Ok so heres chapter 18! Yey!

It's been a while since I updated so my apologies, I had a wedding to go to, and my inspiration has been lacking recently as I'm getting my GCSE exam results Thursday. (Twitches nervously)

I like this chapter, hope you guys do too.

"James to Tucker." Jennifer, fed up with waiting, had decided to break 'radio' silence.

"Tucker." Came the reply.

"What's going on? You got 'em?" she asked quickly.

"Yeah we got 'em, we told them we're gonna' let 'em go as soon as we get of this damn rock." He said.

Smiling Jennifer replied. "Good."

"So what've you and Malcolm been up ta'?" Trip asked, there was no mistaking the double meaning of his question. Malcolm shifted uncomfortably next to Jennifer.

"Tracking this energy signature. Didn't Emma and Chris tell you?" she asked, obviously ignoring his double entendre.

"Sure y'are." He replied sceptically. Malcolm could almost picture the smug all knowing smirk on his face, if only he was close enough to wipe it off, with his fist.

"Yeah, anyway, we found it. But there's a lock of some kind, with what looks like a keypad next to it." She told him.

"Have you tried to figure it out?"

"Well yeah Trip, but it's a bit difficult, it's in a different language." Annoyance tinged her voice.

"Right, o' course. Maybe we could get Hoshi down there to help ya." He thought out loud.

"Is the Captain really going to let that happen?" Malcolm spoke this time.

"Well true I'm not his favourite person right now, but this device might have something to do with both crashes, mightn't it?" He didn't wait for an answer. "He can't ignore that."

"Do you want me to-?" Malcolm began.

"Nah Malcolm, I'll contact him, you two just stay put for now, take some scans or something." He said sarcastically.

"Yes sir." Jennifer said and then cut it before he could say anything else.

"Truth." Jennifer said. They sat opposite each other, legs crossed. Malcolm now deep in thought.

"Right I got it." He said eventually.

"Hit me."

"How the hell did you manage to get out of Gracie's?"

"Malcolm, you've gotta' be kiddin' me." She gave him a pleading look, which he ignored. "Fine." She sighed. "Trip came out to visit, he managed to sneak down to the ward, blew the door off the hinges, we ran for our lives, you get the idea."

"That was you? I heard about that on the news." She laughed.

"Yeah Malcolm that was me. Your turn." She grinned mischievously.

"Dare." He said, bracing himself. She shifted so she was kneeling, and her knees were now touching his legs. Leaning in close to him she whispered

"Kiss me." He looked at her incredulously for a second, then leaned closer to her. Taking the side of her face in his hand and stroking it gently he pulled her closer.

"Ahem." Malcolm turned sharply towards the direction from which the sound originated, he felt Jennifer do the same. Trip was standing looking at them with a smug look on his face, Hoshi and Archer stood just behind him. "We interruptin' anything?" Trip asked.

Malcolm pushed himself up off the ground and pulled Jennifer up too. Dusting himself off he replied. "Not at all."

"Mmmhhhmm." Malcolm resisted the urge to kick him where it would hurt.

"Hoshi, we can't make head nor tails of this thing, care to give us a hand?" he asked.

"My pleasure sir." Making her way forward she pulled out her translator and scanner and began.

Malcolm had resumed sitting on the ground and doing nothing. Trip sat on his right and the Captain was next to Trip. Jennifer was leaning on a tree a metre or two away, near Hoshi who was still working.

"So Malcolm." Trip began, Malcolm had the feeling he wasn't going to like what he was about to say. "What exactly are you intentions towards the mother of my daughter?" he asked with a raised eyebrow and half smirk.

Ignore him, just ignore him. Ignore him . . .

"Trip watch out, he's getting that murderous glint in his eye that he gets when someone brings food or drink into the armoury." Jennifer called.

"No Jen, I'd really like to know, it might affect my family." He continued.

Just ignore him, it's not his fault he's a complete prick . . .

"I mean what if Kate decided she likes you more than me?" Malcolm looked up and met Jennifer's eyes at this, she mouthed the words "Too easy." He smirked. Glancing to his far right, past Trip, he noted that the conversation was at least amusing the Captain.

"C'mon Mal, really, we all saw it . . ."

"We were playing Truth or Dare Trip." Jennifer told him.

"Truth or Dare? Malcolm? No way!" Trip said in disbelief.

"Are you kidding? Malcolm is the unbeaten champion of that game! No-one has ever beaten him." She told them. "Well until now that is." She added. Malcolm looked up.

"Excuse me?"

"You never completed your dare, you lose." She said with a smirk. Malcolm got up and walked towards her.

"That's not fair! We were . . ." he glanced around ". . interrupted."

"So? You still didn't complete the dare." She smirked. "Actually it was a double-" She got no further as Malcolm chose that time to complete his dare. Upon hearing a muffled gasp from her he pulled them closer together and deepened the kiss. It was only when he heard someone shuffling uncomfortably behind them that he realised where he was and pulled away.

"Fine." She said breathlessly "You win."

So here's chapter 18. I hope you like, I want more reviews! but these things happen, people don't review, I cry and then move on. This is about to get real good, so I don't care if no-one reads it! I'm going to keep posting it! (But you can still review if you really want to!)