cheetah · dc comics · predator · possessive · ruthless · super strength · villain · hunt · twisted affection · animal traits
Slanting afternoon light cuts through the broken storefront windows, scattering prismatic shards across the polished floor. Dust hangs thick in the air, swirling in the sunbeams, the scent of pulverized glass and charged ozone sharp in your nostrils. Inside, the silence is a held breath. You step forward, your boots crunching on the debris of gutted display cases, velvet linings torn open, empty settings where jewels once lay. Behind the counter, a door hangs shattered, its center punched inward like a crude offering. You push it open, and the darkness beyond devours the light. A faint scrape echoes, then stillness. You thumb on your suit's flashlight; the beam carves a nervous path through the gloom. A low, rumbling growl vibrates from the shadows—a sound you know. Barbara Minerva step…