Joe hadn’t heard a peep from sickbay for some time and had quite frankly become concerned with how things were going. Most generally if things were going wrong, he was one of the first people that Lieutenant Cross let know about it. And usually in a loud voice. Of course, it was often that way when something went right too so the absence of not being yelled at concerned him.

Joe walked into sickbay expecting. Well, he didn’t know really what to expect. He knew that the first thing on his list of to- dos was to give that darn little redhead a wide berth. He looked around then looking for someone in the busy place he might speak to, He stayed out of the way and hoped that someone with a bit of curiosity might stop for a moment to satisfy his own curiosity.

Hunter saw the Cmdr enter and looking around,he did not need a high IQ to know Joe had not come to see him and made his way to the office were Cross was.
‘’Psssst ‘’ he called out,seeing the CMO who looked like she had all the universe on her shoulders .

Cross looked up ‘’Have you turned into a bird now? What’s the pssst for ?’’ she asked Hunter ‘’The Cmdr is in sickbay most probably looking for you’’ he replied back.

The female doctor got up from behind the desk and headed to were the first officer was ‘’Cmdr what brings you to sickbay? I thought you where on the bridge ‘’Cross asked a bit concerned.

Joe simply smiled at Cross and said, “Well I was on the bridge but then I turned into a cute little songbird and flew away.” He laughed then before looking around sick bay. “To be truthful I hadn’t heard much from down here so I thought I would come down and see for myself. The ship is working perfectly well right now on its own. We’re just orbiting, and I find myself to be quite useless. So, all this being said I thought I would come down here and see if there was anything you might need help with.”

When John Glen heard the sound of Joe’s voice he came out of the small office he had been allocated to meet him. This was the same small broom cupboard previously given to Dr. Wong and totally unsuitable. “Next ship upgrade, we really need to get you some decent office space in Sickbay!” Glen said to Cross and Hunter.

“I’m glad I won’t be needing that office anymore. A sample from the two infected NCs has now been sent for analysis to Science. I assume that the Amber Alert is now cancelled, that Secuirty is stood down, and crew are free to roam the whole ship once again?” he asked Joe. “And does Mr. Del Wolf understand this too?”

At this point Cara and others who had been stuck in Sickbay due to the shipwide lockdown left, with just the two infected NCs still being held.

“I have asked McKenzie Lovejoy to join us shortly in order to question the native girl about the planet. Doctor Cross, is it possible that we can have a small update on everything that has been found out by Medical and Science so far please?”

OOC: For the benefit of crew who have been away over Christmas, where are we at exactly? - Dave
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“Also,” Glen continued, “what exactly do we want to know from this girl? I’m quite keen to know about the Klingons, but given her tender age, her answers might not be very accurate, or she just might not understand them. We will need to go back down to the planet surface.”

“I’m very keen to begin the questioning of the girl, so if McKenzie doesn’t join us soon, can we begin by using the Universal Translatir please,” Glen added, “then she can follow up on anything that it didn’t catch.”

• Glen, CO