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Intervention	By : PhantomChajo Category: Final Fantasy VII > Het - Male/Female Views: 878 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Story title =
Intervention

Story Description
= Reno finally succumbs to the dark and
destructive nature of his unstable emotions. When his bosses Tseng and Rufus do
nothing & his partner and friend Rude stands in the wings and watches
mutely, it�s up to Elena to step in and save him from himself. (Post Game,
Elena/Reno, Het, Yaoi, Drug & Alcohol abuse)

Author�s Note =
Characters may appear OOC. Tried to keep them as close to cannon as possible,
but considering I�m writing this not the people at SquareEnix, you�ll have to
deal.

Disclaimers = I
don�t own the boys and girls of Final Fantasy 7, SquareEnix does.

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5 - Hearing Voices

I try so hard not to get upset

because I know all the trouble I'll get

oh, he tells me tears are something to hide

and something to fear

and I try so hard to keep it inside

so no one can hear
--
Voices Carry by Till Tuesday

It
was mid to late afternoon before Elena made it home. Her shift had lasted close
to an hour longer then she had anticipated, but she didn�t mind that much. She
had then spent another hour or so searching the area where she had seen Reno
vanish that morning. No luck on finding anything. Even the bums hadn�t admitted
to seeing anyone matching Reno�s description and that was with an offer of
money, booze or both. Something wasn�t adding up and that disturbed Elena more
then a little.

Taking
her laptop to the second bedroom where she had set up her computer system along
with the rest of her electronics, she plugged it in to the system and let it
start to synch up. Turning she exited the room, heading to her own to change.
With a soul weary sigh Elena reached up to loosen the scrap of black silk that
was her tie before slipping her coat off and hanging it up. Even though she had
several others, this one was still clean enough to wear tomorrow. She left her
white blouse on along with the shoulder holster and gun. After all, even if she
was off duty it didn�t mean she was safe. Only after she had something to eat,
double checked her apartment and showered was she ready to look at the video
from earlier today.

Settling
in the chair in front of her computer desk, a cup of tea cradled in her hand,
she brought the system online. It took her several minutes before she found the
starting place for this afternoon's meeting. While normally she would be
listening to music at the same time as going though the video images and audio
tracks, this time she didn�t. She didn�t want to miss anything.

~!*!~
Audio begins ~!*!~

�Tell
me Rude, how long have you known?�

��Sir?�

�Elena,
return to your post.�

�uh..
Yes sir!� The sound of the door closing followed.

�Do
I need to repeat myself?�

�No Sir.� Several long, painfully silent
moments, he spoke. �Officially? Since I became his partner. I had my suspicions
before that though.�

�So
you have known about Reno's� problems.. for the last ten years and failed to
inform me of it?� Slight surprise tinted Tseng�s voice.

�Veld
was aware of it. I presumed he passed on his notes to you when you became the
leader of the Turks, sir,� Rude answered. His deep voice soft in the quietness
of the room.

�Seems I must have missed the memo then.� A
soft scraping noise as Tseng sat down. �Please, enlighten me. And by all mean,
don't leave anything out. I'd like to hear it. All of it.�

�Yes,
Sir.� Heavy reluctance colored Rude�s words. Several more minutes of silence
before Rude began speaking. �From the beginning?�

An
exasperated sigh. �Yes.�

Again
the silence dominated the room. �It was during the last three years of the war
with Wutai that I met Reno for the first time. He was maybe 15 years old,
though he looked younger.�

~*~
Audio paused ~*~

�Unless
you look into his eyes, then he�s much older� Elena thought to herself as she
stood up and stretched. While it was something of a shock that Reno had
practically grew up in the middle of a war, she wasn�t surprised. There was an
entire generation born during the long war with Wutai. Looking at her now empty
tea cup she went and fixed another one before returning to the computer. Once
settled again she started it back up.

~*~
Audio restarted ~*~

�Half way though the war, I was assigned to the M.A.S.H.
unit that was attached to General Sephiroth�s company. During that time, I was
introduced to a group from Cosmo Canyon. They were the General�s private
couriers, snipers, and spies. They were also the best Chocobo handlers
around. By the General�s orders, if
they came in injured they received priority treatment. Each member was easily identified
by the tattoos on their faces.�

�What tattoos?� Tseng questioned.

�The bright red stripes that framed their eyes. The are..
were called Crimson Tears, sir.�

�How many have these� tattoos?� Rufus�s voice this time

�That were known to be still alive by the end of the war?
One.�

�I presume Reno is one?� Tseng again.

�Yes sir.�

�And those not confirmed dead?�

Silence. �Veld started an investigation into the rumors of
a possible second survivor.�

�What happened to that investigation?�

�Unknown sir.�

�Hmmm� Doubt it matters at the moment.. Continue,� Rufus
said.

�It was after the death of Reno�s father, a man known as
FyreShadow and the disappearance of his father�s partner, Tezcat, that the
problems started. The General requested me to keep an eye on Reno at the time.
Once the war was over, Veld recruited Reno into the Turks. He was later
diagnosed as having a Bi-Polar disorder and was put on a regiment of
medications to keep him stable.�

�Well, we�ve seen how well that worked,� Tseng said in a
scathing, sarcastic voice.

�Reno was stable before the order to drop Sector 7 Plate
was given. It was only after he returned from the mission that his mental
stability began to shift unpredictably.� There was a hint of accusation in
Rude�s voice. �After the report of your death sir, that is when his drinking
problem started to get worse. When Weapon attacked ShinRa Headquarters and
reports of President Rufus�s alleged demise started circulating, Reno went on a
drug binge. He nearly overdosed several times.�

�Are you saying he was drunk and drugged when he allowed
Cloud and his group to pass in the tunnels below the tower?� there was a
dangerous edge to Rufus�s voice.

�No sir. It was after that but before Midgar was nearly
destroyed by Meteor.�

The overwhelming silence was laced with the beeps and
blips of the monitors working away tirelessly to keep track of Rufus�s health.
The scrap of the chair legs on the floor indicate that Tseng had stood up
again.

�And what happened afterwards?�

�Elena, Reno and myself were separated in the chaos and
confusion. I was the first to find Reno after the Lifestream erupted to stop
the meteor�� Rude trailed off.

�And?�

�I� We, the Turks and ShinRa that is, nearly lost him.�

�What do you mean �We nearly lost him�?� Incredulous
disbelief from a man that never gets ruffled.

�Just that sir.�

~*~ Audio paused ~*~

Elena gasped, hitting the
stop command on the computer halting the playback. Did Rude mean what she
thought he meant? She got up from the chair and started to pace the room. One
hand on her hip as she ran the other through the blonde strands of her hair.
She couldn�t understand why the thought of Reno�s death upset her, but it did.
�Ok, rookie,� she muttered to herself, �he�s not dead. So there�s no need to
get worked up over it. Just calm down and.. and� aw fuck!� She threw herself
back into the chair, biting her fingernails. Her near panic turned to sudden
anger. �You bastard, you had better not be dead or so help me I�ll use a Revive
or a Phoenix down on your ass then beat you to death myself!� With that she hit
the play button again.

~*~ Audio restarted ~*~

�Explain,� Rufus said sharply.

�I don�t know the exact sequence of events, but just after
a practically active part of the Lifestream passed my location, I heard someone
screaming. When I found the person, the screaming had stopped and the person
was having major convulsions. I was unable to hold the person down without
causing greater damage then what was currently taking place. So to less the
chance of causing greater harm to themselves, I cast Stop.�

There was that silence again. �Oh..� the sound of
anti-climatic let down in Tseng�s voice.

�I thought you said that he almost died. Hardly sounds
like it to me.� A dismissive tone in Rufus�s.

�No Sir. YOU don�t get it. I cast STOP. I nearly killed
Reno while trying to save his scrawny ass. I stopped his Hades damned heart and
I didn�t have a fucking remedy or Heal materia on me to reverse it. I had to do
CPR to get his heart started again. He was in a coma for a week. A week that I
didn�t know if I�d be burying a partner and fellow Turk or not.�

Rapid steps across the floor then the sound of flesh
hitting flesh as Tseng ruthlessly backhanded Rude, sending the bigger man
crashing to the floor with the unexpected display. �I�d advise you to watch
both your attitude and your language while around myself or Rufus.�

~*~
Audio ended ~*~

Elena
shut down the player before the rest could play. Now she knew why Rude refused
to this day to tell her what happened during that time they were separated. And
it also explained why Rude turned a blind eye to the problem. He was afraid
he�d cause more harm than good, when in truth he was causing it at that very
moment. Simply by not lifting a hand to help Reno. With a shaky sigh she shut
down the entire system and headed to bed. She doubted that she would get much
sleep before she had to be back on shift. If anything though, it made her more
determined to find Reno and give him the help be needed. Whether or not he
wanted it.
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