((I'd freak if I actually got those right LOL XDDD *never got to play FF7 all the way through >.<*))

Elena stopped...
"Danae....where...you...you wern't here...were you? When....Strife and the others?....When Meteor?" She turned in the hallway and sighed.
"I don't....I don't know if I should tell you....but Sephiroth....Sephiroth...is dead...he...died in..the last fight between Cloud and the others...he..he tried to destory the planet."

Danae couldn't believe what she was hearing now.
"No, I definitely don't recall all of that.."

How could she not know any of this!?
This was horrible!

"I really.. I had no clue! When did this happen?"

Not only did she not know about the whole, destroying of the earth thing, she also, did know he'd died.

Elena sighed.
"With everything else that's been going on at Shin-Ra...I can't remember the exact date...but...I'd estimate...a year? A year and a half ago?" She hung her head and bowed.
"I'm sorry...I really don't know what possessed me...I...I shouldn't have said anything...Forgive me."

Danae only bit her lip with a slight nod..
How did she not know about this?
All of it.
It was far too hectic..

"So Elena.." She began with a slight smile.
"I was wondering how mad you'd be if I accidentally sleep walk out of your room tonight, and somehow happen to end up in Reno's room?"

She just had to see the reaction to this one.

Elena came out of her bow with a start, seeming on the joking side...which was a bit odd. She smiled slightly and laughed under her breath.
"It's not me you'd have to worry about...however...Teseng would be very upset."
Usually Scarecrow's face scared everyone...but it was when he was mad...that things really got bad...and on his watch...Co-Ed was forbidden.

Smiling, Danae got excited as she continued.

"So I might would be able to accidentally find a map of this joint on the floor tonight?"

She wouldn't get caught of course, she never did.. But she only wanted to stay with Reno.
After all, she didn't really care what they did. She could be hanging from the ceiling and happy, as long as he was with her.

Seeing the look in Danae's eyes..Elena couldn't help but giggle...it was against orders...but then again...if she'd read her right...who hadn't fallen for the red-headed TURK who didn't seem to care about anything, Elena herself had shared in that inffatuation in her earlier years.
"No." She said picking up her pace where she'd left off.
"And I absolutely refuse to tell you that there's one in the top left drawer in the nightstand next to my bed. So don't ask." She smiled, wider now, and wondered just what Reno's face would look like when Danae showed up in the middle of the night.
She wished she could be there to see it.

Smiling, Danae looked down slightly.
"I hate you Elena," she scoffed out with a laugh.

At least she had one good person on her side.
All she was going to do was sleep anyways..
What could possibly go wrong?

But knowing Danae, everything always went wrong, no matter what she did to stop it.
But not tonight! She would make sure of that.

Night came, as it always must, and the TURK brigade found little sleep...if any. Teseng sat awake in his office musing over the reports that had flooded in lately..about Sephiroth, these three new threats that had emerged...and about JENOVA...all these seemed tied...but how he couldn't picture.
Rude, lay on his cot, almost fully dressed, overcoat thrown over the back of a chair, his glasses hanging out of one of the pockets. Dark brown eyes scanned the ceiling for some kind of answer..what had he and Reno brought under the Shin-Ra roof?
Elena...lay on her side, facing the wall, she would know when Danae left...but until she did so...she remained vigilant for signs of danger....
Annnnd then there was Reno....busily working at the small desk that Rufus had provided...well, ok, so he was doodling squiggles and shapes that made no sense the the Human brain, but he was bored...and worried...what else was he supposed to do with his time? Sleep? Not bloody likely.

Danae of course, had been studying the map for at least an hour, trying to make heads or tails out of the confusing pattern that was scrawled onto the paper.
But soon enough, Danae thought she was ready, and eased her way from the room.

Everything was still silver as she crept around, eventually coming to the numbered door, for Reno and Rude.
How much trouble would she be in if she were wrong?

She knocked briefly on it, a very, very light tap, since she could see the lights on under the crack of the door.
She didn't bother to say anything though, in fear that someone would actually care about rules and what not..

A knock? Who bothered to knock around here? Reno stood up from his desk and opened the door.
"Danae!?" He hissed in surprise.
"What are you doing here? What happened to Elena?" For a brief second, a shard of fear glanced through him for his freind...until he saw the map...
"She totally let you come here didn't she?" He asked leaning against the doorframe nonchalantly.
"That little imp."
((Last one 'Night!))

(Night!)

Crossing her arms, Danae frowned up at Reno.
She had in fact been hoping for a better reaction.
"You aren't happy to see me?" She asked.
Her lip began to quiver a bit.

She had this uncanny knack for being able to cry when she wanted to.

And there they were! Small, but warm tears, free-flowing down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry!" She sobbed as she turned to leave him.
"I just wanted to see you.."

"Hey now!" He said with a smile.
"You know better than that, of course I'm happy to see you. What makes you think otherwise." He stepped forward and handed over his handkerchief...the one he'd stuck into his back pocket since he didn'yt feel like wearing his coat inside.
"You can stop the water works now, I'm not going to turn you away after you so deliberately conned Elena."

Squealing suddenly, Danae threw herself against Reno, ignoring his handkerchief. His shirt was good enough.
Peering over his shoulder, she looked at Rude, he seemed to be peeved at the idea of her popping up like this. But she didn't care, she was home free now.
"Thank you!"
Popping Reno a kiss on his cheek, she smiled up at him now.

Reno smiled back and Rude merely grunted turning over onto his side.
"If I catch you two making out...I'm calling Teseng."
Reno smiled down and jerked his thumb back.
"That's his way of asking 'please come in, make yourself at home.'" He chuckled and turned back inside, holding the door for Danae, and taking a sweeping glance around the room.
"Well...it's not five star, but at least there's no roaches."

Smiling back up to Reno, Danae laughed, and entered the room. It wasn't five-star, no. But it really wasn't that bad either. It was better than sleeping with Elena.

"It's not so bad," she said. "Hi Rude!"
She said that just to push his buttons of course. And it was funny to see his reactions to the little things.
"We will try to keep things down." She told him with a giggle.
Reno would get a rise out of this one..
As for Rude, probably, she would get nothing.

"This place isn't so bad-" she added"- I would rather be here than with Elena.. And I love her and all, but she was so serious about things.."

Rude grunted again and waved over his shoulder...it's not like he hadn't seen her in what? Five hours? But he thought enough to humor her.

"We'd better." Reno smirked.
"Wouldn't want Scarecrow to come busting in on our fun now would we?" Rude let out a graon...this was going to be a looonnng night.
"Eh, that's how most TURKS tend to be...we have to be, in this line of work, there's a good chance you could end up dead if you slip up just once. I've been careful not to do anything that will get me killed but--"
"You've been lucky."
"Fine, LUCKY if you will, but at least I'm not dead yet. That's all that matters."

Let the arguments begin!
That was what it seemed like anyway.
"So Reno, what were you doing before I intruded? If it's paperwork or something, I'll help. If it was nothing, then I'll just around with you."
Hey, as long as she was with Reno, she was good.
And hey, just would stay over, and sneak off back to Elena's before anyone could catch her.
That was the plan but..
She might fall asleep...and stay asleep.
She liked sleeping late, and she was bound to oversleep, instead of waking up early like she'd planned.

He smiled, heading back and flopping into the chair at the desk.
"Nothin'" He said nonchalantly.
"Just wonderin' what you slept in." He smiled, letting his eyes slide closed.
"You're such a moron." Came the grumble that he was waiting for.
"Heh, actually I just finished with the paperwork."
"For once." Reno sighed and nodded.
"For once." He patted the disheveled cot that seemed to scream 'Reno crashes here', and smiled.
"You can take a seat here if you want, I'm sure it's better than the floor."

Giggling yet again, Danae took a place next to Reno, and leaned against him, closing her eyes.
"I'm so tired." She stated.

And she was. Not only was her day a bit physically demanding, but it was stressful, and then some.
And navigating through this silver maze with a flashlight, wasn't exactly easy either.

"Where am I sleeping..?"

Yes, another piece of her devious plan. She actually planned on sleeping with them in their room.

"I'm setting my camp up here for tonight."

"I wondered what you'd come all the way down here for." Reno smirked his face suspicious.
"And I don't suppose that Elena knows that you'll be sleeping here? Of course not, you wouldn't have told her before sneaking out would you?" He chuckled and ran a hand over Danae's hair.
"Fine, you take the bed, and I'll take the floor."
"Such a gentleman." Reno glanced over poutily.
"Awww, well one of us has to be, if you were any kind of gentleman you'd be taking the floor."
"YOu mean if I was any kind of idiot."
"Say whay you will, but it's my bed the hot chick's in."
Another groan...like Rude really cared...honestly, Reno was like a really bad version of a frat boy sometimes...with his womanizing schemes and his stupid grin that he could practically feel on his back at the moment.
"Moron."

Danae found herself blushing a bit as she laughed more.
And she couldn't help it. Reno was somehow, funny and sweet, and then Rude was just Rude..
And they sounded like an old married couple.

"I can't have you sleeping on the floor.. That's not right.. I mean, I can go back if you want.. It's no big deal."

Her eyes fully open now Danae sung her feet back and forth under her, hanging from the edge of the bed.
She smiled up at Reno.
He was so-cute. He seemed perfect to her.. Always happy, didn't care much about anything..
And then you had Danae, she was almost always uptight..
But now, she wasn't so bad. Was it because of him?

"Tch, tch." Reno said with a twitch of his finger.
"Oh no you don't. Can't have you rummaging around here all night trying to find your way back to Elena's room. Teseng might see you when he makes his rounds." He pulled out an extra blanket.
"Besides," He flopped out the placemat and fluffed a pillow up that he'd stored under the cot.
"I'm sure that the cot'll smell a lot better after tonight...I'm starting to hate the smell of Shin-Ra shampoo."
He stretched out, kicking off his shoes and letting them land by the door.
"It's not so c-cold once you get used to it." He said with a chuckle.

"Reno.." Danae protested.
She didn't want him to have to sleep on the floor like that, come on now! It was the floor.
Flopping down onto the bed, she stared down on him, her chin propped on her folded arms.
She even smiled at him as he caught her.
"I wish you wouldn't sleep down there.."
A plan formulated then.
"Besides.. Whose going to keep me warm if I'm up here all by myself?"

She wouldn't try anything, and they could both be warm and comfy, right?
"I'll be good," she added with a grin.
She knew that if he was a genuine male, he wouldn't pass. Especially with the personality of Reno.

Rude didn't have to look, he knew that whimper that followed, right about now, Reno was staring at his back with the worst pleading face ever...it was really sad if he thought that it was the face that worked and not the fact that is was just easier to give in than to aruge with an idiot...onlookers wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
"I told you: if I catch you two making out I'm calling him....but other than that....." He sighed and turned over glaring.
"Just GO.TO.SLEEP." He turned back over and with a sickeningly girlish squeal, Reno popped back into his own bed, throwing the covers over both of them.
"We can, like, so paint each others tonenails, and, like, talk about which boys are sooo cute!" Reno lifted his eyebrows comically and laughed.
"I know, I know." He said turning over to smile at Rude's large back, stone in the dim light.
"'Moron' right?"
"Right."
"Going to sleep now."
"Good."