His tone was soft and full of sympathy.. He knew how much the loss of any of their men hurt her, especially in a situation like this. The good ones always seemed to fall.
"he better fucking talk to me, I have orders to bring him back dead or alive. "
He knew the first option wasn't really acceptable, but Chen had to accept on some level that the kid might get bitten or fall before being reached. It wasn't likely, but it was a risk they all took as soldiers and if it had to be done, haksoo would give the kid the death wish that he craved so badly to save the rest of his team.
"my team has cleared a path, the regular markers set all the way back to the pick up point. You can follow it if you want. It won't get you out of the blast range, but it will be a helluva good start."
He could take the group prisoner, but there wasn't room for a third party and no time to call for different lift.
"We have about 47hours until the bombs drop and Chen burns this city to the ground. It wasn't just his order, the wws and other factions all agreed to this too in order to squash the undead trouble for good, except for yours. 1 - 5 was enough."
Arther Leemans lack of public appearance was starting to peek the interest of higher ups in the ist, too. He wanted to warn Alison about that too, but she already had enough trouble and likely already knew more than he did about haneuls wherabouts.
"you can start running now, unless you want to stay and watch me kick the kids butt and go together."