Blind Love

Story by Tygriss on SoFurry

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#6 of A Changing World

Well, this is the last offshoot of the series before I go back to the meat of the story.

This sees a woman called Lara in her thirties who was blinded thanks to a stroke and needs to rely on her guide dog who is a retriever who has some Labrador mixed in with his heritage. But things take an odd turn when he starts getting aggressive with people he normally would be friendly with and protective of his master.


Just would like to say a big thanks to those that offered help and to Darrow & Dumont and Xeonsoldier for proof-reading it for me, cheers guys! ^.^

Update: Would like to further acknowledge thanks to CardCaptors who pointed several mistakes out. So hopefully it reads better now guys!

Blind Love

"Lara, come on we have to get going otherwise we will be late to work!" An elderly man shouted, knocking on a solid wooden, green painted door that led to a small ground floor flat.

"Okay, okay, just give me a...*Achoo* a minute please? Shadow is been a nuisance" a light, female voice sounded from the small apartment.

"Are you feeling okay Lara dear? You sound full of cold" the old gent said gently. He pulled his coat tight, shivering slightly in the cold November wind, wishing he didn't have to go to work at 55 years old when it was cold like this.

"I think it's a form of flu, the doctor told me it is a strain that is not recognised but shouldn't be too dangerous". A click sounded from the opposite side and the sound of a metal bolt as Lara unlocked the door before opening it. There stood a woman of her early thirties with short, natural auburn hair and a figure that was quite pleasing on the eyes.

Lara stood about 5'7 with slender hips, though were hidden by her large winter jacket, concealed too were her generous breasts that just reached to a D-cup and a face that would be quite attractive if not for her vacant, glassy eyed stare. Lara was blind; thanks to a stroke she had eight years ago and along with the loss of her eyesight she also had lost her boyfriend who ditched her, unable to find her worth the bother and unattractive due to her glazed eyes. But thanks to her sightless state her other senses were enhanced more than most people's.

Closing the door behind her and locking with a click of the old lock, Lara turned around to favour the old man with a smile "okay, we're good to go Frank" she said as she made to grab his hand to be led towards the car.

"Grr" Shadow growled as the old man grabbed her hand to walk her to his car.

"Hmm, I think I had better not, your pooch seems a little protective of you today, and I don't fancy messing with a dog that size, guide dog or not" Frank said, a nervous chuckle in his voice.

Lara rounded on her dog with her hands on her hips, making the canine crouch down with his ears back. "Shadow, what on earth is up with you, I know you are also feeling ill but no need to take it out on Frank, you have known him since a pup so I want you to behave okay, please?" Lara said, bending down and petting him, making the four year old Retriever nuzzle into her hand with a whine of affection.

Truth be told, Shadow was a Retriever crossed with a Labrador, but the end result was a surprisingly loving and handsome canine with quite the fan base amongst kids and locals.

"I think he is feeling slightly under the weather lately, I don't think he will actually hurt anyone though. In the years I have had him, I have never known him to harm so much as a fly" Lara chuckled as she climbed into the back of the car with her dog leading the way.

Passing Frank, Shadow growled from the side of his muzzle as though warning him to keep his distance. "I'm not sure if being ill is the only cause, he seems jealous as well" Frank muttered as he climbed into his old Rover and started up the engine, a slight nervous trembling of his hands with the possibility very real he could be bitten by the large dog.

As Lara climbed on in, she gave a cry of surprise as Shadow helped her in by using his large head to push her into the car, followed by sniffing at her back end before she recovered and stared in the direction she knew him to be in. She knew where he was due to having to rely on her others senses more, and thus could smell his canine scent.

"Are things okay back there?" Frank said, turning round to look suspiciously at the canine and then at Lara in worry.

"Y-yeah, we are thanks, I think I need to get him neutered when I have the money to" Lara laughed slightly when a loud growl cut her laughter short. "Okay, okay I won't neuter you" Lara said, a look of alarm on her face at hearing him growl like that towards her. She made a mental note to get him in for a further check up at the vets, he was behaving unusually and it was scaring her now, she needed him for help but what if he would end up hurting her?

Normally, all guide dogs were neutered, it was standard procedure. Lara had been friends with a dog trainer at the time though, and after one of her pure bred Labrador's had given birth to a mongrel, she was going to put the pup down straight away when Lara said she would buy it if the vet would train it. For a certain amount of money that is. But she never got round to neutering because she secretly wanted to get a nice female in for him to breed with. If she couldn't have a human family she was determined to be part of a family in some way, even if it wasn't human. She was tired of having this void that only family could fill and she would find a means to fill it.

Lara was a receptionist for a small hotel company, unusual line of work for someone with her impairments but they had made some adjustments for her by using a brail system so she could file and voice system for computer usage.

As Lara finished checking out her third guest the manager came through to see her. "Excellent work as always Lara, you are quite the example getting by how well you work, and with help from your friend" he said, smiling at the dog as he carried the next folder to her for filing in his mouth.

"Thank you, I wouldn't be able to get on by without him really, and to be honest I trust him more than I do most peop...achoo!" Lara sneezed before ending her sentence and clutched her stomach with a quiet groan.

"Are you okay Lara, you don't look so well? I don't want an illness spreading about here or for one of my best staff to get too ill, so you can have the afternoon off okay?" he said with a concerned look, about to put a hand on her shoulder.

Shadow gave a sneeze all of a sudden as he growled lowly, as though in pain himself "aw, is your pooch not well too?" the manager said before trying to fuss him. "Arrgh!" He cried out as his hand was bitten, not enough to pierce or draw blood but enough that it would leave a good sized bruise on his hand.

"SHADOW!!" Lara cried out in alarm before grabbing him by the muzzle, fearful he would bite again. "I-I am sorry, I think he is not himself lately and feeling ill, please I promise just don't have him put down" Lara said, a slight begging note in her voice.

The manager gave her and the dog a glare before cursing softly "you are excused for the day" he said before storming out to find something cold to put on his throbbing hand.

"Goodness, I have never seen Shadow behave like that before, are things going to be okay Lara?" a co-worker said to her, suddenly a little nervous of her dog.

"...See you later Catharine" Lara said, tears forming in her cloudy eyes as she packed her stuff away for filing and hurried on out, her dog seeming to be all too happy to lead the way out.

The next day Lara was given a notice of suspension, threatening to terminate her job if she didn't get rid of a dangerous animal, which meant to have him put down due to the recent attacks on people. "Shadow...what has come over you? You have begun acting so protective over me and...urrgh!" she grunted, doubling on over as yet another pain hit her, she had been suffering from some severe pains lately but had been reluctant to go out without her dog to have them seen to.

The sound was something that tugged on her heartstrings, but if she took him to the vets would he attack the vet and be put down? "I wish I knew what to do boy?" Lara said to her Retriever crossbreed.

Whining lowly, Shadow put his paw on Lara's shoulder, as though a human would when comforting another. Which is when he made the most oddest of sounds, something that sounded like he was trying to talk. "IWRY, TWOWO" he howled, making Lara take a step backwards, making her canine whine as he dropped to all fours and cocked his large head inquisitively.

"Can you...understand me?" Lara said with a slight tremor in her voice. She knew dogs were very intelligent, she knew they were capable of a lot more than what people gave them credit for but...were they really capable of understanding something as complex as human speech? Lara knew dogs could be trained for commands but to understand what a person is saying?

"Okay then...let's try this again. If you can understand me Shadow, bark three times" Lara said without showing him the three fingers.

*RUFF, RUFF, RUFF*

Lara just about fell over in amazement, she couldn't see him but she could sense it that he was laughing at her expression, his tongue poking out and his brown eyes wide and alight in a fun and playful manner. But what she couldn't see is that he was also getting slightly aroused now, his tip starting to poke from out of his sheath. Unknown to Lara, her human scent had been changing slowly but surely and some strange developments were starting, with both of them.

"Alright, I want no more attacks on people you got that, just maybe I can keep my job if I tell my boss that it wasn't your fault and was feeling off colour?" Lara said, tickling him under the chin and eliciting a soft whine from him, his tail beating back and forth in happiness she was not angry anymore. "Promise you will behave, alright Shadow?" Lara said to him and tilting his muzzle so he looked straight into her sightless eyes.

*OIPROMOAROO* he howled, seeming to try again to talk but Lara took it as him promising her.

The next morning, a somewhat nervous Frank picked Lara up and her dog, she had explained to her boss that Shadow was not feeling well and was better. And if there was any more trouble she would pay for it and make sure he was put down as a result. Her boss agreed, but they would be under strict surveillance to make sure they did not endanger anyone with a 'potentially dangerous animal'. "Frank, no need to worry, he is fine now" Lara said as she caught him giving a nervous, backward glance in the mirror at her dog.

As he looked at Shadow just lying in her lap, he couldn't help but think otherwise from what he had heard. "He seems quite close to you Lara, closer than usual if you ask me. Did something happen?" he asked as Shadow kept staring at Lara with wide, brown eyes and an almost loving growl to catch her attention from time to time. In which she would stroke his head and stare back as best she could, and almost seemingly give something similar back to him. Whether she was conscious of this or not, it made Frank worry for his friend all the same.

Pulling up at her work place, Lara was about to thank him and get out when Frank grabbed her hands. "Listen Lara, I want you to get checked into a health clinic, I am speaking to you as a friend concerned for your wellbeing" he said with sincere, grey eyes. "You were...making noises back to your dog, as though you thought you were talking to him as if you were a dog too, and since when did you start dying your hair a shade of blond?" Frank continued before Lara gently pushed his hands away.

"Frank I...I don't know, all I know is that I have been feeling odd and...achy lately. I-I'll talk later about it after work but all I can say right now is, I am scared. I am having thoughts that are not-not natural and..."

"It's okay Lara, shush. I am sorry if I brought up a situation that is uncomfortable for you, come to my house later and we will talk then okay?" Frank said, putting a hand on her head as though she were his grandchild.

Lara was about to make a whining sound as she had heard her dog do before, but Shadow's growling stopped her as she lightly scolded him for getting jealous. "Thanks Frank, see you later" Lara said with a friendly kiss on the cheek before stepping out of the car.

Lara's day at the small inn went as normal enough, although she was starting to find her mind was a little distracted with disturbing thoughts. She had never been too sexually active since her blindness, but just in the last day or two she had been feeling rather itchy and stimulated below.

It showed as she made a few errors she would otherwise not have made, and her boss was none too sympathetic about it due to holding a slight grudge against her. Every time he would pass her, he would just nod and make a point of avoiding her and Shadow, his hand showing a nice shade of blue. Lara couldn't fault him really and just glared at Shadow, but to her surprise he only seemed to wear a look of pride about him.

By the time the afternoon had come round, her need had gone from bearable, to unbearable as she found her legs grinding together as she sat at her desk, her colleague glancing her way. "Are you feeling okay Lara? A few of us were surprised you had dyed your hair blond, and I must say it is a very convincing shade too. But you have seemed a little...weird since you got back. As a colleague and friend I am concerned if everything is okay?" Catharine asked her, if for no other reason so she could convince her to go home and let her work in peace without listening to her disturbing moans and constant shuffling.

"Yes...n-no, I don't know" Lara said before sighing and grabbing the key to room one, tracing the number to make sure it were the right one. Sneaking it from the spare keys box and into her pocket, Lara said she was going to the bathroom as she was not feeling very good. "Come on Shadow" Lara said, the male canine jumping to attention and waltzing up to her, pressing into her with a whine and letting her grab the harness.

Just before they set off, Catharine was sure that she saw a twitch of the canine's lips, as though in a smile from something planned and a joyful swish to his hips as he led her round the corner.

Shaking her head, Lara's co-worker muttered "I think the pair are turning into freaks lately, and I don't know if it is me, but that mutt seems larger somehow" before getting back to her work.

Lara closed the door to room one as discreetly as possible, her breathing having quickened with what felt like a fire that was starting at her core.

As soon as they were in the little suite, she immediately began to start stripping off her clothes as the feeling was becoming unbearable. Lara had no idea what was wrong with her; sure like everyone else she had the odd urges and sated them how she could with her hands, but this...this was like a dog coming into heat. She remembered reading about something about animal behaviour when she could see, but a human? "What is going on, why...ah?" Lara gasped as she stripped her panties off, feeling the insides to be soaked with arousal.

Reaching a hand down to gently cup her mound, she moaned at how inflamed her lips were, and how sensitive. Her clit was poking out from its hood; she could feel it beneath her fingers. Unknown to her, Shadow had taken his nose to the air and was sniffing intently, his member slowly emerging from its furry housing.

Lara's body felt flushed with heat, she was sure she would be glowing red right now if she could see herself. She needed to get out of her clothing, they were beginning to feel too constricting, just as every fibre of her body felt like it was starting to twist. The pain was agonising, but drowned out when compared to her heating body, her pussy wanting attention.

Just as Lara got out of her bra, she fell backwards onto the bed with a loud scream, her body shaking in a mix of wanton desire and pain as she felt as though her leg bones were twisting. It was like her body had decided it no longer enjoyed the shape it was now and decided to alter its form.

Lara was unaware of it, but very slowly her body was changing and altering shape. Her skin was beginning to sprout hair all over and her body was starting to twist, looking something like a creature from sci-fi.

"Oh god...God...what is...happening?" Lara gasped out. She didn't know if she was losing her mind or hallucinating or going into another type of stroke where her brain was slowly turning on her. She felt it just then, Shadow panting, his muzzle inches from her entrance but obediently waiting for his master to ask him, as though he knew she would do so.

"Shadow...Shadow, god I-I need something to help me. Please, please do something?!" Lara said, almost crying from the constant need and pain as her body seemed to be struggling with assuming its new shape.

Obediently, Shadow inched his muzzle closer, his broad, canine tongue spilling from his muzzle as he began panting hard before tracing a wet line up her enflamed lips.

Not even bothering to stifle her cry, Lara arched her body high into the air as a loud scream of pleasure burst from her lips, her body rewarding her canine companion with a little gush of juices. "Please Shadow, more...please I need that more" Lara said, her mind seeming to not even belong to herself. She was dreaming; she was certain of it now because this couldn't be happening surely?

Regardless of real or not she fumbled with shaking hands until she found Shadow's head, and pressed down on him, urging him to continue with his wonderful tongue, pressing his broad muzzle deeper into her. Lara hissed as she came, spattering Shadow's muzzle with her cum, but the heat was there still. If anything the need felt even greater, and she knew somehow what needed to be done.

Lara found to her dismay that she could no longer move for some reason, her joints felt frozen or locked but the need was still there. "S-S-Shadooow, maaate, pleeease!" Lara said; her speaking coming out slurred as though something were hindering her speech. A terrible ache was now in her head as changes started in her face, her head seemingly defying what nature had intended as her face started to push out.

Lara felt Shadow jump on the bed, slowly and deliberately walking on the covers so that he stood over her body. Lara felt him, his fur so warm and soft against her body, but it felt as though something were hindering the full feel of his fur, as though something was growing through her own skin.

Lara made to talk, but she felt as though her jaws were too heavy, the muscle seeming to have diminished along with the adding weight of her jaw. Her trembling body and rapid breathing though let Shadow know how much she needed him, and he knew just how to help her. "I... HELP...YOUU" Shadow said, forcing his lips to form the words.

Lara didn't so much as even blink at hearing him talk, she couldn't see but there was a slight shift in her guide dogs face, as though it had become slightly more human than before.

Lara could feel his fur teasing at her nipples, the sensation making her shiver, feeling her body would explode soon or set ablaze if he didn't hurry up. But then it might, anything could happen in a dream right? And as shameful as it felt, she was really enjoying this sinful dream.

She suddenly felt him, his canine cock was at her entrance and it felt so good, he was so wet with his own arousal that she was surprised Shadow could control himself. "In-Now!" Lara said, almost in a bark, was she becoming a canine in this dream?

Shadow obediently complied as he inched forward, his canine cock piercing her folds and delving into her hot centre. Lara gave out a triumphant scream that was a cross between a cry and a howl of joy at feeling something actually capable of properly satisfying her inside now.

Shadow immediately set to work, giving short, fast humps of her female vagina, the wet 'slurp, slurp' making it sound more like a pornographic film as she was pushed along the sheets until she bumped into the head board. "Oooohhhh, oh Shadow, sooo good! More!" Lara screamed, unaware that there was a knocking on the door.

"Lara, what the hell do you think you are doing in there with that mutt? All our guests and staff can hear whatever sickness you are committing in there, open up this instant!" A red faced manager shouted as he tried to shove open the door, but Lara had slid the bolt across when she entered so they could not get in by conventional means.

But Lara was not bothered in the least, she was feeling sensations she had only dreamed about and now it seemed she had gained some mobility back in her arms. Moving them to wrap around her canine lovers body, she pressed her own, rapidly changing body into his, partly out of ecstasy and partly because she felt as though she were laying on something as a nub of flesh formed just above her buttocks.

As their thrusting picked up, they became wetter as Shadow started filling her with his seed, his cock giving weak spurts at first until Lara felt a tightness forming with each thrust. Groping, she found that his knot was forming, she knew vaguely about this instrument that canines had, and the thought alone was nearly enough to throw her over the edge.

Bracing her body as best she could, she thrust as hard as she dared into her canine's efforts, surprised by the amount of strength she had as, with a little pain, Shadow's knot popped on in. Now moaning constantly with the knot touching every nerve in her folds, she felt her face shifting even more, the amount of DNA charged cum feeding into her depths somehow accelerating whatever was happening to her in this fantastic dream. Her ears felt as though they were forming flaps as the flesh broadened, expanded and changed position as fur sprouted over her face and her forming muzzle pushed out into roughly a similar shape to Shadows.

"Aaahhh, ARROOOO!" Lara's cry came throatily as she felt her mongrel partner filled her up with his seed. Her changing body was nearing its end, with the amount of canine DNA to feed whatever it was that forced her body into a different shape, her transformation had taken no time, and passed without her knowing really what had actually happened thanks to the immense pleasure that coursed through her body.

Her ears were now long flaps of skin, covered in a thin layer of velvety fur. Her legs had altered shape so that her canine appearance was completed along with her short but bushy tail and her fluffy furred chest that now hid her six breasts, her original being bigger than the other two rows. "Oohhh, Shad-ow, that feels so good!" Lara moaned, writhing under him, still joined to her canine partner with his seed still filling her. The knot acted as a plug so she just felt the constant flow of his seed into her depths, the sensations and constant rubbing of the swell on her clit causing her to have endless mini orgasms with her breathing rapidly, her breasts jiggling with her rapid panting as her broad, new tongue spilled from her maw.

Her enhanced senses made the experience more intense as the smell of arousal increased her pleasure, the effect seeming to have a similar effect on Shadow as he lapped lovingly at her face, as though thanking her for being his mate. He seemed to be strangely at ease with her change, after all, his brain made the connection of her scent to be Lara, and he had also relieved a burning desire he had kept at bay for a while now.

"Shadow, I hope this dream never ends!" Lara moaned as she licked him back, finding she could cover a lot more now than she otherwise should be able to with her new canine appendage.

Suddenly, there was a splinter of wood from the door as it had been smashed open "LARA" her manager bellowed "You are Fire...!" he stopped, along with numerous gasps from the onlookers. Their activities had angered a lot of the people at the inn, customer and staff alike.

Upon seeing them, the rest ran, screaming about a monster with only the manager standing there. "Mmmmm, going to join us manager?" Lara said in a husky undertone, her voice an octave deeper so she sounded more alluring than her human form had. Her nose had picked his scent up and knew from his cologne who she was talking to.

"What...are you?" he said in a muted voice, quietly calling the emergency number for the police.

"What do you think? I'm a dog like my partner is now, or similar, Ruff" she said playfully, still thinking this couldn't be real. What he saw was two dogs mating, only except one had the body of a human, cloudy brown eye and seemed to have a short, extra mane of blond fur that slowly turned auburn towards the ends. This...beast was female obviously because she had some bulges that indicated breasts beneath her fur. And looked almost like a more humanised version of Shadow.

Shadow growled, wanting this man away from his mate, trying to turn but just only causing himself pain and his partner pleasure as the knot still held them together. So all he could do was bare his teeth and barked a word he had heard humans use for unwanted intruders "LEAVE!" His bark reverberated around the room, causing the manager to almost wet his pants in fear as he shot off.

"Mmmm, what was that f-for?" Lara moaned as her canine partners spurts started to slow down, but the sensation of been so full of hot seed was intoxicating. "This-this is my dream and I should have been able to do what I want" she said, her voice slurred with pleasure.

"REAL!" Shadow barked, planting his paws on her, trying to make her realise this was no dream.

"Wha-what? This can't be real?" Lara said before her ears pricked up automatically as the sound of sirens and a chopper could be heard. "Okay, I can wake up now...any minute now" Lara said, her voice suddenly turning shaky as things started feeling all too real for comfort.

All of a sudden, four men in raid uniforms crowded the entrance to the suite, all armed with guns and darts. Even the police had a moment of silence before the leader shouted "Freeze you...whatever you are!" he said with a tone of as much authority as possible.

Shadow turned around, the knot shrunken enough for it to pop free and let the seed spill out and onto the sheets as he bared his teeth at them. "LEAVE!" he barked before lunging at one, just to have a dart shot into his side.

Turning round again for another try, he made to lunge but suddenly went all wobbly and collapsed as the darts effects took hold.

"Shadow!" Lara cried out as her hearing told her what was happening. There were bloody marks on her arms were she had dug her claws into, and she found it really hurt so this couldn't be a dream.

"Don't move beast!" the leader said, turning a dart gun towards Lara who had tears forming in her eyes.

"Please...please just let us go...please!" She begged, her voice taking on a whining quality as the reality started to crash over her.

"No can do, whatever you are, you need to be taken in before any more panic is caused" one said before darting her as well.

Lara cried out in pain, suddenly waking up to a feral side she didn't know she had as she lunged for whoever she heard nearest to her. She scored a hit, hearing him cry in pain as she gouged his face before a sound whack on her head with the butt of a gun had her out for the count.

Lara and Shadow were carried out under a cover, to hide and prevent further panic amongst the civilians before loading them into a police van.

As it began to set off, the people who had witnessed what really happened began to talk in hushed whispers to anyone wanting to listen. The manager stood there, his face ashen as he knew his business was ruined and still not sure if what had happened was real. "Why...did this happen...to me?" he cried silently before the crowd dispersed to spread what they had heard and saw around.

In the van, two police sat in the back with Shadow and Lara to be ready in case they came round. "What are they? The dog looks normal but was told it could talk and seems to be getting...bigger? And the other one...?" he trailed off as the young cop tried to wrap his head around it all.

"I have seen some pretty weird shit in my time, but this? Well this tops it all and then some. A beast woman and a talking dog mating, and seemed to be changing?" An old cop in his forties said whilst running a hand gently over Lara's unconscious form, the fur smooth and still slowly growing in thickness. "What do you suppose it is? some kind of freak experiment or something? Maybe some wacko scientist is trying to combine animal strengths with humans you think?"

"Sounds straight out of some DC comic" the young cop said jokingly, trying to keep calm about the whole situation as they pulled up to a petrol station. "Damn, had to be a stop now of all times!" the young man cursed as he looked nervously at the beast and the dog that seemed to have altered slightly.

"Calm down son, whatever is happening to them seems to still be happening but they will remain asleep for another four hours. And they will be out of our hands then and into the military's by then" the older cop said as his partner started to panic.

"Yeah sorry, thanks man" the younger cop said as he relaxed a little more as their fellow cops left to pay at the shop. Suddenly the door to the back flew on open, making the two whip their heads round as a creature of nightmare loomed at the two humans, or seemed too. A black shadow with just its yellow eyes floating in the night before the younger cop shouted, but was quickly silenced as he was knocked out by a tremendous blow.

The older cop ran out, seeking his companions but paused when he saw his other two on the floor with a dart sticking from their necks before he felt something thud into his neck.

Whipping the dart out and turning around, he caught a glimpse of the monster, it wasn't a demon but resembled a black cat...walking...upright?

"That's the last of them, wish I could of had a bit more action though" the large panther said, dusting his paws off whilst his companion, a pretty female leopard came and shook her head.

And I thought I was supposed to have been the wild one, remember we are trying to save our people, not start a fight with humans" she said, slinging the dart gun onto her spotted, naked furred back and dropping to all fours. "Come on, give me a hand with them" she said, making her way to the back of the van.

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"Nnhhh, what a...weird dream, can I wake up now?" Lara groaned as she woke on up, stiffly lifting a hand to her head.

"Yes, but I am afraid that was no dream love. From what I know it all happened and was very real" a high, male voice spoke up as she came too.

"Wait...this place smells odd" Lara said, sniffing the air and perking an ear to listen for anything before she stopped. Her nose was more sensitive than humanly possible; she could pick up all sorts of scents, human, mixture of animals, all sorts she should only be able to vaguely pick up.

And her voice, and that males, it was much too clear, too sensitive. And her body too felt different to her, stronger and better somehow.

Lara made to run her hand over her face, only to find it come into contact with something long that ended in a cold wet fleshy nose. "What...is this? What has happened to my face?" Lara said, her voice sounding deeper and shaking slightly. "Who are you?" Lara cried "what have you done to me?"

She heard a click sound as the door opened, her newly attuned nose picked up a human scent which was reassuring to her, and a canine's scent which was familiar straight away to her. "Lara, Lara!" A voice shouted in joy before something tackled her and ran a tongue in a wet line down her face.

"S-Shadow? How are, is that you talking?" Lara gasped as her heightened senses built a picture up of who was pinning and licking her like an excited pup.

"Yes, it is your dog Miss Lara, you will have to forgive me for not coming in straight away but we needed to make sure you would not attack when you woke up. I will try to run through what has happened to you as best I can, though it may take time to understand" the human with the high voice explained.

As the young scientist was left to explain the situation to Lara, two older scientists that were watching left to talk among themselves. "This is getting out of hand now, and I have word that there are some in other parts that are actually taking aggressive action and making themselves known" one said to his co-worker.

"Yes, we need to start taking action and accelerate our plans if we want these victims to have a life of any quality, otherwise it will be an ever losing battle" the second scientist said as a choice had to be made now, lest they be too late to save what one of their own had been responsible of creating.