"Now?!" Maruu asked, bewildered. "You can't be serious!"
"I am," answered Lataro.
K'Lara was dumbfounded by all of this.
"You should at least clean up," suggested the captain.
"No, Sir. Now." Lataro was focused on his objective.
Maruu smiled and rose. "Well, if that's what you want." He tapped his com badge. "All senior officers please report to the conference room in five minutes. Commander Nori, please meet me in the conference room immediately. Bring a medkit." Maruu then looked at Lataro. "Help me fix up the conference room."
"Well, there were only a couple of injuries: bruises, scrapes, and some deep cuts and concussions. Nothing the dermal regenerator couldn't fix. What happened to you?"
Lataro and K'Lara only smiled and pop kissed each other on the lips each other.
Valdago quickly burst into the room dressed in dress uniform instead of the usual duty uniform. "I have the dress uniforms for you four."
"All right, people. Just drop one uniform on top of the other," Maruu said as he removed his tunic. He and the rest simply put their dress uniforms on top of the duty uniforms.
Three minutes later, Lt. Sinclair, Lt. Benton, Lt. Loran, Lt. Tomme, and Lt. Zano poured into the room. Benton looked at the table which had been moved horizontally instead of its usual vertical position. "What is the meaning of this?"
Nori smiled at the group. "Everybody just sit down." She pop kissed Maruu on the lips. "Good luck," she whispered. She sat down next to Benton and Tomme.
Maruu stood at the far end of the room, near the view port. Lataro and K'Lara placed themselves alongside each other facing their captain.
Valdago blew a whistle.
Maruu began, "Well, under such short notice, this is the best we could do. Unfortunately, we have no Vedeks on the ship, or we would have had a Bajoran wedding. We are all gathered here today to join Commander Jonathan Lataro and Lieutenant Commander K'Lara in holy matrimony. The rings please."
Valdago dug in his pockets. He found the rings Lataro had had replicated only two minutes before. "Here they are." He handed them to Maruu.
Maruu smiled. He handed one to K'Lara and one to Lataro. "Jon, do you agree to be with K'Lara, faithfully and lovingly, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"
Lataro lovingly looked at K'Lara. "I do. With all my heart."
Maruu continued, "K'Lara, do you agree to be with Jon, faithfully and lovingly, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"
K'Lara also stared into Lataro's eyes. "I do. Now more than ever."
"Well, by the power vested in me by Starfleet Command and the United Federation of Planets, I now pronounce you husband and wife." He paused. "By all means, do kiss the bride."
Lataro and K'Lara wasted no time.