Prompt: Samson - "I wasn't laughing, I wasn't laughing. I was just thinking 'I just got hit by thunder'. And that was you."- 'The Deep'
"We're never going to make him happy," Chell griped as he followed Dalby down the corridor and away from the holodeck.
"I'd settle for just passing one of his tests, actually," Henley remarked as she walked beside Chell.
"Well going out with your phasers firing isn't going to do it," the Bolian quipped, doing a horrible job at imitating his female comrade.
A small chuckle from behind reminded the two that the fourth member of their small group was following behind them. Henley chose to ignore the Bajoran as Dalby's laughter from ahead of them was much more noticeable.
"I was trying to stand up for you, you know," Henley replied, swatting the back of Dalby's shoulder.
Though he didn't turn around, Dalby did hold his hands up in surrender. "I wasn't laughing at you," the engineer replied.
"Yeah, right," Henley muttered.
"I wasn't," Dalby tried again. "I was just thinking that we just got hit by a torpedo and that was you."
Dalby's remark caused Chell and even Henley to chuckle. The laughter managed to take some of the sting of their latest failure.