Help Tom

Lina: There is no time, run, I'll try to hold them off... I'll meet you where the two trails met earlier, if it isn't me who is coming, chose one and run further and wait for me at the entrance of the forest.

Tom (as he turned and ran back): Right, thank you, I'll be waiting for you there!

As Tom gut out of sight in a matter of seconds, the three girls met up with Lina. It turned out they were their classmates from high school. Lina ensured them there was no trouble, just a homeless man in the forest tried to get some money from her, but he ran away as she started shouting with him. The girls wanted to keep going towards Tom (as was their original direction), but Lina convinced them not to follow the trail, warning them about the man she met earlier. The girls turned back and soon got out of the way.

Tom meanwhile got to the place they were supposed to meet up. He ran so fast, he didn't even dare to look back or in front of him, had anybody came, they would have surely been dashed into by Tom. He sat down to catch his breath and kept watching all three trails to have enough time to hide, should he meet somebody he isn't supposed to meet...