'ja's heartbeat quickened. If he could prove himself in front of these great warriors, his standing in the clan would skyrocket. On the flip side, screwing up in front of them would be a catastrophic disaster. Kat'ja determined he was not going to screw up.
Kat'ja heard Hikate and Ajka calling out the names of yauja who would be in scouting groups to search the extensive structure for the entrance to the Hard Meat hive. He was paired up with Warkha and Kalibos, neither of whom looked too happy to have "the kid" tag along with them. Kat'ja huffed inwardly. He'd show them, yes he would.
The hunt was about to begin.
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It took the combined strength of Ron, Dean, Neville, Justin and Ginny to drag Harry away from Slytherin. He calmed down, but still looked like he wanted to break something.
After the Slytherin escape the kids ran to the nearest place they could hide, which happened to be the Hogwarts main kitchen via the secret passage Ron Harry and Hermione knew about. They needed some time to think about what they were going to do next. Ron suggested that they eat something while they were thinking.
"Ron how can you even think of your stomach at a time like this?!" Hermione snapped.
"Well running away from horrible monsters makes me hungry." Ron protested. "Besides, it's not going to do us any good to starve is it?"
Hermione did not look convinced, fortunately Luna stepped in to bring up a good point.
"Ron is right, it will do us no good to not eat. We need all of the energy we can get to run and fight."
"I'm in, let's eat." Ginny walked over to one of the coolers.
After a few minutes the students found some sandwiches and settled down at one of the island counters in the middle of the kitchen. Draco, not feeling in the mood to be with people, sat down in one of the corners of the kitchen to mull over what Luna had told him, and the prospect of basically being a walking corpse. Harry leaned against a wall watching the others, not feeling particularly conversational himself.
Luna gingerly walked over to Draco with a plate of sandwiches. The Slytherin had his knees pulled up to his chest with his head resting on them face down.
"Here eat something. You need your strength." Luna whispered soothingly.
"Strength? For what?" Draco spat, not even looking up. "So I can die all the slower?"
"Look, you're not dead until you stop living. Now you can choose to stop living now, or you could stop living later, and by that time who knows what can happen. At least you might be able to exact some revenge." Luna smiled.
Draco raised his head and looked at her.
"Revenge sounds good." Draco managed a weary smirk and took one of the sandwiches. Luna's eyes brightened and she sat down next to him.
"So what's the next step?" Justin asked.
"Do we even need to discuss that?! We're going back to Dumbledore's office and getting out of here!" Cho stood up, looking very flustered and frightened.
"That's got my vote." Michael spoke up.
"I don't know about you guys," Everyone turned when Harry spoke. "but I'm tired of being pushed around. I want to start pushing back!"
"What?! And end up like the others?" Tears of fear started appearing Cho's eyes. "Oh no, we can't! Please Harry don't!"
Cho clasped him around the arm and looked up at him with terrified pleading eyes.
Had Cho done this only a year before he would have felt warm, that she was looking up to him for protection, but now he just felt cold. Remus was dead. Last year she was kissing him and dating him, but all she could do was talk about Cedric Diggory. It was like he, Harry Potter, was just the replacement for Cedric Diggory.
"And how will running a away be any better?" Harry said coldly slipping his arm out of Cho's grasp.
"We'll be alive that's what!" Michael shouted.
"Then let's split up." Hermione took a turn to speak. "Those who do not want to go with Harry to the hive can go to Dumbledore's office and get away."
"I'm with you Harry!" Dean stood up. "I'm for killing those damn things right now!"
"Me too!" Said Ginny, to Ron's horror.
Neville nodded in Harry's direction.
Hermione looked up at him. "I'm with you."
Everyone eyes shifted to Ron. "Well, I've gone up against, spiders, snakes, werewolves, Death Eaters, Dark Lords, I might as well add ferocious black beasts to it. Plus, there is no way I'm letting you and Ginny go alone. Right, count me in."
"Hey, is Draco all right?" Ginny casually looked over at Draco and Luna.
"He just got out of the snake pit, how do you think he's feeling?" Dean raised his eyebrows.
"No I mean he really looks sick."
"He's infected." Ron said coldly.
The whole room fell into a silent shock.
"You mean....You mean he's got..." Dean trailed off knowing the answer before Harry spoke it out loud.
"Yes, he's got one inside of him, just like Melificent and the others." Harry said flatly.
"Bloody Hell!" Michael Corner stood up shouting. "There's no way I'm letting anyone of those things birthing near me!"
"We can't just leave him here!" Hermione shouted back.
"Why not? He is Draco Malfoy after all." Justin spat as if he had something bad tasting in his mouth.
Luna heard Draco growl as he got up and stormed over to the others.
"I can't believe you people! You're all sitting around discussing my fate, without me!?" Draco snarled.
Neville watched his comrades bicker and argue. He had already made his decision, ever since their adventure 5th year Neville promised himself he would do his best to protect Harry and the others. So wherever Harry decided to go, he would follow, even into the monster's den itself.
Since he had made his decision and since he usually didn't like to get into arguments, he stayed out of the one currently raging in front of him.
He jumped slightly when something wet dropped on to the back of his hand resting on the counter top. It was like a raindrop, a very big raindrop. He looked down. The liquid seemed thicker, almost like jelly. A cold shiver ran down his spine when he pinpointed one of a million explanations. He slowly shifted his gaze upward.
His heart stopped when he saw the sight above him. Big black shapes spotted the ceiling. Out of the corner of this eye he saw the entrance from which they were coming. There was a big vent in the upper corner across the room. One of the black beasts was crawling out of it.
Neville wanted to shout, to scream, to warn the others of the danger. But his fear was slowly slitting his throat, only allowing him to whisper out a quiet "guys......."
"All right! I'll make it easy for you all!" Draco pushed himself away from the others, but still kept a safe distance away from Luna standing behind him. He pointed his wand at himself.
"Avada Ked---"
"GUYS!!" Neville found his voice at last.
Too late...
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I'm sorry, no bloodshed in this chapter, but I can guarantee some in the next. However, there were some important things I need to get out in this chapter, and to setup for the next event. Also I felt it important to give Kat'ja a little more screen time, as well as give some background on him and the two leaders, Ajka and Hikate.
Don't worry there is action to come in the next chapter.
Till Next Time
-Vega Sailor