The sky was gray with the air
filled with a fine watery mist. Not a sound was heard from the furry
inhabitants in the wooded area. There was no rustle of leaves from the numerous
plants due to there not being any wind to stir them, just the constant drip of
water droplets. The grasses were long and the trees green with droplets of
water refracting the available light. This was open country surrounded by
gently rolling hills, forests, pasture land, and small lakes with a smattering
of towns and villages thrown into the foray of civilization. This was the year
1890 AD in the state known as Wisconsin, the middle part of it in North America.
The stillness was broken by a
soft humming sound and a large triangular shadow appeared. It appeared to hover
parallel to the hill and then it seemed to disappear behind the hill or into it.
Silence was once again the norm although inside and below the hill it was very
active.
Red recessed lighting gave
way to soft white lighting illuminating seven large triangular vessels. If
measured they would be one thousand yards in length and over one hundred feet
deep tapering down to the outside, at the aft section of the ship was at least
six hundred feet wide. The bridge was amidship at the top of the ship that rose
fifty feet above the hull. The wings and apex were blunted to give the ships the
pleasing to the eye look. The outer skin was flat black that was changing to a
mirrored matte black finish. Three landing pedestals extended, the humming
stopped, a hatchway opened amidship and a boarding ramp lowered to the floor
silently. Fifteen male and female humans descended from the ship dressed in
period dress of the 1890’s. A tall, thin man dressed in black, leather like,
flight pressure suit, approached the lead male descending from the ship.
The man dressed in leather
brought his right forearm to his chest with the other man nodding his head
saying, “I gave orders for all personnel to be in local period dress and speak
the local language Navigator.”
“Commander, the Planetary
Systems Alliance is in jeopardy by the Gal’brith. Their representatives walked
out on the council when the Plenerytes levied piracy charges against them.
After the walkout, the Premier has ordered all Starbases to wartime status. It
doesn’t look at all good since Gal’brith attacked the Pleneryte and Broo’th
Confederations. All of the exploratory bases are to be sealed with equipment in
standby maintenance mode but personnel are to be picked up by Ultra Heavy Star
Cruiser. We have sixty Earth minutes to be on the Western slope of the hill
with a personal short range transponder transmitting at two Gigacycles per
second, wide band, with a steady tone.”
“My crew and I will go below
and change clothes, place the base into standby Navigator. Since we are going
onto a cruiser, I suggest taking only the necessities. I don’t understand why
we don’t take our ships because the shields, speeds and weapons far surpass
anything the Gal’brith has available to them.”
“Sorry sir but the orders are
we are to take nothing; all personal items will be returned after the conflict
is over when we return, if we return.”
“What! That’s absurd! What
about our Comms?”
“Nothing Sir, not even comm.
bijous.”
In thirty minutes, the base
was placed into standby. All one hundred and forty personnel were on the hill
after taking the elevator up. All records from the base were transmitted to the
nearest Starbasewith the originals still in the computer.
The Commander took the
passenger lift up to the top of the hill and reset the entry codes to open with
a simple one, two, three, and four. Once the access plate closed, dirt covered
it and an oak wood tree sapling, was planted denoting the spot of entry.
Just as the Commander joined
the other personnel, they all heard the humming sound, which meant one of their
ships was making an approach. On looking up, he saw the shadow of the large
triangular shaped ship as it lowered five times the length of one of the ships
inside of the base
Once the ship was about three
feet off the ground Port side forward and aft hatches opened followed by the
boarding ramps with the visitors hurrying inside the craft.
The ramps withdrew and the
hatches closed, with the ship going straight up to the awaiting stars.
Chapter 2
The year was 2020. It was
raining when the electric car pulled up to the house after driving a mile off a
county road, down the paved farm road.
A man of about twenty-five
years old, five foot nine inches tall with a slight frame, and blond hair in a
ponytail, exited the car. With his deep blue eyes, he looked in every direction
taking in the sights of the house, orchard, domed farmhouse, storage sheds, and
equipment sheds. After walking to the front porch, using a keypad he entered a
code, with the front door sliding letting him in. Taking off his jacket, he
hung it up on a peg set into the wall and went into the kitchen.
After searching, he found
some coffee grounds and prepared coffee then sitting down at the table with a
portable viewer/Visiscreen. He pressed some of the buttons of the Visiscreen
and was rewarded by seeing a pretty receptionist with him saying, “Mr. Saunders
please, Leslie Blake calling.”
“Hello Les, I see you got
inside okay.” Mr. Saunders said.
“Yes I did, this place is
huge compared to my student apartment in Madison at the university. Money is kind of a scarce thing
being a Graduate Student in Anthropology and CompSci.” Leslie said.
“I understand but now you
have one thousand acres of land with a spring fed lake on five hundred acres
plus forest, three hundred acres of orchard with plum, pear and apple trees,
new farm equipment, an AirCar and of course one million credits in the bank. My
fees and all transfers were taken care of by Joe before he died, which included
the taxes for five years. It was fortunate we met at his funeral. ”
“Still I’m at a loss for
words…”
“Joe had no family and you
always remembered him even when your parents died. He knew he wasn’t in the
best of health.”
“I was on the Visiscreen with
him when he had his Stroke, I called for help and met him at the hospital, but
he died on the way there. We were making our plans for meeting in Madison like
we always did twice a month. I had no idea the farm was this modern or even
knowing about the AirCar.”
“He was a wiley old cuss, and
he loved new gadgets. Suppose we meet in two hours at the farm, I need your
signature on some documents.”
“That’s fine it’ll give me
time to drive to the grocery store to stock up.”
“Drive, drive, you have an
AirCar at your disposal kid!”
Fifteen minutes after I
disconnected my Visiscreen call, I was airborne. The machine I was in was very
responsive to the touch but I used the autopilot and GPS. The craft was huge
being forty feet long, fifteen feet wide and six foot high with 6 Gull Wing
doors. I found out later one little switch controls the cargo and passenger
feature. While in flight, I pressed this switch and I had seats up in the back
for twenty people. The top speed was over seven hundred miles per hour with
cruising speed of over five hundred mph. In no time, I was at the grocery
store, stocked up and returned back to the farm. I was in Heaven with this type
of vehicle.
The time really passed quickly
as I restocked the pantry, fridge, and freezer when the attorney arrived. After
fifteen minutes of pleasantries and signing my life away, I owned everything
legally.
Once Mr. Saunders left I was
left to explore the house and explore I did, noticing the house was furnished
with the top of the line furniture and electronics all built in a futuristic
theme. Somehow, I made it to the fourth bedroom that was used as a den and
office.
Sitting at the desk, I fired
up the computer noticing that it was new with holographic capabilities. First,
I saw that the entire farm was networked and harvesting could be done from here
with various pieces of machinery doing the actual work. I then found a letter
addressed to me from Joe that I opened immediately.
Hi Squirt;
If you’re reading this,
I’m with the Maker.
This farm has been in
the family since the late 1800s, 1895 to be exact, and passed down to the oldest child. Since I don’t have any blood family, I decided to leave it to you, as you’re the only family I have.
Anything you need to
know is in the computer, it controls the farm, either ask it from any room your
in or use the input devices. Yeah, the entire farm is wired.
Thank you for being a
good friend to an old man.
My love to you always
and I’ll be watching over you.
Joe
Drying my tears after several
minutes, I said a prayer for Joe and went back to the computer. One icon was
blinking urgently saying it needed to be opened. On opening, I saw it was a
severe weather warning for this area with severe thunderstorms, strong rain,
and strong winds. Oh well, so much for weather control I thought.
I secured the house for the
night and went to the 20’x20’ master bedroom. Checking for clean linens on the
King sized bed; I then got ready for bed and fell asleep very quickly.
Chapter 3
My dreams were far and few
when I awoke feeling disoriented until I remembered where I was. Quickly I
removed myself from the bed, made it up and went to the bathroom. Going into
the attached overly large bathroom, I heard a chiming but an overfull bladder
came first.
I rapidly donned a pair of
jeans nearly running to the front door. On opening the door, there was no one
there but the chiming was incessant. The sound seemed to be everywhere until I
realized it might be the computer calling me.
“Yes computer, if the chiming
is you, what is the problem?” I said as I went into the kitchen to brew coffee
“Your voice patterns are not
Joe, you are an unknown.”
“I am Leslie, I own the farm
now, Joe ceases to exist please delete his sound files.”
“It is done, files are
deleted, and Leslie is now primary voice. There is one status alert, do you
wish a report?”
“Yes computer, report
please.”
“Very little damage was done
to the orchard; robots are in the process of cleaning up storm and wind damage.
There is no damage to the house or buildings. There is a tree fatality from the
wind, an oak wood tree over one hundred years old.”
“Where is the location?”
“The large hill before the
lake, it is on its side, would you like it to be recycled?”
“No, prepare the tree for
firewood, place the cut wood by the driveway in cords.”
“It will be done.” The
computer replied as I poured a cup of coffee, walked toward the front door and
out onto the porch. Once I was outside, I looked toward the hill seeing that
indeed, there was a tree down and it was a big one in girth and length.
Going inside I went to the
Visiscreen and dialed a number committed to memory. It was to Gary
“Mongoose” Avers, my best friend at school. The Visiscreen rang twice and was
picked up by him with me saying, “Mongoose, I need a favor.”
“Sure Les, when do we get to
party out there?”
“I need you to empty out my
room and bring my stuff here, leave the furniture. The next item of business is
I had a tree fall last night so you get the wood for Prof. Wilson.”
“Done that on the packing, so
there are no worries there, Wayne and I are coming anyway. Is the tree a big one?”
“Yep over a hundred years
old, you better get Wayne to hire a big truck.”
“Will do buddy, hey, we’ll
bring the food.”
“I have food here; I’ll see
you when you get here.” I said and disconnected. Going back into the house and
placing the coffee cup into the sink, I decided to finish getting dressed and
passed on the shower until after I checked out where the tree fell for myself.
Grabbing a comm. unit from
the recharger to communicate with the computer and answer the Visiscreen, I
made my way to the hill and the fallen tree. As I walked, I heard the robot
crew busy with the chore of stripping down the branches and leaves.
On arriving at the site, I
felt saddened that this tree was so majestic in life and all it took was a
strong storm to kill it. I thought of all the storms it withstood and the nasty
winters it had seen it resisted that was when I looked at the root area.
I am not a forester but the
roots including the feeder root looked wrong to me. They all were to the sides
of the tree it was as if they curved around an enormous rock and they were not
straight down. It was then I decided to look at the hole that the tree came
from. Looking down into the hole with the sun reflecting off a crystalline and
opaque area of perhaps a square foot, I was intrigued. Due to the fact, it
looked as if something long ago was buried here.
Making my way cautiously down
into the hole watching out for the remains of the roots, I finally stood on the
surface I had seen. It felt like rock with no giving, even when I jumped on it.
The rock sounded and felt solid. Using my hands, I moved more of the dirt away
seeing more of that smooth rock formation. It must have been during my
movements that I triggered a covering, which slid away in the dirt. With the
covering gone it exposed a key pad and what looked like to me like a palm
reader. By this time, I was really excited.
Managing to get my comm. unit
from a pocket I said, “House Computer, can you scan…”
“The device is alien to me
but the code is 1,2,3,4, starting at the top left.” The computer said with me
pressing the code in as it told me to do so with the keys lighting up.
Nothing happened for several
seconds except for the lights came on the keypad as I pressed the numbers into
the pad. Suddenly I felt movement and tried to jump to safety but my feet would
not move and I was being slowly lowered into what I thought was a gigantic
cave. What in the hell had me?
Lighting suddenly went on,
bright recessed lighting and I saw seven Triangular objects that I just knew
were UFOs. The objects were huge in length, height, depth, and width
with matte black finishes. I was in total, startled surprise and awe in this
find, not even realizing the elevator or whatever I was on had stopped.
My mind reeled confusedly
from what I saw that was hidden below the hill. Eventually questions began to
formulate themselves but the answers were not forthcoming. Once I realized my
feet were movable, I walked slowly toward the first Triangular object,
cautiously. I expected the occupants of this mystery to make themselves known,
with them and I wondering, whom is this stranger is and what was I doing in
their domain, but there was not a sound except my almost silent footsteps.
After looking around the
exterior of all the ships, I found what appeared to be a computer data halo screen
that had the words HELLO and SPEAK TO ME on it near a ship with the ramp down.
I was still rattled and was ready to run from fear, and I did. I ran so blindly
and quickly I didn’t realize I had run into one of the ships, up the ramp along
many ramps. I began to calm down and immediately was inundated with voices, and
pictures that only I had in my mind. For some unknown reason I concentrated and
not knowing why I wound up in what I could call the command center of the ship
or what I thought was the command center.
I seemed to relax and
followed the directions of the voices. I lay upon a lounger after I found what
looked like a simple wire metallic crown that settled upon the crown of my
head, next to another lounger. After placing the crown onto my head, I fell
asleep or passed out.
Visions began to clarify
showing me a planet covered with cities and technological wonders. The
inhabitants of this planet were human like and they considered themselves
pioneers, meeting all types of lifeforms both peaceful and aggressive. They
were an old race, called the Pharth that when the primordial ooze was being
formed on Earth, they were traveling the stars of space.
Slowly I awoke checking my
watch, which seemed unusually large, seeing that only fifteen minutes of time
passed I thought. I heard a voice saying, “You are the commander.”
My eyes snapped wide open, I
was confused at first were I was, and then I relaxed because somehow I felt
that I was home.
Chapter 4
Taking an inventory as I
regained consciousness, I just felt different. I remembered my childhood and
the people I shared it with. I remembered my parents along with both the good
and bad times, their deaths, schooling and so on, even Joe that I missed so
badly. Everything was there in my brain including where I was and how I got
here, but who or what in the hell was Beta.
I knew what the mission to
Earth was, to study it, along with seeing this base being built and the former
crews of it. I knew why I was called Commander; it was because I was the first
to enter the base since it was closed off and I was the first person to enter
it by entering the code after a century.
Moving to get comfortable in
the Pilot’s Chair my shoes fell off of my feet and they didn’t look like my
feet, they looked too small. I swore softly and said, “Beta, what did you do to
me?”
“You were enhanced Commander”
“Elaborate enhanced Beta.” I
said as I stood up.
“Unknown to this Psionic AI,
but you went into Cardiac Arrest as your brain was being rewired, so to speak.
Your DNA, once it was scanned, showed a major heart defect and other defects
you would have had later in life. Since you are the Commander, you could not
cease to exist. On scanning my records, I found DNA similar to yours but it was
a fertile female and I reconstructed it in you to keep you alive. My program is
to keep you healthy.”
“Change me back to a male!”
“Your DNA, it was flawed.”
“I don’t care! Change me
back!”
“You must stabilize…”
“Stabilize my ass! You didn’t
save the matrix, did you? I’m sorry but I need clothes first, then we’ll think
of another way. Whose DNA did you use? The first rule as an AI to me, is never
try to lie to me, which is a human frailty.” I yelled.
“I used Sub Lieutenant Dra’na
Kirra’s DNA model for you since you were so similar physically and
anatomically, it is perfect. Your mental abilities far surpass any living human
today. You now use over ninety percent of your brain. You now have telepathy
and know all things the previous crews knew. You even know how I function as
your AI.”
“Have you been keeping track
on the events on this planet?”
“Negative, but now I am
updating since this is the year 2020 on Earth. I am aware of those who plunder
technology in the name of national security. I need to contact homeworld to
update also, since I am ten of your years behind.”
“Okay, but about the homeworld,
I don’t know, you have been updating? We need another entrance, preferably
underground, from here to the basement of the house. Can you join with the
computer in the house?”
”I must update fully from
homeworld, as I’ve been doing it since the base was built for the last one
hundred years. It was then done every ten of your years to give the base status
along with updating equipment. As directed, the tunnel will be completed in 2.5
hours. I am now upgrading that which you call the house computer and adding the
farm to my program. Your clothing is in Kirra’s locker in the resting chamber.”
“Then by all means check in
but, do not tell that homeworld computer I am here!”
It will be done commander.”
On standing, I felt really
different, things jiggled that never jiggled before, and I was more padded in
the hips along with my butt. My waist was thinner but my jeans stayed on, yet
they were tight due to my hips being bigger. Let’s face facts whatever bulges I
had before were now gone. I was now shorter, somewhat smaller, had curves and
bulges where I didn’t have them before. I was a female now, yet that didn’t
disturb me as much as I thought it might but I could do without my male form.
As a matter of fact I was getting used to this form and I was comfortable in
it.
Walking to the resting area
apartments with Beta’s help, I realized I was somewhat glad that the computer
had found the defects in my DNA; perhaps that was why I was concerned about my
sexuality and demanded I be changed back earlier.
Entering the bedroom area was
spooky as I saw clothing that was in fashion at the turn of the century on the
bed along with lingerie of the period. I remembered I saw in a magazine, a
model wearing clothes like these, and she didn’t look the least bit comfortable.
Looking around the room, I
found the bathroom that looked similar to the one in the house; you know
bath/shower, sink, bidet, and commode. I found a closet with more period
dresses and some very slick looking leather like clothes.
Since there was a shower I
decided to head for it, since I didn’t have one that morning. I quickly removed
my ill-fitting clothes and climbed into the shower not finding any water
control valves, and then I thought I needed to contact the computer.
“Beta, please turn on the water
in the shower; make it hot but not scalding. Also scan the New Internet for
women’s fashions and put together wardrobes for me here and in the house to
wear.” I said with the water coming on and it being hot.
While the water converged on
my body, I felt the tingles that I never had before, as wave after wave of
pleasure racked my body. This was the first of many orgasms I had and I loved
every second of it. I remembered being male and masturbating, the orgasm was
quick and forceful, but now being female, I really enjoyed the orgasmic
pleasures more.
Stepping from the shower a
heat lamp and fan started blowing air on my body similar to that of a hair blow
drier. While I dried off, I looked into the mirror seeing a reflection of a
pretty, young woman, 16 or 18 years old. She has curly honey blond hair that
went to the middle of her back, a small nose, cute ears, full red lips, tanned
skin, deep blue eyes, possibly five foot seven inches tall with a slight build
with B+ sized pert breasts. Her waist was small but her hips and butt were
perfect, I was my own wet dream. Going out into the main room, I got the
clothes laid out I was going to wear.
“Commander?” the computer
said to me with me acknowledging it.
“I have a status report, the
tunnel is complete as well as a teleportation station that I added, you have a
complete up to date wardrobe in the house, I am tied into the farm network, and
that computer is compatible with me, still it is old technology. I have
completed updating it.”
“That was quick; did your
minions do it? I assume that the clothes I have are new also?”
“They are, as the other
clothes were over one hundred of your Earth years old they were recycled. I
hope you are pleased.”
“Not really, but I have to
wear something. From now on you will call me Leslie and your name will be Mercury.”
“Yes Leslie, I am now Mercury,
thank you for the name. What is Mercury? A heavy metal? I have also sent you a
modified comm. pad, Visicomm, and jewelry. All maintenance droids have been
reactivated. ”
“Very well. According to
Earth’s Roman mythology Mercury was the messenger of Jupiter. Now let me get
dressed.”
I was still angry with Mercury
for what that damn computer did to me. Quite simply, there was nothing I could
do to change things. I had to live with what was done.
Grabbing the panties seeing
it was a tiny wisp of black satin fabric, I slid them up my legs covering my
vagina and nothing more. While putting on my black bra and settling my breasts
into the satin and lace mugs I thought of what Mongoose and Wayne were
going to say. I really didn’t care, but I needed to tell them the truth, I
thought, as I put on the suntanned bodystocking. It was then my brain started
telling me of the wondrous sensations my body was feeling.
Then I pulled on over my head
a deep red colored, silk, sleeveless blouse that was cut out with a deep vee
and buttoned at the neck. Stepping into soft black, leather with waffling areas
in the thighs and waist, I fastened the zipper and button at the rear of my
waist of the high waisted, cargo pocket, leather pants. Next, I almost choked
seeing the leather, calf length boots with a three-inch stiletto heel in the
same color as the blouse I was wearing. Managing to get the boots onto my feet,
up my legs to my calves, and zippering the side zipper on top of the leather
pants, I stood up. After walking a few steps, I had no problem maneuvering in
the boots.
At this point, my mind was
starting to bring forth my old maleness saying it was wrong to be putting on
this female attire. As quickly, as the thoughts arrived in my brain other
thoughts took over saying it was alright, as I was female now. I was in a
mental turmoil until like an electric switch turned on and the current flowed
through the circuit giving it life to operate.
Calming myself I realized
that I was now a female and from what I gathered, a fertile human female. I was
chronologically sixteen Earth years old with a lifetime expectancy of three
hundred to four hundred Earth years. I was a teenager again. Oh, those hormones
were raging.
It was at this time I
actualized that I spoke and read many languages of the universe besides the
languages of Earth, along with the various societies, cultures, and customs. I
knew the names and locations of star systems, I had never seen. I knew where
all of our ships were along with each starbase. I realized the amounts of the
personnel and their weapons available, if needed.
I then thought about the
specifications of the ships, along with the Operational Guidelines. The
information was available to me instantaneously.
These ships of the Pharth are
called loosely Predators; she was of the Star Chaser Class, a cruiser type ship.
It has active camouflage and all emission control capabilities; it is what’s
called stealth or cloaking mode to and by other vessels, systems, or planets.
All sensors for navigation and ranging are passive, mounted into the skin of
the ships, which can be activated to active if need be. The weapons if needed
are all energy/chemical based from what is called Hellstorm (To us it’s a
chemical Laser) to Gas Plasma generators (Planet Annihilator). Beyond light
speed conversion in space are due to the Starlight Drives and the fusion
generators with a maximum velocity of one hundred times the speed of light.
Gravitronic magnetic drives propel the ship at sub light speeds, all the way
from one hundred eighty six thousand two hundred eighty two point three, nine,
seven milesper second to zero mph, and they are used for maneuvering the
ship. All of these miracles are accomplished without the use of Cryogenic Sleep
Systems or Nuclear Fusion that which Earth still uses for sub-light voyages.
The pilot and the Commander along with the crew control all systems. There is
but one true Commander per base/ship wing or squadron but Sub Commanders per
ship. All other personnel (twenty members) are cross-trained in ship system
operations, excluding the marine assault troops of which there are one hundred
and fifty men and women when stationed aboard.
The ship shielding is partially
impenetrable from weapons from warships, radiation, or foreign objects such as
meteorites to protect the ship systems and its crew. I was further skilled in
navigation, electronics/communications (faster than light), tactics, insertion
and deception, evasion, damage control, and ship operations, I knew just about
everything from sleeping, using the head, sonic shower or even how to use the
food Synthesizer. I was skilled in Marine Assault Tactics and deployments. How
I managed to retain all this knowledge was still a mystery to me.
What were next brought to
bear in my mind are sanitation, grooming, and wellness of my new body. I found
out what was expected from me as a female of the human species along with their
tools.
Without thinking, I went over
to the dresser and placed what appeared to be a translucent bag over my head
with an umbilical cord attached to it. I placed my hands into two box like
receptacles and sat upon a chair next to the gadgets. I felt things happening
to my head and face that can only be described as relaxing fingers. My hands
were surrounded by warmth with the feeling of other hands touching mine,
fingers touching fingers. What woke me from my feelings of serenity was the
stinging sensation at the lobes of my ears. It was then I heard a soft ringing
sound and removed my hands from the enclosures, removing the hood from my head.
Glancing down at my hands, I
saw my nails were now longer, pear shaped and were now red. I hurried to the
mirror and saw that my face was adorned with Earth style makeup, my ears
pierced with little studs in the holes and my hair was braided. It was then I
realized what the bag and boxes did. My mind screamed! It was all wrong!
Another soothing voice
eventually took over for my screaming male voice and this one was female. The
female voice told me to relax as she soothed my mental receptors, which I did.
The voices stopped! I had managed to go back to Kirra’s…now my locker and put
on the black, below waist, quilted padded leather like jacket. I noticed extra fittings
in the jacket and called out saying, “Mercury, what are all of these extra
fittings on the jacket? What in the Hell is in my hip pocket?”
“Those fittings are a part of
the self sealing Space Survival Suit such as pants, boots, jacket, helmet
(which is part of the hood), and gloves; it is designed for working in a vacuum
like space for short periods of 200 hours. It is also projectile and small energy
hand weapon proof. The gloves are in the left hand hip pocket of the jacket. In
your right hip pocket is a personal stunner to protect yourself, all personnel
do carry them. This weapon stuns only, with five energy settings. On your
dresser is a comm. bijous or badge, which is linked to me, it is worn on the
left breast in the shape of three starbursts interlinked to denote you are the
commander. You will also find a necklace and earring set. The necklace and
earrings appear decorative but in fact, they are a crystalline telepathy long
range amplifier. The earrings are transmitter amplifiers and the necklace is
the receiver.”
While Mercury spoke, I put on
the gold and silver bijous into the holes on my jacket at my right breast.
After completing placing the communication badge on, I took the necklace into
my hands putting it around my neck allowing the crystal to rest at my cleavage
and placing the earrings into the holes in my ears after removing the studs. It
felt weird, but not disquieting, especially when I moved my head.
Walking out of the room, I
took a passageway out into the hangar area marveling at how deep the hangar
really is from the top of the hill to below sea level. The entire installation
was several hundred feet below ground. I was in gadget heaven, as I gazed
around the inside of the base.
Chapter 5
Hurriedly I found the
transporter carousel, when I noticed the time. Anytime now, Wayne and
Mongoose would arrive. I was a bit apprehensive at seeing them, as they both
knew the old me. I had no idea if I should tell them both about what happened
to me, or pretend to be someone else. I decided to tell them the truth!
Stepping onto the Carousel I
had found, I told Mercury to send me over to the house. I briefly thought about
all the old Sci-Fi films I had watched and read about, as I blinked out of the
base and into the house basement. In just a few brief seconds, I went from one
location to the house. Damn what a ride that was! For a few brief seconds I was
disoriented and then I recovered seeing my basement in the house.
Springing from the Carousel,
I bounded up the stairs to the main floor going to the front door, seeing that
they had not arrived yet. I pulled on my hood, put on my gloves, and went
outside seeing the cut and stacked wood about forty feet from the house. I was
outside about fifteen minutes and never felt the cold or dampness through the
clothes I was wearing, except for my face. Pulling at my right hand glove, I
saw seeing the seal between the glove and the jacket. I then checked the jacket
zipper area and where the pants ended, these also were sealed. I thought that
this leather like material, whatever it was, was worth a fortune here on Earth.
Suddenly I was thirsty, going
into the house walking into the kitchen area. Washing out the cup I had used
before my change and poured another cup of coffee. It was hot and good for this
type of chilly day. I knew just then that winter was almost here. While I was
drinking the coffee, I heard the unmistakable sound of fanjets and knew my
guests had arrived.
The doorbell rang just as
soon as I heard the fanjets wind down and began stopping it. It was time to
face both Mongoose and Wayne. Laying my coffee cup down I went to answer the door.
On answering the door
Mongoose said, “Hi, is Leslie in? He sure works fast, seeing you here.”
“Come on in Mongoose, you too
Wayne.
The droids will load you up Wayne. Mercury, please have the droids load the heavy
AirCarrier. “, I said as I took them back to the kitchen and they both smiled
as I poured coffee for them, handing them the full mugs.
“Leslie, the Wing is ready.”
“Leslie? Wing is ready?” The
both said in unison with me saying barely audible, “Oh shit! Me and that Damn
computer are going to have words later.”
Wayne then said, “So your name is Leslie too…Okay…Wings are
on birds but I have a suspicion your computer wasn’t talking about birds, was
it? Where is Leslie? He’s not here and we find you waiting for us. Please don’t
say he took the AirCar or his car, because they're still here. Things just
don’t add up!”
Mongoose agreed with Wayne when I
said, “Wayne, you have a very suspicious mind and yes I am Leslie.
I can prove it! Up until about six or seven years ago you worked for NASA as a
pilot, training for a deep space probe, you flew shuttles before that. They
offered you an instructor’s position after your getting sick and you told them
no along with the Navy that was it for your career. You never married because
of NASA being your life, although, you are now living with Jessica Patel.
Mongoose, I took Angie Randleman to the homecoming game against Drake last year
because she didn’t have a date for it. And the answer is no I am not a
transgenderist, this is all me.”
By this time both of their
jaws were onto the ground and I explained everything that happened as the end I
said, “Mercury, have I spoken the truth?”
“You have indeed Leslie, but
your friends seem to be a bit perplexed, if I read their Bio signs correctly.”
“Guys, I can prove everything
that I said and there are no little gray men here, all that’s here is me and my
Psionic AI, Mercury.”
Leading them both downstairs,
after I took off my jacket and hung it up by the front door, I felt their
excitement. Once we stepped onto the carousel, I mentally called to Mercury to
transfer us to the base.
In seconds, we arrived at the
base in total darkness. There was that feeling of disorientation was evident
and passed quickly. I contacted Mercury mentally and told the AI to bring up
the lights to full intensity.
The lights came on in unison
and I saw the looks on Gary and Wayne’s faces. The lights brilliantly lit up the ships and the
entire base. Wayne was the first to get his vocal chords and saying, “Do
you know what this means? It means you have unequivocal proof that this planet
is not alone in the universe. Please accept my sincerest apologies for doubting
you.”
“Mercury, could you make
available a medium that can be read on Earth computers? If so, make available
in English, all diagrams, schematics, maintenance, and specifications of the
Star Cruisers and associated Base Wing equipment. Place the medium into Star
Chaser One.”
“Affirmative Leslie, it will
take twenty minutes.”
“Good, I’ll be in ship one.
Mongoose, why are you so quiet?”
“I’m just overwhelmed and I’m
on sensory overload…”
“You’re on overload! What
about me? With the enhancements to my body and this new body, I’m a mess
mentally. I have new toys to play with, so what? So don’t start your shit with
me Mongoose!”
“She’s right Mongoose and so are
you, however, I look at this as an opportunity. C’mon, our ships are too slow,
below light speed. We freeze people for transit, which is barbaric. Then
there’s radiation. We don’t have any manned deep space probes. I, myself have
dreamed about going into space, getting Cancer disqualified me for it. I want
to see what’s up there.” Wayne said as we walked to the ship that was open and up
the Port side-boarding ramp.
While we walked through the
vessel, I was simply astonished at the engineering to construct this ship. I
also knew where everything was and how to operate the equipment surprising both
Wayne and Gary with Wayne saying, “ I was trained on equipment from the Dark
Ages next to what I’ve seen here, what do you intend to do with everything?”
“I haven’t thought very much
about it, after all I just found these ships and the Base, possibly I would
like to explore the known cosmos, under the international law possession is
nine tenths of the law and I have one hundred percent…”
“Of course there are those
that that would claim National Security of course there’s also NASA, JPL, ESA,
United Nations Office of Space Affairs, and RSSI and I know people at all of
those agencies that would salivate getting copies of what you have. The primary
is to keep the so called intelligence agencies away.” Wayne said,
all hyped up as we made our way to the Bridge.
‘The military will be sniffing
the goods.” Gary said with Wayne saying, “So let them, if it’s for defense of
the human race against aggressors especially if we go exploring then they need
the new technology, but it needs to be controlled from the onset from not being
aggressively used anywhere on this planet.”
“Plus some of the peaceful
technology will be used for the world and emerging third world countries given
freely to those countries.” I said with the two guys agreeing.
While we walked around the
Bridge, I was communicating with Mercury mentally:
<Mercury, could Wayne and
Mongoose be enhanced and their Matrix saved?>
<Affirmative Leslie,
unlike you I need their permission; you were the first to enter the base, the
commander. I have listened to these men and I have heard you and I agree with
the discussion. This AI has made available the documents you specified, six
copies of the media.>
<Very good, I will ask
them.>
“Look guys, I know you like
my toys, however, I need both of you to help me. What I’m asking is if you want
to be enhanced…”
“Oh, Hell yes, as long as I
remain a male.” Wayne said with Mongoose agreeing to what Wayne said.
They both went immediately to
the loungers and lay down placing the wire crown onto their heads. I watched
them both and in seconds, they were asleep. A very bright white and red light
scanned both their bodies stopping every few seconds at different locations. I
watched as they physically regressed in age with Wayne in his early twenties and
Mongoose about my age of sixteen. Body fat disappeared, so did gray hair,
facial and body hair vanished and muscles thickened.
The light went off with
Mercury saying, “It is complete Leslie, they will awaken shortly. They are
enhanced, longevity increased, and tissue regenerated.”
“They will be called by their
names but they are also sub commanders.” I said.
“It has been noted into
memory.”
I went into the Captain’s
Stateroom on the Bridge walking directly into the lounge area, conference room,
galley, and finally into the master bedroom. I looked into the storage spaces
under the bed and the closets seeing that I had a complete wardrobe of not only
uniforms but also other clothing and shoes. Going into the bathroom everything
seemed just like what I had on the base earlier.
I went back to the lounge
area, sat on a lounger and looked at my surroundings. I looked around seeing
Impressionistic, Seascape, and Landscape wall art of what I assumed were other
planets. The more I looked at them the more I liked them.
“Mercury, make certain
Mongoose and Wayne have new clothing.”
“They do and they are getting
dressed in their quarters in the Base next to your new quarters. Everything has
been moved into it.”
“Alright I guess, are my new
quarters near Kirra’s old room?”
“Yes Leslie.” Mercury said
with me speculating where that room was located when it flashed into my mind
along with directions.
Making my way into the
conference room, I found the recorded media I had requested and decided to
leave it there and went from the stateroom to the bridge were I called Mercury
saying, “Are we prepared to liftoff?”
“Yes Leslie, all system are
green, the tanks are full of water and are in standby where are we going?”
“Water? Oh, I forgot about
the hydrogen. Once we liftoff we’re headed probably to Cape CanaveralFlorida, but
that depends on Wayne. Download all air charts and we’ll be cloaked and
Stealthed so figure the right flight plan for us to take.”
“Done Leslie, everything is
prepared for this flight.” Mercury said with me thanking the AI. Taking one
last look around the ship, I walked down the Boarding Ramp directly to my room.
I was pleasantly shocked when
I walked in through the sliding door that opened automatically as soon as I
stopped in front of it; the room was triple the size of Kirra’s old room, it was
the same layout as the ship.
Mentally I visioned Wayne and
Mongoose to come to my suite, as I sat into a lounger. I was getting
comfortable when I heard an incessant chime, mentally telling Mercury to open
the door.
The door opened with Wayne and Mongoose
coming in with Wayne in their Flightsuits saying, “We both heard you Les;
I haven’t figured how to use the telepathy yet. Damn, this suite is just like
ours.”
“My, you two certainly look
good, has the ship’s operations kicked in yet?”
“Mine have, hey mom can I
have the ship for a date?” Mongoose said smiling with me saying, “Dear, you can
use the ship but you have to have it back by ten PM or you’re grounded.” I
said and then giggled.
“Oh Lord, I have two juvenile
delinquents. Anyway, to answer your question, mine are kicking in now, thanks
for the ring and watch by the way.”
“Mercury, how come they got
rings and watches and I didn’t?” I said pouting then I smiled with Mongoose
saying, “You didn’t get any because you were a bad little girl.”
“You know where you can put your…”
“Leslie, they are in your
sleeping chamber in your jewelry box, this AI must have forgotten.” Mercury
said almost humanly with me saying, “Oh Great! I have an absent-minded
computer. No driving for you buddy!”
I walked into the sleeping
chamber and almost fainted, it was as big as the house bedroom, and the
bathroom was bigger. I found the large jewelry case on the dressing table and
opened it. Inside it was a Ladies, Digital, Chrono style watch, and a platinum
ring with an exact copy of the ship detailed in gold into a massive marquis cut
blue Sapphire.
Taking my old watch off, I
placed the new watch on my wrist and the ring onto my right hand ring finger.
Then I saw an enormous collection of every piece of feminine jewelry I could
think of.
It was then I thought of the
closet and dresser. I opened drawer after drawer finding it packed with all
manner of silk, nylon, and lace. Then I walked to the huge closet, opening the
door finding uniforms, flightsuits, skirts, dresses, blouses, sweaters,
blazers, suits (both Pant and Skirts), and shoes. Pair after pair of shoes all
different styles, colors, fabrics, leather and heel heights from flats to
four-inch heels lined the floor.
As a male student, I was
lucky to have several pairs of jeans, sweaters, sweatshirts, and a pair of
sneakers. Now I had more clothes and jewelry than any one woman could use. If
this closet was indicative of the one in the house and the ship, I was in big
trouble.
Moving my head in disbelief,
I walked out into the lounge area and said, “Just wait until you see your
closets later, they’ll be packed with clothes. Look at those monster rings your
wearing, the ship is on the stone, and it’s a real stone.” When I said that
they both looked at the rings in surprise seeing the ship on the largest
sapphires I had ever seen set into gold.
“Wayne, when
you’re done staring at your ring get on the Visicomm that Mercury gave you and start
making your calls. I would like the meeting in one of the empty hangars at Cape Canaveral
tomorrow. Try to keep them guessing by not disclosing too much. Oh and call
Jessica, she can come also.”
“While Wayne is
making those screen calls here, Mongoose you and I are going to check out the
loading of the wood cords.” I said as I grabbed his arm and pulled him from the
suite to the carousel.
Chapter 6
My disorientation this time
was minimal, but poor Gary was discombobulated badly. It took him several
minutes to be normal again but for him I pose this question, what’s normal?
We went upstairs where I got
my coat, put it on, checked my seal, and put on my gloves. All the while, I
explained to Mongoose what I was doing and why I was doing it. He then checked
his suit complaining about his boots and the long johns he was wearing. Maybe he
should try wearing pantyhose or a bodystocking? Anyway, we went outside
noticing that the temperature had dropped. We checked the load of wood over and
made sure it was secure.
In no time, we were back
inside, took off our coats, and went to the coffee pot in the kitchen. We each
took a mug and went to the table with Mongoose saying as we sat down, “Les, are
you okay with what happened to you? I mean if it was me I sure as hell would be
ready to freak.”
I looked at him seriously
saying, “Oh I did freak, not once but twice, I was a mess for awhile then the
programming of the AI kicked in and it helped me a great deal in accepting my
new form. Now I feel more or less okay and I feel as a woman should, I guess. I
mean, I feel as if I was born this way and I’m beginning to love all the
different sensations I get. Damn, I even had an orgasm when I took a shower.”
“I’m satisfied you’re
adjusting, but at first I felt a loss at losing my best bud. Now, it’s as if
you never changed, I still have my best bud. You’re different but you’re not
different. By the way, I had the AI put your stuff into the den.”
“So when are you moving in? There’s
four bedrooms in the house and you have a suite in the Base, and I need
company.”
“Are you kidding? I guess
you’re not; I have about the same amount of stuff in my one room student hovel.
I think I can do it all today. Mom, may I use the AirCar, I promise I’ll be
gentle with it.”
“What’s with this mom stuff?
Sure you can use it, but one scratch and you won’t ever fly my ship.”
“Whenever I needed the car I
always asked my mom so you’re a female without children, thank the Lord, I
needed to use the AirCar since my car went bust so…”
“Mongoose please promise me
you’ll never change, you’re as nutty as ever. You know something, I really love
you, you moron.”
“Might we go to bed together
and play with each other under the sheets?”
“Honey, I really don’t think
I’m ready for that yet but maybe in a few days we might.” I said mischievously
as I smiled at him just as Wayne flew up the stairs with him saying, “Damn it’s good
to be younger and fully fit. Anyway Jessie says hi and she thinks we’re taking
a commercial flight, she said she’ll go.”
Wayne grabbed a mug of coffee
and joined us at the table saying, “The Cape is ours, NASA, JPL, ESA, United
Nations Office of Space Affairs, and RSSI, have all agreed to meet there. All I
had to say was Faster Then Light Drives and if they could be there today, they
would. Be prepared because each group is bringing five additional people. Okay
and I specified no military or spook types are to come as we’ll know who they
are and exclude them from the meeting.”
“That sounds excellent,
Mercury, I want an agreement made up in the form of a non-disclosure to the
intelligence and military communities. Nothing they get can be used for war on
Earth, ten copies each with eight blank spaces for signatures for download.
Also have two droids go with Mongoose in the AirCar to unload Wayne’s wood.”
“It is done Leslie and on the
conference room table on the ship. The droids are on the way to the AirCar.”
Mercury said with me thanking it.
We each had sandwiches that I
made and several mugs of coffee while we spoke of trivial things. I could see
by looking at the two of them that they were excited about tomorrow and to be
honest so was I. yet I needed to relax and get some sleep.
After we ate and cleared the
dishes, Wayne and Mongoose were ready to leave. They would return
later and get settled into their new home. In the meantime, I was going to
change into something to lounge in.
Once they left I headed
straight to my bedroom.
Chapter 7
On entering the bedroom, I
went directly to the twelve-drawer dresser checking each of the drawer’s
contents. Then I went over to the two lingerie chests opening all of the drawers,
every drawer was almost beyond full.
Next were the closets, yes
there are two of them, and they were crammed full. Shoes, hell I could outfit
an army with the amount I had. Then there were the purses and scarves on the
shelves, not even a JAP (Jewish American Princess) could come close to my
inventory.
After that was the bathroom,
with additions of a vanity table, chair, my magic makeup sack for my head, and
the boxes for my hands and feet. I had more powders, lotions and crèmes than a
drugstore has.
While I was reading the
various tubes, jars and bottles, the call of nature called me. I undid the
seals and zipper of my pants and boots, gently pushing my clothing downward to
eventually sit-down to urinate. I did my business and it was certainly
different than I did it as a male but it was a welcomed relief. I removed all
of my clothes placing them all into the dirty clothes and walked into the
bedroom.
In the bedroom, I found
hanging several négligé sets and picked out a black set. I slid the panties up
my legs, pulled the négligé on over my head, and adjusted my breasts into the
lacey cups. Putting on the filmy black colored robe, I went to the closet.
In the first closet, I found
a pair of silk covered bedroom mules in black and placed them onto my bare
feet. They slid right on and I stood up noticing the mirror seeing myself.
Lord, I could give a dead man an erection when I looked at myself. I smiled
minx like, walked to the living room, and turned on the Hologram TV. After
trying several channels, I found one program about UFOs that I immersed myself
in, telling Mercury, to place the program into memory record and for the AI to
comment on it once it was ended.
I was surely amazed as I
relaxed and watched the Hologram about the misconceptions it portrayed about
the triangular ships., especially when they called them warships after someone
saw a battle in our atmosphere. The battle took place on the east coast. Three
Circular ships attacked a Triangular one like the seven I had in the base. For
some reason I knew the Circular ships were Gal’brith and the Triangular ship
was a Pharth ship. Even though the dogfight was three against one, the Pharth
ship destroyed the three Gal’brith ships with uncommon ease. The war was still
on I assumed.
“Mercury is the war still
ongoing?”
“According to my knowledge
base the war was ended seven decades ago with the planet of the Gal’brith being
destroyed because of the hostilities. The ships you see, I believe, were
scouting for a planet to conquer which means they have a mothership or ships
looking for a new home. This AI scanned the records and found this film to be
one decade old and as an emerging planet the Planetary Alliance has vowed to
protect the Earth until such time as they can defend themselves.”
“That’s logical! Make a note
on that piece from the HTV. I take it the Gal’brith motherships are still
roaming out there?”
“By all indications they are
or they’ve been destroyed, whatever the case we seem to be the Earth’s best
defense. Please be advised those Gal’brith motherships, if out in space will be
very hard to kill with what there is in the base. Those may be Star Cruisers
and the technology is better, however the Gal’brith motherships have larger
weapons and stronger shields.”
“I seem to remember that, may
we call on the Planetary Alliance for help or join it as a member?”
“Yes Leslie, to both
questions but an ambassador is needed.”
“Access NASA, JPL, ESA,
United Nations Office of Space Affairs, the UN, and RSSI for such a person and
pick out a staff. Also, tap into the personnel records and find us the
necessary people to staff the base and the ships. For our Marines, choose those
from discharged and retired personnel, get only the best people, use the Bureau
of Naval Personnel files for Marine recon, Russian‘s Spesnatz, Navy SEALs,
Air Force Security, Army Rangers, Army Special Forces and the English Special
Air Services and Special Boat Services I want both men and women. However be
aware for any traps set for hackers.”
“It has been done covertly as
you said Leslie. I am making media copies as we speak for the meeting tomorrow.
The people I have chosen fit the criteria that the Pharth use to select crews,
including couples whatever the sexual persuasion might be. I have even assigned
them berthing in the ships and for the base security. I will display my finds
on your Visicomm pad located in the bedroom where you left it.”
“Damn I was just getting
comfortable, do I have to get up?”
“No Leslie, I will teleport
it to you.” Mercury said and in seconds, the Visicomm pad was in my lap loaded
with the information that Mercury had obtained.
As I perused the information,
I saw no problem with the personnel that were chosen other than some language
barriers that would be lost on the enhancement they needed to go through. The
major problem was going to be how to get them all here and to train them all.
While I read, Mongoose
returned with both Wayne and Jessica. When the three of them saw me, the guys
drooled and Jessica smiled saying, “Les you look marvelous, are you waiting for
Mongoose to get into those new panties the way you’re dressed?”
“That was very uncouth of you
to say that Jessie, although I did think of it…briefly.” I said with Mongoose
grinning and then frowning with all of us laughing. I had Wayne take
Jessica to the base for a brief tour and enhancement, which meant that Mongoose
and I were alone.
“What took you so long?” I
said to Mongoose with him saying, “If I knew you were going to be dressed like
that I would have been faster.”
“That’s a cheap shot! So what
happened?”
“We picked up Jessie and took
the wood to the faculty woodpile. While the droids worked, we told Jessie what
happened while we were here. She of course thought we were taking drugs and
hallucinated everything until Wayne mentioned the meeting at the Cape, then she
started to believe us. She didn’t even bother to look directly at us to see how
we regressed in age.”
“Leslie I have the person
called Jessica on Star Cruiser One, she requests enhancement, and do I have permission
to commence the process?” Mercury interrupted with me saying, “Yes Mercury, but
listen to her requests please if she has any, and give her anything she wants
or needs. Okay Mongoose, so give, what else?”
“We dropped off the Air
Hauler, went to pack my stuff, went back to their condo, closed it down, and
came directly back here. The entire time all we did was talk about this place
and the spectacular sights we saw, we made sure no one could overhear us.”
I handed over the Visicomm
pad to Mongoose with me telling him what I had done with him saying, “Beware of
Greeks bearing gifts, what I meant was, here we are coming to give this planet
of ours all this technology and we want them to give us all of these people and
believe us. They are going to be skeptical as hell. “
“Mercury, display what you
recorded earlier for Mongoose and then brief him afterwards please.” I said as
the recorded battle was displayed for Mongoose. After the clip was over Mercury
briefed Mongoose with him saying, “Shit! There are bigger ships out there that
might want to kill us?”
“Oh yes my dear, and we’re
right in the middle of an interstellar war. These Gal’brith are the enemies of
the Planetary Alliance, they’ve been here on Earth, and the Pharth blew their
socks off.”
“What’s with this dear crap?
Keep it up, and you’ll be losing those knickers real fast, as I take my way
with you, on your back.”
“Lord I haven’t been a woman
for a full day yet and you want to screw me, did I drop the soap or something?
Damn, your hormones must be raging boy.”
“Hey girl, I like what I see,
besides you look and smell delicious, so shoot me. You are a man’s wet dream
come true.”
Before I could say anything
Jessica and Wayne walked into the living room with her saying, “Mongoose layoff
Leslie, so you haven’t been Laid in a while, who cares? Grow up! Now to change
the subject, Mercury is a surgeons dream, mass-produce that AI, it did things I
always wanted done to my body.”
Jessica was correct, she was
the same age as Wayne, her nose was smaller, her breasts were at least a C
cup, and she had curves where there weren’t any before.
“I’m glad you’re pleased but
wait for the enhancements to really kick in, man what a trip that was for me.”
I said with Wayne and Mongoose agreeing with Wayne saying,
“It was even worse for Les, but that part is over, she seems well adjusted
now.”
“I’m so excited, I get a new
wardrobe, and I get to be in on this adventure from the very beginning. I just
love this house, the farm, and the base as you call it.” Jessica said excitedly
using her hands like semaphore flags, as she talked.
“Jessie, just wait until you
see the amount of clothes, shoes, purses, lingerie, plus all the uniforms
you’ll get. Poor Wayne will be living out of a trunk.” I said laughingly.
“I don’t think so, because
Mercury said it expanded all the bedrooms, the baths, the closets, the beds,
bedding, and added some furniture.” Jessica said whimsically with Mongoose
saying, “Great! There go the taxes!”
“I can afford them, besides
with the four of us; we need a little more room. Damn, I knew my room looked
larger! Oh well I’m going to bed.”
“Mom, can I sleep with you, I
can’t stand sleeping alone.” Mongoose said with a smile, with Jessica saying,
“You just want to get into her knickers…”
“No, that’s not true…”
“Yes it is Mongoose, you just
told me so, but the answer is…yes. Why do I feel naked? ”
“No, you aren’t yet, but you
will be soon, honey.” Jessica said laughing as she and Wayne went to
their bedroom. I then took Mongoose into my bedroom.
Did we sleep or make love?
Let’s just say that Jessie was right. Did I regret the act? Hell no!
Chapter 8
The alarm sounded, waking me
up at five AM. I disentangled myself from Mongoose and made my way
to the bathroom. I used the commode, made my way to the larger bathtub, and had
Mercury draw the water for me at the temperature I wanted. I added bath oils
and climbed into the tub.
