The pirate's tone didn't go unacknowledged. Donnie allowed himself to breathe a sigh of relief at Jack's report, keeping his own eyes ahead as he sought out landmarks. It wasn't so easy to spot them from this low but he could make out where the treeline gave way to a slight separation where he estimated the river should be. He started to turn their hoverboard parallel to it.

"Our mission was to get those fliers out, not to fight. I'm sure there'll be plenty of that later, but it'll be on our terms, not theirs," he said.