Micheal immediately began to think of how he could put his plan into action. It worked for smaller creatures, but would it work for one so big, and hellbent on killing him. He would just have to find out. . . . and very soon at that. The first step of the plan would be to make the beast stay still it wouldn't work if it was moving and all active.
He needed that cave of yesterday, but he was not sure if he was on the right trail. 'If i had known, i would have memorized the trail' he thought inwardly as the dodged the tree branch that whizzed over his head. He turned back to look at the distance between them and he could see the leopard was not that far away, it also licked its lips as Michael turned back to look at it.
''Urgh. . . . psychopath'' he said out loud and focused on looking in front of him.
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Michael ran for a straight ten minutes, with the one-eyed leopard chasing very close behind, it could even swipe at Michael right now and end the chase, but it wanted to tire this hateful human that called it names and insulted its ancestors and generations, but it also wanted to enjoy eating this human. Its spitefulness would end today.
''Disgrace of a cyclops, your fore-ancestors could do better than you are doing now, but here you are still chasing a weak, frail, kind and defenseless human like me for ten minutes. Tch, trash like you shouldn't even be allowed to be bred, i ought to. . . . '' Michael continued dishing insults to the leopard but it behaved as if it didn't hear him, it even had a smug expression on its face.
'What kind of freak doesn't react to an insult' Michael thought inwardly, he hoped to anger it and make more susceptible to surprises but it acted calm and kept on chasing him, albeit with a smug expression on its face.
Michael was starting to get tired, what he hoped would happen didn't and the leopard was still chasing. Suddenly, he heard a sound. The sound kept getting louder and louder, it was a foreign sound, a sound that was not made by anything in the jungle. It was the sound of a jet.
Michael could not believe it, the sound of a jet, he had not heard the beautiful sound of civilization in how many years now, and it was getting closer. He could not miss this chance. A once in a lifetime opportunity for him. He now to had to figure out how to signal the jet, and with a leopard chasing close behind him.
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The leopard looked overhead at the sound. It stopped its chase to determine where the sound was coming from. It thought for a moment before continuing its chase with Michael, it could not allow this hateful human to escape from it again.
''You sure you still want to be chasing me, my friends are coming real soon, and you will be quite sorry that you angered me, hehehe'' Michael taunted the leopard in a bid to dissuade it from its chase but his efforts proved useless as the leopard quickened its pace, nearing Michael by mere meters .
'Tch, still chasing me huh'. There was a large clearing ahead, it would make a great area to signal the jet.
He ran into the clearing at full speed and began waving his hands at the now visible jet in the sky.
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Onboard the ship
A man working the controls for the huge ship.
''Sir, there's somebody running in the clearing below us. . . . . and he seems to be chased by a beast sir. Please wait sir let me confirm the image. 'He said as he zoomed in on Michael who was waving his hands frantically to signal the huge airship 'Got it sir, he is being chased by a one-eyed leopard with wings '' The man working the controls said to a communicator to the man in his room.
''Is he alone?'' the man addressed as sir asked.
''Appears so sir''
''Lock on to the beast and shoot it down'' The man addressed as sir gave the orders.
''After that sir?'' There was silence for a few seconds before he answered.
''Pick up the person''
''Yes sir'' He said and turned the communicator off.