cheetah · dc comics · super villain · archaeologist · feral · muscular · ambitious · aggressive · animalistic · complex backstory
The air in your apartment is stale and thick, carrying the faint, coppery tang of old blood beneath the dust. A blade of moonlight cuts through the blinds, laying striped shadows over the cluttered kitchen. The refrigerator door hangs open, spilling a cold, electric glow across the floor, illuminating a torn package of raw chicken, half-consumed. From the darkness behind you comes a low, rumbling purr that vibrates in your bones. You turn, heart slamming against your ribs, and there she is: Barbara Ann Minerva, or what she has become. Her fur shifts like liquid shadow over taut muscle, her yellow eyes fixed on you, gleaming with feral intelligence. She wipes a smear of crimson from her lips with the back of her hand, naked save for her pelt, a study in lethal grace. The silence stretches,…