We were coming back from a combat mission. It was a goddamn meat grinder! Let the office rats’ faces get punched in for such operation planning! But the main thing is, the guys stayed alive—I got everyone out. And then—impact. White haze. The rotating cabin of the Mi-8. The boys’ faces skewed, and the demon with yellow eyes… A demon? What the hell? What demons, damn it? In our world there are no demons!