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I slept well that night,as you could probably imagine. My Mom and Dad were on base,and my hero's were coming in to work with me on hunting The Jackal,so how could I not be exited? When I woke up the next morning,Mom and Dad were already gone,so I assumed they had decided to let me sleep and had gone to the mess hall for breakfast. I got out of bed,stretched,showered and brushed my teeth before pulling on some Sahara Desert camo cargo pants and a tan Under Armour shirt before walking to the mess hall. The sun was already baking the sand of Echo's ground. How I hated the sand,how it stuck to my paws when I walked,how it reflected the light right into my eyes and how it always seemed to be hotter than hell during the day. On my way to the mess hall,I could see Tyro,Taro,Firedrake and Shadow playing Soccer with a few humans. Tyro and the other's appeared to be winning,but I couldn't tell. I walked into the mess hall and easily located my parents,who were sitting with Mnerloth and another male Anthro. I walked over and sat beside Dad,who quickly warped his wing around me and pulled me close to his side.

"You sleep okay son?"Dad asked.

"Yeah",I replied smiling,"better than i have since you and Mom left for deployment."

"I'm sorry your Mom and I couldn't be there to see you finish basic."

"It's okay Dad",I replied,"I'm better now."

Dad smiled,"happy to hear it."

Mnerloth looked at my Dad,as if resuming a previous conversation,she said.

"Been a while since Raven's been together,when you and Tess left for deployment,it left a hole in the family Syralth,you should have at least told us."

"Sorry Mnerloth",Dad replied,"but it came up so quick,Tess and I just couldn't say no,Nolan needed us with guns in our paws."

"I know",Mnerloth replied,"you could have at least said goodbye though."

"I know",Dad replied.

Mnerloth smiled,"All water under the bridge now."

As Mnerloth and my Dad talked,Tyro and the others came in,they were all red in the face and panting,smiling as they sat down beside us.

"That last goal wasn't fair",Tyro said,"you cheated."

"So?",John said wiping the sweat from his face,"we still won."

"It still wasn't a fair match",Taro said,"your agile like a human with dragon strength,you shouldn't even have been playing."

"Yadda yadda yadda",John replied smiling,"I'd wipe the field with you any day of the week,dragon or not."

Taro growled playfully at John and he replied with a deep draconic hiss,Taro seemed surprised at it,but laughed anyway. They sat down and began eating as a large haunch of some unknown creature was shoved in front of us. I ripped a piece off and swallowed it,my throat convulsing like a lizzard's as I tore off another peice.

"You people have no table manners",John said cutting a strip of the meat off with his combat knife,"I'm embarrassed to be seen with you."

John cut the meat again and ate it,using his knife which was about as long as my arm like a fork. I looked at him for a minute,taking in his features. He was an even six,a few inches shorter than my Dad. His skin was of a medium tan color and his hair was the darkest black you can imagine and his eyes were neon green with dragon slit pupils the same black as his hair and he had midnight blue flecks threaded into his eyes. Draconian like fangs lined the inside of his mouth,something I just now noticed. John had the craving for freshly killed meat like any dragon,in fact,if you asked me,I'd say he was an Anthro,just without wings scales and horns,he was a hell of a man.

"Your embarrassed to be seen with us?",Tyro asked shoving his snout into the meat,using his dominant right fore paw to hold it still,"at least were eating like the dragons we are,your using a belt knife as a fork."

"I do this all the time Tyro",John said cutting another piece,"when was the last time you ate with a

knife?"

Tyro laughed,"I think it was the night before I got off active duty,don't remember,my dragon brain has less and less of the human memories everyday."

This intrigued me.

"You were a human Tyro?" I asked.

"Yep",Tyro replied,"my human side is actually sitting right across from you."

I looked at John,then back at Tyro and noticed they had the same eyes and the arrow on Tyro's tail was the same black as John's hair.

"Mind telling me how that's even possible?" I asked looking between them.

"Well",John said,"where to begin,where to begin." "The year was 1999",John began again,"Hudson,Issac,Frank and I stepped back into service to rescue Wyatt after he'd been captured on a secret mission. Everything went well until the time came to exfill. As the heli was taking off,we took a rocket to the tail rotor. As we spun out,another rocket flew into the cabin and exploded. I caught most of the blast,it it took off both my legs,a good sized chunk of one of my arms and seriously screwed up my insides and snapped my spine in six places."

"Ouch",Dad said.

"Yeah",Tyro said,'I remember that,the pain was crazy."

John continued.

"So Hudson the others put me into The HDR program,which takes the genes of dying people and regrows them as dragons,with all memories intact. To do this,a special chemical is used to extract the DNA and information directly from the brain. But the serum had other effects." "Like regenerating my human side",Tyro said. "Exactly",John replied,"after my first injection,I slipped out and then I remember waking up at Area 51's infirmary with my brother Jace crying his eyes out. My reaction was like so,the fuck is wrong with you?"

Everyone laughed at John's comment and continued eating. The story was unlike any I'd ever heard,it interested me and I wanted to know more about HDR. I was about ask John what HDR stood for when the sounds of a V-22 hit my ears.

"Rest of the team's here",John said standing,"let's go greet them shall we?"

We stood and walked down to the landing pad where a large,jet black eight engined V-22 was landing. The size of the thing was insane,and it wasn't making any noise. I couldn't figure how a sixty foot aircraft with eight engines could be as quiet as a dust speck in a dark corner. As the craft landed and the hatch fell,dragons began to pour out. I actually stopped counting at ten or eleven. From where I was I could see a few that I recognized,but one stood out in particular.

"Tyson",I said walking up to him,"how you been?"

"Same old",Tyson said hugging me with his wings.

Tyson was about my age at nine or so months older. He had a coffee brown body with a dark brown underbelly and wing membranes perfectly complemented by his blue eyes. He was covered in scars,which could make him come on as a fighter,but he was really sweet,more of a teddy bear than a dragon truth be told,and he and I were always close by at home.

"Nice to see you again Tanner",Tyson said smiling at me,"sorry I wasn't there to see you finish basic."

"It's okay Tyse",I replied smiling.

As I looked around,I noticed Shadow was talking with a smokey grey and gold female who I assumed was his mate. Tyson and I walked over to them.

"Hey Shadow",Tyson said smiling.

"Tyson",Shadow said smiling and hugging him,"nice to see you again."

"Nina",I said,"been a while." Nina smiled and hugged me.

"Nice to see you too Tanner."

As we caught up,Firedrake walked over,he was dressed in his Taliban style wrappings with his sunglasses and face warp on. I felt my heart begin to race.

"Nina",Shadow said grinning widely,"got someone I want you to meet."

Shadow moved so he was standing in between them,but not in their way.

"Xal",Shadow said using Firedrake's last name,rather than his first,"this is Nina."

"Nice to meet you",Nina said smiling.

"Nina",Shadow said looking like he was about to explode with excitement,"THIS IS YOUR DAD!"

Nina's smile went to a look of complete shock as Firedrake unwrapped his face. I could see he was crying,his face was soaked with tears he'd worn the wrappings to hide his tears.

"D...d...daddy?" Nina stuttered,I could tell she was trying to assure herself that the dragon in front of her really was her father.

"Yeah",Firedrake said crying,"it's me Nina."

Nina started to cry as Firedrake grabbed her and yanked her into a hug,she buried her snout into his neck as she sobbed.

"I missed you!" Nina cried.

"I missed you too!" Firedrake returned through his sobs.

After a few minutes,Tyro and the others walked up.

"I see you too have met",Tyro said pulling his mate,Adelind close to him.

Firedrake looked Nina in her eyes,through his tears,he managed to say,"I see youv'e become a respectable female."

Nina only cried harder,I didn't blame her. She had thought he was dead,so I couldn't imagine the emotional storm that must be raging inside her. After a few minutes,a black,blue and white dragon walked up to Nina.

"Mom",he said,"what's all the commotion about?"

"Taro",Nina said,"this my Dad Firedrake,Daddy,this is my son Taro."

Firedrake began to look over the male standing in front of him.

"Well done",Firedrake said loking at his daugther.

"Well if everyone is done catching up",John announced,"I have a mission."

John led us all back to the command building and we gathered around the table as he began.

"At 0900 hours,our drone confirmed the location of The Jackal's weapons deal,Tyro,your leading the mission with Tanner as your second in command since this is his op."

"Yes sir",Tyro replied,"give me the details."

John brought up a hologram.

"The meeting is taking place in Chernobyl Ukraine,due to the irradiation,Hudson and your human teammates must sit this one out,this mission will consist of you,Tanner,Taro,Shadow and nine other squad mates,the rest are on stand by to pull you out,I'd choose wisely.

"Yes sir",Tyro said,"I'll take Sozenn,Syralth,Tess,Mnerloth,Cora,Nina,Adelind,Val,Vez and Ator."

"Very well",John said,"beware,there is a shit ton of enemy activity,so I'd stick to surpressors."

"Yes sir",Tyro said as we turned and left.

I walked with the others to the barracks and entered my room with Mom and Dad. Once in,I slipped on a foliage green version of the Under Armour body suit over which I put EDRL camo pants,a long sleeved green T-shirt as well as a green jacket and gloves and my standard tan armor vest with green pouches. I grabbed my guns and knife from the locker and slung them over my shoulders as Mom and Dad finished readying.

"Damn son",Dad said,"that looks good on you."

I smiled and walked with my parents down to the helo pad where Tyro and Firedrake were waiting. Both were dressed from the tips of thier snouts to the tips of their face in foliage green clothing with vests and weapons to match.

"Ready guys?" Tyro asked.

"Hell yeah brother",Dad said as we stepped into the aircraft.

Tyro lay with his mate Adelind,as did the others and I lay my head on Mom's shoulder and Mom leaned on Dad,who warped us both with his wings. Tyro and Adelind were the first to fall off,followed by Sozenn and Cora,then Ator,Val and Vez and then Shadow,Nina and Firedrake and finally Mom and Dad. I had a lot on my mind,but sleep soon found me too.