If she was going to track Jade and Fan quietly, weapons might scare them, or worse, alert something else.
Hands now empty but ready to act fast if needed… she stepped forward cautiously into the unexplored woods.
She took a slow breath, then stepped forward, moving cautiously toward the deeper trees, every sense of hers on high alert for Fan and Jade.
Coco's heart pounded wildly, each thump echoing in her ears.
This wasn't how she'd imagined the morning going— a peaceful wake-up, breakfast, maybe more training is what she was expecting, not a search for missing teammates.
But life was unpredictable.
No one could've known this would happen, so she clenched her fists briefly, then kept walking.
Back at the camp, Elaina and Leroy moved in a frenzy by shoving gear into their bags, rolling up sleeping mats too quickly, making the urgency noticeable.
