Authors note: Another chapter up. Thanks to the couple of people who reviewed. More would be appreciated. And yes I know it seems like i like seeing Reno be hurt, but trust me i don't. It just fits the story together better. 3
Chapter 6 – First Mission
"I'm fine. Fucking hell. It's just a scratch!" Reno said angrily.
"No, sorry Reno. You can't go." Tseng said. Reno jumped to his feet, ignoring the twinge of pain.
"See, look!" he said, pointedly. "Absolutely perfect."
"Ok then. You can come. But there's no going back. If you start feeling you can't cope half way through, too bad."
"Fine, whatever." He said, buttoning his shirt.
Elena heard all this as she made her way into the room.
"Going where?" she asked
"Your first mission…" Reno said, in an irritated voice.
"What is it?"
"You do know the kind of things we do, right?" Tseng asked her.
"Of course."
"Right, this is yours and Reno's mission. You are to find a certain girl, named Claudia Dixon, I presume you know her?"
Elena nodded, "Then what?"
"Either kidnap her, or kill her. Depends on how she co-operates with Reno."
"Kill?" she was shocked
"She has obtained valuable information from Shinra, and had stolen large amounts of materia, thanks to Reno's carelessness."
Elena nodded. She would not show weakness, not in front of the Turks.
"Alright, Reno? Elena? Get going."
Reno's pace was getting slower and slower the closer they got to their destination. Elena watched him out of the corner of her eye. He was breathing heavily and he looked very sickly. The poison was clearly taking effect.
"Reno, you okay?" she asked, concerned.
"Yeah, never better." Elena wasn't sure if this was sarcastic or not. "Right, we're here. Now the hard part. We gotta find her." He pulled a gun out of his pocket and started towards the dark alleyways.
"Is the gun really necessary?" Elena asked.
"That chick's dangerous, you should know. You'll get one of your own soon enough." He grinned.
"Quiet, there she is." Elena caught sight of Claudia, sitting on a trash can, smoking a cigarette. Typical, Elena thought. She walked up to her, Reno staying around the corner as back-up.
"Haven't seen you in a couple of days." Elena said, she wasn't even slightly scared of Claudia now.
"Oh, well look who it is." Claudia said coolly. "Don't try and scare me now. I know what you've gotten into."
"I'm not trying to scare you." Elena said bluntly, "I'm just asking you to co-operate with me."
Claudia laughed. "You? Why would I?"
"Because…you know what she's gotten into." Reno's voice came. He made himself clearly visible, gun as well.
She laughed again. "Your red-headed friend too? I'm sorry, but 2 can play at that game." Elena's jaw dropped as Claudia pulled a gun out of her pocket. Reno smirked.
"Little girls shouldn't play with toys like that." He said. Claudia seemed irritated.
"You," she shouted, "Have grated on my nerves since the first time I saw you. I think it's time someone taught you a lesson."
Reno laughed at her. With him being so tall, it must have been amusing to see someone at least 6 inches shorter than him trying to be intimidating. Elena couldn't help but think that Reno was being too confident.
Claudia screamed in annoying and held the gun up towards Reno.
"Don't think I won't…" she said unsteadily
"You're fucking nuts. This bitch needs putting down." He sounded slightly unnerved. He fired his gun just a second after Claudia fired hers. Elena screamed as she saw Reno fall to the ground, blood pouring from his stomach. Unfortunately, Reno's bullet only grazed Claudia's arm, and she fled, like the coward she was.