Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:30:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Caden Gaige Subject: Izzy and Ozzy Chronicles The Izzy and Ozzy Chronicles Book One: Life in the Balance Chapter Five: From Bad to Worse to Better to Us You owe me big time. A man said as he handed Turner a stack of folders. It wasn't easy to get some of this information. I know. Turner said. But, we need to know what happened to Izzy before he comes outta surgery. Is he really that bad off, Turner? The man asked. Yes if the poor boy survives, he may not remember any of you. A Doctor said from behind. Or he may only know of some of you, his brain will be scrambled. Do you think he'll remember me? I questioned. I'm his best friend. It will be easier for him to remember people he had strong bonds with. The doctor said. But there's no grantee that the bond you had will be strong enough. Doctor will Izzy need long term care? Turner asked. Or will he be able to maintain the life he had before the accident. He should only need short term care and some physical therapy. The doctor said. As for his memory that may require long term, but with all of you helping to rebuild his neural pathways he should do just fine. Lani and I will say with him as long as necessary. Neil said. He's family. Lani added. Even if he doesn't remember any of us. That's great! The doctor said. He'll need all the love he can get to make a fast and speedy recovery. How much longer before he's out of surgery? The man asked. He should be out of surgery in about thirty more minutes. The doctor said. You should be able to visit with him later today. But for now all of you should try and get some rest. The doctor then left the room. * * * * * Everybody this is Judge Pearson. Turner said. He's a good friend of mine. Just call me Mac. The judge said. I'm not on the clock right now. We all sat down and Turner opened the first folder summed it up to us. Shortly after birth his biological mother gave him up for adoption. She was unable to take care of him and two siblings. An older brother and a twin. All three were separated. Izzy has a twin and another brother, how could they separate them. I questioned. That not right. It was the adoption agency that made that decision. Turner said. The older brother is four years older and has strawberry-blond hair and blue eyes. Two years after that adoption his newborn brother was adopted by single woman. The twin has red hair and blue eyes, but is not identical. How can we find them? I questioned. Shouldn't they be aloud to know each other? I'll look into it. Mac said. Those boys are family and as such they should at least meet each other. At age two Izzy was adopted and six months later his family was arrested for filming him while they masturbated in front of him. They had apparently made a dozen videos with Izzy. He was placed into the system and quickly found a foster family whose son repeatedly slapped him around until he landed hard on the corner of a coffee table; he received seven stitches above his right eye and mild concussion. The next foster family ignored him and than left him home one weekend while they went on vacation. Resulting in him nearly getting hit by a patrol car in hot pursuit. He was quickly adopted by a strict family. He couldn't seem to please the parents or the other children. The file says they repeatedly told him he was worthless and wouldn't amount to anything. Nothing was good enough for them so they turned him back over to the state. What fucking monsters. Kyle angrily said. There's no reason for a child to suffer that much. Mac said as he grabbed a folder from Turner and read it. His new family was much better than the previous ones. He got along with everyone. They had started the adoption process two days before a drunk driver plowed into their car killing everyone but Izzy. After a year passed he found another foster family that was more than willing to take on a kid with his problems. Mac said. Problems caused by being in an uncaring system. I'm going to something about this; I have got to do something. He has suffered way too much in his short life. We'll all help. Camden said. It's the least we can do for Izzy. I'll take over from here. Neil said as he took the thickest folder from Turner's hands. At age seven he was he was adopted by a wealthy family that made the legitimate part of their money from a child modeling agency and the rest was from sales of child porn. Izzy was in several hundred videos and some photos. What the FUCK? Mac sputtered. I...I was the presiding...judge in that case. That's why I became a family court judge. I had to view over four thousand pictures of that sweet little innocent boy and then close to three hundred hours of videos of those bastards jacking off on him and or in his mouth. They tied him up in some of the photos and videos, it was never determined clearly if the poor boy had been anally penetrated by the adults or just rubbed up against, but we all assumed that he had been. He went through a year of that with them and another year of having been victimized by the legal system by way of their lawyer. I did everything in my power and a few things that weren't to make sure that that boy was safe and protected. After the trial his was over he was quickly adopted by Maru Nico. The caseworker kept personal tabs on both of them. It says she became a newscaster and he went to collage and earned two doctorates and a master's degree. He also holds black belts in Southern Praying Mantis Kung-Fu, Drunken Monkey Kung-Fu and Tiger Tae Kwon Do. He also mastered nine of the eighteen disciplines of modern ninjutsu. He ninja? I blurted out and everyone's eyes shot toward me, as I turned red in the face with embarrassment for interrupting the story. He could've killed us both, Ozzy. Kyle barely said. He's an assassin. Not all ninjas are assassins like Hollywood wants us to believe. Camden said. Look at Stephen K. Hayes for a good example. What skills did he learn? I asked. The skills he mastered were Taijutsu (unarmed combat), Seishin-teki kyoyo (spiritual refinement), Kenjutsu (sword fighting), Bojutsu (stick and staff fighting), Shurikenjutsu (throwing blades), Sojutsu (spear fighting), Kayakujutsu (pyrotechnics and explosives),Sui-ren (water training) and Bajutsu (horsemanship). The file goes on to say he may have studied and mastered more but no further evidences excises at this time to determan one way or the other. He also speaks fluint Spanish, Germen, French, Chineese and Japaneese. All with authintic dilects. And Izzy is how old? Mac questioned. And he's done all this! He's twelve years old like me. I said. Our birthdays fall on the same day. Dad, can we get Izzy to teach us how to defend ourselves? Kyle asked. If he's willing to teach you and your brother how to defend yourselves. Dad said with an uncertain look on his face. Then both of you can train with Izzy. If might not hurt if we all take a few lesions from that boy. JT said with a smile. Dose the file happen to mention what his IQ is? Turner asked. No it just says that he was tested but Professor Potus could not determine if he was in fact a genus or way above average in his intelligence. Just for the record. Mac said. He is a genus and we all know it. I just hope he still remembers everything. I sadly said. I would be horrible if he didn't remember all of the stuff he's done. Everyone agreed with me about that and we all just sat in deep thought thinking about what our lives would be like if Izzy wasn't in them for the next thirty minutes or so as one by one we all drifted off to various states of sleep. * * * * * Three days had passed after we'd all learned of Izzy's past. We all took turns staying at his house for fear that someone would break in and take what was left of his stuff as a memento of some kind, now that Izzy had two number one videos his under his belt. I got Mister Perry to arrange for a house sitter for Izzy's house. After the doctor called us and said was going to bring Izzy slowly out of his coma at 12:30 P.M. I knew everyone would be there come hell or high water and mom was no exception. Dad had to tell her that Izzy was in a coma in an attempt to snap her back into reality and hopefully she would make up with him if he lived. There was a thirty five percent chance that Izzy would come out of his coma and live. More had happened to Izzy after he was admitted to the hospital. Apparently Izzy had attempted to leave in a half sedated state and fell out of bed and hit his head again and laid there for at least forty minutes before an intern went to check up on him. Everyone including Izzy's doctor was appalled by the lack medical attention he received and the nurse on duty was immediately fired from the hospital. As she was leaving the hospital she was greeted by Mac and two sheriff's deputies and placed under arrest, but now before going ape on one of them, Mac jumped in the middle and she popped him good with a blow to the chest. He quickly shook it off and grabbed her by the neck and picked her off the floor and threw her a few feet away into a wall. She gave up her fight and was carted off to jail with two charges of assault on the deputies and assault with intent on judge. Not to mention charges of child neglect. Mac just looked at all of us as we stared at him. What? He said. Didn't expect to see me pick her up and throw her into a wall. No, not really. Camden said. I used to be a bouncer in my younger days. Mac said with a smile as his thoughts drifted back to his collage years. I see all of you decided to show up again. The doctor said with a grin. Its great to see a patient with a family as caring as the one that boy has, because he'll need each and every one of you. Doctor, can I be with Izzy when you bring him out of his coma? I asked. I usually don't allow anyone in the room. The doctor said. This time though I will allow only three of you in the room, but if it becomes a struggle for him having people around then you'll have to leave. I understand. I said. I'll leave before you even tell me too. I'll be right there by his side also. Lani said matter-of-factly in a sweet demanding motherly tone letting us know that nobody would stand in her way of being beside Izzy. I think Kyle should be the third person to stand beside Izzy. Neil said. He needs you in there as much as he needs Ozzy. You're the closest person he has to an older brother. The three of us then followed the doctor into Izzy's room and watched as he stuck a needle into the I.V. and injected something into it as I held on to Izzy's left hand and gently squeezed it hoping he would squeeze mine back. It may take a while yet before he comes around. The doctor told us. I'll be back later. Izzy if you can hear me...please come back. I choked out. I need you...you're my best friend. Yeah we really need you back, Izzy. Kyle choked. You're kinda like our brother. Then Lani leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. I can't get hitched to Neil without you there. She whispered loud enough for both Kyle and me to hear. You're our best man. *****SPECIAL NOTE***** The next chapter will be the final chapter published on Nifty if I don't hear from you readers out there. As far as I know only three people have read this story. 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