Scotty watched as McCoy took the two men to Sick Bay. Shallow breaths moved their chests up and down but they were far from well. Kirk followed them out with a security detail. A couple of ensigns remained behind; there was still the wayward creature to deal with. "Well, that's them back on board," he said, more to himself than anyone else. "Time to get a shift on with the repairs."
With that thought, he left the transporter room and headed back to engineering. He heard the noise before he even opened the door. Loud shouts followed by a dangerous crash caused Scotty to catapult through the door, "What in the name of seven hells is going on in here!"
What he saw was not what he expected. He clocked the small alien dog thing dashing and darting in amongst the half repaired equipment making the worst noise he had ever heard. It was somewhere between a dog bark and a banshee wail. Several ensigns were engaged in chasing it around the equipment, "Who let that, that thing in here?" he was ignored as the ensigns continued to stalk the thing. "And stop chasing it for goodness sake." He roared. That got their attention. The awful screaming ceased and the creature sat down amid a pile of wires. One of the ensigns shuffled and dropped a piece of cable he'd been using to bait the creature, "Now, someone mind explaining what it going on here?"
"Sir, this creature came in here, I don't know where it came from."
"It could be what killed Davis," another ensign said.
"Take a look at it lads." The creature had sat down and began scratching behind its ear. It had thick fur and was the same size as a cocker spaniel. Two tentacles stuck out from the top of its head. It looked at the three men and tilted its head to one side with a low whine. "Does that look like the sort of thing that could tear a man to pieces?"
"Well…"
"No sir."
"I believe it may have escaped from the lab. I think Spock brought a creature like this back from the planet, why not go and find out?" The two ensigns nodded and scampered off, leaving Scotty to guard the creature and maybe clear up the mess it had made of the engine room. "So what are you doing here little creature?" he said as he picked up scattered lengths of wire. The tools had been knocked over in the chase and were everywhere. The animal trotted over and dropped some of the loose wire at his feet, "Helpful little fellow ain't you." He said picking up the deposited equipment. "What do you want eh? Not to aid me in clearing up this mess surely." The creature danced around his feet with a yip before racing off to collect some more mess. "Maybe it is, I won't complain fella." Scotty said as he watched the creature continue about his task.