The creature which had emerged from the shadows looked like a combination between a bear and a lion. Stout but strong-looking legs supported a bulky, tank-like body, with its brown fur shaking with every step it took. Its fangs were as long as daggers and even sharper, while its red eyes glowed ominously from within their sockets. A stink of oil and metal came from the creature, which seemed odd to me because the creature, whatever it was, did not look like a machine.
The creature was well over ten feet tall, with a long, lion-like mane around its neck. An even longer tail trailed behind it, which looked as thick as a power cable. Its claws dug into the stone floor of the Danger Chamber, which explained the cracks and gashes I’d noticed on the floor earlier.
“What the heck is that?” I s
