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A young ixi was laying on the cold hard floor of a strangly metallic room. He stirred and slowly sat up and looked around. "... where am I....?" he muttered to himself, looking around. He couldn't remember a thing. At the moment all he really knew was his head hurt a lot. He suddenly heard a knock and his gaze shot straight to a door.
How are you feeling?" said a voice as the door slowly opened to reveil a red Kougra in island attire.
He blinked at her. "I.... don't know..." he murmered, totally confused.
The kougra nodded then walked over. She kneeled next to him and placed a paw on his forhead. "Hmm... you don't seem to have any sort of illness... can you walk any?
The ixi looked down at his legs, then tried to stand up, but his legs just didn't seem to want to work. "I.. don't seem to be able to...
The kougra scrunched her face in concentration. "That's fine, I can just ca-" she cut off as there were suddenly sounds of shouting from the hallway. She quickly looked back, then wraped her arms around the ixi and lept to the ceiling where there were rafters and grabbed hold of on e and pulled them both up. She then worked her way across them towards an exhaust vent. The ixi started feeling very lightheaded with confusion, and felt his vision starting to go. Soon enough, he had blacked out again...

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When he came to again, he was in what appeared to be a hospital bed. He felt really groggy and put a hand to his forhead and groaned a little bit. He wished his head would stop hurting... he looked at the base of his bed and the same kougra from before was sitting at a computer, typing in figures. He noticed he was hooked up to several mechanisms and stared at them curiously.
Oh! You're awake!" exclaimed the Kougra. The ixi's gaze shot back to her. "You seem to be fine... but there are a couple things that are really... interesting... Do you remember anything about the lab you were at?" she asked.
He slowly shook his head. He couldn't remember a single thing past waking up in that room...
She scowled a little, then sighed. "I guess I should tell you where you were... you might understand, you might not... You were a victim of the Triconsins... You wouldn't know who they are, but they're a group of three that were going around performing expiraments on various people in order to produce a massive "Army of the Elements". We've on ly recieved bits and pieces of information, but it sounds like if they ever manages to succeed, they'd have the power to destroy anything and anyone who opposed them.
She scratched the back of her head, and continued. "We found some information on you, and it appears your name is Dellmar Thomas Smith... but we couldn't find much more..." She continued to talk a little longer, but Dell's, the ixi, mind started drifting elsewhere, now twisted with questions, but he didn't dare ask any of them. He finally tuned back in just as the kougra started saying "so I'd avoid dark damp places as much as possible... such as the jungle."
Ehh.. okay then..." Dell murmered, feeling stupid for not paying attention.
Oh, and we're going to be sticking you in a group called 'Team Typhoon'... it's for people similar. We do this because if we stuck you with someone normal, they might feel inferior and treat you like garbage. Now lets see..." She started flipping through a notebook she just picked up off the desk the computer was on. "Ah! I know just the person to pair you up with! I'll go get him so you can meet him." She smiled a little and stood up. Before Dell could say anything, she had already walked out of the room, leaving him alone.
Fortunatly she was soon back. Dell was relieved... Until he saw who was following her. He had seen him somewhere before... but where? He didn't know...
The tall zafara who had followed the Kougra in the room growled. "Of all the people... WHY an IXI?!" he protested.
The kougra sighed alittle. "I know you don't like ixis, but it's best you two were paired together. I was also hoping you -might- recognize him. Or he you. We -did- find him with your old... 'friends'."
The zafara narrowed his eyes and stared at Dell, making Dell himself feel very uncomfortable. Suddenly it clicked, and his blood turned icy cold. Memories started flooding back to him, and it was as if he was reliving everything all over again.
Harven..." Dell spat. "You're that... -jerk- who killed my parents and took me away from my home... not just killed... you -ate- them... you insane freak..."
LKAjdlkadjl DON'T CALL ME THAT!" the zafara burst out and pointed a finger harshly at Dell. "I'll have you know that I've changed my ways and DON'T CALL ME HARVEN EVER AGAIN!!"
The ixi stared at Harven. He was currently trying to figure out why in the world he was getting stuck having to be with this guy for who knows why. He looked at the kougra and she was just sitting there calmly, watching the whole thing.
I'm sure you two will get along quite nicely..." she finally said after there was a small period of silence.
Both Dell and Harven were about to make another outburst at her when she raised a hand. "First... I will not hear another word on this. You two will treat the other with respect as you both have issues at the same level." (At this moment Dell on ce again wondered what his issues were.) "Second. Dellmar? You need to call your partner 'Picard', his middle name, for now. Third. Picard? You can't eat him." She looked up at a clock on the wall. "I will leave you two alone for now, and I want you to try and get to know each other a little better. And I -will- know if there's any trouble." She stood up again, waved, then stepped out of the room on ce more.
Dell and Picard glared darkly at each other, unaware that they were going to be stuck with each other for a long time after.