"are you alright miss?"
"yeah I'm fine though I think I drank some of the river"
"looks like you'll either need antibiotics or specially treated water"
"I'll take the water if you have any did your guys on the river get the guy?"
"no and I'm going to have to ask for your name please"
"it's Kerenai Ariel Kerenai"
"well looks like I won't have to charge you looks I thought but I still need you to come to the station to write up a report"
Ariel nods her understanding just as her team shows up with her discarded clothes and an officer holding a water bottle with red stuff in it
"here are your clothes Ariel and this officer says you have to drink that water which he added something to it"
"good now hopefully I won't get sick from the swim"
that confused the team but not the officer who made sure Ariel drank the whole bottle
"man that tastes nasty but it's better than getting sick"
Ariel then puts on the clothes she discarded just as a boat showed up with a suspect for visual confirmation
"looks like you got him"
"he had several bags of drugs on him too"
"good catch then"
"indeed it was you alright miss?"
"she's fine and yes she drank the wretched stuff the boys came up with"
"not my fault I'm allergic to several types of antibiotics" (under her breath) "stupid overdose"
"then how do you know you didn't just make yourself worse?"
"simple I designed the powder you guys use and there are no antibiotics in it the reaction is all chemical"
well two days later there was a Quintesson attack just as the team was preparing to go home and suddenly the captain was picked up then dropped from a significant height
"captain no!"
Ariel holds out her right hand and suddenly the captain's rate of decent slows down. At the same time Ariel could feel her powers return and she looks at her hands then closes them into a fist and turns to face her enemies
"you guys are going to regret hearing the name Ariel Kerenai, arranyan air ball!"
suddenly the Quintessons are pushed back by an invisible force while everyone else was seeing swords in Ariel's hands
"arranyan swords"
about ten minutes later the Quintessons were gone and everyone in the know was looking at Ariel for answers
"guys don't even ask how this is possible because I don't know myself though I think it involves my emotions"
suddenly Ariel is handed a message and she goes into serious mode
"please tell me this is a bad joke"
"sorry but all silos were triple checked this is for real"
(sighs) "does America know this?"
"only those that need to at the moment"
"right let's hope it stays that way for a few more hours"
she turns to face her team
"guys I need to stay in Britain for a bit, if possible get to an American territory just in case of worse trouble than now"
"is this related to what you told us when you joined the team?"
"I honestly don't know captain bug better to play it safe"
and the team leaves she turns her attention back to the British soldier
"I need to go the EDC first to get a procedure done but once I'm released I'm all yours per my orders"
"right see you in a few days then"
and so Ariel goes to the EDC to tell them she needs the chip that controlled her powers without the locket and after the procedure was finished and some tests performed Ariel was under the command of Great Britain
"I'm all yours guys"
for the next two years Ariel fought in the middle est because the Quintessons had taken over the region and stolen those weapons. The British soldiers identified Ariel easily as she was the only one who never took of her locket or bracelet only the high commanders knew to also look for tattoos if they needed to and one day they would need to. At base camp early morning
"sir unit Delta hasn't reported in yet, in fact according to our records they haven't sent in a report since 2 this morning"
"isn't that Kerenai's unit?"
"yes sir it is and we all know how she is with reporting"
"yes we do every hour on the hour unless something happens I want today's patrols to keep an eye out for them hopefully it's nothing more than busted radios however..."
"I understand sir"
and so a unit on patrol actually found Delta units destroyed convoy so they did searches and found grim discoveries, everyone's dog tags and for Ariel two extra things
"Sergeant these are the Lieutenants tags locket and bracelet, she'd never leave these behind if she could help ti"
"you're right OK men let's get these items back to base so they can be declared MIA" (Missing in Action) "seeing as how we can't currently find any bodies" (thinks) "please be safe my brothers and sister in arms"
meanwhile Delta unit had been captured and they were not happy especially Ariel who feared fake bodies would replace them and have them declared dead
"so Kerenai any ideas for escape?"
"possibly but we're too heavily guarded for it to work so we can forget about escaping for now"
"anyone else have any ideas?"
no one did but a few days later they would take advantage of actually an American bombing raid to escape. Once out after a few miles of walking they would run into American forces to be more specific a Marine unit
"boy am I glad to see that uniform"
"not as glad as we are to see yours Britain told us of their missing unit with one Ariel Kerenai an American citizen on loan to Britain, unfortunately we need to restrain you until we get back to base for identification"
everyone nods their consent understanding why it was needed. Once back at base Ariel actually showed her tattoos once she as printed and soon a British tank was picking them up complete with their tags and Ariel's locket and bracelet
"by the way Kerenai your team is fine and hopefully you'll be able to come home soon"
"what is America planning?"
"sorry but you'll actually ave to ask your commanding officer it's his plan America's just backing him up on it"
once back at base she didn't need to ask because her commanding officer brought her entire unit into the planning
"sorry I didn't tell you sooner but I was unsure about spies until recently"
"understood captain"
and so they finalized the plans only stopping to eat and make sure Ariel was OK after a poison episode
"now are you guys certain this will work?"
"yes captain we're sure"
"okay than we execute this plan in two days"
two days later they won middle east's freedom and Ariel was allowed to go home with the American forces. A month later thy got invited to Japan to play soccer, Ariel had fond out through a separate message that due to events in the middle east if necessary Japan would revert to the Sengoku period provinces and she would live in Oshu, they would also defer to clan names in that case. Many hours later
"wow so this is Japan"
"indeed it is how long is our stay anyways?"
"two weeks the first week consists of playing soccer while our second week consists of being tourists"
"hey Ariel are you sure Freedom can function without you for so long?"
"yes captain I'm sure"
as it turned out they would never get to play. On the way to the game the Scretents attacked the bus and separated the team. After a period of swimming Ariel made it to dry land and came upon a fisherman who said something she didn't understand fortunately there was a stick nearby that she could use
