Angelica Jones Aka Firestar

Angelica Jones sat in her messy apartment awaking after some explosion. These days she did not feel like doing much of anything since she had been diagnosed with cancer a few months back. Recently, she had been prescribed anti-depression meds and pain killers along with the cancer medication. All the medications kept her feeling wiped out and her mind foggy. She had told her close friends but there was nothing they could do. She knew they had gone to find ways to help her but were not having any luck. For the last few days she had been moping around in her apartment in sweats and eating ice cream. She had ignored the sounds of the freakish thunderstorm that had just went through after waking up. Angelica was crashed out on her couch when she heard a noise from her balcony.

Angelica found it weird since she lived on the eight floor of her building. She looked over the back of the couch and was surprised to see some sort of large cat like creature in the doorway of her balcony. Angelica jumped from the couch and assumed a fighting stance as best she could before she stated, “I don’t know how you got up here but you need to leave back the way you came.”

As the cat moved oddly forward, Angelica took a step back and lost her balance as she slipped on a dirty shirt on the floor. Angelica was about to let loose with one of her microwave blasts when she received the shock of her life. The large cat stood up on its hind legs into the light. Angelica for the first time saw the creature’s face. Although she was radically different, Angelica could still see the features of her close friend. Her mind though was having difficulty rationalizing what she was seeing.

Hellcat said, “Angelica its me, Patsy. I found it, I found a cure.”

Angelica recognized the voice although it sounded more sensual than normal. So much so that Angelica found it pleasing to listen to. “Patsy? What happened to you,” stated Angelica as she turned on another light.

Hellcat slowly twirled as she showed off her new form to Angelica. Angelica stood there flabbergasted. She thought Hellcat looked amazing but not quite human with the fur covered body, tail, horns, black eyes, and her elongated feet with claws. Her general appearance struck Angelica like some demonic humanoid cat. “My mistress improved my form and gave me a gift to give to you if are willing. The gift will kill your cancer and make you stronger and even more hotter than you are.”

Angelica thought she must be dreaming. This could not be real. “Patsy is it really you,” asked Angelica?

Hellcat smiled and said, “Oh yes, it’s me. My mistress gave me the gift and made me stronger and immortal.”

Angelica’s rational mind began to kick in as she stated flatly, “How do I know this is real, that you are really Patsy. That you’re not just some sort of devilish doppleganger or sexual illusion.”

Hellcat knew to expect this and simply stated, “How would I have known about your breast cancer if it wasn’t really me. You only told us girls, you didn’t even tell Vance. Instead you left him so that he wouldn’t suffer while you did.”

Angelica sat stunned, it was true, only her three best friends, Hellcat, Black cat, and Spectrum knew that. All she could say as she noticed all the new changes to her friend was, “It can’t be you, you’re so … different.”

Patsy moved slowly forward, cautious not to scare her friend. “It is me silly, I even know of that night when you initially broke it off with Vance and all four of us got so drunk that when we got back to Felicia’s apartment, Spectrum passed out and us three actually made out a little. You stopped at third base, but continued watching me and Felicia go all the way.” whispered Patsy.

At that point, Angelica knew it was her best friend, but was still weirded out and attracted by her friend’s new look.