The great beast is nearly on him already, her enormous strides covering the short distance in nearly the blink of an eye. Rashad briefly considers his options, but there really is no choice -- he might yet triumph in a head-on battle, but the cost would be far too high. Just as she closes the gap, her breath hot on his face, he wills himself intangible and allows himself to fall through the floor.

He solidifies in midair and hits the floor below running, sprinting back toward the stair well. Ideally he would have removed the now-dinosaur from the building entirely, but at the least he can still limit the damage she does by confining her to a single basement level. It will simply take getting back to the door to her hallway and melting it shut before she gets there.