The first sensation wasn't shock, but outrage. Anya blinked, her vision momentarily blurred by the sudden proximity of the floorboards, then sharpened into an uncanny, detailed clarity. Her paws, tiny and cream-colored with dark brown pads, flexed instinctively as she stretched, a low, rumbling vibration starting in her chest – a purr? The indignity!

(an Au where they were transformed thanks to an experimental formula and equipment into a cat. A crew member accidentally got infected by it while getting something from storage.)