A Predator Cub Cat Climbed Onto the Human's Back She Transported It

A predator cub cat climbed onto the human's back. The alarms did not sound when the predator cub leapt onto the human's back, but every trained instinct in the station screamed that they should have. A dozen alien species froze as claws, curved, obsidian, designed to tear armored flesh, hooked gently into a human's jacket, and settled between her shoulders. The predator cub, offspring of the Vraxi Apex line, a species whose adults could dismantle a light tank, curled its tail around her collar, and rode her like a living mantle. Mara moved through the station all shift, engineering first, where she crawled through a maintenance conduit while the cub flattened itself instinctively, claws braced, eyes alert.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/little-scifi-stories-on-the-go--7033804/support.