Song Han

She is a major character in *Crossed*. She works at a pediatric dentist office as well as a part-time veterinarian. She is the current owner of Xenia and Rupert.

## General Information

### Species

Human-tiger hybrid: cross between a Human (Homo sapiens) and a Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

## Affiliations

### Current

Mayfeld Pediatric Dentistry (dentist; occupation)

### Past

Mayfeld Research Lab (biochemist/geneticist)

## Relations

### Other(s)

Xenia (pet fox)Rupert (pet fox)

Kipper (pet dog; deceased)

Rick Harris (ex-boyfriend)

## **Physical Appearance**

### **Human Form**

In her human form, Song is a young woman of average height with fair skin, spiky black hair with a long braid, and brilliant, emerald green eyes. She has a curvaceous frame, but somewhat muscular limbs, thin black eyebrows, and small bangs framing her face. There are scars left from Xenia's bite marks on her left arm. Her casual attire usually consists of black pants, light green and white sneakers, and a darker green t-shirt with a small gold tiger on the left breast, which is sometimes hidden underneath a black biker jacket. She also wears a black wristband on her right wrist and a necklace with a gold tiger head pendant on it. Her work attire mainly consists of crimson scrubs with a black long-sleeved shirt underneath and white sneakers. At times, she'll also wear black gloves, a black surgical face mask and a white lab coat.

### **Tiger Form**

In her tiger form, Song physically appears as a large green and white Siberian tiger with black stripes; her size is that of a typical male tiger. She is also able to transform into a much larger version of this form, called a Titan Animal. As a Titan, she is a muscular, gargantuan green and white tiger with eight legs, six prehensile tails, black paws with opposable thumbs, black stripes, and a thick, spiky, black mane of fur starting between her ears and running all the way down her back. The Yin-Yang symbol appears on her chest; the Yin half is black, while the Yang half is gold-colored.

## **History**

### **Early Life**

Song was born in Mayfeld on Planet X to a Korean mother and Japanese-American father, while also inheriting Chinese ancestry from her maternal great-grandmother. As a baby, Song was abducted one night by a mad scientist who later conducted an experiment on her, injecting her with a concentration of recombinant Siberian tiger DNA mixed with her own. She became a human-tiger hybrid as a result as well as the scientist's prisoner until he was caught and arrested. By the time that happened, the doctors examining baby Song informed her parents there was nothing that could be done about her condition, as nobody knew exactly how to reverse the damage done by the mad scientist. Song would be a hybrid for the rest of her life.

Despite this, she grew up in a financially stable and cross cultural household alongside her older brother Kim. As a child, Song taught herself how to maintain an all-human form and hide her tiger traits. She was very friendly and outgoing, but her personality changed as she was strictly and constantly pushed by her authoritarian mother to do well in school, learn four languages, hide her true self, and train in martial arts. This was a major detriment to Song's emotional well-being and social life, leading her to believe her mother didn't really love her. This caused her to lash out, prompting her mother to think about her parenting methods. Eventually, Song and her mother developed a healthier, loving relationship, allowing her mother to heal all the wounds she'd inflicted upon her daughter over the years.

At age 18, she went to an unnamed college where she studied biology, chemistry, and genetics before graduating with a PhD in biology. The year after her graduation, Song got a job at the Mayfeld Research where she worked as both a biochemist and a geneticist for seven years. During this period, she met Rick Harris, a coworker and lab technician. The two eventually started dating, with Song becoming Rick's girlfriend for ten months. However, she quickly broke up with him after catching him sleeping with another woman. As a result, she decided to hold off on romance until she found someone whom she felt would remain loyal to her.

Song later decided she wanted to become a dentist as well as a part-time veterinarian; she quit her job at the Research Lab and began attending dental school before switching to vet school after graduating. Due to her high salary at the Research Lab, she was able to quickly pay her loans and buy her own house and car. Her mother helped her pay for her medical education, allowing her to get her medical license and attain both jobs. After moving out of her parents' house permanently, Song met Sun Han, whom she immediately fell in love with. She let him move in with her after he left his parents, and the two got along splendidly. Sun even bought her a male border collie puppy for a birthday present, which she named Kipper. Song and Sun later married and eventually conceived their first child.

One fateful day, however, when Song was eight months pregnant, their happy lives together were cut short when a drunk driver swerved off the road and onto the sidewalk they were on; Sun pushed Song out of the way to save her and was hit by the drunk driver's car, killing him instantly. Devastated, Song mourned for Sun's death and, during the drunk driver's trial, was relieved to see him sentenced to life in prison after the jury announced his verdict to be guilty. After this, Song swore to never drink any alcohol, as she knew what it could do to people. She eventually came to terms with Sun's passing and returned to her work before giving birth to their child, a baby girl who she named Thea. Due to her work, she had to hire a babysitter to look after her daughter most of the time.

### ***Crossed***

#### **Chapter 14: Scattered**

Song is one of the people who is recruited by the mayor to find a group of foxes living in the woods near the town where Xenia used to live and work. She brings Kipper with her to track the foxes' scent, and follows him along with the other trackers as he leads them directly to the foxes' den. Kipper and the other dogs who came along start digging the foxes out, prompting Song and the other humans to help using their shovels. To their surprise, the foxes attack them, with Rupert biting Kipper's leg. Enraged, Song attacks Rupert and accidentally steps on his paw, breaking it in the process. She is then attacked by an infuriated Xenia, who viciously bites and scratches her. However, Song remains calm due to her regret for injuring Rupert and manages to put them both into a cage despite her injuries. After all the foxes are contained and placed into a van for transportation, she is last seen having her wounds treated by a doctor who was also recruited to capture the foxes.

#### **Chapter 16: Adoption**

Sometime after the foxes' capture, Song arrives at the sanctuary where they're staying. Xenia, alone in her cage, sees her approaching with one of the staff and growls ferociously. However, an undeterred Song opens her cage and takes her out before setting her on the floor. Xenia tries to fight her off, but to no avail as the staff member holds her down by placing her between her legs. Song then puts a basket muzzle on Xenia to prevent her from biting, trying to calm her all the while. Xenia, even more enraged, tries to scratch the two women with her claws, but Song fastens a black collar around the fox's neck and follows up with a harness, which is attached to a leash. Song gets up and tells an embarrassed Xenia she's coming home. She tells the staff member she'll take good care of Xenia, and that she has the patience to discipline a feisty, loud, rebellious fox. Song proceeds to walk Xenia out of the sanctuary and tells her that she'll clip her nails first thing when they get home. Hearing this, a scared Xenia resists by refusing to move, but Song gets her under control by blowing a dog whistle. The pain in Xenia's ears causes her to screech in agony and crouch down until it subsides. Song, satisfied, says she's a good girl and continues walking, telling the fox to walk beside her and not behind her. Xenia obeys, knowing she has no choice.

When they arrive at Song's house, Xenia sees an excited Kipper running up to the door to greet his master. Song asks him to move so she and Xenia can go inside, but Kipper, noticing the latter, doesn't. Noticing the hostility her dog is showing, Song sharply commands him to stop antagonizing the fox since both she and Rupert are now her pets. When Kipper lunges at Xenia, Song uses the dog whistle on him to get him under control before reiterating her command to move. She grins when Kipper obeys this time, and walks Xenia into the house. She tells the fox to sit and stay put while she goes to check on Rupert. When she comes back to find Xenia and Kipper facing off against each other, she angrily grabs the latter by the collar and walks him to the back door, kicking him out of the house for his aggressive behavior. Seeing her chance to escape, Xenia makes a beeline for the front door and succeeds in opening it while Song yells at Kipper that he's confined to the backyard for the rest of the day. However, the sound of the door opening alerts Song, who asks who's there. Knowing her new owner thinks someone's breaking in, Xenia bolts outside and back down the path to the front gate. Hearing footsteps running up behind her, the fox triumphantly thinks Song is too slow for her and she'll make it as she approaches the gate.

Her escape attempt is thwarted when Song suddenly jumps down in front of her and catches her, exclaiming that she got her. Xenia, out of breath, asks how she did that, to which Song replies that she has her ways of surprising people. She tells Xenia that it was a nice try and carries her back into the house, shutting and locking the door behind her. Song then sits on her couch, takes up a pair of nail clippers and, still holding Xenia, starts trimming her claws.

*More coming soon.*

### **Chapter 31: The Aftermath**

Xenia, in her Corrupt form, watches with bruised eyes as an injured Song, after defeating her, reverts back to her human form and collapses from exhaustion. She is then placed on a gurney by paramedics and rushed to the hospital. Xenia, close to death herself, wonders why Song went to all the trouble she did to avenge the late Kipper; still thinking about how Song involved herself in her life, she closes her eyes and reverts back to her normal form before dying shortly after from blood loss.

After Xenia is later resurrected by Chrone and the other dead fox spirits who have now turned on her, she wakes up and finds herself on a bed next to Song's. Concluding that they're in the same hospital room, Xenia tries to get a better look at her owner, but is unable to move due to her physical body still being heavily wounded. She sees a tube in the unconscious Song's mouth and hears the sounds of the respirator and other machines, marveling at the advanced technology the humans have invented. Suddenly, Song opens her eyes and looks around before glancing at Xenia. The fox quickly closes her eyes in time to fool Song into thinking that she's still asleep.

When the nurse arrives, Xenia opens her eyes again to see her taking the tube out of Song's mouth. Song coughs for a while before finally catching her breath, and the nurse gives her some water. After drinking it, Song asks the nurse where Xenia and Rupert are and how they're doing. The nurse tells her that Rupert is fine and that Olivia is watching him at home. Hearing this, Song sighs in relief and asks about Xenia. The nurse notices Xenia awake and reports this to Song, who gives another relieved sigh before glaring at the fox. Xenia glares back at her, growling hatefully, before she bursts into a coughing fit and spits blood. The fox confesses to killing Kipper and that Song should just kill her if she wants to avenge him that badly, stating she'd be better off dead. However, Song tells her she already avenged Kipper by defeating Xenia in the battle and that she deserves a different punishment, as she hates seeing animals and humans die. She knows Xenia hates her for what she did to her and Rupert, and vows to displace Xenia's hatred. When Xenia asks why she wants to do that, Song replies that she loves her more than she'll ever know even after what she's done.

*More coming soon.*

### **Chapter 32: Consequences**

Two months later, Song has been discharged from the hospital, but is ordered by her doctor not to return to work until further notice. Xenia, however, is still on the mend, though her condition has improved significantly by this point. Song doesn't visit her very often due to the immense physical and mental stress the fight between them has put her under. Xenia recalls the battle and wishes she knew more about her owner and what she truly was. She then thinks about everything that had happened before that and wonders why Song would take such an interest in her in the first place. The fox decides that she'll ask Song the question upon her release.

Another week passes before Xenia is well enough to be cared for at home. When Song arrives to pick her up, a surprised Xenia mentally notes how quickly she's recovered, but doesn't say anything, as she knows that Song is still angry with her. On account of her broken foreleg, she doesn't resist as Song helps the nurse unhook her from all the machines and places her in a pet carrier.

They arrive at Song's house and the woman takes Xenia inside. She takes the fox out of her carrier and places her on the sofa before leaving to put the carrier away. When Rupert tries to approach Xenia in her absence, Song catches him in the act and commands him to stop. Rupert tries to object, but Song tells him he is forbidden to be anywhere near Xenia as punishment for running away. Xenia realizes that she's also angry with Rupert for aiding her in her crimes. She kicks him out of the house as a way to separate them before turning her attention back to Xenia. The latter shudders under her glare and tries to back away, but Song tells her to stay where she is. Swallowing nervously, the fox obeys, and Song leaves again.

She first returns with a large dog kennel, then with a trombone, which she places next to the sofa before retrieving some blankets to line the kennel floor with. As she watches Song work, Xenia catches a stale, faint whiff of Kipper's scent on the kennel and realizes that it was his before she killed him. After Song finishes setting up the kennel with bedding, food, and water bowls, she glares at Xenia and tells her the kennel used to belong to Kipper. Xenia simply looks away from her owner, still feeling remorseless and indifferent about her actions. She hears her owner sigh and sarcastically congratulate her for earning it. Song then picks Xenia up off the sofa and places her in the cage, forgetting to lock the door after closing it. Xenia then watches as Song sits on the sofa next to her new cage, picks up the trombone, and starts playing it.

Song is still playing an hour later, during which Xenia has drunk all the water in her bowl and needs more. She looks up at Song, who's staring at the wall across from her while practicing the trombone, and cautiously pushes the door open when her owner doesn't look at her. Despite her exhaustion and broken leg, Xenia is able to quietly sneak out of the cage, and heads toward the kitchen. However, she hasn't gotten far before she sneezes. The noise alerts Song, who stops playing her instrument and asks her where she thinks she's going. Xenia turns her head to look at her and croaks that she needs water, with her voice raspy from lack of use. Song commands her to get back into the cage before she breaks her other leg. The exhausted fox has no choice but to obey, and limps back into the kennel while Song goes to fetch her more water. She pushes Xenia's rear end back into the cage while she's struggling and places the refilled water bowl inside before shutting the door and locking it this time. Xenia sees her glaring at her before she collapses from exhaustion; at this, Song orders her to rest and confines her to what used to be Kipper's kennel until she says otherwise. Nodding, Xenia watches Song get back to practicing her trombone before she passes out, feeling sick.

### **Chapter 33: Song's Trumpeting**

A few days later, Xenia is resting peacefully in her cage when she hears Song bringing Rupert into the house. She warns him to stay away from Xenia or he'll go back out again. When Song catches Rupert disobeying her yet again, she plays her trumpet loudly to force him back out of the house, startling Xenia awake. Xenia gekkers at Song annoyedly, prompting her to tell her not to. Song continues playing the trumpet in the living room, much to Xenia's annoyance; the fox tries screaming to get her to stop, but this only results in Song putting a basket muzzle on her to silence her.

Song is still playing the trumpet an hour later when there's a knock at the front door. She stops playing and goes to answer it. She opens it to find Rupert dashing around to the back of the house and frustratedly yells his name; Xenia deduces that Rupert kicked the door with his hind feet to get Song to stop playing. Song sighs in annoyance before resuming her practice. She is later interrupted again when she hears Rupert barking and calling outside; she goes outside, brings him in, muzzles him, and puts him in another smaller cage. Satisfied she managed to discipline both foxes, Song keeps playing for hours.

## **Relationships**

**Xenia:** Song and Xenia initially don't get along due to Xenia's anger towards her for taking her friends and freedom and also injuring Rupert. This rift opens even further when Xenia spitefully kills Kipper behind her back in an attempt to distract Song while she escapes with Rupert. However, Song quickly realizes two things: that Xenia is a Kitsune, and she that was the one responsible for Kipper's death. She angrily hunts Xenia down, recapturing both her and Rupert. She punishes Xenia by keeping her isolated from Rupert and makes the fox see the error of her ways. This makes Xenia realize that some humans are resilient after facing tragedy and are willing to forgive those who wronged them. Xenia relents, apologizes, and Song forgives her, making her accept that she'll be a house pet for the rest of her life. Although Song remains angry with Xenia for a while after the episode, the two gradually improve their relationship.

**Rupert:** Song accidentally injures Rupert after stepping on his paw and breaking it. Rupert is initially very frightened of Song, but eventually warms up to her after learning that she was willing to take genuine care of him, teaching him that not all humans are bad. He felt awful for Song when he found out that Xenia had killed Kipper behind her back. After Song healed him, he became a loyal friend to her.

## **Skills and Abilities**

* **Medical practitioner:** Having attended dental and vet school, she is an adept doctor.
* **Science:** Even though she no longer works in a lab, Song is a very capable scientist, skilled in many fields; medicine, genetics, biology, and chemistry are her fortes.
* **Martial artist:** She is very proficient in karate and other martial arts due to training at a martial arts dojo.
* **Language proficiency:** Song is extremely fluent in Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and English, with the last one being her favorite. When she speaks, she also has an American accent.
* **Musician:** She is very fluent with several instruments due to her strong love of music. She mainly plays the trombone, but also does the trumpet, clarinet, euphonium, flute, tuba, saxophone, French horn, bassoon, baritone horn, oboe, and mellophone.
* **Control immunity:** Due to being a human-tiger hybrid, Song is immune to Xenia's mind control, which only affects canines (dogs, wolves, foxes, etc).
* **Shapeshifting:** Song can transform into a Tiger or Titan Tiger and any of her limbs/appendages into those of one. Additionally, she can adding certain body parts that she lacks as a human (i.e., a tail). She can also grow more than one tail in any form.

## **Quotes**

"It's going to be a while before I forgive you for killing my dog. But know this: You might be a vicious, hateful killer right now, but I'm going to come after that hatred. I want you to see that humans aren't all bad. Even though I don't want to forgive you right now, I'm doing it later on because I'm compassionate about animals and I'm a nice person, deep inside. And even though you want me to hate you, I won't, because hatred won't get you anywhere, Xenia. You might be a mean pet who kills for fun, but I love you anyway. Even after what you've done, I love you, more than you'll ever know." Song to Xenia while they're both recovering, Ch. 31

## **Trivia**

* She is Korean on her mother's side, and Japanese-American on her father's. She also has Chinese ancestry from her great-grandmother.