Disclaimer: I don't own any of the J&D characters. But I do own Ezra, so no touchy, unless you ask nicely.
A/N: Chapter 2 is up (a little shorter than the first, but it gets the ball rolling) and you get to find out who Ezra is. It may be a little while before I get the next chapter up, because it's long one, and it's not turning out the way I want it. Anyway, please R&R.
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Krin: God I hope there is no spelling or grammar errors, I use my spell check, a lot (I love my spell check ::sniffles::) I love your stories by the way, especially Cilley.
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"What!?" Torn said as he entered the cell, the medic team following him.
"It's Ezra." Ashelin repeated, moving away from the bed.
"How can it be Ezra?" Torn asked stepping up to examine the 'prisoner'. "He was killed by Metal…"
He paused as his eyes fell to the person in question. The Commander's eyes wandered over the thin blood and dirt smeared body, and finally to the partially covered tattoos on his face and ears. It was indeed the supposedly deceased Krimzon Guard, and Erol's identical twin brother, Ezra. 'By Mar, what the hell happened to him.' Torn thought as he noticed the changes to the KG's body. His eyes finally settled on the collar around Ezra's neck, there was something printed on it. He reached forward and shifted the collar so he could see what was written. Torn's brow furrowed as he read the initials D.W.P. no.1 printed on the collar's metal surface.
Ashelin watched Torn for a moment before speaking up. "Torn? What's wrong?"
"The Baron put him in the Dark Warrior Program."
"What…Why?" Ashelin asked. "Erol wouldn't have allowed it."
"Erol didn't know about it." Torn said as he motioned for the medics to take Ezra. "He was told that Ezra was killed by Metal Heads. That's what we were all told."
The chain fell to the floor with a heavy clank, and Ezra was carefully lifted and taken from the room.
"You do realize he will want to know where Erol is if he comes to."
"That's the part that worries me." Torn said, following Ashelin and the medics out of the prison.
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Torn stood by the door to Ezra's hospital room, his eyes resting on the unconscious figure lying on the bed. He looked even worse after the nurses cleaned him up. Not only was he extremely thin, but he was horribly pale as well, his tattoos almost looked black against the paleness of his skin. And other oddities had also been uncovered on Ezra's person when the doctors looked him over. His eyes for one were no longer brown like his brother's. They were now a very bright fluorescent green, much like zoomer coolant. And his pupils were thin vertical slits, similar to cat's eyes. His teeth had changed as well; to Torn they looked like they belonged in the mouth of some fang toothed animal.
Torn shook his head, if Erol saw his brother in this condition he'd go ballistic.
The sound of approaching foot step drew Torn's attention.
"Ah, Commander how are we this evening?" The doctor said as he entered the room.
"I've been better." Torn said wearily. "So how is he?"
"Well aside from being severely dehydrated and malnourished, he should be fine." The doctor said flipping through some paperwork.
"What about the changes?"
"They are the result of the Dark Warrior testing, like you said. But this transformation is not just from Dark Eco."
"What do you mean?"
"Dark Eco was used, Ezra's blood tests show high levels of it, but it seems the Baron also used Metal Head DNA on the early test subjects. The end result is what you see here."
"So why aren't there others like him?"
"I've been going over the files of the Dark Warrior Program that the Governor gave to me. It looks as though Ezra was the first and only test subject to have survived the early testing, all others died due to complications. That's when the Baron changed to just using Dark Eco, it had a better survival rate."
Torn was silent for a moment, his mind processing the information he had just been given. "How long before he comes around?"
The doctor shrugged. "It could be a couple days or a couple weeks. There's really no telling."
Torn nodded. "Let me know when he does."
"Of course." The doctor said. "Is there anything else you would like me to do?"
"Yeah, keep some guards around and if he starts asking questions, don't tell him anything until I get here." Torn said as he turned to leave.
"Is there a reason for that?"
"If you knew Ezra like I do, once he finds out that his brother is dead, the shit is going to hit the fan."
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Author's Rant: Betcha never saw that one coming. Anyhoo, I assumed they know what DNA is, because I have no idea what else to call it. I'm also guessing that zoomer coolant is the same color as our antifreeze, that really cool fluorescent green. And on a quick note: I suck royally at personifying Torn and Ashelin-.-; Yeah so, give me feedback, and I'll have chapter 3 up as soon as I can, and Chapter 4 is in the works. Oh yeah, if anyone wants a full description/background on Ezra let me know. I've typed one up, but it's rather boring (it was originally going to be part of chapter 3 but I decided against it) so I'll only put it up if enough people want it, I'll either attach it to chapter 3 or make it its own chapter.