When John Wick sent a message back by making contact with the Combat Suit and using Morse Code, Alvin let out a long breath of relief. He watched as the Little Turtles used electrical pulses to ask John Wick at length about their situation, only to get a long string of profanity in reply.
Alvin smiled and nudged Chiron. "It shouldn't count as cheating if we explain what they're up against, right?
"Those awakened Predators must know what they'll be facing.
"You mentioned 'weapons' earlier, which proves this trial isn't about making them fight the Xenomorphs hand-to-hand."
Chiron hesitated, but in the end he went over to the Little Turtles and had them pass the information along.
After the Predators awoke, they would face a few relatively easy trials, then find their weapons. After that, under the Trial Tower's "arrangements," they would kill all the Xenomorphs face-to-face, and finally freeze the Alien Queen to complete the trial.
John Wick and the others would have to face more Xenomorphs, but the overall process should be the same.
At last, John Wick sent back a message: "I understand. I'll win!"
Alvin let out a long breath and sat on a large rock. He could understand Chiron's and Heimdall's perspective a little better now, and why they insisted so strongly on the sanctity of the trial.
They were warriors who believed in Honor. In their eyes, Honor mattered more than life. At a time like this, rescuing John and Rocket and leaving them with a "Failure Mark" would be worse than killing them.
Even the nearby Avengers and the Little Turtles—confident warriors themselves—instinctively accepted this insane trial and seemed eager to give it a try.
Alvin found it ridiculous, yet he also began to understand how a race like this had survived until