Chapter 9: Legit Business

"I'd been flying the plane for hours now, but my gut told me that I was getting close. From what I could tell on the GPS I had just crossed the Laos border into Thailand. I got call from a man who said he was working for Mr. Chang, he told me that there was a boat waiting on the water for, all I had to do was land it, load up the product and go with them to Roanopur."

"After a few more minutes of flying, I saw a smoke signal coming from the waster I headed towards it and saw it was coming from a torpedo boat."

"That must be the transport" thought Rock. He steadily landed the plane in the water. He got out of the pilot's seat and opened the side hatch. His outfit was a simple red Hawaiian shirt with white floral pattern, some tan cargo pants, and military boots. But since he didn't know these people, or if they were the right people for that matter, he had on a black tactical vest which holstered his pistol and some fingerless leather gloves.

"You the guy" asked a large African-American man, he must be the leader because he was wearing sunglasses, a Vietnam flak-jacket, and military fatigues. "yeah I'm the guy… you the transport" asked Rock. "Yes we are, alright let's get this product loaded up" said the African-American man.

With that said Rock helped the man load cocaine onto the boat and the went into the lower quarters. "Name's Dutch, and I'm the captain of this vessel, what's your name" asked Dutch. "Rock, so is it just you who came?'" asked Rock.

"No I got other people here, and here comes one of 'em" Dutch signaled to the door next to them. Right on cue came out a talled, tanned woman with purple hair, wearing a black tank-top that didn't even cover her midriff and daisy duke short shorts. But what caught Rock's attention were the holsters she was wearing and the twin Beretta 92 Inox in each of them.

Dutch introduced her, "This is Revy our weapons expert and main gunman." Revy looked up and said, "So Dutch is this the fucker we've been waiting all day for?" "Bit of advice, she's a real hothead so I'd stay on her good side" said Dutch before heading to the main wheel.

"Fuck you Dutch" said Revy. "So what's your name pal, wait… don't tell me… I don't give a shit. Just get your bitch ass in the hull and let's go." With that she turned and left, Rock made his way to the hull and sat down, he wasn't even phased by the Revy's comment. After all he wasn't here to make friends, he was here to do this job and get paid for it.

Soon the boats motor shifted into gear and lurched forward. As they made their way towards their destination, Rock, feeling stuffy, went up onto the top deck for a smoke. It was there that he met a scrawny, blonde man wearing glasses also partaking of his tobacco product. He noticed Rock and introduced himself; "Hey you must be the new passenger, I'm Benny by the way," said Benny as he extended his hand Rock shook it and introduced himself. "I'm the crew's technical analyst, so if you need some hacking work done, you call Benny" he said with slight enthusiasm.

Eventually they arrived at their destination. Roanopur, where the only entrance is by boat and out on the water, is a giant Buddha statue. Eventually they arrived at the harbor and Rock saw some Asian men, all armed and wearing suits, were standing by some trucks. Rock and the crew eventually got off the boat and met with men. "You Rock?" asked one of the men. "Yeah… are you the contact?" asked Rock and the man answered yes.

The man in charge proceeded to order the others to get the cocaine off the boat and loaded it onto the trucks the got in and were ready. "Please come with us Mr. Okajima and you too Lagoon Company, Mr. Chang will giving you your pay personally."

With that both Rock and the Lagoon Company got inside a waiting car and proceeded to head to Mr. Chang's residence. Nobody said a word until they arrived in front of a large skyscraper, the trucks carrying the cocaine drove around to the back while the guests came in through the front door. They got into the elevator until they reached to penthouse level.

It was there that they were greeted by an Asian man wearing sunglasses and a fine suit with a white scarf draped around his neck. "Is it safe to assume your Lee's boy?" asked Mr. Chang. "Is it safe to assume your Mr. Chang" asked Rock. "Y'know I was surprised to find out that Lee only sent one man, especially carrying this kind of product. And he doesn't put his trust in a lot of people," said Chang while examining Rock, "but… that tells me your good at you do, and your reliable. Lee said you were" said Chang.

Eventually they all sat down, when Chang said, "So tell me about yourself Rock, you look like a guy with a quite a story, and I'm not trying to pry, but you look military if you don't mind me asking." "Yeah I am I was discharged only a week ago" responded Rock. "So what branch you serve in?" asked Dutch. "Marine Corps" answered Rock, and Dutch was about to say something until, "Oh for fucksake another fuckin' jarhead, just what we needed" said Revy. Rock didn't respond, again he wasn't here to make friends. "Marines huh, so where did you serve" asked Chang. "Persian Gulf, Nicaragua, South Africa" explained Rock. "But listen Mr. Chang… due respect sir I would like to get paid for my services if that's okay" Rock asked in a serious tone.

"Damn… Lee said you meant business bit I didn't know it was his much. Don't worry here's your money" said Chang while he handed Rock a brief case and the Lagoon Company one as well. Rock proceeded to open it and count the money, he was promised $750,000 for his services. Content that it was all there, him and Lagoon Company left the building and were about to separate until. "Hey Rock," He turned and saw that it was Dutch, "Were headed down to the Yellow Flag bar for a drink, you wanna come?" asked Dutch. Rock nodded and said, "Sure I could go for stiff drink." With that he got into the car and they drove off.