The children who were ill certainly couldn't be sent to other shelters. The initial plan of the shelter's adults was to send them to larger shelters to find out the underlying issue, once they recovered from their illness.
But now, the appearance of the Extraordinary Creature plunged everyone into despair.
All the armed forces and most of the women and children were killed and became fodder for the creature. The remaining few adults decided to pilot the security Armor Suits that might still function from the research center, determined to self-destruct if necessary, to perish together with the Alien Forms.
"I'm sorry..."
Before piloting the Armor Suits, they placed the last remaining food, medicine, and weapons before the feverish children, saying with remorse, "We can no longer protect you. From now on, whether you live or die is up to you."
