A/N: I keep forgetting to say this! If you want to find out what happened on Davis and Rex's mission from a while ago, reading Lioneh's story Imaginings of You because she wrote of their mission. It's here:

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When Alec came to meet them at the inn the next day, Zack was beaming happily. He had spoken to Sephiroth about their problem and was now positive nothing could go wrong at all. He just hoped Alec was good at giving people their privacy.

"Where's Kayli?" Alec asked as he glanced between Zack and Roy. Roy had been filled in on the plan of course, but still wasn't happy, so he stayed silent and let Zack do all the talking.

"She's already with the helicopter," Zack said. "Last night she got really sick with something and today it was just getting worse, so she's waiting there for us. Mind you, I wouldn't get too close unless you want to catch it as well."

"Oh," Alec frowned. "Is she gonna be okay?"

"As soon as she's back with the medical staff at ShinRa to look after her she'll be fine." Zack nodded. He gestured with a hand before walking off, holding his luggage as he went. Roy and Alec followed behind him, each carrying their own stuff as well.

When they reached the helicopter and got in, Roy couldn't help but shoot a worried glance at the figure bundled up and slouching over at the back. All he could think was, 'will Alec realise it's not Kayli?'

Strapping in, Roy could tell Alec was doing his best not to look at the crumpled figure as well as not ask any questions. He probably didn't want to come across as rude, especially in front of the cousin.

"You know the procedure," Zack said to Roy. "Wake me up when we get there. And Alec? Try to get some sleep yourself."

Doing exactly what he had done when they had been going to Costa del Sol, Zack was soon fast asleep. Alec also tried to get comfortable and then Roy was left to his own thoughts as the only sound was that of the propellers.

Leaning his head back, he stared up at the roof and sighed. He hadn't gotten any proper training from Zack since he had been so nervous after seeing Alec and wondering what they were going to do about getting to ShinRa as Roy.

Sephiroth was a pure genius, deciding to send someone late the night before who could simply pretend to be Kayli. They wouldn't have to speak or show their face since Kayli was apparently 'sick' and with the use of Roy's wig, at least the hair would look real.

It was a third class SOLDIER who had been chosen for the job and Roy actually recognised him from when he had gone to the bar as Kayli to see his friends. He had met two other SOLDIERs that night, Camon and Nareau. Nareau, the one Roy remembered as the sleeping SOLDIER, was currently doing his job well.

So by the time the helicopter landed at ShinRa again Roy had succeeded in convincing himself everything would be alright and had calmed his nerves. He was confident, finally, that Alec was not going to find out his secret.

Today, at least.

Zack was awake before Roy could do anything and he quickly woke Alec up before helping him out and onto the ground.

"Roy can handle Kayli," Zack said. "I'll show you to where you can grab some forms and start filling them out. The sooner you do, the sooner you'll be able to join."

Thankful that Alec was being taken care of, Roy helped 'Kayli' out of the helicopter. Once Zack and Alec were out of view, Nareau took off the blankets and handed the wig to Roy.

"You did a good job." Roy said honestly.

"Uh, thanks." Nareau frowned and then left, the blankets piled up in his arms.

Making his way to his room with his bag in one hand, Roy sighed. Was Alec going to expect to see Kayli again soon, before she 'went back home' so to speak?

Groaning, he pushed the door open and dropped his stuff on the floor, his eyes meeting Rex and Cloud who were quietly doing some reading for one of their subjects.

"Welcome back Roy, we missed you so much. You have no idea how boring it was here without you," Roy said mockingly. "Come on guys, I'm back!"

"Yeah, hi." Rex mumbled.

Uh oh. Roy's thoughts immediately turned to the worst possible scenario and his face paled. Had Davis told them he was a girl?

"Is there something wrong?" Roy asked cautiously.

"Use your eyes, Roy. What comes to mind?" Rex asked. He didn't sound angry... just upset. He also hadn't lifted his eyes from what he was reading yet and it made Roy nervous.

He quickly searched around the room with his eyes for something that was out of the ordinary and found himself gasping in shock. All of Davis' stuff was gone. All of it.

"Where's Davis?" he asked.

"His dad took him." Rex murmured. His hands tightened on the book he was reading and a moment later he had thrown it down. "It's all my fault! His father hates me and I don't blame him."

"What?" Roy gasped. He remembered Davis finding out he was a girl and also finding out that Davis had lied about his name to ShinRa because he'd run away from home and didn't want to be found. By his dad.

"Rex, why does his dad hate you? Just tell us!" Cloud begged and Roy could tell he had been trying to make Rex tell for a while.

"I'm..." Rex paused and then his shoulders sagged. "I'm the one who made him want to come to ShinRa in the first place. I knew his dad wouldn't ever let him but I never shut up about it and even gave him the stupid idea of running away. When we both got here we thought it was awesome that he'd escaped his dad and we didn't really think he'd find us..."

"How long ago did his dad come for him?" Roy asked, horrified.

"Last night." Rex leaned back and slowly shook his head. "I can't believe I didn't think about his dad searching for me, though. Because that's probably how he found Davis. Seriously, I should have known his dad would know Davis would be with me."

"Rex, it's not your fault." Roy said, trying to help his friend while also trying not to die inside. He needed Davis! Davis was the only one who knew his secret!

"Then whose fault is it?" Rex asked angrily.

"Look, I'll go talk to Sephiroth and see what-"

"What is up with you and Sephiroth? Ever since, I don't even know when, you've been all chummy with him." Rex said, narrowing his eyebrows.

"Have not!" Roy said quickly, feeling his heart rate speed up. He couldn't deal with this right now. Why did Rex have to start asking questions?

"Then why do you think talking to Sephiroth is going to do anything?" Rex asked pointedly.

"I'm gonna go get some food." Cloud mumbled, jumping off his bed and leaving the room. He had a very useful sixth sense which told him when a conversation could get ugly.

"Who knows? Maybe he'll be able to talk to Davis' dad and explain that he's good enough to be here." Roy shrugged.

Rex frowned and slowly walked closer towards Roy, studying his face closely. Instinctively, Roy backed away from him.

"What's that?" Rex asked, gesturing at his own eyes to indicate Roy's eyes.

Roy reached up to rub his eye, wondering what Rex could see, and when he brought his hand down again he felt an intense sinking feeling in his chest. Of course. How could he be so stupid?

"Why are you wearing eyeliner?" Rex asked quietly.

"I'm not." Roy said immediately.

"Yes you are. Why?"

"I... just wanted to see what it was like." Roy fumbled for words. Was that even a possible excuse for a guy?

"Do you lie often?" Rex asked accusingly.

"What are you talking about?" Roy frowned.

"Well, if it was so normal for you to lie about wearing eyeliner, how many other lies have I just not noticed?" Rex explained, raising an eyebrow.

"Rex, this isn't important." Roy said, trying not to fiddle with his hands nervously as he wanted to.

"Yes it is! If I can't trust you, neither can Davis. So I don't want you doing anything to try and 'help' him." Rex snarled. "It's not like we know what your motives are."

Roy was about to reply when the door opened and they turned to see Alec standing there smiling.

"Oh, sorry, am I interrupting?" he asked.

"No." Roy snapped.

"Okay," Alec frowned. "Anyway, Roy, I joined! Tomorrow I'm gonna be doing some of the beginning training and stuff. But they said I could stay in your room since you've got an extra bed or something. Is that okay?"

"That's just great." Roy sighed sarcastically.

"I can come back later..." Alec said slowly, glancing between Roy and Rex with a worried look in his eyes.

"He's being a jerk, that's all." Rex spoke up and moved over to Alec. "I'm Rex Rance."

"Alec Freshstone." They shook hands and Roy felt his heart sink lower, if it was even possible. The situation just kept getting worse and worse.

"So what are you doing here?" Rex asked.

"Well after meeting Roy in Costa de-"

"Okay! This is awesome! You should get some sleep. Tomorrow's gonna be really hard for you so I really recommend it." Roy said, interrupting as he realised Alec was about to tell Rex about going to Costa del Sol. Not good.

Also, what would happen when Alec mentioned Kayli, which he was probably going to do?

"Uh, okay." Alec frowned.

"What on earth, Roy? The beginning training is easy." Rex said, his eyes narrowed at his friend.

"Well it helps to get lots of sleep anyway!" Roy said.

"Don't listen to him, he's weird." Rex sighed, shaking his head slightly.

"Yeah well, I only met him a few days ago but if he's anything like Kayli then he must be weird." Alec laughed teasingly.

Maybe Roy should have let Alec say that they'd been in Costa del Sol. Explaining that was more appealing than explaining to Rex the relation to Kayli and explaining to Alec why Rex had no idea if Kayli had apparently been staying nearby for... months.

"Kayli? The chick from the bar?" Rex asked.

"You met her at a bar?" Alec asked, shocked. "Isn't she too young to be at a bar?"

"How old is she?" Rex asked.

"Fourteen." Alec replied.

Roy felt like he was watching tennis.

"Serious? Wow."

"I thought you'd know that. Didn't you tell them anything, Roy?"

Roy blinked as he was brought into the conversation and shrugged. Having their eyes fixed to him was nerve-wracking. Rex was frowning at him again and Alec just looked confused.

"Nope." Roy said bluntly.

"I think I'm missing something." Rex muttered.

"Kayli's Roy's cousin." Alec explained.

Suddenly, Rex rounded on Roy, his eyes wide in anger.

"You let us ramble about her when you knew all along she was your cousin!?" he yelled in shock. "Why would you do that?"

"I don't know! Let's all just go to sleep!" Roy yelled back, but there was an obvious pleading tone to his voice.

"Don't you dare think you're getting away with it that easy! I can't believe we didn't know." Rex shook his head. "Did you think it was funny? Have you been talking to Kayli about how we think she's hot?"

"Shut up, Rex! Just shut up!" Roy snapped angrily, putting his hands over his ears and turning away.

"Hey, Rex," Alec said softly. "I don't know about him, but Kayli wouldn't talk to people about something like that. She's a nice girl. Speaking of which... I should go check on her."

"Check on her? What the heck?" Rex threw his hands up. "Clearly I'm missing a lot more of the story than I thought I was!"

"Well, she got sick last night and it worsened today so I just thought I'd check on her. I mean, she's my sisters best friend so it's the least I can do." Alec shrugged.

"Please don't go check on her. She hates people visiting her when she's sick." Roy spoke up again.

"You know what? Just because you've been a jerk and lied to me, I'm going to go with Alec to check on her." Rex said, folding his arms. "There is nothing you can do to stop me."

Alec looked worried about leaving, but as Rex left out the door all he did was shoot an apologetic look to Roy before following.

Roy would have screamed in frustration, but instead he just grabbed his bag and pulled out his wig, plus his make-up bag, before grabbing his phone.

"Pick up... quick..."

He tapped his foot impatiently, his heart racing. Finally, there was a click and a familiar voice answered.

"Yes?"

"Sephiroth, I know you can do it, so please, put all the elevators out of order for me right now." Roy begged. He didn't even remember when he'd gotten Sephiroth's number, but it was probably when working with Genesis and Sephiroth had called. Roy had managed to see the number on the screen at the time. Funny how some things stick in the mind better than others.

After a slight silence from the other end of the phone, there was a sigh.

"Done. Now what's all this for?" Sephiroth asked.

"You're officially my hero!" Roy hissed quietly, ducking out of his room and running down the corridor. Pausing before a corner, he heard Rex grumbling angrily.

"We'll have to take the stairs, come on."

Closing his eyes and trying to breathe slowly, he waited for the sound of the door to the staircase closing before darting out and going over to the elevator.

"Okay, please, can you make them all work again?" Roy begged.

"You are one lucky kid, considering the fact that I have a button for this right beside me." Sephiroth said.

Roy grinned as the lights on the elevator appeared and he quickly pressed the up button, waiting for the doors to open before stepping in.

"I know you do, I saw it last time I was in there." Roy said. He set his make-up bag down and had already started changing his make-up. "I'll talk to you later. But I totally owe you!"

"You really, really do." Sephiroth muttered right before Roy turned off the phone and shoved it in his pocket.

Pulling his wig on, he hurriedly did his make-up and made his face a little bit paler than normal so that he would look the part of 'sick'.

When the elevator reached the right floor, Kayli ran out and straight to the infirmary. She startled quite a few people as she ran in and quickly claimed an empty bed, sliding her make-up bag and boots under the bed before grabbing a white gown and slipping it on over her clothes, climbing into the bed and letting out a sigh.

Just as she was about to try and think of something to say to all the medical staff, Sephiroth walked in. There was an amused smile on his face as he saw her and he shook his head slightly.

"She's here on my orders," Sephiroth said to the medical staff, causing them to appear much more relaxed now that someone was in control of the situation.

"You're not gonna make me run a couple hundred extra miles for this, are you?" Kayli asked quietly.

"I'm thinking about it." Sephiroth said seriously. "I'm not sure what could be good enough to make up for this though."

"I'll clean your office? Even your house if you want me to. I promise, whatever you want I'll do it after this is over." Kayli said honestly.

"Why didn't you ask your other friend for help? Davis Taison." Sephiroth asked.

Kayli frowned and propped herself up on her elbows to look at Sephiroth easier. "I thought you knew..."

"Knew what?" Sephiroth asked.

"Davis was taken by his dad last night." she said quietly.

"Last night?" Sephiroth asked. Muttering something angrily, he turned away. "That's when I was sending Nareau to cover for you."

Kayli bit her lip in a wince. "I owe you for a lot, don't I?"

Sephiroth turned back to her, another small smile on his lips again. He seemed to know something she didn't because his eyes said it plainly, but before she could question him the door opened and Alec and Rex walked in.

"Have fun." Sephiroth murmured, turning and walking out briskly.

Kayli swallowed and tried to smile as they approached. She felt sick for real now, so at least she was only partially acting.

"Hey."