Volkov felt arms wrap around her frame, and allowed those strong arms to envelope her. Leaning against Ashes's body, the Russian scientist took into account all of the things that were happening. This was all too much. Scar moved to her side, as she had been ignoring her condition. Blood was oozing from every possible spot in her armor, and it was not pleasant. Being who she was, she was loosing all strength, mostly because she hadn't recovered from her surgery, and then had been both attacked by Sycom and then by the monsters. And now this. Shit just never stopped. Everything was becoming fuzzy in her vision around the edges, and she swore this was like history repeating itself again.

She was younger then, brash, and more stubborn, if that was possible. The young woman had moved up in ranks swiftly, and been made a weapons specialist... Little did she know that she would stumble upon the other's in her core, selling weapons under the table to enemies. It caused her to try and stop them, but it got her nearly killed. The seven other men had abducted her in the middle of the night, when they were supposed to take watch. Gagged and beaten she had been dragged out into the desert. There she had been beaten senseless. They left her for dead, but when she awoke, it was like the angel of vengeance. With all the burning hatred of a hundred men she burned down the entire base, and shot all those men who hurt her. With papers and a thumb drive proving they were dealing in the black market, she was made a general.

Blinking away the memories, the woman watched as Ashes got defensive. Reaching out to stop his lunge at the male who spoke to them, she frowned. She knew these men. She had met all of them once. They had been the ones to fund her weapons developments and cancer cure. It had saved the Vice Presidents life, who had gotten lung cancer from smoking for years. Now here he was, going to kill everyone she held dear.

Then things crumbled, Kanra gave his life for Sycom, who then got stabbed in the back by Remy. Remy had healed, and now Vex was to lead them away. Hearing the orders, she shook her head and met eyes with Ashes. "I wont leave you." she said stubbornly, but even as she said it, her knees gave a bit, making her body fall lightly against his. "I can stay and fight." she breathed, looking up into his stubborn eye. Seeing those around her moving to go, she shook her head. "No... You've given enough for everyone... For once do this for yourself." she pleaded softly, knowing how selfless he was. How giving he truly was. He had given everyone anything they wanted... Over his own needs.

But Vlad's hand reached out and grabbed her, pulling her from Ashes's arms. She let out a soft gasp but her feet moved willingly. Everything you ever loved... Will always be taken from you... Those words from the criminal who killed her family rang in her ears. Blinking away tears, she grabbed onto Scar and threw her leg over his back. Clutching close to the only true friend she had left, she gave a breathy order to move out. The tiger took off, keeping close behind Vex.

But she hadn't left Ashes' empty handed. In his breast pocket she left him two things. A god pill, new and improved, and a healing pill for Sycom. The god pill was white, the healing pill was green. He would know which was which. She wouldn't leave him without giving him the best odds she could offer. It was all she could do, but she prayed it would help him. Looking ahead, she knew that they may not get far, not with Remy. He was a demon in human flesh, and she could tell they wouldn't just be allowed to get away.