A/N: Sorry this is such a stupidly short chapter, I know I'm giving you a lot of these lately, but I'm just trying to catch up.

Enjoy

Chapter 11

Looking very nervous, Reno put the phone to his ear. His expression looked hesitant, but Elena could tell he hadn't been shocked… yet.

"Hey boss-man." Reno said finally. Elena's heart leapt; it had worked. "How ya doin'?"

Elena glared at the redhead, telling him without using words that their time was short.

"'Kay, let's cut the crap and get down to tacts here…" the redhead said, adopting a mockingly serious tone. "We need to get the hell outta here dot-head, so you better come get us…"

There was a long pause, and Elena was starting to worry that the cell-phone could cut out at any moment, but Reno seemed able to keep the conversation going.

"Seriously…" Reno sighed. "We're in deep crap here, and we got no way out… okay…" Reno hung up the cell phone, looking a little disappointed. "Apparently they're in deep crap of their own… so we're on our own here 'Laney."

"What!?" Elena almost shouted. "But… what's going on?"

"I dunno… I wasn't really listenin'… somethin' about treachery." Reno said vaguely "But look on the bright side 'Laney… we're alive."

"Only just in your case…" Elena said, giving the redhead a dirty look.

"Look, at least Tseng knows we're in trouble, so he'll send someone out to look for us as soon as he can." Reno told her in an attempt to cheer her up.

Elena stared at Reno, and couldn't help but smile. He really was an extraordinary person. She knew for a fact that his life had not been easy, even though she knew very little about his past. Yet unlike many people of his upbringing, he always managed to be the optimistic one when others around his needed it most.

"Yeah… we'll get out." Elena said quietly. She figured this was her job, so she still had to get on with it, no matter what the situation.

"That's the spirit 'Laney…" Reno suddenly grinned. "Now, 'bout last night…"

"Oh… no Reno." Elena said, feeling her face flushing. "Don't start."

"What?" the redhead put on his best innocent face. "I wasn't gonna start anythin'… you're the one who started it…"

"No I didn't." Elena argued.

"I was talkin' about last night." Reno said, grinning evilly. The expression on Elena's face must have been amusing, since he burst into fits of laughter, ending in a coughing fit. After about 5 minutes, Elena managed to get the redhead to calm down.

"Are you alright?" she asked him. Reno nodded vaguely, every now and then letting out a small cough.

"We have to get outta here." The redhead said eventually. "I don't like what they are plannin' to do."

"… Reno…" Elena said slowly. "You told me you didn't know what they were doing…"

"I guess I remember now…" Reno said, shrugging his shoulders.

"So what is going to happen then?" the blonde asked. Reno looked at her awkwardly, as though he wanted nothing more than to get out of answering the question.

"I'm not tellin' you." Reno said stubbornly. He put on a fake pout and turned his head slightly to the left.

"Reno." Elena said warningly. She didn't like the sound of this. Reno didn't usually waste time in telling people things he knew, so she knew it must be bad. All she wanted was for him to tell her, so they could try to think of a plan to get out of the situation. Maybe if she actually knew what was going to happen, they would stand more of a chance of avoiding it.

"Please 'Lena…" Reno said pleadingly. "You'll freak out."

"Reno." Elena repeated, letting Reno know she was serious.

Reno paused for a moment, as though running his options through his head. As Elena saw it, he only had two choices; tell her, or not. She would have preferred it if he only had one choice, but she could never be that intimidating towards Reno.

"Laney…" he said finally. His eyes were darting all over the room, which made Elena feel even more nervous. "I'm gonna die…"