The elite team are running for their lives while carrying their partners. Except for the third pair.
With the second beam that the carriers shot, the rest of the members managed to barely dodge it with all they had, but the remaining person in the third pair was unable to do so and took the brunt of the attack.
He never knew that vitality could be used as a weapon. He never knew that his bodily functions could be used to kill him.
By the time the second beam was done with him, he is barely alive.
The carriers shot the third round of beams and finally, the beams hit someone in the second pair, while the first and fourth successfully escaped.
Two members died and the other two are barely alive when this is finally done.
Philip called for Night Ghost and passed orders to collect all four of these and he did as he was told.