The long awaited chapter three is finally released!!!!

Sorry, for the long wait, everyone. Heh, you can blame it all to my friend. He gave me a complete manga scan of Tsubasa Reservoir (233 chapters! O.O), so it distracts me a bit in writing : P

Okay, firstly I'd like to thank all my reviewers, alerters, favoriters, and even the lurkers, who give me the strength to continue writing this story :D. I'm sorry if I cannot reply to most of your reviews, coz my internet access is a bit limited. But, I read yours and really appreciate it. – bowing – please continue to give me all your wonderful feedbacks!

Anyway, some of you commented about my grammar. Well, actually English is my (kinda) third languages and it greatly differ from my mother tongue, so if you find some (many) mistakes, please tell me. I welcome your critics.

Btw, PanickedSerenity asked me about whether Harry used the human language or the bioraptor one. Well, when writing this story, I keep comparing Harry with Mowgli (or Tarzan). In movie, Mowgli can speak fluently to both his human friend and his animal family. So, I make Harry as… bilingual? He learned bioraptor's language from the bioraptor and human's language from the things that Lily left for him.

Now, on with the story!

Disclaimer : still not mine

Warning : Slash, AU, mature bit, violence(?)

NOTICE: this chapter has been edited by my new beta, minorly-crazy. Love you so much ! ^^

Of the Darkness and the Light

Chapter Three

Zeke was having a seriously bad day, first having the ship he was on collide into an unknown planet, only to have that ship ruined upon crash landing. Let's not add onto the fact of being bossed around by a Merc and the co-captain made captain. It could make anyone's day take a turn for the worse. Fortunately, he still had his wife with him, his bad mood was lessened by having her by his side.

At the moment, he was currently guarding the ship while looking for signs of Riddick's presence, although he hoped that he would never have to meet the convict. He still wanted to live, thank you very much.

The sound of falling rocks startled him. "Riddick?" he looked around, trying to find the source of the commotion, but didn't see anything out of place. Deciding that it was just his imagination, Zeke turned back to his former position. He had barely taken two steps when he heard the sound of falling rocks again.

Curious, but also wary, Zeke moved toward the source of the sound and found himself in front of a cave mouth. Suddenly, before Zeke had chance to even blink, he felt his body being pushed towards the cavern, as though by some unknown force. The next the he felt was an unimaginable pain, the last thing he saw were a pair of glowing emerald eyes.

…~oOo~…

This planet was cursed. Riddick had felt it ever since he took his first step upon its barren land. It felt dark, filled with the scent of death.

The sun, or rather suns… there were three of them?! Fuck his luck, he was damned. Three suns and light sensitive eyes were never a good combination.

At the moment he was watching as the survivors split up into groups. Some of them stayed at the crash site, and the others went somewhere – if his instinct was correct (and it had yet to lead him astray so far, it had saved his life on many an occasion), they might be out searching for him. He had been observing them (from a safe distance so as to remain unseen)ever since he escaped from his cryo-chamber. He had noticed that none of the survivors were to be considered a threat to, not even that Merc Johns...

Riddick briefly thought of looking for a civilization of some kind to hide himself in, but at this point he knew better. With what he his senses had been telling him, he highly doubted that any human civilization or otherwise could have survived.

Even if he somehow managed to find civilization, it would likely end up being some type bloodthirsty creatures. Riddick was dangerous, but even he would never take the risk with the unknowns lurking upon this hellish planet.

The convict silently moved his way towards the ship. He planned to take food, water and any other supplies necessary for his survival on this barren planet. He had seen one of the survivors using some form of machine used to assist with breathing, and he wanted to get his hands on one as well.

Riddick passed by some of people in the ship unnoticed. they were too busy focusing on their own problems to notice him. He remembered that one of the men had went outside, if he recalled correctly that man was also carring one of the breathing machines. Making up his mind, Riddick turned back to the outside to find the man, what he found instead was quite a bit more interesting and rather unexpected.

…~oOo~…

"Weak". That was Rian's opinion after observing the survivors. "Pathetic". They were like a group chicks without their hen, Completely lost and defenseless.

Rian was beginning to think that there was someone out there who was trying their very best to annoy him. After all, why out of every single human being that had ever stepped on this planet, were none of them skilled enough to not be considered as pathetic or as prey by Rian's standards. Were all the humans that weak? Rian shuddered, to think that he might become one of those weakling humans, had he not been raised by the bioraptors.

Not wanting to lose his concentration while he was hunting (no matter how weak the prey may be), Rian pushed those thoughts into the back of his mind. Suddenly, he felt someone approaching his hiding place. It was one of the males from the crash site.

Rian sighed feeling a bit disappointed, after all it really wasn't a challenge when the prey walked itself right into the lion's, or in this case the bioraptor's den. Rian used his usual trickery to lure in his prey the rest o the way...

Ever since the first time he had met a human and observed the way they behaved, he had begun to understand their ways better. A human, according to Rian, was a very curious creature. Therefore, he used that little tidbit of their nature as a mean to lure humans into the bioraptors dens. Just by giving a human a glimpse of one of them, or even making an unusual sound, was enough to attract a human's curiosity, thus leading them to their doom.

If Rian were to try to be honest, he always wondered why the humans always fell into the same traps. They had a saying that says 'curiosity killed the cat', and as far as he knew, almost every human had heard this saying. However, why were those 'cats' always following their curiosity and, in the end, getting themselves killed?..."who knows"

Human were really weird.

Back to the present. Rian kicked the stones near him, deliberately making the noise carry to the man's range of hearing. He knew that the man would undoubtedly be curious and try to investigate it. He kicked another stone just to be sure that he'd caught the man's attention.

Not even a moment later, the man's bulky figure appeared. His appearance was like Caen on bad day, after Sira had dumped mud all over his body. The soon-to-be-food looked rumpled and wary. You, know like those who felt that their end was near. Overall, Rian was not impressed with the man. He wasn't a challenge, even with gun the was holding.

With a bit of his magic, Rian transported himself silently behind the man and pushed him into the cave, where the hatchlings were waiting for their…dinner? Or maybe it was lunch. Well, no matter.

As soon as the man fell inside, his screaming was heard. The familiar anguish scream of a victim who was still alive as their body was torn to shreds and eaten. A scream for help that always come too late.

Too focused on the carnage below, Rian forgot about his surroundings. Something that rarely happened. When you were living in dark environment and with a group of bloodthirsty creatures, it was kinda a perquisite to have a high awareness of your surroundings. Therefore, it was quite understandable when he jumped in surprise as a pair of strong arms snaked around his waist, pulling him into a hard chest.

"Well… well, look at what I've found lurking here…" a seductively smoky voice spoke directly into his ear, making the emerald-eyed wizard shiver.

Rian sprung forward out of reflex, and moved away from the person who could sneak up behind him unnoticed. He pushed the man; he figured that the person was male, hard making him stumble away from Rian.

Not wasting a single moment. Rian ran into the cave, hoping that whoever the man was, he would refrain from following him into the darkness. Before he disappeared into the darkness below, he turned around and saw that the 'goggles man' was watching him with calculating eyes.

…~oOo~…

Finally, Rian met Riddick, though in just a short time.

So, what do you think about this Riddick. He was so hard to write, and don't know if he become OOC or not. Please tell me your opinion!

Review is always welcome.

Fisca R.