p dir="ltr"It has been almost 2 weeks since Ezra went missing and only slightly shorter since they realized Dr. Rauff and a technician had also disappeared without much of a trace. And by trace the only noticeable blip was a blue skinned alien going in and out of each room around when the disappearances happened. The Ghost crew, plus Kallus who had come to see Ezra like an annoying little brother, quickly convinced a couple of Quiverans to help. Team Aunk in particular was quick to pool resources with the Ghost crew, but also the rest of the people who helped like Tiger and Jack who offered a safe base of operations (a small house on the outskirts of Kas city, the capital of Dramand Kass)./p
p dir="ltr"They all did their best to cope with Ezra's absence, whether they felt guilt as a 'reason' or missed the boy who had come to be family. As their search continued they spent a good bit of time on Draumon Kas because the only troopers there were ones who's commanders decided to allow shore leave on the Jungle planet./p
p dir="ltr"Some of The Ghost crew was resting in the house after a mission for the rebellion overall with Hera back at Rebel command. They were awaiting Jack's visit with the updates Team Aunk were going to holo in./p
p dir="ltr"There was a rhythmed knock at the door indicating their host Jack (with a large bag in hand) had finally arrived and Sabine raced to the door to answer it./p
p dir="ltr""Morning Crew!" Jack half yelled, and gave Sabine a light pat on the head./p
p dir="ltr""You have any news?" Sabine asked hopefully as she led him into the spare room with the holo projector./p
p dir="ltr""Vixen gave me a heads up that they picked up on a small lead, they should be calling here with the final report in about an hour. In the meantime I brought food." The Pau'an smiled, placing the bag gently on the table the moment it was within reach. "If it's not Ezra, hopefully it's about my sister"/p
p dir="ltr""Ezra did seem to trust Dr. Rauff, but why would anyone take her?"/p
p dir="ltr""She's the lead expert on hybrid and pretty up there in Alien medicine, and well, she's my sister. It would be easy to kidnap her for ransom or to make her treat someone a normal doctor wouldn't be able to." he seemed a bit nervous, but continued to spread the food around the table. "what about Ezra? Other than the Empire you have any ideas why someone would take him with two medical professionals?"/p
p dir="ltr"Sabine paused for a moment before saying "Ezra's a hybrid, part Chiss, and Force sensitive. Could be an experiment. Or they wanted the good doctor and Ezra was by catch, he was just a helpless patient to use as leverage for the kidnappers."/p
p dir="ltr""Neither option bodes well for Ezra, nor do they explain how dull our bond is now, i can hardly tell if he's alive right now." Kanan joined the two, followed by Zeb, Kallus, and Hornet (who's team lived down the block)./p
p dir="ltr"They chowed down and talked for a bit more about theories as they waited/p
p dir="ltr"The holoplayer lit up in the corner of the room to show a table of five people. The closest to the player was the red haired brute, Vixen, then Sekhmet wearing gold armor over her white shirt and pants, at the head of the table was Angel, the team leader and a dark skinned man in silver and blue. To his left was Kuma Lisa who liked like she wanted to leave, and the district Captain Aries sat tall in his Spartan style armor, deep brown eyes scanning the room./p
p dir="ltr""emGuess what we picked up?"/em Sekhmet smiled before answering herself, "emnone other than the Quiveran emergency signal assigned to Dr. /ememRauff/emem only a hop skip and a jump from where we are stationed my friends/em!"/p
p dir="ltr""Where?" Jack asked excitedly. Although the Ghost Crew was visibly disappointed that Ezra's wearabouts were still a mystery./p
p dir="ltr"Angel swiftly cut in to give a crisp answer "emNar /ememshada/emem lower levels, Red light district in an abandoned medical research facility. We currently are coordinating with Aries and his spy keeper to see if Ezra is being kept in the same facilities/em."/p
p dir="ltr""Good Work, Nyra would be proud of you all if she knew" Jack said, but everyone in the hologram appeared ashamed except for Aries. "I'm on the couch for a while aren't I honey." He said shyly looking down./p
p dir="ltr""emFor going behind my back and putting my kids at risk? Certainly/em." Said a woman with shoulder length blonde and grey hair despite only looking about thirty. She was wearing an ivory and olive green dress and a leather jacket as she leaned on the table everyone was sitting around. "emNext time tell me when you guys mess up. Aries already filled me in, so no hiding. Oh /ememKallus/emem! Remember me/em?"/p
p dir="ltr"The former agent looked at her confused for a moment before a glint of recognition, "You are that brat who tormented the ship I was stationed on! Lady Nyra? I must say you are one petty woman when you want to be, but you give good advice."/p
p dir="ltr""emAnd seeing the handsome Teddy bear you're with I can see you took it"/em Nyra smiled, winking at Zeb "emI'll be over to meet the elusive Ghost crew soon, If I'm going to lend a hand I want to go over the evidence with you guys. In the meantime show them what a Quiveran can do. If we get caught I need to know we have options/em."/p
p dir="ltr"The crew looked about confused as the Hologram clicked off./p
p dir="ltr"Jack turned to face the confused rebels behind him while Hornet laughed. The Pau'an tried to answer the unsaid question with false bravado; "That was my wife, Nyra. She's Henri's guide and the Headmistress of the Quivera. And before you can ask imps call her Lady Nyra because they don't like headmistress for some reason." he tried to smile while Hornet was now sitting on the floor cackling to himself. "food...there's food left so dig in! If you need me I'm going to hide in the training room." then he disappeared hoping for the off chance Kallus doesn't put the pieces of his identity together./p
p dir="ltr"Kanan made another plate and followed the disgruntled force sensitive. a few minutes later Kallus' eyes glazed over when the pieces came together, shocked silent as he wrapped his head around who's hospitality they were enjoying. "Karabast" the former agent whispered as he stared at the wall. emI pray he changed sides too. The hell didn't I figure this out sooner!/em/p
p dir="ltr"They all did their best to cope with Ezra's absence, whether they felt guilt as a 'reason' or missed the boy who had come to be family. As their search continued they spent a good bit of time on Draumon Kas because the only troopers there were ones who's commanders decided to allow shore leave on the Jungle planet./p
p dir="ltr"Some of The Ghost crew was resting in the house after a mission for the rebellion overall with Hera back at Rebel command. They were awaiting Jack's visit with the updates Team Aunk were going to holo in./p
p dir="ltr"There was a rhythmed knock at the door indicating their host Jack (with a large bag in hand) had finally arrived and Sabine raced to the door to answer it./p
p dir="ltr""Morning Crew!" Jack half yelled, and gave Sabine a light pat on the head./p
p dir="ltr""You have any news?" Sabine asked hopefully as she led him into the spare room with the holo projector./p
p dir="ltr""Vixen gave me a heads up that they picked up on a small lead, they should be calling here with the final report in about an hour. In the meantime I brought food." The Pau'an smiled, placing the bag gently on the table the moment it was within reach. "If it's not Ezra, hopefully it's about my sister"/p
p dir="ltr""Ezra did seem to trust Dr. Rauff, but why would anyone take her?"/p
p dir="ltr""She's the lead expert on hybrid and pretty up there in Alien medicine, and well, she's my sister. It would be easy to kidnap her for ransom or to make her treat someone a normal doctor wouldn't be able to." he seemed a bit nervous, but continued to spread the food around the table. "what about Ezra? Other than the Empire you have any ideas why someone would take him with two medical professionals?"/p
p dir="ltr"Sabine paused for a moment before saying "Ezra's a hybrid, part Chiss, and Force sensitive. Could be an experiment. Or they wanted the good doctor and Ezra was by catch, he was just a helpless patient to use as leverage for the kidnappers."/p
p dir="ltr""Neither option bodes well for Ezra, nor do they explain how dull our bond is now, i can hardly tell if he's alive right now." Kanan joined the two, followed by Zeb, Kallus, and Hornet (who's team lived down the block)./p
p dir="ltr"They chowed down and talked for a bit more about theories as they waited/p
p dir="ltr"The holoplayer lit up in the corner of the room to show a table of five people. The closest to the player was the red haired brute, Vixen, then Sekhmet wearing gold armor over her white shirt and pants, at the head of the table was Angel, the team leader and a dark skinned man in silver and blue. To his left was Kuma Lisa who liked like she wanted to leave, and the district Captain Aries sat tall in his Spartan style armor, deep brown eyes scanning the room./p
p dir="ltr""emGuess what we picked up?"/em Sekhmet smiled before answering herself, "emnone other than the Quiveran emergency signal assigned to Dr. /ememRauff/emem only a hop skip and a jump from where we are stationed my friends/em!"/p
p dir="ltr""Where?" Jack asked excitedly. Although the Ghost Crew was visibly disappointed that Ezra's wearabouts were still a mystery./p
p dir="ltr"Angel swiftly cut in to give a crisp answer "emNar /ememshada/emem lower levels, Red light district in an abandoned medical research facility. We currently are coordinating with Aries and his spy keeper to see if Ezra is being kept in the same facilities/em."/p
p dir="ltr""Good Work, Nyra would be proud of you all if she knew" Jack said, but everyone in the hologram appeared ashamed except for Aries. "I'm on the couch for a while aren't I honey." He said shyly looking down./p
p dir="ltr""emFor going behind my back and putting my kids at risk? Certainly/em." Said a woman with shoulder length blonde and grey hair despite only looking about thirty. She was wearing an ivory and olive green dress and a leather jacket as she leaned on the table everyone was sitting around. "emNext time tell me when you guys mess up. Aries already filled me in, so no hiding. Oh /ememKallus/emem! Remember me/em?"/p
p dir="ltr"The former agent looked at her confused for a moment before a glint of recognition, "You are that brat who tormented the ship I was stationed on! Lady Nyra? I must say you are one petty woman when you want to be, but you give good advice."/p
p dir="ltr""emAnd seeing the handsome Teddy bear you're with I can see you took it"/em Nyra smiled, winking at Zeb "emI'll be over to meet the elusive Ghost crew soon, If I'm going to lend a hand I want to go over the evidence with you guys. In the meantime show them what a Quiveran can do. If we get caught I need to know we have options/em."/p
p dir="ltr"The crew looked about confused as the Hologram clicked off./p
p dir="ltr"Jack turned to face the confused rebels behind him while Hornet laughed. The Pau'an tried to answer the unsaid question with false bravado; "That was my wife, Nyra. She's Henri's guide and the Headmistress of the Quivera. And before you can ask imps call her Lady Nyra because they don't like headmistress for some reason." he tried to smile while Hornet was now sitting on the floor cackling to himself. "food...there's food left so dig in! If you need me I'm going to hide in the training room." then he disappeared hoping for the off chance Kallus doesn't put the pieces of his identity together./p
p dir="ltr"Kanan made another plate and followed the disgruntled force sensitive. a few minutes later Kallus' eyes glazed over when the pieces came together, shocked silent as he wrapped his head around who's hospitality they were enjoying. "Karabast" the former agent whispered as he stared at the wall. emI pray he changed sides too. The hell didn't I figure this out sooner!/em/p