The big moment arrived. SS-Oberführer Adolf Reinhardt had arrived at the camp.

Cardin saluted him and said, "Welcome to Stalag 13, sir. I can assure you that we run a tight ship here. Nobody has ever made a successful escape from this place ever since it opened."

"Thank you for greeting me," Reinhardt replied. "Let's see how well this camp is run, no?"

Ruby looked on from the line that had been assembled by Weiss. She whispered to Yang. "This is our guy. Get ready."

"Got it," Yang whispered back.

"These prisoners are definitely varied. You must run an interesting ship, Winchester."

"Indeed I do, sir."

As Reinhardt inspected more of the prisoners, Blake passed Yang a note. It read, "Start the distraction now."

Yang nodded and said, "Permission to speak, sir?"

Cardin stopped and turned around. He said, "What is it, Long?"

"Sir, my chest hurts. It feels like..." Yang then collapsed to the ground, clutch her chest.

The planned escapee then made a break for it as several guards rushed to help Yang, who was faking signs of a heart attack. She ran and ducked under the fences as fast as she could.

Once she found Velvet in the woods, she said in Italian while reading from a piece of paper from Blake, "Welcome."

"Thank God you are here," Velvet said as she gave the escapee a strong hug. She was wearing a striped uniform and looked malnourished. "My old camp was hell."

The escapee then let go and began to strip off her clothing. She said, "Change into my clothes."

Velvet quickly ripped off her old uniform and began picking up the escapee's clothes to put on. The escapee soon changed into civilian clothes she had been given by Ruby. Once Velvet was dressed, she said, "Now what?"

"Stay here and wait for the guards."

Velvet shuddered and said, "Why?! They'd kill me if I escaped at my old camp! Won't they not do that here?"

The escapee didn't understand Velvet completely. She said more firmly, "Stay here!"

Then, the sirens blared, and Velvet trembled as the guards began to look for her. She began praying to herself in Hebrew, saying quietly to herself, "O Lord, grant that this night we may sleep in peace. And that in the morning our awakening may also be in peace. May our daytime be cloaked in your peace. Protect us and inspire us to think and act only out of love. Keep far from us all evil; may our paths be free from all obstacles from when we go out until we return home." She then closed her eyes and began to cry as the guards found her.

When she opened her eyes, she found herself being led back into line. She looked around, confused. She thought to herself, "They haven't killed me yet? Why?"

A guard yelled to her in German, "Stay in line, prisoner of war! Don't escape again or else!"

Reinhardt walked up to Velvet and said in German, "That was a pretty daring escape attempt. I must give you credit. I must also give credit to this camp's commanders for making good on their promise of not having any successful escapes."

After the visit, Blake introduced Velvet to the team. "Welcome to Stalag 13, Scarlatina. My name is Blake Belladonna. I'm from America, but my ancestors were from Italy."

"You're from America? The land of opportunity and freedom where anyone can make it, even a Jew like me?! Oh, what I wouldn't give to live there."

"So you are a Jew. Were you a soldier?"

"Me? No. My family lived in Italy until 1935 when they moved to Austria to be closer to relatives there. Then Hitler took over the place in 1938. We were ostracised and made to wear yellow Stars of David. In 1941, my family and I were arrested and brought to a prison camp. It was hell on Earth there. The Nazis treated us like animals and barely fed us. I lost my dad and my mom to starvation, and my 3 brothers were all shot. I worked like a slave there."

Blake sat there, stunned. Ruby looked at Blake and said, "Was it something bad?"

"Yeah. She says she was arrested with her family in Austria and that her parents starved and her 3 brothers were shot. She also says before she was arrested, her family had to wear badges identifying themselves as Jews."

The room suddenly got quiet. Yang said, "I knew Hitler was messed up in the head, but not that messed up."

Blake said to Velvet, "I'm horrified that happened to your family. Don't worry, you'll be safe here under Captain Ruby Rose's wing. We conduct sabotage and escape efforts from within this camp. Say, do you speak Yiddish or Hebrew?"

Velvet replied in Yiddish, "I can speak Yiddish well, but I only know Hebrew prayers." She then repeated the phrase in Italian.

Blake replied, "Yiddish sounds a lot like German."

"That's because it kind of is, but spelled with Hebrew letters. Will I learn English here?"

"Of course. That will be my priority with you, Scarlatina."

The next day, after inspection and breakfast, the group met again. Ruby said, "Ladies and gents, today, I received notice that Schnee and Winchester will be replaced in the coming weeks. This is bad for us because, ironically, they help us conduct our missions. That is why we need to make sure they stay as the commanders of this camp."

Blake asked, "How do we do that? The Nazis won't listen to POWs."

"Simple," Ruby replied. "We will shape up a bit, so no more escapes during inspection for now, and I will make sure a few pieces of paperwork that may paint our commanders in a bad light don't reach their higher-ups. Don't worry, I have my ways."

Velvet asked Blake, "What's going on?"

"Our camp's commanders may be dismissed. This is bad for us because they may get replaced by 2 commanders that are actually competent enough to stop us. Ruby tasked us with making sure that doesn't happen."

Velvet nodded. "Got it."

Jaune asked, "Sorry this is off-topic, but when is the football-or as you Americans call it, soccer-match tomorrow evening?"

"At 6," Ruby replied. "I have the teams all set up here. Blake, ask Velvet if she knows how to play soccer."

After Blake asked, Velvet excitedly nodded yes. "Of course! My family loved football! My dad used to play it semi-professionally."

Blake said, "She loves it."

"Alrighty then. Velvet will be on Team 4. Good luck in tomorrow's match, ladies and gents."

Then, Cardin walked in. "Talking about football?"

"Indeed, Colonel."

"Well then, good luck. Anyways, I need you guys to go work the machinery shop and repair garage. For some reason, 2 cars owned by officers here broke down last night. Now get to it."

As the prisoners left the barracks, Yang quietly asked Ruby, "Was that your doing?"

"Indeed it was." Ruby snickered. "Indeed it was."