Animalis

Disclaimer: See Chapter One
Rating: R for violence, language and sexual themes.
Beta: damnednforsaken
Word Count: 4000
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They had been walking for over five hours, and they could finally see the remains of the ship on the horizon. The trail of debris had gone on for miles; deep groves had been gouged in the planet's dirt where the large ship had come down. Harry was used to strenuous work outs that lasted for hours and taxed his body to it limits, but adding that kind of physical hike with the thin air of the planet was making the long journey just that much more difficult.

With each passing step that Harry took, he felt an odd anticipation building. He couldn't explain it, couldn't even give it a name; it was just this tingling bubble of excitement and energy that made him feel like something was waiting for him in the distance. There was a wishful hope in the back of his mind that said it was his mate, but Harry pushed that thought away. He couldn't get that lucky, could he?

Frowning, Harry stopped for a moment because he could see a white tarp flowing in the breeze in the distance, its edges propped up by four sticks about forty or fifty feet in front of them. Nearby was a large mound of dirt. Was somebody digging a hole? Maybe the survivors were burying the dead.

"Ahhhhhh!" screamed a male voice from below the tarp just as shots from a gun of some sort echoed in the air.

Harry broke into a run, Remus and Sirius a short was behind him. Reaching the hole, Harry flung the tarp away and jumped inside. A man's upper body was in a smaller hole to the side, his body writhing as he cried out in pain, his gun still firing at whatever was attacking him. Harry whipped out his wand and, wrapping an arm around the man, saw something moving in the shadows of the hole. "Avada Kedavra!" yelled Harry as he pulled the man from the hole, blood smearing across Harry's shirt and hands as he did so. A large gray claw was still imbedded in the man's shoulder, the other end severed by no doubt the other man's gunshots, and it was oozing blue-tinted blood. As the sunlight hit the claw, it began to hiss and bubble, the gray skin melting as if the light was burning hot on its skin.

Harry heard running feet on either side of the hole. Looking up he saw Remus and Sirius on one side and a strange black haired woman on the other, her face pulled tight in anger.

"Get the hell away from him!" she screamed as she jumped down into the hole, ready to protect the other man.

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Riddick wasn't big on self-analysis. He wanted something, and he went after it. He didn't want to do something, so he didn't do it. It was as simple as that. Now the scent, whatever was making it… Riddick definitely wanted whatever was creating that scent. It called to him, drew him in, and Riddick was more than willing to come a knockin'.

The scent smelled like a male, young, but not too young. Maybe eighteen, nineteen? The smell of wood, leather and feline clung to him, and a bit of canine, too. As he got closer, Riddick scented out two more males; they were older, and their scents had mixed together more than usual for lovers… The canine was coming from them; it seemed that wolf and dog was mixed in their blood. Their two scents were nearly identical, but not completely… an alpha and his mate.

Riddick felt the beast rise up at the scent of another alpha, but almost immediately it settled back down because the alpha's scent that clung to the younger male was that of a father and its cub… He's not a threat to Riddick or his mate.

He could smell worry, resolve and determination coming from all three and a little excitement from the younger male. Riddick grinned, his beast almost visible in his silver eyes, as anticipation coursed through Riddick's body. Both man and beast knew they were getting closer to that heavenly scent, and it was only a matter of minutes before Riddick could surround himself in it, glut himself on it until their scents mixed like the older males'.

"Ahhhhhh!" A scream echoed towards him with shots from a gun following just after. Before Riddick consciously thought about it, his body was moving at a breakneck speed, running towards the sounds, running towards his mate who might be in danger. He felt a feral growl rumble from his chest as he ran through a field of tall spires of sand, his body coiling tight, ready to spring towards the threat ahead. In the blink of an eye as he came to a hole in the ground, he saw the two older males and scented them as non-threats quickly. Next to them was a smaller male holding a bloody, unconscious man in his arms… The smaller male's scent awakens his beast, and it roared in protective rage as an unknown female jumped down into the hole, screaming with her arms raised threateningly as she moved towards the younger male. The younger male dropped the wounded man and raised a short wooden stick in his hand like a weapon, as if to defend himself with it.

Riddick roared in fury at someone threatening his mate. MINE! roared the beast inside him as Riddick jumped down into the hole. Picking up the woman like she weighed nothing, he flung her out of the hole where she landed ten feet away on the dirt below her with a loud thump.

Heart racing, blood pumping, Riddick flexed his muscles and took a protective stance as more threats to his mate ran up to the hole. A growl erupts from his chest as he saw that Johns and the other survivors were the ones to arrive.

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Just before the big, muscle bound man jumped into the hole, Harry smelt him. He whimpered in wonder and need at the timing of finding his mate as the man fell to a crouch in front of him and then stood up to fling the screaming woman out of the hole with a mighty roar. Harry turned his head when running feet echoed on the ground to his right and saw a group of people arrive. One of them was a tall blond-haired man with blue eyes who looked from the man in front of Harry to him with a frown and then aimed a large gun at them.

Behind him Harry heard Remus and Sirius yell "Expelliarmus!", making the man's gun fly out of his hands and fall to the ground twenty feet away.

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AN: POV will include everyone from now on.

"What the hell was that? And what the hell is going on?" Fry asked as she and most of the group took a step back in fear. The two unknown men had used sticks to disarm Johns?

Shazza, from her place on the ground where Imam was helping her stand, pointed to Harry and shouted, "He attacked Zeke!"

"No I didn't. I arrived just as something was attacking him from within that hole," Harry answered patiently as he pointed to the smaller hole where blood was dripping around the outer edge. Leaning down towards Zeke, Harry started to point his wand at him just as Shazza jumped up.

"Leave him alone!" Shazza yelled as she ran towards them before coming to an abrupt halt at the menacing growl from Riddick.

"It's alright… I won't hurt him. This is a wand, and I can use it to heal him… Watch." Harry explained in a soothing voice as he said "Episkey" watching as the deep cuts on the wounded man closed. Once done he spoke "Tergeo" and the blood and dirt on the mans body was siphoned off and into Harry's wand. With a flick of his wand another spell, a transparent readout formed beside the unconscious man's body with his vital stats. "I closed all the wounds. That's all I can do without a few potions to replenish his blood. He's lost a lot of blood, so I can't say if he will survive, but closing the wounds gave him a fighting chance."

Shazza looked at Zeke's now closed wounds and cleaned body in wonder, tears falling from her eyes. "Thank you." she whispered quietly.

"Who the hell are you people?" Johns asked gruffly as he stared from Harry to Remus and Sirius and back again.

"Forgive us for not introducing ourselves. I am Remus Lupin and this is my mate, Sirius Black, and our godson, Harry Potter." Remus answered with a pleasant voice as he wondered what kind of situation they just got them selves into. "We were stranded on this planet just before your ship crashed."

"You are wizards are you not?" Imam asked with interest. "I have never been blessed with such a fortuitous meeting of one wizard, much less three. This is a good sign, a blessing from Allah."

His three children beside him had large smiles on their faces and light in their eyes at the hope of wizards to help them find a way off the planet.

"How did you get stranded here?" Fry questioned cautiously, not convinced that they were trustworthy yet, even if the younger one had healed Zeke.

"We were on our way to a friend's home for a meal and were ambushed by an unknown witch or wizard and sent here by a spell." Remus replied.

"Why would someone do that?" Jack asked, his voice a bit squeaky.

"Harry's seen as bit of a hero where we're from because he defeated an evil wizard… but that wizard's followers are still about, probably one of them," Sirius said with a growl and then added quietly, "Bloody Deatheaters!"

At Sirius' words, everyone looked at Harry who shifts uncomfortably under the appraising stares. His split tail twitches behind him, his black furred ears lying nearing flat against his messy black hair.

Jack got an interested look on his face and bits his lip. "So what are you?"

"Well, i'm a wizard, but I'm a Nekomata as well."

"Never heard of them." Johns said with a sneer.

"That's not surprising. Even where we are from Nekomatas are very rare, and its takes a lot of magical power for a wizard to become one." Harry answered reluctantly. He'd rather not talk about it, but the situation was still tense so he didn't want it to look like they are hiding something.

Shazza took a few steps closer to the hole now that the immediate danger had been resolved because she wanted to make sure her Zeke was really okay.

Riddick emitted a loud growl from his spot in front of Harry and shot a threatening look at Shazza, who stopped moving. His body was tight and coiled, unsettled by so many potential threats to his mate. Riddick would have liked nothing better than to pick up his mate and leave, take him to a secure place where he could be safe and where Riddick could crawl on top of him and claim him, lick him, touch him, bite him…

"What's with him? He wasn't so great before, but now he's just weird?" asked Paris as he looksed at Riddick, flinching as Riddick gave a gruff, almost non-threatening growl at him.

Harry had to suppress a snort; Riddick, even in a feral state, didn't see the man as a threat, merely an annoyance. Harry could scent fear and cowardice rolling off the man in waves. He'd have to watch Paris; cowardice like that not only endangered the coward, but those around him as well.

Sighing, Harry said, "As a Nekomata I have a mate, but until now I hadn't found him. Riddick is my mate, and, because we met suddenly and under stressful circumstances, he has gone into a feral state to protect me. I'd advise that you don't make any sudden moves or come close to me. He will react violently to anything he sees as a threat to me."

"Can I go to Zeke?" Shazza asked as she looked at Riddick fearfully, though she was still obviously determined.

Harry stepped up to Riddick's back and wrapped his arms around Riddick's waist, slowly pulling him back a few feet towards the other side of the hole. "Okay, just do it slowly and don't look at me or him, he'll see it as a challenge," he advised.

Shazza cautiously slid down into the hole and kissed Zeke's forehead.

Riddick growled as she slipped into the hole, not a threat of attack, but as a warning. From behind him, Harry let his hands run across Riddick's chest, murmuring soothingly and nuzzling Riddick's back. Harry wrapped the tips of his split tail around each of Riddick's upper legs, allowing the soft furred appendages to glide softly over the compacted muscles of his mate's thighs. Riddick didn't stop growling, but he let his body relax just a bit into Harry's touch.

"Imam, Johns, can you help me get him out of here?" Shazza asked as she looked up at the men.

"No. Stay back. Riddick might take it as a challenge… I'll move him," Harry said quickly as he pointed his wand at the unconscious man and intoned, "Wingardium Leviosa." Zeke's body rose up slowly from out of the hole and floated to a stop about five feet from it, where it landed softly without a sound.

Shazza got out of the hole with a thankful look at Harry as she went to her husband.

"So what attacked Zeke?" Fry asked.

"I'm not sure what they are, but they are vicious hungry creatures with large razor sharp claws and grey, rubbery skin. They stayed in the shadows as light seems to burn their skin," Harry answered and then used a silent levitation charm to bring the dead creature outside of the hole.

As the creature floated out of the hole, everyone gasped and backed away even further. The skin of the creature immediately began to blister and bubble when it was exposed to the sunlight; it looked as if it were basically slowly melting under the intense light of the three suns.

"Holy shit!" breathed Jack. "Is it dead?"

Harry nodded. "Yes, I killed it when it was attacking… Zeke. As a Nekomata, I have advanced senses. I can hear and smell a lot more of these creatures inside that hole, which seems to connect to a large network of underground tunnels."

Fry came a little closer to look at the creature, making sure not to appear threatening or challenging to Riddick in any way. It had a large sort of hammer -shaped head with sharp rows of teeth in its mouth. On both its arms and legs it had several sharp claws perfect for ripping into the flesh of its victims. At the end of it there was a long scythe-like tail with a sharp tip. They were clearly predatory creatures, and seeing Zeke's blood in its mouth and on its claws made it doubly so.

"Well even though sharing hour was very fun… I have a prisoner to chain up, wouldn't want him to kill anymore good people such as yourselves now would we…" Johns said as he made a move towards his gun.

Riddick growled in warning at him and took a few steps forward, but Harry pulled him back.

"It's alright, calm down…" Harry whispered to his mate, nuzzling his face against the strong muscles of Riddick's back as he tried to keep a hold of his own emotions… Riddick was a murderer? What did he do…? Harry knew not everything was as simple as black and white; he had killed people himself afterall.

"What are you talking about?" Sirius asked with a frown as he looked from Johns to Riddick. He was happy Harry had finally found his mate, but what kind of man was he exactly?

"That right there is Richard B. Riddick one of the most vicious killers around." Johns explained as he looked at Riddick with a sneer on his face. "He's got fifty-three confirmed kills, not including the ones that haven't been proved as his work. He's escaped from two prisons so far and its my job to bring him back."

"You can't lock him up, you seen what's on this planet!" Harry said loudly as his anger and anxiety bubbled to the surface at the thought that he had just found his mate and he might lose him so soon.

"Why don't you leave the big decisions to the adults, little boy!" Johns sneered condescendingly, a growl in his voice.

Riddick, his mind slowly coming out of the fog of a feral drive, growled again as a dark and dangerous look stole over his face as he took a step towards Johns. "I'd watch your fuckin' mouth when talking to my mate, Johns… I can make it fifty-four confirmed kills real quick."

In fear, Johns took a step back, but quickly masked the emotion behind a calm façade.

"It's alright… calm down Riddick." Harry said quietly as he used his touch and scent to ground his angered mate.

"Johns those three suns could set at any time. We've been on this planet for seven or eight hours, the suns have been up the whole time." Fry stated, trying to reason with him. She wasn't thrilled about letting Riddick run free, but she'd rather risk it in the face of being eaten by those things.

"I'm not letting a dangerous killer run around free to kill me and everyone else. And there are three suns, who knows if it ever goes dark here." Johns bit out, his face pulled tight in anger; he was losing control of the group and he didn't like it.

"It's better to be prepared than to let your ego make a choice that could end up getting you and others killed. Riddick is a feral being. His extra senses will be needed if those creatures come out once the suns set," Remus argued.

Looking towards Harry, Remus could see that Harry wouldn't allow Riddick to be locked up for any reason. Having just found their mate, both of them would react rather violently to being separated from each other. Remus wasn't too thrilled that, after over a year of waiting for Harry's mate, they found out that he had a questionable conscience, but Remus knew that no matter what Riddick was like, he would never be a danger to Harry or any children they had in the future. Once they were safe, Remus and this Riddick would be having a conversation on just who he was and why he was a convicted killer. Until then Remus would protect Harry's mate no matter what.

"I believe I am in agreement with Mr. Lupin…" Paris said quietly as he adjusted his glasses, trying and failing to not look at the grey creature that had nearly killed Zeke. "The more muscle to protect us the better."

"So am I… Zeke's not going to be able to protect himself like the rest of you," Shazza said as she softly ran her fingers through her husband's hair. He looked pale and his breath was shallow, but he was no longer bleeding. At least that was something.

"Yeah, Riddick's badass… he'll keep us safe," Jack said with a grin.

"Fine… if he kills you, then it's your own fuckin' fault!" Johns growled and walked off towards the ship.

"Um… we found an abandoned settlement a few miles away that has a skiff that might be space worthy, but its dead. We should gather up our things and go. We'll take a power cell to check the systems and see how many we're gonna need to power it," Fry explained as she looked around at everyone. "Sound good?"

The group nodded and headed back towards the ship to gather their things. Once at the ship, Harry looked towards his godfathers and said, "Remus, Sirius… uh, can I get a few minutes alone with Riddick?"

"Sure, cub… Come on, Sirius; let's see if anyone needs our help," Remus said with a nod, giving Riddick a last look before he threaded his finger through his mate's and walked towards where the rest of the group was on the other side of the ship.

Once they were alone, Harry nibbled on his bottom lip nervously as he looked up at his mate. It was the first time he had gotten a real look at his mate, and Harry couldn't believe the luck he had in getting a mate like Riddick. The man had won the genetic lottery; he was tall, at least 6'1" or 6'2, so tall that he towered over Harry's small body, with large thick muscled arms and legs, a trim waist… His head was shaved bald, emphasizing his strong angular facial features and the shining silver eyes behind the darkened goggles that he remembered so well from his dreams.

Harry leaned up on his tip-toes as he said, "Close your eyes for a minute…"

Riddick gave him a questioning look but closed them, and he felt the goggles being removed from around his head a second later before he heard his mate say, "Scutum oculi."

"Okay, you can open your eyes… Don't worry; the sunlight won't hurt them now," Harry said softly.

Opening his eyes, Riddick saw the difference right away as he looked around. He wasn't wearing the goggles anymore, but his vision wasn't impaired by the sunlight now. "What did you do?"

"It's a shielding spell for eyes in extremely bright places. I was in Egypt last year and the sun was really bright and bothering my eyes, so a friend of mine showed me the spell. It won't last forever, but I can keep on renewing it every twenty-four hours." Harry said with a small nervous smile. "Now in case something happens to the goggles, you won't be affected by the sunlight…"

Riddick gave his mate a smirk as he took the chance to look at him. He was small; the top of his head barely reached halfway up Riddick's chest. His body was slim, but Riddick could see toned muscles underneath the skin. His mate had wild, messy black hair with furred black cat ears on the top of his head, green slitted eyes that nearly sparkled in the sunlight, and pouty pink lips that made Riddick think about having them wrapped around his cock as those beautiful eyes looked up at him beneath the long black eyelashes.

A growl rumble low in his chest, and Riddick walked closer to Harry, following him as his mate walked backwards until Harry's back met the hull of the ship. Pressing up close to his mate, Riddick looked down at him, letting his eyes wander over the beauty of his mate's form. He smirked when Harry turned his head to the side and bared his vulnerable neck submissively for his dominant. Leaning down, Riddick nuzzled his neck, nipping and licking the smooth flesh in front of him as he breathed in the strong scent of his little mate.

Riddick growled as he pressed every inch of his length against his mate, his body molding to Harry's with his hard cock digging into the soft flesh of Harry's stomach. He grinned when Harry gasped at the contact. Bringing his hands around Harry's body, he palmed his mate's rounded ass and lifted him up, growling again in arousal as Harry automatically lifted his legs up to wrap around Riddick's waist.

"Mine," Riddick groaned as he licked the pulse point on Harry's neck, letting his teeth drag across the sensitive skin.

"Yes…" Harry shivered just before a soft, needy whine slipped from his lips as Riddick bit into him, the skin breaking as Riddick marked him, claiming him for life.