Battle In the Night

Tolkalee notched an arrow and turned in a slow circle. Nothing moved, but something was watching them.

It was starting to get extremely cold. Like sub-temperatures, cold. Tolkalee was still scanning and searching for any movement. He got nothing, and Seth didn't either. It was dead silent now. Not even the wind was blowing.

Seth was instantly next to her placing a hand to his lips and telling her to stay quiet. He was in a crouched position looking around. Tolkalee suddenly turned on his heel and stared into the darkness on the other side of camp. It became silent again.

(Don't worry about it, you're fine.)
Then a cricket started chirping from somewhere. The temperature began to return to normal, and things began moving around the forest again. Tolkalee slowly let his bow drop and Seth took a silent breath.

Seth looked at Tolkalee. "What was that?"
To which Tolkalee responded with a shake of his head. "I have no clue. But whatever it was, it knows we're here, and I think it was letting us know that it was here."

"Maybe to make us be afraid," Tolkalee shrugged. "I honestly couldn't tell you."
"It's called a mental advantage," Seth spoke up. "It was telling us that it knows who we are and what we look like. And we know nothing about it other than the fact that it was causing everything to flee. It is trying to make us be afraid, for that mental advantage."
Tolkalee nodded to Seth. "Yeah. What he said."

"No, we're only about three hours into the night. I'll continue the watch for a little longer, and then I'll wake you up to take over," Tolkalee explained.

Seth stood talking with Tolkalee in a hushed voice. "So, we wake both of them when it's time to switch watch?" he whispered. Tolkalee replied in a nod.
"Whatever that was could easily pick someone off," he explained. "Two people awake is safer as a whole"

The night dragged out, and it wasn't until past midnight, that Tolkalee finally moved. He stood and walked over to Kat, tapping her on the foot, and then moving over to Jackson. "Get up you two, your watch starts now."

(No you're completely fine.)
Tolkalee sat down and leaned against a tree, pulling his hood over his face and masking it in shadow. Seth gave him a look, and settled down himself. The night dragged out even longer. It was definitely more quiet again than it had been earlier.

Seth, shifted slightly, but didn't open his eyes indicating that he wasn't awake. And Tolkalee didn't move. He looked to be asleep as well.

(I'm so sorry I got really busy this past month and haven't had a lot of time to be here.)

The ruin looked like it had been around for hundreds of years. There were huge stones with even bigger cracks down them. There was what looked like the remains of one building in the center of the small clearing. Even the remains of the building were collapsing, and covered in moss. The moon was shining into the clearing casting shadows over things and lighting up the layer of fog that surrounded the clearing. Looking closer at the ruins there were many symbols covering them.

"Why do you have those anyway?" Tolkalee's voice echoed from above her. He was leaned against the wall where it had caved in a bit.

"I couldn't sleep," he said dropping down lightly next to her. "And you had wandered off, so I came to make sure you were alright. This forest isn't the safest. Especially after dark. And you never answered my question."