Both Ken and Eliza were relieved to see that Chun Li and Ryu were once again becoming more comfortable around one another. Ryu spent almost every minute of the day at Chun Li's side and Eliza and Ken both agreed that they couldn't recall ever seeing him happier. The pair even trained together, which Ken thought was great, given that Ryu was prone to worrying about not practicing. It was also becoming evident that Ryu was allowing himself to enjoy being with her without worrying about it too much. The lapse in his memory was probably helpful in that regard.

Though Chun Li was overjoyed that he seemed to be relaxing around her, she maintained a vigilant guard against being too comfortable, not wanting to be hurt if he were to become anxious again. Still, she had to admit, the last two days were actually quite pleasant. Instead of asking about their past or his own, Ryu surprised her by being more curious about her. "I want to know more about you," he had told her one morning when they had woken up together.

"What did you want to know?" she asked, taken aback by his sudden interest.

"Everything," he said simply, kissing her shoulder.

She took it as a sign of progress that he was curious about her, rather than constantly questioning what he was doing. "I don't know how to summarize who I am," she said smiling, "but the best way to learn is to just spend time with me."

"Hai," he agreed as he hugged her.

It was particularly beautiful day, and the two men decided that it would be nice to practice against each other and they spent a few hours indulging their playful rivalry as their respective ladies watched. Ken was having a particularly good round when suddenly he heard Chun Li call out anxiously to him. Looking in her direction, he saw that Eliza had fallen to the ground and was holding her right side, her face twisted in pain. Running to her, he dropped to his knees. "Babe, what is it? What's wrong?"

"Oh my god, it hurts," she said through her teeth.

"Did it happen all of a sudden?" He suddenly wished they weren't so far removed from civilization.

"No," she winced. My stomach hurt most of last night and this morning but I thought it was indigestion. Now it really hurts and it's worse when I move." Grimacing, she covered her hand with her mouth. "I think I'm going to puke," she said unhappily, but the thought of retching made her side hurt even more. "Ken, it hurts so much! It feels like something's cutting into my side." Tears were starting to form in her eyes.

Turning to his friend with a panicked expression, he asked, "Ryu, what are we going to do? I'm not a doctor! Where's Guile when you need – Guile!" At that moment he remembered that Guile had left a radio behind from when he retuned with the chopper. "Watch her for a moment," he shouted, sprinting to the room where Guile had been staying. Sure enough, the radio sat in the corner where Guile had left it. Switching it on, Ken prayed that it was less complicated to work than it looked. "Uh, anyone out there?" There was a crackle of static and nothing else. Starting to feel frantic, he yelled again, "Hey if anyone is hearing this, pick up, we have an emergency!"

Again static ensued but this time it was followed by a voice. "Who is this?"

"Oh thank god!" Ken said with relief. "My name's Ken Masters. I'm a - a friend of Major Guile's. He just left us two days ago. Is he still on the base?"

"I can check," the voice said. "What seems to be the problem?"

"We have someone who's very sick and needs medical attention," he explained urgently. "Please, Guile knows how to get to where we are. If he's there, please send someone to come get her. I think she may be dying and she's in a lot of pain."

"Stay there and wait while I see if I can track down the Major," the voice crackled.

"Please, hurry!" Ken begged. Pacing the room anxiously, he felt every second crawl by as he waited for a response. "Please be there, Guile," he whispered under his breath.

"Hello?" came the voice over the radio.

"Yes! I'm here!" Ken confirmed.

"I have the Major here for you. Stand by." His voice became distant as he said, "Go ahead, sir."

"Ken, what's going on?"

Nothing had ever sounded so sweet to him in his life as Guile's gravelly voice. "Thank god! Guile, we need your help. Eliza's in trouble. I have no idea what it is, but she's in a lot of pain and – "

His sentence was interrupted when Chun Li ran into the room. "Ken! Her pain is a lot worse now and I think she's running a fever!"

"You get that, Guile?" he called into the receiver. Realizing that Guile was on the other end of the conversation, Chun Li suddenly felt uneasy and took a step backwards.

There was a significant pause on the other end of the line before he responded, "Yeah, I got that." His voice was flat.

"Guile, you gotta help her," Ken pleaded. "Please, pull another rabbit out of your hat, whatever you can do, but please get someone up here to help her!"

His voice was calm but resolute. "Don't worry. We'll get her out of there and she's going to be just fine. You have my word on that."

His reassurance took a little of the edge off of Ken's anxiety. "Thanks, man. I owe you."

"Keep her as comfortable as possible and we'll send someone as soon as we can," he ordered. "Guile out."

Turning off the radio, Ken took a moment to try to slow his racing heart and went to wait for assistance.