Kirika gulped in fear as the mechanical sabertooth tiger trotted towards them ominously, robotic red eyes glaring like lasers. She has stared death in the face before, but never has she ever encountered something like this. She felt 'trapped'—part of her wanted to just run away from the frightening danger extruded by this beast, but the more rational part of her also knew at the same time that if she made a break for it right now, she would only be hunted down and eaten.
But even so… if she didn't move, she would STILL get hunted down and eaten!
To her surprise, however, someone acted first.
Click.
"GRRR!"
The sabertooth mutant suddenly spun its head around towards the opposite direction, where the sound of a small stone falling on the cave ground and rolling a few meters had alerted it.