She was really struggling with this. Her tanto was useless and now she was closer than she wanted to be to this thing. She back-tracked, trying to keep a sizable distance between it and herself. Was this permanent or did it have a time limit?

"Hey!" she shouted, a plan finally in her mind. This was an island, which meant an ocean surrounded it. An ocean she could walk on and this thing couldn't. "Come get me, you big green jerk."

Hopefully it's attention span would stick with her until they reached the coastline. And before evening sirens went off. Her only saving grace would be to use the rooftops as her means of travel.