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Chapter List
- 8
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Story title Intervention
Rating R
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.

9 - Bodies

Skin against skin blood and bone
You're all by yourself but you're not alone
You wanted in now you're here
Driven by hate consumed by fear
Let the bodies hit the floor
-- Bodies by Drowning Pool

When Rude returned, he was dressed similar to Elena in
black combat fatigues. The major difference being his had more pockets then
hers had. He also had with him his field medic kit and a small collection of
materia.

�Whatcha got Rude?� she asked as he placed the case
containing the materia on her coffee table. She settled on the couch and waited
eagerly like a kid on Solstice day during the Winter Festival.

Rude chuckled as he settled next to her. �Hold your
chocobos kid,� he told her as he unlocked the padded case. Inside were almost
two-dozen softly glowing spheres, mostly greens, but there was a pair of
yellows, three blues, two reds and a single purple sphere amongst the treasure.
�Let me see� I have,� he paused as he picked up each sphere in turn and named
it. He started with the purple one first, �Long Range,� next was the reds,
�Phoenix and Leviathan.� He reverently placed those two orbs aside. �Two of the
blues are All, the third is Added Effect. These are both Sense,� Rude explained
as he touched both yellow spheres.

�Oh wow! And the rest?� she asked gesturing to all the
green spheres. �Do you have multiples of the same stuff or all of it
different?�

Rude tapped each one in turn as he named them off.
�Time, Seal, Restore, Heal, Revive, Poison, Lightening, Fire, Ice, Gravity,
Barrier, Contain and Earth.�

�Daaamn,� Elena muttered. �All I have is mastered Shiva
summons, low level Ice, and a mid-level All.�

Rude grunted as he gently rolled the spheres back into
their resting places. �Most of this is actually Reno's. The summons's are his,
got them near the end of the war with Wutai,� He didn't elaborate on it since
it wasn't his story to tell.

�Eh?! Wait, he's only a year or two older then me.� She
did a fast calculation then stared at Rude. �That means he was only� what? 16
maybe 17 at the end of the war.�

Rude nodded. �Reno was 15 when I meet him that first
time. I had been assigned as the General's field medic. Reno was one of
Sephiroth's personal scouts, as was his father.� He reached up and pinched the
bridge of his nose then sighed. �You wanted to catch a couple hours down time
before we go in right?� he asked changing the subject.

Elena nodded, still mulling over the idea that Reno had
been in the war when he should have been in school and acting like a teenager.
�Yeah, and you're trying to change the subject.�

Rude hmphed, �I'm gonna do you the way I did the grunts
and SOLDIERs before a major battle. I'm gonna put you under for a few hours of
rest. You can bitch at me about it after we get Reno back,� he told her before
raising his hand, palm up and blowing the dust he held into her face.

Like most people she inhaled in surprise and that was
all it took. �You bast�.� She never finished, having succumb to the effect of
the sleep dust.

�Gets 'em every time,� he said with a sigh as he caught
the blonde rookie. Picking her up was easy, she was fairly light-weight, even
when compared to Reno. The big Turk deposited her on her bed, not bothering to
cover her for the moment, then returned to the living room. He had his own way
of resting before a job.

Almost four hours had passed by the time Elena woke up
from her rather enforced nap. She stretched languidly at first until her mind
got up to speed on things. She snapped fully awake then, tumbled out of the bed
and made her way into the living room. She understood why Rude did it, but she
was rather pissed at the dirty, underhanded way he did it. When she reached the
living room she found Rude seemingly asleep on the couch.

Rude wasn't asleep, merely resting there with his eyes
closed. He heard the youngest Turk when she entered the room. Now he waited to
see what she would do and how she would 'wake' him up. Reno had known from the
beginning how to wake someone who had experienced combat. Elena didn't have
that knowledge.

Elena's first thought was to go over and shake him awake
but she thought better of it. A second idea was to call his name or throw
something at him at a distance. She decided to combine her second and third
idea, which was to make coffee and something to eat, to wake him up. Slipping
into the kitchen she started the coffee pot then raided the fridge for
something to eat. Not use to having anyone else around her place, she nearly
jumped out of her skin when Rude reached past her for the creamer. �Damn it
Rude! Why didn't you let me know you were awake?� she glared at him. �And that
was a damned dirty trick you pulled on me.�

Rude just laughed softly under his breath before taking
a sip of the coffee. �I wanted to see what you would do to try and wake me. And
it worked didn't it?�

Elena glared at him another moment before huffing a
sigh. �Yeah I guess it did. But you could have told me what you were going to
do.�

He nodded. �So how were you planning on waking me up?�

She told him as she put the items out on the counter for
her and Rude's meal. �Don't mind omelets do you?�

Rude shook his head as he patted Elena on the shoulder
before walking out. He needed to go over their gear one last time before
packing it into the bags. He didn't plan on taking it out to the car until they
were ready to leave. No sense pressing their luck. And speaking of luck, he
grabbed his phone and checked the messages. He had nearly a dozen of them. When
he checked the messages all but the last one was from Tseng. Each of them some
varying degree of orders for him to report on what was going on or ordering him
to report in for his duty shift. The last one was from Rufus.

�Rude, I'm over-riding all of Tseng's orders. You have
my full permission to do what is necessary to bring Reno back�. Good hunting.�

Rude let his lips curl upwards in a smile. They'd been
given Rufus' blessing for this and that was all that mattered. �Hey Rookie, we
got the go ahead from the big boss.�

�All Right!� Elena squealed then finished dishing up
their food.

Both ate in a hurry, then finished packing everything
and left her apartment. It didn't take long to stash their bags away in the
trunk of Rude's vehicle, both of course being armed still. The drive was a
smooth yet quietly tense affair. Rude having done this type operation before so
it wasn't as big a deal as it was for Elena.

Rude parked about a block from the location. They would
go in the rest of the way on foot. Better chance of picking off the outer ring
of guards first then hit the inner. �Let me guess, no intel on this group?�
Rude asked as he slung his bag over his shoulder and rechecked his weapons once
again.

Elena blushed looking down at the ground. �No� Only that
they have Reno and that he's still alive in there.�

�So you were going to head into an unknown situation
with only what you had with you and hope like hades you could get him and
yourself out without getting killed.�

Elena nodded again as she walked around to his side of
the car, bag slung over her shoulder.

Rude heaved a sigh. �Rookie,� he said with the shake of
his head. Reaching over he ruffled her blonde hair in a good-natured show of
affection. �You had better hope nothing happens to you or else Reno will have
my hide. Not to mention I don't think Rufus would be too appreciative either.�

Elena looked puzzled for a moment. �Why would Reno be
mad at you? This is my crazy idea after all.�

�If you haven't figured it out for yourself then it's not
my place to enlighten you about it,� Rude told her. �Now let's go.�

As the pair made their way around the warehouse, the two
Turks spotted and eliminated several guards. They stashed the bodies out of the
way so they wouldn't be easily found, but didn't bother to really hide them
more then that. The advantaged that they had over the gang was that their
weapons were top of the line, well taken care of and had extra accessories such
as silencers. They also took a pair of radios off the now deceased men. Over
all Rude was very proud of Elena. She hit her target every time, she didn't put
up a fuss about dealing with the bodies and she managed to keep her cool. There
were several guards that they came across that they had to kill up close and
personal.

�Hey Rude?�

Rude grunted softly in reply.

�Is it me or do these guys seem� I don't know... weird,
zombie-ish.� Elena waved a hand at the body at her feet. �It was like they were
sleep walking.�

Rude grunted again and nodded. Glancing around he pulled
a wristband out of a pocket and slipped it on. The yellow orb started to glow
softly as he used its power. �These men are� were under a command spell. From
what I'm picking up, it's one that has been used often enough that it's become
imbedded into their minds.�

Elena wrinkled her nose in disgust. �You mean�� she
looked at the body and shook her head. �So we're doing them a favor then.�

Rude nodded as he put the wristband away, again hiding
the tell tale glow of materia. Straightening up he nodded once more then looked
around. He pointed in the direction that they needed to go, signaling for her
to follow before moving in that direction. He never said anything but he was
finding this way too easy. Things were falling into place a little too much and
it raised his hackles like nothing else had in quite a while.

The pair stopped trying to hide the bodies as they
changed methods and went straight in. The warehouse was old and dilapidated
looking. The windows set high up in the wall were mostly busted though here and
there a whole pane of dirty glass could be seen. Neither could discern if there
were lights on anywhere within the warehouse from their current position. Only
way to find out if Reno was still there was to go in. They found that like most
warehouses in the area, this one had once been used to manufacture goods.
Instead of open area there were a lot of broken and ancient looking machines,
thus allowing for an excessive amount of hiding space.

When the pair came upon the open floor area of the
warehouse Rude had to quickly grab Elena and silence her. Even if he wanted to
go right in and start �busting heads and kicking ass� as the saying goes, he
knew better. He pulled them both into the shadows hissing in Elena�s ear to be
quiet or else. Once she settled down he took his hand away from her mouth and
let her go. �I know little sister, I know,� he said softly when she whirled
around, glaring at him accusingly. �But we don�t know if that�s a trap or not.
I want all of us to go home alive, not in body bags.�

There was a time in her life that Elena would have
turned right around and charged right into a dangerous situation without
thinking. Now that she was older and was more experienced, she knew better. But
that still didn�t quell the desire to dive with guns on full auto. �Damn it
Rude!� she hissed back. �You saw it just as plainly as I did. You saw what they
are doing to him!�

Rude pulled Elena into a tight hug then let her go. �We will
get him out of there and we will make sure he survives this. I promise you,
little sister, we will. Now here�s the plan�� he leaned down and started
speaking softly, his lips a fraction of an inch from her ear.

Elena nodded, murmuring sounds of affirmation to his
plan. When he was done she looked up with a grin. �You bet your sweet ass big
man!�

�Give me five to get around to the other side then wait
till I signal. If you hear a commotion before I get there, presume I�ve been
spotted go ahead and start the party. I�ll be with you as soon as I can,� Rude
instructed one final time. �Remember, get Reno and get out of here. We�ll deal
with the trash once we know the redhead is safe again. Got it?�

�Got it big man. Good hunting!� Elena said as she turned
to settle in a shadowed spot closer to the edge of the open area where Reno was
being kept.

�Same to you little sister,� Rude said before turning and vanishing into
the shadows.
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