A/N: This is a perfect example of how my crappy handwriting is massive compared to typed work. This damn chapter was 5 pages, written by hand!! YES 5!!! Anymoo, I wrote this while I was on vacation, which I forgot to tell you guys about, that's why I haven't updated in so long. Sorry everyone.

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Chapter 7

It didn't take the three Turks long to get back to Shinra Inc, but all the way there, Elena couldn't stop thinking about what had happened. She couldn't believe how efficient Phoenix had just done his job; that was sure to please Tseng. But Joey on the other hand – well, she could feel that he would be the first of the seven Turks to go. His only problem was that he wouldn't co-operate with Phoenix, but a good Turks should never let personal issues get in the way of doing their job properly.

"You okay, Elena?" Phoenix asked. Elena turned sharply and smiled.

"Yeah…" she pulled the entrance door open and let Joey and Phoenix through. "Listen, I'll have to go report to Tseng." She looked briefly at her watch. "Rude and Rihanna are probably already there; we're running kinda late."

"Ok." Phoenix nodded and shot her a sly smile before looking over at Joey. Elena grinned at headed off towards Tseng's office.

As Elena approached Tseng's office, she saw Rude and Rihanna already standing outside, probably waiting for Tseng to return.

"How'd it go?" Elena asked. Rude merely shrugged his shoulders, but Rihanna looked up at her, her eyes glistening with tears. "Are you alright?" Elena asked, concerned.

"Yeah…" Rihanna sighed, running her hand through her fiery red hair. "It's just been a little… Kyle kept asking me about Reno."

"Oh no… Are you alright?" Elena sighed.

"Yeah, I'm fine now. Camille nearly got shot so that distracted them for a while."

"As long as you're alright… maybe we should speak to Tseng…"

"Thanks… so how did your mission go?" Rihanna asked, she suddenly smiled. "I heard there's a bit of… rivalry between Joey and Phoenix…"

"Yeah, something like that…" Elena sighed again, "I think Joey's a little jealous of him actually, and Phoenix does all he can to get on Joey's nerves." Elena couldn't stop herself from smiling as she said this.

"Ah, I see…" Rihanna rolled her eyes. "So who do you think will be the first to try and ditch the job?"

"Joey. Out of my group anyway… Phoenix did all the work there. In fact, I'm shocked at how well he actually did it."

"Really? How do you mean?"

"He knew exactly what he was doing the whole time. He did it better than any of us could probably do… then he killed our guy without hesitation. Usually new recruits hate it; I know I did."

"Well…" Rihanna seemed to have cheered up dramatically. "There's definitely something odd about Phoenix, I've thought that since the first day I met him. Has Yuffie met him yet?"

"No, she hasn't… we've been too tied up in all this new recruit stuff, I haven't seen her in a while either. But anyway, how did your mission go Rude?"

"Not great…"

"Why?"

"Our guy had to be killed as well… Ruby didn't like it."

"She'll get used to it…" Elena said, "No one's keen to begin with."

"More than that… she's been in hysterics since we got back. I don't think she wants to be a Turk anymore."

"Well surely she knew roughly what we do?" Rihanna enquired.

"It's always the same." Rude sighed. "They think they want to do it, but when it comes down to it, they don't have the heart."

A/N: Meh, I forgot about Yuffie lol. She'll be in chapters soon, I had another brainwave on what's gonna happen.