Adam, calmly, brings the gun up and aims as Caitlin shouts, the mountain lion not moving. Giving her some more space, he steps to the side, gun cocked, ready to strike. The beast growls and growls, but doesn't move - neither to retreat nor attack, which is not actually a bad thing. Looking back a just a second at the rest of their group, Adam motions at them to walk past him, giving the animal a wide berth, towards the city.

"Quietly!" He whispers harshly against the rain and turns back to focusing on the lion, growling more and more fiercely, sounding just about ready to either run off, or strike.

In the end, it runs. Adam's surprised by it - he honestly thought the beast was scared enough to just go at them, but it doesn't. And for a second, Adam thinks it's because of them, but then he hears the crack, the sudden thunderclap, and he doesn't think. He throws himself at Caitlin, pushing them both out of the way of half a tree falling where they were standing a moment before, the bark still smoking from the lightning that just hit it.

They hit the ground hard, with squelching wet noises and mud splashing around them. Adam shields Caitlin as best he can, his arms around her head, before pulling back a little once the tree is down, looking at Caitlin with wide eyes, panting.

"Are you okay?"