OUT OF THE ASHES
The only thing that stopped Xander's screaming was the electric jolt administered by a too-familiar weapon that rendered him unconscious and sprawled out beside Kira’s body.
Knight reached for them but was brought up short by the click of a gun being primed and the cold feel of a muzzle pressed to the base of his skull, just under his helmet. Knight froze, eyes searching out the remainder of his team, finding them all alive, if in the hands of the enemy. Rina, Angel, and Ysa were sprawled unconscious on the ground, Bones' telekinetic shield the only thing keeping them safe. Soldiers had Tanner at gun point and he wasn’t moving, half his attention on him, the rest on the enemy.
“Drop shields,