Panic ripped through Rain's body threatening to take over as the great big Kitty chomped the air inches in front of her face. The threat was clear and terrifying. The scorching heat of the monster freaked her out. As it forced her back she fell down and scrambled away from it. Her breath accelerated as she did everything she could to maintain some modicum of rational thought. Death was not an option. If she lost it completely then that would be it, and she could not let that happen.

She glanced to both of her sides evaluating her options. If she went down back into the Stone and to the machines beneath she doubted the god would follow her back into its prison, but that place was also her prison as well. The path to the right seemed alright, but she had no idea how far the cat god would follow her. She had no time to decide. This impatient and commanding monster would destroy her and she knew it.

She grabbed a fistful of the freshly hot dirt and launched it into the Kitty's face praying that it had some effect before she made the mad dash into the Stone. She slipped due to the mud that now had turned to sand all over her body. She ended up sliding unintentionally down the hole. She cried out and in a wild panic she grabbed out at anything that she could catch herself on. Her savior was a rusted and unmoving gear some distance down.

Her arms were now killing her, but any pain was better than being an unwilling servant to some being that had only interest in serving itself. Rain let herself catch her breath while her eyes adjusted to the dimmer light down here. She knew she wasn't safe, but this was better than nothing. Her adrenaline started to come down and her arms were now up in arms. She wanted to keep holding on, but that was impossible. She let go and fell a few more feet and landed onto the side of a large gear with a thud. This gear still moved and she rotated on it at a steady pace.

She realized that her left arm had become dislocated and there were cuts all over both arms. Exhausted and in pain, Rain started to cry silently. This day had simply become too much.