After a full day of travel, you are ambushed and attacked by orcs.

The group scatters and your only option is to run as fast as you can to the caves or the forest.

The caves are a place full of monsters, but it's a labyrinth, and the orcs can't chase you there.
The forest is full of leaves on the floor, will be difficult to track you and for some reason the mercenaries avoided it.

What do you do?