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Tyro's POV

Later that day,Taro put Raven to the grinder. He put us through Resistance Basic. It was about as close to hell on earth as you can get.

"Move it you maggots!",he screamed as the dragons from Raven tried unsuccessfully to navigate a brutal obstacle course as DK ammo rained down on us. When we finally did clear it,Taro was waiting with his fangs bared.

"You failed miserably",he snarled,"four minutes,if that was real,you'd all be dead,RUN IT AGAIN!"

My friends moaned as we returned to the starting line. Hudson and the humans were absolutely pissed at us. They had cleared the course in 39 seconds,but because we had failed,they were being forced to run it again.

"You guys suck,Hudson protested,that course was easy!"

"Bullshit,Val protested,look at this,he lifted his left wing to reveal a bloodshot area. "Easy for you,he continued,you don't have to worry about bullets specifically designed to kill you!"

Hudson laughed,'Were human Val,bullets were INVENTED to kill us."

Val,realizing he wasn't going to win this argument,simplysnarled and gave up. As we returned to the starting line,I caught a whiff of blood,it was faint,but it was there.

"Taro,I said looking up at him,do you smell that?"

"Val's blood,he asked,yeah,you'd have to have no sense of smell not to."

"No,I said,not his,it smells differently."

Taro sniffed the air,"It smells like Anthro Blood,he said shaking his head,where's it coming from?"

The smell grew stronger with each passing second. "Where the fuck is it coming from,Taro asked,I can't get a bead on it."

"Somebody help me!",a voice shouted. It was high pitched and desperate,the tone told me it was a male.

"There!",Val said pointing with his tail,"look!"

A 7 foot tall Anthro dragon was running toward us. He was carrying another Anthro in his arms. We met him at the edge of camp. He was around 7'3,dressed in what looked like riot armor with a scoped AR-15 over his shoulder and a .45 strapped to his leg. The look in his eye was of desperation. "She's going to die,he cried placing the other dragon down,please help,I can't lose her!" The other Anthro was almost identical to him,expect for her blue scales. She wore the same thing as he did,expect instead of a .45,she had a Desert Eagle on her leg. She looked like she'd been mauled. Her snout was covered in her blood and her chest and abdomen were ripped open. The edges of her wound looked like someone had chewed her open.

"Va"l,I ordered,"go get the doctors,Trent,see if you can stabilize her,Hudson Logan,help Trent."

My team set to work. Val flew for the doctors as Trent took his medical supplies from his kit and set to work.

"Please don't do this to me,the male cried,don't do this to me!"

I took him aside,"You need to calm down",I said,"the more tense you get,the less likely she is to pull through."

He continued to cry,not answering me. I looked back at the bloody Anthro,it then set in on me that they must be mates.

"Come with me",I said.

I lead him through the camp and into the barracks. We entered my room.

"Tyro,Adelind asked,whose this?"

"Syralth,the Anthro said with tears.

Adelind got up and walked over to us. "Do you want to tell me what's wrong,she asked in her soft voice.

"It's my mate,he said sobbing,she may die!"

Adelind and I lay down as Syralth slumped down on his tail against the wall.

"I don't know if I can live without her,he said finally settling down,she is my entire world."

"I know what your going through,Adelind said trying to comfort him,I've been down that road twice this year."

Syralth looked at Adelind,a lost look in his eyes,I could tell he thought she was lying. So I stood,and showed him the scars.

"Oh man",Syralth said,"I'm sorry,I just.. "

'There's nothing to be sorry about",I said laying back down.

Tyson,who had woken from his nap,was staring at our visitor. His front paws on Syralth's legs,sweeping tail,gaze locked with his.

"What are you,Tyson finally asked,you look like a dragon,but a human at the same time."

"I'm an Anthro,Syralth said picking Tyson up and dropping him in his lap,part human,part dragon."

"But you look more dragon than human?",Tyson objected.

"True,Syralth said,the human is what lets me stand on two legs,and use all the cool stuff that the humans do."

Syralth dropped his gaze to the ground,then looked at me.

"Do you think she'll,he paused,I could see the tears start coming again,live?"

I wasn't sure how to answer. After some thought,I said,

"I'd just hope for the best,I said,but if I were you,I'd expect the worst."

"If you don't mind me asking,what happened?"

"Not sure,he said,one minute,were on routine recon,the next,we get blindsided by I don't even know what it was."

"I think I do",Wei said as he entered.

Syralth looked at Wei with an empty face,I could see him slowly,but surly,inching his paw toward his revolver. "Could that mean,I started to think,but quickly put it out of my head.

"Come,Tyro Adelind,Syralth,she is awake."

We stood,and started to walk out the door,Adelind must have seen my look because she asked,

"Something wrong?"

"Not sure",I stated,"I could see Syralth reach for his gun when Wei started talking."

"Maybe he was just startled?"

"No",I said,"it was slow,like he was trying not to be seen."

Adelind looked confused,whatever she was thinking,it must have been bad because I saw her shiver. I leaned against her as we walked down the hall,

"I'm sure it was nothing,I said lifting the tone of my voice.

When we entered the room with Syralth's mate,she was laying in a bed that was made for a human,large stitches covered her chest and abdomen,Trent was beside her,changing out an IV.

"How is she,I asked.

"Well,Trent said,she ain't gonna be breathing fire anytime soon,but other than that,she's fine,the wound was clean,no residue,bacteria,or anything that could make her sick,the wounds should heal in around two or so days."

Syralth wasted no time in throwing his arms around his mate and crying it out as she hugged him back.

"That's how I felt when you woke up,Adelind whispered in my ear.

I put a wing around her as we wacthed the two hold each other,they reminded me of,well,me and Adelind.

"I'd thought I'd lost you",Syralth sobbed,"don't you ever put me through that agian,please."

"I won't",his mate said back with a few tears herself,"I won't."

Once they were done crying it out,I steped up.

"I'm Tyro,I said,leader of Strike Force Raven,can I get your name?"

"Tesselth,the blue Anthro stated,it's Tesselth."

"Okay Tesselth,I returned,can you tell me anything about what happened,or who attacked you and your mate?"

Tesselth stared at me,and then huffed saying,"Sadly no,it was all so quick,one minute,I'm with Syralth on recon,the next,I'm on the ground with my chest and gut ripped open."

"You didn't see anything at all?"

"No,she huffed agian,like I said,it was so quick,whatever it was,it does it's work fast."

My life had just got a little harder.

"Syralth,Shadow asked appearing in the door way behind us,did you see anything?"

"No,sadly,Sayralth replied,I DID hear something that sounded like a gust of wind,Tesselth let out the most horrifying yelp and then she was on the ground,ripped open."

Shadow sighed,the turned to me,"This ammounts to an empty jar".

I colud feel my ears flop aginst my neck with my fustration.

"There must be something,I said,some eveidence that the attacker left behind."

"I've got an idea,Lung said,follow me."

We followed Lung from the infimary to a large,metal buliding outside,once we were in,I was shocked to find the rest of my team gathered around,observing some blue prints for a ship of some kind. But the thing that really stuck out,was who was beside Ator.

"Ator,I said in a surprised tone,who is this?"

Ator had a smile that was big,even for him.

"Tyro,he said with a hint of jumpiness in his voice,this is Vanlith,my mate."

I was dumbfounded.

"How long,I asked with a smile.

"Six months,Ator said,we met shortly after we arrived here after Taro saved us,it was love at first sight."

"I was going to introduce you this morning,but you left with Taro before I could."

"Congratulations Ator,I said with a laugh,I was wondering when you'd find a nice girl."

"I'm standing right here,Vanlith said,I can hear everything your saying!"

"Oh you big hatchling,Ator said licking her snout,lighten up."

"Well if your done with that,Rolland said,Taro wants to tell us about a job he's got."

We gathered around as Taro brought up holograms.

"Two weeks ago,he said,our scouts in international waters found this.

A picture of an aircraft carrier popped up. It was a smaller one,but still quite large.

"That's the USS Draco",Shadow said,"that's where Nina and I were based."

"Then you need to give us everything you have on it son,Tyro and his team will need the info."

"I won't be going",Shadow asked.

"No",Taro said,"Lung and I need you here to help us run things."

"What's the mission",Syralth asked.

"Rescue",Taro said,"there's a dragon that ship that is about to be put down for something he didn't do."

A picture of a Volcano Dragon popped up,he was mostly red with black stripes,he looked like Fireclaw.

"This dragon,his name is Visalth,he was accused of the murder of Admiral Johnson,who was visiting the Draco at the very same time he was transferred,consequently,he was accused of the murder and sentenced to death."

"When do we go?",Syralth asked with a low snarl,"I want some payback."

"Five hours",Taro said,"ready your equipment,and be back here at nine."

As we were leaving the tent,it dawned on me that something was very wrong here. If Lung really DID have an idea about who attacked Tess,why didn't he say anything?