A new threat

"Captain of the 4th unit, can you hear me?" The 5rd unit captain spoke in the communiqué, snapping him out of his reverie.

"I hear you loud and clear. Is your entire unit okay?" The 4th asked back.

"None of ours made it through and luckily we weren't discovered, but I didn't contact you about that. The teams that managed to get in are probably dead at the moment, so it's impossible to continue the mission the way we are."

"I understand what you're saying, but I still don't understand what you're getting at. Are you suggesting giving up the mission?" The 4th asked with dread. Elder Louis was anxious to collect this corpse, so the captain didn't have the heart to tell him that not only did they fail the mission, but they also lost 3 entire teams without seeing the enemy leader's face.