Leon took off after the bat, leaping on all fours. He was easily keeping pace with it as it made a fairly strait line towards where the river supposedly was. He considered overtaking it, but decided he would get to the river first, just incase it made any turns. He was glad he did when the Bat made a circle around a tree then went in a different direction, following what was perhaps a landmark. It shouldn't be too hard to follow it back.

It didn't take long, he was soon greeted with the smell of water and the sound of it flowing against stone. He saw it then, it wasn't too big, but deep enough to fill the canteen. He bent down and lapped up the water, knowing he wouldn't have to worry about anything himself, so he may as well get his fill while he was here. He wiped the water from his chin before filling up the canteen, checking for any leaks before capping it. He should have thought to bring along the water purifying pills. he could have put them in to do there work as he ran.

"Ok... Mr Bat..." he called, unsure of how he should address it. "Which way is back?"

He looked around. No sign of the bat anywhere. "Um... hello?" Where had it gone? Had it left without him? Why would it do that? "Not funny," he called out, just in case this bat had a sense of humor and was messing with him. Still no sign of it. He thought back to Derek's command. He had said to search for the river. He hadn't said to guide him there and guide him back. Had it taken off after finding it? Crap.

He looked into the woods, trying to see if he could spot the light from the fire, but it had long faded from view. He felt the first pangs of fear as he tried to recall what direction he had come in. He was fairly certain it was... that way? Maybe if he hurried he would see the bat and could follow it back. He ran at top speed, looking up for any sign of fluttering, before honing in on a small form in the sky. He adjusted his course to follow it. As he got closer, it altered it's course suddenly, and Leon swerved to keep track of it. Then it did it again. And again. "Will you stop that!" he yelled, feeling a little dizzy trying to keep his eye on where it was going while trying not to run into a tree as he gave chase. The bat immediately adjusted, flying strait off as the sound of Leon's voice reached it. Leon followed, unaware that this was not the same bat as before, which was not fleeing deeper into the woods to get away from the creature that had made the loud roar...

Back at the camp, Derek tried to "tidy up" the campsite so it had less going on. He placed both of the backpacks in one spot by a tree, the cooking supplies by the fire, and the sleeping equipment adjacent to the backpacks.

As the time passed, he waited for Leon to return, but when it had been over thirty minutes, he knew that something was up. He assumed that he had just got lost or something, so he sent out another bat for Derek to follow to see if he could find Leon.

Derek followed the bat in one direction, but soon it quickly changed course and made a sharp turn. Derek was confused but decided not to say anything about it. He continued to search for Leon, but didn't find him at all.

He hoped that Leon was safe and not laying in a ditch in the woods.