Caleb knew of the Resistance's successful evacuation not from Fulcrum, but from a raging General Hux. He could literally smell his rage miles away.

' THEY ESCAPED AGAIN! AGAIN, PEOPLE!' He roared loudly, much to everyone's surprise when he literally popped up in the middle of lunch. ' WHY DO THEY KEEP DISAPPEARING WHENEVER WE HAVE A LEAD ON THEM?! WHY? OH WHY!'

Caleb hid his relief by taking a quick sip of cold water. So his friends were safe.

Mitaka frowned at him, ' What? Did you have a raid? We weren't informed of this.'

' YES WE DID! KYLO REN SAID THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON D'QAR! HE WAS RIGHT! YEAH! BUT WHEN WE ARRIVED, THEY WERE GONE! THE BASE WAS EMPTY! NO SHIPS! NO RESISTANCE! ONLY A FINE INCH OF DUST!' Hux shook his fist in fury. ' HOW DID THEY KNOW WE WERE COMING?! HOW, HUH? HUH?'

Phasma appeared behind Hux, her helmet under her arm, blonde hair sticking to her sweaty forehead and undeniably downcast. She said forlornly, ' You should calm down Hux. We did our best, didn't we?' So she had gone to the raid as well.

' HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN!' Hux crushed a paper cup, and water splashed everywhere. He was too angry to care.

' You are acting like Kylo,' Phasma sighed. ' On the bright side, none of my troopers died, which is a good thing. Colonel Santos has just reported that Kylo had destroyed the control panel of the hangar bay again. We have to order a new one, and it's pretty expensive, so maybe-'

' I DON'T CARE ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE THE CONTROL PANEL IS!' Hux fumed. ' I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE RESISTANCE IS!'

Phasma tugged Hux away, ' Come on, Hux. You are scaring and stressing out the others. They're on lunch break.' She must have possessed superhuman strength, because Ezra had no idea how she managed to drag the kicking, screaming and somewhat childish General away from the mess hall.

' That was terrifying,' Grami said out loud.

Minutes later, Phasma returned without Hux, sighing deeply to herself.

' You don't seem very mad,' Joel pointed at Phasma with his fork.

Phasma glanced at him irritatedly, ' I wasn't mad. I was furious. But hey, we tried our best. I don't see why Hux and Kylo have to rage about it.'

' Well, you almost had them,' A recently transferred officer named Charis said wistfully. ' I would be mad if I were you too. It's everyone's dream to wipe the Resistance off the galaxy.'

' But I wouldn't destroy the entire control panel or scream myself hoarse. On the bright side, none of my men died, so it's not that bad,' Phasma plopped down on a seat, tired. ' I wonder where Kylo got hold of the intel in the first place. Why would he know they were on D'Qar? Strange.'

Yeah. Strange, Caleb pestered at Ezra through their bond. Kinda fishy, right? Right? Right? Right? Answer me, Ezra!

Ezra kicked him in his shins under the table.

' But Hux said they evacuated?' Grami pointed out. ' Doesn't it sound suspicious? They aren't supposed to know we are coming, unless... They knew we are coming.'

Mitaka narrowed his eyes, ' Grami, what do you mean?'

' Dunno, just my guess,' Grami wiped his fingers with his napkin. ' We might have a traitor amongst our ranks.'

Woah, woah woah woah, go back there, go back there, Caleb panicked.

Everyone started muttering.

' We don't know for sure yet, so I would not jump to the conclusion quickly,' Phasma said coolly. ' Ezra, when you are done with lunch, report to my office. I need to file in the status report for my troopers.'

' Oh, I am done,' Ezra stood up. ' I'll come with you.'

See you at your quarters after I am done with the status reports, he channeled his thoughts to his former Master through their bond. We might be in serious trouble.

' Ha!' Poe turned around and removed his headset, beaming at his friends. ' Our scouts have reported that the First Order stormed D'Qar hours after we left! And guess what? They are warmly welcomed by an EMPTY BASE! Take that!' He proceeded to cackle in such a wicked way that freaked them out, but they were happy about it nonetheless.

' That was a close call,' Fulcrum admitted. ' According to Caleb, General Hux and Ky-Ben were very angry about it. They said Hux screamed at the entire room of officers during lunch, and had to be escorted outside by a fellow Captain.'

Kylo allowed himself to smile, ' Ooh. Sounds like Hux. Is he throwing rubber ducks too?'

' Rubber ducks?!' Poe echoed incredulously.

' They won't find us here, will they?' Finn squeaked in fear.

' We are safe,' Leia assured him. ' Don't worry. Besides, Caleb and Ezra will keep us informed.'

' Caleb and Ezra have to figure out what happened to Ben before they realise where we are,' Kanan said nervously, not wanting to provoke anyone as the topic of Ben being manipulated was still a sore and avoided topic among them.

Kylo added, ' I need more information on his behaviour. Are there any cracks in his actions? Sudden memory loss? Confusion?'

' Oh they didn't say,' Fulcrum said, surprised that Kylo was offering to help.

' Ask them to observe closely,' Kylo crossed his arms. ' Or else I won't know what happened to him, okay?'

Fulcrum nodded, ' Okay. I will. Where is Anakin by the way?'

' He's depressed. The Daughter and the Son should be keeping him company,' Ahsoka sighed. ' Oh no, he's missing again. I had better check on him, in case he tries to drown himself in the bathroom again.' She hurried away to the direction of the living quarters.

' Again?' Older-Ezra snorted. ' I'm surprised.'

How Luke had managed to transfer the Daughter and the Son to this new base was purely anyone's guess.

' Get back to work, we'll deal with this later,' Leia said.

' Well, we are in a significant amount of trouble,' Caleb fretted. ' Of course they will be suspicious! Oh, next thing, they will be interrogating us and see if we are traitors!'

' Naw, we just need to lay low,' Ezra said. ' And attract as little attention to us as possible. Kylo would not be interested in two lowly officials all of a sudden, and I think Hux trusts you a lot. For now, as Fulcrum says, we need to monitor Ben's behaviour. We'll be fine. Your comlink beeped, by the way.'

' Yours too,' Caleb said. ' It's a broadcast message.'

Phasma's calm voice came through their com links, Officials, please gather at the meeting room. We are going to have a raid soon.

' A raid?!' Ezra murmured.

' Let me guess,' Caleb sighed. ' We have to go with them.'

' Cool! I love action,' Ezra stood up. ' I mean, it's boring to stay cooped up inside a Star Destroyer! I would like to see land.'

' But we are going to be destroying villages in the process,' Caleb deadpanned.

' Right,' Ezra wilted slightly. ' But we still have to go.'

Turned out Caleb was correct, because Phasma said, ' It's on Hux's orders. He wants all of the officials to get trained up for simple battle and stuff, so you all need to go. No exemptions.'

Grami groaned, ' I don't wanna move!'

Phasma eyed him irritatedly, ' You won't be doing the work. My troopers will. And in case you get attacked, we have some spare blasters in these boxes. Everyone take one.'

' Um, where are we going exactly?' Charis asked, taking one shiny blaster.

' Naboo,' Phasma answered.

Naboo?!

' Naboo?!' Mitaka said incredulously, mirroring Caleb's own shock. ' I... I thought we didn't have control over Naboo. It's a Republic planet, is it not? I'm not so sure-'

' Yes, but since the Republic is dissolved after we blew up Hosnian Prime,' Hux said, shrugging on his own cloak. ' We have control over it. There has been some anti-First Order activity around the villages recently, just around Theed. So we'll be storming it. Secondly, it's on the Supreme Leader's orders. Who are you to question the Leader's orders?'

' If you say so, General,' Mitaka muttered darkly. ' But does the Queen of Naboo know of this?'

' Queen Pheinia has no power or saying over it,' Hux said snappishly. ' But we will inform her of our arrival. Well, Wilfred, what are you waiting for? Take the blaster.'

' Um, yes, Sir,' Caleb said, receiving the blaster and hung it in on his utility belt. He secretly changed the setting to stun using the Force. Well, if he really needed to shoot at people, he would prefer to stun them. From the corner of his eye, he spotted Ezra doing the same to his own blaster.

' Will Lord Ren be joining us?' Joel asked uncomfortably.

' He will, yes,' Phasma nodded. ' But rest assure, he will not be joining us until we arrive. He'll be riding his private command shuttle.'

' Phew,' Joel breathed out in relief.

' We must not delay our raid,' Phasma put on her helmet. ' Grami, ask the bridge to set course for hyperspace, now.'

Caleb winced. He could imagine how upset Ghost-Anakin would be if he learnt that they were going to storm his beloved wife's home planet and final resting place. Luke and Leia wouldn't be happy either.

He wish he could call to Fulcrum through their temporary bond. But the Daughter closed it off when he put on his disguise.

A slight tremble notified him that they just went into hyperspace.

Their shuttle landed, in the middle of an exotic looking forest, at the outskirts of Theed.

Caleb and Ezra recognised it all too well. They had once tagged along the Skywalker family trip, and camped in the same forest. It was pleasantly cool even in the summer, and they enjoyed the quietness of the nature. But no, the tranquility was stabbed through by the humming of machinery and commands by the First Order troops.

Their shiny uniforms stood out too much in the soft green landscape. It was ugly.

' Ugh, they are destroying the beautiful nature,' Caleb moaned, when the troopers marched on the grass.

' We are dividing ourselves into groups,' Hux said loudly, and everyone snapped into attention. ' One group will march to the enemy camp. Kylo, Phasma and I will take the troopers, along with Joel, Mitaka and Charis. The second group will be the delegates. We will send them to the Queen's palace. Caleb, Ezra and Grami, I hope you can convince the Queen to join our side. I don't think we need a large group for this cause.'

' Huh, us?'

' Yes. Phasma said that the three of you are... um, more on the diplomatic side than fighting,' Hux shrugged. ' So you will be in charge of the more diplomatic stuff. Fix these golden badges onto your sleeves, and they will mark you as delegates.' Golden badges of the First Order symbol were passed to them.

Thank the Force. You are very wrong about us, Phasma, but thank the Force. They wouldn't take part in the rampage, and they even had the chance to visit the palace!

' We accept the mission,' Ezra said, bowing slightly.

' Good, take this shuttle and go now,' Hux pointed at the direction of the palace. ' Send us a message when you arrive, and we'll rendezvous here.'

Caleb turned, seeing the majestic green and golden Theed Royal Palace behind the wild thicket of trees. He had absolutely no idea who this Queen Pheinia was (at least it was Queen Venia at his time), but this was definitely better than ruining the nature along with Ben. He would never forgive himself if he took part in harming (or stunning) the civilians.

Happy Chinese New Year, to anyone who celebrates it! :DDDDDDDDD

Sorry for being gone for so long lol! :P