It had now been a week since I'd seen everyone in the prison. There's not much I can remember; I'd been under so much surgery, there wasn't a second I was awake before I saw them preparing for the next procedure. Hondo gave the medical droid strict orders to fix me up as quickly as possible and while I was still bed-ridden, he continued on with the show. But now I am officially considered healthy-enough and could leave the medical bay. But, with my head down in shame, I walked down the corridors with two security guards on either side of me and the traditional hand-cuffs adorning my wrists.

For once, I was pleased to be a prisoner, because that meant I didn't have to make small-talk with any of them. They took me down to the jail-cell and as the door opened, I appreciated not being pushed, shoved or kicked in. Hondo was serious about no one touching me now that I worked on his show.

Stepping inside, they shut the door behind me and the weirdest thing happened; they didn't tie me up. Did Hondo really think I was safe move around again? The idea was shot to pieces when I heard the noise of a dozen security locks. I was tied up alright, just in a different form of chains, if I strayed from the path of a loyal slave, everyone else's lives could be at death's doorstep.

Captainrexbest35 stood and said, "She's back!" but stopped in her tracks when she actually caught sight of me, along with everyone else in the room. The droid had shaved off all of my shoulder-length hair to the extent of baldness; and if that wasn't enough the stitches ran all across my scalp, like markings on a map. Instantly, under their shocked gazes, I ran my hand across the top and smiled, "It's okay, I don't mind. Really."

"What did they do to you." Weathergirl gave me a hug, but stepped back to get a good looked at my new fastened stitches, "They really hit you didn't they."

"It's okay, Miss Kale," Ahsokatano said, "We'll help you out of this rat-hole and that hair-due is very...becoming of you."

"Yeah," Jedi-TARDIS-Chick101 threw her fist into her awaiting palm, "We'll get them back somehow." but she scratched the back of her head when she said, "Though, I am sorry about what they did to you."

"That doesn't matter," NobelMeta approached us and placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder, "Your back. We thought they'd kill you when you didn't return."

JediChick added, "Not to mention, the guards haven't been very helpful."

"Well, none of that matters now." I ran my hand over my head again and sighed, "So, how's prison life?"

We sat around and finally had the first decent conversation since we'd arrived to this nightmare. "I still can't believe they took my tablet." Gamergirl groaned.

"They took your tablet?" Emerald.H asked and Gamergirl nodded. There was a long drawn out silence before Emerald broke out laughing.

"What?" Ahsokatano191 asked, shifting around a little bit to find a comfortable position on the floor, but with this hard ground, it proved to be irrelevant.

"I am so sorry," Emerald laughed, wiping tears from her eyes, "I just had this sudden thought of Hondo playing with your tablet."

Upon reaching forward for the rugged blanket in front of me, I chuckled, and folded the fabric up to be a big neat square and handed it to Ahsokatano for a cushion.

While everyone else laughed about apps Hondo might be playing right now, NobelMeta cleared his throat and moved closer to me before whispering, "So, come up with any escape plans while you were away?"

I ran the palm of my hand over my awful scalp and sighed, "I came up with a really cheap one on the way down the corridor, but with no way of communicating to ShadowMaster77, Sithlord8665, or AaylaKitofNiflheim there's no real way to execute it properly."

"What about Yaya The Elf, then? She admitted a while ago that she wanted to join Hondo's crew, for real, but we managed to hold her back from doing anything hasty until you arrived. I and a couple of others were hoping you could talk some sense into her. But..."

"But if I could relay my plan to her and have her give that message to the others...yeah, I see what you're getting at." I scratched the back of my neck and thought aloud, "Let's just hope Yaya is willing."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, she's torn between her friends and wanting to join Hondo's merry men of pirates, so she might not be as compliant as you assume. I mean, to start off her first day by helping Hondo's biggest money-makers off the ship? Really?"

"Talk to her," He nudged at my elbow, "Maybe offer her up something."

"Like what? My fashionable hair-due?" NobelMeta and I chuckled, which caught the attention of Yaya The Elf herself.

NobelMeta jabbed his thumb towards the girl and said, "Looks like it's time to make your move."

"Why do I always get the hard jobs," I shake my head and get up to walk across the room where another group was seated.

Yaya looked up at me and asked, "What were you guys laughing about?" I sat down beside her and sighed, "Hondo playing with Gamergirl's tablet." there's a long pause, but finally I speak and try to stray from the awkward silence, "Can I speak with you for a moment. Privately."

Yaya looks at the people around her and for a second she seems reluctant, but nevertheless nods and stands up with me. "Sure, why not."

We get as far away from everyone as possible and I don't even bother to suggest we sit down, because this has to be quick. "I heard you wanted to join Hondo's crew."

"Ah, I figured they'd make me talk to you." Yaya sighed, folding up her arms and leaning against her hip, "I know, I know. He kidnapped all of us and I feel horrible after what he did to you, Miss Kale, but I want adventure and-"

"I think you should join them."

"What?" Yaya took a step back and tilted her head away from me, "That's...unexpected."

"Under one condition." I raise my finger and she rolls her eyes. "There always seems to be some kind of condition." She groans.

"You relay a message to AaylaKitofNiflheim, SithLord8665, and ShadowMaster77, so we can all get out of here. Yaya, I know you want adventure, but everyone else here wants to go home, so if you help us-"

"Relax. I'll help you." She smiles, "What's the plan then?"

Staring her down, I re-think this whole scenario, because I fear I can't trust her; but, then again, what other choice to I have? Yaya would have gone with the pirates anyway, and could even reveal our spies, so my options are severely cut in half. I suck in a deep breath of dusty air and relay the whole escape plan to her. When we're done and she agrees with me and begins to walk away when I grab her by the elbow and whisper, "But if you decide to keep your loyalties entirely to Hondo, I have ways to making him believe you're our spy."

Yaya took my hand off of her elbow and shook her head, "I know the consequences, Miss Kale. I won't disappoint."

I have the feeling of a lead weight dropping into the pit of my stomach as I watch Yaya knock on the cell door and the two guards answering it. They glared down at the girl and asked what she wanted, but appeared pleased when she replied and said she wanted to speak to Hondo about joining his crew.

She makes a scene about hating it here to the point of putting everyone down and how she'd be proud to part of their crew, which makes me chew on my index finger nail to the point of blood. She's a good actress and now I question my loyalties in Yaya even further. Was everything she said to me just an act? I didn't have to worry about losing my life, no, but what about everyone else?

"Right this way." The one pirate gestured outside the door and Yaya gladly strode out.

NobelMeta watched as Yaya left and then up at me. I can only fall up against the wall behind me and grind the palm of my hand against my forehead. This was it. Tomorrow was the start of everyone's escape, tomorrow everything will change. Don't fail me, Yaya.

Yaya was brought into the captain's office and when guards told Hondo of her reason being there. He laughs and tells the pirates to get out before standing and eyeing Yaya up and down, "You don't look strong, my dear." He folds up his arms and rubs his chin, "Can you shoot?"

"I can learn quickly." She straightens her back and looks straight ahead, "May I join your crew?"

"No!" He instantly raises his finger and waves it in her face, "As a pirate you don't say may, you don't say please. You demand what you want!"

"Oh, I, uh-"

"No, no, no, no." He takes a step back and shakes his head, "Don't just stand there, give it back to me! I want to see your anger."

"Put me in your crew!" Yaya's chest swells with pride and anger, "NOW!"

Hondo sighs and walks back over to his desk and searches for something before calling the other men in. "I suppose I'll just have to work on you." He says, pulling out a tracking bracelet from his drawl, "Oh, and show that attitude to me again and you'll end up in the trash-shoot." He shakes his finger at Yaya and tosses the tracking bracelet to the pirate beside her. The guy clamps the device onto Yaya's wrist and even though it pinched at her skin, she felt proud. That was all it took, she was now one of the them. She walked halfway out the door when she turned and said, "Oh, and Hondo..."