Atlan calmly faced the three. He then used his Thermal Vision and looked around the garden.
Aside from the cold bodies of the overgrown plant life, he saw no one around him.
"Where are you looking?"
"Don't worry, no one will hear you even if you scream."
"That gardener is gone. What a gullible guy he was. He believed us when we said we'd join the Garden Club if he ran a lap around the entire City!"
Atlan took a deep breath and nodded to himself.
"Good. There's no one here to see this."
The other three laughed to themselves when they heard that. Atlan acted like it was good that there was no one here to save him.
"Good for you? Good for us! We can take our time with you and teach you a little something about survivor's guilt!"