Although Rex threatened the men to go to sleep, none of them could. The latest news gave them surges of energies. Plus, they were too worried to sleep. So once Kix reported from his top bunk that the Captain was asleep after an hour of restless toss and turns, everyone decided to resume their activities and discussion of how to get news about the Commander inside the large, shared refresher.

Fives bravely sneaked into the other dorms and somehow managed to smuggle (read kidnapped) Cody, Gree, Wolffe and Bly into the 501st dorm refresher without Rex or the other clones from other squadrons knowing. The others spent around 10 minutes rallying up everyone into the refresher, so approximately 4 o'clock in the morning, the entirety of men who were on Ahsoka's side were shoved uncomfortably into the very cramped space.

Despite their sleepiness, everyone tried to muster up an enthusiastic face, eager to know what Echo had in mind.

' Hello, delighted to see you all again,' Echo rubbed his hands. He was the core leader of the massive discussion session.

The men murmured groggily in response.

' C'mon. Give me some more response. You all sound like you are going unconscious.'

They moaned some more.

' Please continue, Echo,' Kix sighed.

' While you were all away gathering people for this meeting, Kix and I have discussed the details about the plan. Now as you all know, our beloved Captain Rex is going to swoop down on us the entire day tomorrow. He is already very suspicious and touchy about the subject. There is absolutely no way we can know the results of the trial without ticking him off, so we have to be as discreet about it as possible. So at breakfast in the morning, I want you all to stay quiet and pretend to be as oblivious as possible,' Echo said.

Coric snorted, ' What do you have in mind? Discreet, huh.'

' Ah yes, Coric! We have a plan. We need the minimal number of people involved in snooping around for any latest news, which is one only. Kix and I have picked out the lucky person already,' Echo turned to Jesse. ' Jesse! Are you alright for the job?'

' WHAT?' Jesse spluttered. ' Why me?'

Kix dipped his head apologetically, ' Sorry, pal. It was just a random pick. You won't mind, will you?'

' Mind? I'll get skewered by Rex if I am found out!' Jesse blabbered.

Echo corrected, ' You will get skewered if you are not careful. But I trust that you will be most careful.'

Jesse gaped at him, ' How does the plan of yours work?'

' Simple, really. I want you to snoop around the Jedi Temple for any news about the trial. You know, some Jedi love discussing about matters, um, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that they are gossipers, but they tend to discuss stuff. And I believe there is a 99.9 % chance for some Padawans to walk around discussing the results once they are out. I want you to sneak around the Temple area, listen, and report back. Alright?'

' Fine,' Jesse crossed his arms. ' I'll do it.'

Cody said worriedly, ' Echo, are you sure about that?'

' I'm quite sure Rex will be after our blood if he finds out,' Gree agreed.

' He will not be pleased,' Bly added.

' Will my men be affected as well?' Wolffe questioned, looking quite concerned.

' Dude. Relax, people,' Echo waved him off. ' Kix and I revised the plan for a couple times while you are all way, so it will not fail if y'all cooperate with us. Plus, you are as curious as we are so you are one to talk.' Cody looked down at his boots innocently.

' Last notices, remember to pretend that nothing has happened tomorrow at breakfast. I assume that General Skywalker or General Kenobi will show up at the mess hall, so I want absolute silence. No fooling or messing around please. The last thing on our bucket list is a public yelling ensemble performance consisting of both General Skywalker and Rex. Do you understand?'

The men mumbled agreements.

' Good. In that case, this concludes our meeting,' Echo announced to the men. ' You can all go back to bed quietly. We don't want Rex to scream at us again.'

Fives opened the refresher door panel and crept out. Appo was right behind him, trying to get out after him. But unfortunately, once Fives made it past the doorway, he tripped on a single stray piece of leftover popcorn from the men's late night snacks and fell with a massive ker-thunk on the ground. Appo gasped in horror when Rex stirred at the faraway bunk and hurried back into the refresher, the door sliding shut behind him. The last thing Fives could see were the men's terrified faces in the refresher at the prospect of Rex finding out about the secret meeting.

Appo you traitorous, old bat, Fives thought and a sense of dread filled him when Rex sat up quickly on his bunk, looking murderous.

' What's the noise?' He said sharply.

' Tripped,' Fives said. He prayed hard that Rex could go back to bed, but that wasn't the case. The captain had extremely good eyesight, and within seconds of looking around in the dark, he demanded, ' Where is everyone? Why are their beds empty?'

Fives gulped (not wanting to die OR betray his brothers), ' Um, um, I seriously don't know.' He was a terrible liar.

A dull thud came out from the closed refresher door.

' What was that?' Rex hissed. ' It came from the refresher.'

' I-it is nothing! Probably a piece of soap fell from the rack,' Fives lied frantically, but it had no use.

' It doesn't sound like soap.'

' It could be a towel!'

Rex menacingly approached the refresher door. He was an inch from opening the door, when...

Delightful music sounded from behind the door.

Listening to Ahsoka's theme while writing this (so overloaded with feels) :'((

Since I will not be able to update for a week, I'll say Merry Christmas to you all in advance! :D

MERRY CHRISTMAS! (kind of early, but whatever) :P