Sam smiled and thanked Heloise as he grabbed her hand, hoisting himself off the ground and too his feet. As for Veronica’s jab, he completely ignore that, he couldn’t be bothered finding the energy to reply, not that he’d be able to think up something good even if he did. Going over to stand where Chris indicated, Sam hoped the others made it out. Chris had said no one was going to die yet. Sam didn’t like the way he had emphasized the [b]yet[/b] part.

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“Heloise. She’s nice, but don’t tell her I said that. Yeah?”

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Fighting her way out of the storm of bugs, Eilif reached the edge of the swarm, spat a small one out of her mouth, shuddering, and took off in a run, down the path that the girl had pointed out, leaving the bugs far behind. The path twisted and turned, carrying her deeper and deeper into what was no longer woods so much as a thickly overgrown jungle. When she thought she was far enough away from the bugs, Eil stopped and looked round, It was dark here, but not amazingly dark, there was enough light that she wasn’t scared, however the path disappeared, dissolving into nothing just ahead. On either side the trees loomed tall, spreading canopies that dangled with vines. Every thing felt too close, too cramped, trapped, trapped, trapped. The panic was building rapidly, boiling up inside her, forcing its way out. This wasn’t like the bugs, she could deal with bugs; sure they disgusted her, and possibly frightened her a little, they grossed her out certainly, when they swarmed, but this, this was a more primal fear. Spinning in a circle to face back the way she came, Eil sang softly; “And I don’t want the world to see me, ‘cause I don’t think that they’d understand, when everything’s made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am.” It was the first song that came into her head and while it might not be as amazing as proper pro performers, it was in it’s own terrified way kind of beautiful. But most importantly it helped to quell her fears, for now. She hadn’t quite been panicking, not like she could, but if she didn’t get out of here she would be. It was just as she was thinking this that something big blocked off the path ahead.