Black Lagoon: Cleanup
By: Ominae
Rating: T
NOTE:
All characters of Black Lagoon are under the copyright of Rei Hiroe, Geneon Entertainment, Madhouse Studios and Chiba TV. All other characters are under my jurisdiction.
Summary:
With the Kururugi Group as the main target of a Hotel Moscow-led scale attack, Balalaika prepares to unleash the Visotonikis for attempting to have her assassinated after returning back to Roanapur from Tokyo. What's more, the Kururugi Group had an alliance with the former Washimine Group, the reason why local gunmen were hired to kill her in the first place. Can Hotel Moscow wipe out them out from Roanapur? Will they even triumph after their success in Japan? Stay tune to this chapter for the conclusion of Cleanup.
Chapter 2: Process of Elimination
Somewhere in Roanapur, Thailand
On the rooftop of a building consisting of 6 floors, a group of Visotonikis were busy making preparations to attack their target and taking out the opposition.
"Targets are located on the 4th floor. Apparently the office of a Kururugi enforcer named Takashi Honda." said the squad leader of a 4-man Visotoniki cell. "Take them out and take them out fast."
"Understood!" said the three men in unison. The four of them prepared their rappelling gear and descended until they were positioned above the windows.
"Smash and clear!"
"Sir!" The four men smashed their way inside and fired their silenced IZHMASH AKS-74U compact rifles, gunning down every known Kururugi-gumi yakuza before applying a short, controlled burst onto their bodies to make sure they were dead.
"This is Efreytor Zakharov of Brezhnev squad. " One of the men spoke on the Yaroslavl Radiowork R-168-5KN-1 HF manpack radio's receiver while two masked Visotoniki soldier went to search the cleared office of anything worthy of having any good intelligence. "We've managed to secure the stronghold and eliminated Takashi Honda and all known associated hostiles inside the premises. Over."
"Good work. Withdraw from there at once when no other hostiles are present."
"Understood. We're withdrawing at once."
Operations Room, Bougainvillea Trading Company, Roanapur, Thailand
"Kapitan." Boris informed Balalaika, reading the map placed on the long conference table after they had set up another conference room alongside some Hotel Moscow soldiers as a makeshift communications room. "Stronghold number 10 is under our control. Kururugi Group officer Takashi Honda is also killed during the assault."
"Excellent." Balalaika placed her lit Cuban cigar between her lips before removing it, exhaling smoke. "I can't believe, but imagine that this operation is similar to the ones we did back in Tokyo against the Washimines."
"I would agree." Boris replied. "Only exception here is that we know more about Roanapur unlike back in Tokyo."
"Of course, Serdzhant." nodded Balalaika. "20 minutes after launching our operation in the morning, 40 percent of Kururugi Group strongholds easily fell due to their guard since they were too busy celebrating their success against us last night."
"Kapitan!" A blonde-haired man in his early '30s, sporting a small mustache, entered the room a few minutes after Balalaika reinserted her Cuban cigar back in her mouth before removing it to exhale smoke.
"Ah! Ryadovoy Ignatov." Balalaika addressed the man who had entered the makeshift operations room. "I believe that you were able to make contact with the Lagoon company."
"Yes, Kapitan." Ignatov nodded in reply.
Lounge, Lagoon Company, Roanapur, Thailand
"You're kidding me, right? Please tell me that I'm dreaming, Dutch."
Back a day from his trip in Japan, Rock shouted to Dutch near his face when he heard that Revy was needed to participate in anti-Kururugi Group operations in Roanapur.
"That's right, Rock. It's not a dream." Dutch answered his Japanese friend. "I thought that since Balalaika did us a favor back when she offed Chin away from us, so I was thinking why not do the same thing to get a syndicate off hers."
"But we just got back a day from Japan!" Rock argued. Benny shook his head, knowing that Dutch won't be easily persuaded to back off from letting Revy kill some Kururugi-gumi yakuzas.
"Face it, Rock." Dutch insisted. "If we do this as a favor for Balalaika for at least once, then we'd get more leeway with her. You get what I'm saying?"
Operations Room, Bougainvillea Trading Company, Roanapur, Thailand
"I was told by Dutch that Miss Revy was allowed to participate in the operations." explained Ignatov. "But is it really that right to allow someone like her to come along with us?"
"Don't worry about that, Ryadovoy." Balalaika gave an evil grin towards her subordinate. "With Two Hands with us on our side, those Kururugi yakuzas won't stand a chance with her alongside with the Visotonikis."
Somewhere in Roanapur, Thailand
"Miss Revy." One of the masked Visotoniki soldiers, armed with a silenced AKS-74U rifle, called for the Chinese-American's attention after surrounding a Japanese-themed restaurant known to be owned by the Kururugi-gumi. The street had been previously cleared under the guise of road construction for 2 blocks. "We're ready to storm the place. Our Kapitan told us that we're to give you the honors of beginning the operation."
"Finally." Revy grinned while unholstering her dual custom-made Beretta 92F pistols from her shoulder holster. "Just in time for me to get some shooting." She then turned her head around to face the masked Visotoniki and advised him, "And one thing to remember, soldier boy?"
"Yes?" The Visotoniki soldier asked in confusion.
"Don't call me Miss." Giving a wicked smile to him, Revy rushed to the door of the restaurant and kicked its entrance door hard, sending it down on the ground. Moments later, Visotoniki soldiers tossed RGD-5 grenades were tossed inside to create casualties before Revy was inside with guns drawn out.
Unknown Japanese restaurant, Roanapur, Thailand
"Shit! We're under attack!" yelled one of the Kururugi-gumi yakuzas, drawing out his Sig Sauer P228 after seeing the entrance door kicked down violently. Revy dashed inside after the smoke from the exploded RGD-5 grenades had created a smokescreen for her to enter the besieged restaurant. The Lagoon Company gunwoman fired two shots from her Beretta 92Fs, killing the yakuza henchman before he fired his Sig Sauer P228. Jumping onto the sushi bar's long table, Revy made a mad dash towards the left section of the restaurant and fired again, killing every armed yakuza that she could see.
Executing a flip towards a startled yakuza henchman who had his Sig Sauer P229 at the ready, Revy landed behind him and clutched him at his neck with her left arm wringing his neck. With a human shield in place, Revy began to take aim and fire her pistol from her right hand, killing several more Kururugi-gumi yakuzas before several teams of Visotonikis stormed the restaurant and reinforced her by killing several other Kururugi-gumi yakuzas that Revy haven't shot yet. After making sure that she was still alive, Revy kicked her human shield away from her and fired a single shot on his head, instantly killing him.
Moments later, two Visotoniki soldiers were standing near double doors that lead to a kitchen. One of them tossed an RGD-5 grenade inside after he opened it and tossed the said weapon after peeking his head inside the kitchen before moving aside to avoid gunfire coming from other Kururugi-gumi yakuzas that sought refuge inside. After the grenade exploded, groups consisting of 4 Visotoniki soldiers charged inside and engaged the yakuzas in a gun battle.
Operations Room, Bougainvillea Trading Company, Roanapur, Thailand
"Kapitan." Boris reported to his superior. "I've gotten word about our teams near the Japantown district that we were able to seize control of a Japanese restaurant used by several Kururugi-gumi yakuzas. Revy herself had been very helpful in quelling them."
"Excellent, Serdzhant." Balalaika couldn't help, but give a wicked grin. "That will show those yakuzas who they're messing with if they should try again with a stunt like that."
Unknown Japanese restaurant, Roanapur, Thailand
Looking around the bullet-ridden restaurant, Revy surmised that most of the yakuzas inside had been shot dead. No survivors. Typical of me. Must've shot 'em all dead.
"Ugghhh..."
Except for one. Which made Revy give another wicked smile when she found out where the loud moaning came from.
"Well, well, well." Revy whipped out a single Beretta 92F from her shoulder holster again, slowly approaching the wounded Kururugi-gumi yakuza lying near the entrance, raising her sidearm towards her head when a Visotoniki called out to her.
"Hold it! You can't kill him yet."
Revy turned around, wanting to get an explanation from the soldier who dared to interfere with her plans to execute the wounded yakuza.
"Our Kapitan informed us that the wounded man is an enforcer of the Kururugi-gumi. We need to get some vital information from him right away regarding the location of the group's leader."
Revy grunted, realized that she had no choice but to listen to the soldier's words. "Fine." Facing the wounded yakuza on the ground, Revy kneeled down and began to interrogate him herself.
"Hey pig." began the gunwoman. "My big sister needs to ask you something. So you better answer." She then pointed her pistol near his crotch. "And better answer well, 'cause you don't get a second chance to answer it again if you choose to mess it up."
Lounge, Lagoon Company, Roanapur, Thailand
"I wonder what that was about?" Rock said, looking outside to see gray smoke from the Japantown area of Roanapur, a few kilometers away from the Lagoon Company.
"Ah come on, Rock." Dutch answered. "It's like you haven't seen one of those happen in Roanapur."
Rock simply stared back at Dutch. Even though he declared himself to be dead to his ex-boss Kageyama, the Japanese national still couldn't understand one bit as to why the inhabitants of Roanapur never bothered to consider their safety whenever a criminal faction engages in open gunfights against another.
"I'm telling the truth here." Dutch explained. "As long as people like us don't incur civilian casualties or property damage, the big guy in Roanapur PD won't bother us."
Rock simply sighed and decided to go back to his room in order to get a nap and forget he even heard the sound of exploding grenades near in the heart of Roanapur, which he found to be bothersome.
"Amen, Hallelujah and Peanut Butter." chuckled Dutch, watching his friend go back to his room before going to the fridge and grab a can of regular Coke.
Unknown Japanese restaurant, Roanapur, Thailand
"Is that it, punk?" Revy stared at the wounded Kururugi-gumi enforcer, Beretta 92F still aimed near his crotch as Visotoniki squads continued to search the entire restaurant before securing it to prevent other Kururugi-gumi reinforcements from arriving. "Is that all you've got to tell me 'bout your boss?"
"Y-yes." answered the wounded yakuza weakly. "D-don't kill me. Please."
"Too bad." Revy chuckled before aiming her sidearm for his head. "You told me all the details my sis needs to know. Now I need to get rid of ya to cover any loose ends." With that, Revy fired a single 9mm Parabellum bullet straight into the wounded yakuza enforcer's chest, killing him after being severely injured from gunshot wounds to his left leg, abdomen and stomach.
"Look out!" After hearing sounds of automatic gunfire erupting from the streets, Revy dashed out to see two 2003 Toyota Corollas with its occupants firing various pistols and submachine guns against the Visotoniki sentries standing guard outside, when they fired their AKS-74Us on them.
"Stand back." Now wielding her other Beretta 92F, Revy began to aim at the two incoming automobiles until her ammunition had been exhausted from her weapons. Seeing that the two autos were coming fast towards her, Revy sprinted until she was near the cars. She jumped on one of the auto's engine hood before before a flip in the air and landing away from the autos.
"Shit! Go get her!" A few minutes later, the two autos made sharp turns and changed directions, charging towards Revy.
"It's a bad idea to gang up on Two Hands." Revy grinned after reloading her dual Beretta 92Fs. Firing her pistols on the charging autos, Revy saw that the driver and front passenger of the first auto had been shot during the second volley of pistol fire, crashing onto the rear of a parked 2000 Nissan Urvan before it flipped in the air and crashed with its metal hood crushed since it was upside down, smashed on the pavement.
Seeing that her opposition was merely a single auto left, Revy charged towards it and unloaded her 9mm ammo from her dual Berettas again until the car crashed onto a brick wall, creating dust that covered the crashed auto.
Before I go on and check, I better take care of the survivors first. Taking aim at the flipped Corolla, Revy killed the survivors that tried to escape from the wrecked auto. Her shooting, though, ignited leaked gasoline coming from the auto before it blew up. The explosion, did however, kill the survivors for her instead.
Turning her attention on the smashed auto that was partially buried by bricks, Revy didn't give a second though as one of the wounded yakuzas pleaded to spare his life as she slowly approached the crashed auto before standing outside the door leading to the passenger section of the Corolla.
"Shut it." Revy replied, sealing his fate with a single 9mm bullet meant for his head when she had aimed her 92F.
Operations Room, Bougainvillea Trading Company, Roanapur, Thailand
"Basing from the information taken from the enforcer Revy killed," began Balalaika, examining the map of Roanapur and pointed to a black X marked on it. "this area appears to be the hideout of the Kururugi-gumi. If we're lucky, their boss and those Visotoniki wannabees as well."
"It appears so, Kapitan." Ignatov answered, scratching his blonde hair. "Apparently, that area is the residence of the Kururugi-gumi. For a house in the residential district, it's quite huge."
"There's more to it." Boris backed up Ignatov's statements. "The house apparently belongs to Junichiro Suzuki." The scarred man handed Balalaika a brown folder, leading the head of Hotel Moscow to read its contents. "Apparently an ally of the Washimine Group in Tokyo. Had established the Roanapur branch of the Kururugi Group in 2001 with support from the Washimines."
"If this is the case." Ignatov suggested. "Then the Kururugi-gumi's main branch had probably ordered Suzuki to hire some local gunmen to run an assassination attempt on you after finding out what happened to their allies back in Tokyo."
"I see." mused Balalaika. "No matter how it is, we need to get rid of them now." She then pointed to the X on the map. "By cutting them off from the rest of the Kururugi-gumi, it'd be easier for us to finish them off sooner."
"Excellent idea, Kapitan." Boris said. "But do we send our best men there to finish Suzuki off?"
"Yes, Serdzhant." grinned Balalaika. "And I just have the person to do it for me."
Suzuki Residence, somewhere in Roanapur, Thailand
"This is bad."
Junichiro Suzuki, the head of the Kururugi-gumi's Roanapur branch, was in fear as he sat in the mansion's living area with several yakuza underlings. Nearby, the hand-picked ex-JGSDF soldiers dubbed as the Kururugumi's Chuo Shudan were on standby and at the ready in case trouble was to be expected. The Kururugi residence, which served as the group's headquarters while the main Wakagashira was not in Roanapur, had been taken over by Visotonikis during a lightning raid on the place early morning, leaving most of the Kururugi-gumi yakuzas killed before they were able to put up a fight. Because of that, Junichiro was moved into his own residence for his own safety.
"I can't believe this, Ichiro!" lamented the Kururugi-gumi's Roanapur branch leader. "First, Takashi's been killed in his office after a night of celebration in his office before getting reports of masked men doing commando-like raids on them. Then I get more news of our restaurant in Japantown being raided by Two Hands herself before eliminating the reinforcements that I've dispatched to save Shinji."
"Don't worry, Suzuki-Wakagashira." assured Ichiro, fixing his Oakley shades. "Got everyone from the Chuo Shudan in the mansion. They're all eager to take on Hotel Moscow."
"The more you try to assure that I'm safe," glared the Wakagashira. "the more I'm starting to really, really panic in this situation."
"I insist, Suzuki-Wakagashira." Ichiro defended himself. "I already posted a lot of guards around, so you should be safe."
Mansion outskirts, Suzuki Residence, somewhere in Roanapur, Thailand
Inside the walls of the Suzuki residence, mysterious shadows began to diverge towards the area designated as the mansion's living room. Moments ago, the roving yakuza sentries were silently disposed of by Visotoniki soldiers, using their silenced AKS-74Us or silently conducting knife kills with their Tulsky NRS commando knives.
"Serdzhant Gregorov reporting." radioed a Visotoniki soldier, R-168-5KN-1 HF receiver on hand, after visually confirming two Visotoniki soldiers killing the last two yakuza sentries. One had his throat slit when he was grabbed from behind with another shot with a burst from the AKS-74Us silenced barrel. "Infiltration of Suzuki residence complete. Guards have been eliminated. Our cover is still up."
"Good work. Make sure all sentries are eliminated before proceeding to the next phase of the assault plan."
"Understood sir."
Suzuki Residence, somewhere in Roanapur, Thailand
"Like I said." Ichiro insisted on his earlier position. "Guards are posted in every part of the mansion outside and they should report back soon on whether intruders have been spotted or not."
Suddenly, the windows on the upper floor were smashed, followed by automatic gunfire.
"What's going on?" Moments later, heavily armed Chuo Shudan troopers rushed towards the staircase from the ground floor, brandishing their Colt M4A1 carbines with them. Minutes later, Kururugi-gumi yakuza followed behind to give the Chuo Shudan some backup.
"Sir." replied one of the masked Chuo Shudan soldiers. "Hotel Moscow soldiers are on the premises. We're just starting to engage them."
"What?" The sudden news brought much fear into the Wakagashira himself as he wondered how longer these ex-JGSDF soldiers would be able to hold off Visotoniki soldiers from penetrating his mansion further.
"Suzuki-Wakagashira." advised another Chuo Shudan soldier. "We have to get you out of here. It's not safe here anymore."
Driveway, Suzuki Residence, somewhere in Roanapur, Thailand
After Junichiro was brought into the driveway away, accompanied by Ichiro and two Chuo Shudan soldiers, he sighed in relief as not a Visotoniki soldier was to be seen as most of them were in the upper floors of the mansion, engaging most of the Chuo Shudan troopers and the Kururugi-gumi yakuza henchmen in order to give him time to escape.
"We should be safe here." said Ichiro, who carefully had his Glock 17 drawn out from his shoulder holster. But it's strange. Why didn't we encounter any resistance here? Without warning, a shadow dashed towards them and went straight towards its target.
"What the heck?" Ichiro raised his Glock 17's sights, aiming for the unknown intruder when two shots fired killed him after bullets punctured his chest.
The unknown intruder followed up his initial attack with another when one of the masked Chuo Shudan soldiers attempted to use the buttstock of his M4A1 to take a swing at the intruder before he was kicked in the chest and was turned into a human shield. With the left arm wrapped around the helpless soldier's neck, Junichiro noted that the "intruder" took some shots at the other soldier who tried to reach for his Glock 17 pistol on his right leg holster.
"Get her!" 5 Kururugi-gumi yakuzas rushed outside to protect their Wakagashira and to take on the intruder. Unfortunately, they were all helplessly shot since one of them was being used to protect herself as a human shield before the female intruder shot him in the neck.
"So it's you Two Hands." Junichiro didn't like the odds. Sporadic gunfire was still heard from inside the mansion before it slowly began to die down.
"What? Aren't ya glad to see me?" grinned Revy, twirling her dual Beretta 92Fs on her hands.
"I never expected that Fry-Face would send you to meet me." Trying to move fast, Junichiro reached into his pants holster for a Glock 19 when Revy saw it and fired several shots in order to disarm him of his weapon; one of the shots grazed Junichiro on his left leg during the gunfire, forcing him down on the ground.
"Nice try." Revy kicked the discarded Glock 19 away from him before aiming her dual Berettas at him. "So you were the one responsible for having the shots called on to my big sis."
"Our allies, the Washimine-gumi, were wiped out by Fry-Face in Tokyo a few weeks ago." snarled Junichiro. "I have done it in order to sow retribution for their deaths." His answer was met with a yell when Revy stepped on his grazed leg wound.
"So you're in the revenge business eh?" Revy glared at the wounded Wakagashira. "Well too bad I'm not here to indulge in any of your grudges against her."
Raising her two pistols at her intended victim, Revy then began to slowly squeeze the triggers of her pistols while glaring at Junichiro, who also glared back at her in defiance.
"I'm just here to do sis a favor."
Two loud sounds of gunfire were heard from the driveway of the Suzuki residence as automatic gunfire continued to echo from inside the mansion.
Balalaika's Office, Bougainvillea Trading Company, Roanapur, Thailand
Upon entering the office, Balalaika noticed that a folded Bangkok Post newspaper was slipped underneath the door. Taking the newspaper after getting to her seat, the scarred woman grinned when she read the paper's headline.
JAPANESE MOBSTER KILLED LAST NIGHT IN OWN RESIDENCE IN ROANAPUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. POLICE HUNTING FOR SUSPECTED KILLERS.
"So." Balalaika mused, lighting up her Cuban cigar with her lighter after cutting its foreend. "It looks like the process of elimination has been completed." She then placed the cigar in her mouth for a few seconds before removing it and puffing out smoke from her lungs while reading the details on the headlines at the newspaper's front page.
It seems like a good day for the ex-Red Army officer that a thorn on her side was eliminated, thanks to the fancy work of Revy aka Two Hands. Balalaika would have to remember to call up Lagoon Company and thank Revy for her hard work last night.
END
PS - Just can't resist putting up some Rainbow Six: Vegas rappelling and room clearing-style techniques. Anyways, please review after reading the chapter as usual (To those who haven't read the first chapter when going here, read the 1st chapter). Enjoy! Hope you readers like it. As usual, let me know if something's not right so's I can look at it.
I plan to do a Tom Clancy and/or a GITS: Solid State Society one shot before doing my next major story with major plans to do multiple-chaptered stories in the GITS subcategory. Details to be up soon, though I'm looking forward to do GITS stores based on the series with some twists on. If you peeps want suggestions or are asking what I might do, let me know by PM or such. Well, putting in the reviews when reviewing the story is okay as long as it's short and straight to the point.
