((D: Whai not?...OW poor Teseng, XDDD))

And so they sat there, a kind of companiable silence passing between the two of them, Reno didn't know what to say....he'd seen plenty of dead bodies in his time...caused most of them, but never had anyone reacted the way Danae had....not that he'd seen of course. He sighed into his cup, letting the hot drink cool to a nasty room temperature...yeah, there was no way he was drinking it now.

(*stabs* Hullo. ^^)

Danae's face was completely hidden. It was hidden it her hair, and arms. She was just.. She knew it.
She knew something was going to happen to screw up her life! And now, it hit harder than anything.. Because it was taking away what she wanted most..

Danae never even touched her drink. Disgusting little trick was all it was..

((*stabs back* Hullo to you too =^.^=))

"Well.....this is certainly entertaining." Rude sighed as he entered the Cantina.
"Just listen at you two, yaking away like two old women..." His voice was anything but cheerful.
"Reno." He said with a jerk of his head.
"Mn." He nodded and rose.
"I'll be right back alright Danae? Just....wait here...." Yeah...lame...where else was she gonna go?
"What?" He asked once he and Rude had made it out into the hallway.
"They've came back with a name...he's local, so the freakshow couldn't have been too far when they left that little 'present' for you two...."
"How do you figure that?" His stomach heaved as he answered his own question.
"He was still warm Reno...hadn't even cooled off....been dead fifteen minutes at best."
"At worst?"
"Five."
Reno slumped to the floor. That put them too close for comfort....they could just have easily dropped in on them when Danae went running to Teseng and grabbed her....but they hadn't why? They were screwing with them..that's why..
"You alright?"
"Yeah...ju....just..t-thinking...."

(See, it's an affection stab. ^^)

Danae didn't move even a centimeter. She didn't even look like she was breathing at this point..
She was so.. Her life was over. There wasn't any hope.
They were going to get her, and they would stop at no cost.. And she knew that Reno, would be the cost..
No matter what.

Tears welled up in her closed eyes, and she gasped a few times, as they finally fell..

((XDDD I've learned that now XDDD *Stabbity stab*))

Rude gave him the rest of the information that Elena and Teseng had come back with and left him without another word, preperations had to be made.
Reno at long last shook himself out of his stupor and rose to his feet. He looked back inside the door and saw Danae slumped over her arms on the table.
Great. That meant one of two things:
1. She was asleep....yeah..right, highly likely given the circumstances, or
2. She was crying...that seemed about right.
He sighed and headed back inside....why? He didn't know...but he couldn't leave her to cry all alone could he?

(*stabs moar* Tee hee hee. So how you's?)

Danae tried her hardest to cry quietly. She knew that Reno didn't like being around her when she cried.. It was more obvious than anything.
She even sat up slightly to wipe her eyes. She'd yet to notice Reno behind her, and at this point, she didn't care.
She had to do something to stop them. Having Reno suffer for her, was not an option..

((....>.< *STABBBITY STAB STAB!* LOL I's trying to get people to vote on my comic-ie junk, I've been bored for a while and want a kind of 'long-term-work-at-my-own-pace' deal.))

"You alright?." Reno asked.
He was leaning against one of the pillars that stood in the room holding the ceiling up, his arms crossed like normal...only his face showed more worry than he'd have liked.
"Rude....told me what they'd found out...Teseng's acting a lot quicker on this thing than I'd expected...."

(OH NOES. >> That's never good... ANDIWANNASEESOMEOFTHIS"ART".)

Danae stayed quiet. There was no point in opening her mouth..
No point at all. Talking was pointless.. Breathing was pointless.. Living was pointless...
She didn't even look at Reno.. Didn't acknowledge him either..

((XDDD LOL tehartmonkee.deviantart.com *SHAMELESS ADVERTISING!!! XDD* There you are))

"Ah..." At a loss of words now....Reno began fiddling with his fingernails...trying to lessen the awkwardness of the silence.
"Well...then..I guess, I'll go grab your stuff...." He brushed his hands off on the mechanic's clothes he'd borrowed and headed for the door...pausing and looking back only once.
"If you need anything...." He started..
"You know...." With a wave, he was gone.

(PREEETTTTYYY! :D)

Looking over her shoulder, Danae listened to the foot steps carefully.. And then finally, she was gone.
She was running hysterically down the hallway, to the garage.. Then, into it, and out. She was running away.. And she was succeeding.

Her chest heaved as Danae's lungs gasped for air. She was running as fast as she could, and it was hurting her body, and then in addition, he already injured side..
She was outta there!

(( (o///0) N-not really...))

"Whew..." Reno heaved the luggage into the Med room and looked around. He wasn't too happy with the accomodations...but then again, there was nothing he could do about it...not with bloodstains still on his sheets.
He nodded, and then turned around, hoping to head back to the Cantina and find Danae in a better mood.

(YESRLLYSTABS!)

Danae was getting tired already. But she was making it back to civilization, because she could hear traffic. All she needed, was to get over that one, last hill, and then, she was home free.
Her runs were in leaps and bounds. Her legs were stretching extremely, and were getting sore as hell..

((GAH! *ish stabbed*))

"Holy shi--" Welp, that did it. Danae was gone again.
Reno turned right around and dashed back to where the others were finishing up in his cubicle.
"WHAT!" Teseng cried, his face angry.
"HOW COULD YOU LET HER GET OUT OF YOUR SIGHT!?"
"I went to go move her things into the Med wing, and PFFT! Now she's gone!"
"She can't have gone far, spread out and look for her!"
"Right!" came echoing salute of the other three.

(AFFECTION. XD)

Danae wasn't stopping. She was never stopping. She could literally see the cars now.. And soon enough, she was out in the road, nearly getting hit by every car possible.
There they were. It was as if they were waiting for her too; Yazoo, and Loz. They weren't facing her direction, and it was a good thing they weren't.

Suddenly, Danae slammed into the back of Yazoo. And that made him yelp. He was surprised at which the speed he'd been hit.. It almost took the air out pf him.
Loz also was astonished.

"Take me!" She cried, literally, cried. "Take me away!"

((XDDD *AFFECTIONSTAB!*))

Rude and Reno were out again, roaring out of the compund on yet another chase...Reno couldn't help but feel a little guilty for telling Danae those things that he had, and yet....worry still outshone those feelings...what was she thinking!? Where was she going to go at a time like this? Surely she wasn't running to THEM....was she?

(*rolls around*)

Loz and Yazoo both blinked. But see, they weren't going to waste a perfectly good opportunity.
"Let's go then.." Yazoo said softly, in sort of a dazed voice.

And with that, she was ushered off. She was willingly putting herself away from Reno, to save him. She only wished that somehow, she as able to say goodbye.. But if she did, she would have never gotten this far.

((*rolls with*))

Hours went by.....nothing, Rude pulled over into an alley and sat there, his arms crossed looking out of the windsheild like it held the answers.
"Well?" He asked finally.
"......."
"Reno?"
"........"
"RENO!"
"Huh! WHAT!" Reno jerked his head back from where he'd been staring out the window, and looked at Rude his eyes wide.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"What are we going to do....we've been everywhere, and still no sign of Danae."
"I know....I know...." He sighed heavily.
"What else can we do.....let's call it a day.....no sense in being out here looking after dark...."
In truth, the sun had started to set....turning the sky an unholy red...he only prayed that it didn't bode ill for Danae.

(*pokes*)

Danae had been sitting in a small, dark room, right with the two goons for hours. Mostly, she just sat on a small couch, and listened to Loz brag, and then argue with Yazoo, once he was contradicted. They were just so.. Dumb. There was no other word. Although, Loz, seemed more idiotic than Yazoo.

((....*stares*.....*pokes back*))

Reno stared into the dark room, there would be no sleep for him tonight. He turned away from his old room and headed for the garage. There, all the parts that he'd lain out beforehand still sat. He picked up his wrench and tossed it a few times letting it slap his palm each time it fell.
He lay it aside and then looked at an oily bolt, he cleaned it.....set it aside......then picked it up only to clean it again.
"You're going crazy now Reno.." He told himself.
"You ought to know this isn't how to deal with insomnia."
"Yeah..." He replied.
"But I'm not going to be able to sleep until Danae's back home..."
"Oh really? What if she doesn't want to come back?" His heart fell.
"Then.....I'll burn that bridge when I come to it." He decided.

(*growls, and foams at teh mouthh*)

Danae eventually lay down, and Yazoo scooted away from her slightly. He didn't in any way, like her being with them, or near them. But, the boss wanted her.. So, he had to make do.

Loz however, continued to blabber on, and on, and on.. He wouldn't stop talking. It was so odd. Danae never would have taken him as the talkative type. Although, most of what he said, was a bit dumb.
At least he wasn't beating her or anything.

But her head continuously wandered back to Reno. She prayed he wasn't going to do anything... stupid..

((WAHHH!!! RABBID DICE!!!))

"AHHHHCHOOO!!" Reno rubbed his nose and sniffed.
"Well, at least someone's thinking about me." He muttered fitting the last bolt into the socket in the front brake shoe.
"Maybe... NO...it's not..." He looked over his shoulder at the clock on the wall.
"2:00 am...you gotta be kidding me..." He rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"See? it's nothing...just...you hallucinating from lack of sleep.." Again a yawn.
"Yeah....that's it..." He didn't even notice when he drifted off on the motorcyle seat into a dreamless sleep.

(Tee hee he-RAWRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!)

Danae was also a bit on the tired side. Loz was still talking.. And by now, she was bored with the matter, that she'd fallen asleep. She was thinking of Reno, and now, dreaming about him. But this was a nightmare.. A very, very bad nightmare.. And suddenly, she woke up screaming bloody murder!

Yazoo had lifted his head, to look at her, and then Loz laughed. He was apparently thinking that whatever he'd been talking about had scared her.

((*ish attacked* NUUUUZZZZZ!!!))

Reno woke up, hours later, with a horrible crick in his lower back, a stiff neck, and a odd look from Rude, who stood just on the other side of the garage staring at him, his dark eyes curious.
"What?" Reno asked groggily, wiping a bit of drool from his chin that he just now noticed.
"You know....that's not really a healthy place to sleep Reno."
"Wasn't..sleeping.." He lied.
"Really?"
"Really."
"Then I suppose your snores wern't really snores then huh?"
"I snore?"
"Loudly. I was lying just across the way there, and heard you outside the garage door."
"Come to think of it..why are you here?"
"Couldn't sleep...like you....thought I'd come out here when I saw the light still on."
"What time is it?"
"Five."
"Crap.." Reno rolled off the cycle and lay there on the cold concrete with his hand thrown over his face.
"This is just great..."

(Tee hee hee hee heeeeee. *nibbles on joor hair*)


Danae had fallen back asleep, so it seemed. And there was Loz, leaned in between the armrest, and rest of the couch, head thrown back, snoring. And then, Yazoo had fallen asleep quietly, his head propped up on his palm.

As Danae awoke, she began to glance around the room. She wasn't leaving, by choice. And she wondered to herself, if there was a phone anywhere. Low and behold, in a dark corner, on a small table, was a phone, and phone book. She was lucky..
She scanned through the numbers, looking for anything to do with Shinra. And then finally, she found a number, dialed it, and waited.

(Just put her through to Tseng or something. XD)

((LE GASP! HAIIIIRRR-EEEEETTTAAAAA!!!!))

((LOL Teseng's asleep XDD))

Ring....Ring.....Ring.... Three times, Teseng's desk phone rang, then it clicked over and sent the signal to everyother phone in the facility.

Ring....Ring....Ring....
"Hello?" Rude picked up in the garage, as quietly as he could, Reno, snoring louder than ever, had fallen back asleep on the concrete floor...Rude really wondered how the man had lived this long.
"Who is this?" Honestly...who WOULD be calling at 5:30 in the morning without some reason...Who indeed.