When Trip opened his eyes, he was shocked. All the crew of the Enterprise was with him, waking at the same time. They were in an outdoor room. No it wasn't a room, it was a cage. A giant cage. There were bars on all four walls and the only thing covered was the ceiling which had a wooden roof on it. Outside the bars, was a desert with tents around the cage.

"Where the hell are we?" he asked himself. Just as he said that, someone approached the bars of the cage. It wasn't just any onld alien, it was a Kalpanan.

"Welcome, humans." Said the Kalpanan, "I am Kas."

"Why the hell are we here?!" said the Captain from Trips right side.

"you are all slaves." Said Kas.

"What?! What are you talking about?!" Trip yelled.

"The gift my people sent you was used to throw everyone on your ship into unconciousness. You were brought here, to the Kalpanan homeworld, because when we first met you, we knew you would work hard, and fetch a good price." Said Kas.

"What do you mean 'Fetch a good price.'?" Asked Malcolm.

"Today is Saturday. On Fridays we have species from all over, come to this camp to buy slaves. You'll be here a week before you are sold. The males are kept here were as the females are across the camp. If you attempt escape or disobey me or my people in any way, you will suffer the consequences." Threatened Kas, before turning and walking away.

When he was out of sight, Trip looked around, realiseing for the first time that there were no women in the cage.

"We need to get out of here. We need to escape, get all the women crewmembers free and get back to the ship." Said Archer. Everyone was listening, hopeing Archer had a plan.

"Where are we?" Hoshi asked herself. They were in some sort of structure, outside. It was like a cage. A big cage. Immediately she noticed that there were no male crewmembers in the cage, only female. That was never a good sign.

A alien approached them. It was a Kalpanan.

"I am Kas," it said, " You are all now slaves. You will be sold on Friday so you will be here for a week before you leave. If you attempt escape or disobey us, you will be severly punished. I do not like questions so don't ask any." Finished Kas as he walked off.

"Uh oh this is really not good." Said Hoshi.

"Don't worry Hoshi, everything will be okay." Said crewman Cutler.

"Uh-oh this is really not good." Travis said.

"Well what do you expect, a bloody picnic?" Malcolm scoffed.

"Your not one for reasurence are you Malcolm?" Trip spoke. Receiving a glare from Malcolm.

"I don't suppose any of you have a plan?" Archer asked.

"Isn't that the job of the cap'n?" Trip remarked, Archer glared, "Sorry I know, we'll never get out of here unless we all work tagether cooperatively." Trip recited the speech the Captain had given countless times.

"Exactly." Said Archer, with a smile, "So lets all try and work together to come up with a plan." Silence.

"Don't tell me none of you have an idea?" Travis asked.

"Oh yeah what about you, we don't hear you telling your miraculous way to get out of here." Said Malcolm.

"That's because I don't have to,"smirked Travis, "I'm an ensign, no one expects me to come up with any amazing ideas."

"Damn it, I wish I never got promoted." Trip mumbled to himself.

They had been there for hours and no one could think of anything. Finally Kas returned.

"Who is the chief engineer?" he asked.

"Why?" Archer questioned, not exactly wanting to send his best friend to his death.

"I have a job for him." Said Kas with a glare.

"What kind of job?" Malcolm asked.

"I hate questions, so if you don't mind," Kas drew his weapon and pointed it at Archer, "Whoever is the Engineer, step forward or I blow your captain's head off."

Trip looked nervously at Archer, who stayed calm.

"On the count of three." Kas ordered, "One!.Two!.Th-"

"Wait! Wait its me, I'm the chief engineer." Trip confessed.

"Alright," Kas unlocked the door, "Come with me."