*** Sickbay USS Chimera *** "Rangi!! you have a little problem?" Chief John Bradman gave her a cheerful grin as he walked into Sickbay. "John!! you could say that." Rangi replied indicating the EMH that was 'frozen' in mid word. "Aha!" he exclaimed.."And when did this happen?" he asked, slowly walking around the figure and observing it from all sides. "It was on and off all morning. I called you when it started." "And it just 'froze' did it?" he asked smiling at her. "No..the Captain disabled it for me." She looked at him in surprise as he seemed to 'stiffen', the smile dying away from his thin face. "The Captain?...he was here?" he asked giving her a calculating look. "Yes..he knew what to do at once. It was driving me crazy" "What exactly DID he do?" asked the engineer slowly, his eyes narrowing. "He went to a place under my desk." "Bradman pursed his lips and frowned. "I see....Show me please." he asked. Rangi led the way into her office and pointed out the open access panel. "He did something under there." she explained as the engineer set down his tool box and crawled under the desk. "Is it all right?" she asked At first there was no reply, then she heard him mutter .."Whats he been doing in here....?" Another short silence followed then Bradman chuckled to himself. He emerged from under the desk, reached for the tool box and said in his usual cheery voice "Wont be long." He selected a handful of assorted tools and resumed his position. "How long?" asked Rangi with a sense of deja vue.{{Only a while}} she thought to herself in the same tone the engineer used. "Only a while." came the muffled reply. "You can watch the hologram for me." She went to the door. Nothing happened. "Whats he doing?" "Nothing." "Now?" "Nothing." "...ICAL EMERGENCY" shouted the EMH making Rangi start back in surprise. "He's working!" she called."...loudly!!" "Please state thenatureofthemedicalemergency." gabbled the hologram. Rangi grinned at it. "Please state the ...natureof ..........themedicalemergency." Rangi pressed her fingers to her lips enjoying the situation immensely. "Pleeeeease.." the hologram seemed to plead in a slow deep voice "state the naturrrrrre of the medical emerrrrgency." Rangi turned towards the desk as John called "That should do it!" He slithered from beneath the desk and returned her wide smile packing tools into the box and closing it with a 'snap'. He walked over to where she waited. "Computer deactivate the EMH" The figure vanished and remained gone. "Computer..activate EMH program." "Please state the nature of the medical emergency." said the figure in a business like voice as it materialised. The engineer and doctor exchanged satisfied looks. "Computer..deactivate the EMH." Once again the hologram obligingly disappeared. "There you go...solved!" the chief grinned at her.She nodded.He laid his hand on her arm and leaned forward, his voice quiet as though imparting a great secret. "The Captain...Not the best engineer in the worlds." He straightened up and beamed at her. "Anything else need doing while I'm here?" Rangi shook her head "No..thankyou but that was the only problem." He picked up the tool box and headed for the door but turned as she said .. "Oh!...yes...there is one thing..9.00 tomorrow morning...medical check...can you make it?" He considered for a moment. "No problem" he smiled. "Will it take long?" he asked from the door. Rangi smiled "Only a while." she called to his departing figure. She heard him laugh.."9.00 then" As she turned back to her office she heard him begin to whistle as he went on his way. *** End Log *** Ltjg Rangi Summers CMO USS Chimera & Chief John Bradman Engineer USS Chimera (npc)