- A Final Fantasy VII Reno Fanfiction - by Nightcrawler666 -

Watch! The plot's unfolded! :3 Lovin it like McDonalds… not KFC cos I think it's icky! D: Two out in one day! On a roll here! WOWZ I'm so easily impressed.

Chapter 13 - Elena!

Kyle walked down the thin grey corridor, following the two men in Kevlar in front of him. They were huge. They stopped outside a door and motioned Kyle inside. Obeying their blunt actions, Kyle slicked his short brown hair back and stepped inside.

The man at the desk looked up at Kyle and sat back in his black leather chair, smiling subtly.

"I see you've finally returned, Kino." Kyle was surprised to hear his real name being used. He hadn't heard it in so long. He gave a shy nod and avoided looking straight into his bosses eyes.

"So how is the success rate of your little mission, Kino? Doing well to infiltrate ShinRa yet?" Kyle immediately tensed and the fat man laughed, though it was definitely fake.

"Status report, Kino. Now." He said, suddenly stern and menacing.

"It's harder than I thought. The kidnapping didn't work. If anything it brought her closer to the Turks. I thought that with other friends in their, such as the ninja and the ex-Turk, she would slowly turn against them and rejoin her friends. She didn't." Kino deadpanned. He gulped before continuing.

"She places great trust in the Turks. The drive-by didn't work, I was meant to catch her there and then but the ambulance came too soon. The gang I sent to kill the redhead - they failed me and took off with the money I gave them. When I tried to kill him myself, I also failed. I needed her to trust me and was therefore forced to stop. She has grown too close to the Turks, and I fear we may have to-"

"I was thinking the same thing. Kino, you're off the job. I'm sending in the big dogs now, to annihilate the Turks just like you said. I assure you that even in death you will always be respected as a… helpful, member. Boys?" The man interrupted Kino and watched his face slowly crumple in defeat and fear. The two men who had taken him there ripped him from his seat and dragged him kicking and screaming through the hallways, the threw him shouting into the cremator. The cries soon faded.

The two men walked back to their bosses office and took their weapons in hand.
"The Turks. All of them. Only report back once you've given them a worthy funeral by the roadside near Fort Condor. Understand?"
"Yes sir." They said, then bowed and walked out again.

Reno drove Lou to work for the first time in 3 weeks and helped her out of the car and into the elevator.

"How're you feelin' yo?" He asked, ruffling her hair and noticing with surprise that it wasn't in a bun.
"Good. Never do that again." She joked. Reno snorted a laugh and walked out at the sound of the Turks' floor. Elena ran to Lou and hugged her. The young girl even received a wave from Rude.

Reno walked to his desk and tidied away all of his completed papers, getting new ones out and starting them instead. Lou sat at her desk and pulled an assignment out of nowhere, starting work as soon as she found her pen in her pocket. Reno stared in awe at her organization and then began his own work.

Elena found her stomach grumbling and looked at her clock. 1 more minute. She started packing away and Rude caught on. Soon it had worked it's way round to everyone but Reno, who was still sat there with a cluttered desk when the clock rang twelve.

Lou was about to leave after everyone else, but something made her turn around and wait for Reno. He was still working. How long does it take? He'd been chewing his pen lid on the same paper all morning.

"Oh come on already Reno!" Lou sighed, then walked over and packed up all of his stuff. The redheaded Turk sat there totally gormless then caught on, racing Lou out of the door. He won and loitered by the elevator, so when she turned the corner she ran right into him.

"Ow!"

"Yeah, well… Look where you're going next time, yo!" Reno laughed. She looked up with a murderous glare and a ridiculous pout, and Reno's sides were aching with his sudden fit of giggles. Not caring enough to alter her expression she marched around Reno and into the elevator. The older Turk followed, but the doors closed on him and he shrieked only after they'd opened again. Now it was Lou's turn to laugh.

They got down to lunch and swiftly devoured everything on their plates, finishing their food before everyone else despite arriving late. Reno left with Rude when they were both finished and Tseng decided to get back to his work early.

"So… What's the thing with you and Reno?" Elena asked, feeling it was slightly awkward for some reason.
"Nothing."
"Cause, he's been really nice to you lately and all. Just wondering. Kissed him yet?"
"What? No! What do you mean yet?" Lou asked, turning redder than said Turk's hair.
"Don't lie Lou. We all know you have." Elena said, half sighing half giggling.

Lou walked out then. 'Why ask if you already knew?' she thought. She didn't want to upset Elena though. Rude rounded the corner in front of Lou and stared at… something… from behind his glasses. She couldn't tell if it was her or something behind her, so she turned to look too. Two men stood in white suits like the Turks' but with large semi-automatic machine guns on thick leather straps over their broad shoulders. Lou paled.

"Hey Rude! Whatcha doin' yo? What are they- Shit!" Reno came around the corner and, realising the situation, dragged Lou and Rude back round. Rude pulled a pistol from his jacket and noticed that no-one was actually in the lunch hall. Lunch break was over. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lou clinging to Reno, still as pale as before. Reno stood quite happily with her in his arms, resting his chin on her head but still looking towards the reflection he could see in the glass of the two men advancing on them. Lou was shaking with newfound fright.

Rude lowered his gun and brought out his phone, speed-dialling Tseng then hanging up. Their leader would get the message. One of the men rounded the corner and soon found himself faced with an EMR at his throat, Rude's gun trained on his partner behind him.

"Don't move a muscle." Reno threatened. The man held his hands up and seemingly admitted defeat, although behind him his partner stirred nervously.

Reno felt himself growing light-headed and weak, and fell to his knees. He only just felt Lou trying to get him up, struggling with even the small weight of his numb body. Rude shot one man in the head but the other was already attacking Lou. Her head was kicked several times before she was forced to let go of Reno and fall bleeding to the floor. Still she huddled close to his body, whimpering.

Tseng shot him as soon as he saw him, but with the range of his shooting it only hit his arm. He cried out in pain and stumbled back from Lou, this time shooting at Rude. The tall Turk only just dodged for cover behind some lockers in time to avoid the spray of heavy machine gun fire. Tseng shot again, missing completely and almost hitting Reno instead. Why was he so unfocused under stress?

Elena shot and hit, in the stomach in fact, and the man fell to the floor. Tseng gave her a little praise and she accepted it with much gratitude, then walked over to the dead man.

"Elena, no!" Tseng yelled, running over and hitting the floor hard with numerous bullets in his back. His vision blurred madly.