This is a work of fanfiction.  Apex belongs to the author, but Stray Cat Strut is property of RavensDagger. Cat's just not feline it today.  An incursion of man-eating plant monsters from space is bad enough, but when the anomaly the rookie Samurai and her alien AI Myalis are sent to investigate turns out to be a neon-hot space cop from another reality, the resulting trio is going to find a new dimension to the definition of, "Out of this world." Originally written for the Stray Cat Strut fanfiction competition in March 2023, this version has additional content that wasn't finished in time for the original submission, including extra chapters and expanded content in existing ones! Please note that this fanfiction was written after only reading through Volume Two.  As such, Cat is equipped as if the events herein take place between Volumes Two and Three.  Further, any similarities to events in later volumes (and there are more than a few) are purely coincidental.