The Plan

Sakura slowly got up; Valerie helped her as she did. She asked, her voice sounding tired, "Where..." She suddenly hurriedly put her hand on her stomach and got surprised, as she only found a whole in her uniform there.

She looked at Ray, her eyes beaming with curiosity. Ray asked, "How are you feeling?"

Sakura caressed her stomach once again as if she were searching for the non-existent hole and replied hesitantly, "I… I'm fine. But…"

Ray threw himself out of relief, sitting down on the ground like a sack of potatoes as he sighed and said, "That's good. Good job, Val."

Valerie replied, a slight hint of smugness in her voice, "Just doing what I can."

Sakura asked, confusion in her voice, "How? I remember getting stabbed by Silk and...and then."

Katarina said, "Boss saw you getting stabbed. He then jumped in to save you. Carrying you and jumping down the waterfall. It was quite the spectacle."