Beatrice placed a gloved hand on Scotty's right bare buttock, pulling it back as far as she could manage. Holding her flashlight in her mouth, Beatrice looked over Scotty's rectum.
"Please tell me this is over." Scotty said, wrapping his arms around his freezing body.
"You're clean." Beatrice said, her speech muffled by her flashlight.
"Come again?" Scotty said.
Beatrice released Scotty's buttock and took the flashlight out of her mouth. "You're clean, Mr. Scott. No rash, no bites. You can get dressed now."
Scotty eagerly grabbed his uniform and slipped it back on, grateful for clothing and the end of the embarrassment.
"All right, Mr. Scott, you have a clean bill of health. Keep up the good work and-"
When Beatrice turned to address Scotty, she saw that he had already fled the room. Chuckling lightly, she began to sort through papers. Oh yes, her brother might have liked to keep files on hologram, but she was old-fashioned.
As Beatrice put away the last file in a desk drawer, Leonard came from behind her and laid a hand on her shoulder.
"How it's going?" Leonard asked.
"Just finished my first patient. . Healthy as a horse. Heart sounded strong, normal temperature, stable blood pressure, nothing abnormal during the rectal." Beatrice explained.
"Wait a minute! Did you just say that you gave Scotty a rectal exam?" Leonard shouted, drawing some attention from the patients.
Beatrice sighed and faced her brother. "A rectal exam is a necessity when performing physicals on engineers. Don't tell you forgot your lessons from the Academy?"
"I haven't forgotten anything. Especially the fact that you're my kid sister, and I don't like the idea of you peeking into asses' of every damn engineer on this ship!" Leonard said, lowering his voice again.
"I'm a doctor, Lee. That means performing necessary exams, no matter a person's gender." Beatrice argued.
"From now on, I'll handle rectal exams and any other procedure that involves anything from the waist down."
Beatrice folded her arms. "When will you stop treating me like a child?"
"When I stop breathing." Leonard turned on his heel and stormed off.
Beatrice managed to keep her anger in check until she finished the physicals on the rest of the engineers, minus the rectal exams. Once she had finished her work, she went to her room and placed her pillow to her face; screaming into it. As much as she loved Leonard, she could never stand it when he babied her and now he was interfering with her job. Well, she would show him that she wasn't the little sister he could boss around anymore.