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Thank you for all the reviews, WARNING: This chapter is going to have a flashback.... and a little thing about the events that led up to Reno being found.

Tifa watched over Reno who was asleep again, her eyes moving to the door as someone came in. Cloud came through with Barret and Marlene beside him, the sounds of people downstairs signaled it as a busy day.

"Did he wake up?" Marlene asked while looking downstairs to make sure no one was stealing anything in their drunken states.

"No, but I'll let you know when he does," Tifa answered turning back to him. Cloud took that as a sign to leave, listening to Marlene walk downstairs and putting a hand to Barret's shoulder.

Barret looked at him then back at Reno, shaking his head as he shut the door. Tifa ran her hand down his face; pulled the blankets to his shoulders, wanting to make sure he stayed warm.

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Barret grew nervous as the red head fell to the ground before Barret could catch him, Marlene stared at blood on that fell from Reno's wound as her father bent down. Blood was already pooling on the floor as he carefully lifted the Turk into his arms. Barret watched Reno's body go limp as he ran out the door with Marlene at his side.

That night when an old friend of theirs came inside, Tifa looking up from her cleaning to see a rain soaked man and daughter. In the man's arms was another friend.

Reno's head was resting on Barret's shoulder, his clothes covered with blood and dirt. Tifa dropped the plate she was cleaning, "Cloud!" she screamed. Running to them as the blonde came out and stopped. Eyes wide as he ran upstairs with Tifa, Barret followed them up to find a spare bed.

Putting Reno on the bed, Tifa pulled off the remains of his once white shirt. Seeing a stab wound in his side, small cuts all over him from what looked like glass. Blood at the back of his head and also coming from his temple.

Cloud ran out the room, coming back with cure materia and bandages.

They tried to cure materia, seeing it healed his smaller cuts but didn't do too much for his deeper wound. Barret and Cloud lifted Reno who was still unconscious into a sitting position, allowing Tifa to bandage his side without much trouble.

Laying him down while Cloud got a blanket and laid it over Reno. All of them taking turns to look after him until he finally woke in fear.

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The door opened behind her, she turned to see Rufus and the Turks in the doorway. Going to their comrade's bedside as he shifted in his sleep.

Elena gripped the man's hand as Tseng held up a tape, Tifa gave them a questioning look as Rufus explained.

"This is a tape we recovered from Shinra. Reno has cameras in his home so we should have some footage."

Tifa went to tell Cloud and Barret, The groups eyes shifted, now looking at Reno who was still moving every few minutes in his restless sleep. His hair sticking to his face as sweat from his fevered nightmares ran down his face, Elena wiped his face with her shirt sleeve and looked to her teammates.

"Why him....why Reno?"

"I don't know."

Rude answered her without a moments hesitation as Tifa called them to come downstairs. They responded to her call by silently as a group going downstairs to show them the footage.

Tseng went to the player by the tv; put in the tape, taking a seat beside everyone else on the couch.

Reno walks in his front door, throwing his keys onto the kitchen counter and walking upstairs. Getting to the top of the stairs and taking a left to enter his bedroom.

Throwing his jacket to corner, falling on the bed a minute later obviously tired. Something entered the room, barking and biting at Reno's pant leg.

Reno's moves his head to see his German Shepherd Jake, the dog playfully jumping around room as Reno laughed. "Not tonight... okay buddy?" he said patting the dogs head, the dog looked to the doorway and walked out of the room.

Reno fell asleep, lying on his side still in full clothing as a person entered the room. Going to his jacket, taking his EMR before walking away.

A loud sound is heard as Reno quickly sits up, looking around the dark room. The only light was the moonlight coming through his windows as he slowly stood, "Jake?" he called out.

The sound hard knocking is heard as Reno makes his way to his jacket, only to find his weapons gone. He turned; going to the wall and flipping the switch. The lights didn't respond as he went to a table by his bed, finding a flashlight and turning it on.

Quickly scanning the room, seeing no one he started to walk out. Looking down the hall and in the rooms he passes, he made it to the living room only to find silence.

He looked around, the knocking growing louder before stopping. The window beside him smashed, something hitting him and sending him to the ground. He quickly turned around; grabbing the flashlight shining it at his dog's dead body.

He screamed as the lights came on, a person in black behind him. Reno turned and gasped, kicking the man off his feet and making a break for the door.

Before he can reach it out of another room comes another intruder, throwing Reno against the wall and across his kitchen counter into a glass table.

Reno struggled to regain his composure as he got up and ran down another hall, blood running down his head as he got into another room.

Looking around before hiding behind a desk in the corner as the footsteps went past the room. He sat there in silence; his body shook as his hands kept his unheard screams from escaping.

Sweat on his face as the house was completely silent, he looked out. Hearing and seeing nothing Reno came out and looked outside the doorway, seeing no one he quietly made his way to kitchen.

Getting on his hands and knees behind the counter so no one would see him, crawling across the ground in pain as he heard someone speak.

"What was that?"

"Probably him."

He heard boots walk through the room as he made his way to the only room near him. He got inside as the man came to look in the kitchen.

The man went to door, trying to knob to find it locked. Trying again and again to get it open before finally breaking it in and rushing in the darkness, all that was heard was a yell and smash.

Nothing else is heard as the man comes out of the room, holding an unconscious Reno over his shoulders-

The screen went black

Tseng heard the tape click, the picture cutting away as the film ended. Everyone sat wide eyed or teary eyed as the truth of what happened to their friend was finally shown.

Tifa put a hand to her mouth and ran away, Cloud sat there with a crying Marlene in his lap, Rude staring at the ground as Elena held her face in her hands.

Rufus put his arm around her for comfort; he looked at Tseng who watched Cloud get up.

The warrior walked to the bathroom to find Tifa had thrown up, sobbing as he flushed it away and pulled her into his arms.

"He's okay now Tifa, he's safe here you know that."

"It's not that Cloud, what he went through...we could of helped or-"

"Tifa, we didn't know.."

"He lives a few blocks from here, I just..I knew I should of."

"Should of what?"

Cloud pulled her to her feet and led her back to the living room. She sat down with Elena and Rude, the larger man had taken off his sunglasses to reveal sad eyes as they drifted to look at Tifa.

"I had this feeling when I was starting to close up, I just felt like something was wrong-" she was cut off by some sobs as she put a hand to her head.

"I kept feeling like something was wrong but I ignored it, and the time on the tape shows that this happened around the time I finished closing up the bar. I felt like I needed to call Reno or something I don't know why but... I didn't."

"Tifa, none of this is your fault."

"I know Rude it's just the fact that, if I'd called maybe I could of helped him. I could of helped but I didn't and know he's upstairs hurt cause of those scumbags!"

Tifa yelled out last sentence trying to vent her anger but quickly quieted down, not wanting to wake Reno upstairs.

Marlene hugged Tifa who returned it as Tseng paced the room, his hand covering his eyes as he muttered to himself.

"What happens now?" Elena asked her voice shaking as she looked at Rufus. "I don't know, I guess the best idea is to wait for Reno to wake up, in the meantime we'll go check out the house."

"Wait, didn't you go to the house to get the tape?"

"No, the tape was recorded but the data actually went to a computer room in Shinra. It isn't hooked up to monitor but it copies the data the camera picks up and puts it onto a tape, then it alerts me when the data is done."

He stopped, looking at the tape player.

"Guess the camera couldn't get anymore footage, probably sprayed it when they found it after getting to him."

Tifa shut her eyes as Rufus stood, "Come on, we're going there to see this for ourselves."

Cloud watched them leave, picking up Tifa and taking her to bed. "No Cloud.."

"Tifa, you need to sleep. Rufus and the others will be back hopefully with answers."

"Alright."

Cloud watched her get ready for bed before shutting the door and going to sit with his friends and wait for news.

I know it isn't great and I'm sorry for not updating..I was REALLY sick for like 5 days and still have a cough so bear with me! XD

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