Coming Home

The Bengalan home world is populated by orcs. The galaxy avoided Bengala for that very reason. Orcs have a reputation for vulgar, rude, brutish, antisocial behavior. Ostracism by the entire community of intelligent species only made the orcs of Bengala bitter and more antisocial.

Bart, like the orcs of Bengala, is an outcast. Also, like the orcs, he is more intelligent than most. Bart knows people avoid him or treat him poorly or bully him because they are intimidated by his genius. As intelligent as Bart is he can only take so much abuse. No longer willing to suffer at the hands of the ignorant, Bart has planned his escape.

Bart stole a space freighter in dock. The crew wouldn’t return for several days due to a local holiday. Bart reprogrammed the guidance system to avoid detection before he arrived at his destination, Bengala. Everything went according to plan.

The orcs greeted Bart as an intruder and lived up to their reputation. But Bart was a patient man. He explained who he was and why he is on Bengala. The orcs agreed to take him in, but only if he transformed into an orc; they don’t want non-orcs on the planet. Bart agrees. He planned on staying the rest of his life anyway.

The orcs had an advanced nanobot technology. A pool was filled with programmed nanobots. Bart stepped in as directed and settled into a corner seat as the nanobots went to work. His whole body tingled as he was transformed. Only when he stepped out of the pool when the nanobots were done did he realize he was transformed into a female orc. No matter. He was at home with his new friends. He traded in his old human body for that of Mykala, a female orc. Soon he would have an orc husband and have an orc family. Bart was truly at home.