A/N: I've been pronouncing Rene as "Reen – Nay". I probably should have come up with a different name though considering there's like, what, 6 other characters whose names begin with an "R"? Bad me!

Tseng peered around the corner and surveyed their situation. As far as he could tell, he and Reno had taken out all the guards.

He quickly stood up and walked over to Reno. "You should have gone after the girl," he said firmly.

Reno gave his boss a disgusted look. "I followed my 'training and instinct', and that told me to stay put. So if you don't like how I handle situations, then don't lecture me about how we'll be fine as long as we follow them."

Tseng stared blankly at his comrade. Reno could definitely dish out attitude when he wanted to, but he rarely ever did. Instead, he used his wit and slew of insults to handle stress. Tseng could sense that something was wrong, but he knew there was no time to find out what. Instead, he calmly asked if Reno knew where Rude or Elena was.

Reno drew in a breath and shook his head. Running alongside Tseng, he focused on the task at hand. Everything else could be taken care of over a drink later…

Elena comforted her fears by squeezing the handle of the handgun she carried. She was in extreme pain, completely lost, and to top it off, as much as she didn't want to admit it, she was scared.

As she walked, she realized she was passing Roth's office. The door was open and the room was empty. She entered the room and glanced around until her gaze fell on an old filing cabinet. She pulled on the handle, but it didn't budge. Elena was about to search somewhere else before realizing she was still holding onto Roth's keys. The filing cabinet key had to be on there. Picking out a small, silver key that looked about the right size, she tried it. The locked clicked and the drawer opened.

Shoving the keys back into her pocket, she pulled out the few files that were housed in the cabinet. Elena beamed. Just as she had suspected, the files had everything she could possibly want: a list of all the members of AGP, minutes of previous meetings, and best of all, the map to the underground tunnel system.

Keeping the map out, She slid the rest of the folders into the waistband of her shorts for safekeeping, and then sat down to stare at the map and get her bearings straight.

As Rene turned the corner, she realized it was the same one she had just ran around before. And the time before that, and the time before that…

She stopped and turned to go the other way, which, she hoped, would lead her out of this mess. She saw an open door down the hall. There was nowhere else to go. The path she had just been down had gone nowhere but in circles. This was obviously the only was to get out. She got to her knees and put her head as low to the ground as possible to peer into the room.

There was a large desk and a blonde lady sitting behind it…wait! Rene knew that lady from somewhere…a few days ago they had been in the cell together, and then just a while ago, she had tried to keep her locked up in there! Rene stood up and marched in, ready to give the lady a piece of her mind.

Rude walked slowly and quietly, listening intensely for footsteps; either his coworker's or the enemy's, and, he supposed, Rene Shinra's. As he walked, he heard quiet whispering around the corner. Stopping and straining to hear, he quickly identified the voices as Tseng and Reno.

The two rounded the corner and were momentarily taken at the sight of Rude. Their hearts still pulsing fast in the fear that he might have been an enemy, both Reno and Tseng let out a sigh of relief after they realized it was just Rude.

"Where's Rene Shinra? Or Elena?" asked Tseng.

Rude shrugged. "Saw the girl just a while ago. I let go of her arm so I could ask her if she knew where Elena was, but as soon as I did that she was gone."

Tseng shook his head. "Well, I don't think it's wise for us to split up again after all the problems we had finding each other. I didn't expect the hideout to be so big."

"No kidding," Reno agreed. "Who last saw Elena, and where? It must have been you, Rude. I saw her when I gave her the keys to the prison cell."

Rude nodded. "After she opened up the cell, Rene ran away. We decided to go arm ourselves in the armory and split up to look for her. Haven't seen her since. We need to hurry; she's in no condition to fight."

Following his own advice, Tseng ignored that last overly dramatic comment and treated the situation as any other. "Let's see if we can find the armory and go from there."

The trio walked in silence until Rude found the armory. He thought back. Let's see, I took this path," he motioned to the northward path, "and she took this one."

"Hopefully this one doesn't branch out like…well, all the other paths in this place," said Reno.

The path they walked down was, for the most part pretty linear, with only a few dead end turns on the way. Suddenly, from further down the hall, a shrill voice started to scream. Tseng, Reno and Rude looked at each other.

"Rene."

They raced down the hall until they came to an open door where all the noise was coming out of.

Elena gasped as she looked up. Rene Shinra was standing right in front of her, fists on her hips and a snarl on her mouth.

"You!" Rene cried. "You're the one that got me into all this! If you hadn't tried to keep me locked up…I've been shot at, and manhandled by three different guys, and I saw one - no, two dead people!"

As Rene went on, her voice got progressively louder until she was yelling. Elena frantically shushed her finger in an attempt to motion the hysterical girl to be quiet. It obviously wasn't working.

Just as she stood up in order to physically try and keep the girl quiet, a large pair of arms squeezed Rene's neck from behind with such amazing skill and precision that the girl passed out, but completely unharmed. As Rene slithered to the floor, Tseng was left standing.

"Tseng!" Elena cried. "And Rude! And Reno! Let's get out of here!!"

Reno snorted. "Yeah, if we can find the exit."

Elena grinned and held up a piece of paper. "I don't think that will be too hard. Look what I found!"

Tseng took the paper and looked it over. It was a complete map of the underground hideout. Elena had even found a pen and had marked the way out from the room they were in.

 "I was passing this hall when I had an idea to search this office. I found this, along with a lot of other vital information about AGP. I was just about to find my way out when Rene came in!"

"Let's get out now, and fill in each other later," Rude wisely suggested. He quickly walked out, not wanting to get stuck carrying Rene…again. Tseng followed, map in hand. Reno narrowed his eyes and tossed the girl over his shoulder, with Elena right behind him.

Leading the group, Tseng made his way to the exit. Looking up, he spotted the manhole above the ladder. He motioned for everyone to go ahead of him as he watched the hall for any sign of danger.

After everyone was safely above ground, Tseng climbed up and led the group to the airport, glad this mission was finally over.