"All right, team, who's fir-" Drake Marshall began as Lykopis brushed past him and began moving down the rope towards the ship. "What are you waiting for?" She called back up.

Drake sighed. "Okay, Gaunt, you're. . .where's Gaunt?" The Vanguards looked about the helicopter and saw no trace of the Shadow Chancellor. "Oh, right. He said he'd meet us on the ship." Link Fox said after a moment.

Drake put a hand to his face. This was not going how he'd imagined.

"Can't let Perry have all the fun." Icarus stated, locking on his flight helmet. "Step back, gents!" Icarus launched out of the doorway and flew downwards to the ship, buzzing past Lykopis.

"How do I get into these things?" Marshall said, after narrowly avoiding being fried by Sidewinder's rocket afterburst.

"You'll do fine, Drake." Adem patted Drake on the back and handed him one of his Kojak lollipops.

"Thanks. Let's get going, shall we?"