A/N: WHAT? ANOTHER CHAPTER IN ONE DAY? HOW COULD THIS BE? It's called me being bored. -_-

Something freezing, cold, and heavy was on me. I could barely breathe. All I know was that my hand was sticking out of the snow. Yup, I was under snow. A big pile of snow. How the hell did it come down on me? Who knows? Maybe it's an omen telling me, acting like a man is completely and utterly a bad idea. And now they want me to suffer. With frost bites, and pneumonia...

I hear a scream of mumbling through the pack of snow that's buried on top of me. My hand is stretched out as it can be, the harsh wind making it sting like pins and needles. I hear some more screams, can't understanding that their saying but I think they have the tone of worry in them. They kept getting closer, and closer. Then I realized it was Zack. Zack was screaming for me. Well... my counter self, but it's still me.

A leather hand grasped mine and squeezed it. "Oh god... " Zack said letting go of my hand. "Hold on Jacobs! I'll get you out there!"

The snow began to shift and tumble. I could see a bright light, not from the sun, but from a lantern. It was still a bit blurry but I could still see it. Then finally,air!

I gasped, coughing.

"Layla?" Zack said surprised. But didn't ask any more questions. He got me out the snow and wrapped me up in a warm blanket. It was snowing, flakes of snow where falling down from the dark sky. My head was against Zack's chest, as he pulled me closer to him. He took his right hand glove and began to comb through my wet hair, pulling back some away from my face.

"I'm going to call for help."

"No!" I said jerking, and I pulled his sweater vest. "My dad can't find out! If he does he will kill me!" Tears uncontrollably came down from my face. I couldn't stop. "Please, Zack. He can't find out!"

"Shh...okay..." He began rubbing my back and playing with my hair. "Okay. I won't tell Angeal...and I found your uh...wig... " He pointed to a backpack that he had with him, that was now next to him. It was like a Mary Poppins bag, or a black hole. "Can you walk?"

I tried to stand, but miserably ended up falling back into the cold wet snow.

"Okay, hold on," He put the backpack on, and then helped me stand up, and made sure I was tightly wrapped in the warm blanket, before you picked me up bridal way. "I think I saw an abandon little cottage somewhere around here. We'll spend the night there, or till you know... your back to being...uhh Jacobs..."

I just nodded, still crying.

The snow picked up harder, when we finally found the cottage. It was small and Japanese style like. There was a small square area in the middle of the cottage or hut or whatever you want to call it, for a fire. It had a pot, but no fire wood or anything. Zack set me up by the back wall, and helped me take off my arm blades.

"You're not bleeding as bad... but I want to bandage you up, but I can't see. I'll be right back. I won't stray to far. I promise."

And he left me in the hut middle of the mountain in nowhere. It was cold. The wind has died down, but not the snow. A few moments later, Zack came back with a pile of fire wood, that look nicely cut. "Don't tell Angeal that I had to use my sword for cutting wood...I think he will kill me too..."

Zack didn't try to get the fire started the old fashioned way, instead he just used his fire mako, which instantly put heat through out the little hut-type-thing.

"There. All nice and warm. Now lets see those wounds..." He took out a box of first aid kit and first did my arms. I hissed in pain. "Sorry."

"Nah...it's..."more pain. "Never mind... so how many creatures attacked you?"

He moved to my right arm. "Hm? Two. A warrior and a mage type. You?"

"Same."

"The warrior was not a problem. The mage was. He kept on healing himself! And I couldn't get close enough. Because every time I tried he hit me with a spell. He scraped me knee, and probably caused more bruises on my back!"
"Wow. I feel weak..."

Zack laughed. "Why? Because you got these many wounds? Don't worry. When I first started, I had this big giant slash on my back. I was way too cocky... Luckily Angeal saved my ass." He moved to my right foot. It was one of the causes that caused me to fall. He took off my boot and sock, exposing my green toe nails. "Nice toe nails."

"Why thank you." I smiled.

"I'm not a doctor, but I think your ankle is sprained...and I mean really sprained." He began to wrap it.

"Well at least its not dislocated. That really hurts..."

"You had a dislocated bone before?"

"Yup. It bloody hurts like its the end of the world. Not fun. Not fun at all. It was left foot. I got it from ice skating."

"Doesn't sound fun. Well ice skating sounds fun, but not dislocating a bone."

"You've never gone ice skating before?" I said astonished.

"Nope." Zack said popping the "p."

"Oh my god. You have to go! It's so much fun! When I'm not all bleedy and breaky maybe I can teach you! It's really fun Zack. Please say yes!"

Zack laughed, his laugh was to die for. So sweet and kind. Wow am I rebel of father's orders or what?

"Okay, okay! But only after you get all better. Deal?"

"Deal!"

"Can I see your ribs?" He coughed, a bright red blush covered his face.

"Huh? uh. Sure." I took the giant SOLDIER belt off and lifted up my shirt. (I lost my jacket to the creatures).

"I'm going to have to wrap your chest too... there's no wounds. But I think you either a. bruised it, or b. you have a broken rib..." His cold hand touched my rib cage, sending chills all over my body. I gasped due to the coldness. But I also gasped from the pain. "Sorry."

When Zack finally finished up bandaging me up, he sat next to me, and actually allowed me to use his lap as a pillow. He said it was better for me if I should lay down. He had actually three blankets in the bag of his. He wrapped himself in one, and used another for me other than the one that I had, and the other for the wooden floor which was freezing.

"So how long have you been acting as Alyal Jacobs?" He failed at pronouncing my counter parts name.

"Not long." He began petting my hair, causing me to get drowsy. "Howl long have you been in SOLDIER?"

"Hm...when I was thirteen." My eyes widened.

"And you are?"

"Twenty." He laughed.

"Holy wakomoly that's... seven years! You've been with SOLDIER for seven years?"

"Yup. And it's been seven years since I last saw my parents."

"You don't go visit them?"

"No...I sort of ran away when I was thirteen..."

"You what? Your mother must be worried sick!"

"She is...I send them letters when I get a chance. But I would like to see them..."

"I miss my mom..." I mumbled. I didn't tend for it to come out, but it just did.

"I'm sorry..."

"Hey...Zack?"

"Hm?"

"Can you tell me a story?"

"Huh?" He laughed. "Uhh.. sure... Once upon a time...there was this-"

"Chocobo!"

Laughter. "Okay...Once upon a time, there was this golden Chocobo that was the...king of all Chocobos..."

By the time I woke up, the fire was a still blazing, but not as hard as before, the snow finally stopped, and I was still slipping on Zack's lap. Zack was still sleeping. I attempted to move, but pain overwhelmed me. I gasped in pain.

"You in pain?" Zack asked, waking up.

"Sorry...I didn't mean to wake you."

"No it's fine. Are you in pain?"

"Yeah... a little bit..."

Zack helped me sit up, before helping me put my wig back on. He couldn't help but laugh.

"Wow...now that I look at you... you do look like Layla..."

"Because I am Layla, smart one!" I gave him a playful push.

"I'm going to call Angeal to tell him where we are. I don't want to move you in your condition."

"Okay, and Zack?"

"Hm?"

"Please don't tell him..."

"I promise." And he was out out the hut on his phone.

There was a clearing a few yards away from the hut, that's where one of the helicopters had landed with Angeal and Genesis, with a few SOLDIERS that were military doctors. Zack lead them to the hut, where the doctors strapped me in a lovely hospital bed type thing, before lifting me away, Genesis spoke.

"So there were only four creatures apparently... Two of them would attack each town. The warrior was the male, and the mage the female. According to Hojo, both females were indeed pregnant...Thanks to you two, the towns people are safe."

"That's good..." Zack said.

"On your first mission and your already injured..." Genesis mumbled shaking his head.

"Genesis, it was his first mission. Leave the poor kid alone." Angeal said shaking his head at his best friend. Angeal and Genesis went on ahead while Zack said with me. He even held my hand.

A/N: Do you feel that? Romance is in the air! :D :')

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