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#5 of A Changing World
Hey there, next part up of A changing world.
Well things started off great when I got started then I got some bad news and...well things have been rough but I hope it didn't suffer too much.
Anyway, on with things and hope its still enjoyed!
A bizarre scene was taking place in a bungalow in a small hamlet, drawing the few people's attention that lived in the 26 plus four mobile homes that was there. Inside the bungalow a female human around her mid-20s was having her brains screwed out by a large wolf and Puma. Now that would be odd enough just having two such animals living together but to have a female Puma licking inside her mouth and a howling male wolf pounding her with a will.
All the while where this was going on she was slowly starting to change with dense fur sprouting all over her body, ears elongating and her mouth slowly shifting round the feline tongue.
In order to find out what events led up to this unusual scene, we'll flash back to the previous days.
Cue Flashback!---------------------------------------------------------
An attractive woman with long dark hair, a short black vest and blue shorts rode her bike to work. She was a fit, lean woman of average build with light brown eyes and a pretty face. Her ancestors were Native Americans or Indians that she had descended from, even if she was only part she took pride in her heritage and fastidiously tried to do all she could to understand and help the land she was so fond of as well as its inhabitants.
To that end she worked part time as an environmentalist and part time in wildlife rescue operative. "Hey Julia, glad you could find time to make it today" her colleague said with a chuckle as she panted from the ride here, her small chest rising and falling with her deep breathing.
"Oh, shut up Ashley, I had to make sure Sandy and Kane was alright before I left. They have been showing signs of illness and it is worrying me" she shot back at her fellow wildlife ranger. She had some very unusual pets with Sandy being a tame female Puma and Kane being a tame grey male wolf. They had both been found without family as cubs with the Sandy's mother been shot and Kane was thought to have been overlooked by the pack as they moved on.
With no one else free to look after them and no suitable mother to take them in at the time, they was entrusted into her care. However, when they had managed a surrogate mother for them they had not taken to their foster parents and became close to been killed so had to be returned back into Julia's care.
"Aww, I do hope your babies are going to be okay" Ashley said mockingly to her friend as she ducked a light swat to the head with a chuckle.
"Better than having a baby so yes, they are my children or cubs or however you want it" Julia huffed as they climbed into the van that was loaded with harmless traps, cameras and two men with tranquiliser guns in case they was needed in order to safely help an animal.
As they set off her friend put a concerned hand on her arm, causing Julia to look up sharply at her. "Look, you're my friend and I do worry about you. We both love animals and do our best to protect them but maybe you should think on settling down with someone?" Ashley said, putting a hand to her slight pregnant bulge. "You're an only child so don't you want to carry on your bloodline?" she said a little more sternly to her.
Pregnancy was something that scared her; Julia had worked hard for her figure and was very proud of her toned, muscled figure and more than that she had heard a lot of things about birthing that made her wish they could have an easier time of giving birth then the pain they went through. "It's none of your business what I do with my life thank you!" Julia said with more force than she intended, making her friend recoil slightly as though been struck. Softening her tone and features she said "you're a good friend to me, and a good person but...having a child is somewhat last on my list. And if I was to have a child then I think I would rather adopt" she said with a chuckle to her.
Giving a slight laugh back Ashley said "as long as you don't start teaching the poor kid how to hunt and forage, I swear you are as wild as some of the animals we rescue". That caused them both to laugh at that statement as the van pulled to a stop at a reported sighting of a sick animal.
"Ashley, stay behind me. I would hate for you to be in danger because of your pregnancy" Julia said, knowing how unpredictable a sick animal could be, especially a wild one.
"Alright, but be careful" Ashley said as the two men fanned out with their dart guns ready for action.
A good couple of minutes passed with not a lot happening apart from seeing the odd wild critter moving through the woods. All of a sudden a ranger cried out as a roar heard, followed by a grunt as he was knocked aside and sent sprawling near Ashley with a scream of surprise. "JULIA!!" Ashley screamed out as a bear came charging through the foliage and knocked Ashley onto her back with a grunt as she hit her back.
The bear seemed to be interested in her as he, as was made obvious by the way his penis was erect, sniffed her in an interested fashion before sniffing her crotch. Ashley could do nothing as the heavy bear pinned her to the ground and gave a disgusted snort before getting off of her. He gave a type of bear like groan as he hunched himself before spying Julia and making a charge at her.
Julia was in the middle of retrieving the fallen rangers dart gun when she heard a roar, whipping her head up she saw the bear making a charge right at her. Rolling just in time, she was able to dodge his charge at her, making him skid into a tree with a resounding crash. Dashing for the gun she grabbed it and fired at him, just for the bear to knock her and the dart thudded into a tree instead. Standing over her and pinning her, he gave a lot of interesting sniffs and seeming to give a grunt of satisfaction with each successful examination.
"I've...never seen a wild animal act this way" Julia said with a frightened tone, something that didn't come easily to her. Trying to slip away from under him as he was busy sniffing her crotch, he gave a surprised grunt as he grabbed hold of the shorts she wore, ripping them off of her with a tearing sound. "Ah" she cried as she felt her fabric been torn and was immediately pinned with more force again. "God...no..." she sobbed as the bear seemed to take a very keen interest in her privates and his bear dick became more erect. Grabbing the fabric of her panties, he began pulling at the fabric with her crying out in fear and pushing to get away from him, when all of a sudden she heard a muted shot followed by a roar from the bear as a dart thudded into him.
Whipping round, once again a normal wild bear, he made a charge at the other ranger but his shot had been spot on as the bear came stumbling and then crashing onto the ground, his breathing slowing as the dart took effect on him. "Are you okay Ms Julia?" he said as he assisted her back to her feet which she indignantly snatched her hand away.
"Yes but it's not me that is pregnant, go help Ashley up you fool!" she snapped as Julia quickly rummaged in her backpack and brought out a spare pair of shorts to put on, making sure his eyes were averted from her panties. She went on over to see the other guard and the look said it all, half his face had been torn away and lay still, dead. "What...would make an animal do such a thing?" she stammered as she felt herself frightened to the unusual behaviour of the bear.
"Julia...come on, we had best get this bear down to the vets and...notify his family" Ashley said in a muted voice as she put a hand gently on her shoulder.
She nodded before she heard the click of a hand gun "we should kill the thing" the male ranger said as he aimed his gun at the tranquilised bear. "Thanks to that animal, my friend who I have known for years is now..." he broke down sobbing as Julia gently took the gun off of him and wrapped him in a hug
"I'm sorry John" she said gently to him as she handed him a flask of water to calm him down. After he had drunk half the contents she said "I know how you feel but...we can't take it out on the bear. Something made him behave like this" she said, knowing it was completely out of character for a bear to behave like this.
Nodding sadly to the truth he helped her drag the bear after calling for back up to help them. Didn't matter how strong she was, a bear was a bear and they couldn't get him in on their own. Between five people and Ashley helping, despite protests they got him into a container and set off.
Driving out of the woods, Ashley looked towards her friend as John was consolidated by other colleagues "are you okay Julia?" she said, placing a hand in concern on her arm.
Whipping round, she gave a forced smile to assure her she was okay "I'm fine Julia, just a little shaken up I guess still but apart from that there is no need to worry".
"You're braver then what I am then" Ashley said with a nervous chuckle as she patted her friend on the back. "But then again you always were more wild and braver then me, and even a lot of men I know" she chuckled more earnestly this time and Julia couldn't help but join in, smiling and happy to have a friend like her about. Ashley always had a knack for lightening a mood.
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Later on that day they had taken the bear to the lab for a review at its situation and health but the results were inconclusive. It seemed to be suffering from an ailment that seemed borderline flu but there was something...disturbing about the blood tests they had taken from it.
What the vets said deeply disturbed everyone as the cells seemed to be shifting and multiplying, they seemed to have been taking on similar characteristics to that of humans.
Cycling home Ashley wondered if such a thing was possible, could animals be evolving into something like themselves not as a natural part but as a means to cope with their destructive race? "Snap out of it Julia girl, that would be an affront to nature and is stuff purely of science fiction...right?" she said, more in order to reassure herself.
As she turned off the road and up a dirt path, she breathed a sigh of relief at the peace that surrounded her at been back at the quiet little... "JUILA, YOUR PETS ARE BLOODY OUT OF CONTROL!!" a man in his early 60s said as he came up to her red faced and angry.
"W-what happened?" Julia said in surprise as she saw his clothes were torn up.
"Your 'pets' tried to molest me is what!" he said still in a towering temper with her.
There was no visible injury which was a massive relief for Julia, but she could still be sued for assault and have her pets put down due to the possible threat they could impose on others. She was relieved when she saw his features soften at her worried expression "I know they are your babies so to speak Julia and won't report it this time. I don't have the heart to break yours. But they are not normally like this so you should check their state of health" he said as he walked on off, albeit a bit stiffly.
Chasing after him and a good bit of arguing and persuading Julia was able to convince her favourite neighbour to take $30 plus what she paid him to look after her pets towards getting some new clothes. Stepping into her bungalow she narrowly dodged a greeting pounce by her Wolf followed by nearly been knocked over by the Puma who rubbed round her body in greeting "okay, okay you two!" Julia said laughing at them. Sobering up though, she became stern with them "but you two know better than to go for Mr Greenfield like that" she said, as they both crouched submissively to her stern voice.
Realising that they was in the dog house so to speak, they gave her a watery eyed stare before she relented her stern look at them as she felt herself melt at her large pets gaze "oh, come on you two!" she said with a slight chuckle as they both huddled up to her with mixed growls and whines. Julia's bungalow was a fair size like the rest of them around here, she had no-where near the money to afford to live in such a place and only got it through an inheritance which was sustained only barely by the two jobs she worked. As a result she was often pretty poor compared to the rest but got on by enough.
Bringing out the special harnesses she had ordered for her special pets she strapped them in, both trembling from pent up energies despite having a three hour walk before she had left them in the morning. She had to laugh as they practically helped themselves into the harnesses, knowing what was coming and eager to be off. "Come on you two then, let's be off" she chuckled as they pretty much walked her out with their combined enthusiasm and strength. Anyone else and they would have them over but only with her did they seem to know to behave.
Entering the large forest that bordered the hamlet she went for the usual hour and a half walk into it before stopping at the usual clearing to let them both rest, well mostly herself as Sandy and Kane seemed still fit to go "looks like that illness is nearly on its way out huh?" she said to them both with a fond pet of their heads.
As if to prove they was still down with it Kane sneezed and Sandy growled lowly as she made an almost wincing motion. "Heh, okay nearly then my poor babies" Julia said as she then clutched her own stomach in pain "ugh...I-I guess today has been hectic, best to take a nap here for now" she said, knowing they wouldn't leave her. They saw her as their mother and carer and would never leave her side when she was around. As Julia laid down on the grass she noticed Kane sniffing around her curiously, which wasn't strange in itself but it was where he was concentrating. He was very interested in her crotch for some reason "don't know where you are sniffing but you can stop that" Julia said with a chuckle. As she nodded off, she didn't notice that he was back to sniffing her yet again, along with Sandy which if she was awake, would definitely know something was wrong with that.
Julia napped for half an hour when she was woken up with the impression of a tongue licking her most private of places. It was such an erotic and intense dream that she could swear that she still felt that same long, wet tongue tasting her, trying to get her sweet, tangy feminine fluids to coat the tongue of her mate..."mmh, w-wait a minute!". Opening her eyes with a loud gasp she found something very shocking to her as she felt something very wet and very real at her crotch.
Lapping at her crotch was her Kane and Sandy and near them was her...clothes? "H-how did...what?!" Julia stutter in confusion, squirming under the constant assault as they alternated lapping at her crotch. "W-what do you two think you are d-doing?" she gasped as she pushed down on their heads for them to stop.
Much to her surprise though they resisted and even gave a defiant mixed growl as they seemed to go at her with renewed vigour knowing she was awake now. "Stop it just st-stoooop!" Julia cried as she further moistened at feeling first the rough feline tongue followed by the much smoother, wetter and thicker canine tongue setting her juices flowing freely. Shaking from the pleasure coursing through her she managed to arch her head up to view her pets. She was shocked to see that they were enjoying themselves which this was highly unnatural for a female, regardless of species. "This is wrong, wrong, wrong..." Julia thought frantically as she tried to scramble away from the wolf and puma that had once been like her children now seemingly intent on something completely unnatural.
"Th-that is ENOUGH!" Julia shouted out at them, causing them to blanch and back away a little, giving her room to backpedal on the dirt floor away from them. However what they did next took her completely by surprise as the puma growled and pounced on top of her, pinning her down with her claws sheathed whilst Kane went back on the assault of her wet folds. Julia bucked her hips as the sensations were brought on anew and her breathing became less restrained and more heated.
Kane's licks started to take on a different quality as though he were a lover, pleasuring his girlfriend with his broad canine tongue dipping in deeper into her, rubbing her clit and sending jolts of pleasure coursing through her being. With Kane pressing his tongue deeper as her folds seemed to spread more willingly with each lick, her eyes snapped open when she felt something hot against her face as the Sandy stood with her pussy over her face. Julia noticed that Sandy had changed her position so Julia could easily get at her privates just below her anus with her back end towards her and lowered, quivering in anticipation.
Licking her lips Julia gave a tentative, somewhat thoughtless lick of her feline pussy, hearing Sandy give a deep purr and a slight step back as though encouraging her on. Julia was surprised when she found that she rather enjoyed the taste of her pussy's pussy, making her laugh slightly at the thought but was drowned out with another powerful thrust into her folds from Kane's canine tongue. As she arched her back and cried throatily her mouth was met by Sandy's pussy which she wrapped her lips round and began probing and ravaging with her tongue.
Sandy gave out grunting type moans as Julia licked and played with her wet privates, the pumas tail swinging and arching in pleasurable bliss. Julia dully noted that her Puma's pussy was strangely more flexible than it otherwise should have been, and perhaps maybe bigger? That was all moot though as she felt her mind succumb to the pleasure of that wonderful tongue, they had given her company and happiness so was it wrong to return it to them?
Kane's lickings stopped suddenly as Julia gave a disappointed moan into the licking of Sandy's pussy pausing with a disappointed growl from the large puma. What Julia next saw though made her heart pound, her Kane was getting himself into position to mate with her, to tie with her own pussy as his dick was out in full view. The thought of experiencing been tied to her handsome wolf made her moan in anticipation when all of a sudden they heard voices heading their way.
This seemed to be enough to break the spell that seemed to have ensnared her mind at the thought of been caught like this. Rolling out from underneath them they tried to get her over as she yelled at them to stop it in somewhat of a slightly deeper and louder voice than normal. Hunkering down they both stopped in their tracks as though just recognising her for who she was as she hurriedly pulled back on her panties back on in time for a group of walkers to come into the clearing and quite visibly tired.
The group had with them a pair of Collies as they came bounding into the clearing, enthusiastically sniffing the air as the mixed scent of sex and arousal seemed to whip them up.
Julia had only just got her shorts on when they had spotted her as the group froze at seeing a Puma and a Wolf together like this, unable to figure if they had just walked into something dangerous as their dogs came back, whimpering after warning snarls and growls form Kane and Sandy. "Um, a-are you okay there miss?" a sweating and slightly plump man said as he looked on wearily as the rest of the group stayed a good bit behind him.
As he reached for a shotgun strapped to his side Julia cried out "wait! T-they're my pets at least for now" Julia thought at the end as her mind reeled at what had nearly happened. Before any more awkward questions could be asked Julia fled with a brief apology with the group wondering what that was all about, their canines went to the spot to eagerly sniff and lap at the juices left behind on the grass.
In her haste, Julia had forgotten the harnesses for her exotic pets but to her surprise they had both followed her willingly instead of getting distracted by the group or dogs. "I don't suppose you two could tell me what that was all about I suppose?" Julia said questioningly to them.
Not expecting an answer, she turned round to lead them back when she heard them both bark and growl as though they understood part of what she said. Staring on at them with her mouth slightly agape Julia said "my god...can you two actually understand me?" she said quietly before her eyes went wide, her Kane rearing up to slip his tongue into her mouth. Quickly withdrawing she said "n-no, bad" in as stern of a voice she could muster, feeling some juices leak from between her legs, trying to tell herself at how wrong it was. Starting off again with a determination to not allow her to be distracted again, Julia made a mental note of getting them into vets sometime, and herself a psychiatrist.
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After getting back to her bungalow and excusing herself with everyone who tried to talk to her, Julia went to the bathroom and shut the door after telling Kane and Sandy off. She would have laughed and found it equally disturbing at the puzzled looks they had as they seemed to be growing more intelligent but Julia's mind was elsewhere.
Dropping her shorts and panties, sighing at been able to let her privates breath, she was shocked to find that her pussy was soaking wet with arousal. "What...what in the world is the matter with me, it's like I'm in heat or something" Julia gasped as she probed her pussy, a much more intense than normal shock of pleasure coursing through her body.
Rubbing at her crotch, she started breathing hard from how sensitive she was now before she noticed in the mirror of the bathroom that her chest seemed to be slightly larger, swaying more with her sharper breathing. Trying to think, she thought of the bear that had seemingly tried to molest her, seeming very interested in her privates.
However, Julia's thoughts were torn away as her body seemed to heat up and cry for sex, her body heating with the feeling. Ripping her bra off in desperation she gasped to what she saw. Her bust size did indeed seem to have grown a cup, she had always had a small, athletic build at a piddling B-cup but now...she had somehow gone to a C-cup. But that is not what caught her attention, for underneath her breasts was what seemed to be growing two sets of bumps.
Trailing a hand over them, she cried out as another wave of pleasure ran through her as Julia realised that they was in fact two extra sets of nipples growing on her body.
Suddenly though, she heard the door open with the puma opening it with the door handle in her mouth, something they had never been trained to do and certainly something that she had never seen then do so before. "What...what do you think you are doing you two?" Julia gasped "Get out!" Julia couldn't put the usual commanding force of dominance as her mind was too distracted "its...like I'm an animal in h-heat" Julia said, knowing about her animals got when they came into season and frightened about what all this meant.
Sandy and Kane both took their noses to the air, sniffing eagerly as though very much liking what they scented as their eyes took on a slightly cloudy look to them. Julia was too distracted when Sandy suddenly reared on her hind legs and planted her forepaws on her shoulders, forcing her down and onto her knees with a cry of surprise that sounded part like a roar or growl. "What's happening to you...and me?" Julia gasped before she cried out in pain, feeling as though her spine was bending in two, or a number of times, she couldn't tell for sure really. Julia had heard rumours of sightings of were like creatures but refused to believe them, was she becoming one? Were her pets responsible for the overwhelming pain and pleasure she was feeling?
Planting her hands on the floor as she felt the changes starting to take place painfully all over her body, she was distracted in part out of it as Sandy lapped at her face frantically, seeming to focus on her mouth. Opening it without thinking why Julia stared in shock when Sandy forced her tongue inside of her mouth.
Wanting to close her eyes knowing how wrong this was, Julia was surprised when she found herself not wanting to, in fact it felt kind of good somehow as she suckled and teased the rough feline tongue with her own short tongue. Julia was mesmerised as her Sandy seemed to enjoy tasting her mouth, giving a low purr that made her moan as the vibrations were felt in her mouth. She wasn't acting like an animal, more as a lustful lover, could animals become gay like humans?
Julia suddenly pitched forward, shoving her tongue into the pumas mouth as Kane mounted her, throwing her off balance before he wrapped his front paws round her middle. Whipping her head round, pulling her tongue from the pumas Julia shouted at Kane "Kane No! St-stop! Bad boy!" but her attention was distracted from the wolf as Sandy nipped at the nape of her neck. Crying out, expecting pain she found that there wasn't any, she managed to fumble a hand round her neck, expecting blood or something when her eyes dilated at finding she had a fold of flesh developing like...a cats!
But before any other thoughts entered her mind she felt herself pierced through her soaking wet folds as Kane thrust forward without hesitation. Julia's heart hammered in her chest as her body shuddered, that canine dick felt just so amazing inside her as his knot began to form inside of her. At that moment she felt Sandy's rough tongue licking her face making Julia stare at her through misty eyes, tongue sticking from her mouth as though she were a dog.
Unknown to her that's what she was becoming, well in part as her human conscience seemed to be slowly slipping away to be replaced by a more primal, base desire when she opened her mouth to allow the pumas rough wet tongue in her mouth yet again. This time, she slipped her own tongue into the feline's mouth, staring at her own tongue just briefly as it seemed to have gotten bigger since last she remembered.
It was starting to become quite noisy in the bathroom with the puma grunting, Kane whining as he mated with short, fast thrusts into his former master and Julia moaning becoming almost a mixture of the two. A light covering of fur was sprouting and growing all over her now as Julia's moans started to take on a more animalistic sound, with a pressure been felt at the base of her spine and a small stump of a tail started developing above her buttocks.
"Haah, ahhh" Julia panted as Kane picked up the speed of his thrusting's, giving an occasional almost whine like noise whilst Julia sucked and moaned round the feline tongue. The puma herself seeming to be taken with Julia's as it grew and expanded in her mouth, not becoming as rough as a felines but rougher still then a canines tongue.
Sandy pulled away from her former owners tongue before giving her an almost puzzled look as to what she saw. Julia was moaning in a combination of pleasure and pain as her ears started to alter shape and position, becoming more triangular with the skin stretching and re-forming whilst she shut her eyes, her vision blurring whilst they seemed to shift, becoming more feline looking.
Julia opened her eyes as the puma gave a low grunt of pleading with her feline pussy up to her face. Things seemed sharper than before, not that she noticed a great deal with being so distracted. Dully, Julia noticed that it seemed to be becoming slightly more defined as the entrance seemed lower and more appealing, any thought of resisting what she was about to do was gone as she stretched her tongue out, her jaws creaking as they started to push into more of a muzzle shape, the fur starting to cover her muzzle now. Flicking her tongue over the wet feline pussy, Julia started licking it with relish as though she were a predator feasting on some meat.
Sandy let out a low purr as she arched her rear end to make ease of access better for Julia, shuddering and her tail swishing as she felt that now broad rough tongue pleasuring her privates.
Kane meanwhile had his tongue out and trailing on her back, humping at her rear end maddeningly, having to try and support her with his front with the force of his thrusts. Julia's pussy seemed to ripple slightly as though it was shifting shape, making it all the more pleasurable for the wolf. His cries started coming out louder as his master got wetter and hotter before his release was triggered. Crying out with a final deafening howl Kane pumped her full of his seed, making Julia cry out in a mixed variation of their animalistic cries. Arching her back in a way that would have been impossible for a human to do without falling she shoved as much of her tongue in as she could into that feline cunt and drawing out as much juice as she was able to.
The puma came at around the same time with an equal roar as Julia's tongue was coated in feline juices to which she lapped eagerly from, moaning into the felines privates feeling herself been filled with wolf seed. Sandy turned round and lapped at Julia's head as her fur continued to grow and change, the black hair becoming more like a long flowing mane. Julia slumped there with her ass still in the air, still tied and been pumped by the big grey wolf as the last lingering bit of human intelligence seemed to leave her mind, growling and panting in bliss and satisfaction.
There was suddenly a knock on the door followed by an angry voice "we have had it up to here Julia with your bloody pets, we want you out you understand?" an angry neighbour shouted. Half the hamlet was out, angered about the noise her pets had been making so late in the evening.
Julia's body was finishing its transformation, rapidly changing thanks to the rush of fresh DNA from her former pets. Her new face resembled that of a wolf's with a pointed muzzle whilst her eyes resembled more that of a cat's. Julia's thickening and growing fur although similar to that of Kane's pelt was a sandy brown like her puma's fur. Julia's human teeth had taken on a more combined feel of that of a canines powerful front canines and a back row of cat's razor sharp teeth. Her legs and arms had twisted, becoming more adaptable for all fours rather than two legs and her body had become more streamlined where she once had breasts that had initially been a C-cup now just over an A-cup as her two other sets of nipples were hidden in her fur.
The strip of flesh that was forming her tail was now fluffing out as fur sprouted from the pores on the flexible appendage as she wondered out to the living room, seemingly all traces of human intelligence gone. "Right, we're coming in and sorting this out right now!" The head of the small mob said as they trooped into the house, only to be confronted by Kane and Sandy rushed in front of their once master.
"LEAVE, NNNOW" Kane said in a growling voice whilst Sandy backed that up with a show of fangs, causing them to freeze in their steps. His cock dripping and he panted slightly from the rush of the mating with Julia.
A stunned silence ensued before John who was amongst them said "did he just...speak?" he said in barely a whisper before Sandy opened her mouth.
"GO, AWAY!!" she roared to them, sending them all fleeing in panic. Those who were religious made the cross sign or whatever else to ward off evil spirits whilst the rest got guns or whatever else would be able to hut or kill them. Meanwhile Julia just stared and looked about in a daze as if unsure what was going on before fleeing the open door, frightened from the ruckus.
"WA-IT" Kane barked before chasing off after her with her disappearing into the forest the hamlet bordered. Sandy followed him close behind before a gunshot exploded and a bullet thudded just into the ground in front of them.
"That's as far as you creatures go" John said as he levelled his gun off to them "I always thought that there was something funny about you two" he said pulling the trigger back before a van screeched up the dirt road, interrupting him.
Taking their chance Kane pounced on John and Sandy charged at another who was aiming his gun to them. Suddenly the sound of two airguns shooting a pair of tranquilizer darts into them both was followed by a deep voice "Hold It!" a man said, accompanied by two men in plain black uniforms said. The one who had spoken was a heavy set man but wasn't fat that made him heavy, but muscle as he towered over them at 6.5ft tall.
"I don't know who you are but..." John was cut off as the Puma and Wolf was helped off of them and into a van, now unconscious.
"We apologise for this, they are an experiment that escaped and we will retrieve them to be put down permanently" he said as his team did their best to disperse the crowd.
"Now listen here, if you think..." John was silenced yet again but this time because of a cheque he was suddenly writing out.
"Here, I don't suppose this will help you lot to stay quiet?" the heavy set man said as John stared at the cheque. What the stranger had given them was a very sizeable sum, enough for the lot of them to be comfy for a good while. "We have an understanding?" he said.
The crowd gathered to look and then to the big man with his two equally impressive, though not as large men and decided it was best to pretend nothing ever happened. "What happened?" John said with a grin before they grunted and began heading for the van with the slowly changing Puma and Wolf, though that was very hard to spot at this point. "Wait, what about Julia? She isn't around" John said, though not his favourite person he did want to know she was alright.
"Don't worry, she will be okay" he grunted before climbing into the van and setting off before any more awkward questions were asked.
Driving down the road they stopped partway as the revival drug was administered to the pair of transforming animals. Coming round groggily the Puma made to pounce the nearest man when the large man said "Wait!"
Stopping but not letting their guard down they both kept looking wearily to the three "I know this is difficult for you two. My name is Francis Yarl and I need your help. I know you had a human with you two, and I can tell none of you are him or her. Do I have your help to find and retrieve her safely? And don't bother pretending to not understand as I full well know you do".
After seeming to think a bit about the situation the puma said "WHAT, WANT, WITH, US?" Sandy snarled, unsure about these strange men.
Just then a bear morph that had been recently concealed under a sheet came out of hiding in the van and said "because we trust them, thanks to them we haven't been put down yet as been monsters".
They both bared their teeth to him as the bear continued "I'm sorry for hiding myself but we can't risk the world seeing us properly just yet. I used to be in the same situation and now your master has gone, I know it's a female as I can smell her on you both" he said. "She will be shot on sight if you don't let us help you" the bear said, doing his best to not seem threatening to the pair. "You have to trust us" he made to lie down in front of them to show that he wasn't a threat to them.
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After the pair had been convinced more by the bear then the humans, Sandy and Kane assisted them as they drove to the back end of the forest making it well into night time by the time they got to searching for her.
They spent an hour searching for Julia with only the three been able to go given the humans would only slow things down. They was still changing but it was a lot slower and less painful than a human changing from the virus as they continued their search, the bear following the pair as they knew her scent.
Finally they heard something rustling nearby to find her perched on a tree branch, hissing with her ears flat and her claws out, the hiss sounding odd with her longer muzzle, not quite long as a wolves but long enough. "Julia, it us" Sandy said to her as she found it hard to cope with seeing her former master like this. Their speech came a little easier now as they started to develop the vocals to communicate better and a slight shift in their original mouth shape.
Julia had a black mane but apart from her odd appearance she looked almost indistinguishable to a wild animal as she looked like she had never once been human. Julia came down from the tree as the bear retreated to silently get his own dart gun which was adapted to his big paws and less manoeuvrable digits. "Julia...is us, please" Kane said, a slight whine in his throat to her as she slowly climbed down and gave them both a tentative sniff before nuzzling each in turn.
As the bear got the dart gun aimed he was suddenly jumped on by Sandy and held in a grip round his neck "our master, you no touch her, we handle!" she said to him in warning. Getting up and rubbing his neck he grunted before stalking off to the van with Julia following them.
It took slightly more time than finding Julia but they finally got her back to the van and with a little extra coaxing, got her into the van and began driving off with her settled next to her two former pets. Sandy and Kane had been told about a virus that had been engineered by a human that was turning any human or animal into a crossed combination of the two, but the pair seemed only concerned for Julia as she seemed to just doze, exhausted from events. "It's truly sad when they go this way, but nothing we can do about it now" Francis said to the bear behind him.
"Why is it she became almost completely feral? And why doesn't she need the stabiliser drug?" the big bear asked his human friend.
"Because she got a heavy DNA dose of not one, but two sets of animals which has overridden her human mind. Her mind has literally been reprogrammed. And she has also changed more than the norm, it is rare and sad but it happens" he said with a grim expression.
"Will she ever be alright then?" he said, looking at Sandy and Kane as they nuzzled Julia worryingly, knowing something was not right.
"That my friend, is something we will have to wait and see about" Francis said with a tired sigh. "And I question if the world will ever be ready to accept those fit for it, all we can do is follow the higher ups orders though and just hope they are right" he said, rubbing the bears head, earning a soft growl from him of concern.