Maria awoke, sweaty and tangled in the sheets of the narrow cot in her cage. She sat up and could feel the difference. It was hard to put a finger on exactly what had changed at first as she ran her hands over her body. This ten by ten cage had no mirror so she was forced to explore manually. She ran her hands over her arms and was it just her or was the hair thicker, more bristly? Was her nose broader, twitchier? Her mouth bigger? Her nails darker? All of these?
She sat down in despair and yelped in sudden pain, leaping back to her feet. She felt down her spine and felt a tiny nub above her ass at that moment and her heart sunk. The injection. They'd said it worked differently on humans. It must be the recombinant animal dna samples they included. Which meant she might be becoming-
"Here Piggy!" The guard said, interrupting her train of thought and confirming it in the worst way possible. She let out a ragged sob as she saw the bucket he was deposited on the floor in front of her, full of kitchen slop and wet mush. "No-" She gasped, "You can't do this to me! This is my project, my vision you-"
The guard glared at her, gripping the taser at his side, "Can it Miss Piggy. You tried to defect to B--- Corp. We can't have that. This is better than dumping you in the river. At least now you get to be part of your vision. Now eat up."
The guard left, leaving Maria to stare at the bucket of slop. She turned away, pacing her cell, wondering what she could do. She was so tired and so hungry. The changes, she puzzled out, must be consuming a massive amount of calories to occur. Minute by minute she glanced at the slop, considering it more and more seriously each time.
At last with a wretched sob she lunged for it, dropping to her knees and shoveling the cold mess into her mouth. It tasted like heaven and was gone in minutes.
Disgusted with herself, with the mess she made, Maria tried to clean herself off but soon found herself drifting back to sleep, exhausted by the changes.