Final Fantasy VII

The Mystery

CHAPTER FOUR

Reno slept on the floor of the Interrogation room that night. He had been free to leave, but he felt better when was alone. Rude walked in and kicked Reno's shoulder to wake him up. Reno looked up at Rude who looked like he was in a hurry.

'We're going...' Rude said slowly.

'Where?' Reno asked. Rude lifted Reno to his feet.

'Edge...' Rude replied. Reno slowly nodded as the two left the room.

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Two weeks earlier, Reno and Elena had been in Edge under much different circumstances. It was night and the three Turks had been watching Gerad Hett for a few days. They took it in shifts, Elena and Reno would fill in at Hett's office for a few hours each. Reno was a bit disapointed he saw so little of Elena, but he got to see Rude often as he was securing the town. This particular night, Elena and Reno were missing a bit of work to talk, Rude also joined them as they were drinking at a disco bar.

'Any suspicious behavior from Hett yet?' Rude yelled as he sipped his gin. Reno shook his head.

'Nothing...' Reno moaned.

'Nothing suspicious on my rounds...' Elena revealed. Suddenly a young boy, no older than 14 came up to them.

'Wow, your the Turks...' the boy said in awe. Reno grinned. He was always happy to meet a fan.

'What can I do for you boy?' Reno asked.

'Can you buy me a drink?' the boy smiled back. Reno chuckled and nodded.

'Sure, why not?' Reno laughed. Rude disaprovingly shook his head. Reno bought the boy a small gin and he sat with them for a brief time. Reno loved to brag about how cool his job was to anyone who would listen. Rude disaproved of the whole situation and stayed quiet. Elena was quite fond of the boy too. His name was Chuck and he was interested in becoming a Turk too. After a while one the security guards noticed Chuck and asked him to leave.

'I'll see you guys around right?' Chuck smiled. Reno slowly nodded as Chuck left. Elena smiled and sipped her drink.

'That's why I do this job,' Elena explained. 'To protect and lead inspiration to kids like Chuck...'

'Really?' Reno asked. 'I just do it for the money...' They both looked at Rude to see what he did it for. Rude slowly noticed this.

'I do it for myself...' Rude explained.

'Naturally,' Reno laughed. 'But you're right Elena...that kid looking up to us like that...it made me feel pretty damn good...'

'Maybe we'll be training him someday...' Elena smiled. Reno slowly nodded.

'Maybe...' Reno sighed. Suddenly a Shinra soldier burst in through the door. He sprinted at the Turks.

'Monsters! In the city!' the soldier yelled. The three Turks hopped up.

They all sprinted out into the dark city. They all went seperate ways. Reno turned around one corner and he saw a monster, Elena appeared around the other corner.

'Shoot it!' Reno yelled. Elena shot at it but the bullets barely made a dent. Suddenly Reno saw a dark figure attempting to run past the monster, when it leapt forward and grabbed the figure in it's mouth. Elena attempted shooting but it didn't make a dent. 'No!' Reno cried as he saw the monster kill the figure in it's mouth and drop it. Suddenly a white blast flew at the monster...it was decimated in one blow and vanished. Reno looked over to the Shinra soldier who had fired it. He had a mako gun made from Mako Energy. Reno couldn't care about that now. Reno ran to Elena, who was crying over the dead figure. As Reno got closer, he saw who the figure was. 'No...' Reno fell to his knees as Elena held onto Chuck. Reno looked at him, he looked so peaceful...he looked like he was sleeping. Reno lowered his head, he looked at Elena, who was devastated. Without thinking, Reno gave her a deep heartfelt hug from the pain they were both feeling.

About an hour later, Reno had no choice but to go to work. He entered Hett's office. It was empty, Reno sat in a chair and quietly moped over what had just happened. Reno started thinking.

'Mako gun...' Reno thought. The reactor in Edge had not been fully made yet so the Mako made for that gun couldn't have come from Edge. Reno got to his feet and opened Hett's drawers and looked at his files. Reno saw one that shocked him, he looked at it carefully. Hett had been working on rebuilding the reactors for a long time. In fact, Hett had already fixed the Nibelheim reactor and Corel reactor and was planning on rebuilding more.

'Read anything interesting?' a voice said. Reno looked up to find Hett entering his office.

'Have you told the president about this?' Reno asked. Hett shook his head as he approached Reno.

'The president is a worried man..' Hett explained. 'He truelly belives his contracting Geostigma was a sign from the planet punishing him. He only permitted me to build the Edge reactor...but that wont be enough to protect this planet.' Reno shook his head.

'He'd never agree to what you are planning..' Reno pointed out. Hett nodded.

'You are right. But how is he going to stop me?' Hett smiled.

'He will find out, and as soon as he does...he'll pull the plug...' Reno said. Hett slowly shook his head.

'I wonder about the state of Rufus,' Hett said. 'He has his health...he has his intelligence...but he doesn't have his business sense...I'm the second in command...perhaps if Rufus were to stand down..'

'We both know that's not happening,' Reno yelled. Hett again nodded.

'So, he'll have to be removed from office,' Hett said.

'Removed?' Reno repeated. Reno sighed, he knew what Hett was talking about.

'They might believe it was down to the injuries he sustained in the accident,' Hett thought. Reno shook his head.

'That's wishful thinking,' Reno yelled. 'We both know you wont do it.'

'We know I wont,' Hett smiled. 'But what about you?' Reno stood in shock at what Hett was suggesting. 'Rufus trusts you...maybe if you inject something into him, while he's sleeping...' Reno then got out his elctrocane and walked towards Hett.

'You're dead!' Reno yelled. Hett quickly covered his head and panicked.

'I heared a young boy died tonight!' Hett yelled out. Reno suddenly stopped, he slowly lowered his weapon. 'If we had the reactors...we could have prevented that sooner...' Reno lowered his head and put his cane away. Hett quickly took out a needle, inside Reno could see green poison. 'If injected in his sleep, this will sever his muscles and weaken his heart until the point of a heart attack.'

'The young president dies of a heart attack?' Reno questioned Hett's plan.

'They'll believe it was the injuries he suffered years ago at Midgar...if injected fully...he'll be dead within minutes, and I'll then control the safer world...' Reno slowly shook his head. Hett placed the needle into Reno's hands. 'Go...you have the night off, I understand you're reporting to the President tommorow...Go!' Reno looked at the needle and slowly left the room. 'Oh Reno...'

'What!' Reno yelled.

'If you decide to do it...no one can see you,' Hett said. Reno sighed and left the room.

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Back in the present, at the Healing Lodge, Rufus had Tseng inspect if there was any damage to the doors or windows. Tseng reported to Rufus.

'No signs of any damage whatsoever to the doors, roof or windows,' Tseng explained.

'So what does that mean?' Rufus asked. Tseng sighed.

'Whoever killed Elena was in the Healing Lodge before we locked it up...' Tseng explained.

'Who was the last person to use their keycard to get in here?' Rufus asked. Tseng got out the sheet of the keycards used, he sighed and looked at Rufus.

'Reno...' Tseng cried. Rufus lowered his head.

END OF CHAPTER FOUR

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