A/N: Heya huns - sorry this took so long to update, kinda got stuck for a little while, but got past that and got a little finger happy on the keyboard ^__^

"You owe me, Jinx."

Danni stuck her tongue out as she turned in time to watch Demyx step out from a portal, having already recognised his voice. A smile lit up her features as her eyes shot the A4 sized brown envelope her boyfriend dropped onto the table in front of her; a week of none stop nagging had gently persuaded the blond to find Alex Yamamoto's address. Which hadn't actually been as bad as she'd thought it would be. She had expected it to take longer than just a week considering Demyx had spent the first few days after her initial question walking around the apartment with his fingers permanently planted in his ears.

She was in an odd mood, probably due to spending too much time with Yuffie lately. That woman was crazy and even that was an understatement. The ninja was only a few years older than her and although they had become friends since she had moved in with Cloud and Tifa, it was only now that Danni was becoming close with the young woman, with her still being on sick leave and Yuffie on early maternity from the WRO – well, at least that was Reeve's reasoning – personally speaking she reckoned a hormonal kleptomaniac wasn't all that fun to work with, especially when everyone who worked with her was forced to walk on egg shells in fear of upsetting or angering the young woman.

"Pshhh! You got me pregnant, if anything, you owe me…"

Demyx ground to a halt mid step as he glanced down to where she sat in one of the cushioned side seats of the bar, her legs curled up beneath her as she gave him a small smile; showing she was only teasing. That was fine, that meant he could tease back. Though he was outnumbered, three to one; Elena was still at work, she was trying to hold out at work for as long as she could before taking maternity leave, ensuring a longer break after the baby was born. Tifa was still as much time as always in the bar while Yuffie just kinda floated around.

"Takes two people to get those results."

Demyx ducked as countless beer mats were thrown at him, none of which managed to hit their target. He found that kinda ironic, three of them were throwing beer mats at him and neither one had managed to hit him, that was pretty embarrassing even. The young man grinned as the barrage finally ended and he straightened up, deciding to do what he'd been sent back to the bar to do first.

Rick was still in one of the holding cells and that was the problem. ShinRa didn't exactly take pride or enjoyment in accommodating someone who had knowingly betrayed them; particularly those in SOLDIER. If they actually released him from the confines of his cell and cut ties with him, then Xemnas or one of the others would surely kill him. But they no longer trusted him, so he was of no use to the company. He was due to be transferred to the WRO base in the next few days, but to do so; Danni's permission was required due to her being one of the 1st Classes above him.

"Serious note first – Rick Matthews."

Danni allowed the smile to drop from her face at record speed. What about him? At the time, she had said she'd wished to know why he had chosen to take the path he had, but in the few weeks that had passed since the drama on the SOLDIER floor she had over looked it. She may have left SOLDIER when she was younger and recently returned to its' folds, but never once had she ever considered double crossing them. SOLDIER wasn't just a job, it was a way of life, if you were in it, then you stuck by it regardless of retirement or MIA status, you never betrayed the force; not because of fear though, but pride. It was like a family; you didn't sell out your brother, right?

She didn't really know how to feel about Rick, he had wilfully jeopardized whatever little advantage they had held over Sephiroth and the Organization. But she couldn't honestly say she hated him, he was only a few years older than her, and he must have had his own reasons for doing what he had. Everyone had their reasons for their decisions, regardless of whether the decision was viewed as right or wrong.

"What about him?"

Personally speaking, Demyx hated the SOLDIER. That may be hypocritical of him, but he didn't really care. He knew he had done the same, as had the rest of the gang, but at least they had done so for the right reasons and the right side. They had knowingly betrayed the Organization by leaking information and helping out ShinRa and AVALANCHE. But it was different – Rick was doing it for the wrong side – right?

Great, now he didn't know anymore. The more he thought about it, the more complicated it seemed to get. He really wished he could look at it from a singular view, but he couldn't. Having been on both sides of the fence had been an advantage before, but now it was just confusing him. The guy shouldn't have leaked, he was a SOLDIER; they weren't supposed to stab their ranks in the back. Demyx groaned as he found himself wanting to know why Rick had done what he had done, he wanted to understand him.

"The President isn't particularly happy with accommodating someone who's acted as a leak within the company. He's due to be transferred to The WRO's base in the next few days; Angeal and Genesis have already signed off on the situation but your permission or comments are also required due to you being one of the 1st Class over him."

Danni blinked as she sat back into her seat, partially taken aback by her boyfriend's professional manner along with what he had just said; he was due to be transferred to a holding cell at the WRO base in the next few days. That wasn't good. Whatever about staying at ShinRa, SOLDIER would never eliminate on of their own while he remained in their ranks – with the exception of Sephiroth – but if Rick was being moved then that slight protection was off the table. If he was released from confinement – something she seriously doubted would happen – then Xemnas or Sephiroth would kill him if they knew he was out, if he stayed at ShinRa he was a prisoner but if he was moved to the WRO's base then he would probably wind up dead too.

Angeal and Genesis had already washed their hands clean of him and she had to do the same? This SOLDIER stuff was harder than she remembered. She understood their opinions; they had already been betrayed by a SOLDIER before, so therefore weren't all that willing to hear the reasons behind another doing the same. But now she wanted to know, even just to satisfy her own curiosity.

"That's not fair, you know what's gonna happen him, whatever little protection he has here will be gone."

Demyx nodded, yeah, he knew that. But it wasn't his decision. Regardless of how much he wanted to hate the man, he knew things had to be more complicated than they appeared. That was something he had learned since splitting from the Organization and moving to Edge, nothing here just as simple as black and white, right and wrong, there was always something else; a reason, a different point of view – but something. He knew Danni wouldn't agree to sign off without some kind of closure on why the SOLDIER had acted as a leak.

He'd already thought it through. After his excursion to the Stronghold and how that had ended four weeks ago, he had taken to thinking things through more. Looking at how something could end and what could possibly go wrong along the way. It was pretty depressing though, instead of just going through with something regardless, he was now faced with an endless list of ifs and buts.

The cells were on the second lowest level of the building, above only an underground storage area. The cells took up roughly half of the floor, the rest of the floor stored back up generators for the city. Two Turks or SOLDIERs usually stayed stationed outside the entrance to that half of the floor, ensuring no unauthorised individuals entered. The outside was also monitored by the company's in-building cameras. A portal would bypass all of those and would provide an unnoticeable exit too, if need be.

Demyx shrugged as he took several steps backwards, opening a portal as he raised an eyebrow questioningly.

She had never been down here, not even in the old building in Midgar. Angeal had never allowed her to go near the holding cells or go to the lab, though the latter had not always been fully up to him, Hojo had usually gone over his and Lazard's head. It was a large room, half of it taken up by the cells that lined the walls down the right hand side; the rest of the room resembled a corridor, only there wasn't a door or turn at the end, just more wall.

It was weird being down here, it felt wrong in a sense, though she guessed that fact that they weren't meant to be there in the first place didn't help. She didn't know if the door separating the cell area from the rest of the floor was sound proof or not but it was probably for the best if they worked with the idea that it wasn't.

"Down here, his' is near the end."

Danni didn't argue as Demyx looked back over his shoulder and towards the door, grabbing her wrist as they passed several more cells. He'd get into a lot of trouble if they got caught, she would too, but she'd probably be able to talk her way out of it, that or she'd get off lightly. Either way it was him who would take the brunt of it. That wasn't really fair though, she mightn't have worded her wishes, but he had known she'd wanted to come here. Danni nodded to her self as they stopped outside one of the cells, mentally making a promise to herself; if they did get found out, she would take the blame.

He looked pretty much the same as he had a month ago when she'd last seen him, possibly a little more tired looking, but not mis-treated. ShinRa was still trying to distance itself from the actions its' name had sanctioned and condoned in the past, it was easy to say the ShinRa of today hadn't done any of it, but people only saw the name and immediately associated it with Mako Reactors, pollution, gil, greed, Sephiroth…the list went on. What would the people say if they found out a member of SOLDIER had already betrayed them? They would say history was repeating itself and whatever trust the company had managed to build up over the last couple of years would be abandoned out of fear. They would be left to start from scratch again.

"Why? That's all I want to know."

Rick didn't even bother to look up from where he lay on his bed, arms folded behind his head as he stared at the ceiling above. It was amazing how much interest you could direct at a plain surface when you were at a loss to do anything else. The cell was relatively large, not massive but not at tiny square either. Still, no matter what way you looked at it, he was still in here against his will. Maybe he'd put in for it? It had only been a matter of time until he'd been found out, he knew that. But what choice had he had? He hadn't had a choice, maybe people would say otherwise, but in his eyes he hadn't. Okay, maybe he hadn't done so for the greater good, but he'd done so for something that meant so much more to him than a continuous fight.

No one wanted to understand his reasons; no one really gave a damn. He had been labelled as a traitor, so now that was all they saw him as. That was fine, he did deserve that label. But he had only done so because he'd had to, not because he had simply felt like selling them all out. Years he had been with SOLDIER, surviving in the shadows, living on rumours of attacks and living with the burning shame of knowing they weren't helping those who bothered to fight. SOLDIER hadn't simply been a cover to glean information…it had been his family, his life. And now it no longer wished to have ties to him; he had already heard through the grapevine that two out of his three seniors, along with the division's director, had washed their hands of him. He guessed by her question Danni had been the exception to them.

He doubted very much that her opinion or say would change anything. She would still be outnumbered and for situations like this, majority ruled. He doubted she would be on his side anyhow, let's face it, he hadn't exactly been all that welcoming on first impressions; managing to get his chair kicked out from under him and landed on his butt on the ground. In hindsight, maybe he should have been a bit more accepting? Bit late now though.

Why would she believe him anyhow? Was there even a chance she would? She had been the only person to call a halt to what was happening on the SOLDIER floor that day. The blond Turk certainly hadn't, but looking back on it now, he didn't blame him. He had given key information about Danni to the Organizations' boss, the man had asked for information about the girl the Melodious Nocturne cared about. That had stumped him at first, or at least it had until he had overheard one of the secretaries telling her friend about her boyfriend's nickname and his friends'. It hadn't taken long for him to find out the story behind their odd nicknames, which had probably been the reason he had spoken to the blond like he had after being caught. At first thought it was easy to say they had done the exact same as he had, leaking information. But four weeks of staring at a cell's ceiling had made him realise it wasn't the same. He had aided the wrong side, putting at risk countless lives and the trust of his friends.

Rick sat up slowly as he met Danni's gaze, passively noticing the dirty look the Turk standing behind her shot him. He was between two minds; not knowing whether to simply blow her off like he had everyone else or to be honest and explain exactly why he had done what he had. Either way he doubted it would make a difference. But he wanted someone – anyone – to know he hadn't betrayed SOLDIER for the sake of it, that he'd had a difficult decision to make, and that he had had reasons for choosing the path he had.

But where did he begin? He didn't want to come across as a sob story; he wasn't that, it wasn't that. It had been one of the hardest decisions he had ever had to make, and now he would live with the consequences for the rest of his life. A small smile fleeted across his lips as he ran a hand over that tattoo adorning his arm; branches of a cherry tree in full blossom, or at least that was the visible part, the rest of the tattoo stretched across his shoulder blades and down most of his back. That had been for his parents. Their names were on two of the branches.

"My parents died a few years after I joined SOLDIER. I have no brothers, I have one sister, Brook. My parents adopted her from Wutai when she was a newborn, her biological mother died after she was born and a father had never been in the picture. When they died she was sent to live with our aunt and her husband. A few weeks before SOLDIER resurfaced I got a message from my aunt; she said Brook was in hospital. A week or two later I got another message; turns out Brook's biological mother died of an epileptic seizure, also turns out it's form is heredity. My family is not rich, most of my family are selfish and proud pricks; most of them won't accept Brook, sure she has different features and more sallow skin, but she's still my little sister. Doesn't matter to them though, the only family she knows won't help her. My aunt and her husband do what they can to look after her, but they're not exactly young anymore."

Rick groaned as he moved his legs off his bed and onto the floor, staring at the floor as he unwillingly became angry. So what if someone wasn't a relative by blood, that shouldn't count. Brook was his baby sister, medical bills were piling up, his aunt couldn't pay them, she tried – god love her – she tried her hardest to do right by her brother's daughter, but sometimes even someone's best still fell short.

"I went outside one of the nights, I couldn't sleep; too busy disowning most of my stuck up family. I don't know where he came from or how he knew, but Xemnas was there, he knew that I had a sister and she was ill, he knew my aunt couldn't meet the bills. I asked him some questions, he didn't seem to know where exactly they lived, but he knew enough. He made me an offer – act as an informative and he would ensure the medical bills would be paid. What was I supposed to do? I know I should have done whatever, it wasn't a decision I made easily, don't think I haven't regretted it since, but Brook's my sister, if my aunt can't meet the bills then Brook doesn't get the medication she needs, if she doesn't get them then her seizures get more frequent and extremely worse – I don't want her to die like her biological Mom did. Hate me for what I did, I don't mind, but SOLDIER comes second to my baby sister."

Of all that things he'd expected to hear, that hadn't been one of them. Demyx averted his eyes as he suddenly felt guilty for hating the SOLDIER. He wasn't lucky enough to have siblings, if he did then he didn't remember them. That thought tended to depress him a small bit, but he had learned to look forward instead of backwards, no answers lay in the past, only in the future. He didn't have siblings, neither did most of the others, but Axel did. Axel didn't speak about it much, but unlike the rest of them he did recall his life before the Organization, a few times he spoke about it, only once had he actually been open and serious though. And that had been an eye-opening experience; he had gained an opinion of Reno in a whole new light thanks to it.

Danni smiled weakly, a painful pang of sympathy hitting her hard in the chest. Things weren't as black and white as they had appeared to be…though now she felt herself wishing they had been. Family always complicated matters, it was just how things worked; almost like a universal rule. The girl was only fifteen; Rick was twenty four; that was an age gap of nine years, the same amount that separated her and Zack. She had never liked Xemnas, she had only seen the man once and that had been the night he'd attacked Demyx when they'd been on a date…a date which had ended in a visit to Twilight Town and Hollow Bastion…but using someone's family situation as leverage was cold and low, but though she hated admitting it; it was a good tactic too.

This wasn't fair. It didn't help that she was now biased…her parents had made a deal with ShinRa so that they could pay medical bills for Zack when he had been a kid…wow, this really did hit close to home. And now she was supposed to just sign off and cut ties? But that just wasn't fair, not when he hadn't had a choice in the matter. People without younger or older siblings could easily contradict his decision and preach about the greater good, but when it came down to the line; the greater good paled in comparison to your family and the people you loved. The greater good looked so much better when you could look at it from outside one of those situations, but when you were in the thick of it, it didn't seem as important.

"Why didn't you say all this before, Rick…I know you don't think anyone would understand, but I do."

How? How did she understand? He didn't want to come across as a jackass; he really didn't have the energy or the will to be a jerk right now. But how did she understand the situation he had been placed in? Betray his friends and the people he had lived with, hidden with and fought with, or stick by them and betray his little sister who was currently being shunned by all but one of their stingy family? She didn't have any younger siblings, sure she was pregnant but judging by the otherwise unnoticeable change in how her customary tank top fitted her figure, she wasn't even that far along. Either way, it was different from his situation, a lot different.

"How would you understand Danni? It's not the same."

Danni shook her head, finding herself unknowingly taken aback by the SOLDIER's reasoning; she hadn't expected him to have any reasons let alone what he had just said. But she had wanted to know, and now she did. She wanted him to know that she did understand. Most of the people at ShinRa saw her as a continuation of the Jenova Project and they were correct in their assumptions, but what they didn't know was what had gone on behind the scenes. She had spent most of her childhood under Angeal's guardianship, she loved him to bits because of that, he had protected her and looked after her. Her parents hadn't been given that option, they had tried to regain custody, so to speak, but ShinRa had been a monopolising and greedy company, not afraid to eliminate those who opposed them.

What no one else saw was the choice her parents had had. Save one child and sacrifice another to a life of training and experiments, or save the second child and be unable to save the first. She didn't hate them for the decision they had made though. Sure, she hadn't gotten to enjoy the normal childhood things like others her age had, like sleepovers, birthday parties, just playing outside with their friends, but she had earned an insight into the adult world from an early age. Maybe that was a bad thing, in some cases it certainly was; no child should have know how to recognise Mako poisoning, no child should have to watch the people she looked up to fight and kill others. But it had opened her eyes and had made her realise that sometimes people didn't have a choice in those matters. She still didn't know to that day why her parents had felt so badly about their agreement with ShinRa, okay maybe she hadn't got to enjoy the same kind of childhood other kids had, but that was okay. She didn't hold it against them, if they hadn't made that decision then Zack wouldn't have gotten the medical treatment he'd needed, he would have died. He wouldn't be around now.

Danni smiled weakly as she looked back into the cell, watching Rick walk around its' confines idly and in random directions, staring at the ceiling with his arms stretched behind his head again. She did understand, more than he thought she did at least.

"My Mom and Dad were killed when Gongaga was attacked…but before I was born Zack got really sick, I'm not from a well off family either, but ShinRa approached my parents and offered to foot the medical side of things for Zack if they would agree to take part in a continuation of the Jenova Project…which is why I'm a SOLDIER…my parents told me this a few years ago, they apologized…but I know if I was given the choice I wouldn't change anything, because it helped my brother when he was sick."

Okay, he'd been wrong. He accepted that and acknowledged that fact. Rick stopped mid-step as he looked up, meeting her gaze again before shrugging and sitting back down on the edge of his bed. He hadn't known that about her. Of course several members of the ranks did tend to wonder why a young woman of her age was a 1st Class, but all they had ever been told, be it by Angeal, Genesis or even Kunsel on several occasions was that Danni had been a member of SOLDIER since she had been a young child, that was all.

It didn't change things though, okay she understood him now, he had gained an insight into her life, but he was still here. He was still stuck between a rock and a hard place. If Xemnas found him, then he was more or less dead, he knew that himself. Xemnas was as cold as they came, and now that he was no longer any good as an informative, that meant the deal was off, Brook's bills would start piling up again and he was no longer of use to the Organization, he doubted Xemnas would be all too happy with that. But if he got transferred to the WRO base then he knew whatever little protection he had had in this cell, both from the Organization and from others would be gone. Whatever way you looked at it, he wasn't coming out on top.

"So, what now?"

That was a very good question. At the end of the day, it was up to Danni to sign off on the transfer of custody, not him. He was just a means of getting into the cell area unnoticed and hopefully out unnoticed too. He personally didn't like the way SOLDIER were handling this matter, but that wasn't for him to say. ShinRa was an odd company. When he and the others had first decided to defect, they had used Roxas to get in contact with Sora; turns out he had known Cloud all along, which had then led them to ShinRa. But it was only looking back on it now that he realised even in the few months he'd lived in Edge how much the company had changed. When he'd first encountered them, ShinRa had only had their Turk ranks to act with, but now they held command over ranks of SOLDIERs once more, along with the Turks. Their numbers had greatly increased, as had their presence itself.

All along the company had acted in alliance with AVALANCHE and the WRO, leaving the media front to Reeve. That was something else had noticed about Edge, or more so Gaia, granted the world had almost been destroyed several years back, but the people had found their feet again, thriving even despite the limbo of the last few years.

Demyx shook his head as he stopped his train of thought; he really needed to stop doing that. Thinking back over things certainly wouldn't solve the dilemma at hand, if there even was one. Speaking as a Turk and solely from a personnel's point of view it was pretty simple. The man had become a liability and therefore needed to be removed from the equation. Simple, right? But if it was really that simple then how come the two of them were still standing there, where they certainly shouldn't be to start with? Because she was torn, he knew that looking at her, her eyes gave it away. She would feel guilty if she simply signed off like the rest, but if she didn't then she was going against them and majority tended to rule. Wow, this was confusing him. Demyx turned as he walked several feet away from the cell, ignoring the odd look Danni shot him.

"What're y-"

"Just, you two talk about whatever…I have to try and think."

Demyx shrugged, waving a hand in her general direction before going over to the wall directly across from the cells, placing his forehead against the wall as he tried to gain some perspective on things. He needed to think about it differently. Right now he was looking at it from a ShinRa personnel's point of view and as Danni's boyfriend, but knowing what had made Rick do what he had changed things. He knew how Xemnas worked; he should have guessed it had been him to instigate the idea of an informative.

The more time that passed, the more his hatred for his past Superior grew. In the Organization he had done his best to stay out of the man's way, doing whatever missions were handed to him, regardless if they were beyond his ability or not. He had hardly ever even spoken to Xemnas in a conversation, the only time the man had addressed him had been to give him orders. It did bug him as to why the twisted leader suddenly hated his guts so much, it couldn't just be as simple as being down to what had happened that night months ago. If it was because he had defected, then how come he didn't despise the others to the extent he so evidently hated him? Granted, the Larxene thing and the Vexen thing certainly hadn't done him any favours.

This was just another way for the Superior to prove his power. He had taken a SOLDIER's weakness and exploited it for his means. Xemnas didn't care about matters such as loyalty or trust, all he cared about was that people obeyed him. He may have been the carefree idiot back then, but he'd been watching; watching ever move the Superior had made and taking mental notes of his character and how his mind worked. He didn't know why exactly, but he had always hated him. Demyx personally couldn't remember any action or past happening that would have given birth to his hatred for Xemnas, it had just always been there.

What would he have done in Rick's place? He didn't know, that was the thing. He didn't have a family, or at least he didn't anymore. He didn't know what he would have done if he'd had a little sister and she'd been ill, he liked to think he would have done the same as Rick, but he couldn't say that for sure. The same with the position Danni's parents had been put in, he wasn't a parent, so he didn't know that either.

Demyx stopped his mental debating as realization crept over him, a sickening feeling developing in his stomach as he turned back around, glancing to Danni as he ran his hands through his hair. That was right, he wasn't a parent – not yet – but in a few months he would be. That was a scary thought…what happened if he was put in the position Danni's parents had been? He prayed to whatever god that looked down on them he wouldn't be, but if he was, what would he do? Betray his friends and side with the enemy or betray his child and stick by them? Now he was actually scaring himself…what would he do? Would he seriously abandon his responsibilities as a parent just to stick by a company or a division? He wouldn't, he couldn't, not when it came down the line…no, he'd throw all other responsibilities to the side.

Demyx glanced to the still closed door, shaking his head as he looked back to the SOLDIER in the cell. If he got caught on this, his butt would be severely on the line. Never mind his butt, his neck would be. But what he had just realized had really put it into perspective for him.

"Where is your sister?"

Rick frowned as he stood, not following where exactly this was going. What did it matter where Brook was? He was here and wasn't getting out of here anytime soon. So then why did the Turk want to know where she was? He wouldn't assume she was an informative too, would he? He mightn't see eye to eye with the blond, but he didn't strike him as the kind of person to make irrational decisions.

"Icicle Inn, why?"

Icicle Inn…okay, he had been there - a week or two ago he'd had to go on one of the choppers with Reno for a scout over the Northern Crater to ensure there was no more activity there. They had landed near Icicle in to collect something for the President. But he knew where the place was, that was good. That meant he could open a portal to it instead of somewhere near there. Would ShinRa assume that's where he had gone though? No, first they'd have to figure out how he had gotten out of the cell, seems he and Danni had entered via a portal they weren't on any of the cameras and no one had seen them. So hopefully they wouldn't be suspected. He was supposed to be at Seventh Heaven now, asking Danni to sign off, she was pregnant and on sick leave, so no one would suspect her. That was fine. With any luck they would assume a nobody or one of the Organization dealt with Rick.

"It leads to Icicle Inn…get rid of the SOLDIER uniform, change the sim card of your phone into another, only the bodies of the phones contain tracking chips. Go; don't contact any one in this company. Don't draw attention to yourself."

"Demyx…"

Danni gave her boyfriend a warning look as she looked to the portal he had opened at the back of the cell. This could have some serious repercussions on them. She hadn't expected this, she still remembered when Rick had been found out; all Demyx could see had been red. He'd refused point blank to even try and understand the man, and now here he was just allowing him to walk away from it all? It took the decision out of her hands, well not really. She would still have to sign off but she wouldn't have to live with the guilt of it now. But what if they got caught, what if they figured out Demyx had opened a portal, he'd get into so much trouble…

"Demyx, you'll get-"

"I won't. We used a portal to get in and we'll use the same to get out. No one saw us and none of the cameras did. Anyone asks, we went back to the apartment because you felt sick. They'll assume a remnant or one of the Organization."

See, he was getting good at this thinking things through stuff, it wasn't all that hard; just imagine what could go wrong and hope to god it didn't. In all seriousness though, it was now or never. If Rick wanted to get himself out of the hole he'd dug himself into, then he needed to move now. Why did people always act so retarded when they really didn't have time to? That seriously got to him, this guy was being handed a way out and he just stood there with a stupefied look on his face.

"Go."

Rick looked from portal to Turk, stunned by what he had just said. He hadn't expected this, he'd expected to be transferred to the WRO base, not be handed a free passage back home. He didn't know what to say; somehow thank you seemed hypocritical and not enough. He did however feel an intense guilt for comparing what Demyx and the others had done to what he had…it wasn't the same. He knew that much now. But again, sorry would seem hypocritical and a little too late. He glanced back over his shoulder before walking into the ominous black portal, a small smile on his face as he nodded.

"It's not the same thing."

A/N: Thanks for reading huns!