The others stood and stared in awe as the huge ship stopped and hovered above them, each of them lost in their own thoughts. A door opened in the base and a bright light illuminated them from above. A creaking sound could be heard and with a wrench, the shuttle started to move. Slowly, it was lifted out of the ground as some invisible force pulled it from the earth. Parts fell off as the damaged shuttle emerged from the collapsed cavern. It was a good thing that Jack had moved them back or it would have rained down upon then. Within moments, the shuttle body was floating in the air, and they watched as it slowly ascended up into the mother ship.

"What about you?" Gwen asked, concerned that the crew would leave Jaella behind. She was still holding the translation cube which shimmered as it repeated Gwen's question in Crespallion. Jaella turned and smiled at her.

"They will come and get me," she said, her face serene. "And to thank you for helping me."

A tube of light emerged from the hole in the ship once the shuttle had disappeared. It seemed to be a transporter or some sort and a moment later they could see two individuals floating down to the ground. One was quite tall and thin, wearing some sort of outfit. The other was a smaller figure that was of Jaella's race. Once they reached the ground they left the circle of light and made their way over to where the group was standing. Jack moved forward to meet them and bowed. The tall figure bowed back. It was wearing a space suit which protected it from the heavy gravity. Gwen stared at the alien in wonder. The long thin face had large beautiful green eyes that blinked slowly as it turned and looked at each of them. The smaller Crespallion stood protectively nearby, watching the humans warily.

"Jaella, could you please introduce us?" He took the cube from Gwen and pressed a button. The box changed color to yellow as it picked up the trilling language that Jaella spoke as well as the response from the alien standing in front of them. This time it was able to parse the language much faster as it compared it to the two that were already stored within its memory banks.

"Welcome to Earth," Jack said once it had changed colors again. The Yl'hani nodded as the cube translated his phrase into its native language.

"Thank you, Earthling," the Yl'hani said, the translation just as musical as the original language it spoke. "You are very kind to help this youngling and to recover our lost crew. We are in your debt."

"I am sorry for your loss," Jack said. "Is there anything we can do to help you?" The figure shook its head.

"Thank you, no. We were able to reclaim some moisture into our system in our descent. We are glad for your intervention with your military so that we were allowed to enter your airspace and retrieve our shuttle. Thank you also for helping our engineer." The Yl'hani nodded again and indicated Jaella with a graceful move of one hand. "We cannot stay long and so should bid farewell. Even with this protection, your gravity proves to be a strain."

"Of course, we should let you go," Jack said. The alien turned towards Jaella and gestured.

"Engineer, please make your farewells and we will be off," they said. They turned to look at the other humans standing behind Jack. Jaella nodded obediently.

"Yes, Mardron," she said with a low bow of respect. She moved to the group and bowed to each of them in turn. "Thank you, all of you for helping me find my way back home. I will never forget you and will remember you with great fondness."

"Thank you," Gwen said. "For allowing us to help you." She moved forward and gave Jaella a hug. "Take care of yourself." She was followed by Rhys who also gave her a hug. Ianto gave her a smile and a wave and Jack gave her a jaunty wink.

"Best be off, time's a wasting," he told her. She nodded and ducked her head down in embarrassment. She was going to miss these people who were so kind to her. "Go on."

"Thank you," she said. She turned and made her way back to her shipmates. Once she had reached them, she turned again and waved before following them to the light beam which would transport her up to the ship. "Goodbye!"

"Goodbye, Jaella! Safe journey!" Gwen called out. The group watched them as they ascended into the ship. The beam flickered and died and the hatch closed. A moment later, the ship started climb as it retreated into the night. None of them moved until it was gone. Gwen sighed.