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Sorry for not updating, still had a cough from being sick and didn't get a lot of writing done....../_\

Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

Rufus stood with his team in the doorway to Reno's destroyed home; Rude took off his sunglasses to make sure he saw it all perfectly.

'All the pain those people put Reno through' he thought as Tseng made his way through the living room, most of the furniture was either flipped or broken beyond repair.

Dirt and blood thrown across the floor of almost every room, glass under the Turks feet as they spread out to examine the area.

Rufus started at Reno's bedroom that was located at the top of the stairs, finding nothing out of the ordinary except for Reno's EMR which was on the living room floor under bloody glass.

Moving from the room he continued looking around while Rude checked out the living room. Walking slowly around the remains of the once glass top table that his fried was thrown onto, Reno's blood coated the white table stand and glass.

Rude kept his sight on the drops of blood leading into another room and stopping at the door, then moving his gaze to see it lead from there to the bathroom.

Rude stood staring at the broken in door and the blood drops that lead to a room down the hall where Elena was, he shut his saddened eyes and stepped forward.

Flipping a switch waiting for life to spark into the light bulbs, a second later they lit showing the evidence of the brutal beating they'd heard on the tape.

Blood slid down the wall and onto a pool on the floor with a small puddle at Rude's feet; he figured this is where Reno fell unconscious before the attacker carried him away.

Rude put a hand to his head and went down the hall when Elena's voice broke the silence.

"Guys get in here!"

Tseng got up from behind the desk he's been examining while Rufus came downstairs with Rude at her side in an instant. "What Elena?"

Elena's voice never answered as she pointed to the room in front of them, a broken chair with rope and tape on the ground. Blood all over the room, most of it from the dead bodies of the men who they knew attacked Reno.

"These guys did it."

Everyone nodded their heads in silence at Rufus' words as he got out his cell phone.

"Who are you calling sir?"

"Shinra, I want them to send people over here to look at all this."

Rufus finished talking with the employee on the other line and shut his phone causing Tseng, Elena and Rude to jump at the sudden noise.

"They're sending someone to look it over a little more."

"What about Reno, are we going to need his side to what happened after the tape ended?" Tseng asked in his usual stern and clam voice as Rufus stepped out the door with the others.

"I think we know what happened, there's no need to bring it up to him. The main priority now is to help him recover from this."

Cloud jumped as the Turks walked inside and went upstairs without a word, Rufus stayed downstairs to explain the damage of Reno's home and everything they'd found.

Rude opened the door to the spare room upstairs finding the blankets thrown back and the bed empty. "Reno!?"

Rude almost panicked as he ran in the door and looked around with Elena at his side looking around the room.

Hearing a small sound behind them Rude and Elena turned as Tseng looked behind the door seeing Reno sitting in the corner of the room.

He was curled up in a ball with his knees pulled into his chest even though it was clearly hurting his wounded side, his body shook as his wide eyes darted.

"Reno?"

Elena got near him slowly reaching out to touch him as he gasped and pushed himself into the wall more. His shaking increased until she backed away from him sighing, Rude tried this time.

He got close to the red head who continued to panic and grabbed his shoulder, Reno tried to escape but he held him there. "Reno it's us, your partners. Rude, Elena, Tseng remember?"

"R-rude...?"

"Yea it's me."

"What are you doing on the floor buddy?"

"Didn't w-want to be i-in the open..Sneak up beh-hind me...defense-less." His voice was broken as Rude tried to calm him.

Reno's shaking eased as Rude pulled him into his arms, and made sure his bandages were still secure. Glad to see his wound wasn't bleeding he put his arm around Reno's shoulders.

"Come on partner, you shouldn't be out of bed yet."

Elena helped Rude walk the weaker Turk back to bed and cover him up, Reno's shaking finally subsided as Elena moved hand down his face while sitting in the chair beside him.

I'M SORRY THIS IS SO SHORT, HOPE IT'S GOOD.

FINALLY GOT OVER BEING SICK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! XD

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