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Chapter 1: Surprise! You're In The Past!
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"Revy?" Said woman groaned as she stirred. "Revy, come on, Dutch wants you up on deck. The ship is insight."
"Five more minutes…" Revy groaned into her pillow. Drinking yourself to the point where you hallucinate jobs is not the way to go through life.
Benny just stared at the Lagoon Company's hired gun act like a five year old. 'She really must not have gotten a lot of sleep last night.' Sighing, Benny cracked open a beer and set it next to Revy's head. Almost immediately she was up and groggily chugging the alcohol down.
"Damn it Benny!" Revy cradled her head with one hand nursing her headache. "Can you shout any louder?"
"Dutch wants you on deck. It's show time." Benny said walking out of Revy's quarters.
On auto pilot, completely ignoring her surroundings, she rummaged through the armory and pulled out her trusty M79 Grenade Launcher and bandoleer of grenades. Lighting up a cigarette she casually walked onto the deck and spotted the cargo ship the Black Lagoon was speeding towards. She recognized it as the ship they 'picked up' Rock on all those years ago.
Ignoring her pounding headache, she aimed a shot over the bow of the Malaine.
"Malaine…You have fifteen seconds to shut down your engines and prepare for boarding!" Dutch's commanding voice traveled over the air waves. "If you do not comply...you will not be warned again."
In short order, Dutch and Revy were standing over a passed out Rock. "Why is he like this?" Dutch demanded.
"H-he passed o-out five m-minutes ago s-sir!" One of the crew stuttered out.
'So he didn't wake up as soon as I did.' Revy smirked. She had woken up barely five minutes earlier, leaving her to guess that was when they had warped into the past. Five years of Roanapur had changed Rock past the point of recognition. This Rock looked like the wet behind the ears Japanese business man that he came to Roanapur as, but if he had come from the future like Revy had, he'd be ready to take on the City of Vice guns blazing.
"Revy, wake our guest up." Dutch ordered expecting Revy to go get some water to splash on him, but to his surprise, she walked over and sat down on his stomach and started to smack his head with her free hand.
Within a matter of seconds, Rock was moaning and nursing his head as Revy harshly whispered at him. "We're in the fuckin' past. Act like a dumb-ass." With that, Revy dismounted and stood next to Dutch.
Once Rock was aware enough to be interrogated. Dutch partially slid the disk Lagoon Company had been dispatched to retrieve from his pocket. "Is this the disk that you received from your company headquarters?" Rock nodded and breathed a sigh of relief as Dutch announced that the ship would be free to continue in half an hour and would continue on unmolested.
"What are you getting all fucking emotional about?" Revy demanded pointing her cutlass at Rock's head. "You're coming with us!"
In a manner similar to the original timeline, Rock was aboard Black Lagoon watching Revy being chewed out by Dutch about his 'kidnapping.' Dutch was one of the few people that Revy truly respected and obeyed. From what he'd pieced together from his conversations with the two, Dutch had met her in New York and offered her an escape from the NYPD who were after her and in exchange she'd work on his PT boat. They picked Benny up in Miami on their way around the world, and finally wound up in Roanapur where they quickly made a reputation for themselves.
Rock was snapped back to reality when Revy roughly grabbed his collar and dragged him to his feet. "Fine! I'll go baby-sit him if that's what you want!" a few doorways later, Rock straightened up and walked confidently next to his partner.
"So we're really in the past." Rock thought aloud. "Benny and Dutch didn't recognize me."
"You think I'd lie to you about something as fucking big as this?" Revy glared at Rock with her murderous eyes.
"No, but it never hurts to analyze the situation for yourself so that you can gather more clues." Rock replied, ducking into Revy's room, a mess like it always was. He sat down towards the head of Revy's bunk and let Revy lay down next to him, resting her head on his lap. She pulled out a Cutlass and began to field strip it, examining it and ensuring that everything was in working order. "So do you got a piece I can use until we get to Praiyachat's place?"
"Probably got something under my bunk." Revy replied. "You're too comfy a pillow to give up now. Here." She handed him her other Cutlass. "Take a look at that will ya?"
The two spent the next two hours in companionable silence, drinking, smoking, and working over Revy's pistols.