Up For a Ride

After spending a few minutes roaming the stone forest, Daniel walked back to where he had left Rose and the others. In his hands were a bunch of dried up twigs and leaves, which had given him hope that, somewhere beyond the desert's boundaries, was a less dangerous forest from which the occasional strong winds had stolen Daniel's current haul.

As he approached the camp where he thought he would find the others in the midst of resting, Daniel suddenly heard a woman's sharp and piercing scream, to which he reacted by shoving what he was holding into the pocket of his pants, and started running.