A moment later Jack's weight left his shoulders as he scrambled up into the open hatchway. They heard another whoop as he pulled himself aboard. Ianto stifled a sigh of relief. They heard some scrabbling about as Jack moved about inside the ship. Ianto straightened up and stretched to ease the pain in his back from boosting Jack up. Together, he and Gwen peered upwards as they waited for Jack. A moment later his face appeared in the hatch opening and he started to drop something down towards them. It was some sort of ropelike material and it reached most of the way down the side of the ship. As soon as it got close enough, Jaella jumped and grabbed onto it. She scrambled nimbly upwards and into the ship. Ianto nodded to Gwen and cupped his hands together to lift her up high enough to reach the rope.

Once he had seen what was going on, Rhys made his way under the wing and into the clearing. "Is this a good idea?" He asked Ianto.

"Of course not," Ianto said. "But can you resist it?" Rhys shook his head. "Neither can we," Ianto said. He stretched up and caught the end of the rope material and wound it around his hands. He pulled himself up until he could brace his feet against the side of the ship. Bracing himself, he released one hand and wound it around the rope and climbed a bit higher. Once he had done that, he let go of the bottom and started climbing. He reached the hatch in short order and took Jack's proffered hand, which pulled him into the ship. Once he was in, he turned and gestured for Rhys to follow him. Rhys had a harder time getting into the ship, his bulk making it harder to climb. Ianto pulled on the rope to make it shorter, leaning against the doorframe as he did so. In a few minutes he was able to offer his hand to Rhys and pull him in.

The two men stood in the entryway of an airlock, the walls providing support against the slanted floor. The interior was a pristine white, except for those areas where Jack and Gwen's hands had smudged dirt on the walls. They cautiously made their way into the inner section, being careful as they walked on the canted floor. Rhys was fascinated. This was his first encounter with real alien technology.

"Careful," Ianto cautioned as he went first, looking back to make sure that Rhys was okay. They entered a cabin that was filled with seats, not too dissimilar to ones they might use themselves, but obviously for much taller individuals. Boxes and other items were scattered about the cabin, and obviously had been tossed about in the crash. There was no sign of the others. Using the seats as handholds, Ianto made his way down towards the nose of the ship. Obviously that was where the others had gone. And where the other crew members were. There was light shining through the opening in front of him and he headed towards it.

Halfway there, they were startled by the lights turning on. Jack or Jaella must have gotten some of the systems working, Ianto mused to himself. It did make moving through the cabin easier now that they could see. He helped Rhys down to the door and together they peered into the interior. They were looking at the crew cabin. A lot of damage had happened in this area, and he could see two figures slumped in their seats. Gwen was kneeling on the bulkhead in front of them, her face somber. Jack was off to one side working at a console.

"Where's Jaella?" Rhys asked. She was nowhere to be seen.

"She's in the back, checking some of the items in the storage area," Jack said absently. "I don't think she wants to come down here."

"I can't say as I blame her," Gwen said softly. She reached out and touched the hand of one of the bodies in front of her. The hand was white with a green cast to it. She counted seven fingers on each hand, and the limbs were very thin, as well as the body. "She probably knew these two well. Do you recognize their race, Jack?"

Jack nodded briefly, but didn't look at her. "Yes, they're Yl'hani. One was the pilot and the other probably an engineer or navigator. They were probably killed on impact as they are from a low gravity world and rather delicate. They didn't have a chance. One thing that helped Jaella was that she was sitting in the other cabin, so was protected from the main impact. But even if one of these two had been back there, they wouldn't have survived. And the gravity on Earth wouldn't have been good for them."

Ianto moved cautiously into the room to get a better look at them. "They were beautiful." He met Jack's glance as the other man nodded. "Jack, we can't leave them here."

"No, we can't. But getting them back to the SUV is going to be a bit of a hurdle," Jack said, "short of driving it through the woods." He poked at some more buttons and a display came on line. "Ah, we have enough power. Maybe I can get in contact with their ship. Rhys, can you go back and check on Jaella?"