based on the World of Firefly by Joss Whedon

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The grass teased her long bare legs, fangs glistening in the moonlight. She was naked, but Cat didn't mind. It was the way she had been created and eventually it would probably be the way she would die. Besides, wasn't she a beast just like the one she was hunting?

Something in the bushes ahead of her stirred, causing her instincts to go into high alert. She cocked an ear to hear the grunting a mother boar and her three little ones. They weren't yet old enough to leave their mother and Cat decided to let them be. After all, she could smell more in the air around her.

Her body had begun its transformation, her extra set of ribs snapping into place with a sickening sound similar to bones breaking. Body stretched and teeth sharpened as her fangs grew dipping below her lip. She took a deep breath catching the scent of a big male boar, is searching for a female that was upwind from them both by a half mile or so. Its heat stench making it a bit hard for Cat to get a peg on the boar, but as her green eyes began to glow, she spotted the enormous pig, definitely one that would feed the entire troop, especially with the extra few mouths the commander and party added.

Slowly, she crept, one foot in front of the other, minus the boots that had weighed her feet down. The pig raised its head, her eyes spying the long tusks on the snout of the monstrous beast. Claws flexed in her hands, body molded itself to each shadow as her skin actually seemed to darken

The boar tossed its head her way and at first she thought it had spotted her, but instead, the massive critter turned back toward where he smelled the female. She smiled between her fangs and scrunched down preparing her legs to run. Closer...closer...and Cat was within a few feet, body exploding out of the brush and the chase was on.

Her muscles moved without thought, second nature and instinct taking over as they both ran into the open field. The big boar m