Franka prepared to follow the instructions, wondering how she should keep up with them when they all had night vision, but at the same time, she suddenly had images of this old bore of a film in her mind, images of greenish flickering and hectic impressions of trees and branches emerging from the dark, and thought it might not be that much better in comparison, for, at least, she knew the terrain. She ignored Derick's question, as they had been given instructions and Utem was the one who would lead the way, not her, but Jake's question amused her, despite the tension, the threat that lay in the air. "Don't know. You'll have to ask her yourself."<br/><br/>His comment made her grin, both with relief and about herself. Yes, she had fled him with all the paranoid apprehension similar situations had left her with, and in retrospect, it had been utterly unnecessary to worry. "That was the loudest noise I've heard in years, I thought you might be nuts." She whispered back. She became earnest when she heard what he had found out. "Shite, they really should know." Twenty minutes, thirty, to show up after hearing noises? She thought of the plain, of Derrick punching a tree, of the light's flashing. The place might swarm with infected within five minutes.<br/><br/>She left her place in their beeline, past Derrick and Asleigh, until she caught up with Utem. She made as little, if not less noise than the others, thanks to the advantage of her familiarity with the terrain she had scouted thoroughly during the day and crossed once already this night, and of the fact she was small and slim, was lighter and less hindered in her movements as she had no heavy, large equipment or weapons to carry. "Utem!" She whispered. "Listen, Jake tested something with his shooting this afternoon, he's been done that for months, says infected always show up twenty to thirty minutes after hearing noises, always from north-west, and usually in large numbers. If they heard the plane, you guys landing in the trees and such, they'll be here in five minutes, maybe less."