Sickbay
Lizzie smiled back at Alex.
"I'm waiting for Lieutenant Hawke. He has put off the fifth appointment to report here to have both his physical and to check to make sure he is not suffering any further symptoms. I have therefore releaved him of duty and ordered him to report here in the next." She looked at the chronometer. "22 minutes. I have advised him that should he fail to report, security will be requested to escort him here. With the relevant effect on his permanent record. Should all be well I will allow him to return to duty immediately, but something tells me that he is purposely avoiding us. Though I have no idea why. Do you have any idea why he would go to such extremes?" She asked.
[Sickbay]
Glancing at Zero and giving both of them a bemused smile, Alex shook his head. "Despite my own long and illustrious career of avoiding sickbay, I can't think of a reason why any crewman would risk being relieved of duty if those were the two choices. I usually put off my medicals to
stay on the active duty list..."
He crossed his arms, leaning up against a bed. Alex kept his tone light so as not to come off as though Vaughan had done something wrong. "Doctor, I know it's your prerogative to keep the crew up to date on their medicals, and I have no issues with that. However, if you wouldn't mind, next time please go through the perspective member's department head first prior to relieving them of duty. If that's ineffective, bring it directly to me and I'll have it dealt with accordingly. Orders work just as well as threats sometimes."
[Sickbay]
The message from the First Officer had given her enough time to pull up the physiotherapist's appointment schedule on a console and scan through it for available appointments before he had actually arrived in sickbay, meaning that Zero was ready for him. What she hadn't been ready for was the annoyance in his posture and the way he strode across sickbay toward them. In fact, she almost flinched when he held his hands out before realising that it was a placating gesture.
"I have formulated a series of appointments which I believe will accelerate the recovery of your shoulder. There is a session available immediately, or you may begin tomorrow. If you choose to begin tomorrow, I will, uh..." She faltered as she tried to remember the human idiom. "Take a line of code from Lieutenant Vaughan's PADD?"
Alex tried not to look confused, although that wasn't entirely successful as he mused over Zero's attempt of using another idiom.
Take a line of code... The realization of what she meant came moments later. "Take a page from Vaughan's book." He chuckled, raising an eyebrow at the young doctor. "Today will be fine. Are you going to be running the session, or...?"
=/\=Hawke to Vaughan, I am in the middle of some repairs here with data streams, can we make another appointment next week...I promise I won't pick up any more Engineering shifts...c'mon I'll give you my Holodeck time and I will add a bottle of non replicated Spanish red wine as a cherry on top=/\
Alex's cheery disposition faltered as his eyebrows wrinkled in a rare display of annoyance. It was bad enough that the lieutenant had decided to try and charm his way out, he had done it over an open channel.
Looks like discipline is something we'll have to work on. I'll also probably have to have a word with Lichter. "I'd be willing to bet latinum he didn't intend for the XO to hear that. Doctor, if you'll allow me." Alex smiled faintly at Vaughan while tapping his commbadge.
"Wu to Lieutenant Hawke, report to sickbay immediately. I will personally inform your department head the reason for your absence from your post. Wu, out."