While many panicky thoughts ran through my mind, not one of them was the thought to eject. Honestly, might have been the thing that saved our sorry flanks. Poor judgment on my part. And I'm supposed to be squad leader.
My head's pounding, everything's blurry and hazy. As I try to gather my thoughts I heard sounds of fighting, though it seems distant. I can hear someone calling out to me, but it feels as if they're miles away. Everything slowly comes into focus. I can just make out the interior of the gunship, or rather what's left of it. Then someone starts shaking me and it all comes rushing at me.

"Clover!"

I blink off the disorientation to see Flashy standing over me. I was flat on my back in the middle of the floor. Behind him is the wide open hole where we got hit. A makeshift barricade made of debris block the edge. Behind the barricade sat Sure-Shot and Thunder Fury firing bolts of magic out the ship and at the enemy.

"Sir! You got to get up!" Flashy shakes me awake, desperation clear in his voice.

"I'm up! I'm up!" I shout, "What's our status?!" I had to shout over the booms of condensed magic hitting their target.

"Sir, we're deep in enemy territory! All other squads aboard with us were killed, including Relay!"

My heart ached for Relay. While she wasn't always in the same training as us she was considered a member of our team. But there wasn't anytime to grieve, an anguished cry came from Fury as he went down with a burning hole in his shoulder. I scrambled up to my feet and looked out the hole. Waves upon waves of two-legged beasts came our way. Tall, muscular, fanged creatures came at us holding guns of some kind. They didn't wear armor, we were told they are made of pure darkness, but they were coming by the hundreds. I lifted my hoof and fired my hoof-blaster at the closest ones. I moved up to take Fury's position.

"Flashy! Take care of Fury!"

Me and Sure-Shot hit our target every time, but they kept coming. You could see for miles. The land was completely flat and scorched like lava ran over it. I could here Fury's agonized yells coming from behind me.

"Command this is Four-Leaf Clover calling from crash site echo vector one requesting immediate assistance! We are knee-deep in hostiles and have wounded! Send help now!" I didn't even wait for a response, I just kept firing bolts of energy from my hoof-blaster.

It wasn't looking good. Flashy came up to join us and Thunder fell silent so I assumed the worst. Something went clang behind me. I turned around to see Hallowed with swords bearing down from a circular hole in the roof. Before I could do anything or even think of doing something, the lead one plunged its blade into my back. Pain swept trough me. Something wet and sticky that I could only assume was blood began to pool at my feet. Agony completely immobilized me. Darkness was creeping into my vision. I stared right into the eyes of evil before me. Just as I began to slip away the sound of roaring engines reached my ears. The creature heard it too, it looked up through the hole in the roof. I did the same and saw the streaks of blue that were the Equestrian air-force. The sound of explosions came closer and closer as the bombs rained down. The creature looked back at me and I did the one thing that under the circumstances seemed impossible. One thing that showed I wasn't afraid of death, that I know I will be honered for my sacrifice.

I smiled.