Major Coogler and Major Azoff quickly return back to the Control Room along with the other surviving soldiers, after receiving the orders from the General.
Many of the soldiers were severely injured, they were given emergency treatment quickly, in the medical room.
"How strong are they?" General Adam asked Coogler and Azoff.
"Tough! But not undefeatable!" Coogler replied with a straight face.
"Then prepare for another battle!" Adam added.
"Yes Sir!" Coogler and Azoff replied concurrently.
Back in the Safe House, Mayor Alden Aethon was still worried about the situation outside, although he had ordered the Police and the Military to seal each and every corner of the town for the people's safety, he couldn't stop worrying about it.
"Alden, come on. Sir down, man!" Hedjoin stands up.
"He's right! You are under too much pressure!" Tyrell joins in.
"I can't, try to understand!" Alden replies in a loud voice.
Tyrell and Hedjoin didn't say anything, they just looked at each other's faces.
"Sorry!" Alden replies back.
"We can understand the pressure on you." Tyrell added.
Suddenly, someone starts knocking on Alden's door from outside. Alden turned at the door and said, "Come in!"
Tyrell and Hedjoin also turn around to look for who is there, at this moment. It was none other than that same soldier who had been accompanying Alden when he first entered the safe house.
"Sir, Major Azoff and Coogler are back from the battle!" The soldier announces.
"Quickly ask them to come here!" Alden added, "I have something important to discuss with them."
"Yes Sir!" The soldier turned around and left the room, closing behind the door.
While all of the chaos, at the time of the start of everything, Matthew's group were still in their school. It was about 11:25 in the morning, and they were attending their second lecture of the day.
It was History period, their teacher Malcom Donfigo was teaching them about the Relic War.
"The Relic War was one of the most important and devastating wars of our History!" Mr. Donfigo speaks, looking at his textbook which he was holding with his right hand.
"Why the fuck, we have to study about a war which had already happened in the past?" Ethan speaks in a low voice, so that Mr. Donfigo can't hear him out.
Even though Mr. Johnson had punished both Ethan and Veyraun to stay outside for the whole day, Mr. Donfigo had called them inside to attend the classes.
"I don't know!" Matthew added.
"The war had actually taken place about 200 years ago, during the Reitz Era…!" Mr. Donfigo kept continuing with his class.
"Hey, I am sleeping, just wake me up when the class is over!" Ethan said.
"Don't do it!" Matthew added, "I don't want to suffer alone!"
"Shut your fucking mouth!" Veyraun speaks from the back.
"Sir, Veyraun is cursing us!" Ethan stands up without even thinking for another second or even turning around to see his face.
"Damn hole, Motherfucker!" Veyraun yells at him.
"Veyraun stand up!" Mr. Donfigo orders.
Ethan and Matthew kept looking at his face, while Veyraun stands up from his seat and looks at Mr. Donfigo's face.
Malcom Donfigo, a white man in his 30s, standing in front of the desk wearing glasses with circular frames, his black hair were well combed, dressed with a blue shirt with full sleeves and a black trouser, looking more like a security guard than a teacher.
"Quickly seal off all the schools, offices and all the other public places in the town!" Alden orders a soldier in his office, "Don't let the people stay outside for long!"
"But Sir, what about the kids in the schools?" The soldier asked.
"We have to stop them in their schools for a short period of time, until we are able to set-up proper refugee camps and bunkers for the citizens!" Alden replied.
"Okay. Sir! I will be announcing this news to everyone quickly!" The soldier said and then left the room in a second to announce it.
Veyraun was punished by sending him to seat alone at the very last bench of the class by Mr. Donfigo rather than standing outside of the classroom.
Even Ethan was also punished to sit alone for the whole day, he was sent to another last bench of the classroom, at the right corner.
While Mr. Donfigo was continuing with his lesson, suddenly the peon ran into the room, slamming the door open, and then breathed heavily.
"Hey, J! Are you okay?" Mr. Donfigo turns to him.
"There is a problem!" The peon starts speaking, "We are under attack, some kind of mysterious monster has started attacking us. The Mayor has ordered each and every public place to be sealed down for a few days until the proper set-up of refugee camps and bunkers for the civilians."
"Even the schools?" Mr. Donfigo's voice slows down.
"Everything!"
"What the hell is happening?" Matthew said.
"Don't tell me, the voices we heard last evening are of those…" Emily added.
"... monsters!" Sarah finished her statement. Both of them were in total shock.
Suddenly, a girl beside them starts crying out loudly, "I want to go back to my mom and dad!"
Watching her suddenly, 4 more started crying out in their full voice, even some of the boys also. Matthew and his group were in total shock, as Matthew had remembered that they heard some kind of weird voices last evening.
"Everyone, quickly go to the auditorium!" Mr. Donfigo added. He leads the students to the auditorium.
After reaching there they noticed that the students from the other classes had already gathered there.
The government's decision to seal all safe places was a desperate attempt to contain the Monsters' rampage.
The junior school, where Matthew and his friends studied, was one of the many buildings barricaded to prevent the creatures from entering. All of the students, and even a few teachers were worried about the situation. Some are crying to go back to their family members.