Whispers Of A Nameless Fear 🪼🐇

Turn Time - Night 1

When it seemed like the sound of the roaring plant was at enough of a distance, Ferris, Hannah, and Guthrie stopped running and leaned over, exhausted. Guthrie coughed, trying to get his breath as Hannah fanned herself with her hand, wondering what in the world they were going to do now. She looked around and realized what they had done.

"Shit..." she said.

The boys looked over at her and she ran her fingers through her hair.

"What is it?" Ferris asked.

"We ran away from camp... we're in the middle of a freaky carnivorous forest and we are nowhere near the camp! Great! Just great!" She growled, pacing back and forth.

Ferris looked at Guthrie as he shook his head in dismissal, used to Hannah's emotional melodrama, having been her friend and neighbor since forever.

"We're going to die. Yup. We're going to die and no one will find us and we will be just like Bethany and Allegra and-"

"Hannah, Hannah..." Guthrie said, finally catching his breath and going over to his friend, putting his hands on her shoulders. "We'll be fine."

"How do you know though? We thought we'd be fine when we signed up for this trip, we thought we'd be fine when we entered the forest... this whole place is upside down and freaky and full of weird stuff and-"

"Hannah, you're just making synonyms for shitty." Ferris growled as he walked over as well. He casually brushed Guthrie aside and took his place, holding Hannah's shoulders. "You're overreacting about the situation. Yes, we ended up in some hell forest but the good thing is that you're not alone. You've got me here and I'll protect you from whatever comes our way."

"So will I." Guthrie added, although aware that it was pretty futile to be her knight in shining armor.

Hannah seemed to calm down knowing that her two favorite men were there to protect her; her big, strong boyfriend and her caring, dependable friend.

Seeing that she was visibly calm, Ferris opted to let go of her shoulders and take a step back. He looked around at the quiet forest and looked at Guthrie, who was also looking around. He went over to him and nudged him a little.

"So what do you think we should do? I mean, who knows where we are in relation to camp or the road."

"We went pretty deep, I can tell you that. Towards the edge of the forest it seems that the trees are pretty spread out and there's more of an underbrush type thing going on but I can't see a break in the trees at all. This is also solid ground with no growth to it..."

"AKA, you don't know where we are either."

"I just know that we are deeper into the forest than we really want to be. We should try to get back to the edge of the forest. At least then if something is coming we can hear it through the dead leaves and stuff on the ground. With this hard ground, you wouldn't be able to hear anything coming."

"We'd be taken by surprise... But we didn't hear those deer that ate Allegra and Bethany."

"We were all exhausted and half of us sleep like rocks. I heard Desiree and Clayton were the only ones who were awake at the time. Back to the point, these deer aren't exactly normal like the forest. They're smart, methodical... I'm sure they know the grounds of this forest with their eyes closed so sneaking up on a bunch of unsuspecting high school kids wouldn't be hard for them. I think someone told me that Clayton said they stabbed Allegra and Bethany in the throat with their antlers to keep them quiet. How messed up is that?"

"Yeah... So, what do we do? Sit tight and wait or just keep walking and either end up deeper into the forest and can't get out or back at the road where the deer can pick us off?"