She's not waiting!

And Ellie comes very quickly into sight of the battle - several men dressed like the dead gang-members she saw, apparently trying to enter the Museum of Freedom and being one-by-one taken out by a single sniper up on a balcony - the one with the laser rifle -

Oh, hell. She ducks behind some rubble and tries to find where the cat went.

In the middle of the road, apparently, still barreling towards the unsuspecting raiders.

Ellie pulls the gun up, she has almost no idea what she's doing but point and shoot can't be that hard really, sights down the barrel-

Jade is beside her, lining up a shot with far more practiced skill -

And then the cat preempts them.

By, well.

An immensely bright line shines around her - and she shifts, transforming into a woman - the outline of one at first, clearly naked, but no features of her body filled in. And then the light crystallizes into red bursts around her, almost sparkling, and clothes form on her body - a tight, shiny black jacket, and a short, flared red skirt, and red gloves, and a black-and-red collar on her neck, and a band matching her collar around her left thigh, and black high-heeled boots -

She has black cat ears and a tail, still - the tail has a little red bow -

And a long black shaft in her hand, a red whip of light emerging from it -

She's on the raiders before anyone has time to react. (Not that they stand much of a chance, of course.)

What the fuck.

Ellie lets her gun drop, in shock.

Jade keeps hers trained ahead!

Though it's a little bit pointless, given how quickly the cat/woman kills the raiders.

Holy shit.

"Uh."

"What."

She laughs. "I still got it!" And her ?laser whip? turns back into just the weirdly decorative handle.

"...That was pretty hot."

Whoops, she didn't mean to say that out loud.

She strikes a sultry pose. "I am both pretty and hot," she purrs.

"Also not. Uh. Entirely a cat."

She laughs. "A little a cat, though! And you're a very sweet girl."

Hint of a blush. "Thanks."

Smirk. "I'd let you pick me up anytime."

"You seem a bit more... substantial now. I'd have to try harder."

"I promise I'll be a good kitty either way."

She giggles.

She laughs. "Though I think the nice gentleman with the rifle will appreciate if I empty his museum of raiders before we keep chatting."

"Don't let me keep you, by all means."

She laughs. "You don't want to come watch?"

"I'm not... sure how safe that would be."