Of the 500,000 people the panther has captured on the artificial plateau around 80,000 thousand attempt an escape. The rest think it might be a good idea to try and stay on the panther's good side. They begin a long climb down the sides of the canyon. They have to stay together to help each other out since there are few expert climbers in the group. By the time they make it back up the other side of the canyon many hours have passed. Over one hundred people have died from falls off the walls and several hundred more have been injured in some way.
There is another problem now that they are on the other side though. The panther forms a barrier more impressive than any mountain. They are about to attempt to climb the panther when it begins to stir. Staying together may have helped to get across the canyon, but now it only served to make the group just large enough for the panther to notice them. The panther had been looking at just that spot as it woke, if it had not been he may have missed them.
The panther was infuriated with the speck of a group. How dare they try to escape him. He could have killed them before, but kept them safe and under his protection. With a look of disdain the panther raises his paw. The humans see the monolithic paw eclipse the sun and cower in terror. It lowers its paw and crushes the tiny speck of a group with a single city sized toe. Still angry, the panther turns its attention to the group on the plateau. It decides to...