They left the forest quickly with Sunshine and Ala teleporting everyone away. The rest of clean up could wait until morning, when the danger was cut down by half.
Tension gripped the compound of the fortress on the mountain like a physical weight. Even the usual hum of the machinery seemed to fade under the heavy, worried silence of the crowd. There was relief of course, when they were back in the safety of the bubble, but underneath, everyone could sense trouble.
The super humans in exo suits were already offloading the bodies of the fallen. The sight of the dead bodies lined up at the center mortified everyone that had not yet heard of the deaths. It was a cold reminder that while the children had played hero, real lives had been lost.
