The airstrip had been bought by Goodware Inc. two months before, ostensibly with the purpose of shipping PC games into Europe. However, the real intent behind its purchase was to act as the staging point for Major Bright’s entry into the UK. Mercs hurriedly offloaded the two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and started prepping them for departure. Less than twenty minutes after landing, Hack and May were escorted down the ramp to one of them. As the rotor blades whirred into life, May looked around their new surroundings: the mist hanging in the air and the early morning sun shining through. “I always wanted to go to England,” she said. “But not like this.” Hack nodded. After the heat of their jungle prison, the cool atmosphere was a shock to the system. Kotler, the merc leader, pulled open the back of the Black Hawk and ordered them to get in. As they took seats, a merc sat down opposite, gun cradled in his lap.
