It took only a few hours for Nico, Tahara, and Indigo to make a plan that actually had some possibility of working, because it was an actual plan.

However, Zeb and Sabine didn't quite agree.

In the end, however, that was the only plan they had, and couldn't waste more time making a new one.

So they did. And the plan succeed except for one tiny detail.

Hera wasn't there.

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"Hello Master, ready and reporting for duty."

"Good. Now, I have decided that some of you will get a special activity to do today. Numbers 11434 and 11947, follow me. The rest of you, Agent Kallus will give you further instruction."

"Yes sir, will do Master."

"As for you, jedi, I expect you to do 15 minutes extra of activities for now on, understood?"

It took all of Kanan's willpower to say, "Yes sir, will do Master," without leaking any sarcasm, glares, or anything of the sort.

"Good. You two," he motioned to Jai and Ally, "Follow me."

Both of the mentioned separated from the group and compiled, while Kanan and the others followed Agent Kallus down the hall to a wonderful lesson of the greatness of the Empire.

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They arrived in front of an isolation cell, with a twi'lek prisoner inside. The Inquisititor explained that she was a rebel, and it was their duty to make her talk, so that the Empire could eliminate the rest of the rebel scum.

So Ally and Jai asked Hera to give them the information:

"Um, Miss?" Ally started, "Can you please tell Master here where the other rebels are?"

But of course, Hera refused.

So they were introduced to how to make a prisoner talk. Torture and pain.

"Just bring down one of the levers, and do it until she speaks."

Jai did, but immediately brought it back up after seeing Hera's discomfort.

The system went on, neither of them wanting to bring down the lever for more than a split second. In the end, the Inquisititor got frustrated, and locked them in there. With the prisoner.

"Hey," Hera said and smiled weakly, "You two must be Phantom A and Spectre J huh?"

Their eyes widened, "How do you know?" The latter demanded.

Hera shrugged, "Spectre E told me all about you and the others. I learned to recognize you all based on appearance, and also on how you act. He told me about your 'rules.'"

"You're the lady that's helping us!" Ally exclaimed.

Hera smiled, "Yup. I'm Hera by the way."

"So you know the rules?"

"Yeah, the most important ones mostly. Not all of them apply for me though." She replied.

They talked for a while, until the Inquisititor came back for them and escorted them back to their cell, where the rest of The Spirits of the Forgotten were feigning sleep, and Ally and Jai could barely wait to tell everyone all about the prisoner who us helping them out.

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It was about half an hour later that blue eyes shone against the darkness. A hand rose and gave six sharp taps before the eyes closed once more.

Not a second later, four pairs of brown eyes opened up, nodded at each other and repeated the gestures.

A pair of green eyes followed shortly afterwards, this time giving three taps, before Kanan sat up from where he was and sighed.

Ally, Jai, Zare, Ezra, and Ruby slowly sat too, the latter standing up and silently grabbing a box of scraps of metal and wires. She placed them in the middle of the room before saying, quietly, "We almost done? I'm tired."

"We barely started Phantom R," Ezra smirked, "Besides, you and Ally only work for an hour."

"Zare and I get three," Jai moaned, "Because we're 'older.'"

"Well you are," smirking, the blue haired teen added, "At least you don't get five."

"Yeah, about that. Why do I get four hours, if I'm older than you?"

"Because you act like your younger."

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means that you're immature," Zare smiled and grabbed a half finished device, "pretty obvious."

It seemed like a simple answer, one that everyone bought. Everyone except Kanan it seemed, his suspicious glance not unnoticed by Ezra. He knew he was hiding something, but not what thank the Force. The boy had yet to get the heads up that he could tell Cowboy who exactly the secret prisoner was, and he wasn't planning on doing so, at least, not yet.

"So when do you think we'll finish?" Ruby asked.

"At the rate were going, few weeks at most. By then we probably won't get the privileges yet, so we'll have to keep up the act until Baldy loosens up. Then we do the rest and we're home free."

"Something's gonna go wrong though..." Ally trailed off, "I feel it."

Ezra chuckled forcefully, "Nah that's just the jitters speaking. Everything will go smooth, you'll see."

But in reality, he knew that wasn't the case. Something was going to go wrong, he felt it also, the same feeling he felt many years ago on that first mission. The same feeling he felt before his parents...passed away. But he refused to believe it, nothing was going to go wrong...

"Spectre E? Whatever-planet-this-is to Spectre E."

The teen blinked, "I'm sorry what?"

Everyone laughed at some private joke, leaving Ezra more confused than ever.

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A WEEK OR SO LATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Indigo, this is.. unexpected."

"I understand, but this is urgent."

"Explain."

"The Ghost crew has been planning and succeeding in breaking into the prisons, but in all cases Hera has been absent. I fear that they are starting to lose hope, and we are losing valuable equipment for this. We don't even have a lead, and the crew has already been starting to break apart."

"Understood. I want you research the bases more carefully. Don't jump in at every twi'lek prisoner that fits Hera's description. Stock up on supplies, and find a lead. Until then try to lay low. The fleet will join you in the search, but Commander Sato is getting impatient. If we can't find any sort of lead by next week, then the search is off. His orders not mine. Understood?"

"Yes Master."

"Good, but I told you that is unnecessary, with your past and all."

"Don't worry, I feel comfortable calling you that."

"Good. Now go inform the rest of the plans."

"Yes Master, will do ma'am," smirking, Indigo turned off the transmission after hearing Fulcrum's sigh.

She was about to leave the room when she noticed an incoming transmission. Frowning, she shook her head and recorded it before leaving the room.

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As Ezra predicted, the devices were complete in a week, and Baldy was yet to give them privileges.

However as not predicted, he got sick.

It was just a simple cold, nothing he couldn't handle, an he was determined to get the privileges as soon as possible. So he stood up and went with everyone else, greeted Baldy like everyone else, then sneezed.

He thought it was over, they were going to have a relapse and have to wait longer to get the privileges, but the Inquisititor merely smiled.

"It seems like Number 11254 is sick today, yet he didn't find it necessary to stay be left out of the activities this morning. *It seems like you all are advancing. I will be rewarding you all by letting you walk around Capital City today for 5 minutes, under my supervision of course. After that, we will return to out everyday activities. Are we clear?"

"Yes sir, [sneeze] will do Master."

"Good. Don't think this will be any easier now. If anything. Things will get a lot more... complicated."

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You got that right Baldy XD.

*Baldy gave them permission because he saw Ezra got up and obeyed even though he was sick. Normally when one of TSOTF get sick, they would stay in their blankets and someone would say how they were sick, and they would be sent to the med-bay for an examination, blah blah blah. If it was serious, of course they would miss out and if it was like a cold or something, then they would be expected to go as usual. However, the examinations aren't quick, so they'd be losing some time from the activities. The Inquisititor took Ezra not saying he was sick or anything as him not wanting to miss out, thus enjoying the classes and thus making an advance. Then, you have to remember that they're still kids. Some, especially Ally and maybe Ruby because they are younger, see that if they do something and get rewarded, what they were doing was good and would do it more often. And if they did that, they would advance and become corrupted by the dark side blah blah blah. And considering that they haven't been let out at all for years, 5 minutes was pretty good.

AND I'm done rambling XD.

The Spirits of the Forgotten have finished the mysterious devices they were working on, and now have the privilege they wanted. How will this affect their future and what if their plan?!

Well what for you think?

The Ghost crew has failed many attempts at finding Hera, and are staring to lose hope when they receive a mysterious transmission. Who is on the other side and what information do they have to convey?!

Welp. I'll give you a hint. The other side starts with an E.

We didn't get much of Hera!!!! There's a reason for that!!!!

THERE IS XD.

Welp. Things just got a whole lot complicated, and are gonna get even more complicated later on. By the way, did anyone catch that specific line that had a secret meaning? It's pretty obvious... what with who come before and after it.

Yeah this chapter sucked XD.

BUT GIVE ME A BREAK!!! I HAVE FINALS ALL WEEK. D: But I still got time to write and draw because of no homework. Except an essay that was quick.

Anywho, what do you think?