Deathsong Chronicles - Sonata 2

The sixth platoon took off, racing through the heavens and joining the armada in it's futile attacks against the massive AERIA. The platoon ship flew over the surface of the gigantic battleship, when suddenly an explosion rocked the cruiser.

Red lights flared everywhere. Jennifer gave the order to abandon ship, and all six of the crew immediately boarded the escape lander, and not a moment too soon.

The ship exploded a second after the lander cleared it. As it was too many anti-air weaponry attacking them, Xepher went to a tiny escape pod on the lander, and jettisoned off to destroy them. Jennifer was about to protest over the intercom, when he launched off.

He was hit, though, and reported it."I'm gonna try a belly landing. I'm hit." said Xepher cheerfully over the intercom.
"Tch. Ok. Destroy the anti-air weapons then, if you land now." said Jennifer with an annoyed voice.

"..."Xepher aimed for a crash landing at a cannon."Roger."

With a jarring explosion, Xepher destroyed one of his twenty targets. Xepher himself leapt clear as it crashed. He then was attacked by sword-wielding soldiers.

They charged at him as one...and died by his sword as one, as he spun around and sliced at neck-height. Xepher raced on, and was contacted by Jennifer again as he finished off the last of the cannons.

"We're surrounded! Head to the lander now! We crashed at around ten kilometres from your current location. I'm sending our coordinates now."

Xepher received it over his wrist comminicator, and set a course straight for it.

And as he reached it, it was to see John hefting his rocket launcher, blasting apart small starfighters, and Carolyn and Jesslyn ripping apart warriors with magic and physical attacks.