This is my first attempt to write something of this genre. There is not a lot of sex in this chapter as it was more important to set the stage and the characters. If this chapter is well received then more will follow. Please leave your comments, all are welcome.
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Lt. James Gordon had the worst luck in the known universe. It was a subject of constant speculation how he had managed to get in, never mind graduate from, Starfleet Academy. It was not that he was evil or a screw up; it was just that whenever anything went wrong, he was involved somehow. It was not his fault when that EPS conduit had blown out, he had just been standing next to it, or the time the gravity failed during the null g basket ball game, he had been in the stands watching, but he was there every time something went wrong. Therefore, it was with great relief that his crewmates at Starbase 55 greeted his transfer to the science vessel USS Korvan.
The Korvan was the latest science vessel to be commissioned and James was glad to be transferred. He had had a nice farewell party from the staff he worked with on the Starbase and was going to miss his few friends. James tended to intimidate most people unintentionally. He stood over 2 meters tall and was broad enough to be two of most people, but he had the most gentle nature. He had black hair, green eyes and was mostly human, but all people saw was his size. He stood on the Starbase transporter pad and clutched his orders and duffel. However, if the transporter was to malfunction it would have to happen to him.
He felt the usual tingle of the transporter beam and thought that it felt a little different. He could still see the transporter chief on the Starbase and grew slightly concerned at the flurry of activity she broke into during the beaming. James had been transported enough to know the procedure and quick panicky movements were not procedure. Then he saw nothing for a second as he dematerialized and was thrown through space to the Korvan's transporter pad.
Again the tingle and then his body returned to the universe in one piece, or almost. The beam was still holding him and the Korvan transporter chief was also working the controls with quick controlled intensity. James thought he heard something about a drop in body mass, but that was not possible, he could feel all of his body and everything was there. It must have been a trick of the transporter beam, but this transporter room looked slightly bigger. James felt the beam release him and he staggered. A wave of dizziness set in and someone caught him as he collapsed on the pad. The last thing he heard was an emergency call to sick bay.
James woke up in sick bay to see a nurse hovering over him. He could feel the sheet covering his bare skin and his chest felt heavy. As his senses started to report to his conscious mind he knew that something was very wrong. They had never made a bio bed that he fit on yet, but he could feel his heels firmly on the bed.
"It's alright; you are in sick bay on the USS Korvan. My name is Nurse Bell. The doctor will be with you in a minute. Just relax." Nurse Bell was blonde and very pretty, but the only thing James could feel was panic. He knew that something was very wrong. Nurses did not hover over patients until they awoke unless something was really wrong. Nurse Bell disappeared and another face appeared above him, a dark haired man with a moustache and black eyes.
"I am Dr. Sportan; you had quite a beam up. How are you feeling?"
"What happened?" James asked in a squeaky voice.
"There was a problem with the buffer reconstitution sub routine. Also we think the Heisenberg compensator failed. We were lucky to retrieve your pattern before the unit completely failed. But there were some complications with the rematerialization. It seems the pattern buffer mixed your pattern with the pattern of the last person to beam out. Namely Ensign Jodi Prince."
"My pattern got mixed with this Jody Prince's pattern, what happened to him?"
"Nothing, she is fine. Our concern is you. I think you better prepare yourself for a shock. You are not what or who you used to be any more. You are now a transgender individual." James sat up so fast he almost fell of the bio bed. As he did the sheet fell off of his chest and he saw the reason for the heaviness. He had breasts. He lifted the sheet and peered over his new breasts to see his boxer shorts were still in place. With a shaking hand he reached down and started to lift the waist band of his underwear when the Dr. grabbed his wrists.
"Nurse will you give us a minute?" He asked. Dr. Sportan waited until the nurse left ear shot before turning back to James. "Everything below the waist is fine. You still have you penis."
James lay back down with a gasp and relaxed slightly. He still reached for this crotch and was relieved to feel that the doctor was right, his dick was still there, but it felt smaller. Before he could check the doctor started speaking again.
"There are a few more things you need to know. Computer; activate privacy field bio bed 3 audio and visual." The computer beeped and a translucent wall appeared around the bed cutting out all sound and sight beyond it. "James, your patterns mixed and you took on more of Jodi's pattern than of your pattern. You are now only 160 cm's tall and weigh only 47 kilo's or you are 5' 3" and 105 pounds in the old scale. Also your hair is now red and a lot longer. You have breasts that we estimate are 34B. I know this is a lot to take in, but just relax and get used to your body. I already have a call into to the ship's councilor. She should be down here in few minutes."
"Why can't you just send me back through the transporter and fix the problem with my pattern?" James asked in the same squeaky female voice. "What has happened to my voice?"
"Apparently apart from the height and weight changes, your body was lost except for your mind and memories and you genitals, everything else belongs to Ensign Price. As to using the transporter I am afraid that is out of the question. We are not sure how this happened and I am unwilling to risk further changes to you. Also, when the pattern buffer mixed the two patterns it erased your original. After you beamed out the Starbase pattern buffer suffered a memory core failure. All data was lost. Until your records catch up to you, you are staying the way you are."
James lay back on the bio bed and felt like crying. This was another change, he never cried, but this was just too much. He was stuck as a half woman. What was this going to do to his career? The doctor looked up as another person walked through the field. She was shorter and blonder than Nurse Bell.
"Lt. Gordon, I am councilor Carol Webster. I am here to help you."
"Thank you Councilor, but what I need you can't help me with, not unless you have a copy of my original pattern and a transporter in your pocket." James replied somewhat acidly.
"No, that I don't have with me, but I do have a new uniform and a few other things you might need." Carol replied.
"Now let's get you out of that bed. I have sick people to deal with and you need the councilor more than a doctor." Dr. Sportan said. With the help of Councilor Webster, Dr. Sportan lifted James up off the bed and helped him swing his legs over the side. For the first time in his life, his feet did not reach the deck. James slid forward and dropped to the deck, his knees buckled and he pitched forward from the weight on his chest. His boxer shorts hit the deck leaving James completely naked. Only the steadying hands of Carol kept him from falling face first onto the sick bay floor.
"Easy, your body has had a big shock and your center of balance has shifted. It will take some time for you to get used to it." Carol said, supporting James as he took a couple of steps. Dr. Sportan was running a tricorder over James as he moved.
"Interesting, it seems that more of Jodi's pattern came through than we thought. Your hips are a little wider than I would have thought for a man. But nothing internal seems out of place."
"Can I see what I look like?" James asked.
"I think that you should, but be ready for a shock. You don't look like your Starfleet file picture anymore." Councilor Webster replied "Computer; reflective surface, one panel."
"Wait a minute." James said, "I had a complete copy of my records with me when I transported from the Starbase. That will have my DNA and my pattern on it. You can use that to fix this."
"I am afraid not," said Councilor Webster. "The transporter malfunction wiped your records off your padd. There was no way to recover it. We tried while you were unconscious." She continued turning James to the full length mirror on the force field.
James stood before the mirror and saw a completely different person. The woman looking back at him was a stranger. She had long red hair, an oval face and a pert slightly up-turned nose. The green eyes were the same, but nothing of the face or upper body was familiar. The woman in the mirror looked softer; her skin seemed to glow white with and inner radiance that James had never seen on his body. Her breasts were firm and perky, standing out from her chest with small nipples the colour of cherries. Her tummy was slightly concaved and there was no hair anywhere to be seen but her head and eyebrows. The doctor towered over the petite woman in the mirror and James felt small and afraid. He now knew what others felt in his presence.
"You are incredibly beautiful James." Councilor Webster said still holding James up under the arms. "But I don't think you are going to be able to pass for a James until we get this fixed. I suggest that you go by Jamie until we can get this resolved."
"Are you crazy?" James exploded. "I can't go around as Jamie, I want to me, James Gordon. Not some freak."
"You are not some freak." Councilor Webster said firmly. "We have encountered many species that are a mix of genders. You are no different."
"I am very tolerant of other species Councilor." James replied. "But they did not step onto a transporter pad as one sex and come out as both. They were born that way."