Having fallen on top of Charlotte, Xerox groaned. The strain was quite a bit, so he couldn't get up immediately. He had expected to be on the ground, on a rough surface. However, he felt something ... soft ... He was perplexed as to where he was. An error in the teleportation? he thought at first. Only to see he was actually lying on top of Charlotte. "Shit! Sorry." He apologized, not intending to be on top of her. He tried getting up, pushing his hands on the ground, but his strength needed a moment to recover. His atomic state after the teleportation was unstable, due to the strain. His body was connected to the state and stability of how things transferred in the ESS.
On the ground, he could see a shadow, he tried twisting his head, only getting a glimpse of the Galbadian Airship. Shit! We do not have anything that's anti-air to take that down. Unable to turn further, he noticed the reflection of the red flare on the ground. "Evacuation ..." he muttered. Just as some strength began to come back, Charlotte apologized. Xerox became confused, until she pushed him, and then started to try support him. "Oi! Wait!" he tried to say, only to get instructed to hold on. "What about ..." he wanted to get Rue before leaving, but she cast Haste and started to dash off. Since he did not have a proper hold, and because he wanted to get Rue, no more than six steps after she began, he was flung, rolling along the ground. What was worse was the momentum that carried him due to his giant spanner and tool box.
With parts of his uniform torn, and his face covered in dirt and blood, the after-effects of both his limit break and the teleportation had finally worn off. Xerox started to stand, wiping some of the dirt and blood off his face. His glasses had completely come off, and were broken, beyond repair. Well, they were special glasses to use for different types of vision, another invention, only partly complete. He sighed loudly. Not knowing if Charlotte had continued to run off or not. Stretching out, he ran up to the tower. He saw that the lift was still up, so the others were surely to come down soon. Looking up, he called out, "RUE!!!!!! WE GOTTA GO!!!!!" As he called out, a group of Galbadian soldiers, were going to the tower, to head on to the airship as well. Shit. Xerox knew he was in a bad situation. He was not exactly combat ready in his current state, nor would he be able to bring out his Guardian Force to help him.
Being charged by a few of them, he swung his giant spanner, with great effort, knocking them back. Panting, breathlessly, he was not going to have a fun time, with the enemies in front of him. This would buy time for anyone up on the tower to come down. But he was not sure how long he would last.
With the number of shots hitting the shield decreasing, Rue peaked, to see a bear having torn through soldiers that were attacking him. Relieved from the pressure, also joined the fray, using his own claws to lay down some attacks on some soldiers. There was Eika's Guardian Force, coming as well. Rue did not like being near Visionary, it gave him goose-bumps. Avoiding it, the fight continued. Rue did not notice everything that was happening, however, he felt the change in the air. The sound of the airship. Being absorbed in the fight and survival, he did not realize the airship until it was getting fairly close.
The bear who had helped Rue, was Duncan's Guardian Force, and had disappeared. Not long after, Rue saw the instructor begin to overclock his the PDA he had thrown to him and then shoot a flare. The instructor ordered them to retreat, Rue had begun to put himself between the airship's guns and the other soldiers, believing in Xerox's invention the DS. As Rue approached, he heard Xerox call out for him. Knowing that Xerox was near, he wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Seeing that Duncan had taken Eika and the other SeeD had taken Syrus, Rue stood behind them using the shield. One of the main guns had fired once, hitting the shield head on. The shield shook, Rue flew back a few meters. The shield was still in one piece, however , the whole shield was curved into where the projectile hit it. It would not stand up against another shot. Rue was mostly okay, but the impact was scary. Once each SeeD member had taken an examinee each and jumped off the tower, Rue followed in the same manner.
Keeping the soldiers away, Xerox was struggling, using his giant spanner to help him stand. As the soldiers suddenly looked up, he hid behind his spanner, and also looked up. Noticing Duncan and Eika coming down, he then saw another person holding Syrus. They were all falling. And behind them was Rue, jumping down. They landed safely, before it seemed like they ran off. Perhaps they didn't notice Xerox and the soldiers. Nevertheless, Xerox caught the falling Rue, placing him on the ground. Hitting an area of his giant spanner, he was able to kick up dust, causing the Galbadian soldiers to back off. Attaching it to his back, he tried to make haste, following Rue out towards the extraction site.
However, as they ran, Rue got further ahead, and Xerox was unable to keep up. He started to fall behind. Damn it, maybe I shouldn't have been so cocky to try to finish the mission by myself, and send Charlotte to try to help the others save Duncan. Well, the primary objective was completed, and so was this secondary objective. At least they should pass ... His thoughts were fading, Xerox was out of energy, and collapsed, along the way to the extraction site, while Rue went on ahead, not realizing.