Back to Reno and Yuffie

'Urrgh...' Reno groaned his eyes opening slowly as he raised his aching neck up from the streering wheel. It hurt when he breathed his chest and stomach ached he'd broken his ribs he reconized the pain.

'Yuf, Yuffie.' He gasped glancing over at his wife, his eyes suddenly widened the seat next to him was empty the door was open it must have flown open when they'd crashed she hadn't been wearing her seat belt.

'Yuffie.' Reno cried slipping off his own belt opening his door, agony swam through his body as he moved climbing out of the car.

'Yuffie!' He coughed clutching at his ribs, it was so hard to breath.

'RReno...' His ears pricked up at her reply. Everything was dark the car had hit a tree in the middle of a field.

'Yuffie where are you, I'm coming baby!'

'Here, Reno!' Forgetting about his own pain Reno followed the sound of her voice, finally he found Yuffie lying on her back in a sea of dark grass.

'Reno urrgh, Reno it hurts.' She whispered clutching at her stomach, dropping to his knees next to her he wrapped his arms tightly around her aching form.

'It's okay babe it's going to be okay, I'm gonna call an ambulance.'

'Reno hurry...the baby I think I'm losing the baby.' Yuffie sobbed doubling up in pain clutching again at her stomach. Reno didn't hesitate he pulled his mobile phone out of his pocket glancing at the neon light shining up at his face.

'No singnal.' He grimaced under his breath.

'Babe I can't get a signal here I'm gonna try and get back to the road, stay here okay.'

'No!' Yuffie cried desperatly throwing her head back in pain, reaching out for his arm she gripped him hard.

'Pplease don't leave me.' She begged remembering her breathing from when their son had been born.

'Babe you need to get to hospital.' Reno informed tearing himself away from her it was the hardest thing he'd ever had to do, as soon as Yuffie was safe in hospital he was heading straight back to that resturant to pay a visit on the vallet who'd cut his breaks.

'I'll be back as soon as I can I love you babe.' Reno motioned leaning down planting a lingering kiss on his wife's sweating forehead.

'Reno...I...love you...to...arrgh.'

The sound of her screams filling his head he got back up onto his feet running straight into the Shinra guards who had been watching and waiting behind him.

'What about Reno Junior who's with him?' Elena questioned raising her head up from her husband's chest.

'When I got the call about Yuffie I dropped Scarlet over there she's with him now.' Reeve informed watching the look, which past between the Turks with frustration.

'Believe it or not Scarlet is a good Mother she's changed I don't understand why no-one can see that except me not even you guys.'

'This isn't the time or the place for this.' Rude interupted Reeve's rant before Elena had the chance to join in he knew how she would respond. Scarlet was taking Reeve for a ride he was just to blind or love struck to realise it, she had that effect on men.

'Rude Wilson?' A Doctor appeared at first Rude didn't respond he wasn't use to people calling him by his surname he never used his first name, which was Ronald or his last name.

'Rude.' Elena motioned tugging at the fabric of her husband's sleeve.

'Yes.' Rude responded finally standing to attention staring at the Doctor.

'Can I talk to you Sir it's important it's about Mr Kisaragi he's refusing treatment until he's seen his wife...but...we were wondering if you could speak to him try to persude him he's been asking for you.' Rude didn't hesitate he couldn't Reno needed him he'd never let him down before he was his bestfriend he wasn't about to let him down now.

'Rude.' Elena whispered softly as she watched her husband following bravely behind the Doctor into one of the curtained rooms.

Rude's eyes widened although his sunglasses hid his responce well. He'd seen people in hospital before he'd put most of them in there but this was different this was Reno lying there looking like he was a heart beat away from death hooked up to so many machines blinking away their grim diagnoses.

'Rude, you look like hell man.' Reno gasped opening his eyes pulling off his oxygen mask so that he could speak.

'You really should keep that on Sir.' The Doctor fussed.

'Get away from me you quack!' The red head barked sending the Doctor into a frenzie as he left the room.

'How is she Rude she's lost the baby hasn't she that's why they won't tell me what's going on.'

'Baby?' Rude frowned he'd never been over emtional or even very in-touch with his emotions but at any moment he felt like crying for his friend he wonded how he would cope if it was him lying in that bed and Elena dead in the next room he couldn't think about that.

'It was Rufus, when I get out of here I'm going to kill him with my bare hands. He did this Rude he tried to kill us he tried to kill Yuffie because I was trying to leave I was trying to leave the Turks.'

'Rufus, Reno are you sure?'

The Present

'What happened then?' Reno Junior questioned he hadn't thought of himself in that way since his parents had died been killed he knew they'd been mudered now.

'You, you know the rest.'

'He died my Father died because he refused treatment he didn't care he didn't care enough about me to even try to live.' Reaching out Rude patted the boy in front of him on the shoulder he looked so lost all he wanted to do was protect him the way he would his own son.

'That's not the way it was Reno you're Dad he faught he faught as hard as he could he had the treatment but he was just too weak he died on the table there was nothing that anyone could have done.'

'I, I need to think!' Reno frowned leaving the room before Rude could stop him, slamming the front door behind him.

'Reno.' Rude frowned his head falling down against his chest. Suddenly he felt warmth against his face cupping her slender fingers underneath his chin Elena raised his head up so that he was looking at her.

'Is that why you never left Turks, I know how much you hate working for Rufus.' The way he moved his head said everything without him needing to open his mouth his body tenced against her.

'Oh Rude why didn't you tell me I'm you're wife you shouldn't keep things like this from me.'

'I went to him a month before Reno did I told him I wanted to leave Rufus gave me a choice it was ither you or me he wouldn't let both of us leave his employment. I didn't need to think it over Lene it was you it didn't matter about me I begged him to let you go and he did but Reno didn't have that option Rufus wouldn't let him go that's why he...' Clutching him tightly Elena wrapped her arms tightly around Rude.

'You don't think RJ will do anything stupid do you I mean he does have his Father's hot head.'

'I'll go after him.'