Devils in the Forest (5).

"What did Jenny say?" Sue whispered.

Stan, Li, and Sue all sat together, their voices kept low, and their faces down. Even though no one was currently around them, they remained cautious.

On the edges of the forest, numerous grotesque plant creatures were waving their vines like tentacles, so it was currently impossible for those that could not get past them unnoticed to enter the forest. 

Stan, Sue, and Li had learned the hard way when Stan was smacked across the face trying to brute force his way through the protective defense line.

"She said we should wait, that she has a plan," Li said with a calm expression on his face.

"Ha... Why did she have to put herself in such a situation? Wasn't she the one who told us that splitting the group up could be dangerous?!" Stan said, a confused expression on his face.

"Believe in her. She has a plan..." Li said with a fairly confident smile on his face.