When Reno woke up he was laying on something soft. He could see shadows, but everything was very blurry.

"Reno? Reno can you hear me?"

Reno blinked and everything came briefly into focus. There was a man and Cid above him, the man was shining a light into his eyes.

"Reno, can you hear me?"

Reno gave a long blink and allowed his eyes to come into focus.

"Yea, I hear you."

He heard two relieved sighs. Above him was Cid and beside him was a man in a white coat that Reno presumed was the Rocket town doctor.

"You gave us quite a scare, but luckily for you the mako in your system saved your life."

"Yeah, it's done that once or twice."

Cid stared down at the Turk who's eyes were glowing an abnormal shade of green. He had seen Cloud and Vincent's do that from time to time. It was irksome, but not exactly horrifying.

"In truth, because of your rapid heal time, the wound on your hand resembles a sunburn instead of the open hole I had been expecting. It's rather remarkable. Yet, it seems the damage the mako inflicts on you at the time of it entering your system-"

"Is permanent. Yea, I know. Listen I kinda gotta puke. When my body uses the mako it makes me nauseous."

Cid handed Reno the bucket just in time and stepped back. He had been so worried when the red head passed out. He had simply lifted the man up and ran him to the doctors. Dr. Robinson said that he would be completely fine, but Cid was still ill at ease. How could the man be so resilient and nonchalant after all that had happened?

Reno lay back against the bed, "Sorry about that. I'll be fine in an hour or two. Was everyone okay? I see they got the power back on."

"Everyone is fine, but the power ain't back on. The doctor's office has power so that if anyone get's hurt they can come here and still receive care." Cid said.

Reno sat up on the bed and looked at the burn on his hand there was almost nothing left of it. Despite the collapsed veins and horrifying scars the mako did a wonderful job fixing him up on electrical wounds. It had saved him numerous times when his EMR malfunctioned.

"So doc, when can I get outta here?" Reno asked looking at the doctor.

"Well, if you agree to take it easy I will let you out of here. My recommendation is that you go back to

Cid's and take a nice hot bath. A shower is fine too, but a bath would be best and I wouldn't lock the door, you might pass out some more due to the mako usage and the electrocution."

"Doc the power is out and might be out for the next few days. Cid told me you are all on a wells around here." Reno pointed out.

Cid sighed, "There might be enough hot water in mah tank to draw a bath, I'll do mah best doc."

Reno went to argue, but Cid stopped him, "Fer fuck's sake you are soaked to the bone, were electrocuted and managed to save a chunk of our fair town's dumbass men. Ya deserve a chance to wash that grease off of ya and relax."

The doctor smiled and helped Reno get into his coat. The Turk was shocked at how stiff his body was, he could barely move. The rain had started to fall harder and apparently Reno had been out longer than the two had let him believe.

"What time is it?"

"Eight at night."

"It took me that long to wake up?"

The doctor smiled, "Reno, although your ability to heal is miraculous, it also needs a bit of time to work. That kind of electric shock would have killed any other man. Your mako enhancement saved your life."

Reno nodded and slowly stood, almost falling in doing so. Cid caught him and wrapped his arm over his shoulders to helped Reno walk back to his house. They opened the door and saw a very strange sight. Outside all the families of Rocket town stood in the darkness holding flashlights and umbrellas. Two men who Reno had saved stepped up, carefully wrapped their arms around Reno's waist and helped him walk to the house. Cid followed behind thanking people as he went. Once they got to the house the men opened the door and Cid smiled. The rooms were filled with candles and a crock pot dinner was cooking by the stove.

The men helped Reno to a chair and the four he had save stepped into the house, "We would like to thank you for saving us. We haven't exactly been the most neighborly to you here in Rocket Town, but from now on you are welcome anywhere in town. You are a hero for saving us and we treat our local hero's with respect. Thank you."

Reno smiled warmly at them, "Thank you for all you have done for me tonight. I greatly appreciate it. I don't really want any special treatment, but the fact that you can say anythin' decent about me makes me happier than you know."

The man smiled, "Please, stay in town as long as you like."

Slowly the town folk left, Cid thanked each one as they walked away.

"That was nice of them. They didn't have to do that." Reno said softly.

"Ya saved four people here tonight. In a town of under a hundred that is a big deal." the blonde went to the crock pot and inhaled deeply, smelling the contents, "Wow, you musta really made an impression. This is Ol' Aunt Mabel's stew and she doesn't make this kinda stuff for just anyone."

"Is she really your old Aunt Mabel?"

"Nah, she's this woman who always wanted kids, but could never have any. So she raised orphans and runaways. She's kinda famous around here for her generosity. She's now the unofficial advice giver for all of Rocket Town. If she likes you, the rest of the town follows. In any event, we need to get you in a tub before the water goes cold. Come on now Turk. Let's get you washed up."

~And to relieve the suspense Ch14. I hope it was up to par! I would like to thank bettina1959, VioletIsInPain, fetherhd, Namantos, and trabeck for the marvelous reviews! Please never hesitate to review, I love hearing from all of you! Thank you so much for reading ~CR