[color=92278f][b]Cristina
Mekong River 22:17 GMT +8[/b][/color]

Cristina did not land on her feet like action stars in the movies. She landed back first on the still burning ground. It was painful but she would see the results of her gambit.

Of course, there is no way they are deploying a powerful Arms Master without a safety net. She felt cheated as she watched Huo Ren away.

She tried standing as fast as possible but she is no way going to be standing up in time to assist Nico. When did he get here in the first place.

The world momentarily shook in her eyes, everything blurred as her exhaustion began creeping on her body. Hopefully things will stay fine.

The sun suddenly rising dashed her hopes. She honestly forgot why she allowed herself to be trapped with the monster in the first place. The soldiers now cured from their madness had unleashed gunshots on her and her fellow members of Task force Obsidian. She managed to initially evade the bullets; it won't take long before she was forced to hide at the cover of the trees at the riverbank. 

She took a deep breath and inspected her wounds she felt a presence. When she looked however she saw a familiar face.

Truthfully a few details had changed, her previously black haired turned white and the passage of time made taller like she was. Her face had undergo some subtle changes as well but...

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“Ate?” [/b][/color]

But she will never forget her only family, the one who was the reason she was still alive.

And the one she'd worked hard to find.