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When I woke,I was in a large,white room. It was an absolute quiet,expect for the sounds of a few machines. I was cold,still feeling the effects of the blood loss. The wounds I had taken in the ring were stitched closed and bandaged. Wires were attached to my neck and head and a clear hose was shoved into my throat. Even though the hose gagged me a little,I welcomed it,because i was in no shape to breathe on my own. I scanned around the room. Tyson was on my left.

He was a small,skinny Mountain Dragon,I'm guessing just a little younger than Dusk. He had chipped horns and claws with no spikes to speak of. He barely had any membrane left on his wings,was covered in stitches and was missing the arrow on his tail. He had clearly been to hell and back many,many times. There was a man in the corner,he stood 6'10 and was a freaking beast,if he wanted to,he could probably snap my neck like a twig. His gazed was fixed on me,his eyes unmoving.

"29 years,he whispered,for 29 years I wondered weather or not it worked."

"Now I see I have to thank that doctor for saving my friend."

I laid my head back down and closed my eyes. This man had saved my life,and more importantly,the lives of my family. I coludn't say thank you,because humans can't speak Draconian. I was stirred from my thoughts as the man placed his hand on my head and starting petting me. There was a sting as a needle found it's way into my neck. It was revolting as the warm,vile tasting liquid went down my throat and I slipped out agian.

When I woke,Adelind was at my right and my cubs were at my left. Adelind had her wing over us and the heat coming off their bodies helped to counter-act the chill I had from losing so much blood. I tried to move,but I was in too much pain. My attempt to move stirred Adelind.

"How you feeling?",she softly asked.

"Horrible,I said,I've never been in so much pain."

"Kinda parched too,will you help me up?"

Adelind allowed me to use her as a crutch. Standing was,to say the least,excruciating. My body screamed with pain as Adelind pulled me up. I pulled out some of the stitches as I did so and the bleeding started again. My head pounded from exertion and I started to pant because my lungs had been cut up and I could feel the pressure on them from my own weight. It took two hours for me to cover the six feet from the bed to the water bowl. When I finally got there,I plunged my snout in and slurped up as much as I could. It tasted bad from the medicine that was in it,but I didn't care,it was either that or dehydrate. I had to fight every bit of the way.

"Guess this is a return for the times after the kids were born when you had to help me walk huh?" Adelind said with a bit of a smile.

"Yeah,I weakly laughed,looks like."

Adelind and I lay back down. I closed my eyes as Adelind put her wing around me.

"I love you.",she said nuzzling me.

"I love you too",I said nuzzling her back.

I was drifting off when the door opened and three men dressed in white walked in,along with three others,who were carrying large guns. Adelind snarled at them.

"It's okay,one of the men in white said,were not here to hurt you."

Adelind wasn't buying it and she stood her ground,barring her fangs.

"Let me talk to him.",A voice came.

"Are you sure,another voice asked,even in the shape he's in,he'll kill you if he so much as gets a whiff of reason."

"I can take can of myself soldier,the voice said.

The men stepped aside and a dragon walked in. I'd never seen his breed before. He was mostly white,with red scales on his neck,chest and underneath his tail,with blue markings here and there,with four horns on his head,he was smaller,but well built.

"Leave us." he said.

The men left the room. Adelind pined the dragon almost instantly.

"Who are you and where are we?!?" She screamed at him,ready to rip his throat out at the first sign of resistance.

"If you'll let me up",the dragon said calmly,"I'll explain everything."

Adelind wasn't buying it,but she let him up saying,"Try anything,endanger my cubs or my mate,nothing will save you from me."

"Wow",the dragon said as he whistled,"you remind me of my father." Anyway,I'm Captain Shadow Salanth,leader of Dragon Squad Talon."

"Your at Fire base Charlie."

"Why,I asked,why did you bring us here?"

"We brought you here,Captain John,because you told us to do so"

"Who's John,Ace asked having woken up.

"Oh,Shadow's smile dropped from his face,they didn't,but I was...fuck."

"John,little dragon,Shadow said,is,or was,your father."

"What the hell are you talking about,I growled,the name's Tyro,not John,and I don't know if youv'e noticed,but I'm a dragon like you and I've got four cubs with another on the way."

"Yes,Shadow said,they warned me about this."

"Warned you about what,Adelind asked with a snarl.

"Warned me that he didn't know and that I should brake it to you in steps,Shadow said sitting down.

Adelind sat on her haunches,eyes affixed on our visitor,ready to pounce if he so much as twitched,or said something she didn't like.

"Tyro,Shadow said,for almost thirty years,you were a human by the name of John Alex Mason. You were the greatest Marine who ever lived. Countries who have warred with the US have studied you,and trained their troops with programs based off your tactics. You are a legend among the soldiers in Project Draco,I myself long to become like you. You were the first recruit into the HDR Program. At first,it seemed it had failed,and you had not hatched as a dragon,but then,around a week ago,your DNA tracker pinged."

I was horrified at his words. Part of me believed everything that had come out of Shadow's mouth,part of me wanted to call him crazy. We locked gazes,Shadow and I were both unblinking for the longest time. Then,with out even realizing what I was doing,I lept up and pinned him,sinking my claws into his shoulder. Shadow roared from the pain. I looked into his eyes saying,

"They say dying people don't lie,let's see if it's the same policy here. If what you just said is true,then look me in the eye, and repeat it word for word."

That's exactly what he did. I let him up,he was whimpering from the wound on his shoulder. I shook my head and huffed as I lay back down,

"This is not possible,I said in a whisper,I'm a dragon,how cloud I have been human?"

"Like I said",Shadow rep;lied,recovering from the shock,the HDR Program,the doctors there saved you because your friends and brother coludn't stand the thought of losing you."

Shadow's words rattled my brain. I was human,for 30 years,a legendary soldier and the first recruit into whatever the heck this HDR Program was and now,I was wanted back?

"I wanna meet them,I said,my team."

"I tought you'd ask that,Shadow said.

He slapped the door with his tail. The men from my flash,who had saved me,Hudson,Wyatt and my older brother,Issac. Everything came flooding back,confirming everything Shadow had said.

"So would you like the ass beating now,Hudson asked with a smile,or would you like it after you get better so it last's longer?"

Issac sat down,looked me in the eyes,then threw his arms around my neck with tears in his eyes.

"I missed you little brother,he said,so much."

Wyatt was leaning in the door way,a rolled up magazine in his hands. He threw it at me and I coludn't help but laugh. Adelind lay down and put her wing around me. We licked each other and Issac grew wide eyed.

"Ooh,he said,what's going on here?"

"Figure it out",I said.

"No,he said,are you two,he paused his smile grew,mates?"

"Ding,ding,ding,Hudson said,youv'e won a free scholarship to the collage of wake up and smell the coffee dumb ass."

"Ha-ha",Issac said.

"Come on man,Hudson said,got something I want you to see."

With help from Adelind,Shadow and Hudson(who was bearing the brunt of my weight)I stood and we walked down the hall to a door that read John Mason. Hudson slid the door open. The room was dusty,looking like it hadn't been touched in years. The bed was unmade,an sheathed Egyptian sword,a blue iPod,a MK-48 GPMG and a B32R Automatic Pistol sat covered in dust on the desk.

"This is the way we left it after you,Hudson paused,after you left."

"That sword,you found it on our last visit to Afghanistan."

"I remember that,I said as the memories came back,you asked me what the hell I was going to do with it,I replied with 'ya never know."

I turned to him,"Tell me,please,that you figured out what that needle tipped ammo was for?"

"Na man,Hudson said,if they did,they never told us."

"Oh well,I said,you know how they are."

"If you wanna get back into combat",Hudson said,"you got to go talk to the armorer for the dragons,they all,for some strange ass reason,call him X,do you remember where the armory is?"

"Yeah,I said,gimme some time to get myself together and then come find me."

"Right brother,Hudson said turning and leaving the room.

I turned to Adelind. "Well this has been a week."

We lay beside each other,Adelind put her wing around me.

"Doesn't matter how crazy it gets,she said,if they're trying to split us up,it won't work."

I placed my head beside her's,

"How's the baby,i asked.

"Sholudn't be too long,Adelind said,she's kicking a lot more now,I'm guessing two,three months."

"As soon as I can",I said,I'm out and then you,me the kids,were all going to go home and forget today ever happened."

"Have you told Tyson,were going to take him in yet",I asked.

"Yes,Adelind replied,he was overjoyed to finally have a family again."

After some time Adelind asked,

"what was it like,being a human?"

Up until the second she asked,I had not thought about it.

"I had friends,I said,I had a love life,I had brothers. But at the end of the day,I'm a dragon at heart. If I were given the choice,right now,of returning to a human,or staying with you,I'd stay with you. Adelind,I did not love the girl in my human life as much as I love you. Ace,Dusk,Helix,Tyson and the one on the way,are what get me up in the morning and what kept me alive in the ring,and you are what keep me alive"

Adelind wedged her head under mine,placing it against my chest.

"You promise me you'll come back in one piece",she said with a little bit of sarcasm in her voice.

"I promise my love,I said.

"My love?",Shadow's voice came from the door,"there's something I have'nt heard in a while".

"What do you mean,I asked.

"Oh it's nothing,he said,it's just something I haven't heard in a while."

"Shadow,a voice called from down the hall,I'm not covering for you if your late for combat practice again!"

"Coming" he shouted as he left.

"Well,I said standing (finally on my own) I'm going to go talk to who ever this X guy is".

I took my MK-48 in my mouth and went down to the armory. When I entered,the smell of wires,fired gun powder and burning metal filled my nose,It was one that brought back even more memories.

"Ah",he said in a thick Russian accent,"so you are Tyro,you are a large one."

I put my MK-48 at my paws.

"Exactly what am I carrying into combat here?"

"Come come come",he said quickly.

He lead me into a room with vests configured with all kinds of different vests. They had M2 Ma deuces,MK-19 grenade launchers,Miniguns,Vulcan Miniguns and even re sized 105 Cannons. All were equipped with M249 SAWs as backups.

"Hmm,I like the 105,but can you swap the SAW out with my old MK-48 GMPG?"

"It'd be bending the rules a bit,but yes I can."

With a little bit of tinkering,my MK-48 was nestled comfortably in the spot that held the SAW. With some help from X,I slid the vest on. It was a lot lighter than it looked. It had boots,similar to the ones worn by humans,but allowed my claws to stick out. Unlike most of the other vests,there was a tail guard and selves as well as a helmet with an eyepiece that displayed the condition of the vest itself,the ammo count for the 105,at 8 and the ammo count for the MK-48 at 1,000. It was a good fit,the boots were going to take some getting used to,after going with out anything on the sole of my paws for my entire life,but other than that I was comfortable in it.

"I was told by General Jackson to tell you,X said,that once you were armed,you were to head to weapons training with some Draco recruits."

"Well then I guess I'm headed to the range then."

I turned and left the armory. One thing occupied my mind,going home.