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Rated M for language and romance

Chapter 15: Phone Call

"You're sure. You've combed every part of Sector Five? Nothing?" Reno put his hand over his face and groaned. He couldn't take anymore bad news. Four sectors searched, above and below, and still, nothing. "Alright. Tell your team to take fifteen. After that, head over to Sector One and start searching there. Call me if you find anything."

He hung up his phone and placed it back into his pocket. Turning around, Reno saw three troopers just standing around, talking as though there was nothing going on around them. It infuriated him. Storming towards them, he shouted, "What the hell do you think you are doing? Standing around here doing nothing? Have you been told you can take a break?"

"No," one of them said timidly.

"Then you get your lazy asses over there and start searching those buildings!"

"You really should calm down," came a deep voice behind him. Reno turned around to see Rude and Tseng approaching him.

"Calm down? You wouldn't be so calm if it was your children that have been missing for two weeks, Rude."

"You're probably right. That's why I'm glad I haven't pissed off any mad scientists lately." It was a lame joke, and even Tseng gave him a censuring glare for that. "I'm sorry," he said apologetically. "I just got a call from Laney. Says that there's nothing in Sector Eight."

"What's that leave us with?" Reno asked.

"Well, it either means he's in Sector One, Three, Four, or Six."

"I've already got a team heading to Sector One."

"That's all well and good, but Reno, we must now consider the possibility that Gordon Manning is no longer in Midgar. Now, I've already called Reeve on the matter. He's contacting Kalm, Mideel, North Corel, and Nibelheim. Vincent of course has already told Godo to be on the look out in Wutai, and Cid's got Rocket Town on alert. Still, there are thousands of places he could have gone."

"I won't rest until I've found my children," Reno said.

"Neither will we," Rude told him. "I have my team all ready to go. Just tell me where."

Tseng looked down at a map he was holding and said, "I think Sector Four needs searching. And Sector Six. I'll take my team there. Is your team still busy here?" Reno nodded. "All right. Then I'll have Elena search in Sector…hold on."

"What?"

Tseng reached into his pocket and pulled his cell phone out. He didn't recognize the number on the screen, but he answered anyway. "Hello?" And then his eyes got wide. They moved over to look at Reno and then he said, "Hold on. He's right here." He held his phone out to him. "He's been trying to call you. It's your son."

Reno tore the phone from his hand and put it to his ear. "Wesley?"

"It's me, father. But, look I don't have much time."

"Wesley! Where are you? Do you know?"

"We're somewhere in Sector Three on the E Block. One of the old warehouses if I read the blueprints correctly."

"Are you okay. I mean, are you hurt?"

"Nah. Just a few cuts and bruises. Nothing your son can't handle. Father, they're looking for me. I just escaped, and I'm hiding in Manning's office. It'll only be a matter of time before they find me again. So hurry. Please hurry. They're going to do try that sleep teaching crap on me again."

"I'll be there, Wes. I'll get there as fast as I can. But you have to tell me, is Lena Mae all right? Is she with you?"

There was a pause. "I haven't seen her since the night we were taken. But Manning's been telling me things. I don't know whether to believe him or not. Things like she's been responding too well to Hypnopaedia. I don't know. But I'll try and find her, dad. I'll try to get both of us out of here."

"You just stay safe, Wesley. Don't do anything to get yourself killed. We're on our way, okay. So just wait. I'm coming. I will find you."

"Oh shit," Wesley said.

"What? Wesley, what?"

"Dad," he said frantically. "Tell mom that I'm all right, and that I'm sorry about everything. Tell her that I love her. And I love you too. Please, hurry!"

"Wesley!"

"Don't touch me," he screamed. His voice sounded far away. "Get your grubby little hands off of me!"

"WESLEY!" Reno screamed. All he could hear now was yelling. It must have been three people. There was a crush, and then a thud. After that, nothing. Just silence. "Wesley?" But he knew that nobody was going to answer.

"Reno?" Tseng stepped closer and put his hand on his shoulder. "What do you want us to do?" Reno hung up the phone and turned away from him. Bowing his head, he closed his eyes and buried his face in his hand. "Look, the fact that he's calling is good news. We know that your son is alive."

"He's in Midgar," Reno said, turning back towards him and wiping his tears away. "Sector Three, E block. I want everybody there. We're going to raid the place."

"Sounds like a good idea," Rude said. "I'll call Laney and let her know."

"I'll get a hold of Vincent and Cid, tell them to rendezvous with us at Sector Three. I'll tell Rufus Shinra too. I think he's closest."

"But, nobody is to make a move until I get there. Make sure that is completely understood." Reno then reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. Tseng and Rude left to get their teams ready to go. "Pick up the phone, damn it," he muttered.

"Hello?"

"Demetrius, this is Reno. Change of plans. Get the team organized and ready to head for Sector Three. We've found them. I want to be moving out in no less than five minutes. I'm not going to be lenient on this, so get started now."

"Right on it, sir."

Reno then ran towards his helicopter and jumped inside, sitting himself in the cockpit. Starting up the propellers, he waited. His cell phone rang. Picking it up, he heard Rude say, "my team is heading out now. I'm on my way to the chopper right now."

"You aren't going to travel with your team?" he asked.

"No, Heston will get them there. Besides, I can't just leave my best friend at a moment like this. You'd do the same for me if it were my children."

"All right then," Reno said, smiling in spite of himself. "But if you aren't here in three minutes, I'm leaving without you. I'm just waiting for the call telling me that my team's moved out."

"Don't worry. That's plenty of time." And then he hung up.

Reno didn't put his cell phone away this time. Instead, he dialed another number and waited until somebody picked up the phone. "Yuffie, is that you?"

"Of course it's me. Who else did you think it would be?"

Reno paused. "Um…my wife. Put her on the phone, Yuffs."

"Okay, but I don't think she wants to hear anything unless what you've got to say is good news."

"Just give her the damned phone!" he shouted.

"All right, all right. Calm down."

Reno groaned. If one more person told him to calm down, he was going to shoot somebody. But, he couldn't do that. He had to save all his anger for Gordon Manning.

"Hello?"

"Tifa, baby, it's me. Listen, I've got good news. Wesley called me. I know where they are and I'm going to go get them right now."

She began sobbing. "You found them?"

"Well, no. You can thank your son for this. He figured out where they were and called Tseng. I guess he tried to get a hold of me, but with all the calls I've been getting, it probably didn't get through."

"Just go get them, okay?"

"I will, babe. I'm going to go ahead and let you go. I'm waiting for a call and for Rude to get here so we can leave. I'll call you when I have them. Love you, Tifa."

"And I love you."

Reno replaced his phone in his pocket just as Rude hopped into the helicopter and took his seat next to Reno. "How long did I take?"

"Too long," Reno said.

"Your team already left?" he asked in surprise.

"No. They're taking too long too. I'm just going to leave now."

"Alright. Hey, I just got off the phone with my wife. They're moving out as we speak."

Reno had to shake his head for a moment. After his best friend had been married to her for nearly nine years, it was still hard to remember that he'd married Elena. "Right," he said. "And Tseng. He's gone?" Rude nodded. "It's just us now huh?" Another nod. "Well, let's go then. It's time to get my children back and end this. I'm ready to kill that damned asshole." He paused and then blinked. Oh…damn."

"What?" Rude asked.

"For a moment there, I was beginning to think that I was a Turk again."