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Uninvited Chapter 5

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Chapter Five

Elena awoke with a start, swatting Reno’s hand away.  She hadn’t been keen on the idea of sharing a bed with Reno, so she had settled on the very edge of the bed, keeping all her clothes on, and not getting under the covers. Elena wasn’t sure whether he had been doing it on purpose of not, but Reno had managed to punch her in the face three times, and push her off the bed twice.
After being almost punched for the fourth time, Elena was happy to see as she looked at the clock that Reno had been asleep for four hours. That meant one thing; time to wake up. Reno had said they were setting off as soon as he woke up, but there was no way Elena was setting off any later than 8 at night.
Sighing, Elena slipped off the bed and prepared to get extremely annoyed in the next 10 minutes. She knew Reno wouldn’t be easy to wake up.
“Reno?” she said loudly. Of course, no response.
Sighing again, she walked over to the duffel bag on the floor, and began searching around for something. She grinned as she found what she was looking for, and pulled out some pale green materia.
“Bolt.” She whispered, looking at Reno and resisting the urge to use a more powerful spell.
Reno screamed impossibly loudly and sat bolt upright. Elena couldn’t help but laugh at his hair, which was sticking up even more than usual.
“You fuckin’-” he screamed. He jumped out of the bed, dressed only in his pants, and ran for Elena.
“Reno!” Elena screamed, shielding herself. Suddenly there was a loud bang on the wall.
“Shut the fuck up!” Shouted an angry voice from next door.

“Hmph.” Reno said moodily, while Elena giggled. “I thought this place was s’posed to be peaceful…”
“It was till you got here.” Elena said amusedly as Reno put his shirt back on. “Are you nearly ready?”
“Yeah,” Reno said buttoning his last button. He still looked exhausted.
“You know, I’m really not happy about this.” She said, looking out the window. “It’s getting pretty dark. Can’t we just go tomorrow?”
“Shut up…” Reno said grinning. “Once you get over to the Forgotten City, the mako an’ shit there makes it really light anyway… ‘sides, I got a flashlight.” He pulled said flashlight out the bag with an extremely proud expression. “It’s better to do it in the dark, you’ll be surprised how many tourists there is over there usually.”
“I didn’t see you put that in there.” Elena muttered. “Shall we leave the bag here?”
“Yeah, we got the room all night.” Reno said, grabbing some materia out of the bag and shoving it into his pocket. “So I’ll just take what we need.”



Outside, it was even darker than Elena had first thought. She could still just see the sun setting in the distance, and there were very few people around.
“Excuse me…” came a voice. Elena sighed, thinking that this was going to be a lot more difficult than she first thought. Reno whirled around, an unfathomable expression on his face.
They were facing a young man, slightly older looking that Reno, with a large build, and small black eyes.
“Yes?” Reno said with cynical politeness.
“You’re the Turks aren’t you? I’ve been told not to let you pass.”
“Who in the hell told you that?” Reno said. He was slightly shorter than the man, but Elena could tell that Reno had complete control over the situation.
“I cannot reveal that information to you.” The man said. Reno furrowed his eyebrows at probably the same thing Elena was concerned about. This man was not speaking out of his own free will; his voice sounded almost robotic.
“Oh yeah?” Reno carried on as though he hadn’t noticed anything. He leaned close to Elena. “’Laney, on three, run for it that way.” He said pointing in the direction of the Sleeping Forest. Elena nodded as Reno turned back to man.
“Three…” the redhead said loudly. The man narrowed his eyes.
“Two…” he crouched readily.
“One… go.”
With incredible agility, Reno lifted his left leg in the air and kicked the man in the face, knocking him to the ground. Elena ran, sensing that Reno was right behind her, until she got just inside the Sleeping Forest.

“Sorry to shake ya up, that guy was trouble…” Reno said, leaning down to catch his breath. Elena nodded her head and looked around.
She felt the blood rushing through her head as she gazed around the empty forest. There was a long and obvious track surrounded by tall, skeletal trees, and the atmosphere was slightly eerie. She could hear a few birds in the trees, the sound of Reno breathing, and her own heart beat. Apart from that, all was silent.
“It’s a lot nicer in the day-time, ya know.” Reno said suddenly, standing upright again. “I don’t think we’ve been followed.”
“Good… get that flash-light.”
Reno reached into his pocket and hesitantly pulled out the flash-light. The whole time he stared in the same direction, just behind Elena.
“What?” She asked anxiously, turning around.
“Nothing.” Reno said shaking his head.
Elena looked sceptically at him. She didn’t like it when he did that; she wasn’t sure if it was because he’d been a Turk for so long, or just natural talent, but he had a skill that enabled him to always know when something bad was about to happen. Or when someone was watching them. The confused expression on his face told her that he knew more than he was letting on.
“Let’s go… the longer we stand around here, the more you’re gonna get creeped out.” He said, switching on the flashlight.



“Can we stop please?” Elena said. As far as she could see on her watch, it was just gone 11 o’clock, and after only having about 3 hours of disturbed sleep, she was getting exhausted.
“No.”
“Please?”
“No, quite asking.”
They came out in a clearing, the trees thinned and they ended up standing on top of a small cliff.
“We’ve gone the wrong way, haven’t we?” Elena asked, feeling her left eye twitch.
“Yeah… sure, why not…” Reno said, slightly disbelievingly. “Ya know that break ya wanted?”
“Let’s just get some rest ok?” she said in the hope that after some sleep she wouldn’t be quite as angry at Reno.
Elena woke up abruptly, not quite sure what had disturbed her. Reno was already awake, and stood a few paces away from her, staring in space as he usually did, but this time, there was a strange glint in his aqua eyes. It was emotion; something rarely witnessed from Reno, but his thin lips had long since curled into a sly smile. Which was covering which?
Elena looked over at the redhead, intrigued. What could he possibly be thinking about? Elena had started noticing little things about the redhead for some time now, and she wasn’t sure herself of the emotions that were going through her mind.
Reno had always been an oddball; a rogues rogue. But there was something about his wild and cocky attitude that told Elena to trust him. His character was certainly interesting, and although it is a well-known fact that no two people are identical, there really was nobody quite like Reno. He himself contrasted; nothing about his appearance was subtle. His bright red hair, always messy looking, and his shimmering aqua eyes. Two opposite colors; two opposite impressions. The mess of hair made him look lazy and his eyes gave him that energetic look of a young child. Then there was that smirk. No one else could do it like Reno could, and it was just right for him. Despite his lanky physique, there was something about a cocky smile from Reno that just said ‘You fuck with me; you’ll wish you’d never been born.’
Maybe that was what it was that made Elena trust him so. Although he was wild, he always knew where to draw the line, and he knew where his friends were. Elena had been lucky enough to make it inside Reno’s group of close friends, so she knew he would protect her whenever she needed help.
"What’s up ‘Laney?" Reno said, finally looking over at Elena.
"I hate the dark." The blonde said suddenly. She shook her head. ‘Why did I just say that?’
"Ah, it’s alright. Just think... all the things that are lurking that you can’t see in the dark, there’s a good chance they can’t see you either." Reno started to grin.
"Thanks for that." Elena said sarcastically. "I just wanna know when we can get out of here."
"Look." Reno said, finally adopting a slightly more serious tone. "We got about 2 more days of a journey up to the Forgotten City, and then we have to actually do the mission."
"This is such a stupid idea, do you know that?" Elena said crossing her arms. "If Tseng were here, he would have taken us back long before now."
"What?" Reno said, mimicking Elena and crossing his own arms.
"We have no transport whatsoever. So when you be an idiot and get yourself hurt, there’s nothing we can do about it." Elena said in a commanding tone.
"Whatever. That’s what cure materia is for ‘Laney." Reno said mockingly, the grin still on his face.
"Hmph."
Elena didn’t know why, but that whole night, she couldn’t get rid of the shivers that ran down her spine. She wasn’t scared; she had never liked the dark, but she wasn’t scared of it. She just couldn’t shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen. Reno’s carefree attitude didn’t help either, not that it was any different than usual. But she didn’t like having the responsibility of being the only one on their toes, or that’s what it seemed like to Elena. Of course, with Reno, she could never quite tell what he was thinking.
"Did you hear that?" Reno asked suddenly. Although his voice wasn’t that loud, it seemed to echo through the trees. Both of them had been sitting still and alone for several hours. Although Elena had been willing herself not to fall asleep, she kept finding herself dozing. The blonde looked up sharply at Reno, who looked unshaken, but his bright eyes glinted in the dim moonlight.
"Hear what?" Elena asked. She could hear her blood rushing through her head. The fact that Reno didn’t seem bothered made her even more unnerved.
"Nothing." Reno shook his head, adopting a suddenly bemused expression. "Doesn’t matter."
"No, Reno." Elena said, starting to get a little scared. "Don’t do that."
"I just thought I heard something... I probably fell asleep or something." Reno looked to his right and shook his head again. Turning back to her, Elena could see that he was starting to look a little bit freaked out.
"That?" he said suddenly, even more loudly than the first time. "Did you hear it that time?"
"What?" Elena said, starting to get annoyed. "What is it?"
"You seriously can’t hear it?" Reno looked worried. "Like someone whispering..."
"I can’t hear it." Elena said desperately. She was unbelievably scared, and she didn’t even know why. She had been through near-death experiences with Reno before, so why was this frightening her so much?
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