 When Moya s crew arrives for the auction, they find out that the lot with D Argo s son and Banik Slaves has been just sold to Scorpius. And he demands Crichton in exchange for Jothee. D Argo is on the verge of satisfying this demand. Crichton comes up with a plan to free Jothee. They are to buy the help of the beings they encountered before: vampire trackers, Sheyang burning metal with fire, Tavlek with their powerful gauntlets, and Zenetan Pirates with their Flax net. However when they get everyone aboard, not without difficulties, it turns out that their money were alive and eating their ship, so Zhaan had to burn Moya gravely to get rid of them. This is when Crichton makes the ultimate deal to save D Argo s son.