[h1][center][color=tomato]Krista Reynolds[/color][/center][/h1]

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Krista grumbled as her shot went wide, barely destroying a mech in a glancing blow. Off to her side she saw Neo Angel firing into the westernmost turtle, and the tentacles trying to repair it. [color=tomato] "Some sort of self repair machanism," [/color] she said to her self. Still, she turned her attention back to the CWM squad she had shot at first, just in time to see the center turtle's shot inbound. Reflexively she  flinched into the crater, waiting for the impact. By the time she popped back up, the cruxi had retreated to the edge of her range. 

[color=tomato]"Sloppy," [/color] she said to herself. The squad had moved to the edge of her range. She needed the time to line up shot. Confident in her relative safety, she made sure that her shot would hit one of the Cruxi at E4 center mass, hopefully taking the other out in the same blast. Then someone shouted over the comms just as she pulled the trigger.

[quote]"GO TO HELL SHELLHEAD!"[/quote]

She didn't see if her shot connected, instead she was trying to identify who the newcomer was, if they were a threat, and then ask why they the hell they just shouted something so obnoxious over the air. Leaving herself peaking over the edge of her crater, she saw the newcomer slice up a turtle and zoom around at record speed. Checking her IFF systems, she tried to see who the hell the newcomer was. Frustratingly enough the newcomer was an unknown. Also worrying was the red critical status of Neo-Angel. [color=tomato] "I hope she's alright." [/color]

Elise's message came through first, snapping Krista back to reality. [color=tomato] "Understood, "[/color] she responded. Realizing how exposed she was, she stepped back into her crater to mull over her next step. She picked up that the recently destroyed turtle was the one that shot Neo-Angel from Maria's message. She thought back to the first turtle she helped Paladin destroy, and compared to the two other turtles she'd seen. She kept talking over the general channel . [color=tomato] "I think that my plasma shots can stop the turtles from healing, but I need to get closer. Think you guys can help open up a path for me?" [/color]