I'm on the ground with John holding on to me, but I still don't know what's going on. It all happens so fast. I feel like I shouldn't be quite so confused, when I've been through loads of SOE training in how to deal with all kinds of attacks. It's just that none of them ever involved being shot at by arrows or vines that trip people seemingly on purpose.

Those vines have still got hold of one ankle and it seems like the harder I struggle, the tighter they grip and the more it hurts.

I look up and see Mathias and Lucy at the top of the hill, and remember a bit of story he told me about vines only he could see. I hope that means he knows how to help us.