EXT. STREET – DAY

Elk is walking down the street, talking to himself.

ELK
Well, that was a hassle. Not only do I have to think of a way to get rid of this woman, but I to take care of her too.

INT. APARTMENT BEDROOM – NIGHT (FLASHBACK)

Mew has taken it upon herself to sleep in Elk's bed, which is no more then a mattress lying on the floor with a few blankets thrown over it.

INT. APARTMENT LIVING ROOM – NIGHT (FLASHBACK)

Elk has pulled the bed out of the couch and is now using it to sleep on.

INT. CLASSROOM – DAY (PRESENT)

Elk is speaking to himself during class. Students next to him watch the young man out of the corner's of their eye's.

ELK
(whispering)
But why does she act like that? That knock to the head could have something to do with it, but I don't know much about that.

INT. LUNCHROOM – DAY

Elk is sitting alone at a table. He watches a group of girls wearing scrubs pass by.

ELK
That's it. I could ask one of them.

Elk gets out of his chair and begins to follow them to

HALLWAY

Elk zeros in on one girl. This GIRL (20) has a small frame. Her hair is tied back in a long, single, braid. Her glasses are an expensive designer brand. She is walking ahead of the crowd.

ELK
(whispering)
That's Aida Landford. She's probably gonna be the valedictorian of the med. students. She'll be a good one to ask.

GIRL A
(whispering)
Was he talking to himself?

GIRL B
(whispering)
Yeah. How creepy.

AIDA (V.O.)
And he was talking about me...

Elk passed the two girls and approached Aida.

ELK
Excuse me?

Before he could get another word out, the girl turned violently and lashed out.

AIDA
Look, you don't need to say anything. I'm not interested in you so you can forget asking me to eat with you, or for dinner, or whatever little date you might have had planned. Okay?

The two girls passed them by.

GIRL B
(whispering)
Ouch. Harsh.

GIRL A
(whispering)
No kidding.

Elk was confused, but he soon gathered himself.

ELK
(whispering)
Wow, bad attitude.
(normal speech)
Well it's great to know...that, but I just wanted your professional opinion on a medical condition. That's not too much to ask, right?

Aida froze, her face slowly began to turn red. She took a second to adjust her glasses and then said with a strait face:

AIDA
Okay, if that's all you want. But you have to buy me lunch.

EXT. SCHOOL PATIO – DAY

It's Aida and Elk's turn to order from the mobile food service (AKA "the roach coach"). The girl points out several things on the menu she would wish to eat. After she is served, Elk is left to pay the bill. After giving up the money, he follows the girl inside.

INT. LUNCHROOM – DAY

Elk and Aida are sitting at opposite ends of the table. Aida has plenty of food in front of her, while Elk has none. There is a HUSKEY BLACK MAN (22) on the telephone near their table.

ELK
I didn't have enough for both of us.

AIDA
Quit your whining. Now, what was it that you needed my opinion on?

Aida eats as Elk is explaining the case.

ELK
It's about head trauma. I know it's possible to lose your memory if hit hard enough.

AIDA
Right, amnesia.

ELK
But is it possible to get hit and think your someone else?

AIDA
Yeah, it's rarer but possible.

ELK
So is it possible to get hit in the head, knock yourself out, then wake up and act like a cat?

Aida stopped eating. She was now giving her companion her undivided attention.

AIDA
Go on.

ELK
Well, say for instance something like that did happen. When they wake up they act like a cat. They crawl around on all fours, they only speak with meows and purrs, and they don't eat using their hands.

Aida stops and thinks for a moment.

AIDA
That's quite an advanced case. To act like another person is one thing, but another species...It sounds more like Dissociate Identity Disorder then something along the lines of amnesia.

Elk waited for her to clarify.

AIDA
Multiple personalities, or something along those lines. I would like to ask how this person received these injuries.

ELK
The thing is, I don't know how she got those injuries.

AIDA
I see.

She takes a few bites of her food.

AIDA
(speaking with her mouth full)
If perhaps she received it in a fight, she could conjured this personality to deal with the emotional pain, but I can't say for sure. I need more information.

ELK
I see.

Aida puts her food down and adjusts her glasses.

AIDA
I want to meet her.

ELK
(nervous)
What? Who?

AIDA
(leaning forward)
This girl you found who acts like a cat.

ELK
What makes you think...

AIDA
You can cut the act, you already gave yourself away. You tried to keep gender neutral throughout the conversation, but when I asked something you didn't know, your "it" became a "she." And I get the distinct feeling that you found her.
(leaning back)
So, let me take a look at this woman.

HUSKEY BLACK MAN (O.S.)
Give it up man, she's got you beat.

The pair turned to the interrupter. He was sitting next to the pay phones, but the receiver wasn't against his ear.

HUSKEY BLACK MAN
I want to meet this cat girl too.

Elk looked upon this guy with narrow eyes.

ELK
(in a calm voice)
Who the hell are you?

HUSKEY BLACK MAN
Oh yeah, everyone calls me TNT, it's my initials. I'm an electronics student.

ELK
What I wanted to know was...

TNT/HUSKEY BLACK MAN
Your not gonna get a proper diagnosis if you don't take this girl to meet your little pet, are you?

Both Aida and TNT shake their heads.

ELK
(whispering)
Forget it, I lost already.
(normal tone)
Alright, I'll take you BOTH to my apartment.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT – DAY

Aida is exhausted, and TNT is sweating profusely. Elk, who is completely fine, opens the unlocked door.

TNT
Why is your door unlocked?

ELK
In case she remembered something, she could just let herself out.
(to himself)
But then I guess she could just let herself out anyway if the door was locked.
(normal)
Whatever, I just don't feel like locking it.

Elk opens the door and lets his two visitors in.

INT. LIVING ROOM

Mew was lying on the couch but then snapped to attention. She rolled off the couch and approached the master. Aida had just caught her breath and entered. The moment she saw Mew she froze, unable to move. TNT bumped into her when he tried to enter.

TNT
Sorry, all you all right?

AIDA
Y, yeah.

When the med. Student was brought back into reality, she approached the cat girl.

MEW
(meow)?

ELK
(patting her head)
It's okay, let her take a look at you.

Mew hesitated, but she let Aida get closer to her. The student began with looking at the head wound. It had healed up pretty nicely, there was barely a mark. She then began looking at Mew's arms.

AIDA
Wow.

She looked at Mews legs.

AIDA
She has pretty tone muscles. If she got that injury in a fight, the other person must be worse off.

Aida noticed that Mew wasn't wearing any shoes.

ELK
She didn't have any shoes on when I found her.

Aida looked back and nodded. She instructed Mew to lay on her stomach, so she could get a better view of her feet.

AIDA
Interesting.

ELK
What?

AIDA
Her feet.

ELK
What about them?

AIDA
Quiet! Give me a minute.

Aida felt Mew's feet, all the way from the toes to her heels. Mew purred as she did so. After she was finished with the "foot massage," Aida began to pace back and forth as she thought. When she had completed about five laps, she spoke:

AIDA
This girl didn't get this way from the head injury.

ELK
What?

TNT
(overlapping)
Explain.

AIDA
(lifting Mew's foot into the air)
Look at her feet. The tops of her feet are very rugged, while her heels are very soft and smooth. Then there's the tone of her calf, thigh, biceps, triceps, and all the forearm muscles. Her legs are less developed then what they should be, but her arms are the opposite.

ELK
And that means...

TNT
(interrupting)
That she's been walking around on all fours for a while!

AIDA
That's right. Very good.

TNT looked proud of himself. Elk looked annoyed.

AIDA
While I still don't know why she's like this, I can say that she's been a cat girl for quite awhile.

ELK
So the head injury had nothing to do with it.