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The Time Machine Paradox Copyright by: Donna-Allyson McCleod Mindy may archive or use this story in whatever way she sees fit within the Fictionmania environment. If anyone else wishes to archive my works, please E-mail me at [email protected] with your request and the address of the site where the story will be located. I will check out the site to see if it meets my standards as posted on my website. If you intend to post any of my stories on a dedicated X rated Hard-core site, or any site that charges a fee to enter, Don't bother to ask. I will not permit this. To do so without my permission will be considered a copyright violation. Donna-Allyson McCleod Sci-Fi, Rated G Chapter One He had thought of everything or so he surmised. His theory on time travel and how to accomplish it was a passion and he had worked on this pet project for the better part of twenty years. Ever since he had become fascinated with the concept as a young boy after reading H. G. Wells classic novel, The Time Machine. Try as he might however he could not get his machine to work properly. His theory was based on the premise that there were four dimensions and that time was as in effect the fourth and was as physical as the known three dimensions of length, width and height. He had studied Einstein's theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics and was sure that he could apply these theorems to a practical application. But so far he had run into a 'stone wall'. His calculations were based on what he felt was sound application of Einstien's equations. Louis Bergman knew his theory was sound. The problem was in slowing down the travelers metabolism to a point of suspended animation without killing him. The large spinning chamber that the traveler sat inside cause the blood to pool in the body long before reaching the high speeds necessary to make the 'jump'. He had overcome the speed of the spin his device needed by having it "float" in a field of dense magnetic flux. But try as he may, he could not overcome the limitations that applied to the human body. He knew he could cool the body with liquid nitrogen and that would in effect preventing the blood from pooling, but that would also kill the rider as well. Louis knew he was close to solving the problem but the answer kept evading him. In his theory, the traveler would not go forward in time but rather jump sideways in the space/time continuum, slipping into the parallel dimension like water passing through a screen. In effect his machine was not a time machine but rather a parallel-dimensional transport device. Louis had even labeled his machine with the large blueletters: PDTD. For the next three months Louis labored without success. Each time the test monkeys he was using succumbed to his tests. Then one day in early summer he had an idea. Instead of spinning the test subject and causing it's blood to pool, he would try a re-design of the machine where the seat would remain stationary and only the outer rings would rotate. He added a third ring that would spin in opposition to the other two. He also added a core of high intensity magnets around the center of each ring to increase the magnetic lines of flux. He surmised that he would be able to achieve a greater rotational relationship and speed as well as reduce the energy necessary to break the dimensional barrier. The addition of nine electromagnetic guns arraigned so that each set of three were aimed at the centers of each ring, allowed for the removal of the large motors that had been used to rotate the rings. Louis could now rotate the rings with opposing magnetic fields to any speed that he desired up to and beyond the point of destruction of the molecular bonding of the molecules that made up the rings themselves. The hardness of the titanium bearings and casings should, he surmised withstand whatever speeds he needed to attain. It took another three months of intensive work but he finally added the changes to the device and was ready for a test run. Louis selected a young male chimpanzee for his first test of the redesigned machine. After carefully documenting the chimp's physical condition over several days and taking the usual blood, and urine samples, Louis was ready. He placed the chimp in the seat of the device and started it rotating. At first nothing seemed to happen. Slowly he increased the speed while carefully recording the relational speeds of the rings. At approximately one half of the speed that Louis calculated would have caused the device to self-destruct, a glow started to emanate from the center of the device. He could no longer see his test subject. His probes attached to the chimp still showed that he was fine except for a slight increase in pulse rate and blood pressure. Louis increased the speed by an additional ten percent. The glow now started to move outward and Louis was starting to have difficulty even seeing the device itself from behind the barrier. Louis moved the speed upwards. At seventy eight percent of calculated maximum there was a sudden burst of intense light. Not a flash but more like a wavering curtain of yellow, pink, red and orange that just seemed to shimmer all around the device obscuring his view. Louis noticed that his probes attached to the chimp showed no activity. Louis decided to cycle down the device and check his test subject. As soon as he started to reduce the speed each external effect ceased. It took him another half hour to get the device stopped. The results were not what he expected. When he opened the chamber door, there was no monkey inside. On the next four subsequent tests he had the same results. The chimps were not in the chamber. The sixth and seventh tests were the ones that had him baffled. They were the same chimps that he had used on tests one and two or at least they looked the same. The problem was that he had put only male chimps into the chamber on the first two tests and he got back two female ones. On the next test, Louis did not put anything into the chamber but ran the simulation as if he had. Another surprise. Two of the chimps he had had disappear during earlier tests were now inside the together. Both were females. For three more months Louis made a series of additional tests using various test animals which he carefully tagged . Mice, monkeys, dogs and cats. In each case where he sent over a male, he got back a female yet each wore the tag that he placed on them. When he sent a female, he got back a male. He noticed that in each case, he had to wait at least a day before he could get back the animal from a test. This fascinated him. Another odd thing that he found was that when he sent over a test animal that had already be sent once and changed, the test animal came back without any reverse changes occurring. Louis at first thought that some intelligence on the other side was playing tricks with his test animals. To make sure that he was getting back the same animals, Louis carefully tracked the DNA coding of his next series of test subjects. The results showed conclusively that except for XX chromosome replacement for XY coding and vice versa, all his animals were in effect the same ones that he had sent over the dimensional barrier. Louis came to the assumption that whatever was happening on the other side of the dimensional boundary, the effect was that a complete biological gender transformation was occurring. He knew that this was theoretically impossible. Yet his test subjects were proof. But how to actually prove this to the scientific community was a problem. Only by actually sending over a human subject who could observe and communicate what was occurring, could he ever be able to present his findings without being ridiculed and possibly loosing his grant money. Louis knew that he could not do it himself. He had to remain on this side of the boundary to operate the machine if the subject was ever going to get back. For several more months, Louis contemplated the problem. He ceased to send over any more test animals but rather spent the time doing various biological tests and documenting any further changes in them either physically or in behavior. He did notice one thing however, they all seemed to be slowly reducing in age biologically and all were in perfect health. Louis could not hold back his curiosity any longer. He had to send over a human test subject. But who?... Any human who did so would most likely be changing gender permanently. Who would volunteer for that? One afternoon while sitting in the park across from his lab reviewing some of his papers he was given the opportunity to get his test human. *** Chapter Two Nathan Godwell had been unemployed for several weeks. He was not starving or without a home yet but he knew that his limited resources would soon run out and he had no intent of going to his father and asking for a loan. He had not seen eye to eye with dear old dad when he had told him that he was changing his university major from pre-med to law. His father had hoped that his son would follow in his footsteps as a physician and surgeon. His father had cut off his funding at the university until in his words "You get some sense in your head. No more lawyers in this family" had been his words. That had been over a year ago. But with the loss of his part time job, Nathan was running low on funds. Even with the little money that his mother had quietly sent him he knew he had to find some other employment soon. Nathan had considered taking a part time job that he had seen advertised in the local newspaper for a mason's assistant but had thought better of it. His five foot four inch height and 120 pounds would not fare well to carrying bricks up ladders. He was now reduced to taking a job at the local Burger King, and flopping hamburgers was not really his "cup of tea". It was while walking in the park contemplating his woes that he was about to find that all his current problems were soon to be moot. Nathan was tired. He had been walking about the downtown area for over an hour and finally decided to rest in the park across from the main university building. He noticed a middle aged distinguished gentleman sitting on one of the benches. The man looked familiar. Nathan had seen him before but was not sure where. Nathan took the bench on the opposite side of the path from where the other man sat. Nathan nodded his head in acknowledgment to other man's presence as he sat down. "Good afternoon" said the other man. "Good Afternoon" Nathan replied and immediately withdrew into his own personal thoughts. "You look lost in heavy thought. I hope everything is alright," Nathan heard the other man say as he became aware that he was being addressed. "Oh, Oh I'm sorry. Just lost in some heavy thinking," Nathan said. "I did not mean to disturb you. You just look a little bit distraught." "Out of work that's all. Trying to decide if I am going to accept a job offer. I'm sorry, my name is Nathan Godwell. I'm a law student here at the university. Working my way through, if you know what I mean." "Glad to meet your acquaintance Nathan. I'm Louis Bergman. I'm a professor of biophysics here at the university." "My pleasure professor. When I sat down I thought you looked familiar. I probably saw you in one of the hallways at some point." Louis liked this young man. His small physical stature was not what most people expected to find in a courtroom, but his mannerism was pleasant and that would bear him well as a lawyer even if his physical stature was not that ntimidating. For the better part of an hour the pair engaged in conversation. Nathan told the man about his financial problems and his background and how he had become estranged from his physician father. Nathan did not know why he was so willing to talk to the man he had never met before. For some reason he just felt that he could talk to him freely. The two men left the park and stopped in at the University Coffee Shoppe. For another hour they sat and talked. Nathan about his hopes for a career in law. Eventually Louis turned the conversation to his favorite subject, 'time travel'. Before the encounter had ended, Louis and Nathan had become friends. Louis had told Nathan that he was looking for a paid assistant to help him around the lab with his animals and general maintenance and offered the job to Nathan who readily accepted. Nathan was to report to Louis' laboratory each afternoon after his last class. Nathan was elated. This was a godsend for him. Thanking Louis Bergman, Nathan went home much more relaxed than he had been in a long time. Louis was elated as well. Although he had not told Nathan his ulterior motive for hiring him, he was sure that nothing would happen to him that would be of harm and any physical changes that occurred could, Louis was sure, could be reversed. At least he hoped so. If Louis had only known. Harm, no. Life changing, most certainly. Much was to happen to both their lives that neither would have guessed possible at that moment in "time". Chapter Three After meeting Professor Bergman I felt much relieved. The offer he made me was, although by no means going to put me on 'easy street', it would at least provide me, with Mother's continued periodic help, the funds necessary to pay for my immediate needs as well as the next semester's books. As soon as I got home to my small studio apartment I called my girlfriend Allison and told her of my good fortune in finding a job on campus. I made a standing date with her for Friday and Saturday nights and she was happy with that arrangement since it allowed her to study for her classes during the week. Being a biology major, Allison had had Professor Bergman as a teacher the previous term and she said that he was a kind man. "You did well in finding a position with him Nate. He is fair but eccentric. He has some strange ideas at times," Allison had told me. "Well if he pays good and the hours don't conflict with my classes, I really don't think that will be a problem," I had replied. I decided to take my shower early and then just relax in front of the TV. After a couple of hours of burning up the phosphor in the 'tube' without really enjoying it, I hit the books for awhile and finally turned in for the night. I was going to have to adjust my schedule now that I had a steady job. Professor Bergman had told me that I would be needed for at least four hours each day and I wanted to be alert on my first day. Sleep came easy that night. It must have been due to the removal of the stress I had been going through. But sleep I did, to the point that I was almost late for my first class the next morning. The day went by quite rapidly and before I knew it, it was time to report to Professor Bergman's lab for my first day of work. As I entered his lab, I was quite surprised by the large array of equipment that seemed to be set up in some orderly manner. Although I am not a science buff, I do know what an organized and clean lab looks like. This was one of those typical "Sci-Fi looking" labs that you see on TV. The nature of the equipment was lost on me. Two things did stand out however. One was the various cages standing next to various pieces of equipment with several different animal species occupying the cages. The other was the strange looking machine in one corner of the lab that looked like two large gyroscopes one inside the other with a seat in it's very central core. The entire device was surrounded on all sides by a fine mesh cage with what appeared to be large coils mounted vertically on all four sides on the inside walls of the cage. A large control panel was installed just outside the cage and protected by a single floor to ceiling steel wall. CCD cameras were installed inside the cage and aimed at the seat. Four monitors were mounted in the control panel. I gleaned no information from my observations as to the nature of the device but it sure was different from anything I had ever seen before. I was intrigued as to it's use. I was pulled from my thoughts as I became aware of a voice from behind me. "Good afternoon Nathan. Your right on time. I like that in an assistant," said Professor Bergman who came out of an office that was right next to the entrance. I must have jumped 'ten feet' as the Professor immediately noticed this. "I am sorry Nathan, I apologize for startling you," he said. "That's ok Professor. I was so engrossed in surveying your lab that I did not see you. Well I'm here sir. Just tell me where to hang my coat and I am at your service." "Good. Good. Eager to start huh? Well let me give you a tour around and explain what it is you will be doing and then I have some papers for you to sign. Routine stuff for the university office you understand," said the Professor. The Professor showed me around the lab and explained my duties. They were simple enough. Mainly feeding and cleaning the animals and their cages that were mainly housed in the large room off to the rear of the lab. I was also to shown how to make daily observations of their physical condition such as weight, activity level and anything else that was an obvious change from the day before and to make the notations on the daily logs attached to each cage. I was in effect made the animals keeper. I would be asked from time to time to help the professor in some of his experiments but he was vague on this point. For the next several weeks I settled into a routine that seemed to satisfy the professor. He came in each day and examined my charts and only made a couple of minor suggestions for change. Otherwise I was left fairly well alone. I was paid each week on time and I must say it was nice to be getting a paycheck again on a regular basis. I was now able to pay the installments due for my next term and was even able to pick up the tab on Saturday nights instead of relying on Allison. I must say that Allison had been quite understanding but I felt much better now that I could pay my share. All in all things were looking a lot better and even my depression had subsided. Allison had even seen her way to staying overnight with me twice during the past week and that had not happened for months. Our relationship was definitely improving not to say the least, our sexual trysts. Louis had reached an impasse. All of his tests had been completed and he had come to the conclusion that whatever was occurring during the trans- dimension transit of his test animals, the effect was a complete biological shift of the animals genetic patterns from those of a male to those of a female. There seemed to be no other adverse effects. Louis had decided that he had to now find out what was on the other side of the dimensional barrier and only an intelligent human would be able to tell him what was there and why this was happening. Louis had been very careful not to do any testing of his device while Nathan was in the lab. It was now time however to carry out his real reason for hiring Nathan. He had to get his 'assistant' to want to try a crossing. Louis decided to introduce Nathan to the device and convince him to take part in his research. Louis knew he had to be careful. If Nathan was not indoctrinated properly he might just walk out and that would waste precious weeks. Nathan had to be led to believe that any physical changes were temporary and reversible. Of course Louis had no idea how, or if he would ever be able to reverse the effects. Louis was so wrapped up with his research and his devices capability, that he had lost most of his normal concern for Nathan's own possible feelings. Since it was now the first of November, Louis decided to try using the device with Nathan as a subject by the end of the month. That should give him time to groom Nathan into a willing 'passenger'. I walked into the lab and as usual I hung up my coat and put my lunch bag in the small refrigerator in the back room. My first chore was usually to feed the animals. The Professor usually left me instructions as to what animals to feed or not to feed based on whatever test he was running. Since this was Monday the animals usually got fed late due to my schedule and the Professor's was such that neither us could get away from late afternoon classes. As such the animals usually started making quite a fuss when I came in, especially the monkeys. The animals sure knew where their food came from. But for some reason this evening they were quite silent. I went to the cork board where the professor posted the feeding schedule and found a note that said that he had fed the animals early. All I had to do was clean out the cages and then wait for the professor to arrive. "I need to talk to you about a new project," Was how the note ended. I was intrigued by this. I did as instructed and then sat at my bench and used the spare time to do some studying. The Professor arrived about an hour after I had cleaned the last cage. "Good evening Nathan," said the professor in his usual cheerful manner as he entered the lab. "I'm sorry I'm so late. I had some last minute preparations to do for tomorrow's exams. I'll only be a minute and then we can have a chat in my office." "Sure Professor. I'm just doing a little studying here anyway," I said with obvious curiosity. Ten minutes later Professor Bergman and I sat comfortably in his small office. He offered me a glass of sherry which I took with gratitude. Two hours, and several glasses of sherry later, I had been given a general outline of his invention that he believed could cross the time dimension barrier and a brief history of his results with the machine. I must say that I was not only astonished but also held a lot of disbelief as to what he was telling me. It sounded like a science fiction story rather than scientific research. "Well that's about it Nathan. I suppose you would like to see a demonstration?" said Bergman. "I sure would. It is hard to believe what you have told me. I guess I'm just a born skeptic" I said . "No, no. I understand. I found it hard to believe myself when it first happened Nathan. Come on. Lets go out into the lab and I'll give you a demo," said the professor with a smile. "I don't know how much I will be able help you professor. I'm really not much with the science stuff," I said. "Don't worry about that now. A witness is all I need at the moment. Someone to observe and verify what I am doing. Scientists are like that Nathan. Test, document, observe, test and document some more is what most research is all about. You can be my observer, and another set of hands when I need then," the professor replied. We went over towards the strange device in the corner of the lab. Lately Professor Bergman had kept it behind a drawn curtain and I had not dared to go near it. I had not seen this machine in operation but I knew that the professor had been using it in conjunction with the lab animals. But how I did not know. I assumed that I was about to be told however. The professor pulled the curtain back and I immediately noticed that it had been totally rebuilt from what I had first seen on my first day working for the professor. "Do you know what this machine is Nathan? It is what I hope will be a breakthrough in Physics as we know it," said the professor, answering his own question. "With this device I hope to prove Einstien's theories of Quantum Mechanics and the existence of a physical space/time continuum. I think I have done this but I need more documentation." I had no idea what the Prof. Bergman was talking about but since I did not want him to think me a boor, I feigned interest. "OK, Doc. (I had started calling him that a few weeks earlier and he did not seem to mind) I don't want to sound stupid but I am lost," I said with a smile. "No, no, I understand my boy, this is heavy stuff. You see that lettering PDTD? It stands for Parallel-Dimensional Transport Device. Literally this means that the machine can transport anything that is on the seat into what I believe is an unknown dimension that exists parallel to our own in time and space. Unseen and unknown to us but in existence just the same. I believe that I have accomplished a successful crossing of that barrier with this device using my test animals. But I need more documentation and witnesses. That's where you come in. I need you to observe what I do and help me document the results. Do you think you might be interested in helping with this" I must say that at the minimum I was intrigued with what the professor had been telling me. I found it hard to believe, but Prof. Bergman was no fool and if he said it was possible to do this I had a gut feeling that he might be onto something fantastic. After all it could not hurt me to be on the cutting edge of history. I said to myself. "Professor, I would be glad to. This looks like it could be interesting and I probably should take a more pointed interest in science. Count me in," I said. Had I known at the time what would happen soon I would have run out the door and never come back. "Ignorance is bliss." "Good, good. Let me show you what this thing does," said the professor. ***** Chapter four We stayed late that night. I was amazed at how the machine worked but was a little uneasy when I first saw the animals had disappeared when the machine had come to a stop. We had placed a pair of guinea pigs in a bamboo cage and strapped the cage to the seat. When the machine had cycled up I watched in awe as the strange light show developed and then faded as the professor turned the machine off. The cage and the animals were gone. Replaced by a single chimpanzee which was strapped neatly into the seat. At first I thought it was a trick but soon changed my mind as I saw this sequence repeated a second time when a small mongrel dog was put in the seat and was replaced by a white rat. I had counted all the animals that were in the lab before the professor had arrived and I knew that these replaced animals had not been there earlier. I'm sure the professor was aware of my befuddlement as I noticed him looking at me several times with a grin and heard him chuckle a few times. Shortly after midnight I went home. I did not sleep much that night. I lay awake reviewing all that I had seen earlier and contemplated the implications of what I had seen if they were in fact true. My curiosity had been piqued. I could not have backed out at that point even if I wanted to. I had to know what was really happening. I met Allison the next morning for breakfast and told her what I had seen the night before. "You have to be kidding!" she exclaimed. "He actually did that?" "Yup. At least I think he did. Or otherwise he is one hell of a magician," I replied. "Nate, be careful. I don't like this at all. I have a bad feeling about this if it is true," Allison said. "Don't worry Allison, The professor has a darned good safety barrier set up and I think the tests are pretty safe." "Just be careful that's all," Allison said as she got up from the tabe to go to her first class. "I'll see you tonight?" she asked while giving me a kiss on the cheek. "OK. How about 9 PM? I'll tell the doc I have to leave early," I said. "Fine. See you then honey," she said and then left the restaurant with a swirl of her skirt and a wave. As usual my day was taken up with a series of classes and a brief period at my apartment to get cleaned up and I arrived at the lab at about 6 pm. I had called Prof. Bergman earlier between classes and told him that I had to leave early on a personal matter and he had been quite understanding. His only request was that I come to the lab an hour early as he had an important test to run that he needed my help with. As I walked into the lab I noticed a strange quiet. The animals had been removed from the lab proper. No cages were set up at the monitoring stations. As I walked into the back room I immediately noticed that they were in their cages and none were moving. Close inspection lead me to believe that they were all in a deep sleep. I was about to give one of the chimps a nudge to see if it could be aroused when I blacked out.......... I don't know how long I was unconscious but when I came to I was strapped into the chair of the device. The rings appeared to be starting to rotate. I could see the professor on the other side of the protective barrier through the window. He was intently studying his controls and apparently did not see me looking at him. The loud humming of the equipment drowned out my voice as I yelled at him. I looked around for some way to escape when I noticed the note attached to my pant leg. "Nathan. I'm sorry to have to do this, this way but I know you would not have agreed to try out the device yourself. I am probably being very callous in your view but I have got to find out what is on the other side of the barrier and you are the only one I trust to bring back the information I need. I assure you, I will bring you back in twenty four hours. I will tell Allison that you had to do some work for me and that you will see her tomorrow. Please try to understand. This is the only way. I put a small recorder in your pocket. Please take as many notes as you can. Good luck. Doc. I looked up and saw the professor wave at me just as the entire inside of the device where I sat illuminated with an intense but soft light. I could not even see the rings rotating around me. There did not seem to be any source for the light. It was just there. Coming from all directions at once it seemed. As I watched the light changed color. Subtly going thru all the hues from red to blue. Soft colors. Nothing harsh. The oscillations of color had soothing and calming effect. For what seemed like several minutes I watched this light show and just as I was about fall asleep it stopped. The rings were now visible again and I was once able to see around the lab. It took me a minute or two to regain my senses. Something did not seem right. But what? Then it struck me. Everything was backwards. The barrier was now on my left instead of right. The lab windows were on the opposite site of the room from where they were supposed to be. The racks, doors, benches everything was opposite from where I knew they were suppose to be. Then I got the biggest shock.... Professor Bergman walked around from behind the barrier. He was, or should I say, She was smiling. An exact copy of my employer or his twin sister. I thought. "Natalie, I am glad to see you are OK.. Do you feel alright?" said the woman in the white lab coat with what appeared to be a black dress underneath. Her long salt and pepper hair flowed down over her shoulders and was pulled forward in duel ponytails onto the front of her white lab coat. "Professor? Wha What...." I stammered. My expression must have been all over my face as she immediately responded to my unfinished question. Relax. You need some rest now. You will feel better in a few hours I felt stiff. It was as if my entire body was rebelling against me. I found it difficult to move my arms or legs. My mind seemed to function normally except for the confusion of everything being backwards. The woman came towards me and took my wrist and proceeded to feel my pulse. As she did so I studied her face. She looked exactly like Professor Bergman even down to the slight twitch in the corner of her mouth that the professor always seemed to have when he was deep in thought. The closer I looked at her the more confused I became. It was then that I looked at my hand that she was holding. It was not right. It was small and delicate. Little by little I started to regain control of by muscle movement. My entire body felt strange. As I tried to get up out of the machine's seat, the woman gave me a gentle push on my back as she held my arm to assist me in standing. Her hand felt cold on by back and I realized that I was naked. "Slowly. Don't rush dear. You are still a little weak from the test," said the woman with Professor Bergman"s albeit feminine voice. I was very dizzy. The woman saved me from falling twice as I stumbled along towards the doorway. She helped me over to the office and assisted me to the cot that the professor used when he stayed overnight. This cot was different. It was white instead of black and was made up with linen and blankets that were obviously more suited to the feminine user that the austere bedcovers that I had seen on it. just a few days earlier. As I laid down on the cot I glanced in the mirror that hung on the "wrong" wall I saw a very pretty, but naked girl reflected in the mirror. That explained my hand looking different. It was me. I had become a girl. But how? That is when I apparently passed out. I awoke slowly. The sun was streaming in through the window and felt warm on my face. As I finally opened my eyes I saw the woman sitting in a chair beside me studying some papers and as I stirred she looked up at me and smiled. "Good morning Natalie. I hope you feel better this morning. You really were a bit out of it last night." As I sat up and swung my legs out of the bed, I felt a tingling on the side of my face. I raised my hand to scratch the sensation and became aware of the source of the sensation. I was my hair. My LONG hair that fell around my face and on to the pink cotton nightgown I was wearing. Then I remembered the mirror. I was a girl. I jumped out of the bed and went to the mirror. I got the shock of my life. Looking back at me was a beautiful girl. Long flowing hair cascaded all around my face and shoulders. What I saw was my twin sister. But I did not have a sister. "I'm a girl!" I exclaimed. "That damned machine has turned me into a girl." "Oh my. You're not Natalie," I heard the woman exclaim. "No I'm not Natalie, I'm Nathan Godwell. Who's Natalie?" I asked with obvious consternation. "She was testing my machine last night. I assumed that you were her," The woman replied. Natalie Godwell is my assistant.... My god, you are Natalie," the woman replied with sudden understanding on her face." "What are you talking about Madam? I am not Natalie I told you. I am Nathan Godwell," I said irritably walking towards the cot. The sensation of the short nightgown and cool air on my bare legs becoming quite noticeable. "Yes you are dear. Your both. Please, sit here at the table with me and I will make us some coffee. I will try to explain what I think has happened," she said in as gentle a way as possible. I was angry. At that point I felt used and violated. I had been tricked into being a 'guinea pig' for the damned machine and here was a woman who looked like the Professor's twin sister trying to explain why I was now a girl who looked like my twin sister. If I had not been in a state of shock and near panic, I probably would have "killed" her at that point. Instead I did as I was asked and sat at the small dinette while the woman made coffee. "I'm Louise Bergman," said the woman. "I need to ask you a few question and your answers will either confirm or deny my suspicions. I know you are very upset right now but let's at least try to find out what happened. OK?" she asked. I had calmed down somewhat and I could think of nothing else to do but cooperate. "OK," I replied sarcastically. My irritation still quite obvious. For the next hour or so Ms Bergman asked me all about myself and my association with the professor. My answers were on a couple occasions had an obvious impact on her especially when she found out that I was working with a Professor Louis Bergman, a male, on the same project that she was apparently working on herself. She was quite interested in my observations on how everything looked the same yet reversed in location She took a lot of notes as well as tape recorded our conversation. Finally she put down her notepadand looked at me with obvious glee. "It works, it really works," she said matter of factly. "What works?" I asked quizzically. "Trans-Dimensional Travel," she said pointedly before continuing. "Natalie, and I am calling you that because that is who you really are, I think this is what happened........." Chapter 5 It's been six months now since I made the transition from one physical dimension to another. Although sometimes I feel that I would like to return to the "other side" I usually just shrug it off. I have really found it quite easy to adjust to my "new" life. It is probably due to the fact that it is my life to begin with. That is this side of the barrier or the other makes no difference. They are just mirror images of each other. The fact that everything mammalian seems to be opposite in gender is no big deal. The time/space continuum seems to be in harmony. Everything exists at the same time on both sides. Births, deaths, marriages divorces. Everything is in sequence.. Even my girlfriend Anne- Marie is here, as a man though. A male nurse at the hospital. Only his name is now Anton-Marie. My becoming a girl was just a product of the balance between the two dimensions and the laws of harmony that must exist in order for both to co-exist. And as for my problems with my father, they do not exist here. You see, he is now my mother and my mother is now my father. And so, since my father controls the purse strings, I get all the financial support I need. Natalie had taken the job with Louise however not because she needed the income, but rather just to become a little less of a burden on father and to gain a little independence. I only suppose that Natalie has now taken my place as Nathan on the other side and since she has never decided to return here which would have forced my return to there, we are both now happy and content. Louise has since removed the main drive from her machine and made it inoperable anyway. I only can assume that Louis has done likewise on the other side. In truth, I like my new role as a female. I find it refreshing and fun. I only hope Natalie, my alter ego has found my former life satisfying. I'm sure that Anne-Marie wound see to that problem. End