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Subject: REPOST TG: Miss-placed (1/10) by Stephanie


		     TG: Miss-placed (1/10)

	So here is the start of my next story. Thanks to Marie who
suggested the title. Hopefully I'm back to my regular schedule of one
new episode every two weeks or so.

	My website is at http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/2525.
There you'll find out a little about me and where my stories are
archived. If you are an author of TG stories and you would like to put
a similar page up on that site, let me know.

	As always, this is an adult story and it should not be read if
you are under the age of eighteen.

		       Miss-placed Part One
			       by
			    Stephanie


	"You chose WHERE?!" asked Julian in utter surprise.

	"Dodge City. They've got some very good deals at the moment,"
replied his colleague, Tony.

	"Are you mad?" exclaimed Julian, "I want to go on vacation, not
get massacred by a bunch of homicidal androids!"

	"I'm going as well," said Tony, "I want to live long into old
age, so I wouldn't risk my life simply for some excitement, would I?"

	Julian was beginning to regret leaving the arranging of his
upcoming vacation to Tony. Much to Julian's surprise and apprehension,
Tony had booked them into a two-week stay in the robot-populated pleasure
town, Dodge City. Five years ago, the two friends wouldn't have been able
to afford a single day there. That had been before a huge failure in the
central mainframe had sent the androids on a murderous spree that had
killed nearly fifty guests in the fake wild-west town. Dodge City had
only reopened a few months earlier, and bookings were understandably
scarce.

	"But what if the robots start killing again?" Julian protested.

	"Last time, the management of Dodge City barely avoided jail. If
it happened again, they'd be shut away for a very long time. So they'd
make absolutely sure the guests were perfectly safe before reopening the
place, wouldn't they?"

	"That does makes sense." Julian admitted.

	Tony could tell Julian was warming to the idea. "Also, they have
a new system that totally protects us from anything short of a missile
strike."

	"What's that?"

	"You'll see," replied Tony with a smug grin.

		*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

	Dodge City had been built out in an area that was still virtually
unpopulated. Julian had plenty of time on the ground-skimmer flight to
watch the guide to the Wild West town.

	"Welcome to Dodge City!" chirped the terminally happy female
voice. "Where the past springs into life!"

	Images of Dodge City in action appeared on the 3DTV. "Here, you
can indulge in your fantasies. You can be a Sheriff or a bank robber. You
can do whatever you want, in total safety, knowing that it is impossible
to be hurt."

	The scene changed to a clean, white room. Along one wall were
beds. Each one was encased in a perspex cylinder. "This is thanks to our
revolutionary new virtual-reality system. Now, I know what you're
thinking, 'I don't want to wear rubber suits and bulky headgear.' Well,
with our new Reality System you don't have to. While your body sleeps,
your mind is connected to an android body designed to be identical to
your real body in every single way. You will find it totally impossible
to tell that the artificial body is not your own."

	Julian paused the guide and turned to Tony. "I still can't see
how they can afford technology like this. I mean this is cutting-edge
stuff."

	"At these prices, they can't," replied Tony, "but the price will
go up when it catches on." He glanced out at the landscape flashing by
out the window. "So what are you going to be, Julian? White hat or black
hat?"

	"Huh?" Julian replied, totally mystified.

	"In the old 2d movies, and I mean the really old ones, you could
always tell who was the bad guy because he wore a black hat. The good guy
would always wear a white hat."

	"Well, defending law and order might be okay, but I'd much rather
rob a bank."

	Tony smiled, "My thoughts exactly! This is going to be a blast!"

	Three rows behind Julian and Tony, Gareth McCall was feeding the
last bits of data into his palmtop computer. He was looking forward to
Dodge City more than anyone on the flight.

	Dodge City advertised itself as a place with no limits. Of
course, that was only an illusion, as Gareth had learned when he had
first booked his stay in the newly reopened pleasure village. This had
not been his first visit to the fake Wild West town. He had been there
just three weeks before the tragedy that had shut it down.

	He had enjoyed his stay immensely and was more than satisfied
with the vacation. One thing, however, had caught his eye more than
anything else. One of the android gunslingers. It was dressed all in
black with a shaved head and a piercing gaze. It lost all its fights with
guests, of course, exactly as it was programmed to do, but Gareth was
still deeply impressed by it. He could still remember how it had stalked
through the town as if it had owned the place.

	Gareth had been entranced by it and ever since that first visit
he had imagined himself as that gunslinger, striding through the wild
west striking fear into all he passed.

	So, when the first adverts for the new Dodge City were published,
Gareth was first in line to book a place. With the new Total Reality
system, he could actually BE the gunslinger he admired so much.

	Unfortunately, he had been disappointed. The travel agent had
told him that guests were only allowed to inhabit android bodies made to
look exactly the same as their natural ones. Despite his pleading, the
travel agent had said no.

	Gareth had booked a place anyway, and then had returned home to
plan a way around this problem. After several months of hacking and
pushing his computer programming talents to their limits, he was sure
that he had the answer. Dodge City's security system was not as strong
as it should have been. He had managed to slip several small programs
into their computers. When he was connected to his android body, these
hidden programs would redirect him into the gunslinger's body instead.

	He also hoped they'd be able to disguise his location for the
remainder of the holiday. He wasn't certain it would work, but he had to
try before the system was made more secure and his chance was lost.

	He shut down his computer. He wished that the skimmer would
hurry up and get to Dodge City. He couldn't wait to become the
ultra-cool gunslinger.

		*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

	When they landed, the guests were processed quickly and
efficiently. They were led through a series of corridors to a lecture
theatre where they were given an orientation talk. Julian had been quite
impressed by how high-tech and efficient the organization seemed to be.

	The talk, given by a cheerful blonde woman, essentially covered
the same ground as the in-flight guide had. Julian found it rather
odd to think that somewhere else in the building was an android which
looked exactly like him.

	He tried to concentrate on what the woman, who had a name badge
with Sylvia written on it, was saying. "Finally, you'll find telephones
built into the tables by your beds in your hotel rooms. Please feel free
to use them if you have any questions or problems during your stay. Now,
does anyone have any questions?"

	Julian raised his hand, "Why do the android bodies have to look
exactly like our real bodies?"

	"Well," she replied, "our reason for using this system is one of
safety. Your real body will be totally protected here. There is no real
problem with controlling a body different than your real one, but we do
find some people get a little disoriented, which can distract from your
enjoyment."

	Someone else asked, "Can we shoot each other?"

	A ripple of laughter went round the hall. "You can. The android
bodies have a very carefully-designed set of pain sensors. You'll be
unable to feel any pain, and your android's bodies are very strong. I
think you'll find that you'll be working together against the various
computer-controlled androids. If you do want to fight each other, please
make sure that both of you want to do it. If you are shot, you'll go
'unconscious' for the short time it'll take our skilled technicians to
repair your android body, so you needn't worry about missing any of your
vacation."

	She stood up. "If there are no further questions, please
follow me down to the room where you'll be spending the next two weeks."

	They were led down under the building to a long antiseptic room.
This was the sleep chamber Julian had seen in the guide. The long room
was broken up into three sections. Two sections were fully occupied with
guests already enjoying their vacation. The third section stood ready to
receive the new guests. There were about half a dozen men and women in
white coats ready to put them into the sleep chambers.

	The woman opened the case around one of the beds. "These are
standard suspended-animation chambers. While your body is here, your mind
will be connected straight to your android body. Your body will be looked
after by some of the finest doctors and, highly unlikely though it is,
should anything happen we have a fully equipped operating theatre."

	Julian was impressed. Tony had been right when he had said that
Dodge City wasn't taking any risks at all.

	"So who'll be first?" asked the woman.

	Julian decided to let someone else go first, just to see how it
was done. It was fairly uneventful, which was fine as far as Julian was
concerned. The volunteer laid down on the bed and had four small
electrodes taped onto his head. Then the chamber was closed and switched
on.

	A doctor checked the readouts on the side of the chamber and
then nodded. The woman turned to the guests and said, "That's all there
is to it. You'll go to sleep here and then wake up in your hotel room in
Dodge City."

	Quickly and efficiently, the guests were prepared for their Wild
West experience. Julian felt himself falling deeply asleep almost as soon
as his chamber was closed.

	"Are they all under?" asked Sylvia.

	"Yep, all ready to be put into the androids," replied the chief
doctor.

	"Thank God! If I had to keep that inane smile on my face a second
longer I'd have gone mad. I hate dealing with the public," she replied
grumpily.

	"Then why do you do it?"

	"More cutbacks, all this technology costs. I'm still trying to
convince the management we need a full-time PA here. Well, I'd better
get back to the Control Room. Try not to kill any of them."

	The doctor smiled, "I'll do my best."

	The computer began making the links between each of the guests
and their duplicate android bodies. Halfway through this sequence, it was
informed by another program that one of the guests was to be re-routed to
another body. This curious request had top priority and the computer had
to hastily rearrange other parts of its main program to comply.

		*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

	Gareth slowly rose to consciousness and looked at the ceiling. He
was in Dodge City! He lay still for several long seconds. This was the
moment of truth. Had all the weeks of planning been wasted?

	He closed his eyes and sat up. His body felt different, or was
that just his imagination? He opened his eyes and saw his reflection in a
small mirror. A bald head, magnificent features and those starring eyes.

	He had made it! It had worked! He grinned and liked what he saw.
He was already dressed in the all black outfit. He stood and picked up
his black hat. Then he practised drawing his gun a few times.

	This was going to be so good! He walked over to the window and
looked out at the people going by. He hurried out of his room and down
the stairs. Just before he left the hotel he composed himself and tried
to look mean. Then he opened the door and stalked down the main street.

	Gareth was gratified to see the men and women hurriedly getting
out of the way as we walked past. They were nearly all computer
controlled androids, but Gareth felt a swell of satisfaction anyway. This
was going to be a vacation like no other.

	As Gareth was exploring Dodge City, another new arrival was
waking up. He opened his eyes and looked up. The ceiling was painted a
light pink, and it took	Julian a few seconds to remember where he was.
If everything had worked, he should have been transferred to his android
double in the hotel room he would share with Tony over the next two
weeks. Their budget hadn't stretched to two single rooms.

	He looked to the right, feeling the pillow rustling under his
head as he did so. He was next to the window, which was surrounded by a
very frilly pink curtain.

	Julian frowned, that didn't fit into the image of a run-down
hotel this was supposed to be. He looked to the left, expecting to see
Tony, but there wasn't another bed in the room, just a gaudy dressing
table covered with what looked like cosmetics. Where the hell was Tony?

	He shifted in the bed and felt something tickle his calves. It
was like something was wrapped around his legs. He pulled a hand out of
the bed and focused his bleary eyes on it. It didn't feel like he was in
an android body, but something felt odd.

	As he brought his arm into focus he gasped in shock. It was much
smaller than his own arm, and ended in a slender hand tipped with long,
carefully-shaped nails.

	This wasn't his arm. This wasn't even a man's arm, it was a...

	Julian's piercing shriek cut through Dodge City.

To be continued...

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