Disclaimer: I do not own Enterprise or Reign of Fire. Now for this story to work Reign of Fire wasn't on Earth! Just need to get that through or this whole story doesn't work ok? Oh and this is slash.

The Long Away Mission Part Two

They had been walking (and riding) for an hour when the castle finally came into sight. To the Enterprise crew members it looked like a ruin but to Jared it was home. They went through the outer wall and Hoshi was surprised to see so many children playing in the courtyard.

"Jared! Who are all these people?" a tall man with a deep voice asked almost angrily as he walked up. He was dressed similarly to Jared and was also filthy.

"I found them Quinn, in a strange metal aircraft. They're hurt and need help," Jared said sliding off the horse. The man, Quinn looked at them all.

"Well once they're better they'll have to pull their weight same as everyone else. We can't afford to give away charity," Quinn said looking at them all. He flinched when his eyes rested on Malcolm and the burns that covered him. "Bring him inside and we'll get him fixed up best we can."

2 HOURS LATER

"We don't have enough beds for everyone to have one each so I've asked around and found you places to sleep," Quinn told the group who were staring around them in wonder at the caverns filled with people. "Hoshi was it? You get a bed of your own, but you should thank Maria and Helen for agreeing to share so you can have one."

"I will, thank you," Hoshi said to him, sitting on the bed he pointed her too. Quinn led them into anouther room with only 3 beds in it.

"Jonathon, that's you isn't it?" Archer nodded, "Well you've got to share with Creedy, that one there, say hello Creedy," Quinn said.

"Hallo," Creedy said happily.

"And Trip? Tht's your name right?" Quinn asked.

"Sure is," Trip smiled happily.

"Well you'll be sharing with your rescuer Jared," Quinn gestured to Jared who was lying on his bed reading what looked like a scrapbook. Jared smiled up at them before he went back to reading, mouthing the words as he struggled to get through the page. "How's it going Jared?"

"Alright," Jared shrugged.

"I taught him to read but he doesn't get much time to practise," Quinn explained. "I'll leave you to get settled and better aquanted."
"And just where are you going?" Creedy asked. Quinn just shrugged.

"Just gonna check everythings locked down for the night," he said calmly before leaving. Jared shrugged and went back to reading. Trip sat next to him and looked at what he was reading. It was a news report of a city being attacked by dragons, thousands killed it said.

"Couldn't you find anything nicer to read?" Trip asked, frowning.

"There isn't anything else to read, just Quinn's records," Jared said shrugging again. "There hasn't been anything made since the main cities were all wiped out and most books have been destroyed."

"Lights out 30 minutes!" someone called out.

"At night they dim the lights so that you can still basically see but not so bright that you can't get to sleep," Creedy explained. The women started to leave this section of the cave and many of the men stripped of their shirts and got into various beds. Jared closed the book and slid it under his bed before standing up to pull the covers down. He got into his bed and motioned for Trip to join him.

Long after the lights were dimmed Trip and Jon lay awake, unable to sleep in this strange new place. Everyone around them was asleep, except for a few pairs who were...um...yes. This was going to be one long night for them.

A/N Ok, the bits thats coinside with the movie start in the next chapter ok?