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A/N: I know I said I might bring Hunter into this chapter, but there was a kind of change in my plans. As I was walking home from college I got a huge wave of ideas, so it might be a couple of chapters before he comes in. He will come in eventually, once I have got the rest of these ideas down lol.

When Tseng got into work the next day, he was surprised to find a note on his desk. Curious as to what it might be about, he picked it up and saw that it was from one of the secretaries. Lifting a curious eyebrow, the Turk's eyes scanned the page, and what he read surprised him greatly.

Dear Tseng,

Rude called up saying that Reno won't be in today, he was admitted to hospital last night because of a suspected stomach injury.

Tseng put the note in the bin with a sigh, and then turned around to walk out of the office. He was going to go and see Rufus, as the boss would need to know. The Wutain had his suspicions about how Reno ended up with the injury, and his first suspect was Rude. Ever since the bald Turk had come into work in a bad mood, Reno's attitude and personality had changed dramatically. Though Tseng didn't want to admit it, he did miss the prankster, Reno getting on with paperwork just didn't really look right.

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Rufus was busy filing away some of his work when he heard a stern knock on his door. Confused as to who would be bothering him, he clasped his hands on his desk and looked towards the door.

"Come in." he said, and his mood lightened a little when he saw Tseng walk into the office. It wasn't long until the smile faded from Rufus' face when he saw the Turk leader's expression.

"Sir, I request permission to go down to the hospital. Reno has been admitted and I have my suspicions about how it happened." Tseng said, face remaining completely calm, when all he wanted to do was go down there and find out what the hell happened.

"Permission granted, please inform me if there are any changes." he said, and then nodded to Tseng, signalling that he could go. Rufus was beginning to wonder what was going on, things were definately strange in the Turk part of the building.

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Rude was sitting in the waiting room, nervous about what was going to happen to Reno. The Turk was mentally kicking himself, as he had lost control again and this time it wasn't just a few slaps around the face. He was snapped out of his thoughts by a nurse gently laying her hand on his shoulder.

"Could you please tell me what happened to your friend?" she asked softly, wondering if he would want to talk. Rude began to rack his brain for an excuse, he couldn't really say 'he got a little worked up so I decided to ram my fist into his stomach a few times and then I held him to the wall by his throat'.

"It was a mission gone wrong, the enemy got hold of him and had him against the wall." Rude told her, trying to sound as convincing as possible. The nurse nodded and wrote it down, and Rude let out a mental sigh of relief, pleased that she had bought the excuse. The nurse stood up and walked away, just as Tseng entered the waiting room. Rude tried to look away but he knew that he stuck out like a sore thumb, so he just waited for his boss to walk over.

"So, Rude, what really happened? I haven't sent you on any missions, so how has Reno ended up in here? It didn't happen at Shinra, so it must have happened at home." The Wutain said, relaxing on a chair and waiting for an answer. Rude did his best not to look away, but Tseng's glare was intimidating.

Come on, Rude. If you can keep cool in front of an enemy, you can keep cool in front of Tseng. He thought as he looked up at the boss.

"Just a slight kitchen accident, well, he did hit his stomach quite hard, but you should be able to get more answers soon. Only a little bit of internal bleeding, nothing drastic." Rude said, but he knew that it was actually quite drastic. Tseng fought the urge to laugh, he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"You think I'm going to buy that excuse? A 'slight kitchen accident', as you call it, would not land Reno in here with internal bleeding. You beat him up, didn't you? The same with the bruise I saw on his cheek!" Tseng snarled, fighting to keep his voice down. Rude had to look away, he was sick of being reminded about what he had done.

"It got out of control, he flew at me with that damn EMR of his! What was I supposed to do, let him electrocute me?!" Rude snarled in return, his anger surfacing again. Tseng was horrified to know that his suspicions were correct, though he had no idea the bald Turk would do that.

"I can't believe you, Reno loves you, and you go and do this. Why did he fly off the handle?" Tseng asked, trying to remain calm and remembering the fact that they were in a hospital. Rude shook his head and stood up, he wasn't prepared to go into the details, he hadn't even planned on telling Reno, but it still happened.

"I'm not going to talk about it, it's too personal. Reno wasn't even supposed to get involved, and now he has, and this is what has happened." Rude snarled, though he knew that a lot of it was his own fault. Tseng shook his head and stood up, and was just about to say something when Elena walked in.

"Tseng, Rude...Reno's coming around now. What happened?" she asked, turning to look at Rude, and then Tseng. The Turk boss just shook his head and moved over to the doorway. Turning back to look at Rude, he snarled.

"Don't think I am finished with you yet, I am calling Rufus, and then you can answer to the both of us." he said evenly, and with one look at Elena, he walked out of the room.

A/N: Thanks again to all who have reviewed so far! I hope you enjoy this chapter, and any new readers, I hope you also enjoy this and please review!