A Day in the Life

Collection of drabbles.

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Reno maneuvered the helicopter carefully, keeping his eyes peeled for any sign of the targets. Rude was looking out the opposite window, searching the ground below, his eyes more focused on the task at hand, as Reno tried to do two things at once, of which he would argue he was more than capable of handling. Instead of the brunette SOLDIER and the blond infantryman they were hoping to find, all Reno could see were more trees and rocks, the land extending for miles into the distance, but no targets.

He sighed resolutely and sat back in his seat. "So these letters Tseng has—they're from the Cetra, right?"

His partner didn't move from his spot at the window, "Yes."

Apparently she had been sending letters ever since the SOLDIER's disappearance several years before.

Reno sighed—he didn't consider himself an expert on this sort of matter. "You think we'll find him?"

"We have to. Shinra's already dispatched his men to take care of the situation—we have to find him first," Rude reminded him.

"Right."

Rude turned to give him a look but the redhead shrugged it off, turning instead to get back to the search.

The last time Reno had seen Zack was long before he'd left for Nibelheim with Sephiroth. And he didn't remember Cloud at all. The blond was a nobody, for all he cared. Reno wasn't the one who had scouted for him—that had been Tseng.

"What do you think'll happen to them when we find them? They're fugitives, right?"

Rude nodded but didn't answer.

"You think they'll be executed?"

Reno didn't want to admit how much joy he didn't feel at that thought. Zack was a decent friend, and an even better poker player. Reno had lost many a gil against the first class SOLDIER, but he was always up for a challenge, and Zack always proved to be one. Strife, for all he cared, could bite the dust. He was lowly infantry anyway.

"If we don't find them, they will. Shinra will make sure of that."

Fuck.

Reno checked his gauges on the dash before turning back to the search, hoping the two men would show themselves soon.

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to be continued.