Reno stared at the note in his hand. 'Oh no…this isn't what blew her cover...is it?' he silently prayed.

His mind went back to the night he had written the note, in hopes of telling Elena why he acted the way he did, and that despite the things he said and did to her, she really did mean a lot to him.

And now, from the looks of things, his attempted confession had gotten two of his best friends captured. Reno broke out in a cold sweat, beginning to fear the worst. As he stood up, he heard a soft voice.

"R-Reno?"

Looking in the direction of the voice, Reno saw a small beaded curtain and carefully peered through it. In the back of the small room was a cot. It took him less than a second to recognize the figure sprawled on the small bed.

Reno half-sprinted the short distance to the cot and kneeled down beside Elena. Elena opened her eyes and smiled. "Reno! It is you!"

Reno looked at the weary smile on Elena's tired face, and his eyes wandered down to her neck. It was grotesquely swollen and had mean, dark bruises...it looked extremely painful. Pushing the feeling of guilt to the back of his mind, Reno smiled weakly back at her as he stood up and offered Elena his hand. "...Yeah, yeah, it's me...Are you okay?"

Cringing as Reno pulled her to her feet, she tried to nod, but the bruising on her neck quickly protested. "I'll be alright."

He placed his hands on her shoulders, steadying her before they walked back out, into the main room.

"Who's this guy?" he asked, kicking the dead body.

Elena glanced down, face grim. "That was the leader of AGP."

Reno grinned. "Hey, score two points for Reno! That should buy us some time, at least. Do you know where Rene and Rude are?" As much as he knew Elena needed –and deserved- more rest, Reno knew they had to get a move on.

Elena thought. "I know where Rene should be there too. Let's just hope I can still remember my way around this place."

They walked out, locking the door behind them. As they got further up the tunnel to where it began to branch, Elena stopped in thought.

"I'm pretty sure it's this way..."

As they began to walk down one of the branches, a door opened and a man stepped out. In a split second, Reno had his gun trained on the man's head.

Elena recognized the man. It was Zing. She knew he was an excellent fighter, and could put up a good struggle, even without a gun. Without taking his eyes or his gun off the man, Reno reached into his pocket and tossed the key ring to Elena. "Go get 'em, Lena. I'll take care of this."

Elena caught the keys in the air and jogged down the hall as fast as she could without disturbing her neck too much. Seeing the door at the end, she desperately hoped it was the jail cell door. Not quite sure what to do, she knocked. No answer.

'That probably wasn't the smartest thing to do,' thought Elena as she began trying keys. After the fourth key, she finally found the right one, and the door clicked open.

Rude sighed as he uncrossed and crossed his legs for what seemed like the billionth time. He was bored, and had just about given up on his plan to escape. Just then, he heard a light knock at the door. Rene's head shot up and she looked at Rude questioningly.

He shook his head, motioning for her to remain quiet. He quietly stood up as he heard keys being tried in the door.

"I think we're out of here," noted Rude.

"...What makes you think that?"

"How many guards knock before they come in? Or don't know which key to use?"

Just then, the door opened and Elena stepped in. "Ta-da!" she triumphantly cried.

"Elena! How did you get the keys? Are the others here?" Rude suddenly noticed the dark bruises on her neck. "...Are you okay?"

As Elena systematically tried the keys on the ring to open the cell door, she answered him.

"Reno found the keys. They were Roth's. He's dead..."

Rude just nodded in response as the jail cell was opened. As Rude exited the cell, Elena tried to shut the door on Rene.

"Hey! What are you doing? I'm the one you're rescuing, remember??" Rene loudly protested.

Elena looked at her. "I know, but you'll be safer in here until we're ready to leave. Reno and I already ran into one guard."

"No, no way. I am NOT staying here any longer!" cried Rene as she forced her way out of the cell and ran out the door.

For a second, Rude and Elena were stunned. They quickly regained their composure and ran out into the hall. It was empty.

Rude's hands clenched in frustration. Elena looked at him. "The tunnel branches out further down. Should we split up?"

Rude looked at Elena. "There's no way you could fight like that," he pointed to her neck.

Elena held up the keys. "There's an armory somewhere down here..."

Rude thought for a second. The more time they spent not looking for Rene, they further away she got. But then again, it wouldn't be any use if he and Elena were dead.

"Alright, hurry though," Rude agreed.

Gene hummed as he walked to the interrogation room, carrying two dinners. It was his 'day off' and he was looking forward to spending time with Roth. The two had become good friends in the past few weeks. He stopped at the door and knocked. After a few seconds, he knocked again. Still no answer. Gene wouldn't just leave like this.

'Something's wrong...'

He dropped the bag of food he was carrying and went to grab his gun. He looked down at the empty holster. He cursed, realizing he hadn't grabbed his gun this morning.

He ran back down the hall towards the armory to equip himself.

Reno stared nails at the guard, almost daring him to try anything. The guard didn't let him down. In the blink of an eye, he had jumped and done an impressive roundhouse kick in attempt to knock the gun away. But Reno was just as fast; he pulled his arm back and stepped to the side, trying to line his target.

As good as the guard was, he was no match for a Turk with a gun. Reno pulled the trigger, and the fight was over. As he searched the body for anything useful, he heard the sound of bare feet slapping down the cement floor. He looked up just in time to see a girl round the corner.

She stared briefly at the dead body on the floor and the gun in Reno's hand. Growing pale, her reflexes kicked in. Before Reno could even say anything to her, she screamed and kicked him in the groin and continued running down the hall, leaving Reno to writhe in pain.

Tseng looked down the hall. It was littered with crates and boxes pushed aside to the wall. Re-gripping the handle of his gun, he carefully continued walking. Halfway down, he heard light footsteps running. Tseng dove behind a crate and waited for the person to pass. As the footsteps got closer, he edged out to get a better look. All of the sudden, a girl raced by.

'...A girl? It's got to be...'

Tseng leapt up and chased after the girl. He quickly caught up to her and grabbed her by the wrist, twisting her around so he could have a better look.

"...Miss Shinra?" he questioned.

"Let me go!!" She struggled wildly in attempt to break free.

"How did you get out? Why are you alone?"

Rene silently glared at him.

Tseng sighed. "Alright, stay close to me, we'll be out of here soon."

After a few wrong turns, Rude and Elena finally found the armory. Elena opened the door and tossed a handgun and some ammo to Rude before arming herself.

"Alright, I'll take the north path, you take the other," instructed Rude.

Just as Elena was about to reply, Rude hushed her and pushed her behind him. "Someone's coming," he said simply.

The footsteps stopped and the door opened. Rude squeezed the trigger, cringing as he realized the gun was not equipped with a silencer. The shot rang out loudly, and the man fell to the floor. Rude pulled the body into the room and looked at Elena.

"...Ready?"

Elena gazed at Gene's fallen body for a second more before replying. "...Yeah, let's get it over with."