He frowned heavily, their leader gestured for the two men to push the hostage inside. Seeing the gleeful grin on the man's face, his own face was clouded with a helpless grimness.
"Keep moving." He issued the order without hesitation, spurring those already halfway through their actions to start moving again.
They no longer had anything to hold over their enemy, but they also absolutely couldn't continue being on the defensive. It was uncertain whether the lunatics inside would truly release the other half of the hostages.
They had to prepare for the worst-case scenario, if it came to it, they could only save as many as possible.
This was their direst contingency plan.