On the inside, Leta was panicking, but she didn't show it. She called out sweetly, mimicking Lydia's charming demeanor, "Mike, I don't know what you are talking about?" She purposefully used his name, hoping to indicate she was Lydia, since Lydia would know his name. She needed time to think of a game plan. She knew she would scan identical to Lydia, a side effect of the way they were turned so long ago. If she wasn't the problem, maybe Q was. She noted that Q said he resembled Vinny. She didn't know what that meant exactly, something she was going to look into later, but now, they had a problem. She continued to Mike, "Are you saying that this is not Vinny?"
"I'm not saying that it isn't A Vinny. I'm just saying that it isn't THE Vinny. Really now. The guy's put himself under the proverbial knife so often that I know his body better than most of the women he's slept with. I know all the enhancements, adjustments, modifications, nanites, and magical hoo-ha he's done to himself. This guy' Reads just like Vinny.....if he never had any of that stuff done to him. Where'd you dig him up anyways" Ah, nevermind. I'm not that curious right now. So, before I gas you both and have the bodies molecularly disassembled, any last words or requests?"
Leta's posture relaxed and she spoke in her normal harsh tone, "Ok, look. I want to get into the lab and take a look around. I wont steal anything. I just want to figure out how to make a little mini me of my own. Vinny's done it countless times. I just want one." She knew he'd never grant such a request, but she didn't have anything to lose now.
Mike said bluntly, "See" Asking nicely gets you a lot more things than trying to be duplicitous."
The elevator started moving down towards the lab and Q looked over incredulously. "Um, ah. We're not dead."
Mike spoke back up. "Not yet, but you may end up on one the lab tables for dissection if you don't be careful. The more you're here, the more I want a closer look." Shortly, the doors opened up and they had access to the lab. Leta was pretty shocked about their escape from demise, but she tried not to let it show. She turned to Q and said, "Let's get on it, then."