"Commander the human has been treated but it won't be able to fight for at least 3 Earth time weeks" 1 of the medics say to The Commander from the device its holding. "OK then keep a close eye on Christel. I worry about it since Christel is our saviour here" It says as The Commander sees 1 of the big screens pop open showing a Gillman on the screen. "Hello Commander. A USO scout detected an alien UFO heading towards Earth, and it's detected an unknown craft heading towards it" It says to The Commander which under its breath makes him think what this unknown craft may be. "XCOM…" It says then speaks up to the Gillman. "Keep all aliens under a low profile in case XCOM detects any of yous. Just leave them to their devices" The Commander says hoping XCOM won't spot the aquatic aliens as the enemies. "Understood Commander, calling all aliens to return to T'Leth now" The Gillman says as the screen goes away and another sound from its device calls for The Commander. "Commander I have a report of the human's equipment completed" The alien says through the device which it picks up again talking into it. "Good job can you send it over now please?" The Commander asks to the alien. "Yes Commander I am sending it now" The alien says.
Meanwhile Christel slowly opens her eyes looking up towards the ceiling which seems to be dazzling because of the bright lights. She slowly turns her head to the left seeing the Viper sitting next to the bed looking down holding the green grey pistol in its hand. "H-Hello there..." She says a little quietly as the snake like alien turns its head towards her. "Hey there human. Are you feeling OK?" It says giving her a worried look. Christel nods a little and tries to force herself to sit up but she can't feel her back at all as it feels completely numb to her. The Viper gets up looking at her. "Human don't get up, you were so badly wounded from that fight" It says looking down at her then Christel notices a Sectoid entering the room. "Oh human I need to go now, get well soon OK?" It says exiting the room as the Sectoid approaches her.
"Hey there human. How are you feeling?" It asks to Christel. "I'm...I'm fine" She says as she is starting to cough a little. "Listen human I have gotten some news about your planet and what the aquatic aliens have discovered down there" The Sectoid says as Christel is sure that it's very bad news since its saying what the aliens that are on Earth have discovered. "It appears on Earth XCOM is active again. A USO scout caught an unknown craft chasing down a UFO, which suspects that it's something to do with them" The Sectoid says which quickly worries Christel that a UFO has actually being spotted in Earth. "No...That means...Earth is in danger" She says a little showing how worried she is even though XCOM may be up and running again she fears XCOM won't be able to defend Earth and may target the aquatic aliens as if they would be the enemies. "I know it sounds really bad for your planet human but remember this. The aquatic aliens have the city T'Leth. It's an underwater city which can't be detected by anything and their USOs have devices to make them be hidden so XCOM won't know where to find them. OK?" The Sectoid explains to Christel. "O-OK then...I-If your sure about this..." She says nervously with a part of her mind is unsure if the aliens are safe or not even though they have hidden themselves from XCOM. "You were lucky to have survived by the way human. When we managed to get you into the medical bay your heart had actually stopped" The Sectoid then says to her which surprises her learn she was actually dead for a moment only to be revived again. "We managed to get a pulse from your heart so you would be able to live just barely" It says surprising Christel even more for her to learn that she was on the verge of being dead as the Sectoid goes to a large screen and makes it display what looks like a reading of her heart beats per minute and her vitals in a timetable. "From the implant we have installed in your skull human we were able to track down your condition, as we see here" It says as it makes this screen give a closer look at a certain time showing her vitals hitting 0 and it stays like that for about 45 seconds up to 1 minute long she was dead for. "Wh-What the?...I-I died for a minute?..." She says surprised and shocked at the same time with the Sectoid nodding making the screen be turned off. "Yes human. We weren't sure if we could revive you but we managed to" It says sitting next to her bed looking at her as Christel thinks deeply about how was it they could possible bring her back alive by making her vitals get above 0. "Th-Thank you...For helping me...live...but how...were you able to revive me from it?..." She asks nervously wondering what could they have possibly done to let her survive from death. "The Commander pressed where your heart was which had kept your vitals up long enough to get you here in the Medical Bay even though your heart rate was deteriorating rapidly The Commander got us enough time to heal your wounds and use the Heart Defibrillator so your heart would still function so you can stay alive human" The Sectoid explains to Christel making her realise there was a lot happening just to keep herself alive from being wounded in the back to defend the other base. "Listen human. I should let you just rest now. We'll talk later" It says getting up and leaves her alone while Christel tries to wrap around her head about what had happened to her.
Is it all that they did to save her life? Or is there more to what happened than the Sectoid is telling her? She knows she can't get out of the bed since her back is so numb to move but she feels like she should know what fully happened because she isn't sure if they did something else to her like putting another implant of some kind inside her but she hopes either the Chryssalid with the buff wrapped around its arm or The Commander comes to see her so either of them could tell her everything that happened. She closes her eyes to try to rest but after some time she hears someone calling out her name. "Christel? Hey Christel it's me" The alien says waking up thinking it was The Commander since its the only alien to call her by her name instead of just being called a human. She turns her head around but sees its not The Commander but the Chryssalid. "H-Hey..." She says nervously looking at the purple grey alien that looks to be depressed as it sits next to Christel's bed. "Wh-What's wrong?..." She asks feeling like something bad has happened to it. "I just feel sorry about you...and The Commander was unhappy at me and that Viper for leaving you with that Cyberdisc because...It thought if someone activated it...You would be killed because it was still programmed to kill you...You know...That last war?..." It explains which she understands but she knew she was safe with them both being there for her. "That's not fair...I knew I was safe because you both were there..." She says nervously as the purple grey alien shakes its head a little. "No Christel...I should've been more careful with you...I was told you very nearly died" It says which makes Christel feel a bit sad because she thinks the purple grey alien and the Viper didn't do anything wrong protecting her. "Listen Christel...I...I better go I'll...s-see you later OK?" It says standing up about to leave the room "W-Wait..." Christel says still wanting some answers from the Chryssalid. "What's wrong Christel?" It asks looking back at her as Christel knows its her chance to see what the Chryssalid knows. "Wh-What happened? To me when I was being treated?..." She asks nervously knowing if the purple grey alien does know it could be something horrifically bad. "Well I'm just a terror unit so I don't really know what happened but I was told something about your heart stopping but apart from that nothing happened" It says looking at her with a confused look. "Why you ask?" It adds making Christel think nothing really had happened to her. "J-Just asking...Th-That's all..." She says as the Chryssalid walks out of the room leaving her all alone as she closes her eyes to try to get some rest.
While she is sleeping she can feel that implant vibrating in her skull waking her up and then she hears a voice of an alien talking to her as she looks around seeing no one is there at all. "Wh-Who are you?...Where are you?" She asks nervously not sure if she is just hearing things or not. "Don't be worried Christel. I am a Gillman on planet Earth communicating to you through the implant The Commander had put in your skull" The voice of the alien sounds which surprises Christel as she had no idea the aliens underwater on Earth can talk through her implant since she is all the way in Cydonia on Mars. "The Commander adjusted the implant so I can talk to you about what is happening in your planet Chistel" This Gillman is saying to her. "O-Oh...OK then..." She says nervously as she wonders about Earth's future. Could Earth make peace with these aquatic aliens even though XCOM seems to be re-established? "S-So...I heard...XCOM may be...around now..." She says nervously about XCOM being around the aliens on her side will be seen as enemies not allies. "Yes Christel there seems to be suspicions of them being around. And I fear for your planet the enemies are planning to attack. We will do whatever it takes to keep it protected from them" The alien says which gives Christel a question that bothers her which is why is it do they even want to save Earth at all. "Wh-Why do you...w-want to save my...pl-planet?..." She asks wanting the question to be answered because it really bothers her to wonder about it. "Wh-Why do yous...w-want to save my planet?..." She asks hoping the Gillman will give the answer to her. "Well since those Ethereals made all of us try to destroy your planet. Now we are going to make them pay for the damage they tried to do. They enslaved us to do it, we never wanted to attack Earth ever" The Gillman says which comes in a shock to Christel to hear the Ethereals enslaving all these different species but she wonders how this 1 kind of alien can actually enslave all these other kinds but she also thinks about are the enemy kinds enslaved again or this time are they teaming up with the Ethereals. "Listen Christel I will keep updating you what happens on Earth talk to you soon" The Gillman says as it stops talking to Christel as she falls back to sleep now in her head she wonders what is really happening in the war.
She knows that the aquatic aliens are protecting Earth and on the same side with her but those enemies she is wondering are they really enslaved? Or are they backing the Ethereals like they want destruction of Earth and Cydonia to happen? She knows she must be get back into battle quickly if she is going to go any further to answering more questions in her mind.