Rhys nodded and his head disappeared. They could hear him hauling himself up the incline as he made his way towards the back of the ship. Ianto moved cautiously about the cabin and looked around. There was a lot of damage to the interior. He moved closer to the pilot and looked closer at the instrument panel. "Jack, I have some lights over here. Anything I can help you with?"
Jack looked over, his eyes avoiding the body next to Ianto. "See if there is anything that looks like a speaker for communications. If there is, we might be able to figure it out and get it working." Ianto nodded. He moved to the other side of the chair and started picking debris off the console. A lot of it was badly damaged. "If necessary, we can ask Jaella to come in here, since she'll know these controls better than I would. But I don't want to get her too upset. "
Gwen got up and pushed her way towards the back cabin. "I'm going to look for something that we can use to cover them if she does need to come in here." She reached for the door frame and pulled her way through. They could hear her making her way around the other cabin as she looked in cabinets and drawers for something that would work.
Ianto moved so that he was looking under the console. He found an access panel and unscrewed it from the console. Taking his torch out of his pocket he shone it inside. He wasn't sure what he was looking for, but perhaps something would be obvious.
A moment later Gwen appeared with something that looked to be a shimmering fabric. She used it to cover both bodies from view. "There, that should do." Jack looked up and nodded.
"Jaella?" He called. He heard a faint response from the back of the ship. "Could you please come down here?" He poked around the keyboard and pulled up a display. "Ah."
"What did you find?" Ianto asked, pulling his head back out from under the console. He didn't find anything useful that he could see, and at least it sounded like Jack was making some sort of progress.
"Scanning device," Jack said. "It's still working on battery power, so we may be able to find the mother ship." He pressed the button and the display in front of him came to life, showing something that Jack found fascinating. They heard Jaella and Rhys making their way back towards the front of the ship. Jaella poked her head through the doorway and they could hear her audible sigh as she noted that the crew members were covered.
"Yes, sir?" She asked as she made her way over to where Jack was standing. "Ah! It is working!"
"It wasn't earlier?" Jack asked her, curious. She shook her head. "Interesting. I wonder why it is now?"
"Yl'hani use some organic technology so it is possible it was able to repair itself enough to be usable." She peered around Jack's shoulder and he moved over slightly to give her some room. "Yes, the display is now active. It was only flickering when I tried it the other day." She poked at some buttons and the display changed. "There. It is now scanning for the ship. If we can get the communications panel working, I may be able to reach them." She turned towards were Ianto was kneeling reluctantly. It was clear to Jack she didn't want to go closer to the bodies.
"Just tell Ianto what to look for and he can do it," he said as he put his arm around the alien woman. She leaned trustingly into his embrace and he hugged her. "You don't have to do it."
"Thank you, sir." Jaella said. She closed her eyes. "Mr. Ianto, could you please look for a display that is about four micas by six micas. It will have some green writing above it and three white buttons below."
Ianto turned so that he could survey the console. "Got it. What should I do?" He glanced over to where Jaella was still standing with Jack's arm around her.
"Below that is an access panel. If you look inside to the right, you should see some wires. They go into the central communications unit. Make sure that all of the wires are connected," Jaella said. Ianto ducked his head back under the console and played the light of the torch inside again. He could see a jumble of equipment that had become loose in the crash and carefully reached in to move it out of his way. He jumped when several sparks flared and he heard Gwen caution him needlessly.
"Believe me, I am being careful," he told her. The last thing he wanted was to blow them up. He peered to the right and saw a bundle of multi colored wires. "Found it, but it looks damaged. Several of the wires have been severed. I may be able to reconnect them, however." He lay down against the console opening and reached inside. He moved with caution, careful not to let any of the wires touch one another and do more damage. He used his fingernails to strip the coating back on the wires before twisting the filaments together. Ignoring the sounds of the equipment beeping and whirring behind him, he worked more confidently as he was able to reconnect each cable. Finally, he was finished.