MAJOR DEEJ UNIVERSE

Iraq. Afghanistan. Chechnya. Haiti.  Syria. 

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This ex-Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) has seen it all. 

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War.  Bloodshed. Violence. Death.

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In 2006, Derek Washington completed his EMT training with the US Army and soon became the most valuable medic on the battlefield.  He had a 'zero loss' for patients, regardless of their combat-related wounds.  He wasn't able to save severed limbs, but he was able to keep those near-death, alive. 

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His secret: he is a mutant healer. 

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Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Washington received dozens of commendation, medals and honors for his heroic and life-saving efforts. He was the most requested medic in all the US Army. That all ended last year.

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Last year, SSGT Washington took a 'leave' from the Army and, against formal authorization, traveled to the war torn villages of Syria.  There, he did all he could to save and heal hundreds and hundreds of Syrian war victims.  On his last day before he had to get back to the US Army or be considered AWOL, he went into a village that was chemically gassed.  While trying to save the gassed victims, he was overwhelmed by the gas himself, knocking him unconscious.  he'd saved the gassed victims, however, the militants didn't take kindly to a foreigner being where he wasn't supposed to be. Washington was tortured for weeks for information of US military involvement (which there wasn't any).  Finally, two months later, he was traded in a prisoner exchange for a known hard-line radical militant.  When he returned to the US, he was prosecuted for being AWOL and entering a foreign exclusion area without authorization. 

 

He was sent to Leavenworth Federal Prison for 6 month and dishonorably discharged thereafter.

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Destitute, jobless, friendless and with no family, he began living on the streets.  He used his powers to help the homeless and unfortunate, at times protecting them from violent gang youth attacks and those who felt it necessary to play 'knockout' games with the indigent. 

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He fought and protected them until he ran across one old man who was seemingly attacked in a dark alley.  As he fought his way to the victim, he instead found dozens of gang youths beaten and defeated before the old man's feet.  The old man was the legendary Major Invader in disguise. 

 

Impressed with Washington's fervor and response, Major Invader offered Derek a new life with the Allied Fighters.

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Today, Washington is a member of the Allied Fighters' Omega Squad, helping his teammates survive some of the most brutal combat he's ever seen...but at times when nobody's paying attention, he still goes out at night and fights for the homeless and less fortunate.

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