Chapter 7
Finally after what seemed to be eternity the chopper landed. Elena stepped out the helicopter and onto land.
"It's 'bout time we arrived." Reno said stretching and yawning.
"Where are we?" Elena asked.
"Costa del Sol, where do ya think?" Reno said.
Elena looked around her. It was not as large as Midgar; it had many colored houses and buildings enough to give her a headache upon landing.
"So," Reno said elbowing her, "Fun ride, huh?"
She sighed, "No."
He grinned, and ran to catch up with Rude who was already heading toward the hotel. She followed after.
The hotel was bright and all of the clerks were annoyingly cheerful. But its position was off at the far corner of the city, so it was less conspicuous. They checked in and settled. It wasn't long before there came a knock on the door. She got up and answered it, and there was Reno.
"Hey 'Lena, Rude wants to go over plans." He said boredly.
"Ok." She got up and followed him. They headed down to a café across the street.
It was a small place, not many people went in and out. They entered and Rude was already sitting at a booth waiting for them. They both took a seat, and Rude cleared his throat.
"So, what's the big scoop?" Reno asked.
"There was a crate stolen that was supposed to go straight to the Shinra science department." Rude said
"Why should we care?" Reno said.
"It's our job to get the crate back and arrest the people who stole it." Rude said blankly.
"Sounds easy enough." Reno replied cockily
"…"
"Well when do we get started?" Elena asked.
"Now." Rude told her.
"Oh right, well let's search the town first, I'll take the east section." Reno said
"You only want that section because it has all the food stands." Rude sighed.
Reno just grinned and shrugged. "So?"
"…Anyway, Elena, you'll go with Reno and check out the North and East section."
"Ok." Elena said, slightly nervous about the mission, but she did her best to hide it.
Reno started to protest.
"Get going while it's still day time."
"You're starting to sound like Tseng." Reno said
"…"
Reno collapsed onto the couch in the deserted lounge. They had asked everyone and searched everywhere, but nothing came up.
"I'm sooo hungry." Reno moaned.
"Where's Rude?" Elena asked, but she found that she was also hungry.