Episode 9

[Opening Theme: MELL – Red Fraction]

Title: Welcome to hell Mr. Okajima

[Opening Scene]

"You know Tracy I thought this job was going to be difficult but it's turning out to be a stress free job," Robert said as he kept his eyes on the slick dirt road. "They didn't put up much of a fight did they Tracy?" he asked. Tracy just stared out the window looking at the storm above. She only saw dark skies above. "Huh? What?" she said as she stopped spacing out for a brief moment. "I said that these two didn't put up a decent fight, why would the CIA hire freelancers to take on such an easy job?" Robert asked. "How should I know? All I know is that we're being paid so lets not to think about the small shit that doesn't really concern us, kapiche?" Robert nodded and kept driving. It was about 20 minutes later that they finally reached the hotel. Dougalson was waiting outside with Tiffany and his two guards. The van stopped and Tracy and Robert got out. They walked around the back and opened the doors. They drug Revy and Dutch out of the van. They could neither hear nor see what was happening. "Here you go," Tracy said as she pushed the two to Dougalson. Dougalson searched them and handed them to his guards and told them to bring them up stairs. The guards nodded and pulled Revy and Dutch along. "Now as for the last man," Dougalson started up, "He should be located in the library of the mansion. Your only concern as far as security is just Torricelli's hand full of bodyguards," Dougalson said. Tracy and Robert nodded and got back into the van and took off back to the mansion. "Can you believe that? Not even a thanks, man I really wish we didn't need them," Tiffany said as she crossed her arms. Dougalson nodded as he turned around and went back inside.

"Robert, get on the horn and call the men and tell them to get ready for action we'll meet them at the helipad in twenty," Tracy ordered. Robert made the call. The storm had finally let up and Tracy was now able to concentrate a bit more. They drove the van to the heliport in hopes of being able to use the good weather to their advantage when taking the mansion. The two arrived at the heliport earlier than expected and begun to prepare for the entry to the mansion. "Robert, remember we need the man alive so make sure that you don't get that itchy trigger finger again. We don't want another Sicily," Tracy said as she zipped up her tactical vest. "That man came rushing out of the door, how was I suppose to know he was our target?" Robert commented. "Just keep cool, ok?" she said. 15 minutes later two Land Rovers came down the hill and stopped in front of the helipad. Out piled 5 men from each rover; each were fitted with goggles, black military fatigues, a black ski mask, and body armor. Tracy pointed to the two cases near the chopper and told the men to finish getting ready. As time passed Tracy gave the pilots a heads up on what was to be expected. "There should be a small amount of small arms fire but nothing too wild. I highly doubt that this Torricelli character is going to put up a fight. Once we secure the package we'll need extraction from the roof," she said to the pilot. The pilots nodded and started up the chopper. Her men finished getting ready and jumped into the choppers. Robert looked at Tracy and smiled. They hit their forearms together and got into separate choppers. The helicopters took off into the grey sky and made their way to mansion.

"Dougalson, this is specter come in," She said on the comm. "This is Dougalson, what's your ETA?" he asked. "ETA 5 minutes, over" she replied. Dougalson checked the satellite thermal imagery and viewed the mansion. "A vehicle just left the mansion specter, over," Dougalson said. "Roger that," she replied. The choppers ascended into the clouds and made ready for the assault. Tracy looked back at the men and they were as still as statues. This would be their 10th assault with her men. "Lock and load men!" she yelled with excitement. A loud cocking sound could be heard in unison. The pilot turned on the green light and told everyone to hang on. The choppers descended from the sky and came howling down onto the mansion. As soon as the pilot swooped in over the mansion the choppers' doors open and repel lines dropped on to the roof. Both teams exited the choppers and fanned out over the roof top. Surprisingly there was no gun fire from below. "This is specter we've reached the roof, no contact yet," she said as her team opened the door that led into the mansion. "Tiffany, how's our tag team doing?" Dougalson asked. "I'm getting confirmation from them now. They have secured the package and are returning to base," Tiffany said. "Excellent, call them back," Dougalson ordered. "Pilots you are to return to base immediately," Tiffany ordered. "Roger that, we're coming home," the pilots confirmed the order and took off from the mansion leaving Tracy and her team stranded. Dougalson just watched the thermal imaging and saw orange silhouettes start to appear from all around the mansion. He just sat there and smiled devilishly as the silhouettes got closer and closer to Tracy's team.

Tracy and her men approached the library with no resistance thus far unaware of what was happening. She opened the doors to the library to find no one inside. "Dougalson the package isn't here we need orders, over," she called in. There was nothing but static on the other end. "Robert, what's your twenty? Over," she asked. "We're all clear here…wait a minute…"
Robert crawled to the ledge and peered over and saw a massive amount of troops mobilizing around the building. "Shit!" he exclaimed. "Get out of there Tracy it's a trap!" he shouted into the mic. Gun fire erupted outside and started to tear the mansion apart. "Holy fuck!" Tracy screamed as bullets decimated her surprised team. She ran out of the library dodging gun fire and slid behind a wall. "We need immediate extraction now," she ordered but only static was coming through the mics. "It was a trap Dougalson, we are heavily outnumbered and we need extraction god damn it!" she hollered. She moved quickly back up the stairs and on to the roof where Robert's team was. They were all still alive but continued to take fire. The mansions soldiers moved through the building and headed towards Tracy's position. "Never again will we accept contracts from any type of governments Robert," she said. Robert continued to fire down below not bothering to respond. "We need a way out of this shitfest, any ideas?" She asked while spraying her gun onto the men below. Robert looked around for a way out and finally saw it, it was a garage. He pointed to the garage. Tracy took a peek and saw where he was pointing. She immediately hugged him as if he answered her prayers. "Alright men, we're getting the fuck out of here follow Robert, Robert lead the way," she commanded. Robert's team tossed a few smoke grenades on the ground to cover their movement. Robert hopped the ledge and dropped down to the terrace and made a push to the garage. The men followed while shooting at anything that got in their way. Robert dove shoulder first into the skylight on top of the garage. The team dropped into the garage as well and saw a variety of vehicles waiting for them but only one screamed escape vehicle. They shoved their way inside and got ready for the escape of a lifetime. The mansions' guards surrounded the garage and waited for something to happen. As they formed perimeter around the house the garage busted open and out Tracy; Robert and their team drove in an M35 Deuce and a half.

The truck ran down three men as they made their way for the gate. Roberts troops fired out the slots of the trucks siding killing the enemy soldiers that were in pursuit. He floored the accelerator and they clobbered right through the gate. Tracy could hear the shouts from the men outside ordering more men to follow. They scurried over to their jeeps and made pursuit of Tracy and her team. A mounted machine gun from a jeep started raining down bullets on the deuce. Robert jerked the truck from left to right trying to evade the gun but the truck was too big for it not to continually get hit. "Fire on those assholes god damn it!" Robert shouted to the men in the back. The troops opened fire onto the jeep. One of the incoming bullets got the driver in the head. The jeep swerved off the side of the road and into a ditch. Four more jeeps were still in pursuit of the team. The troops begun hurling their grenades at the jeeps trying to stop their pursuers but it wasn't doing the trick. One of the jeeps rammed the back of the truck trying to force it off the road. The troops sprayed their guns onto the jeep. The bullets destroyed the jeeps engine. Smoke came out from the hood and the jeep flipped over killing the men inside. The remaining jeeps stomped on their breaks in front of the wreckage avoiding the collision. "We're home free men," Robert shouted. As he turned his head back to the road an armored personal carrier pulled in front of the deuce from the right. Robert tried stepping on the brakes to avoid contact but it was too late. The truck t-boned the APC; the sound of crash was as if someone dropped a garbage truck off the Empire State building. The troops in were shot out from the back and landed everywhere. Robert had crashed through the window smashing head first into the APC. Brain matter and fragments of skull covered the APC. Enemy troops piled out of the APC and begun killing Tracy's team as they lied wounded on the muddy ground. Tracy kicked the door open and stumbled out of the truck. Dazed and confused trying hold the footing she saw in her eyes the enemy killing her men. They viciously shot and stabbed. It was as if a pack of wild dogs had started to feast on a wounded animal. Tracy pulled her sidearm and shot the first two guards. One bullet went through the guards' neck and out the other end. Blood squirted and sprayed onto the guard beside him. The guard turned only to see Tracy squeezing off another round into his head. The rest of the guards ran to the two fallen men's position. Tracy dove off the edge of the road and began to tumble down the side of hill. The guards opened fire on Tracy. As her body took a small flight of air before hitting the ground she took a bullet in the shoulder. She clinched her teeth in pain and continued to fall. Seconds later she stopped tumbling and landed on her back. She looked at the sky and saw the grey clouds forming again. "Rain, god I hate the fucking rain," she said to herself as she went unconscious.

"Specter's team has been eliminated, should I call for extraction sir?" Tiffany asked as she switched off the monitor. Douglason paced the floor a bit then answered her. "Yes, ask them if the weather will be any trouble in getting here as well Tiffany" Douglason said. He stepped outside and went next door to Rock's room. He knocked twice. Rock answered the door. His face had a sullen look as he stared at Dougalson. "Don't look at me that way Rock," he said as he let himself inside. "You could be in your friends' position right now. Gagged and bagged, not being able to hear anything. Not knowing what might happen to you. Would you like that Rock?" he asked as he made himself a drink. Rock walked over to the couch and sat down putting his face within his hands. A mumbled voice came out "No, but I can't believe I'm going through with this. I've been with them for two years and, and…" he stuttered. "Damn it! I don't want to do this," he shouted. Dougalson took a sip from his glass and just looked at him. "I know this can't be easy for you Rock but these people you're with are criminals. You're nothing like that scum in there. You're a law abiding citizen. You haven't even killed a man," he said as he continued to take sips from his glass. "Like back in Japan with the Russians. You tried to save that girls life. Very noble of you Rock but if you were scum like your friends you would've saw the perfect opportunity to snatch her up and take her to the Russians and let them deal with her own their own," Dougalson said as he put his glass on the counter pouring himself another drink. "How the hell could you possibly…" he was cut off by Dougalson. "Please Rock, think for once; we're CIA we know everything about anything," he said as he downed the drink. "Here," Dougalson said as he tossed him a manila folder onto the coffee table. Rock opened it and viewed the documents inside. "That's your new life right there. No one will know about your past life," he said. "Jacob Terigawa," Rock said softly. "As soon as we lock your friends up you'll be free. You'll have a good job with a decent house back in Japan," Dougalson said as he headed for the door. "You know Rock my other option was to take you in. Consider this a personal favor. No one knows about this except me and my crew. Let's just call this a personal favor from me to you. We'll drop you off back in Japan when our extraction team arrives so be ready to go when we say," Dougalson said as he left the room. Dougalson walked back into his room where Tiffany had just finished talking to the extraction team. "How long will it take for them to get here?" he asked. "48hrs sir due to the weather," she said. Dougalson nodded and went into his room and sat on the bed and lied back. He smiled to himself knowing everything was going according to plan. Meanwhile in Rock's room Rock through on his jacket and left his room and headed to Felix's Tavern.

It was raining again as Rock walked the crumby streets of the island. Rock pushed open the doors to the tavern and made his way to counter. "I need a strong drink Felix," he said as he took off his jacket dropping it on the stool next to him. Felix poured him a shot of bourbon. "Sorry this is the strongest stuff we have at the moment," he said. Rock grabbed the shot and downed it quickly. "Leave the bottle," he said as he held the bottle with his hand. Felix just casually shook his head and went back to cleaning the counter. Rock had polished off the bottle within 30 minutes of receiving it. "Hey Rock, where's the pretty ill mannered bitch of a friend of yours?" Felix asked. "Oh Revy she's back at the hotel with the Dutch," Rock said as he tapped on his glass beckoning Felix to refill it. Felix poured him another. "Oh, so their back from rescuing your friend eh?" Felix asked. "Not exactly," Rock said. "They're being held by the CIA. I sold them out for a new life," Rock said as he drank his shot. Felix reached out with his hand and covered the drink. "Come again?" he said as his eyebrow went up. "Yep, it was that or be taken down with them for treasonous acts against the United States and a bunch of other felonies," Rock said as he removed Felix's hand from the glass. He downed the shot and shoved his hand with the glass in it towards Felix. Felix put away the liquor and ducked below the counter to pull out a darker glass container."You need this stuff then if you're trying to drink this problem away," Felix said as he started to pour the aged whiskey. Rock downed it thinking like it was any other drink but to his surprise it burned his throat wildly and he started to cough. "Holy shit, what the fuck is that?" Rock asked. "Oh nothing, just something I save for hard times here at the bar that's all," Felix said as he poured himself a shot. He coughed a little and wiped a tear from his eye. "So what now Rock?" he asked. "I don't know Felix. A part of me doesn't want this to end but the other part doesn't want to go to jail," Rock said as he started to sob. "Hey, hey, no crying in this establishment man," Felix said taking his glass away. "Look Rock from one guy to another I think it's time you decided what you want out of these friends of yours. Either you're with them 110% or you're not. Do you think you can fully commit to that?" Felix asked. "I don't know, I don't fucking know, alright?" Rock hollered. "What am I suppose to do? Break them out of Federal custody and pretend like I never sold them out?" Rock questioned. "Exactly," Felix said grinning. "Bust in there killing those fucking feds and spring your friends," he said. "I don't think I can kill another man like that Felix, I don't think I have it in me to do such a thing," Rock said as he wiped his eyes. "Everyone has got that will to kill in them Rock. You, me, smiley, hell even that kid Maxi has got it in them but the thing you have to ask yourself is are you willing to do it for the right reasons?" Felix said as he slid the shot glass back to Rock. Suddenly the tavern doors blew open and in walked Maxi carrying none other than Tracy with him. "Hey guys, look who I found!" he said lifting up Tracy's head.

Maxi helped her over to the counter. Felix grabbed her and put her up on the counter and laid her back. Blood was spilling all over the counter from the wound on her shoulder. "Ah shit this girl is shot," Maxi said as he noticed the blood. "Smiley, get out here with your first aid now!" Felix shouted. Smiley rushed to the front with first aid in hand. Felix took off Tracy's gear then pushed her onto her stomach to get a look at the wound. He pulled the medical scissors from the first aid and cut away her shirt. "Maxi get me some hot water, Smiley get my sewing kit, and Rock give me some of that cheap vodka I have down there will ya?" Felix said. Felix wiped away some of the blood from her shoulder with a towel and saw the wound. It was pumping out blood continuously. "Robert," Tracy muttered as she lied there. "Rock you're going to have to hold her down because the bullet is still in her and I don't want her fidgeting as I pull it out," Felix said. Smiley returned with the sewing kit as did Maxi with the hot water. Felix spread out the wound and dug into her shoulder with one hand while holding a light in the other. "Ahhhhhh!" Tracy screamed as he looked the bullet. "Rock, give her some of that vodka," Felix said as he continued looking. Rock handed her the bottle. She snatched it from his hands and started drinking it as if it was water. She coughed and spat up blood and vodka. "Don't let her drink all of it Rock, I need her conscious. If he goes unconscious I don't think I'll be able to revive her," Felix said. Minutes seemed like hours to Tracy as Felix continually dug around in her shoulder. "I think I got it, there!" He exclaimed as if he had found gold. Felix tossed the bullet into Rocks' glass. Tracy started to calm down afterwards. Felix poured the vodka on the wound to cleanse it. He then stitched her up with the sewing kit and applied a bandage on her shoulder. "Smiley, go put her in the backroom," Felix ordered. Smiley grabbed her by the arm and held her up and slowly dragged her to the back. "Where the hell did you get that one Maxi?" Felix asked. I found her at the bottom of the hill by the road. I heard more gunfire from the road and I high tailed it out of there with her," Maxi said as he cleaned his hands of the blood. Rock went and sat down in a booth and fell asleep. "What's up with him?" Maxi asked Felix. "Long story, help me clean up this blood," Felix said. "Story of my life," Maxi remarked. "Shut up and clean," Felix barked back.

Morning had come quickly. Felix had finished up cleaning as Maxi had fallen asleep in a separate booth. Felix went outside for a smoke. He saw Smiley outside as well smoking too. "So how's our guest?" he asked. "She's stable," he said inhaling on the smoke. "How's Rock?" Smiley asked. "Asleep like Maxi, why do you ask?" Felix responded. "Do you plan on getting involved in his situation? I heard what you two were talking about last night." Smiley said blowing out the smoke. "I want to help the kid Smiley, I mean we helped Dutch so we might as well help him," Felix said lighting up his cigarette. "It's not our fight Felix. We get involved in this and there's no coming back," Smiley said. "I know but this kid has to right his wrong man, you remember we were in his position before," he said. "We did not sell out our friends. They turned on us and joined Torricelli. They could've stayed alive but they wanted to do things their way and look where they're at now," Smiley said as he looked at the backyard. "Yeah, I know but it could be different with Rock, besides I'm getting tired of sitting on the sidelines. It's time to take back what should've belonged to us," Felix said turning away from the backyard. "So we're going through with this?" Smiley asked. "Yup," Felix confirmed. They both walked back in and sat in a booth and went to sleep.

"Sir, Sorry to wake you but the package has finally arrived," Tiffany said as she shook Dougalson. "It's about fucking time. What took them so long?" Dougalson asked. "They had to avoid being spotted by Torricelli, sir," She said as she fixed some coffee. Dougalson loosened his tie and sat up. She handed him some coffee. "Did you get any sleep Tiffany?" he asked. "A little sir," she said. "Is the package gagged and bagged?" he asked as he drank his coffee. "Yes, of course sir," she confirmed. "And how are our boys," he asked. "They're tired sir, should I tell them to stand down?" she asked. "No it's ok, I'll do it. I need you to get back on the radio and ask if extraction can get us out of here any sooner than tomorrow," he said. Tiffany nodded in compliance and got on the radio. Dougalson headed out to the hallway and where the two guards were standing with Benny. "Good job you two. You've outdone yourselves this time around. I expect things to be pretty easy from here on out. Go in and grab some grub and get some sleep. I'll escort the prisoner to their room," he said. The guards went inside as Dougalson shoved Benny in the direction to the room. He kicked Benny inside the room with Dutch and Revy. The three stumbled around on the ground trying to figure out what was going on but it was no use. Dougalson closed the door and locked it. "Tiffany, any word on early extraction?" he asked. "Negative sir, extraction will be here tomorrow 0900hrs," she said. "Oh well, it was worth a shot," Dougalson said and went back to his room. He got on his cell phone and gave Rock a call. It rang and rang but there was no answer. It didn't bother Dougalson as much but if he was in Rock's position he wouldn't answer either. "Rock, you know who this is. Be back at the hotel by 0800hrs, we leave at 0900hrs," Dougalson said as he left a message. Dougalson took in a deep breath and let it out slowly "that promotion is as good as mine" he said to himself as he went back to sleep.

Hours had passed and Tracy had woken up. Not realizing where was she assumed that she had been captured by Torricelli's men. She cautiously got up and looked around for any type of weapon. She found a loaded pistol on the nightstand beside her. She grabbed it and slowly walked out of the room and into the kitchen. Peeking around the corners she didn't see anyone. She took a chef knife and held it in her other hand and walked out to the front. She saw the four men asleep. She approached the first one and pressed the gun on the back of his head. "Get the fuck up," she whispered in his ear. "Damn it Smiley you're supposed to be watching the girl," Maxi mumbled to himself. Maxi slowly scooted back and got up placed his hands high. "Where am I?" She snarled. "You're at our bar. I found you unconscious at the bottom of the hill and brought you here. The four us fixed dressed your wound and made you comfortable, so now that I told you what's what will you lower your gun please?" Maxi begged. Tracy looked at him and he didn't look as if he was lying nor did he look like Torricelli's goons. She lowered her gun and knife and took a seat at the bar. "Smiley, Felix, Rock wake your ass up," Maxi shouted. Rock snapped up in surprise but only to grab his head in agonizing pain from the hangover he was having. Smiley saw that the woman was up and decided to go the back and make something to eat. Felix strolled over to the counter and sat beside her. "Maxi pour me a drink will ya?" Felix asked. "Really, you want me to bartend?" Maxi asked with joy. "No you moron, I want you to pour me a drink," he said. Maxi grumbled and poured him a drink. Tracy smiled a bit and asked for one too. Rock had stumbled over to the counter as well and asked for water. "Not a very exciting drink," Maxi commented. "Yeah well you don't have a hangover," Rock retorted. "So tell me young lady what happened to you?" Felix asked. "My men and I were setup. We were to go grab a man at Torricelli's mansion. My best friend and our team were slaughtered. Even when we tried to escape they pursued us like foxes on a hunt. When we thought we lost them we crashed into an APC. My friend went head first through the window dying on impact. My men were killed as they lied stunned on the ground. I manage to escape killing to guards before the rest of them spotting me. The rest is history I guess," she said as she finished off her drink. "I can't wait to get Dougalson and make him beg for fucking his life," she said slamming her fist into the counter. "Did you say Dougalson?" Rock inquired. "Yeah, why you know him?" Tracy asked. Rock had suddenly smiled as if he had started to form a plan inside his head.

"Wait a minute you're a part of the group of the terrorists we captured?" Tracy said. "Sort of, I'm what you call…" "A terrorist," Felix said butting in. "No Felix, I'm a traitor to those who called me a friend. I sold them out to Dougalson for a new life but I know that isn't the decision I want anymore. I've spent enough time with them to make me a part of the group and if they go down I'm going down too," Rock said bravely. "So are you sure this is what you want Rock?" Felix asked. "Yes, I'm with them to the end, no more undecided Rock," he said as he stood up "I'm in forever or until I'm dead," Rock said. "Well then, I guess we got some planning to do, don't we?" Felix said rhetorically.

Felix went to the back of the kitchen and dragged out the case of weapons again. Smiley helped him lift it onto the table. Tracy looked in and saw wasn't much left. "This is it?" she asked. "Well over the years you tend to lose unwanted weapons to rust and misplacing them," he said as he scratched the back of his head. "Well if it's still there at the heliport I have a cache of weapons just waiting to be used. So if someone could drive me there we could use those," Tracy said backing away from the table. "Maxi, get the car and bring it around and take her to the heliport. We're going to need as a lot of firepower to take down the feds," Felix said. Maxi and Tracy left for the heliport leaving Smiley, Felix, and Rock back at the bar. Rock had started sweating profusely before they had even left and everyone had noticed. "What's wrong Rock?" Smiley questioned. "I think I'm going to…vomit," Rock said as he put his hand over his mouth and ran to the patio. "You want to talk to or shall I?" Smiley asked Felix. "Well this was my plan so I better say something," Felix said. "Yeah, we don't need a walking body bag around us when we go through this," Smiley remarked. "Yeah, yeah," Felix said nonchalantly flicking his hand in the air as he walked to the patio. "You ok Rock?" Felix asked. "I don't think I can go through with this. I mean I've been under fire plenty of times with them but I don't think I can kill a man," Rock said wiping away the vomit residue from his mouth. "Listen Rock, killing is just as easy as breathing. We as a people all resort to animal nature sooner or later in situations. When your adrenaline gets pumping and people are trying to personally kill you, you kind of have to decide whether or not you're going to die standing up or die lying down. As soon as you decide that then things will be a lot clearer. Let's just hope for your sake that you choose to go out in a blaze of glory," Felix said as he lit up a cigarette. "Do you really believe that?" Rock asked. "Sure I do, I mean I wouldn't be alive if I didn't," Felix responded. "So get it together man, you're your friends' only hope right now," Felix said as he threw the just lit cigarette away. Rock just stared out towards the patio trying to concentrate on what he has to do. Felix walked back inside and poured himself a stiff drink. Smiley just looked at Felix and patted him on the back. "I hope those words filled him with courage man or else we're going to be fucked," Smiley said. "We should be ok," Felix said as he swallowed the drink. "I hope,"

As day turned to night on the island the storm that was over the island had picked up with more intense winds and hail started to come down. Tracy and Maxi covered their heads as they ran back to the bar with two duffle bags in hand. Maxi held the door open for Tracy then forced the door closed as the wind tried to push it back open. Tracy threw the bags on the table and unzipped them and opened them up. The bags were filled with left over grenades, body armor, sub machine guns, two assault rifles, pistols, and a few tactical vests. "Wow," Smiley said as he rummaged around the bag. "Pack enough?" he said rhetorically. "I like to be prepared that's all," Tracy said as she load up one of the assault rifles. Rock walked over to the table and saw the gear. "Is this enough?" he asked. "I think this should do it. Which one do you want to use?" Tracy asked. Rock didn't know where to start as everyone else was preparing their gear. "Umm…" he said hesitantly. "Here, let me help you," Tracy said. She gave him some body armor and tactical vest with a submachine gun and a pistol. She helped him put the vest on and load his gear. "You've never killed someone have you?" she asked. "Of course I have, plenty of people," he said cockily. She just gave him the eye of disbelief and continued prepping him. "You don't need lie to me man, saying no doesn't mean anything. Actually having not done it makes you that much less likely to do it again," she said as she finished helping him out. "Once you take a man's life there is no going back," she said. "You really think so?" he asked. "Oh yeah but if you do end having to kill someone make sure you do it for the right reason," she responded. "Nothing is worse than having to kill someone for the wrong reasons. Some people can do it either way, some can't. So pray that when you kill someone you are sure about it," She said as she left him alone. "Hey guys look at what I found!" Maxi announced. He held up a light green tube which looked like large PVC tubing. "Easy with that dumb shit, that's a LAW you're holding," Tracy barked as she rushed over to him and snatched it out of his hands. "You didn't have to snatch it. What the hell is it?" Maxi asked. "Light Antitank Weapon," she said as she gently put it down on the table. "Just in case for emergencies," Tracy said. Rock looked himself over in the mirror and felt a dark aura growing around him. Just then his phone started vibrating. He walked outside to the patio and took the call. "Where are you?" Dougalson asked. "I'm at the local bar getting a drink, why?" Rock asked. Dougalson could hear the irritation in his voice. "Still mad are we?" He asked. "Well get over it. I need you back here at the hotel in a few hours. I just got word from the extraction team that their able to pick us up earlier than expected. We'll be out of here by 0530hrs. So were leaving the hotel at 0330hrs. I need you here so we can all move as one," Dougalson said. "Uh, ok, whatever you say," Rock said. "Don't be late," Dougalson said as he hung up. Rock hung up the phone and turned around and saw Tracy standing right behind him. "So what the asshole have to say?" She asked as she folded her arms together while leaning on the patio door. "We're leaving earlier than expect. What time is it?" Rock asked. "0130hrs," Tracy said. "I have to getting going soon," Rock said as he packed up his gear. "Leaving Rock?" Felix asked. I need to get back to the hotel so I can pack my stuff up there to make it seem like I'm going," he said. "What's the plan out getting my friends out of there?" Rock questioned. "Well let's see," Felix said.

Everyone gathered around the table and waited for Felix. "Ok guys this is what's going to happen. At 0330hrs Rock and his friends are going to leave the hotel. We are going to follow them until they reach the destination point. We will follow about half a mile behind them. Not to arouse any suspicion and be able to keep them in sight. When we get to the destination we'll follow them inside and…" Tracy interrupted Felix. "Hold the fuck up for a minute. Do we even know where they're going to be extracted from?" she asked. "No, we don't," Felix said. "Well don't you think we should know?" she asked. "Yeah, probably, why?" Felix asked. "Well I don't need to be going into another shit fest alright. I'm not risking my neck for his friends when I don't know the details, so until we know where the extraction is, I'm out," Tracy said as she turned her back to the table. "She's right man, for all we know it could be a trap," Smiley said. Felix sighed out of frustration. "You're going to have to figure out where the extraction is Rock," Felix said. "How the hell am I supposed to do that?" Rock asked. "I don't know, be creative and when you get the information get back to us or call the bar's number," Felix said as he wrote down the phone number on a piece of paper. "Good luck Rock," Felix said as he went behind the counter and started to put the alcohol away.

It was 2:30am by the time Rock had left the bar. There was still a strong wind but the rain stopped coming down as hard. Rock was thinking to himself of how he could get the information out of Dougalson. It was 3:00am when he reached the hotel. Yukio was sitting behind the front desk laughing to himself about something. He saw Rock and waved to him. Rock casually waved back to him and headed upstairs. As he ascended the staircase Maxi touched him on the shoulder and scared him. "What the hell is a matter with?!" Rock said excitedly. "Sorry but I figured that they'd monitor your calls in and out of this place so I brought my phone with me so we can call Felix when you get the information," Maxi said smiling. "If there are guards outside the room you won't be able to come in, so what then?" Rock asked. "Well I'll just wait in the stairwell," Maxi said. Rock had reached the top of the floor where his room was. He opened the door slight and peeked outside. The guards weren't present. Rock slowly moved down the hallway and unlocked his door. Rock opened the door and went in. He waved Maxi over confirming the coast was clear. Maxi ran to his room and closed the door. Suddenly there was a knock at his door. Maxi freaked and ran into the bedroom and hid in the shower and closed the shower curtain. Rock opened the door and saw it was Tiffany. "Oh hi," Rock said. Tiffany just pushed the door open and walked inside. "Did you just get here?" She asked. "Yeah, I'm just going to start putting some things away," Rock said. "Oh ok, well hurry up you only have 20 minutes before we head on out," Tiffany said. "Where are we getting picked up?" Rock asked hoping she'd tell him. "I don't see how that concerns you," she said as she stared at him perplexedly. "I'm just asking that's all," Rock said. He continued to put his stuff away as Tiffany just watched him carefully. "Dougalson told me to keep an eye on you before we headed out," she said as she unclipped her pistol and placed it on the counter. The two of them heard a loud thump in the back and they both looked to where the bedroom was. "What the fuck was that?" she said grabbing her pistol. "Stay here," she said as he went into the room. She searched the bedroom then went into the bathroom. She slowly approached the shower and ripped the curtain away to find nothing there. She left the bedroom and walked back to the front door. "Just hurry up," she said leaving the room. Rock rushed to the bathroom to check on Maxi but he was nowhere to be found. Rock opened the window by the shower and gazed out. He saw Maxi standing on the ledge propping himself against the wall for dear life. Rock helped him back in from the ledge. Maxi was sweating tremendously. "So did you find out where we're going to do this rescue at?" he asked. "No, she didn't say but I think it could be at this conference building I was at before when we first met them," Rock said. "Can you be sure of that?" Maxi asked. "No, but that's the only place I can think of," Rock said. "Well then I guess that's going to have to do. It will at least get Tracy on board because we're going to need her help for whatever is going to come our way," Maxi said as he went to the front room. "Make sure you double check, ok?" Maxi said. "You got it," Rock said as he opened the door for Maxi. Maxi took a peek outside to check if no one was out there and then made a break for the stairwell.

Maxi rushed back to the tavern. While running he dialed his phone to talk to Felix. "Hello," answered Felix. "Hey Felix, the extraction zone is going to be the conference building at the airport. We should head there now and pack prep when we get there," Maxi said. "Yeah, that sounds like a plan. How far are you away from here?" Felix asked. "I'm about 10 minutes out," Maxi responded. "Stay where you are we'll pick you up," Felix said. They both hung up the phone and started to get ready. "Saddle up people we got the location," Felix announced. Smiley headed out to his old pick up and placed the gear in the back. Tracy threw on the tactical vest and loaded the assault rifle. They piled into the old Chevy pickup truck and drove towards Maxi's position. As Maxi waited he got a call on his cell phone. He was surprised when he heard Rock's voice on the line. "Rock, what the hell are you doing? You're going to get caught," Maxi said. "No, it's ok. I'm using the phone down at the lobby. Yukio got it working for me. I managed to overhear Dougalson talking about the rendezvous. It is at the conference building but there's one problem," Rock mentioned. "What is it?" Maxi asked. "Torricelli's men are mobilizing and headed towards the hotel now. They should be here within 10 minutes. We leave here in 10 minutes so we may have company on our ass when we get to you," Rock said. "Shit!" Maxi exclaimed. "Well I'll tell Felix when he picks me up, just stay alive man ok?" Maxi said. "Right," Rock said skeptically. Felix had just pulled up as Maxi hung up the phone. "Come on man, hop in the back we got no time to lose," Felix shouted. Maxi hopped in the back and held on as the pickup went up the road to the airfield.

Rock had just finished packing his thing as Dougalson entered the room in a hurry. "You ready Rock?" He said excitedly. "Yeah, what's wrong?" Rock asked. "We got gunship support from the Navy. Torricelli's men are fucked when they meet the AH-1 Cobra," he said smiling. "Well that's good then," Rock stated. "Yeah, but we need to go now while we still go the chance." Dougalson said. Rock saw the two guards and Tiffany rush down the hallway as they passed his room. Rock took a big swallow and crossed his fingers and took off with Dougalson. They rushed down the stairwell and out towards the lobby where. As they rushed towards the SUV's Dougalson yelled out to Tiffany "Where's our gunship?" he called out. "ETA 2 minutes," she hollered back. They opened the trucks doors and got in. Dougalson jumped into the driver's seat while Tiffany took passenger side. The two guards had gotten into a separate truck where Dutch, Revy, and Benny were being held. The two trucks stepped on the gas and took off down the road at high speed. As they pulled out of the circular entry way Tiffany saw down the road a LAV-25 with about 5 jeeps coming towards them. "We got company Dougalson," she yelled. He looked in the rear view mirror and saw what was coming. "Fucking shit; where's our air support?" he said. "They should be on top of us now," Tiffany said. The LAV started to fire down range with its cannon. The trucks took evasive maneuvers as they kept towards the airfield. The jeeps had sped up in front of the LAV and kept in hot pursuit. Tiffany hopped in the back with Rock and opened up a crate that held an M-16 assault rifle. She popped in the clip and shot out the back window and took aim at the jeeps. Muzzle flashes came out from the SUV as seen from the AH-1 Cobra pilot. Tiffany was trying her best to take out the jeeps but there were too many targets. She had managed to keep them away from the prisoner truck though. The ground was shaking all around them as the cannon shells blew up from each direction. Tiffany pushed Rock's head down as the trucks windows blew out. "Keep your head down," she said as she reloaded. "This is Hawk Eye, do you need some help down there?" said the Cobra pilot. "Affirmative Hawk Eye, light up those bastards who are following us," she said. "Roger that, going hot," confirmed the pilot. The pilot opened fire with its tripled barrel Gatling cannon. The bullets tore the pursuing jeeps to shreds. The jeeps exploded and troops were bailing out left and right. The LAV had noticed the Cobra and took aim at it and opened fired. The Cobra ascended into the clouds and pulled sharply spinning it around facing the LAV at a 60 degree angle. "Fire away," the pilot said as he released his 70mm rockets onto the LAV. The LAV erupted into a ball of fire and stopped dead in its tracks. "Thank you Hawk Eye for the assistance," Tiffany said happily. "Not a problem, we'll provide over watch until you reach the bravo point," he said.

The trucks had finally arrived at the conference building 20 minutes later. Tiffany and opened the door and got out taking a crouch stance aiming the M-16 at the entrance to the airfield. "Go sir, Hawk Eye and I will cover you until you get into the building," she said. Dougalson nodded and got out of the truck and opened the doors to the prisoner truck. Dutch, Revy, and Benny walked out. They were shackled together to prevent them from escaping. "Well Rock your new life awaits, come on," Dougalson said as he waved him over. The two guards lead the Lagoon crew inside the building first then Dougalson and Rock followed; Tiffany was the last to head on in. "What time is it Tiffany?" Dougalson asked. "0430," she said looking at her watch. "We hold here in the Lobby until 0455, and then we head up to the landing pad up at the top and wait for extraction," Dougalson said as he checked the surroundings. "Tiffany, turn on the security system so I know what's happening outside," he said. Tiffany went behind the security desk and started up the system. "I think I need to puke," said Rock as he rushed to the bathroom. Rock got to the bathroom and puked into the sink. As Rock rinsed off he saw four of the bathroom stall doors open up; out came Smiley, Felix, Maxi, and Tracy. "How'd you guys get in?" Rock asked. "The backdoor was unlocked," Maxi said. Tracy tossed Rock a duffle bag. "Gear up," she said. Rock took a deep breath and started to put on the gear. Meanwhile Tiffany had finally started up the system. "Sir, we have breach inside the building," Tiffany said. "What? Who is it?" Dougalson asked. "I read four of them sir, they entered through the backdoor," she said. "Where is Rock?" Dougalson shouted. Just then the Men's bathroom door was kicked open and out came the four of them. They opened fire on Dougalson and his men. "Take cover!" Dougalson ordered. The two guards jump behind the security console with Tiffany. Dougalson made a break for one of the marble pillars. The two teams exchanged gunfire at each other from the short distance between them. Rock came stumbling out of the bathroom like a nervous wreck. He crawled his way to cover. Bullets could be heard all of the building's lobby zipping and whining in every direction. Rock held his position next to Maxi who was having the time of his life.

"I'm taking my friends back Dougalson!" Rock bellowed. Dougalson was shocked by what he heard. "You piece of Japanese shit, you go back on our deal. Fine then, it's easier just to kill you and take your friends in. Doesn't matter really we're leaving alive and I don't think you will," he said as he opened fire on Rock's position. "I don't think so Dougalson, you and I still have some unfinished business," Tracy shouted. "Tiffany, kill that bitch," Dougalson ordered. "My pleasure," she said with confidence. Tiffany took aim and concentrated her fire on Tracy's cover. "Rock draw those guards fire while me and Smiley take them out," Felix said. Rock's legs stiffened and his knees were shaking. Smiley and Felix continued to take fire and their cover was dwindling down to nothing. "Damn it Rock, remember what I said," Felix screamed but it went to deaf ears as the gunfire started to drown out anything vocal. Maxi popped up and started to fire onto the guards behind the console. The guards turned their attention to Maxi and begun firing on him. Smiley and Felix took action and aimed for the guards and fired. Four well placed shots to the chest took them down instantly. Dougalson took that sign to take out one of their men. He leaned out and fired at Maxi. Several shots drilled into his shoulder and right chest region. Maxi collapsed to the ground screaming in pain. Rock quickly crawled over to Maxi and put pressure on his wounds. Blood was pumping out fast and he was bleeding out. Rock could see Maxi clinching his teeth as his blood seeped through the cracks of his teeth. He grabbed Rock's hand and held it tightly. "I don't want to die yet man," Maxi said. His body started to convulse. Rock tried to hold him still but it was no use. Maxi right then and there died holding onto Rock's hand. Smiley watched the whole thing. "Damn it Rock! Get your ass up and help us out," Smiley screamed. Felix could hear Dougalson laughing. "Shut the fuck up!" Smiley roared as he got from behind his cover and charged Dougalson's position. Standing up he wielded double sub machine guns. The bullets rattled out of each gun decimating Dougalsons cover. Rock just watched as Smiley screamed his battle cry. He could see tears of hatred in the corner of his eye. "Click," the SMG's sounded as he ran out of bullets. Dougalson again leaned out and shot Smiley with a clean headshot into the forehead. Smiley's back of his skull exploded and covered the ground with brains and piece of hair. Smiley fell back dropping his SMG's. "God no!" Felix shouted. Rock was in shock of what was happening. He started to believe that what was happening was his fault. If he just have kept with the deal Maxi and Smiley wouldn't have died. Felix scurried over to Rock's position and punched him in the jaw. "Snap out of it Rock," he yelled. "I don't know what to do Felix," Rock said as he could feel himself cowering. "Avenge them Rock, Avenge them!" Felix screamed opening fire on to Dougalson. Douglason got up and ran towards Tiffany who was still exchanging fire Tracy.

"Sir we got Torricelli's men outside," Tiffany said as she ducked from the incoming bullets. "Good, open the front doors and let these assholes deal with them. We've got an extraction team to meet up with," Dougalson said grabbing onto the shackles of the Lagoon crew. Revy tried resisting but only felt the metal embrace of a pistol whip to the side of the head. "Call the elevator. As soon as the doors open we make a break for it, got it?" Dougalson stated. Tiffany nodded and called the elevator. Felix pulled Rock up from his feet and grabbed Maxi's grenades and dragged him to Tracy's position. "How are you doing on ammo Tracy?" Felix asked."I've got 3 magazines left," she said as she switched over to semi automatic. There was a buzzer and it was the elevator doors opening. "Now!" Dougalson yelled. Tiffany opened the front doors and in charged Torricelli's men. Tiffany and Dougalson rushed to the elevator with Dutch and the others. Tiffany covered the rear as Dougalson got into the elevator. Rock saw Torricelli point out to Benny. He was ordering his troops to take Benny. Tiffany took a bullet in the shoulder but continued to fire at Torricelli's men and Tracy. She made it into the elevator and headed up to the helipad with Dougalson. "Tracy, take Rock and help him save his friends. I'll stay here and buy you guys' time," Felix said tossing the grenades he had at Torricelli's men. The explosions shook the building. "Get of here, I got this, now go!" Felix commanded. Tracy looked into his eyes and knew that she wasn't going to see him again. She grabbed Rock by the back of the collar of the tactical vest and pushed towards the elevator. She pressed the button for the elevator. Rock screamed out to Felix trying to reach for him but Tracy didn't let him go. Felix just smiled at him and gave him a thumbs' up. As they got into the elevator Rock saw Torricelli's men close in on him. The last thing Rock saw was an explosion around Felix then only his reflection in the silver metallic doors of the elevator.

Rock punched the door furiously. He could feel the anger start swelling up inside him. It was like a monster wanted to get out of him. He felt similar emotions before but never this intense. "There was nothing you could do for him," Tracy said reloading her assault rifle. She crouched down and watched the numbers increase as they passed multiple floors. She lied down her sidearm next to her along with the extra magazines she had left. "You're friends are waiting for you Rock, don't let them down," Tracy said. The elevator started to slow down. They were nearing the top. Tracy prepped Rocks SMG and pistol. "Look, just aim and pull the trigger Rock. Put the butt stock into your shoulder for better accuracy and if rapid fire is helping switch semi auto and choose your shots wisely," she said. The elevator dinged and the doors opened. Gunfire zipped down the small corridor and hit the back of the elevator. Tiffany was down at the of the corridor firing upon them while Dougalson and the Lagoon crew waited for the extraction team. Rock took cover inside the elevator. The corner of the elevator provided little cover put it was metal so bullets weren't doing much. Tiffany switched to semi auto and started aiming for Tracy. "Help me out Rock!" Tracy yelled. Rock took the SMG and blind fired down the corridor. The SMG vibrated Rock's body. Bullet casings clattered and clanked on the floor. "Get into the position I'm in Rock and hold the gun properly," Tracy said. Rock took to one knee and placed the butt stock into his shoulder and started to fire. Tiffany ducked as Rock opened up on her. She fired at Rock making him hug up against the elevator walls. "I see it Tiffany, get ready!" Dougalson shouted. A Chinook was inbound to Dougalsons' position. The helicopter hovered came in slowly. "Rock aim at Tiffany, I'm going to shoot that helicopter," Tracy yelled. Tracy fired upon the Chinook. Her bullets were doing little damage to the helicopter. Tiffany took a deep breath and concentrated her shot directly at Tracy. The bullet spiraled out of the barrel piercing Tracy's collar bone. She fell backwards from the force of the bullet and started to bleed out. She shrieked in pain as she tried to continue to fire while keeping one hand on her wound. "Take this Rock," Tracy said handing him the LAW. "You only have one shot, make it count," Tracy said. Another bullet made contact with her skull killing her quickly. "Move it Tiffany!" Dougalson ordered. Tiffany scooted back slowly to the opening ramp of the Chinook. Dougalson was already on with the Lagoon crew. Rock charged Tiffany. A bullet hit him dead on the center of the chest. He stumbled but regained his footing and kept moving. Pulling the trigger a stream of bullets impaled themselves into Tiffany's mid section. Her body dropped backwards into the wall and fell slowly down into the ground. Dougalson saw the opportunity to take Rock out. He aimed his pistol and fired. Rock dodged the bullets as he rolled to the side of the helipad. The helicopter whipped. Dougalson lost his aim on Rock and missed his chance. The Chinook was hovering in place for a moment and it was at the moment Rock took aim with the LAW and fired. The missile shot out of the launcher and the back end of Chinook's rotor. Smoke and fire came from the Chinook. "Bail out!" ordered the pilot. Dougalson jumped back onto the helipad with the Lagoon crew. The Chinook spun violently out of control and crashed into the side of the building. A tremor went through the entire building shaking it tremendously. Dougalson had broken his leg on the jump to the helipad and he was crawling to his gun. Rock took his SMG and fired two shots at Dougalson's leg. The bullets crippled his legs, he screamed in agony. Rock slung the SMG over his shoulder and ran towards his friends. He unmasked them and took the gags out of their mouths. "Don't think we're done Rock, we've got some unfinished business," Dougalson said as he got closer to his gun. Rock was about to remove the noise cancellation headphones from his friends but froze in place. He started to remember what Felix and Tracy said about killing with a purpose. Rock turned around and walked up on Dougalson. Rock was standing over him. He reached for his gun and turned spun onto his back about to kill Rock but Rock beat him to the punch. Rock shot Dougalson between the eyes with the SMG. Dougalsons' arm fell back to the floor and released the gun. Dutch, Benny, and Revy didn't even know what they just watched.

Rock went back to his friends and took the headsets off. He unshackled them and helped them up. Dutch reached for the SMG Rock was holding but Rock pushed his hand away gently. "I know what I'm doing Dutch. This is me now, with you guys until the end," Rock said as he wiped the sweat from his brow. "What happened to you Rock?" Benny asked. "I'll tell you some other time," Rock said. Though Rock himself wasn't sure what he should tell them. Rock just helped them move back to the corridor. "Did you kill this bitch Rock?" Revy asked. "Yep," Rock said exhaustedly. They approached the elevator and saw Tracy. "That's the woman that took me and Revy hostage, what's she doing here?" Dutch asked. "Tracy helped me free you guys. Also Maxi, Smiley, and Felix helped too but their dead as well," Rock said with his head down now taking everything in. "They died trying to help me save you guys," Rock said quietly. The closed elevator to the right dinged and the doors opened up. Several bodies came out through the elevator doors. Rock instantly noticed that they were what were left of Torricelli's men and Torricelli himself. Rock quickly pushed Dutch, Benny, and Revy into the elevator he came up in. Rock turned to Torricelli and his troops and sprayed the SMG at them. Their bodies jerked and shook as Rock unloaded an entire clip into them. As Rock ran out of ammo as did the lives of Torricelli and his remaining troops. Revy and the rest of the crew just stared at Rock. He was gritting his teeth and clinching the SMG firmly breathing heavily. Rock realized what he must've looked liked and calmed down. "Holy shit, no hesitation, did you see that Dutch?" Revy asked. "I sure did," Dutch said. Dutch just looked at Rock. He pushed his sunglasses up and just thought to himself that whatever happened to Rock couldn't be a good thing. Rock dropped the SMG and on the ground and smiled at his friends. "Out of ammo I guess," he said as he got back in the elevator and headed down back to the lobby. Rock bent down and closed Tracy's eyes for her. He picked up her sidearm and held it within his hands loosely. No one said anything but they were all thinking the same thing "what happened to Rock?"

The elevator dinged and the doors opened again as they reached the lobby. The lobby was a mess. Bullet casing littered the floor. Dead bodies were scattered about in every direction. "Hey Revy, I think your cutlasses are in that bag behind the security console," Rock said. Revy rushed over to the bag and opened it up. Sure enough Rock was right. She put on her holsters and twirled her cutlasses in the air and then holstered them. Dutch saw the bodies of Smiley and Maxi lying on the floor. "Damn, they were good people," Dutch said. They walked over the bodies and walked back outside to where Dougalsons' SUV's were. They drove back to the hotel and where the Lagoon was docked. "Thanks for the visiting our paradise," Yukio said as he waved goodbye to them from behind the counter. They walked back out onto the dock and untied the Lagoon. She was covered in palm tree limbs and there was water everywhere. "Revy check her out, see if anything is wrong. Benny, check the communications and radar. See if there's anything coming our way," Dutch ordered. Dutch removed the limbs off the boat and tossed them in the water. Rock approached Dutch and asked him a question. "How do you live life knowing you took a man's life away from him? Can someone still be the same after that situation?" he asked. Dutch turned around and looked at Rock "Don't let the actions you do affect your morals you have. You can still live your life the same way you did before but just know you're in it now the old life you ever thought about rejoining is dead. Accept it and keep living," Dutch said as he threw off the last limb from the boat. Dutch went to the cabin and sat in his chair and got on the mic with Revy. "How's she looking?" he asked. "Everything seems to be in order, I guess," Revy said. Dutch started her up and it sounded as good as it did when they arrived. Rock headed below deck with Revy and lied back. "Some vacation, eh Dutch?" Revy said. Dutch didn't say anything but just accelerated away from the island and back to Roanapur. "Vacation my ass," he said to himself.

[Ending Credits UVERworld – Rush]

[Next episode of Black Lagoon]

Home sweet home they call it, too bad it's not as sweet as they thought it would be. The Triad and Hotel Moscow are at war again. It's like Japan all over again but this time it's Russians and Chinese that are filling the body bags. An old acquaintance lurks in Roanapur and he's out for revenge on those who stopped his conquest the first time. A personal vendetta is to be fulfilled against Revy and Rock. Only one man would dare do such a thing.

[Next time on Black Lagoon, Episode 10: Comedy and Drama of Roanapur]