--Sickbay--
"Doctor, Ensign Mannion pulled out his stitches again."
"Well, put 'em back in! I'm dealing with two officers who managed to nearly drown aboard a starship."
"Wha--?"
"Get to work, Nurse!" Dr. McFadden shook her head. "The microtransporter got most of the water out, but that coolant seemed to have irritated your mucuous membranes. I'll need to hold you here overnight."
"What-no, doctor, I have important duties--"
"--That you can attend to once I've made sure you're not going to drop dead from lack of oxygen. Now, granted, it's not a long test, but I'm still dealing with patients from Twelve-Forward, so you'll have to wait until this evening."
Pavlov sighed. Then coughed. "Can I at least make my report to the captain? Get us off red alert?"
Dr. McFadden crossed her arms. "That would be most helpful for us...alright. I'll allow it."
"Thank you. Pavlov to the captain."
"Go ahead, Mr. Pavlov."
"Sir, I'd like to let you know we can go off red alert. The phaser blast that triggered the alert came from a cadet I was trapped in a Jeffries tube with, he was trying to get us out. He took out a pretty good chunk of Engineering, but he saved us from drowning."
"Drowning?"
"Yes, sir. I'm not certain, but there
was some suspicious activity on deck 12."
"Yes, a bunch of security officers just came down from there, escorting Mr. Sulu."
"Sulu?"
"I'm as confused as you are."
Pavlov noticed Rakoua standing unobtrusively out of the way. "Captain, I sent Cadet Rakoua to investigate what was going on, but he hasn't had a chance to give me his report. I'm going to send him down to you to explain things." He considered for a moment. "Sir, I recommend we lower our status to Yellow alert; it will clear the hallways and give the crew a chance to relax, but we'll still be ready in case something happens while we clear all this up and repair the damage."
"Good idea, Mr. Pavlov. I'll relay that to the bridge immediately. Flipz out."
A moment later, the alarms throughout the ship silenced, and the lights returned to normal. Everyone in sickbay breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, Cadet Rakoua? You heard me. Get back to Deck 13 and report your findings to the captain." Once Rakoua left the room, he turned to Kaze and added, "And you...read that article I gave you." He chuckled again, and once again broke into a fit of coughing. Dr. McFadden tranquilized him.
"Don't. Say. A word. If you insist on talking and aggrivating your condition like our friend here did, I'll tranquilize you the old-fashioned way," the doctor said aggrivatedly, punching her hand. She returned to work on Pavlov.
OOC: The articles:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Type_2_phaserhttp://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Type_3_phaser