[center][color=SteelBlue]Name: Damian Seran
Role: Soldier 1
Location: Junon
Tag: Alain[@Double], Laphicet[@Tenma Tendo], Astral[@Renny][/color][/center]

As the Metal Cricket launched it's attack on Alain, a second helicopter was coming into sight of Junon and the Sister Ray, bearing two passengers as well. One was the pilot, one Devon LaCrosse, an elderly man by all intents and purposes, but still one of Shinra's most talented pilots by many accounts, as he's flown several missions against AVALANCHE and the Wutai and yet to be shot down, or at least so he claims. The other person on board is the SOLDIER 1st Class Damian Seran, the oldest SOLDIER amongst the ranks of them. He was currently on his phone as they neared the cannon, receiving an update from Shinra HQ on the location of the super weapon Cricket, which had been radioed in by the pilot of a chopper the pair had passed on their way in. [color=SteelBlue]"You're telling me this thing is attacking Alain on the barrel and none of the Troopers still alive down there have tried to back him up? Or, better yet, to search around the upper areas of the weapon?"[/color] There's an irritated sigh on the other end of the line.

[color=Gold]"What the Troopers who have the battle mechs to already worry about did is of little concern at this point. The Cricket is the responsibility of the 1st Class SOLDIERs that have been dispatched to the area, which means you, Alain, Laphicent, and Astral. We don't care how you do it, just shut it down before it damages the cannon."[/color] The line clicks dead and the SOLDIER stows his phone with a sigh, approaching the door as the Cricket with Alain atop it came into view, the machine resting atop the barrel as it attempted to ascertain where the other SOLDIER had gone. Once more some idiot was in a place of influence and it was keeping the effectiveness of the ground forces aside from SOLDIER down. But that wasn't something to worry about as the barrel drew closer.

[color=SteelBlue]"Fly closer to the tip of the barrel, I'll disembark there."[/color] LaCrosse knew better than to argue at this point, having been personally responsible for inserting and extracting Damian on numerous occasions, and angled into position before opening the door.

[color=OrangeRed]"Best of luck, boy. Don't die today, your fans would be crushed."[/color] Damian gave a chuckle and a nod before stepping off. It was a two story fall at most, something that the SOLDIER could easily handle, but all the same, he took his landing at a roll before coming to his feet and dashing at the mech.

Pulling Ashrune free of it's place on his back, he spun it as he got closer before calling out. [color=SteelBlue]"Alain, move!"[/color] After the other SOLDIER reacted, he cast his own spell at the machine, one that would certainly help slow it down. [color=SteelBlue]"Demi!"[/color] A black orb surrounds the machine before the gravity around it shifts to make it heavier, making any more leaps it decided to make incredibly difficult.