Alex had landed on the ground with a practiced ease.  Nothing to it, once you got the simple concept down, really.  He was pleased to see that the others had managed to land without hurting themselves.  However, It seemed that a few members were missing.  This wasn't good.  Perhaps they would show up in a few minutes?<br/><br/>Alex helped the others gather there supplies up, but every other minute he would be looking around.  The mission had just started, and somehow he had already lost two people.  Granted, using a parachute was hardly less then a perfect form of travel.  The wind took you where it wanted to, and that was really all that could be said about that.<br/><br/>Taking out his rifle, Alex used his scope attachment to pear around, trying to see if he could see anything in the distance.  Well, there was the smoke.  Where there was smoke, there was fire, and where there was fire, usually there were people.<br/><br/>Lighting up a cigarette and taking a deep breath, Alex looked over the pressent members of the group.  "Alright, it seems that a few of our people have disapeared.  We're going to need to try and find them, particulerly Doctor Hainic, for obvious reasons.  I'm suggesting we head west, towards the smoke. We'll mark our way as we go, so we can find our way back to this place if needed.  Does anybody else have any ideas or suggestions, however?"  Alex looked over the group.