Editing Chris Elman (section)

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Chris continued protecting Shin against [[Titan Arachne]] with the remainder of [[SDI]].<ref>Lab Rat was digging his heels in, using the giants my sister had helped create to protect Shin from Arachne.  Hunter. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/14/radiation-18-9/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.9]]</ref><!-- looked like bird there--> He rerouted the majority of giants against [[Titan Fortuna]], once she brought her attention to [[Earth Shin]] [[portal]]. Chris met [[Breakthrough]] again.<ref name="II19.4">[[Infrared 19.4]]</ref><ref name="II19.5">[[Infrared 19.5]]</ref>
<!--ref>He leaped from the building, and the light from my gun’s housing briefly illuminated him.  Something between a jackrabbit, a kangaroo, and a humanoid in form, with a fur ruff around his neck, all black, with jagged incisors filling a wide, leering grin. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/01/07/infrared-19-4/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.4]]</ref -->

Chris additionally empowered his Giants to counter newborn Titans, that immediately started slaughtering heroes. He even resorted to empowering [[The Mathers Giant]], with some help with syringe delivery from [[Sveta Karelia]]. Chris also healed [[Victoria Dallon]] from mutations given by an abrupt contact with [[Titan Ophion]] and told her about the clone-skinpatch that [[Amy Dallon]] stole.<ref name="II19.6">[[Infrared 19.6]]</ref>

He followed Sveta and [[Byron Vera]] to [[the Shardrealm]], re-joining [[Breakthrough]] near Contessa's crystal.<ref name="II19.7">[[Infrared 19.7]]</ref> Chris provided some healing for Tristan on their way there.<ref>“Did you get healing?” I asked.<br/>[...]<br/>“From Chris,” he said. “It’s not total, but… I fucked up, because I was too slow, I couldn’t risk doing that again.  I- I’ll get into it later.”  - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/04/infrared-19-8/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.8]]</ref>

Chris was targeted by [[The Simurgh]]'s manipulations.<ref name="II19.z">[[Infrared 19.z]]</ref> He participated in the Wardens' battles with The Simurgh and [[Machine Army]], and brought [[SDI]] with him.<ref name="II20.1">[[Last 20.1]]</ref><!--bulldog form--> He agreed to execute Victoria's plan through collab with [[Bonesaw]].<ref name="II20.2">[[Last 20.2]]</ref><!-- black rat form--> Cryptid eventually arrived to the labs together with wounded Victoria and [[Byron Vera|Byron]]. Faced with the severity of their injuries he begrudgingly shared some of his reserves. Seconds later Chris lost contact with [[The Mathers Giant]]. Victoria volunteered to deal with it and suggested him to switch to his bird form.<ref name="II20.4">[[Last 20.4]]</ref>

Despite the Simurgh being driven out of The Wardens' Complex, Chris walked out of his arrangement with Victoria, and had a short scuffle with her and [[Rain]]. He also started spreading half-truths about the plan to safeguard himself from possible retaliation and sabotage it further.<!-- rat form, then apex-bird, leaves as a boy-->

Following the consultation with [[Jessica Yamada]] and [[Riley Davis]], the Wardens decided to try to capture Chris, before he would have an opportunity to interfere with the [[Victoria]]'s plague deployment further.<ref>“And Chris?”<br/><br/>“They’re going to hunt him down. [...] He was spreading half-truths and they asked Jessica, who asked Riley, who said he was a problem.  They’ll imprison him and take away his stuff if they can.  Jessica said to, I think, as a compromise.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/03/31/last-20-10/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.10]]</ref> Chris managed to evade the capture until the plague had its effect.<ref name="II20.b">[[Last 20.b]]</ref>