A/N: You guys are lucky I remembered to put this up, coz I nearly forgot - I have serious issues with short term memory...

anymoo, this great chappie is by Le Pecore Nere... I haven't checked if she wanted me to put this up yet, but I'm sure she'll get over it.

Enjoy!

Chapter 11

There were a lot of things Elena hated. She hated waiting in the doctor's office, she hated waiting for her sister to stop by, she hated waiting in line. But of all the things, waiting for Reno to wake up had to be the most boring. There wasn't even a complementary magazine for her to divulge in. She sighed, tracing her shoe again for what seemed like the hundredth time that hour. She glanced at her watch. It was already 8:30 in the morning.

"I'm going to go get a cup of coffee, want some?" She said, standing.

"No I'm good." Rude said.

"Coffee? Sounds good to me." Reno said, stirring.

"It's about time." She said, exasperated.

"Can you grab a lot of creams and sugars?" He asked with a grin.

She rolled her eyes and turned to leave. "Hey 'Laney?" He said, she turned back to him.

"What?"

"Thanks for the coffee." She chuckled and left, the room feeling abnormally hot.

She returned with the hot coffee, one of the things in the morning that were good for Elena.

"Well, we still have a lot of work to-"

"Gee settle down 'Laney some of us just woke up." Reno said, pouring sugar after sugar into his coffee. Rude smirked at him.

"Ok I'm ready now." Reno said after about the 20th sugar packet and cream.

"Ok, good. We need to get those crates." Elena said.

"Thank you Captain Obvious. Its simple ol' Rude here says the docks are suspicious, so to the docks we go." Reno said, nodding wisely.

"Is that it?"

"If the crates aren't there, then we have to search elsewhere." Rude said.

"And what if the crates are there?"

"Then we're done here." Reno said "So let's hope it's there, because Costa del Sol is fun and all, but it gets to be boring after a while."

So after getting ready, Elena found herself standing before the large docks of Costa del Sol. At one dock – and one ship in particular. On the ship, called the "Vitamin Sea" had some rather large crates on board, and of course it was the one they were looking for.

"Hey what're you doing on my ship?" A voice asked from behind them, making her jump.

"I think the question is, what are our crates doing on your ship?" Reno said, holding his EMR.

"Those aren't yours." The man said. He was tall, with brown hair and glasses "Those are mine."

"The hell they are, see this?" He pointed to the Shin-Ra logo "This says it belongs to us, and we're confiscating it and arresting you."

Two other guys appeared behind him. Reno grinned maniacally.

"A fight you want eh? A fight you'll get." He said charging forward, swinging the EMR.

Rude ran forward and began fighting a rather pig-looking guy. Reno fought the obvious leader, the ship owner, and that left Elena with a hulking behemoth . He pulled out a knife and grinned.

"Don't worry sweetie, I'll go easy on you." He said, licking his lips. Elena felt disgust ripple through her spine. He edged forward; she stepped back, and pulled out her gun, unsure of how to use it.

He chuckled at her. "Such a big gun for a small lady. Put it down before you hurt yourself."

She squeezed her eyes and let off two shots. She opened an eye, and saw the man on the ground, groaning. She felt shaky, she actually shot someone. She glanced over at Reno and Rude to see how they were doing. Rude's was finishing off his guy. Reno was struggling however, the guy held a knife over Reno's head, pushing down. Reno was trying to move the guy.

"Laney, shoot him." Reno shouted. She aimed the gun, but she didn't fire. The two were too close together; she didn't want to risk shooting Reno.

"Shoot him Elena!" Reno repeated, the knife inching closer. Reno slipped down, the guy he was fighting toppled down onto him. Rude came up behind them and grabbed the man and threw him to the ground, cracking his knuckles, the man gasped, and scrabbled away. Elena ran up to Reno, who was still on the floor. The hard boat floor was growing red with blood. She started blurting out apologies. She should have shot the guy, he wouldn't have gotten away. She should've shot him.

Reno chuckled. "Laney, shut up." Rude knelt down beside him. He pulled out a cell phone, calling an ambulance. Elena shook her head, her vision blurring.

"Laney, don't cry. Mission accomplished." He chuckled again. "Got the crate, got the bad guy. All in a days work. And think about it, this is a good scar to show off to the ladies." He winked. She laughed. "You're such a noob." He said and passed out.

The red lights flashed on the docks, sparkling in the water, it pulled silently away, with Reno in the back.

"He'll be fine." Rude said. It was simple, but it was enough for Elena, because those were just the words she needed to hear.