Some Uhura POV in this chapter! FYI: I don't hate Uhura. I actually really like her character.

Chapter 4

Spock calling to ask her for a favor had awaked Uhura that morning. Waking up early to replicate clothing was not exactly what constituted a good start to the day in Uhura's mind. But if it was to help the Captain, she was more than willing to sacrifice a few hours of sleep.

Jim had been wearing his usual gold shirt and black pants the day before. But dresses were also considered to be standard uniform for women. Unsure of which style Jim would prefer, she decided to replicate a few pairs of both. Once she was done, she decided to help Rand carry the clothes back to the Captain's quarters.

Rand almost ran into Spock as he was walking out of his quarters. After regarding Rand's apologies as illogical, Spock nodded a greeting to Uhura.

Uhura handed the rest of Jim's clothes to Rand. She walked over to her boyfriend and gave him a peck on the lips.

"I did the best that I could. I don't know what Captain's size is, so I made a rough estimate."

"Thank you Nyota. I appreciate your assistance in this matter."

"It's no problem. Do you know how long the Captain is going to be like this? I mean, I am not gonna lie, this is really weird."

"I find that I agree with you. I too find this situation to be unusual." Said Spock as they boarded the turbolift.

"Is he going to be alright? I mean, there is a way to get him back to normal right?"

"Yes, I believe that if we can take him to New Vulcan the healers may be able to do something for the Captain. I am just waiting for Starfleet to approve my request."

"Good! I hope they do. I have noticed that many of the male members of the crew have taken a particular interest in the Captain's new body. I am starting to get concerned. I mean, they do realize that it's still their Captain right?"

Leave it to Jim to be hot as both a man and a woman. Uhura thought to herself with a smile.

Spock raised his eyebrows but made no comment on the matter. Uhura just figured he didn't want to engage in any of the ships gossip.

They reached the bridge and both went to their stations. Starfleet had requested they investigate the atmospheric conditions of Gamma Trianguli VI. A planet where the Federation was considering starting a colony if the planet proved habitable. She informed Spock of this and Spock was in the middle of plotting the course when she heard,

"Captain on the bridge!"

Uhura turned around and couldn't help but gap when she saw Jim. She had clearly made a miscalculation in the Captain's measurements. There stood Jim, gone was the messy hair from the day before and so were the shirt and pants. In their place was a long ponytail that resembled Uhura's and a tight gold dress that barely reached her thighs. Jim was wearing black tights to make up for that fact and black high-heeled boots. Even as a woman, Jim was a few inches taller than Uhura. Something she had forgot to consider when she was replicating the clothing.

There was a collective intake of breath and several things seemed to happen at once. Uhura heard a loud snap behind her but before she could turn around, her attention was brought to the front of the bridge where a young ensign had dropped the PADD he had been trying to get one of the officers to sign off on. As if that wasn't enough, Sulu had spit out the coffee he had been in the middle of drinking when the Captain had stepped on the bridge. Chekov had been standing next to Sulu and the poor ensign only had a second to react to the captain's appearance before he had found himself covered in coffee. Uhura couldn't deny that Jim looked hot and clearly the male staff had noticed.

Uhura turned to look at Spock seeking some sort of confirmation that she wasn't hallucinating. But Spock didn't even glance in her direction when she turned to look at him. He was giving the Captain a very intense look. To anyone else who saw him, Spock might have looked as stoic as ever. But Uhura knew better. Spock was trying really hard to keep a straight face.

Spock?

Before Uhura could process this new development, Jim broke the pregnant silence. She walked to the front of the bridge apparently unaffected by the stares she was getting from everyone. She kept her face and stride strictly professional.

"Are you unwell Mr. Sulu?" Jim wore a hard look on her face but her tone was both polite and professional.

"Umm, no Captain." Sulu staggered for words, "I... Forgive me. I don't know what came over me."

Jim nodded at her lieutenant "Well I am glad you are alright lieutenant. I will however ask you to show more restraint in your reactions in the future."

She then turned to Chekov before Sulu could respond, "Mr. Chekov, you may call in your replacement to cover for you while you clean yourself up."

"Ah, yes Keptin. Thank yew."

Jim then walked around their workstation and approached the ensign who had dropped the PADD. She gave him a smile and picked up the PADD and handed it to him.

"Th-thank you, Captain."

Jim nodded and without another word she walked to her chair and sat down. Everyone went back to work immediately, trying to ignore the tension in the room.

"Uhura."

"Yes Captain?"

Uhura turned to face the Captain, who was giving her a calm look. Uhura immediately felt relieved although she knew Jim would not have any quarrel with her.

"Do we have any word from Starfleet?"

"Yes Captain. They have asked us to travel to Gamma Trianguli VI and survey the planets atmospheric conditions. I have already given Spock the coordinates."

"Very well, thank you Lieutenant." Jim gave her a small smile.

"Mr. Spock, have you plotted a course to Gamma Trianguli VI"

"Yes Captain. We should arrive at Gamma Trianguli VI within twelve hours."

"Excellent. Thank you Commander. Please notify Dr. Marcus so that she will be ready to accompany us to the planets surface."

"Yes Captain." Spock turned back to his work station and Jim turned his chair to face forward.

By this point, Rand had arrived on the bridge and she handed Jim her PADD. Jim began doing paperwork while everyone around her tried not to stare at her. Uhura couldn't help but feel bad for Jim. The crew was putting no effort into being discrete about this whole situation. Jim was probably feeling like she had done something wrong.

Oh great. I am thinking of Jim as a she now.

She heard a small clatter, like an object falling on the floor. She looked around her station to see if she had dropped anything and caught sight of a broken stylus lying on the floor next to Spock. She only caught a glimpse of it because Spock was quick to pick it up. Then it clicked, the snap from earlier.

She looked over at her boyfriend. Why is he always so affected when it comes to Jim?

After two hours of doing paperwork, Jim got up from her chair.

"Spock. You have the conn."

"Captain?"

"I have to go see Bones. I wont be long. Page me if you need anything."

She gave Spock one of her classic Jim Kirk smiles, to which Spock responded to by raising both eyebrows, and made her way to sickbay.

McCoy was patching up an engineer's cut arm when Jim burst into the medical bay.

"Bones! Where the hell are you?"

Besides the clothing incident earlier that morning, McCoy had been having a calm day. He knew it was to good to last. He called Chapel to finish treating the engineer and walked to the front of sickbay where Jim was.

"Dammit Jim! What the hell is it now? I already told you I didn't steal your damn clothes!"

"What the hell did you tell the crew on the bridge?"

"What?"

Jim gave an exasperated sigh, "my crew has been walking on eggshells around me and giving me weird looks. And it all started after you talked to them! So tell me what the hell it is you told them!"

"Kid, are you sure you aren't just imagining things?"

"Bones, the entire bridge froze at the sight of me this morning."

"Maybe it has to do with what you are wearing?" McCoy raised an eyebrow, "why don't you wear something more like what you had on yesterday?"

"You know I only wear that on missions. I bet you anything that a man designed the uniform for female officers. How the hell am I supposed to avoid getting shot at when I am wearing heels and a dress? And besides, this is what I always wear on the bridge, it's standard uniform! Granted, I think Rand might have shrunk my dress in the wash. But no one gave me weird looks before!"

McCoy shook his head, "oh kid, you really are something. And these uniforms were designed for normal officers that don't find a way to get shot at all the time or to get themselves injured even while gathering flora samples!"

Jim frowned, "How was I supposed to know those plants were carnivorous? And don't change the subject on me! You are going to fix this. I don't care what you have to do! Just fix it!" Jim turned on her heel and started to walk out of medbay.

McCoy sighed, "Where are you going Jim?"

"To find a longer dress!" She yelled as she walked out of the medbay doors.

"I am sorry Admiral but I do not understand."

Spock had informed Starfleet of Captain Kirk's incident, while conveniently leaving out his mental state, and Admiral Pike was currently on the screen briefing Spock on what Starfleet had decided to do about Jim.

"Spock, like you said, Jim is a woman. That kind of thing doesn't happen everyday. It is possible to turn a man into a woman, but there are many methods used throughout the galaxy and not all of them are safe."

"The Doctor would have detected if the Captain was in any danger."

"A Starfleet vessel isn't as equipped as the Starfleet labs and medical centers, Mr. Spock. I think you can agree with that."

"I believe taking the Captain to a medical facility will only cause him greater psychological distress. Therefore it would be illogical to do so. "

"Spock, I know you are thinking of Jim. I care about him too. He is like a son to me. The admirals have no knowledge of his current mental state. They only want to make sure he is physically well. So the Enterprise has been ordered to come home after its next mission. Jim hasn't been taken off command yet but just make sure Jim doesn't get himself, or should I say herself, into any trouble. "

"I understand Admiral. I shall ensure the Captain's safety and inform both him and the Doctor of our new course following our mission."

"Thank you, Spock."

"Of course Admiral."

The admiral ended the transmission. Spock stared at the black screen and knew he would have to make a choice.

Thank you soooo much to everyone who is following and reviewing! 3

Okay! I am not sure what the uniform for female Captains would be during this era/timeline. So I am going to assume it's like everything else and women can either wear a dress or a uniform similar to the male one. I just really wanted to have Jim rock a sexy dress around Spock xP

When I was thinking of how Jim's dress looked on her, I had the dresses from TOS in mind. Idk about you guys, but I always thought those were a little too short!

More characters in this chapter! Yay!