"I'm sorry, I did my best," Cheyenne said tearfully as she handed the kitten to the tiger. The tiger lifted its head and licked the kitten's head with its rough tongue, then licked Cheyenne's hand in a gesture of appeasement. It was as if it begged Cheyenne to take care of its baby before its death.
Suddenly, they heard heavy breathing behind them. Cheyenne turned around and saw that the vast rainforest behind them had been burned down. The leader wore a mask with green fangs and held a new black weapon in his hand while shouting, "Quickly! They're here!"
"Damn it, they're coming!" Kelvin cursed under his breath as he picked up the kitten and pulled Cheyenne up by her arm.
"No, no! Kelvin, how can we leave Dumb Cat here?" She struggled and looked back at the tiger with tears in her eyes. She remembered its contemptuous gaze when it looked at her before; its disdainful posture when she tried to pet it; even how cute it acted sometimes...
Cheyenne couldn't bear to watch the tiger turn into ashes.
Kelvin felt just as painful inside because he was one who first accepted the tiger. But now they could barely save themselves.
They reluctantly turned their heads away from the tiger without looking back at its dying body.
"Bang!"
The bullet whistled through the air with an ear-piercing sound accompanied by hot smoke from burning gunpowder.
The target? Cheyenne's head!
Kelvin shouted out loud instinctively to alert her but his voice became faint amidst all this chaos around them. For a moment, Cheyenne didn't hear what he said to her.
"Cheyenne! Watch out!" Kelvin wanted to step forward using his own body as shield for hers against that bullet but found himself unable to move!
He watched helplessly as the bullet passed him.
Cheyenne, run!
Kelvin couldn't bear seeing what would happen next, so he roared loudly while tears streamed down his cheeks...
At that moment, the barely alive tiger suddenly stood up from the ground and leaped towards the black-clad men. Its open mouth was enough to intimidate everyone present.
The sound of bullets continued to ring out in this fiery scene, as the bullets pierced through the tiger's body. It had given its last bit of strength just to buy them some time.
Cheyenne understood why it did this and tears couldn't help but fall down her face. "Dumb Cat!"
She immediately clenched the knife in her hand, wanting to rush up and avenge the tiger. "You bunch of bastards! I'll fight you all!"
Kelvin withdrew his gaze from the tiger and ordered Cheyenne with a choked-up cold voice: "Cheyenne, run!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he held onto the cub with one hand while pulling Cheyenne's wrist forcefully towards the mountaintop. While running quickly, he explained what she needed to do next.
"Cheyenne, follow this small path until you reach a small reef at the end. On your left side... there is a lifeboat hidden inside."
"And I entrust the kitten into your care."
"Afterward, let me lead them away while you take the kitten on board and leave together."
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