"Romanov?! What the hell happened to you?!" came a familiar, if slightly irritated, voice. "Where the hell have you been? Come on, report."
Andrey briefly recounted his achievements and losses, as well as the misadventures associated with the loss of the radio.
"Well, you bastard," Max replied cheerfully when Andrey finished reporting. "RPGs are good. Okay, so here's the situation: a lot of people are coming at us. Churko dealt with them all, but Stakhov only got through the first wave—then he had to retreat, and because of him, so did I. Churko waited for you as long as he could, but now he's come to me. You too, get up and head for the Wolf's Lair. The Wolves have spread their forces thinly, so we've regrouped and will try to tie them down here and hold them until you all get together.
