Travis was dumb struck. 'How on earth did she do that' he thought as he shook his head to make sure he wasn't seeing things. She walked over to Malcolm and could see the way Travis was looking, staring blankly and in total confusion.

"I'll explain later." She said to Travis. He slightly nodded his head still in shock. Looking around them they made sure there wasn't anyone else around. The sound of foot treads caused them to go round the side of the building, after, of course Malcolm had checked his scanner. The treads slowly died away. They carefully moved back to Travis' cell window. Upon looking through the bars they looked at each other and sighed heavily. Travis was no longer there. "What do we do now?" Raya asked as she turned to Malcolm. Running her hand through her long brown hair.

'Things are going great' thought Malcolm sarcastically as he thought on what they could do. Stay here and wait for his return. But his musings were interrupted as a shadow loomed over them. Malcolm turned. The figure was no more than a teenage girl in ripped, dusty clothing. Malcolm noted the bright blue long hair and the green eyes. The green eyes were the colour of Emerald Tree Boa's Malcolm had seen in books in his childhood. Turning to Raya he noticed that she wasn't there. He looked around him and couldn't see her anywhere. He then turned to the new person that had crept up on him.

"Who are you?" He asked calmly. Trying to smile at her to show he wasn't going to harm her. The first rule about first contact... Try and be nice to them and show you are no threat, unless they attack first.

The girl blinked at him. She took in the man's appearance and nodded gently. She felt this man could be trusted. She spoke softly. "My name is Dracona". She needed help but wondered why the other girl had disappeared but she wasn't new to these things. She had seen it before. She bowed slightly at the man before her.

"Hi Dracona. I'm Malcolm."

Dracona nodded and bowed again. She looked at the area around her, when she looked at the building she visibly shuddered. She quickly restored her gaze upon Malcolm.

"Where's your friend… Malcolm" She had trouble pronouncing the name but she got there in the end.

"I'm not sure. You must've scared her." he replied truthfully. Looking around him he tried to see where Raya was.

"I did not mean to. What species are you?" Dracona was curious to know

"Species? I'm the same as you, can't you tell?" Malcolm said. He was curious to know why this girl thought he was a different species. Of course she had reason to doubt him cause he was human and she was a Gorgaran, but with the work that Phlox had done on his head to make him look like a Gorgaran no one should've questioned his species.

"You think I'm Gorgaran Malcolm? I am pleased to say i am not one of them. I look different in my true form" Dracona replied. Her voice was strong but her eyes were sad. Full of shame she had to disguise herself as Gorgaran just so that the Gorgaran authorities didn't find her

"Oh." Malcolm was a little more than surprised to hear what this young girl was saying to him. "So... what are you then?"

Dracona paused before uttering a word. "I am a Räca'säckiën" came an uneasy reply...Dracona wasn't pleased to utter her species so near a Gorgaran Authority Complex. A shiver ran through her spine. Malcolm raised an eyebrow after hearing what her species was… he knew he would never be able to repeat it again.

"Well in that case i should tell you... I'm a Human." Raya suddenly appeared behind them. Seeing the girl Malcolm was speaking to she became slightly wary of her. Hardly taking her eyes off her she gave a report to Malcolm. Going close up to his ear to whisper to him. "Where have you been?"

"I've been to find out where Travis is. He's been taken to some sort of torture room. He's not doing so good down there. We need to help him and fast." Raya reported as Malcolm looked at her and slightly nodded. Dracona looked at the woman next to Malcolm. There was something to her but she couldn't tell what.

"If you need an extra hand Malcolm, I'd be happy to offer it." Dracona suddenly said.

"Thanks... But i think it would be best if you stayed out of the way on this. We need to help our friend and if you're not really meant to be here, we don't want to get you in trouble." Malcolm and Raya began to move off towards the building.

Dracona just stood where she was left thinking. Her thoughts were interrupted as treads came up behind her. She scampered off as fast as she could, which was pretty fast. When she stopped she was in the open, no buildings to be seen. Slowly, she shook her head and made for the next recognisable smell she could locate. She soon found one and headed off, fleeting over the hard ground.

At the jail building Raya transported inside then silently opened the door so Malcolm could get in.

"This way." Raya whispered to him and they quietly made their way down some stairs. Not long after they had started going down they could hear some screams. They both recognised the sound. It was Travis and he was in pain. They stopped, looked at each other then hurried their descent.

They soon came to a door and peered through the window. As one of the aliens looked at the door they quickly moved away. Malcolm took his Phase Pistol out of his holster and Raya did the same. They nodded at each other and suddenly the door opened. Raya fired on him and he was knocked unconscious. The other three aliens ran to the door, abandoning their prisoner. They managed to knock out two more, but the third managed to reach Raya and he stabbed her in the lower abdomen. She yelled in pain and Malcolm quickly stunned him.

"Raya. You all right?" As Malcolm went to her, scowling at what the alien had done. He wasn't pleased. This mission was going from bad to worse.

"Help Travis. Doctor Phlox will be able to help me." She managed to say as she tried to breathe and ignore the pain, but it wasn't easy. She slowly began to lower herself onto the floor, as she couldn't stand any more. The pain was too great for her. Malcolm slowly nodded. He went over to Travis. His face was barely recognisable and his left leg didn't look too good. Nevertheless Malcolm gently placed a hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Travis?" Travis made a low sound. Malcolm prompted more and the younger man's eyes slowly opened. When he saw the face of his superior officer he weakly smiled in recognition. "Do you think you can stand?" Malcolm gently asked as he undid Travis' bonds.

"I think so." he replied weakly. They moved out back outside the room and found that Raya was unconscious, leaning up against the wall. Malcolm bent down to her and scanned her. He sighed slightly when he picked up the two heartbeats. He began to stroke Raya's hair, looking at her worriedly. He quickly took out his communicator and contacted his ship.

"Reed to Enterprise,"

"Archer here. You okay down there Malcolm?" Came the familiar voice of Malcolm's CO full of concern.

"No sir. Ensign Tagia is unconscious we need to be transported. Also Travis is injured. Raya is unconscious with a knife wound! Please hurry!" urgency sounded on Malcolm's voice and he looked at Raya. Worry for her crossing his mind.

"Right. Just hang in there Malcolm." Archer replied and the communication was cut off. Malcolm put his communicator away and put his hand on Raya's cheek. A few seconds passed by before the transporter sparkling started. The three of them were transported out just in time as Gorgarans came running down the corridor at them.