"All around us…" Jake repeated, his voice cracking.
"What do you see," Serif asked.
"I don't know…" He answered, eyes wide.
"What does that mean," Zhadra shouted.
"I…don't know…," he lifted his bow, "I see silhouettes…but I can't make out what it is."
"Huddle around," Serif muttered, the group standing back to back, Tavena in the middle.
Without warning, Zhadra sent another arrow flying, an explosion rocked the forest again, the light illuminating the dark jungle, trees catching fire.
Serif narrowed his eyes, there was nothing there, unless, his eyes widened, the trees.
At that second, the trees creaked and pulled back around them, creating an open field, forming a cage around the group in the center.
Serif's eye narrowed as he saw something, pulling itself out of the tree. It was like a part of the tree was clawing itself out, trying to separate from the whole.
Finally succeeding, the creature landed on the ground, lifted it's head, it's gaze locked with Serif.
