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The tilt-rotor landed close by and Medics piled out and ran over to the Stricken Lizard. Jess, Tanya, Lisa and one of the guys from the other group, Cadet Sebastian, had stemmed his bleeding. The rest of the guys had fled quickly before the tilt-rotor had come into hearing distance. Tanya worked hard to keep him awake and help him with shock. But he was shaking, and starting to get cold. She wiped tears from his face and he sniffed trying not to cry heavily.

"Dear God" Captain Kendo said getting out of the aircraft with four military Police officers "You are all Restricted to your Barracks. Tanya you are his leader you'll come with us, The rest of you return to your Barracks, NOW" they all nodded and left escorted by the MP's, the girls not wanting to at first but finally did quietly. The medical officers quickly put in two IV's of whole blood and laid Izer on a stretcher while putting fresh compression bandages on his wound's, then they recovered his arms.

"Quickly into the Chopper!" one of them said loudly lifting one of the IV's, Tanya held the other. Two of the other paramedics lifted him carefully and carried him into the waiting craft.

"Stay awake Cadet, that's an order" Kendo said sitting on one of the seats close by and Izer nodded

"Y...Yes Sir" he wheezed "I'll do my best" The medics got in next to Izer, and Tanya closed the door sitting next to the Captain.

"What Happened?" Kendo asked Tanya as the craft took off

"Cadet Wallson had a Blade launcher" she said softly yet informatively "His platoon ordered us to hand over the Hostage units threatening us with it. When Jess went to walk off, he fired at her and Izer pushed her and the units out of the way... if he hadn't, Jess would..."

"I see" he responded slowly "he did what he was trained to do"

"It was STUPID" she suddenly blurted loudly starting to cry "Neither of them should have been at risk in the First place!"

"Calm down Cadet" Kendo said

"Please..." she sobbed looking at the medics "Please save him... what ever it takes save him!"

"well do what we can" one said "His belly wound isn't too bad, it looks mainly superficial, but his arms... I'm not sure what we will do" Izer looked over to Tanya a soft smile on his face, his belly was an array of colour, mainly red from blood and blue.

"I...I'm Invincible" he said with a grin he belly flashed orange for a moment as he looked towards Tanya "th...The black Knight A...Always Triumphs" he coughed and groaned a laugh and she laughed as well placing her hand on his head.

"Tis but a scratch" she said finally smiling

"were going to give you some Morphine" one medic said "We've got you stabilized enough to handle it, try to relax"

"He's lost allot of blood" one of the other medic's called "Take that one out, Put in a broad IV, try to pump some in"

When they landed they transferred his stretcher directly onto a hospital bed; General Smith was waiting for them at the landing pad looking both very angry and worried. A half chewed half smoked cigar hang from his mouth and he didn't even flinch when the tilt-rotor landed sending up small cloud of dust.

"Get him Fixed up good Doctor" he said angrily to one of the doctors who ran out "we have NEVER lost a Cadet on this Base, I don't intend to break that record now!"

"Yes SIR" they said saluting "Quick Another unit of whole Blood and Get him into OR!" they ran off with Izer leaving General Smith, Captain Kendo and Tanya standing on the pad as the rotor took off again heading for its hanger.

"I want a FULL report!" Smith said to Kendo "Whatever it takes! I don't care who's toes you stand on, I want this Dealt with! You have three days"

"SIR yes SIR!" Kendo saluted

"Sir" Tanya piped up "I know I need to return to the barracks, but can I return when he is out of OR?"

"Cadet Tanya" Smith looked down at her "Return to the Barracks With Captain Kendo and give a statement, I want one from all of you, then get cleaned up. I will be doing an inspection of your Barracks in two hours! If you are hiding ANYTHING I will find it!" Tanya nodded and then saluted he seemed to drip anger but didn't intend to aim it at her.

"permission to be dismissed Sir" she said

"I will inform you when he is out of OR, Dismissed" General Smith responded Saluting in return. She turned and walked back to the barracks with Kendo following her a few seconds later.

Six Hours Izer was in the operating theater with the bases entire array of doctors trying whatever they could to save his life and limbs while General Steel and Smith watched from the observation deck above. They both stayed till the doctors decided they had to stop, by this time it was well into the night. Izer awoke nearly twelve hours after the surgeons had finished groaning softly, the sun was up, and it was warm in the soft bed he was laying in. The hospital room was a depressing white and barely furnished which brought back old unpleasant memories. He turned his head to see Tanya sitting in a chair close by under the window asleep having maintained a diligent watch over him. He groaned, the medications still flooding his system making him groggy and slightly dazed. His eyes were the only things he could feel, and they were sore. He tried to move but couldn't seem to push himself up in the bed his brain fuzzy and not remembering what had happened the day before.

"T...Tanya" he groaned softly, she stirred softly and he gave a disgruntled groan "Tanya" he called louder.

"H..Hu?" she stirred and then groaned stretching "Oh god never sleep in a chair" he chuckled softly which that got her attention.

"No one said you had to wait here with me" he said groggily and she shot to his bedside

"Izer your awake!" she exclaimed and pushed the nurse call button

"I... I cant move" he mumbled, she nodded but stopped him from trying to move

"I...I need to tell you something" she said and seemed to look a little uncomfortable her eyes were red, like she had been awake too long, or had cried herself to sleep.

"The doctors... they tried to... to save your arms... but.." he blinked looking at her as the memories came flooding back to him

"sh... show me" he whimpered and she nodded pulling the blanket down to his hips exposing the stitches across his belly and missing scales where they had to pull scales out to make the stitches. This didn't bother him as much as the bloody red bandages on his arms altho to be more accurate, stumps. He started to shudder, his belly going bright blue as he started to cry.

"Izer, calm down" she said gently rubbing his head "shh its all right, your still alive"

"b...but why..." he asked between sniffs and sobs "i... I cant work in the army any more... and without arms... I'm a useless slave... they should just... just..."

"Don't You DARE say the next line" a Male doctor said from the doorway "After all the effort we went to to save your life" Izer seemed to just snap, and started to cry loudly. He didn't thrash, didn't struggle, he just cried in Tanya's arms.

"Oh Izer" Tanya said grabbing him and pulled him into a hug, holding him and letting him cry into her shoulder. She rubbed his back gently holding him close to comfort him. It took a few minutes, and the doctor didn't leave the whole time, but soon Izer was laying back on the bed sniffing softly, done with crying.

"I need to do a check-up" he said softly and both Izer and Tanya nodded. He walked over and inspected the stitches on his belly, then carefully each arm while Izer and Tanya watched.

"We need to replace these bandages, I'll have a nurse come in soon to do it"

"Thank you doc" Izer said softly "I...I'd like to have a shower would that be ok?"

"Well... normally we'd give you a sponge bath, but it looks like your healing quickly, a credit to your race, so I'll allow it, I'll have the nurse help you" he responded while taking the IV out.

"C...Can I have Tanya help me? Please?" he asked looking up at him, the Doc looked at Tanya who nodded and he nodded as well with a sigh.

"Very well then, but there's a few things you will need to remember" he said turning to Tanya "take his bandages off before you get into the shower and check for any bleeding or broken stitches. The showers all have a temperature setting system on them, for this time, no hotter than Forty degrees Celsius or it could impede the healing process. Use the antiseptic soap provided and GENTLY wash the injured areas, be gentle with the rest of him too, most of his nerves are in a state of hyper activeness due to the injury's, so scrubbing hard will only cause him pain. You may need to join him as the anaesthesia may make it hard for him to stand. At any time you think you need help, Push the call buzzer, ill inform the nurses of what's going on" Tanya nodded listening intently

"Thanks for the info doc" she said Saluting

"Towels are in the Wardrobe, make sure you get the injured areas as dry as possible, if he starts to bleed don't panic, the wounds are still fresh, so they are bound to. Ill take my leave now and let you two get on with it" the doctor walked out, closing the door behind him with a soft click leaving them on their own.

Tanya got the bathroom ready before she came back and started to remove Izer's bandages. They were bloody, but didn't stick to the wound or surrounding area when she peeled them off. The doctors had pulled the skin down and over the wound, closing it off to not expose the bone or muscles. It was stitched tightly shut and she checked the stitches carefully before moving onto the next arm. Confident that it was all in good condition, she carefully helped him to his feet then to the bathroom. He was nude already, his belly a bright blue with some gray marbled in to show his state of depression, so he didn't care that he was naked. Gently she put him in the shower stall, leaning him against the wall while she stripped to join him, giving a cheeky grin and a wink as he looked up to see her strip. She stepped in and checked the water's temperature before she pointed the water towards him.

"Oww ow oww" he hissed as the water hit his belly wound

"Calm down, Calm down"she said stepping behind him "Think of it this way, the pain means its killing germs" she chuckled and then pulled the shower head down, being on a hose meant that she could be more accurate with helping him wash. She dowsed him down, squirting him with water all over before she placed the hose back and placed some soap in her hands.

"Ok, ready?" She asked with a smile and he nodded slowly

"As ill ever be i guess" he answered still looking glum and towards the floor. She lathered the soap up in her hands and then started rubbing it against his chest softly.

"So this..." he started slowly "is how ill live for the rest of my life... being cared for by others"

"Oh Hush" she said massaging soap around his belly wound "Take this chance to relax hun, how often are you going to get a massage from someone as pretty as Me?" They both laughed and he coughed a bit, pain coming from his stomach. The anaesthesia had worn of fairly quickly now he was in the water causing him some discomfort from everywhere. She turned him around and started rubbing his back with fresh soap, then shoulders carefully.

"This may sting a little" she said with a warning "But I'm only following orders, don't hate me for it" he was about to ask what she was going to do but he hissed out loudly as she rubbed the soap down over his stumps. She didn't wash them for long before she stopped, adding more soap to her hands, she started on his neck then scalp. Slowly working down to his tail and bellow. Turning him around one more time, now to face her, she washed his crotch and the front of his legs, looking up to see his head back, water spraying against the top of his head and down over his body. He had his eyes closed, but she could tell he had been crying again while she couldn't see.

"Rinse time" she declared almost gleefully. Standing back up she grabbed the hose again and started spraying him down. He meeped when she stopped at his crotch, pointing the warm water against his sex.

"T...Tanya" he whimpered softly and she giggled

"Hey you cant fight back this time" she said with more giggles before she changed target to spray him in the face. The water ran thick with soap bubbles and some fresh blood which she made a note of mentally.

"Ok, All done" she declared turning the water off with a chuckle, she wrapped herself in a towel before wrapping him in one. Drying him off quickly and gently, the white towel had some blood on it after she wiped his belly and arms. She lead him back to the bedroom, and dressed him in his shorts quickly and carefully before dressing herself and pressing the 'call nurse' button.

"something wrong?" The nurse asked when she walked in and was a little surprised to see the shower finished "How can I help?" she was short, like Tanya, Brown eyes and hair, she was a tad on the pudgy side but otherwise kind of cute.

"He needs some new bandages" Tanya stated as she sat down on the chair again

"A...Am i allowed some painkillers? I...it's starting to get a little much" Izer asked from the bed as Tanya toyed with the control to make it go up and down reciting 'bed goes up, bed goes down' as she did.

"Lets check your chart" she stated grabbing the clipboard at the end of the bed for a quick look "Hmm lets see here, Ok ill get your dosage of Ketamine and bandages then be right back with your lunch breakfast as well" they both nodded as she walked off and they were left sitting in the room on their own.

"What going to happen to me now" Izer mumbled aloud "I'm only a slave... i cant work without my arms... i cant serve a master..."

"Don't worry, Things will work out" Tanya said gently placing her hand on his leg. Izer sniffed heavily again obviously on the verge of tears once more.

"Am i Cursed?" He whimpered and sniffed heavily "My first master abused me, my second abandoned me, my third one Died, and now I've lost my arms... am i destined to never be happy?" Tanya sighed rubbing his leg once more.

"Your not cursed" she said reassuringly with a smile "There are always clouds in our life and sometimes there needs to be a storm before the sun comes out to shine"

"Ok I'm back" the nurse said returning with a trolley, there was a syringe on it, a small bottle, gauze bandages and a plate covered by a plastic cloche. A doctor was following behind her with a clipboard of his own and an almost unbreakable smile.

"Ah Cadet Izer"he said walking over to the bed with the Nurse, standing between him and Tanya.

"Yes sir?" He responded while watching the nurse fill the syringe with fluid from the bottle, he only guessed it was his painkillers in the bottle.

"I'm Surprised to see you up and about after such an injury, but ill get to my point" he seemed arrogant to Izer, and on a mission. For the first time in a while he had encountered someone who treated him like the slave he was "Due to the nature of your injury's, Normally you would be put down after an injury like that, but after General Steel insisted you be saved, we decided that you would be the perfect candidate for the experimental prosthetic limbs we have been working on. The criminal trial is in a few days, and you will be expected to testify then, but afterwords we will beginning the procedure. It will be painful, and there is a one in four chance that it wont take"

"I understand sir" Izer said covering a cringe from the nurse giving him the injection of painkillers then pushed the food in front of him.

"Want me to feed you?" Tanya called from behind the doctor and Izer's belly went pink with a splashing of blue

"I..if the Nurse doesn't Object" he responded embarrassed and the nurse chuckled

"I was actually going to ask you too, i need to put the new bandages on his arms" she piped up, by this point the doctor had huffed and walked out, Tanya shifted closer and cut the food up scooping up a forkful of food.

"Here comes the Air-plane" she said laughing and making air-plane noises pushing it towards Izer's mouth getting a laugh from the nurse as well.

"Wh.." Izer nearly choked on the food as he tried to talk around it in his maw "When can i see the Girls?"

"Well I'll have a word with the Captain" Tanya said "we're supposed to be restricted to quarters at the moment due to the incident, but I'm sure he will let us come see you"

"That i will, As long as there is guards outside the room, as per the regulations" they both Jumped and looked to the door where captain Kendo was standing.

"C...Captain" Tanya jumped to her feet and saluted. Izer just wiggled his stumps in the captains direction and laughed softly.

"I would if i could Sir" Izer said with a chuckle

"Its fine Cadet your wounded" Kendo Saluted to Tanya who then returned to what she was doing feeding Izer.

"I will allow you girls to come visit him tomorrow after Lunch. For now we need to go over the details of the proceedings that will be in a few days" he pulled one of the other chairs over just as the nurse finished.

"All done, I'll take my leave, call out if you need something" she smiled and saluted then left quietly.

"I don't know why i did what i did sir" Izer said halting his chewing trying to recall the events "I just did... like it was instinct"

"That much i understand" He responded pulling out a pad, pen and small recording device "what we want is your recount of the day" Izer nodded looking to Tanya who just nodded and cut off another chunk of meat for him to eat

"Don't worry Izer, Just Tell him everything you can" she smiled and pushed the fork to his mouth.

"Just need to know about the scenario, from the start if you could" he got out a tape recorder and hit record "Now recording Izer's Statement, Please note he is eating breakfast at this point, time is Oh Nine Forty Five" he placed the recorder down next to Izer "In your own time please Cadet"

Izer sat in the witness box Listening to the recording of his statement. He looked up to the Nurse who was standing next to him with a pleading look. A Busty blonde who's personality took no prisoners and left few standing who got in her way. She smiled understanding and picked the glass of water up and placed the straw to his lips to drink. As he drank and listened he looked around the room for the twelfth time. Like the rest of the military headquarters, it was floored with the mock marble and deep blue grouting. Large columns to the sides of the room had painted gold tops and bottoms. The box he sat in was wooden along with the Judges Bench it was attached to. There was a small fence just behind the two desks that Jessie and Captain Kendo sat behind, the other the offending squad and their lawyer. Beyond the fence was a sea of military faces, from doctors, to cadets. The recording finished as the Nurse placed the glass down and the officer performing as defence started. Colonel Flag was the defence Lawyer for these proceedings. He was refuted to having as many teeth as brain cells and tended to act like everything he discovered was proof of evidence for a court-martial as treason against the army and the government. There were rumours that he had wanted to work for army intelligence, but they had turned him down saying that one needed intelligence to work for army intelligence. He was a tall, averagely built man with beady eyes and always carried a gun, which when he didn't have it in its holster, he stroked it like it was a precious object or his own testicles. For now at least, he had been forced to relinquish it to the MP's at the door.

"By all accounts, i don't see why we are having this trial" he announced walking round in front of his table "Cadet Izer here is a Slave! Severe injury is to be expected! He is Expendable!"

"While that may be the case" Captain Kendo spoke up acting as the Prosecution in the case "While Izer's Injury's may be expected, He was saving the Life of Cadet Jessie. If he hadn't acted Jessie would not be here today, and THAT is what this case is about!"

"But Izer is a slave! He cannot be used as a witness as he could have been ordered to say what he did" the defence accused "This evidence is Inadmissible!"

"I would agree with the Defence" General Smith said "But on this occasion, i cannot, the corroborating evidence is strong and all of it agrees with Cadet Izer's Statement. Even The defender's own Squad leader testified against him"

"Even if we take all of that into consideration, He Hasn't Signed the statement!" the colonel declared

"And Just how would he do that?" General Steel boomed out "Not to be insensitive to the Cadet's condition, He is armless and unable to sign ANYTHING"

"That is why the Statement was recorded" Kendo said "The vocal recording allows the evidence to be admitted without a signature, and there are Plenty of times this has been done"

"Then what about these convenient Blanks in the Cadets Memories?" The defence called loudly "I find it Laughable that such a Young Slave could Do the things he is claiming he did even in the marines and special forces his alleged acts are unlikely"

"Major Mix" Kendo said turning to the Major sitting in the audience "Please elaborate on this"

"Yes Sir" he said standing up "Seahorse Lizards are heavily driven by instinct. When we are with people as much as the Cadet has been with his squad, we make an instinctual attachment which sometimes overrides the minds control, causing us to do actions without thinking. Izer's actions are a prime example, I myself have even experienced these, I'm sure Even General Steel has experienced this" the arguing continued for a while. Each side accusing the other of making up evidence or hiding it, even if Kendo and general Smith was playing favourites. More than once, Colonel Flag was warned when he accused the Generals and Kendo of being unfaithful to the country, and tried to use the word 'treason' once or twice.

Izer was allowed to step down from the witness stand and he sat down in his chair next to Jess with his nurse in quick pursuit. They soon recessed the proceedings to come back a short while later after heading off to get some food. Izer and the girls stayed close to each other in the mess tent, the girls seeming to be protecting him from any flying gossip or random insults. His Nurse, Houlihan, had followed him everywhere. Keeping an ever present smile and almost loving demeanour the whole time. She sat with them in the mess, she ate and tried not to giggle too loudly as she watched while Tanya tortured him with baby feeding techniques like 'here comes the air-plane'. While they ate, they talked about the proceedings, even about One of the more interesting people in the court room; the Bailiff. His name was Sargent Rizzo and the only proof he was in the army was that he had Dog-tags, and an MP band around his arm. Other than that he could be referenced to as a Drag queen. Dressing in dresses, and make-up on his face which didn't hide his five o'clock shadow. He spoke in a high pitched forced female accent and refereed to himself as Emily. It was unknown how they had allowed him to stay in the army. Today he was dressed in bright green, with tasteless frills, a large Edwardian hat, and high heals. They joked to each other that he was probably the worse drag queen in the country.

When they all finished and returned to the court room, the high generals had made up their minds about the proceedings.

"Thank you all be seated" Smith said and then waited for all the noise of people sitting to stop"Cadets Wallson, Thompson, Domanic and Sampson Please stand for our Decision" Wilson, the Man who had fired the gun, stood to his feet the rest joining him, not looking worried as did the others. The only member of their squad that didn't stand was their Leader, Sebastian. At this point General Steel stood, looking as grumpy as he had during the entire proceedings.

"It is the Judgement of this hearing, that you are all found Guilty" he announced loudly and quite clearly "Cadets Thompson, Domanic and Sampson are here by dishonourably discharged from all active services, and will be imprisoned within Green Apple Maximum security for ten years, for the crimes of assisting and covering the attempt of manslaughter and for attempting to hide evidence in a criminal trial" the three looked depressed but relived that they had just gotten off with that.

"Cadet Wallson" Smith now stood "For the serious crime of attempted murder, and the crimes of concealing evidence in a criminal hearing, possession and smuggling of illegal weapons, and the severe damage of government Property, Namely the Slave Cadet Izer, You are sentenced to Execution by Lethal injection, to be carried out a week from Today, and may the lord have mercy on your soul" Wallson looked utterly enraged, glaring at Izer the whole time.

"YOU CAN"T DO THIS TO ME!" He declared loudly "You! You pathetic Fucking Slave its All YOUR FAULT!" He quickly vaulted over the tables before people realized what was happening and made for Izer's throat. Izer's Nurse surprised him and quickly had Wilson face down in a hold position.

"I may be a nurse" she said with a smile as he was taken away a minute later by the Military police "But I'm still a solider in this army"

"Thank you Nurse Houlihan" Steel announced "MP's! GET HIM OUT OF HERE!"

"Thanks" Izer said looking up to her with a smile

"Hes just lucky we didn't get there first" Lisa said walking up "Would have killed him and saved the executioner the Job"

They all gave Izer a hug before he was escorted back to the military hospital where the doctor was waiting for him.

"Ah There you are About time" He said pointing to the bed "Sit i have stuff to inform you about and things to do and id like to do it quickly."

"I need to change his bandages and give him his medication, you will need to stay out of my way" the nurse said calmly and firmly

"Why don't you come back in twenty minutes?" He responded sharply and rudely

"I don't Care WHO you are Doctor, but I am responsible for his care and well being. I will have you removed if you attempt to get in my way!" She looked and sounded angry. They seemed to stare daggers at each other for a moment before he grunted.

"Fine, but be Quick" he grunted then turned back to Izer "Now, we have had to push the operation back a little bit. We have had orders from the top that you are to witness the Execution. The upside is that we will have time to get to work on the artificial limbs and have them tested properly. I will need a sample of your skin and scales, the measurements i got off of your old limbs" Izer nodded as he listened and the nurse grabbed a small scalpel.

"This will hurt a little, try to remain still" He nodded and used the scalpel to cut and cut a small section of skin from his arm stump. She placed it quickly to one side then placed pressure on the fresh wound before continuing to bandage him up.