Blake and Innu had successfully gotten out of the mall. They didn’t run into any other Werewolves on their way out, despite going down to the bottom floor. Reluctantly, they had also made the choice to leave Roman’s body behind, due to the situation. Once they had reached the bottom, they went further into the underground where there was a passby that linked the shopping mall to the Botanical Garden. This was the original plan that they were going to use. "Why are we heading out this way?" Innu asked. "Wouldn’t it be better for us to just head out the mall and go through the streets. If we’re in a rush, we can take the motorcycles as well." The Altered Hunters’ preferred mode of transport were motorcycles, and just like the special packages that were left around the city, the motorcycles themselves were left in particular spots as well. They could be used as long as one had the special bracer that would identify them as a member. "They make far too much noise, you should know that we’re not going up against regular Altered," Blake answered. "That’s how they managed to trap us in the first place. I’m sure Edvard knows what our opponents really are, yet they didn’t spread the information." Although this was true, Innu didn’t think it would help much. The plan set out by Edvard in the first place had to factor all of this in somehow, and would their plan really have changed that much, even with their knowledge and advice. Innu could feel it, Blake was angry that Roman had died, because he was too, but it was the first time that Blake was somewhat showing it. Discover stories with freewebnovel ’Maybe he’s just worried, with his father out on this mission, he can’t imagine what would happen to him. It would be the same for me… if my family were out here,’ Innu thought. "Besides all of that, while we are here we should make sure to complete the mission, we were meant to take over their base of the Botanical Gardens. There is a good chance that they left some type of skeleton unit in here just to cover things. We have to make sure the job is done, before we move on, otherwise all of the deaths would have been useless," Blake answered. Innu could agree to that, and the two of them continued to move, heading through strange plastic tubes that blocked the wind and air from going inside. Once they ran past them, they were in some type of giant plastic see-through tube. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖 The heat had hit them in an instant, and they could see part of the greenery inside. It was almost as if they were in the Garden already. Just up ahead, there was a staircase that led to the real part of the Garden. As they rushed through the entrance and entered the large open area, Innu was a little worried that there would be another ambush, but there was no such thing. "I guess that Ironfang really went all out against us then, huh," Innu stated. "It certainly did seem like it," Blake replied. "Remember, there were the other squads as well. We don’t know how hard their fight was or how many they took out before it was up to us." When Innu thought about it, just them two alone had taken out a large chunk. Because they were running and fighting at the same time, it didn’t seem like it. But on the way to the 6th floor, eventually reaching the cinema screen 4. Then there was the large pile of Werewolves that Blake had taken out by himself; maybe he didn’t even know how many he had killed. As the two of them carefully walked through the path of the Garden, looking high up and above, both of them heard a bit of static through their masks, causing Innu to jump. "Whoa! That scared the crap out of me," Innu said, placing his hand up by his ear, trying to make sure he didn’t miss what the message was that was being sent out. "The shopping mall, they must have blocked out the signals before," Blake stated. "So we’re only getting the message now that we’re in the Garden, they really did plan to finish us off in there." "This is an order from Cooper to all squads. You are to retreat and abort the task that has been given. Abort the task. Stay hidden, do not reveal yourself, and stay in Ruin City, stay in hiding until further orders can be sent out. I repeat, everyone is to abort!" It was the end of the message that was sent out, and both Innu and Blake didn’t have the best of looks on their faces. "Does this mean what we thought was right, all of the other groups ended up in the same situation as ours?" Innu asked. "It might be the case, but what do they want us to do, to stay in Ruin City and not head back, what’s the reason… and what about father," Blake said. He had to make a decision, did he still try to head to where his father and Edvard would be? What if they just needed a few people there, or to listen to the order. "It’s your call, Blake, I’ve survived more situations because of you, so I’ll go where you want to," Innu answered. In the middle of Blake’s thoughts, he could hear sound coming from his right, and immediately both Innu and him drew their weapons as they could see someone on the ground approaching them. "Well, well, well, of all of the sad sods I had to run into, I end up running into the two of you." The voice had caused the hairs on the back of Innu’s neck to raise, and when he stepped into view, it had confirmed who it was. "What are you doing here, Midwak!" Innu shouted. ***** For updates on MWS and future works, please remember to follow me on my social media below. Instagram: jksmanga When news of MVS, MWS, or any other series comes out, you will be able to see it there first, and you can reach out to me. If I’m not too busy, I tend to reply back.