~A/N~ Special thanks to Ineka for all her help!~

Trip's back ached. He felt nauseated and thought he was going to pass out. He was sickened by the way these people treated their slaves. After he was caught he had been taken to a tent and got whipped 10 times on the back. Being that people weren't treated like this on Earth, Trip had never been whipped before, and didn't intend on it happening again.

He was being dragged by Kas to one of the cages. Another Kapanan was walking beside Kas and they were talking.

"So where did you hide their ship?" asked the other Kalpanan.

"Its in the space port just over that hill." Kas indicated to a very steep looking hill.

Trip was listening intently. If they were to escape he needed to know where the ship was.

"Where are you takeing that one?" the other Kalpanan pointed at Trip.

"The cage of females. We told the males that he is dead so that they don't get any ideas about escape." Explained Kas.

Trip tried to listen through his painful haze. He needed to know what was going on to plan escape. The only way that the crew of the Enterprise was going to get out of this was if Trip could lead them to the ship.

They finally they turned the corner to see the girls cage. Kas was walking proud wanting to show the crew fo the Enterprise that he had caught Trip and could catch them if they tried to escape. Trip was stumbling along behind, trying not to fall. When they reached the cage, Kas pulled out the keys and opened the door. He pushed Trip inside and locked it again, then turned and left.

"Commander Tucker what are you doing in here?" asked T'Pol.

Trip just shrugged.

"Did they catch you?" Hoshi asked.

"Would I be here if they didn't?" Trip asked her in a playful way.

He went and sat down on the floor. What Hoshi noticed was that he didn't lean back, normally Trip was a layed back kinda guy.

"So?" Crewman Cutler said.

"So what?" asked Trip, confused.

"So wasn't there a punishment?" she asked.

"D'ya really think they would hurt lil' old me?" he said with an innocent smile. Hoshi and Cutler smirked and dropped the subject but T'Pol watched Trip suspiciously.

"Commander, if we are to escape from this planet we need to be able to get out of this cage. Do you have any ideas?" T'Pol inquired.

Trip thought to himself. He mused that they needed something to open the door. A pick maybe. He checked his pockets.

"Does any one have a hairpin?" asked Trip.

"um...why?" asked Hoshi.

"Just give me a hairpin."Trip said.

"Here, commander." Said a shy looking ensign, handing him the pin.

"Thanks." Trip smiled. He got up and walked over to the door. As he picked the lock on the door he heard a gasp from behind him.

"Commander what happened to your back?" asked Cutler.

"Nothin'" he responded, still picking the lock.

"Its not nothing Commander," Said Hoshi, "There is blood on your shirt. What happened?"

"Firstly, its Trip. You don't have ta call me Commander. Secondly I'm fine." Trip said. he had turned around and stopped picking the lock to show he was serious.

"You don't look fine Trip." Said Hoshi, hands on her hips.

Trip just turned back around mumbling something about women under his breath. After a couple seconds he heard a click. The door was open.

"Okay, time ta get tha hell outta here." Said Trip, indicating that everyone should get out of the cage. When they were all out Trip told them the plan.

"Okay, Subcommander would it be alright if I told them my plan?" he asked T'Pol, who nodded her approval.

"Okay Subcommander you need ta lead everyone ta tha ship and hide near it 'til I come with the rest of tha crew. If that's okay of course?" Trip asked.

"Yes Commander that will be fine. Where is the ship?" she asked in her usual neutral tone.

"Its just over that hill." Trip pointed to the hill that Kas indicated earlier.

"But you have ta hide until the rest of us get there." He said. T'Pol nodded her head and began to lead the group to a bunch of trees beside the hill. Hoshi stayed behind and walked over to Trip.

"I'm going now Trip. But when you meet up with us and we get the ship back, you have to tell me what happened." Trip nodded. Hoshi ran to catch up with the other girls.

Trip turned in the opposite direction towards the cage that held the remaining members of the crew. He reached a tent and peered around it to see the cage about twenty feet away. He made sure that he had the hairpin in his hand and then checked for any Kalpanans. There were none, so he breathed a deep breath and ambled over to the cage.

"Trip?!" the captain shouted.

"Commander Tucker?" came Malcolm's yell aswell.

When Trip reached the door he got on his knees and began to pick the lock. Seconds later, it was open and the captain dashed to Trip's side.

"Kas told us that you were dead. That he killed you because you tried to escape." Said Travis.

"Well he lied. I'm fine. He didn't like that I tried to escape but he didn't kill me." Trip explained.

"What did he do?" Malcolm asked.

"Save it for later, we need to get out of here now." Trip expertly avoided the question. He lead them through the camp quickly and ove to where the female members of the crew were hideing.

"Is everybody okay?" Archer asked T'Pol when he saw her. T'Pol glanced quickly at Trip then replied,

"Everyone is fine Captain."

"Good then we need to get the hell out of here," He said, "Trip, where is the ship?"

"Just over there." Trip pointed.

"Okay lets go." Trip and the Captain lead the crew over the hill to see a giant station. It looked relatively deserted the sun had gone down long ago and it appeared as if there was only a skeleton crew working.

The Enterprise's crew made their way to the building and stepped inside. They saw a couple Kalpanan workers but all of them gave a look of terror and ran off, possibly to warn others. When they found the ship it looked in good shape.They boarded and the bridge crew ran to the bridge and Trip ran to Engineering with the rest of the engineers.

When the captain arrived on the bridge, it looked as if everthing was working fine.

"Travis, get us out of here." He ordered. Mayweather attempted to start the ship, but nothing happened.

"Travis, now."

"Its not working sir." Replied the Ensign. Archer ran to the com.

"Trip, we can't get started we need some help down there."

"Workin' on it Cap'n" came Trip's voice.

Trip was working his ass off trying to start the ship. The engines needed to warm up before they could fly away. After what seemed like hours, but in reality was only about ten minutes, the ship started up. Trip sighed in relief as they flew in to the atmosphere. He relaxed and turned around to see a gun at his head and a familiar face holding it.

"Hello there." Said Kas.