Eona, to her later shame and anger, does not react at first. She is too stunned with astonishment, both at the sudden fury of the attack and at the sheer monstrousness of...whatever it is. She has never seen or even heard of the like, save in ghost stories of eldrich beasts beyond description.

By the time she moves it has already attacked, savaging a man on the street. He reacts well, punching it square in the face, which drives it off.

But it may return.

With a sharp gasp, Eona moves--but she disobeys the instruction, instead running towards the attacked stranger and reaching for the pistol kept in her coat pocket. When the beast leaps forth again, she stands, aims, and fires in one swift motion, hitting it in something like a shoulder.

It roars, rearing, and she fires again into its chest, praying that she will be successful and those years of target practice weren't for nothing.