Trip closed his eyes tight and held his breath. Malcolm closely watched the commander as his grip on the wires tightened. And then he pulled…

As soon as the wire was taken out of it's junction the lights went down and the noise, telling them that power generators had gone offline, sounded. They watched the shimmer of the forcefields as they went offline. The three of them sighed heavily. For a couple of seconds there was silence. Malcolm opened his mouth to speak but suddenly red lights flashed from the ceiling of the corridors and a siren blared.

"Oops." Trip said as he watched the lights. The three of them then readied themselves for a fight... But even after a few minutes no one came along.

"Security Breach… Security Breach… Hospital Level 3." An automated voice sounded. The warning repeated over and over again.

"That's not us commander, unless this is a hospital which I highly doubt." Malcolm looked at Trip. Quickly the three of them moved along the corridor to the lift. Pressing the correct buttons the door opened and they jumped in.

Very soon they were out of the building and running as fast as they could away from where they had been held prisoner. No guards were following them. What ever was happening at the hospital was probably pretty big. It was a lot easier than they expected. They had half expected there to be guards up on the main floor by the concealed lift, but there hadn't been any. Obviously these people needed a little more training in keeping watch over prisoners.

Malcolm stopped for a second to catch his breath. He wasn't used to running he was more used to standing ground and fighting. He looked around him and saw a group of people suddenly running out of a 5-story building.

"Commander!" He called. Both Trip and T'Pol stopped running and turned to look at him, and the people Malcolm was pointing at. Instantly Trip recognised who it was and realised they were running the wrong way to get to the pod, not that getting to the pod would've helped much. However now seeing this other group looked to be more promising of an escape from the planet.

"Captain!"

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Archer and his team were just about to run past a fountain when they heard a voice. They all stopped and turned and saw three people running towards them.

"Where have you been?" He called as they came closer, smiling at his friends. "We've been so worried about you Trip."

As soon as the three of them reached Archer and saw who was in his arms they all stayed silent. Having believed that she was dead, it was quite hard for them to take in that Archer was carrying a conscious Ensign Sato.

"Hoshi! You're all right!" Malcolm just couldn't help himself. He immediately moved to her and took her out of Archer's hold. Trip had now a broad smile on his face.

BANG!

"Get down! Get Down!" Cooper yelled as he noticed where the shots were coming from, pulling Phlox with him to hide behind the fountain. Instantly the people quickly ducked down as more shots were fired from the police and security officers. The bullets ricocheted off the pavement and various other objects, but none hit the rescue team.

"You four get to the pod now. We'll hold 'em off." Archer pointed to Malcolm, Hoshi, Phlox and Cooper. Immediately they all stood up and ran off in the direction of the shuttlepod. When they got to the trees Malcolm slowed down, being carefully not to trip up on any rocks or roots that might be poking out of the ground.

Firefight between the Starfleet officers and the policemen continued. Bullets kept bouncing off the fountain's statue and landing in the water, splashing on the men and T'Pol.

One man… hit on the shoulder by Cooper

Two men… hit in the stomach from Stevenson's weapon

Three men, hit in the shoulder by Archer's shot, were knocked down by the phase pistols, as the police continued to advance on the intruders. But no matter how many were taken down more kept coming.

Suddenly lightning streaked through the sky and rain began to pour down heavily. Thunder sounded close by, drumming for several seconds before it fizzled out.

"Let's get back to the pod!" Archer cried as he began to move away. The others quickly followed suit and ran off into the trees.

Another bolt of lightning streaked through the sky and the police could see where they were running to and quickly followed them, shooting as they went.

They knew a lot about lightning and knew they had to be quick to get back to the pod. It was going to be a bit of a squeeze, but they had to get them all up in one go. No one could be left in the mercy of the inhabitants.

Trip was running fast, probably the fastest he had run for a long time. However this was a bad time to be running fast. He wasn't looking where he was going and tripped up on a root that was sticking out of the ground. He went flying for a couple of feet and landed heavily on the ground.

A bolt of lightning then streaked through the sky, and this time it hit a tree that was close to Trip. He watched in fear as the tree began to burn and then it began fall towards the fallen engineer.