"Trip?"

"Yes Captain?"

"I . . . you . . . what . . . why?" Trip smirked as he watched Archer go through intense anger and extreme confusion, all in one.

"Captain? Do ya think ya could try and get out an entire sentence? Anythin' really, it'd make things go a lot quicker."

Archer's face was now contorted with fury. "Explain." He growled.

"Explain? Didn't Jen give you the hypo's?" he asked.

"Yes I did, sir." She spat.

"Mind the tone Commander, don't want to have to reprimand you for insubordination." He said, a cruel smirk playing on his lips. She stared daggers at him but remained silent.

"Trip explain what you're doing in that uniform." Archer

"The Endeavour crashed here too, they've however managed to get some systems back online, they transported me out just before Enterprise hit. As their Captain," he stressed 'Captain', "I thought it might be a little more encouraging for them if I wasn't wearing my Starfleet uniform."

"So . . ."

"I didn't have any intention of resuming my command until now sir." Trip said softly. "Enterprise was my home."

"Was?" Malcolm spoke up.

"Common sense Mal, like I can stay aboard now, I'll be court-martialled and kicked out. Right sir?" he directed this question back to Archer.

"Well, yeah Trip, there wouldn't be any other way, that I can think of." He said almost regretfully.

"Yeah thas what I thought." He paused for a second, and then seemingly having regained his composure continued. "Well we came over here to see if you wanted to work together to get out of here."

"Trip I really don't think-"

"Sir I know that Starfleet wouldn't want you working with us, and you probably don't want to either, but with the combined resources of both our crews, well things will go a lot quicker."

"Fair enough Trip, but where do we start?"

"How about we start with going somewhere to sit down? My knee is killing me."

"Your knee?" Archer asked slightly confused, while leading the way back to the command tent.

"How did you hurt it this time?" From the way Jennifer spoke, the others could tell it was a recurring injury.

"Kate bowled me over when she saw me." He laughed. "I had to post guards on her to make sure she didn't follow us down here." He smiled.

"I should think so too, she hasn't seen either of us in person for two years."

"You seen her hair?" he asked, a hint of amusement in his voice.

"No, what has she done?"

"You'll see."

"Trip!" she whined, he only laughed.

"Who is Kate?" T'Pol asked, the first words she had spoken since Trip had returned. Jennifer shot a glance at Trip before answering.

"My daughter." She said.

"And she is aquatinted with Commander Tucker?" T'Pol questioned. Jennifer opened her mouth to answer but Trip beat her to it.

"What Jen meant to say was our daughter." Archer stopped in his tracks inches from the command tent.

"You, you have a daughter Trip?"

"Er, yeah."

"How come you never told me?"

"I don't know really."

"Perhaps he is ashamed of her." T'Pol said.

"What?! No! I'm real proud of her."

"How old is she?" Archer asked while leading the group inside the tent.

"Seventeen" Jennifer answered taking a seat.

"Seventeen?! Trip you're only thirty-two. That would've made you-"

"Fifteen when she was born." He said taking a seat beside Jennifer. "We can discuss this later if you want, I'm sure she'd love to meet you too, but for now . . ." he trailed off.

"Right, right." Archer tried to concentrate, but his mind kept wandering. It was almost as if he'd been living a double life. He'd known Trip for ten years and didn't really know him at all. Not for long, he thought determinedly. Not for long.

Okay here we have Trip, who has returned, one or two explainations. Some knew information for you. A new character, even if she has only been talked about so far. So what did you think?

Oh and I don't have a clue how old Trip is, so I made a guess, if anyone knows please tell me. Oh and this was set before series three, because basically I havn't seen all of it, just thought you might like to know.

Also thanks for the Happy Birthdays, much appreciated.

Anyway get reviewing please! The more reviews I get, the quicker the next chapter will be posted.