The lack of knowing where Gerald had been during that time was enough to affect the response to even the smallest things.
Those who had to scramble to respond to the two attacks were among the highest-ranking members who had been left over.
It became increasingly more difficult to let them establish who was supposed to take charge during such a chaotic time, when they needed to respond to not just one crisis but two at the same time.
By the time that they had been able to pull themselves together and take action, they were already far too late to do anything about it.
Those who arrived in those two locations were greeted with the dead bodies of their people.
Not only were there so many dead, but the footage of what had happened was removed, along with there being nothing left behind that could be used to understand everything that had taken place.
