PAW Patrol: Blazing Avalanche || FF Book Three

(S3-C9.2) A Ballad of Blood and Death Part Two

Once the team of four had killed the hostile patrol and confirmed that they were dead without a shadow of a doubt, Thunder, Everest, Marshall and Zeus kept moving towards their objective without a second thought. "Based on the satellite imagery we looked at earlier, we're around two klicks away from the Cobalt Order base right now." Thunder said as the group of four slowly moved forward towards the target location, remaining cautious and on high alert at all times. "Snow, what's your status? Over." Thunder continued, speaking into his helmet's microphone as the team remained vigilante, despite the smell of ash, blood and death that only gets stronger as they get closer to the Cobalt Order's base.

"I'm about to rappel up to the hotel's roof, Thunder. I can see the target location from my current position. Over." The Golden Retriever replied as he looked out to the skyline of Adventure City, seeing hundreds of burning and destroyed buildings and the black armor plated skyscraper, their target location. It was by no means the tallest building in Adventure City, but it was definitely one of the tallest in the area.

"Copy that. Over and out." Thunder replied as he nodded, continuing to move forward with Marshall, Everest and Zeus as the Husky tapped his helmet with one of his paws, switching the communications line he was on to speak to Scarlet. "Scarlet, what's your status? Over." Thunder asked the Beagle as he kept moving through the war torn streets of Adventure City. It had once been a prospering and extremely important city for all of Canada, if not the entire world, however, the actions of the Cobalt Order have brought a majority of the city to rubble and ash, and killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians.

"I'm standing by at the helipad, Thunder. I'm waiting for the signal to head to the Cobalt Order's skyscraper." Scarlet replied as she climbed into her helicopter's cockpit while remaining on the communications line with Thunder and the other Whispers, making sure the helicopter's weapon systems were still operational and the vehicle had enough fuel left for this mission. "Okay. Weapons and fuel are good to go. I'm ready, Thunder. We're going to save Odin and bring the Cobalt Order down. Over." Scarlet continued as she took a deep breath. Each and every one of the Whispers have lost so much due to the Cobalt Order. They weren't about to let another of their allies fall to them, nor would they run away anymore and wait for those bastards to make the first move again. No, this war ends now.

"Affirmative, Scarlet. We're two clicks out from the target location. Snow's heading to the hotel roof for a vantage position. We'll be in contact soon, stay safe. Over and out." Thunder replied before cutting the communications feed and fully focusing on getting to the target area safely.

This war for their freedoms and vengeance has taken a lot out of them, and everyone they know, however there's no time for hesitation or grievances anymore. If all of the Whispers are going to survive to see what they're fighting for come to fruition for not just themselves, but all of animal kind, they have to keep going, no matter what happens to them in the process.

As the infiltration team kept moving towards their objective location, Marshall suddenly had an idea. "Wait, team. I have an idea. We're still around a few clicks from our target location. What if we find an abandoned vehicle and drive towards the location? Obviously we shouldn't drive right in front of the target location, that's far too risky. However, the longer it takes for us to get to the location and start our actual mission; the more danger Odin and any other prisoners they have are in." Marshall explained as he kept moving alongside the rest of the strike team, spotting an abandoned SUV on the side of the street that still had its lights on as he did so.

As the rest of the strike team spotted the SUV too, Thunder considered Marshall's plan and how it could benefit them. Theoretically, it made sense to try and get to the target location faster so that the Cobalt Order's prisoners are in far less danger of being killed before the strike team can get there. "Marshall, I like your idea. However, we can't do it. It'll obviously get us to the Cobalt Order base sooner, but they'll easily hear an approaching vehicle even if we don't drive right up to the target location. It's better and safer to keep approaching on paw." Thunder explained as Marshall nodded, moving his gaze away from the SUV as he continued to move forward.