Meow?

This is where I lose my cool. I grab the bars with both handpaws and start shaking the cage as I wail, screech and caterwaul at the top of my new voice. I keep at it until the door at one end of the room flies open with an audible thud, and a person enters.
I am momentarily distracted by the realisation that the new arrival is a two-legged animal just like me. Well, not quite. This one is a dog. A big dog with short black fur and floppy ears. Taking a second look I realize it's a Labrador Retriever. A "Lab", presumably working at the lab. Someone's idea of a joke. I might have laughed if I wasn't so scared. Instead I resume my wailing.

The lab Lab is wearing what looks like some kind of guard uniform and carries a heavy stick which he proceeds to beat against the bars of the cage as he snarls at me. A few seconds of this is all it takes for me to pipe down and crawl into the far corner of the cage.

The dog abandons his exercise with a final snarl, showing a bit too many teeth for my taste, and walks over to sit on the teal couch. A bit calmer, I sit down and ponder the situation. The first possibility is that the lab people lied about sending me home, and are keeping me here for some nefarious purpose. And they probably got this poor mutt to guard the place by lying to him too.
The second option sounds a bit better. Maybe they are just keeping me in quarantine for a while, or for training. But then why the cage and the guard?
It occurs to me that I have no idea how long I have been out. For all I know it may have been long enough for more people to be transformed, and a canine group to raid the lab and abduct several new animals including me. This place could be pretty much anywhere in the world...

I have just started thinking about possible ways to communicate with the guard when he gets to his feet and walks out the other door.

1. I fall asleep.
2. The guard returns with food.
3. The guard returns with a couple of wolves.
4. The guard returns naked, walking on all fours and on a leash. What the heck? And who is that leading him?
5. I notice a bright red spot on the wall.
6. Night falls.

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