Chapter 3
Each step echoed against the walls of the building as Reno and Rude approached Cloud and Tifa, Elena lying broken and forgotten on the floor. The two men stopped, and Reno tilted his head to get a view at Elena.
"I told you not to send the rookie to do a man's job." Reno said, smugly turning his head to look at Rude.
"…"
"Oh well, we'll take care of this ourselves." And with that, Reno hit the switch on his baton, extending it fully. Rude tightened his gloves, and raised his fists. Gunshots rang out, catching all four of the fighters attention. Barret was shooting at the two Turks. Rude quickly shot past Reno running full speed at Barret, dodging his attack. As he got close, Barret swung his fist at him, but Rude easily ducked it and threw and elbow at Barret's jaw. The blow staggered Barret, and another fist slammed against the side of his face. Finally, Barret was able to connect with his fist, stunning Rude. He then brought his knee up into Rude's gut, knocking the air out of him. He lowered his Gun arm at Reno and was about to fire when Rude hit him with a wicked upper cut. Barret staggered back, and looked up just as Rude's boot collided with his chest. Barret fell onto his back, as Rude jumped into the air, and landed one foot into his stomach. Barret grabbed the foot, and wrenched it, causing Rude to trip and fall next to him. Barret reached over and wrapped his hand around Rude's throat, strangling him. Rude's eyes bugled as he frantically pulled at Barret's hand. Finally, he hit Barret in the side hard, followed by a kick to the same spot. Barret released his grip, and Rude put his foot up and kicked hard against Barret's ribs. This caused them to slide away from each other on the floor. Rude jumped up as Barret just as quickly climbed to his feet. Rude ran full force at Barret and kicked him once again in the stomach. Barret brought up his fist but Rude easily deflected that, and hit Barret in the face. Barret responded by bringing up his gun arm in attempt to shoot him, but Rude was ready for it. He quickly ducked under Barret's arm and grabbed it by the wrist. Before Barret could react, Rude hit him with a lifting palm strike to the elbow. There was a loud crack and Barret groaned in pain as the bone snapped in two. Rude then grabbed Barret's broken arm with both hands and flung him into some stacked barrels. He approached him, ready to finish him off when the kick landed on the side of his head.