Ah, nice. I especially enjoyed your use of imagery.

Well, I figured I'd review this since nobody seems to be doing so...dunno why. I like it, gives a problem, and solves that problem in a comfortably short amount of time. You're good at short stories, though I hope you don't mind my saying that your longer stories are better. As it stands, the only foggy part is the beast itself...seems kinda like a tiger to me, but I'm not sure. Tigers are usually associated with lightning...

Other than that, everything looks good. Hope to see some more stuff soon.