The darkness was complete; they might as well have had their eyes closed for all the good it did them. No stars or moon in the overcast sky, no nearby lights to reflect against the cloud cover, no fire, no flashlights, no nothing.
Ever since Devon had made them turn off their cell phones to conserve the batteries a couple of hours ago it had just been them and the random, alien noises of the forest. Sara was still crying- her ankle must really hurt, it had been huge when I'd felt the sprain through her sock- but it was muffled against Mike's chest and she was starting to wind down.
We were all tired. I knew I was, at least. It had been a long day. We'd planned for a long day, brought food and water and everything, but we should've been home hours ago. I don't know how we got lost- Devon said his phone had GPS, for Christ's sake- but we hadn't eaten anything since lunch and that had to be... what, 8, 10 hours ago?
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