The panther was angered and puzzled that the humans would try to oppose him. They just did not behave like proper prey. He would show the humans the error of their ways himself. Just then the humans began their attack. He was surprised to find that a few of the impacts stung as they struck his fur. This only served to further enrage the panther.
The soldiers had heard of the panthers size changing ability, some had even seen it on the news as the panther had devoured the cities population, including the cameramen. But seeing it in person was a completely different thing. Nothing could have mentally prepared them for the shock of seeing the panther more than quintuple in size. They were barely prepared for the 1000 foot tall panther, and now a one mile tall panther stood before them. The idea of fighting this monster seemed as ludicrous as ants fighting an elephant. The panthers enormous paw hovered over the soldiers and began to descend. The soldiers new there was no escape as they watched the paw come down on them and they began to make out that even the hairs on the paw were thicker than trees and more than enough to crush a man.
The panther was slow to lower his paw. He wanted to make them regret opposing him. Prey should flee from the predator, not come right up to him. It was difficult for him to tell when he had finally crushed all of the humans, even with his sensitive pads. When he was sure they had all been crushed he ground the remains into paste and left it as a reminder to humans.
Now that that was over, it was a new day and time to...