I turned over to see none other than Odette!

"Odette! What the hell are you doing here! And what was with that whole 'I'm going to drag her by her ankles and scare her half to death' thing?"

"Ha, Kaylee you never change do you? I figured I would freak that creepy guy out, I didn't like the look of him." She said.

"Hey, that's Vincent, and I love him- he's one of my good friends." I said in defense.

She just shrugged and helped me up. We were back in the kids' room but there were none to be seen.

"Odette, this is where the kids sleep- where are they?"

She shrugged again and walked toward the window.

"Odette what have you been up to? You never came to visit me the whole time I've been here. You never even called- and I can see you know where it is."

"Oh Kaylee, don't be upset. I'm here now, aren't I? I got busy with this new job I have…my boss is really awesome, I think I might love the guy or something." She said.

I looked at her funny; she was always getting into these relationships with guys she never even really knew. To hear her say she was in love with someone was really weird.

"I never thought I'd hear you say that in this life time. Do I know the guy? Is he from around where you live?"

She immediately got all defensive and shook her head.

"You wouldn't know him. Part of my new mission he sent me to do was actually to come see you. He knows Tifa and everyone and he told me to stop in with you guys for a little bit. I have another friend with me; I just have to ask everyone if it's alright."

"Vincent's not going to like this; you didn't make a very good impression."

She just started laughing at me.

"Kaylee, you really are a hoot. What we're going to do is when I open the door, you're going to pretend to throw yourself out like you were attacked, and I'm going to jump out the window and we'll act like this never happened until my partner and I knock on the front door and run the idea by Tifa."

"I don't know Odette that sounds a little ridiculous. Who would have attacked me?"

She looked up at me, and she looked like a completely different person. Her face became darker and she just looked…evil.

"You could say those three silver haired brothers did it. They're perfect targets-Cloud's sworn enemies and evil bastard remnants."

I nodded my head at her once. How did she know about them? And how did she know so much about Cloud anyway? What was even the purpose behind this madness? She stood behind the door and opened it as I threw myself out and on top of Vincent; I caught a glimpse of her leaping out the window. We were still on the ground, and Vincent put his hands on my shoulders. I looked at him and he looked sincerely frightened.

"Kaylee, are you alright? You look terrified, who was in there? What was that thing?"

"It was Kadaj and his gang. Loz and Yazoo were standing below, under the window waiting for Kadaj to finish. He talked to me and beat me a little bit trying to freak you guys out, but he left once I pulled Angeline out on his face."

We both stood up and Vincent pulled me into a tight embrace.

"Vincent, what are you doing?" I asked, slightly alarmed.

He pulled away quickly.

"I was worried; I didn't think you would be coming out of that room in one piece."

He started walking down the hall, looking slightly embarrassed- so I called his name out.

"Hey, Vincent! Thank you for caring about my well-being…it means a lot."

He turned a light shade of red and nodded his head once. I followed him down the hall and into the kitchen where Tifa was making Cloud a sandwich while he sat there and thought. I couldn't believe they didn't hear the huge commotion upstairs. I could tell it infuriated Vincent. He sat down right across from Cloud and they both started speaking in small murmurs. Cloud looked up at me with his eyebrows furrowed.

"Kaylee, can I speak to you in private for a second?"

Tifa put his sandwich in front of him and looked a little worried.

"…Sorry Tifa, I think I just lost my appetite."

She looked a little disappointed, but Vincent took her to the side and started filling her in- I could tell she understood.

Cloud and I started ascending the stairs and I noticed he was taking me to his room. According to Tifa no one was ever allowed in there except for himself. This must be a revelation.

We entered and he pointed to the edge of his bed, signaling me to sit. He stood in front of me, with his back to my face. Thinking again, I presumed. He turned to face me and his features became soft. He stared at me for the longest time, and I started to turn a light shade of pink when he let out a sigh.

"Kaylee, you do realize you're in a heap of danger with these guys right?" he asked.

I couldn't get a response in, but he kept going. It was nice- this was probably the most I've heard him talk the entire time I was there.

"I could tell they've wanted you ever since the first time I picked you up on my bike. They're not going to go easy on you, you know. You're something to look at, which makes you a prime target. Did you try to fight back that day?"

I nodded once.

"That makes you even more valuable…shit."

I looked at the floor. I felt as if I was causing him so much pain just by being alive and sitting on his bed. These guys clearly wanted to use me as bait for him, but I wasn't going to let that happen…especially since they never even attacked me. I felt so guilty for letting her talk me into this game; I should have just let her take the burn from everyone. If they ever found out I was never attacked…boy would I be screwed. He looked at me again and walked over to his own bay window.

"If Yuffie comes back anytime soon, I don't want you to go with her somewhere else. We're not going to let you leave. I know you made enough money here at the bar, but there's too much of a risk if you go. You're going to be staying here for a while if you don't mind."

He glanced at me over his shoulder and saw me nod. He turned around and sat down at his window. Me, being who I am, walked over and sat next to him. He looked a little uptight but eventually relaxed. I knew that he had known her. I never thought of bringing it up before, but when was I going to get a moment like this again?

"Hey Cloud, you knew…Aeris…right?"

His head shot up immediately and stared right through my soul as I just blankly looked at my hands.

"Mm. How do you?" he asked.

"She was my best friend. She meant the world to me; I would always help her at her little church so she could sell her flowers. Her boyfriend, Zack, was also a really nice guy. We were also really good friends, until ShinRa gunned him down, those bastards. Aeris and I got along after that alright, we were just barely surviving because she had lost all will to live. She had just started to forget, and live her life normal again when one of the SOLDIERS came to the door of the church and brought a piece of his armor. She completely lost herself, and I never saw her again after that." I said.

Cloud sounded like he was dry- heaving a little after I finished. He stood up and put his hands on the back of his head.

"Oh god Kaylee, I didn't know. I didn't know." He said in a panic.

"Cloud what are you talking about? Didn't know what?"

"I didn't know that she was alright after that. I didn't know it would change her forever. If I hadn't…"

I looked at him and stood up immediately.

"You were the SOLDIER that brought his armor to the church that day? You knew them, didn't you? Zack was your friend, wasn't he?" I asked with sorrow.

He nodded once and sat down on his bed with his face in his hands.

"You never saw her again? That's because she came here and joined us. The red ribbon we all wear is to honor her memory. You never will see her again, because she's dead, Kaylee. She's dead. She was killed by Sephiroth and some woman."

I fell off the window and held my stomach. He thought I was grieving at this thought, but I was just remembering that cruel day. Through broken breaths I managed to get some words out.

"Cloud I know she's dead. That thought's been in my mind ever since it happened. I said I never saw her again, I lied. I saw her the exact day she died. And I saw her die, Cloud. I saw her die."

He looked at me funny.

"How could you have seen it? It was only us, Sephiroth, and that woman…"

His eyes widened and he jumped back from me.

"It couldn't be…Kaylee…"

I stood up and I walked out. I couldn't take this reminiscing anymore. He had figured out my dark secret. The one secret that had destroyed my personality and my life. Sadly enough, I dreamt about it that night.

I was walking out of the train car with Sephiroth. I sensed that something terrible was going to happen tonight. I joined him because he paid tons of cash and it seemed promising. I guess you could even say I had a little thing for him, if you wanted to go there. We walked across the way and we saw them all. Team AVALANCHE, standing there with Aeris- the one we needed. She had the white materia and she was the only one standing in our way of total victory. We stealthily made our way across to where she was standing. I slowly climbed the rocky ledge leading to a small platform above her head. Sephiroth followed behind me. Not realizing what was happening because he had drugged me; I took his sword from him and gained my position. He turned to me and whispered softly into my ear.

"Don't back down on me now, love. She needs to die; this is the pink fox- the one you've been training to defeat the entire time. Don't let me down."

"But sir, you never told me her true identity. And was it really necessary to drug me? My senses are perfectly alright."

"They won't be when the drug wears off. You don't need to know who she really is. You'll quit on me if you did."

He kissed my hand gently and I took my stance. I leapt off the ledge, plunging the sword right into the back of the pink fox. Feeling completely content and victorious, I pulled it out and looked into the face of the one I had just killed. AVANLANCHE stood to the side looking completely horrified and frightened. The blonde haired one that was closest let out a scream and charged forward toward us. As I looked down, I felt the drugs wearing off- and noticed that I was looking into the face of my best friend, Aeris Gainsborough.