A/N: Hey guys! I finally got around to starting story number 5! This will be the last part of my series. I decided to put some of the new recruits back in it, since i kinda forgot about them before. And to those of you who asked before, no I havent forgotten about Yuffie.

Enjoy and Please Review!!

Chapter 1

"Have you heard?"

"What?

"Reno's back!"

"Reno? You mean that Turk that died? What?"

"I dunno… reckon we're gonna get fired now?"

The hushed whispered flew about the Shinra Headquarters like a disease for the rest of the day. They irritated Elena a little – for one thing, she had no idea how all the rookie recruits knew about Reno. Another thing was that for some reason hearing anyone else talk about Reno made her heart leap.

The blonde was irritated enough as it was, since she had been told she couldn't wait around for Reno. The redhead was still fighting for his life, and although Tseng had promised he would text her through PHS when something happened, she hadn't heard anything yet. She had been told to go and check around the building, to make sure none of the new recruits were reacting badly to the change of situation. So far she had only seen Ruby, Anthony and Kia. They seemed okay with what was happening, but Elena was sure they didn't really understand.

"Hey, Elena?" Kia said loudly trying to grab the blonde's attention as she walked past them for the second time that day.

"Yeah?" she turned to face the three rookies.

"What the hell is going on?" Anthony asked. Elena stared at him, slightly shocked. That was the most she'd heard the auburn haired man say since they're first interview's with Tseng. Come to think of it, Elena wasn't sure what had been happening to the other new recruits while Elena and Rihanna were so wrapped up with Phoenix.

"Reno's back." Elena confirmed their hushed whispers were true.

"Back?" Ruby exclaimed. "But how? Wasn't he…?"

"Where's Phoenix?" Anthony asked.

'... Phoenix... A mythical creature of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope...'

"He's dead." Elena said quietly. "Or at least he will be soon."

"Karma…" Ruby said quietly. She saw the look on Elena's face and blushed slightly.

"What?" Elena asked.

"He… Phoenix killed Joey… maybe this happened for a reason." Ruby explained reluctantly. "…just a thought."

"No… because it wasn't Phoenix." Elena told her thoughtfully. "It was Reno."

It had been a long time since she'd thought about that fateful night, but the details were as clear to her as ever. All she needed to remember was that Joey had been a traitor amongst the new recruits, and Phoenix… no, Reno had been right to kill him. But however terrible a person Joey had been, it was always saddening to think she would never see him again; someone she had worked with was gone forever.

"Reno?" Kia shook her head. "I don't understand this…"

"Phoenix was Reno." Elena smiled slightly. No wonder he had annoyed Joey so much.

"Oh… so it was Reno who was crazy…" Ruby said with an awkward expression on her face. Elena could tell that Ruby was going to be a little dubious about the whole thing, since she had never forgiven Phoenix for killing Joey. Elena could understand her point of view however, so she didn't blame Ruby.

"Nope…" Elena smiled. "Reno's a psychopath, but he's not crazy. Phoenix is the one who's crazy." She was interrupted by a ringing sound from her pocket and her heart leapt. She pulled the PHS out of her pocket and read what it said :

'Reno stable. Come and see him if you want.'

"What's that Elena?" Ruby asked.

"I'm gonna go see Reno…" The blonde said distantly. "… see ya."

"Wait! Can we come too?" Kia called. Elena nodded her head and the three rookies hurried after her.

Elena entered the pure white infirmary area and made her way to Reno's ward. She didn't much care whether or not the other three Turks were behind her; she only wanted to see Reno.

The first thing Elena noticed as the four Turks piled into Reno's ward was that Rude was already sitting by his bedside. She smiled at the thought of Rude still caring so much for his best friend, and wondered vaguely how long Rude had actually been there. The second thing she noticed was Reno's hair. That was exactly what it was – the nurses must have been able to get the black dye out when they were cleaning the blood and dirt away. The bright red tresses were still tied back in a pony-tail which flowed like lava onto the pillow underneath him. Fiery red – Elena didn't think she'd see it ever again, but now she could see him for who he really was it scared her slightly how delicate he looked. He was thinner, that was for sure, and his red-tattooed cheekbones were more prominent from his unusually pale face. His eyes were close, but she could see the shadows that surrounded them, and for some reason the scar on his neck was more obvious as well. His abdomen was covered in bandages, presumably to stop the bullet wound from bleeding.

"Whoa…" came a gasp from behind Elena. The blonde turned to see Kia staring with her mouth open. "He… uh, doesn't look too good."

"Ya don't say…" came a slightly nasal voice. It took Elena a few moments to work out where the voice had actually come from, but as she looked over at Reno's motionless body, two glinting aqua eyes flickered open…