The Servant Woman

Kyle kept running his hands through his long silky hair. It was hard to believe he was transformed into a Kiku woman. He traveled to Transco Base in the Mantee Zone to study the Miridu tribe. Their backward ways were a perfect way to learn alien cultures early in their development. Kyle received a grant for a three year study of the Miridu tribe.

Kyle planned on blending in to their society and recording the life of the people from the inside. What he did not plan for, nor was he warned about, was for the Miridu elders to order his arrest. They locked him in a cave with a mud pit. He was told to relax in the mud pit. He did as he was told to build rapport. It was too late when he realized the mud pit was filled with naturally occurring nanobots. He jumped from the mud pit as fast as he could and splashed into the water pool to clean himself and hopefully stop the nanobots from finishing their job. But it was too late. Kyle was a woman.

 Totally a woman now and clean, he stood stark naked in the cave. The door was unlocked and the chief of the tribe motioned for Kyle to follow. He was given the clothes you see here. Kyle kept fingering his hair. It felt so clean. A Kiku woman came to Kyle and said, “You are a Kiku woman now, like me. You have been given the name Betti.” “Why?” is all Kyle could ask. “It was decided to allow you to live with the tribe as long as you were a woman. As a man you might be prone to violence or lack respect for the elders. As a Kiku woman you are safe to us.” “When I leave this place will I get my old body back?” “Leave this place? You will never leave this place, Betti. You are one of us now. You are a Kiku woman, a servant.”