15He’d given their hostage a knock-out drug that would also make the guy forget them and most of what he saw, including Sugar and the artifact dematerializing the dead hybrids.
While messing with the guy’s mind had been entertaining, the action made it necessary for them to pin a note to the guy with a warning for others not to try attacking again.
Max tagged along as Axel carried the now unconscious guy to the helicopter that the government-sanctioned retrieval crew had arrived in.
While Axel spent time happily destroying the helicopter’s GPS system and all records of his location in it, Max dragged the other two dead guys over and dropped them by the landing gear.
It wasn’t long before Axel’s other help showed up. The sleek flying craft lowered itself smoothly onto the flat rock face
