“Lisa?” called Jason. “Lisa?! Where are you?”

“Lisa! Where are you!” Michael called out, a second after Jason stopped. “Oh, man, Jason! Do you think she went off on another one of her little adventures and forgot to tell us?”

“That’s possible, Michael,” frowned Jason, pausing a moment to turn to look at him after they both had turned on their flashlights. “Because, if she did go back to the cabin, she wouldn’t have forgotten to awaken us, first.”

“Well, let’s hope she’s not in trouble, this time,” waved Michael, taking a step away from Jason and shining his light in the direction away from the cabin, expecting her to be somewhere beyond those dark silent trees. “Lisa! Lisa! Where are you?! Answer me! Lisa! Where are you?!”

“Yeah, hopefully not in any danger, either,” whispered Jason, turning to look eastwards when he just noticed some footprints that pointed in that direction, following them to the edge of the clearing where it abruptly stopped. Shining his light back and forth in the general area, Jason started to call out again. “Lisa! Lisa! Where are you?! Lisa! Lisa! Answer me!”

No response. But somewhere further north east, partially hidden among the trees, a light in the distance caught Jason’s attention.

“Look, Michael!” pointed Jason, relieved that Lisa was safe and had heard them, and was now responding to their calls by shining her flashlight in their general direction. “Over to the left of those trees!”

Michael ran over to Jason’s side from where he was and looked to where Jason pointed to and stared at Lisa’s flashing light. “It’s Lisa!” exclaimed Michael, a second later, nudging Jason with his elbow. “Give her a response to ‘Come back!’, Jason!”

Jason nodded at Michael before signaling with his flashlight. He shook his head after a minute of their “flashlight” communication. “No luck, Michael. She wants us to go to her. She says there’s something, in this darkness, that we really should see!”

“Are we?” asked Michael, looking up at Jason, worry starting to creep over his face as he grabbed Jason roughly by the arms.