RANSVESTIA

disbelief at an attractive young woman whose body he now apparently occupied.

"Spock... Bones . . . what's happened to us? Why have we turned into women?" Kirk asked in dazed disbelief.

"Jim, my medical tricorder says we are still in every aspect males; we just seem to have been feminized in appearance. Our voice range is higher but apparently as a result of voice training and not any physical alteration." McCoy answered.

"There is something else, Captain. This is not the Enterprise," the now feminine Vulcan science officer added.

"Not the Enterprise? Then where are we Spock?" Kirk inquired.

"Tricorder readings show radiation levels slightly altered from the normal. There are a few slight dimensional and weight variations in this craft. It is definitely very similar to the Enterprise, virtually her twin, but definitely not the Enterprise. As to our present location, I don't have enough information, but one could presume that we are in some sort of parallel dimension, aboard the sister ship of the Enter- prise," Spock replied.

"Why are we dressed like this?" Kirk asked.

"That I cannot answer without further information Captain. Perhaps I can obtain some answers from this ship's computer library." Spock offered.

"Get to work on it right away, Spock," Kirk ordered. "Gentlemen .. uh... er.. ladies or whatever, let's go to the bridge and see what other surprises await us."

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As the elevator door slid open and the three officers stepped out on the bridge, Kirk was pleased to find that this ships bridge was identical to his own, except that it seemed to have a crew entirely composed of women. Lt. Cmdr. Scott was seated in the command chair, and rose to her feet when the three officers entered. To see Scotty, Sulu, and Chekov as women was almost more than Kirk could take.

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