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Cross turned around about to leave ‘’I’m going back to sickbay, it’s a relief for me not going down on that planet. Something tells me I would probably end up as a slave....stay safe Cmdr’‘.

Joe was sweating profusely by the time Cross entered the gym. He stopped upon seeing her enter, grabbed a towel and wiped off his forehead. He couldn’t help but to smile seeing the way she was walking with that look that was intended to scare people on her face. He simply frowned as if in deep thought as she started to speak. As if he were very concerned.

Then as she was finished and about to leave, he stepped off the machine and stepped after her saying. “Hey Miri !” As she turned toward him not seeing how close he was he leaned in and kissed her quickly. He then of course held his hand up palm first should she decide to take a swipe at him. “Sorry about the Miri thing in the meeting.” he said. “It just sort of slipped out I wasn’t thinking. You’re right.”

She did not back away, then took a look around her and seeing the gym was empty got even more closer.

He then kissed her once again as he said, “Also the Captain isn’t going down to the planet on the first away team mission, so he’ll be all yours still. Does that nut Wong know about that or are you treating him alone?”

After the second kiss Cross replied ‘’Thank goodness he is staying behind for now, I’ll keep an eye on him’‘.

‘’Does that nut Wong know about that or are you treating him alone?”

With her eyes opened wide the doctor shook her head vigorously ‘’No way will I let that psychiatrist near the Captain, he does more harm then good!’’ .

Before she exited the gym Cross took one last look at the Cmdr What would I do if he doesn’t come back the female doctor thought.

Cross returned to Sickbay where she had another altercation with Dr. Wong, and she called the Captain in a distressed state. The Captain needed to speak urgently with Joe about the accusations Cross had made to him, and the Ship’s Computer told him that Joe could be found in the Gym.

So, about ten minutes after Cross had left, Captain Glen appeared at the Gym looking for Joe.

“Hello,” Glen called out. “Anyone seen the Commander here?”

Joe was finished having worked himself as much as he cared to for one evening and was leaning against the handrails of one of the running machines toweling off when he saw the captain enter. He frowned. The place was sure getting busy tonight. Joe wiped the last of some sweat from his brow and spoke out to Glenn. “Looking to do some crunches tonight captain.”

“Crunches?! Ah! No! I just walked from my office,” explained the Captain. “I’m looking for you!”

“Have you seen Dr. Cross recently? …She just called me to claim that Dr. Wong had ambushed her in her quarters a few days ago, and attacked her when she was naked in the shower. She claims that he injected her with an unknown substance that knocked her out, and left her sitting on the floor. She then had some conspiracy theory about the reason why he’s here, and that he has compiled some kind of dossier, and is about to leave the ship immediately. If there is any remote chance this is true we should detain Wong. I really don’t want Wong on this ship, but I find any of what she said difficult to believe. I’m worried about Cross, and about her state of mind. I don’t want anything about our classified missions leaving the ship, but it is getting hard to keep a lid on all of this. Verity Aphelion overheard the call from Miriam. I cannot ignore it. Wong can’t treat her symptoms without knowing the causes, and she clearly does need treatment. Just as I need Miriam to treat my symptoms, and I cannot disclose anything to anyone else… This is all such a mess!!!”