We paused to listen to them, our sensitive ears easily making out their low muttering. It seems that they had already noticed the absence of the others that I had ambushed and they were speculating on why they hadn’t checked in. We split up and made our way to either side of them and slightly ahead of their path, our paws padding silently through the underbrush. Then we waited for them. Midnight was utterly invisible to them. My own jaguar patterning was almost as good in the moonlight. Being humans, they certainly couldn’t scent us. It was almost too easy to take them out. When I was sure that their weapons weren’t pointed at either of us, I gave a signal only Midnight could hear and we jumped them, overcoming them before they could raise an alarm. “Five down and at least three more to go,” Midnight grinned at me. “Not bad for a couple of amateurs, but let’s not get too cocky. Shall we check out that other on the far side of the camp? ” I queried. Without replying, Midnight started off in his direction. About halfway to where we had estimated him to be, we paused to get a sense-fix on him. We could detect only one person about 50 metres away. We began stalking him, but we encountered a problem. He had found a rocky outcrop in an open area that offered no concealment and he looked alert and prepared for trouble. If this man was confident enough to look out for himself, without someone to watch his back, he could be very dangerous. …to be continued!