As the shipmates, both past and present, walked away from the scene, and headed down the street, Duxeal stopped in his tracks, put his hand on Woof's arm and said "Wait a minute Woof, you accuse me of being underhanded. Why didn't you tell me of your back-up plan?"
Woof had a big smile on his face, almost to the point of laughing. Finally he said, "Everything was on a need-to-know basis", before bursting into laughter.
Duxeal, now laughing himself, having seen the funny side of it, shook his head and said, "You haven't changed, Woof. I might have known not to trust a Klingon"
"That's okay Duxeal," replied Woof "I don't trust Cardassians"
Both men laughed heartily as they continued down the street.
Duxeal then told Woof that the information he and Metaxa had extracted from Isla Deluxe was being passed on to Starfleet. It was up to them what the next course of action would be.
"If I know Starfleet" mused Woof, "They will send some top notch ship to hunt them down".
"Such as the Avenger" added Duxeal.
"Yes! It's a distinct possibility" Woof went on "We have the means and the motivation".
The two men faced each other.
"This is where we part company, old friend" said Duxeal.
They shook hands and Duxeal in turn shook Ecurb's hand, while Metaxa gave a hug to Woof, and then to Ecurb. Turning to Stargazer, Metaxa shook her hand and said "Thank you very much for your help. We couldn't have pulled it off without you"
With a puzzled look on her face, Stargazer said, " Things didn't go to plan though. You didn't get the microfilm".
Putting her hand in her pocket, Metaxa pulled out the microfilm, held it up, and said "Oh yes we did! I had to lie a little to start a ruckus to rescue you"
"Metaxa!" exclaimed Stargazer, "You've been spending too long in Duxeal's company".
Metaxa laughed, gave Stargazer a wink, and said "I was devious long before I married Duxeal."