We all sat in our seats in the briefing room with the large projector screen pulled down in front of us and our base commander, whose name none of us knew, stood beside it, telling us our mission. Apparently, the facility at Rockfort Island had some sort of accident and the T-Virus was released and infected the personnel there. Our job was simple. Just sweep and clearthe mainfacility, the northern sector of the forest,and head home. Other teams would take care of the rest and clean up any stragglers. The northern sector of the forest was also going to be our insertion route. The briefing was augmented by sattelite imagery, maps, and blueprints of the area. We were also all given a packet of these and some rations should things get messy. We were also given combat knives in case we should need them. I had had one in Raccoon City, but they were no longer allowed as standard equipment. They were worried we would carry them with us on base, and they were much harder to detect than guns.

After the briefing, we all headed to a large cargo plane with our gear and took our seats. Apparently the facility was a long ways away, although we were not told exactly where for security reasons. With all of us buckled into the seats on either side of the cargo bay, we took off going to the east. The new guys were all nervous and chattering away about what they thought was going to happen. One of the guys, I couldn't tell who, said that maybe we wouldn't see any infected! I stifled a laugh and closed my eyes, hoping to sleep through most of the flight.

I was woken up by a loud crash and looked around the cabin. Apparently, everyoneelse had heard it too. The malfunction alarm started going off and when I looked out the window I saw one of our two large engines smoking. It had blown out. I looked down and saw we had gotten lucky though. I recognized the place from the satellite imagery. We were right above our target. I unbuckled myself and lurched unsteadily across the rocking cargo bay towards the parachutes hanging on the wall. Luckily, they were supposed to be our method of insertion anyway, so I knew everyone was ready for a jump. Everyone else got unbuckled and the pilot and copilot came back to the bay already wearing parachutes. They must have put the plane on auto pilot so it wouldstay in the airjust long enough for us to make it out.

With our chutes on,one by one we jumped out the side rear door and tried to fall towards a small clearing below...