After you've studied the map, Bill insists you
begin your search.  You and Bill give each other a
hug for courage, and then you climb up the 
chimney.  When you reach the surface, you find
yourself in a rocky wasteland.  You head east, and
soon you are in the topical rain forest that covers
most of the island.
   The map shows a faint path that should lead you
to the Omicron Base.  You search for the path, and
before long you find it.  Unfortunately you also
discover that the path is patrolled.  A pair of
helmeted Omicron slaves is coming up the path
toward you.  And smashing through the jungle be-
hind them is something you never thought you'd 
find outside the pages of a book: half a dozen
tigers.  Not the usual kind, which would be bad
enough, but the saber-toothed kind, the kind that
are supposed to be extinct.
   Neither the slaves nor their monstrous compan-
ions appear to have seen you.  You wonder if you
can hide until they go away.  But maybe it would be
safer to make a quiet dash for it.

You decide to hide... 
It seems like a better idea to run away...