2 Chapter 2 Dat Ass!!!

We had all arrived at the docks and were all aboard the Lagoon taking off across the ocean at full speed, the sun was just beginning to rise as I lay in the back of the boat twirling my colt in my hand. Benny was currently making contact with Rocks Company through a secure line of communication, turns out he didn't need my contacts, though I already knew he wouldn't have and I already knew how it was all going to go down with the negotiations. The company was going to sell Rock out and basically tell him to go and die all because of their dirty little disk, what a bunch of bastards. I may not like the guy at this stage, being the pussy he is, but he still doesn't deserve that.

I sit up and put my colt back in its holster as I begin to think. I know I can't do anything about those bastards leaving Rock out to dry like that, but bastards who leave their own people out in the cold deserve nothing but the same.

What to do, what to do. I could make a copy of the disk and send it to a news station get the whole company outed, but then that screws over the people who are working there, the only bastards who deserve to fry are the big wigs behind this, Hm what was that company called again "Asahi Industries", Hm it wasn't them I was doing that pervious contract for, to bad some black mail would come in handy.

I do have a nice bit of pay from that job, I could cough up some to give Rock some payback, not the kind he'd want but still it would make me feel better, and now that I think about it I know just the people to do it or rather my character dose.

I smirk before standing up just as I hear the hatch open, that will be Rock heading up top to puke his guts out after being sold out. That means the chopper is about five minutes away, things are about to get rough.

I walk out and into the cabin where Dutch was sitting, "so what's the plan, who are these bastards that are trying to kill us, was it the kiska mal'chikov (Pussy boys) employers that sent them after us"

"Well for now were heading to deliver the disk at the meeting point. The meetings been pulled up ahead of schedule cause of these idiot, as for who they are, my intelligence says they're from a company called Extra Order, you ever hear of them" Dutch asked looking to me.

I frowned I remembered what I heard when I watched the anime, Extra order or EO is a mercenary contracting agency who recruit mainly veterans, and from my guys memories I can recall that they take them no matter what and they don't ask questions about why they were discharged as long as they can shoot they'll take 'm. "You mean EO, yea I've heard of them bunch of veterans still wanting to shoot shit up, you telling me that's who's after us?" I replied after three seconds of thinking it over.

"Yep, our client didn't like how long the company was taking to get back to them on the meeting time so they set up a little trap needless to say it was sprung, information just came a few minutes to late, but as long as we're at sea we'll be fine" Dutch said as he looked to be relaxing somewhat.

I shook my head, "don't be so sure Dutch, you forget who's funding these assholes, I wouldn't be surprized if they paid for a gunship for them to come after us"

"You really think they'd do that?" Dutch asked sounding a little worried.

"You have a disk that is full of a company's dirty little secrets that could cost them tens of millions or even put them behind bars, if they have to put a single million into making sure it's destroyed I don't think they'd think twice" I reasoned.

Dutch looked at me, I couldn't see his eyes because of his shaded by judging by the rest of his face I'd say it was a good bet he was looking at me with a "FUCKING HELL!" look right about now.

That was when the ear piece in my ear crackled as Benny's voice came on the channel taking to Revy.

"Hey Revy you up on deck" Benny called

"Yea" Revy replied

"I'm picking up something and its coming straight at us but it's not a boat. It's going way to fast, it's at three o'clock can you see anything?"

Hearing that I went over to the side of the room and tried to look out the small window and there it was just as Revys voice rung through my ear piece.

"It's a gunship at minimal altitude" she reported back just as it came in fast and flew right over our deck

"Damn it, an attack helicopter, you just had to fucking jinx us didn't you Leo" Dutch said as he hit the throttle hard and we set off at top speed to get away.

I should have remember him doing that, because we jumped when he did and I was thrown to the back of the cabin by force. I hit the wall with a thud and winced at the pain, "hey don't blame me, blame the rich bastards that paid for it, now just get us the hell out of here" I said as I got up and started for the ladder to the deck, "you drive, leave the shooting to the devushka (girl) and me" I said before I opened the hatch and climbed out.

I landed on deck just as Rock caught the assault rifle from Revy, "what I don't want this don't make me hold this" he said holding it like it was diseased at arm's length.

I walked up to him and slapped the back of his head, "give me that you fucking idiot" I said before snatching it off him and pulling back the slide, "if you're not going to use the toys let the bigger boys show you how it's done" I said before aiming down the sights and letting off a series of three round bursts as the chopper came in range.

It returned fire but missed the boat and strafed the water on the side of the boat.

I could hear Dutch cursing the hell out of me for somehow bring this down on us as Revy joined me in opening fire.

"Hit it already shoot it down" Rock yelled from cover, I looked over to him to give him a glare but all I could do was stare at him. The moron had done the wise thing and taken cover, but what made him a moron was where he had taken cover, right under one of the deck mounted torpedo launchers.

I blinked, "Kiska mal'chik (Pussy boy) unless you want to be blown to the moon, might I suggest you not take cover under the one thing on this boat that might just send you there" I said getting Revy attention she looked to Rock

"Hey dip shit I hope you know your hiding under a torpedo launcher, hope you don't get blown up" she yelled before getting back to firing from the anti-tank gun on deck.

As I fired the last of the mag in the assault rifle, I tossed it to the deck and pulled my colts, "come on, come get fucked you bastards!" I yelled firing like crazy praying I hit one of their Rockets or fuel tanks.

"I've had it!" Rock yelled from the side as the gun ship strafed the water again, "I'm getting the hell out of here" he yelled as he tried to pull on a life jacket obviously planning on going overboard to escape, Revy didn't like that as she jumped over the railing and slammed him to the deck.

"You limp dick son of a bitch, you running away" she yelled as she pulled back her fist to slug him

"Stop it! Why do I have to suffer like this? I can't take it any more" Rock yelled as the gun ship turned and lined up on us.

"Move it" I yelled jumping down to the deck with Rock and Revy, it was the only place I knew wouldn't be shot up on their pass.

The bullets hit the deck and it strafed us head on, it was just luck they didn't hit the torpedoes before pulling off and up.

I sat up from the position I was in, I had landed just behind Revy and Rock, and as I sat up I just so happened to look at the decking and my eyes widened, there was a fifty Cal bullet hole, mere centimetres from my balls, I gulped, "that was to close for comfort", 'thank you Author God for saving my balls', I said before getting up, as Rock hit the deck with his fist.

"Damn it, you all think you can do and say anything you want to me, everyone" he said as he grabbed the assault rifle on the deck and pushed Revy off him, "Even my damn boss" he said as he got up panting, he put his arm back to throw the gun as he yelled, "will someone tell me why I have to suffer like th.." he started before going to throw the gun into the sea.

I never liked this scene, stepping forward I grabbed the gun before he threw it and pulled him back before punching him straight in the face, and he hit the deck with a thud. I tossed the gun to Revy before looking back to Rock who was now clutching his bleeding and most likely broken nose.

"Will you shut up already, I've never met such a whining brat in all my life, will you fucking grow a pair of balls already, if you don't like something fucking change it, you don't want to be shot at, shoot the bastards, you don't want to be talked to like this fucking well be a man you little cock sucker, why you're still here I don't know, you're worthless right now, you're not worth a ransom cause your bosses don't want you, you don't even know how to shoot a gun just what the fuck good are you!" I yelled at the little shit on the deck.

He looked at me eyes full of fear and tears from the bust nose, I just turned and put my hand up to my ear piece, "Benny where the fuck are these guys, and why haven't they turned us into a hunk of floating metal already"

"They've pulled back to five thousand meters and are just holding there" I heard Benny reply, I already knew that, but I couldn't be arse with this little piss ants cry baby tactic at the moment, and I was doing everything in my power not to just shoot him and drop his ass over board and save the headaches in the future.

"I'm coming in" I said as I went to the hatch and climbed inside.

As I did I saw another black envelop on the seat as I went in, I opened it and took a read.

"That was kind of harsh don't you think, I know Rock can be a pussy sometimes but some people take time to adjust, not everyone can have the skills, experience and memories of a kick ass mercenary put in their heads by the author god, but even he has to agree he is annoying, but don't worry he'll change soon enough remember, and no you can't kill him he's still a main character remember"

"Crap" I said as I tossed the letter aside and it disappeared, "and here I was hoping I could at least knee cap the little bastard" I said to myself as I headed for the control room.

"You just had to jinx us didn't you" Dutch said as I came in, I waved him off and sat down

"So, where are they now? Are they still holding back five thousand meters?" I asked as I crossed my arms

"Looks that way, it just doesn't make sense they could have sunk us by now" Dutch said as he set the controls on auto and looked out at what he could from the windows.

"Where'd the hell those guys go?" Revy said as she came in through the side door

"They're tailing us from a distance, whatever they want it's not looking good." I said as I looked out the window as I saw some greenery pass us by on specs of land on our sides and then I frowned, we were going right where they wanted us. "Hey I can see parts of land, just where the hell are we heading"

Dutch looked to me getting slightly worried and then pissed off at my question as he pulled out a sea chart and then he got really mad, "fuck shit, the channel that's it"

I came and looked around his shoulder at the chart he was holding there was a narrow strip of land with a maze of rivers snaking through it and ocean on each side with no way out, the cocky bastards in the chopper were driving us straight for it and into it they wanted to give us no possible escape route, if we went in there we'd have no choice but to face them head on and them with enough fire power to turn us into a floating wreck in seconds.

"The path ahead to Basilan is filled with rocks and mangroves they must have figured that out, the further we go the tighter it's going to get, in the end we won't be able to take evasive manoeuvres when that happens…" Dutch said as he looked over the chart

"Then turn this boat around and get us the fuck out of here" Revy said leaning on the other side of Dutch

"Yea" Dutch said as he rolled up the chart. I knew what was coming and not interested with another meeting with the wall. I moved over to the side and grabbed on to one the brackets to hold myself to it as Dutch went to turn the boat around.

He pulled the boat right in order to pull a thirty five degree turn to the left as he swerved around, but as we tried to do just that, the helicopter came in and strafed the water in our path with a hail of bullets, Dutch saw and pulled us back on route before trying again only for a heavier stream of rounds to hit the water making Dutch veer back to the right unless he wanted to have the boat cut in half. He would have tried again but it was too late we were already in the channel and there was no way to turn without being given more holes than a tea bag.

Seeing the result Dutch sunk in his chair, "You better not say I suck at this, but I guess I can't redeem myself now right"

"I wouldn't say that" Revy said in response

"I didn't have any other options, I had to evade to the right." Dutch said with his head hanging

"Yea I know that" Revy sighed

I came along side Dutch and put my hand on his shoulder, "we know, it was either that or lobotomy by fifty calibre rounds and a sea burial, you made the right choice"

At that point Rock crawled up with two bits of tissue paper in his nostril red from the blood and he groaned as he looked out the windows, "Um am I seeing things or have we just entered the mouth of a river, this is a river right? If we keep going this way we'll run out of places to escape"

"Yea we already figured that out genius" Revy said as she leaned up against the wall beside me as we turned through a bend.

"These guys have us completely trapped" Rock said as he looked ahead of us out the window that's when Bennies voice came over the intercoms.

"The enemies directly behind us again, looking down on us from a steady five thousand meters back right now"

I sighed and shook my head, "these bastards are playing with us"

"No argument here" Revy said in a sigh

I pushed off the wall as we rounded another bend and I looked out the window, just as a beached cargo ship came into view, it was old and abandoned, it was on its side and looked like it have been there for at least ten years or more, "Sunken ship is a bad omen, just perfect" I said seeing the ship as we passed it by.

After a minute we rounded another corner and as we did Benny called out on the intercoms again, "Dutch they've stopped, they're just hovering by that sunken ship right now like their waiting"

"It's not even worth the effort to follow us that's what this means" Dutch spat out in anger.

I scowled, "cocky bastards I want to kill this fuck already"

"You and me both" Revy said as she returned her berretta to her right holster.

As we continued on and just like Dutch had said the water way got narrower and straighter until eventually it came to an end in a little cove area inland with trees covering the area around the water and a small waterfall filling the basin.

"It's a Dead end" Rock said in a hopeless tone

"Sure is" Dutch said as he pulled off the throttle and let the boat idle and come to a floating halt.

I sighed, "Well what do you guys want to do, the only thing left is we turn around and head back or sit here and wait for them to come to us"

"My gut's telling me this bastard but us here on purpose. They want to finish us off face to face." Dutch said as he looked to both me and Revy, "So who wants to ring the gong?"

I gave a smirk as Revy chuckled, "we got us a real life cowboy here. It's been a while since I've fought one, never ended well for the other guy"

"Yea it doesn't happen much but you find them around wannabe vets who like to think of themselves as cowboys" Dutch said as he reached for a cigarette and went to light up.

Rock didn't like whatever he said and moved to him taking the tissue out of his nose, guess I didn't hit hard enough.

"Wait a minute!" Rock yelled, "You're saying our only choice is to die!" Rock said as he started to get up in Dutch's face.

"Alright why don't you calm down Rock" Dutch said to Rock as Revy yawned and I crossed my arms.

Then Rock had to say the stupidest thing yet, "I know! Why don't we call the local police? I mean that's got to be better than…." Rock never got to finish the sentence before he got a straight upper cut from Dutch and was sent crashing into the wall with a groan.

"You're not helping. Now like I said just calm down. Panicking isn't going to solve anything. If you wanna survive you got to start using your head" Dutch said as he went to light up again.

Revy moved up to him as he did, "Dutch, how about waiting for them to run out of fuel?"

I nodded at the question, "it's a good plan devushka (girl), but these bastards are from E.O, they'll come finish the job before that happens, they may be arrogant bastards but they're not rookies they know what they're doing"

"What about the ship, how's she looking?" Revy asked as Benny came up the ladder from below deck and rested his arms on the floor listening to us.

"So far she's not looking to bad" Dutch said as he exhaled some smoke, "But what I'm really worried about are those things" Dutch said as he gestured out the window to the torpedoes, "if a single bullet hits a torpedo, we'll all be flying to the moon"

"That's what you get for keeping them Dumbass" Revy said in an I-told-you-so way.

I rolled my eyes, "at this point they're just dead weight when the enemy is shooting down at us from above" I said while inside I knew what we were going to do with them and I gave a slight smirk.

"Yea I always figured I'd end up using them for something" Dutch said shaking his head.

"I know it's a waste but maybe we should throw those over board" Benny suggested and Dutch nodded.

"Yea you're probably right" Dutch said as he reached for the launch controls

"What a waste" Revy said shaking her head.

At that point Rock got up as the idea of the year clicked in his head, "Wait Dutch listen to me" Rock said as he steadied himself, no doubt he felt like he was doing loop da loops from the multiple fists to his face.

"You go back to sleep" Dutch said looking at him and was about to pull the leavers.

"Listen to him Dutch" I said looking to him, "I think he has an idea that might just save our collected asses. I can see it in his eyes, I'm liking that look Kiska mal'chik (Pussy boy), perhaps I misjudged you" I said grinning, this was the Rock I liked from the anime, calculating and calm, sure he had his morals but if I could just get him to lose them, he could probably be one of the better minds in Roanapur and that's the type of person you want on your side when the shit hits the fan.

Rock looked at me and nodded, "I've figured it out, now that I've had time to think, just hear me out"

"If you break my concentration again, then I'll let Revy hit you next time and it ain't going to be pretty" Dutch said in a fed up tone.

I smirked, "hey Benny you want a swing next, he might as well have the full set" I said in a laugh, Benny chuckled at the joke.

"I say we go face to face with these guys" Rock said with a smirk

"Are you retarded? How can we have a shootout? All we've got is an anti-tank rifle, they've got missiles on their side." Dutch said with a what-the-fuck expression on his face

"I noticed that chopper had infrared homing missiles, actually" Revy informed him.

"And let's not forget the two fifty. Cal fully auto machine guns, they'd turn us to swiz cheese before blowing us sky high" I said shaking my head in mock laughter, I knew what he was going to recommend for the plan and honestly it was going to be a ride and a half.

"We don't even come close" Dutch said as he held his head at Rocks plan to go head to head

"You think we do have something we can use" Rock said as he began to smile a rather sinister grin one that I always liked.

"Revy what have you been giving him to drink?" Dutch asked thinking he was off his nut

"Hey don't blame this on me, it's probably from you two hitting him in the head" Revy said pointing to me and Dutch

I smirked and gave a shrug, "he needed them" Dutch nodded back to me

"If you think about it, this is just one big game of chicken right? This boat armaments, this boats speed, that sunken ship we passed, I'm pretty sure we've got everything we need" Rock said full of confidence.

"What the hell do you have in mind anyway?" Dutch asked him looking at him like he was crazy

"Exactly what you guys were just talking about. Why don't….we blow them to the moon instead?" Rock said with a smirk on his face.

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I was standing at the back of the room my arms crossed as I had listened to the entire plan, I had never heard it all in the anime before so it was interesting to hear it first person and all I could say was one thing.

"Fuck me, you realize how fucking crazy you are right? How many chances there are something could go wrong? The missiles couldn't fire, we don't pick up enough speed, they decide to spray us instead of using their missiles there's way to many variables... I love it" I said with a smirk as I walked up and slapped Rock on the back as Dutch lit him a cigarette, "If we actually get through this I'm going to get laid I'm mean fucking hell, I guy only lives once and I've done come crazy thinks, but this takes the fucking cake" I said laughing.

"It's impossible" Dutch said shaking his head, "there's no way we can pull this off"

"If you think about it in theory this boat is designed to hydroplane, at full speed were only in the water about this much" Benny said as he gestured a couple of inches with his hand

Revy laughed, "ha, I'm with the crazy Russian over here, I say we go for it, it's not as if we have any other options any way"

"You do realize the plan isn't going to work unless they're right in front of us. Do you really think that's going to happen Rock?" Dutch said as he looked to the fool as he exhaled his smoke.

"It seems like they're having a lot of fun chasing us around, even though it's clear they have the advantage, what would be the point in starting the fight over" Rock said as he looked to Dutch and me, "you both said it yourselves these are the types of guys who consider themselves cowboys. If we lure them into a game of chicken they won't be able to resist" Rock said smirking, "I don't have any guarantees, and at this point it's up to you as captain"

"At this point, it's the only plan we've got, other than dying like dogs. There's no other options left" I said leaning on the back of Dutch's seat, "we may as well go out in a blaze of mother fucking glory"

Dutch shook his head, "we sure did manage to pick us up some crazy sons of bitches. You've got to both be completely insane"

I grinned, "I'm Russian, it's expected for me to be if even a little" I said pushing off the chair.

Dutch smirked, and then it turned into a toothy grin, "the plan is exciting, and what's the point in life if you can't get excited, alright let's do this thing" Dutch said with a very pleased grin on his face as the boats engine roared to life again. And we all started to move to positons. That's when I looked to Benny.

"Hey mind if I make a quick call on the way back, I need to set something up" I said with a grin, making Benny look to me strangely for a second but shrugged.

"Sure why not, come on" he said as he gestured to follow him

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We roared around the bends of the river heading back to the choppers last position, I knew they were still going to be there, these assholes were nothing if not predictable. Everyone was already in position, Revy up top behind the anti-tank rifle and Rock with the flair gun, Benny was below watching our speed and distance, and I was in the cabin with Dutch grinning like mad, in all the scenes in anime where the characters have no powers this is one of my favourite clashes and I was about to live it.

We started rounded the last bend heading right for them, the chopper was hovering in the middle of the river and the sunken ship was just off to the right slightly, this was going to be sweet.

Dutch touched his ear piece, "Rock you know what you gotta do right?"

"If they fire a missile, I shoot the flare away from the boat" Rock replied over the radio

"You got it?" Dutch smirked

"Hey Dutch, you ever done anything like this before" I asked with a smirk of my own

"Nope, but that's half the fun" Dutch said as he chuckled, "I see the jack ass, Revy it's a game of chicken, sent them an invitation"

"You got it" was all the response we got before two shots rang out and I could just make out sparks from them hitting the chopper before it started to move.

"Here they come" I said as the chopper began its decent on us, they didn't waste any time and fires their missiles at us, and I could just make out Revy call to Rock to shoot the flair before a bright flash shot to our left as Rock fired the flare. And the missiles guidance systems took it from there, pulling them up to the nearest hottest thing before they lit up the sky with an even brighter light as we came around the apex of the bend.

"We're on the home run straight now, you two get back in here" Benny called over the radio to Revy and Rock as the two of them quickly climbed back inside as we headed fight for our target, the flat side of the downed boats hull and we were picking up speed in a big way.

"Three hundred feet to go" Benny called over the radio as I braced myself, "One fifty, one hundred" Benny called

The next thing I knew I felt myself jerk forward as our hull met the hull of the sunken ship and then jerk back as our speed carried forward and launched us up their hull like a car on a ramp, and that was when I felt myself lift off my feet as we were now air born and face to face with the chopper.

We were so close I could hear the sounds of their rotter's that's when I yelled, "Dutch fire now!" I yelled, and boy he did.

"Fire number one, Fire number two!" Dutch yelled as he pulled the front two leavers to fire the missiles.

They ignited and shot out of their tubes, I knew we would only need one of them, but the boom was satisfying. The missile went straight through the front window of the chopper and from what I remember in the anime right into the face of the mercenary captain, that was a photo moment if there ever was one of him and the missile sharing a kiss for a few seconds before the chopper swerved out of the sky and hit the ground before blowing to bits.

Sadly I never got to see the explosion as we were facing the other direction, but I sure felt it, but that was only after I felt the impact of myself flying backwards as we fell and I hit the wall just before the ship hit the water again and the explosion of the chopper Rocked through me and I hear Rock yell out.

"YEA YOU GOT FUCKED!" before the impact of us hitting the water sent him into the side wall and he landed in a heap knocked out.

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I groaned rubbing the back of my head, "OW, that's the second time I've hit this wall, fuck" I groaned as I felt every bone in my body still shaking, "Is everyone alright?" I called.

Dutch was the first one to respond, "Well my heads still attached and my sunglasses aren't broken. Amen, hallelujah and peanut butter" Dutch said no doubt with a grin

Then I heard a voice from down on my right, "fucking hell, we made it this time, but I am never doing this again" Revy said making me loo to my right and I got an eyeful.

Revy however she got in this positon had her back against the wall like me but only her neck was on the ground with her head at an angle and her legs were bent forward, with her ass in the air giving me the perfect view of her in her short shorts. 'To hell with it I can't pass this up, Author God protect your creation' I thought as I grinned.

"Oh come on devushka (girl) it wasn't that bad" I said as I raised my hand and brought it down straight across her ass as the resounding slap echoed through the cabin, it was then my reflexes kicked in as I felt the danger as my other hand went for my colt and I pulled it just in time as Revy pulled her barrette and aimed it.

And there we were, Revy upside down barrette drawn and pointing at my balls, and me with my colt drawn pressed to her cunt the both of us looking at each other with evil eyes and devilish grins.

"the last man who did that I shot his balls off him and mounted them on my wall, looks like I'll be getting a matching set" Revy said grinning at me sadistically and I returned it in kind.

"It's been a while since I hunted for some pussy like this. You sure you want to go down this road, it would be a shame to waste such a piece of fine ass" I said giving her a grin as I pressed the barrel of my colt a little harder against her making her grin even more.

We sat like that for several seconds, before the pair of us burst out laughing before putting out pistols away. I stood up as Revy rolled to the side to sit up. Turning around I held out my hand and pulled her to her feet.

"Benny you alright back there" I called as Revy made her way to Dutch.

"Yea I'm alive, but all my equipment's royally fucked" Benny called back.

Nodding I started walking over to Dutch and Revy, but not before I noticed a black envelope on the ground, I grabbed it and stuffed it in my back pocket I'll read it once we get moving. As I moved over to Dutch and Revy.

"How's the Kiska mal'chik (Pussy boy) doing?" I asked coming over.

"passed out over there" Revy said gesturing to Rock who was slumped over a crate, broken glass, cigarette butts and XXX rated magazines everywhere from the window and dash board, "he was yelling like a maniac right before we hit them, just like William holding and the wild bunch"

"Just look at him. He looks so peaceful sprawled out like that" Dutch said with a grin.

I shook my head looking at him and then smirked as an idea came to mind, "ok who wants to shave him bald" I asked with a grin

Both Revy and Dutch looked at me and the nodded, "I'm in", "me to"

I smirked, "right I'll go find a razor and some shaving foam" I said as I started down below deck.

Going into lower deck area I took out the envelope and started reading.

"looks like you're enjoying yourself there quite a bit, and you and Revy are hitting it off well, the great author god thinks he might have something planned for the two of you later down the line but it will depend on how things go, we'll discuss it in our next meeting, the great Author god is allowing you one girl a fiction, can't have you not getting any now can we.

Oh and there's no shaving foam and razor on board, you'll just have to get him next time"

I blinked reading that last bit before groaning, "Ow, Author Reality makes my head hurt". 'well at least I know I'm getting laid in the future, I'll just have to be gentle given her past' I think to myself as I turn and head back up to the cabin.

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The ship came up to a dock at a quiet looking port harbour, I was looking out the helm of the ship and I could make out three cars parked on the concrete areas just off the port, there were men standing near them each in suits and from what I could tell by looking at them were well trained, it was the way they held themselves, set shoulder spread apart feet ready to move at a moment's notice, military trained. No shock as I knew who they were, gunmen from Hotel Moscow, each were ex Russian special forces or military paratroopers from the war in Vietnam, each had enough training to fight and win world war three if it came to it, and they all followed one person who I had yet to lay eyes on, but I knew it wouldn't take long.

We all got off the ship and made out way up to the drop. As we approached car doors began to open as the final people got out. Looking ahead of us it was easy to tell who was who, the first car was all Japanese men in suites, the representatives of Asahi Industries, Rocks boss and supervisor.

From the other car a man in a suit stepped out, he had a deep scar from the lowed part of his right eye down and across his nose to the middle of his left cheek, he had brown hair and carried himself as the rest, military trained also. And then she got out.

Long blond hair tied back in a massive piny tail going down to the base of her spine, she was dressed in a wine red skirt suit with black stockings and black high heels, with a military coat draped over her shoulders. As we got closer, the many burn scars the adored her upper chest and face were quite prominent, but didn't take away from her over all beauty, even the rather nasty one over her right eye, if anything it made her eyes stand out more. She had a knock out figure that make what she looked like in the anime look tame, if I remember the lagoon website images, she was a G cup for those who don't know, and I wouldn't doubt it.

Just looking at her she had an air of authority to her, and I couldn't help but tense slightly as she came closer, this was her Sofiya "Balalaika" Pavlovena, one of the four heads of the major groups that run Roanapur.

I watched as she walked up to Dutch and held out her hand as he handed her the data disk for the trade.

"I really admire smart work Dutch" she said as she took the disk, "but I've got to tell you, you guys are all looking a little rough"

"Well it's not like were going on some dinner party it's just our style" Dutch responded

I smirked, "it was dress down day at the office, and everyone came in looking like shit" I grinned making a few of the other chuckle, it was the second after that both mine and her eyes met and settled for two seconds, but that was all it took for us to get a read on each other, her eyes she hid it well, but they burned with a passion hidden by a curtain, but the scary thing was what her passion was, power, she was a dangerous one, not a mad dog, a trained one with a mind of its own and a thirst for blood.

"Well Dutch you certainly have picked up some interesting company" Balalaika said with a rather interested smiled looking at me.

I grinned back, "he does have good tastes, Leo Melikov" I said with a nod of my head

She nodded back, "I'll remember that" before turning to the businessmen from the other car.

"Now mister Kagayama, we from hotel Moscow have a code of honour" Balalaika said as she walked over to the others

"Oh, I thought you were a representative of the Bougainvillea trade company" the older businessman spoke, Kagayama, was wearing a blue shirt and striped tie, in a grey suit and his hair was slicked back.

"As you can see we've followed through on our end of the bargain, so there shouldn't be any hard feelings" Balalaika said as she handed him the disk

"Of course not" Kagayama replied as he took the disk and put in into his inside blazer pocket, "the world is full of things that cannot be helped."

"Now it's your turn to follow through on your end of the bargain, we'll go over the details at the hotel" Balalaika said as she turned and made she way back to her car

"Very well then" Kagayama said as he turned to get into his car as his assistant opened the door, and Kagayama turned back and looked to Rock, "thanks for your good work on his Okajima, now come along lets go" he said as if it was nothing before he got into the car.

Rock turned and started walking towards the car. The man outside the car looked to him as he stopped walking. "Well Okajima what are you waiting for come on" he said in a hurried fashion

Rock glared at him as he reached for his tie, "hey boss, don't you remember" he said as he pulled it off, "well you shoulder I'm already dead, you said it remember, and by the way my name's Rock now"

Kagayama looked to Rock like it didn't even matter and then back to the front, "is that so, very well then, let's go Fujiwara" Kagayama orders as the other went to close the door.

But you know I can't just leave it like that. I think I'll fuck with this guy some before it all goes down. I reached around to my back pocket and put my finger in hooking the small metal ring on the end of the handle and in a single motion threw one of the many knives I kept on my person.

It sailed through the air at the car just as the second man stepped away and the knife went clean through the window and cut the bastard right across the bridge of his nose, before continuing on and broke through the second window.

"Ahhhhh!" Kagayama yelled as he clutched his face as the blood began to pour.

I smirked at my aim as I turned and faced the car, "that was for the bastards you hired to kill us, I have a policy anyone who is dumb enough to shoot at me, I kill, and that included the ones who are responsible for hiring them to shoot me, you will die in seventy two hours, sdelat' vash mir, chto vse, chto vy mozhete sdelat' (make your peace for that is all you can do)" I said grinning at him sadistically.

Before their car sped away. I turned as I heard a second car come along side me and its window come down and I was met by balalaika herself. "My, my. Such a spectacle, I do hope you can follow through on that promise of yours, but why the seventy two hours?"

I smirked, "that was for your benefit, I figured it would be a safe period of time for you to finish any business you have with them and clear house before he dies so there's no chance of it falling on you or those you represent"

"Very clever, I think I'll keep my eye on you" she said before the car sailed forward and stopped at Rock.

I turned and walked towards Dutch, Benny and Revy. I leaned on the wall beside Dutch before speaking, "so about that possible position with you guys"

Dutch smirked, "why not, we could always use an extra gun on runs, and anyone who has the balls to slap Revy's ass." Dutch said aloud making Benny look at me wide eyed in awe, "is definitely someone I want to have around"

I chuckled before looking over as Rock came over.

Dutch looked at him, "So tell me Rock what will you do now?"

"Well I guess I'm not a hostage no more, and I've got nowhere to go" Rock said as he took out a lit a cigarette.

I smirked and looked to Revy, and she spoke, "hey, there's this crew I know of who might be looking for another good sailor, you think you could be interested in something like that? They're a delivery company..."

"Who sometimes break rules to put food on the table isn't that right" Rock said completing her sentence for her making her smirk as he started walking over to us. And that was that.

Scene break

It had been a few days, I hadn't gotten any more black envelopes from the author god, and I've slept a few times and I haven't been pulled into that whites space again guess it's just in the on screen time, oh well.

We had spent those few days resting up after all that went down, but Dutch had gotten us another job cause as he said lazing about doesn't make money.

So now here we are out on the boat again as Rock and Revy are at the back and I was standing on top of the cabin as we weaved back and forth in front of a large freighter with multiple crates on it that I could see, the job was to get it to stop moving so another group could come in and re-leave it of all its valuable cargo, hence why Rock is currently trying a failing with a loud speaker to get the boat to stop.

"Hmm testing, testing. Good morning to everyone who's currently aboard the St. Joan, I…" Rock started but Revy interpreted him.

"Why won't you wear that Hawaiian shirt I got for you at the market, it's a good fit"

"Because we happen to be at work" Rock replied

I rolled my eyes, "he's being kind, devushka (girl), it's because that think was butt ass ugly, I swear who ever thought that shade of blue and that shade of orange and purple go together should be shot"

"What you saying I've got bad taste" Revy asked looking at me

"No I'm saying you've got completely shit taste in clothing as far as he is concerned, and Rock at least get a blazer and get a black tie that will at least class it up some" I said before going down below deck.

It was then I heard Benny over the coms channel, "Dutch the St. Joan has opened up communications with us, we've finally made contact"

"And what did they say" Dutch responded as I came in and lifted a beer.

"Um, move aside immediately or we will have no choice but to force our way through" Benny replied over the coms in a dull tone.

I smirked, "think they'd know better" I said sitting down

"Well I guess it can't be helped" Dutch said as he leaned back and swapped channels, "Ok Revy, looks like play time is officially over"

"Good I was sick of waiting" was the response from Revy only for the sound of the Rocket launcher going off the next followed by the explosion of the Rocket hitting the hull of the freighter well above the water line, and then Revys voice over the loud speaker.

"Listen very carefully you dip shits, my Rockets are much faster that any of your lame distress signals, so unless you want to end up as a corpse filled ship wreck I suggest you stop moving, you got it!!"

I smirked, "that devushka (girl) sure dose have a way with words"

"Yes she dose" Dutch said as he went to light up his cigarette. As Rock and Revy came into the cabin from above.

As they did the music on the radio came to a stop as a voice aired over it.

"We interrupt this program to bring you an emergency new bulletin: the Main office branch of the multibillion industry company of Asahi industries in Tokyo Japan has been the victim of a bombing. During the meeting of its board a bomb was detonated inside the meeting room killing all occupants, this comes in wake of the intel report leaked about the companies corrupt dealings in grey areas of the business market and it is though this is the response from an enemy competitor, we will bring you more as the story continues"

At this point Rock looked completely shocked, Dutch's cigarette fell out of his mouth and Revy burst out laughing, "ha-ha, serves those cock suckers right for all the trouble they caused us ha-ha"

Dutch looked to me and raises an eyebrow, "seventy two hours, that wouldn't have been you would it?"

I smirked as I cracked my beer, "I always make good on my threats" I said before tipping it back, 'life is good.'