Rachel's cheetah let out a loud yowl of surprise-- and, naturally, pain-- as it slammed headlong into the shield, not having the chance to stop itself. It skidded across the shield, hitting head and front paws first. She dropped to the ground, and the yowl turned to a roar-- even though her head was throbbing and her legs were hurting a lot. Apparently slamming cheetah-first into a wooden shield at those speeds was beyond painful.

< I'll kill you! > she scream mentally, again, though it was surely redundant by that point. What made them think they could get away with hurting her like that?!