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Boredom caused this, hopefully it's good! Please R&R.

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'How in the hell are we supposed to survive that fucking thing?'

Elena looked up to see what Reno was looking at. 'If we stay here Reno of course we won't survive it. We just have to get the hell out of its way before Meteor decides to fall on our heads.'

'Ok, so let's get the hell out of here then.' Reno began to turn away from the meteor but stopped mid-stride. 'Shit! We can't leave now!'

Elena was slightly puzzled at his sudden willingness to stay in a place he was more then happy to run from only moments before. 'Why?'

'What the hell do you mean why? Are you having another blonde moment or something?' Elena slowly backed away from him. That's it she thought to herself, he's officially lost his mind.

'Reno calm down. First you want to run, and then you want to stay. Just tell the rookie why you decided to go psycho now of all times.' Rude was, naturally, annoyed by the bickering that the two of them seemed to enjoy so much. He wanted to get away from ground zero as quickly as possible.

'Rude! You know why! Damnit you tell her.'

'All of you stop your bickering and do something productive. Now is not the time to be insulting each other.'

Three heads looked up at the same time; three sets of eyes all had the same look of shock on their face and the same words came out of the three mouths at once. 'Tseng?'

'Yes, that would be me. Why are you so surprised to see me?' Tseng smiled slightly at the reactions he received from his co-workers.

'You were skewered, sir. You should be resting or at least moving around as little as possible.'

Tseng nodded his head. 'Thank you for your concern Elena. However, I have sufficiently recovered to be given clearance to move about as I see fit. It's amazing what meteria treatments do for you.' Turning to the other two, he asked 'What is it that the three of you were discussing before I arrived?'

Rude nudged Reno which meant that he would have to explain it to their boss. 'Well sir, I suggested that we leave here before Meteor decides to crash on our heads. I then realized that we couldn't leave here until we checked one place out first. If what we're looking for isn't there, then we can leave and help evacuate people in the process. Elena just got upset with me because I wanted to leave, and then changed my mind.'

'I see. Do you have any idea what it is that Reno wants to look for Elena?'

'Not a clue sir.'

'President Rufus was in his office at the time of the explosion.'

Elena's eyes widened at the thought of the President still trapped in his office. She then fell silent and looked down to the ground.

''Ok, so you clued into what I meant and then you get all dramatic. What the hell did I miss?' Women are so damn confusing!

'There's no way that the President survived that explosion Reno, there's just none. Even if he did survive the initial blast, it's been about an hour at least since the explosion. I doubt even he could survive that long with the injuries he must have sustained.'

Reno shook his head in disbelief and anger at Elena. 'So that's it? You'd just leave him there? What the hell kind of person are you? That's your boss up there Elena. That's my friend dying up there. It's Rude's friend, it's Tseng's friend and fuck if you would have had the time to get to know him, he'd be your friend too.'

'I'm not leaving him up there to rot and suffer because he might be dead. It's our job to protect him remember? We failed obviously, but I'm not going to let him down even more by leaving him up there to die alone. If he's dead, I'll never forgive myself for not being there when he needed us, but I'll be sure that he at least gets the proper burial that he deserves. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a building to go to and a President to save.' Reno tried his best to regain his composure then made his way to the now destroyed Shinra building.

Elena was dumbfounded. Never had she heard Reno speak about something with more fervor and determination. She turned to the two remaining Turks 'You two think the same as Reno?'

Rude nodded yes as did Tseng. 'If we hurry, the President could still survive, assuming that the initial blast didn't kill him. Are you coming Elena?'

'Yes Tseng, I'm coming.' Even though Elena didn't really know Rufus very well, she had the feeling that he was a nicer guy then people thought. If he was as much of an ass as they claim, he wouldn't have such loyal guard and friends, that would be willing to risk their lives for him.