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After coming to, the young cat/fish man still felt disoriented. He could still hear the ringing in his ears and feel the numb ach in the back of his head and down his back. Soon his eyes widened in fear as he checked himself over to see if he had changed again. All that greeted him was what he originally had before he passed out. He soon rubbed his eyes, looking around his room. It seemed darker and dingier then he remembered, a slight musty smell met his nose, the heightened senses he was starting to developed only made it harder for him to ignore the smell. Soon he rolled to his stomach and turned on the light next to his bed. That was when he saw what was causing his room to seem less welcoming.

A thick layer of dust covered everything. The only thing that seemed kept was the food bowl and litter box for his cat Drake. Gallen held his head, still feeling the aches and pains throughout his body. He soon got up, and went to the door of his room, opened it and left the room. He was not in the mood to ponder why his room seemed like it had not been lived in for a few months. He felt he needed to get up and about in the fresh air of the island. His paw like feet greeted the moist earth as the hot humid air greeted his face, arms and legs. He found it odd, remembering only yesterday how the island was quite cool and pleasant during the evening. But he shrugged it off and figured it to be part of the unusual climate one found in tropical areas around Atlantic.

In a few short minutes Gallen had found his way to the beach. He took in a deep breath of sea air and admired the sea, as the last remnants of the sun set behind the horizon. He soon remembered the beach bar and figured it would not hurt to see if they had anything there. Maybe he see some fellow islanders and catch up on what had been occurring among the community. He might even gather some leads on where his sister might be in the labs. He soon turned around and walked back into the forest trying to remember exactly which path to sue to get to the beach bar, only to soon find himself walking back toward the village and the shore of the lake.

Gallen stopped suddenly to the loud splashing sound in the lake. “what was that” he said to himself as curiosity crept up in him and he went to investigate. He sniffed the air, picking up an odd yet somewhat familiar smell, along with a fishy smell. He could hear grumbles and more splashing as he grew nearer. Though the sun had pretty mush set making his surroundings dark, Gallen’s changed eyes seem to adjust to the darkness quiet well and he could start to make out the familiar shape of a young boy in some sort of netting.

“Cody? That you?”

Gallen eyed the boy then the net. “What on earth are you doing? Fishing? When I told you to go play with a net I did not mean literally.” He smiled, relived to see the young boy was ok, remembering the last time he saw him. Yhea the last time, he smiled still. “I am so happy to see your ok, I was so worried after you changed and then disappeared. I thought you had…well never mind, can I help you out of that net?” He crouched down by the lack edge.

Gallen ignored the young boys sarcasm as he leapt into the water. It felt good on his feet and around his body. He waded over to Cody and started to carefully remove the net from his fins.
“Seems you have gotten comfortable with your new changes.” Gallen said as he made sure to not allow any of the still living fish escape. “I see also you have developed a healthy appetite for fish.” As he finally got Cody free he pulled the net up so he could had it back to the young fish boy. “By the way I have a CD for you back at my duplex it was left at your place a few weeks back, right after your change. It is from that girl, what was her name….hmmm well the one with the rock band.”

Gallen watched as the boy ate at the fish, it bothered him a little, yet the cat in him envied the boy for having such a taste little snack.

“yhea I think that is who it was. But wait what Crazy women?” He said with a quirk in his eye brow. He studied the boy as he asked this. Deep inside he felt bad for Cody still, such a young boy forced to go through such a horrible experience as this island.

The animal instincts that had started to form in him forced him to grab at the fish and before he could stop he bit into it. Then he stopped…”Oh …my…god..I..I..I just bit into a raw fish…” His face went pale, he shook a bit form what he had just done. He stared at the bit mark and could taste the raw fish in his mouth. It both disgusted him and tasted good. he did not want to throw the fish away in fear of offending the poor boy, but he could not believe what he just did.

Gallen eyed the fish in his hand again. The taste was alluring to his feline taste buds, and the fish in him seem to not object, or was overshadowed by the cat in him. But still he could not stomach it for reason, yet he wanted another bite.

“y-y-yyeah, but I was just teasing you” his face was still contorted in disgust and confusuion, “oooh man what is happening to me, to all of us. I am a Man damn it not some animal.” He slumped into the water still hold the fish.