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Alex Sledge
The fearless Army Ranger had been standing in front of his strike team, facing the fight between Seph and Shinigami. It was becoming unbearable for Alex to watch as the Death God cruely struck his friend over and over again, but just before Alex was about to step in an end the fight with brutality of his own, he heard a voice behind and to the left of him and his team.
The doctor from Seph's base unloaded a few rounds into Shinigami, who barely seemed to notice.
Alex took a step forward and then noticed a hissing noise coming from the ceiling, but he didn't realize what was about to happen until the lighter went airborne.
"DOWN!", Alex cried out as the gas ignited in a roar, sending a heat wave on the Sniper and his team. When he came back up, he felt a sudden and sharp impact on his side and his thigh, both of which quickly became very painful.
"AH! SHIT!", came a female's voice from behind him, followed by a few thuds.
Alex looked down and saw a knife stuck in the fleshy part of his side,a merely a flesh-wound (XD) but it still bled. Below that was an identical dagger stuck in his thigh, but not too deep. Alex ripped the dagger out of his side, and gently slid the knife out of his thigh with a grunt.
When he turned around he saw that somehow, Shinigami had taken out three of his strike team members, including Jon, and he had wounded Elise with a dagger to the shoulder.
Enraged, Alex held one of the bloodstained daggers in his hand, letting the second one drop to the floor, and charged the charred Death God, the anger he felt driving out the burning in his leg.
At full speed, Alex dove at the man attempting to choke the life out of Sephs body, aiming to plant his shoulder under Shinigami's outstretched arm.

He wanted this to be up close and personal.