Sorry it took me a little bit to get this up. I've had it written for a while, I was just too busy to edit it. It's rather short and not the best thing I've ever written, but hopefully it didn't turn out too bad.

This doesn't have a specific setting. Just kind of a random fight, probably happening more when Elena was still a little rookie-ish. I guess...I don't really know. Lol.

The word generated was "save".

Saved Your Life

Elena's gun flew out of her hand as the man barreled into her. She cursed inwardly as it landed a few feet away, far out of reach. To stop herself from falling, she latched onto the man's arm. With as much strength as she could, she punched him square in the face. She smiled slightly at the surprise on his face as the force sent him stumbling backwards. Before he could find his bearings, she kicked him in the stomach and then brought her elbow down on the base of his neck. He collapsed to the ground.

When he didn't move, Elena was satisfied that he was unconscious. She bent down to retrieve her gun when she heard the click of a firearm being unlocked. She had barely turned when another man who had snuck up on her fired. Suddenly, a huge weight crashed into her from the side. The next thing she knew, her back was hurting and she was on the ground, Tseng's body on top of her. She sucked in air, winded from the impact. The man pointed his gun again and was about to shoot, but Elena was quicker. Gripping her gun, which she had thankfully managed to pick up before Tseng had pushed her out of the way, she threw her arm out from under Tseng's body and fired. The man's head jerked backwards and he fell, his gun clattering to the floor. She breathed out in relief when the man didn't get up. That relief faded quickly however when she saw the dark stain on Tseng's sleeve.

"Tseng?" She pushed herself up, rolling him off her. He hissed in pain and grabbed his arm. "Shit," she said. "Let me see it."

"It's lodged in there," he said, gritting his teeth as she examined the wound. "It'll be fine though. Check the men first."

Elena hesitated, but knew better than to argue. She got up and checked their targets. "This one's still alive, but the other's dead," she informed him.

"Tie the live one up. Give Reno and Rude our position so they can dispose of the other body and collect a prisoner. We can interrogate him."

Elena obeyed. When she was done with calling Reno, she walked over to Tseng who had managed to take his jacket off and was trying to bandage his arm with some difficulty.

"Let me do it, sir," she said.

He handed the bandage to her wordlessly. She wrapped the wound carefully making sure it was just tight enough without actually hurting him more.

"It should be easy for the doctor to get that out," she said, packing up the medical supplies when she was done.

"Let's just hope that it's less painful getting out than it was going in," he said, moving his arm gingerly.

"I'm sorry, sir," she said, ashamed. "I should have been more careful."

He stood up. "No point in worrying about it now. Just be more aware next time."

"Yes, sir," she said.

He started to turn away.

"Sir?"

He turned his head slightly to look back at her. "Yes?"

"Thank you for saving me."

He blinked, his face expressionless. "You're my partner, Elena. If I can help it, I'll always be there to save you."

Elena was glad that he walked away right after that. She didn't want him to see the bright pink blush that bloomed on her face when he did.

So, was Tseng a little better in this one? I'm trying, I swear! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and to everyone who will review (hopefully). I'll try to get the next one up quicker but my spring break is ending and I recently got addicted to playing Final Fantasy 8 (I still need to find the 7th one. ARGH it's killing me!) so it might be just as slow. :( I have other fics I'm trying to get up too.

Anyway, hope everyone has a beautiful day! :)