“They were here recently, look at these foot prints in the mud.”
“How do you know it wasn’t just some kid coming to play by the stream?”
“The water has a weird pattern here too. One of them was a water user right? She would have affected the water stream.”
“How do you know this?” Asked the other man.
“You have your skills I have mine.” He began looking around until he looked at the tree. Through a small gap in the leaves he made eye contact with Erika and Alena, putting his finger to his lips before turning to the other man. “Let’s keep going. If we go now we might be able to catch up to them.” The other man grunted and soon they were both gone.

Erika had not realized she had been holding her breath until she released it, looking at Alena. What had just happened? What the hell just happened? Had they been caught? Was that man coming back to get them, was he on their side. “Put out your flame.” She whispered, the glow would attract predators. She had to think, she had to think. The two men were headed the direction that the girls should have been headed. Was he cornering them into a trap? She rubbed her temples, think think think. She didn’t want to put Alena in harms way, she had to figure this out. She had to know why that man had not just told his companion that he had seen the girls. Maybe he was going to come back and kill them later. “We should move.” She said looked at Alena finally. “We should get out of here."