Chapter three:
Matt sticks close to both Near and Mello just looking for someone to be close to as he's still really scared.
Mello and Near are keeping their eyes out for anything that might seem out of place as they continue to head deeper and deeper.
Mello goes over to a fallen tree while Near stops to check some more claw marks on another tree with Matt in the middle unsure what else to do but keep an eye on the darkness of the forest with his flashlight.
"These claw marks sure are not from the same thing that made the first one we saw." Mello mummers to himself seeing four claw marks on different spots on the fallen tree.
"They almost look like eagle claw marks just bigger than normal." Near mummers to himself.
Mello feels someone flop their arm around his shoulders but it's not a touch he knows so it's most likely Near. "Near if you're scared just admit it. You don't have to put your arm around me." He says smugly.
Near and Matt look to Mello not pointing their cameras directly at him instead Near's camera is looking at a spot just past the tree he was looking at and Matt's camera is looking at the ground between him and Mello.
"Um Mello I am over here." Near waves his free hand to help signal where he is. "No one is close enough to you to put their arm around you."
Mello's eyes widen and he jumps away from the grip quickly moving his camera to try to see what had touched him. He sees a flash of a paw before it vanishes into the darkness. "What the hell!" He takes a step back but then follows where the paw went trying to see where that paw came from but he doesn't see anything.
A loud lion like roar makes all three boys jump even if it was just a little.
"What was that?!" Matt exclaims loudly in a terrified voice.
The loud eagle screech sounds out being followed by the sound of a twig snapping even though not one of the three boys had taken a step.
Matt's breath picks up speed as he looks around with his flashlight terrified but he makes sure that his camera gets some looking around as well.
Near and Mello stay as quiet as they can while listening for anything as they use their cameras to look into the darkness.
There's a few moments of silence and no sign of movement.
"Whoever you are come out this instant! You do not scare us!" Mello shouts in challenge. "Come on out you fucking coward!"
There is no response to Mello's challenge so after about a minute and a half he tries again.
"Show your face you wimp! You chicken! You aren't fooling anyone!" He shouts but again gets no response.
"It's possible they made a run for it when you first shouted." Near states to the blonde haired genius as he twirls his hair
"I know that." Mello growls out and is about to rush into the woods to try to see if he can see anyone but stops when there's rustling noises by where Near is standing so the noise tells the three that someone or something is coming their way. "About time!" Mello snorts moving closer to Near to hopefully catch whoever or whatever it is before Near and the two have their cameras pointed to where the noise is coming from ready to leap into action.
Matt on the other hand is more scared and hangs a little behind Mello and Near but makes sure to point his camera and flashlight to where the noise is.
What ends up coming out of the forest makes the three take a few steps back.
"GRIFFIN!" Matt screams with wide eyes.