Chapter 10:

Lindsay was checking some papers on the table when she saw a large shadow tower over her, she scratched her head as she looked up.

"Hey! What's up Byron! Done dealing with Vincent's thugs yet?" she added with a grin on her face, however Byron conserved his serious face, and quickly looked to one side "There is something you must know regarding about the present situation…"

Lindsay frowned as she sat up, it was not often that Byron had that look on his face; she was not pleased with the news "Really? I believe it isn't of life or death is it?"

"It appears to be that your brother Vincent, and your uncle have taken over various parts of the cartel, including a large part in the base at Juarez" he added darkly as he saw her growl as she laid back into her chair and crossed her legs in frustration.

"How the hell did this happen?" she hissed as she slammer her pen to the desk "One moment everything is nice and under control, and then we see everything getting goin' to hell! What the fuck man!"

Byron leaned against her desk as he reached in his pocket a cigarette "Let me remind you that, during your vacation everyone wanted to get their hands on the cartel, your sister did everything in her power to slow the process, but she could not do more than what she could…"

"Because she's pathetic at this kind of work" Lindsay scoffed back "but at least she didn't lose the entire cartel, gotta hand her that, huh Byron?"

He took a long drag of his cigarette "Also, the Italians are also causing problems, they didn't like the conditions that you and your sister put, and now they want to go out and take control of our drug routes that lead from New York to Latin America…and a third party joined the fray…."

Lindsay shot up from her seat, lifting and eyebrow "What? A Third party getting involved? Who are they?"

He nodded in reply "Russians…."

She stared at him for a few seconds before bursting into laughter "Soviets? Oh c'mon, they've been sitting in the corner for the last years and now they wanna be some hot shit?!"

"Lindsay!" Bryon barked loudly, causing Lindsay to stop laughing "These Soviets aren't something to be taken to lightly of, they already set up a base, and they have the winner take all philosophy! I don't think they should be something to be careless with!" he shouted slamming his fist on the table.

Lindsay curled her lip, and narrowed her eyes as she grabbed a letter opener on the table, and twirling it with her hand "Byron, chill, these Russians haven't done anything in the past, so what makes you so sure that they can do it now? Also, their nation rejected them like old dogs…" She added with a crooked smile as she spinned the blade and tapped her cheek softly "We can keep a small lid on them just so we don't get too cocky, because what can they do? They're too fucked up from Afghanistan to do anything"

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Revy rested her chin on the car door as she rolled her eyes towards the passengers in the front. Lisbeth was too busy shouting on her cell phone to do anything else, while her driver was making glances at her with the eye shield. She had no idea what was worse, Lisbeth's fucking shouting or that asshole giving her looks, either way, it was giving her a hell of a headache. However something that stupid moron was bitching about caught her attention:

"Hey, I'm not working with the fucking triads!! So why the fuck does that asshole want to talk to me, I made my fucking decision!!!"

"Beth" started Santiago but was quickly interrupted by his boss "Not now, Santiago---All right, I'll go there to hammer down some sense into that motherfucker" she added sharply before snapping her phone, glancing sideways to Revy.

"Yo Becky, you wake back there?"

Revy growled as she sat up "Becky is doing fine, so fuck off, it's none your business" Beth snorted as she reached into her coat "Lindsay was right, you do have a nice vocabulary"

"At least I don't run the fucking look like the bitch" Revy added as she sat back crossing her arms.

"Huh, you say whatcha think on your head eh? Your gonna get your throat slit at the rate girlie…any who, this isn't why I wanted to talk to you, Lindsay told you that you'd be leaving LA today no?"

"If everything went to plan" Revy added as she dug into her pocket for a cigarette, "Well, that's not happening, you might be leaving in a month's time" Beth added quickly as she regained her position back into her seat

"WHAT THE FUCK?!!" she bellowed dropping the lighter on the car floor

Beth sighed in disappointment as she removed her sunglasses "You don't think I hate this shit, I cant stand you the same way do about me, but complications just occurred, so you're just going to hang on"

"I cant wait that long!!!" Revy shouted her companion only turned around with a sigh "Well if you're in a rush you can beat the fuck out of my car and see if your idea is better"

Revy remained still for a few moments before hissing and kicking the seat in from of her as she looked out the window, Beth only scratched her head while regaining her posture "That's what I thought"

"Where are we headed to Miss?" Santiago asked with a slight smirk, Beth lit her cigar "Did Francisco come back from school?"

"Been there for a hell of a while" he added, "Go back home" Beth started "Tomorrow morning where gonna pick up this girl's toys at Union Station"

He gave a nod as he resumed driving; Revy remained silent for a while as she observed the twin sister "You and Lindsay may look like two straws of hay, but fuck you're different…"

"So you're trying to say that all because we look the same we have to act the same? Huh, you sure don't have experience with twins do ya?"

"Forget it" she added with a small grunt, Beth gave a small chuckle "Lindsay may be the oldest but she's not the smartest one around I'll hand you that, she's only good with her little knives, nothing more"

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There was a man sitting on his desk smoking a cigar as read some papers, he was trying to contact the second leader of the Juarez Cartel in an attempt to make some alliance with them, but the younger sister did not want to make any compromises to the Cartel and jeopardize her other treaties with the other Mafia leaders. One thing that did get on his nerves was her ability to be so stubborn.

Suddenly, an Asian man wearing a black tuxedo opened the door "Great Brother, The Juarez Cartel is in line three"

"I'll attend it Chao, thanks for the memo"

The man closed the door behind him, as the other man put his legs down as he reached the telephone, but was interrupted before he could make a proper greeting

"Chang, Chang, Chang, the Trichang society" Lisbeth remarked with a slight sarcasm in her voice

"It was about time Lisbeth, you heard my message no?" Chang added with a small amount of humor

"Well, I don't have much of a choice of receiving calls, I have a cell around me all the time, it's a real pain in the ass…so much for technology it's rather irritating. What business do you have with the Cartel? I though we already agreed the terms, we have our own enemies and problems to deal with Chang"

"Well, I think that's about to change Lisbeth, I spoke with your sister earlier today…"

"….Is that so? What did she say? It's probably something I don't know, knowing that stupid bitch I'm not at all surprised by her actions…"

"Well she found out today, don't judge your sister so harshly, you two are family after all Lisbeth, just so you can be up to date, Lindsay informed me of Russian activity in the east coast, her men saw them moving around New York, not to mentions the good ole Italians"

"The Russians? That's awkward…we knew they were around, but they just wanted a place and they did, so why are they suddenly to eager to join the big leagues?"

"It's just a guess Lisbeth, but I would think that they went under new administration, and they want a new route for their goodies"

"So Chang, you're assuming that they want our routes?"

"Who else has such a big route from Central and South America all the to the Uncle Sam's land? You even have some extensions to Europe, I'd say that's a big route"

"My question Chang, is that why the hell do you insist on making a treaty with me, with you all the way across the Pacific? Doesn't the Triad have route all over the Asian seas?"

"Ah, very good observation there, true, the Triad does have a large route, but you control one of the youngest cities, and has one of the biggest ports, if we worked together, we can benefit from each other in many ways than one. This is why I insist, and maybe, we can both keep those Russians away, ten men are better than two."

The line remained quiet for a several seconds before it sprang back to life "My answer is still no, I have enough problems with the Koreans and Armenians…don't need to open sore wounds Chang…until then"

He flinched slightly as Lisbeth hanged the phone and he rubbed his forehead he sighed "Ugh, honestly, the kids the days…"

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Revy was lying on the couch, spacing out for a several moments when a heavy box was dropped on her abdomen, when she looked up she saw Santiago looking down at her with a smirk.

"Rise and shine darling" he added sarcastically as he stared down at her, Revy shot up from the couch and glared at him

"What are you looking at fuckhead?" she hissed, Santiago only chuckled as he scratched his neck "You're welcome, Lisbeth want to talk to you, don't make her wait"

Revy took her box and walked away "Fuck off asshole" she grunted as she made her way into the long hallway, heading towards her room.
As she walked Revy only saw the grim looking walls; at least she didn't have her older sister's lovely taste in color and style, but then again, she didn't really have much variety. The oldest twin liked too much color, while the other was into black and white. As she approached the room, she was surprised that the door opened almost immediately, Revy didn't see anyone at first, but when she looked down, she saw a young boy looking up at her.

There was a few seconds that they stared at each other before Revy's patience began to run thin.
"Yo, kid, are you gonna move or what?"

The boy quickly frowned and kicked her in the shins before running down the hall; the kick caused her to drop the box that she was holding.

"You damn little---" The boy only stuck at his tongue at her with a smirk as he ran off, Revy snarled and was about to run after the boy when she heard a small chuckle

"You are sure immature, letting my seven year old son get the best of you" mocked Beth as she pilled her papers, Revy only growled as she picked up her box, and limped slightly toward her

"That little kid has bad manners, I guess it runs in the family no?" Revy added sarcastically as she threw her box onto the chair near her and took a seat on the other one. Beth only snorted and shook her head "Well, were not here to make smart ass jokes here…Lindsay told me that you were crafty with those guns no?"

"Yeah, I am. So what?"

Beth rested on her chin with a small smile "Well, were both fucking pissed here because nothing went to plan, so I thought that you would like to use some entertainment while you're here"

Revy cocked an eyebrow as she rested on the chair "What do you mean? What kind of entertainment?"

Beth only rested her chin on her hands "What I am asking you, Revy, is that I want to hire you for a while. Doing what you do best of course, I heard about the massacre that you and Lindsay did in Detroit. I gotta admit, you sure get the job done, that's why I'm actually bothering to ask you"

"How much are you willing to put up?" she added as she lighted a cigarette, Beth looked to the side and scratched her chin "500 for every job done, maybe more if I'm satisfied…I'm not like the stupid whore of Lindsay to believe in fucking favors---Talk to me about money, not favors, I don't speak that language"

Revy gave her a slight smirk as she let out a puff of smoke "Now you're speaking my language, so when is the first job?"

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"Lisbeth, we know that you were talking to that fucking Chang, we know that you want to do something here" spat a middle aged Korean man as took a sip from his drink and ordered the waiter for more. Lisbeth on the other hand, only crossed her legs in the seat in front of him. Revy took a quick yawn and took a look around the area, out of all the places they could choose to call a meeting, they decided to actually make it in a restaurant in the dead of night. She looked at the window, it had some weird ass Korean characters on it, but she did manage to read the store hours, from eleven to three in the morning. Revy snorted, who the fuck would actually go and eat at that time? She just shrugged and looked back at the conversation.

"Who the fuck told you that flat out lie?" Beth remarked with disgust "Why would I ally with those damn chinos? They got nothing what I want…"

An Armenian man snorted with his thick accent as he leaned forward "Why should we believe you? Your sister was not someone that could easily be trusted, she only talks with knifes, not with words"

Beth chuckled briefly before answering "Gentlemen, please, even I have difficulty controlling my sister, not even I understand her sometimes" she added with a small smirk "So what's the problem?

The Korean man took a long drag of his cigarette "What's out problem?" he snarled "You said what out problem was? Well, we just don't trust you or your sister"

Beth narrowed her eyes as she gave a quick glance to Revy, who was standing a few feet behind her, armed with her two Berettas. Next to her was Edgar, another of Beth's gunman, armed with Colt. Revy only looked sideways, Edgar's Colt wasn't bad, but next to her Berettas, they didn't have a chance. She had to hand it to Lisbeth, she knew how to pick her men depending on the situation, and if everything went as she would suspect, this whole meeting would be going to hell, too bad that the place of reunion had to be a Korean restaurant, it looked too classy for a group of shits, and she included Lisbeth.

Revy's thoughts were interrupted as she saw the leader of the Korean mafia stare at her, that fucker was doing that for sometime already, and Revy didn't like it.

"Lisbeth, why the fuck would a Mexican Cartel like yours, have a fucking Asian bitch with them? What? Your men are so scared that they need a whore to do that job?"

Now that was a problem, Revy was about to pull out her gun when Edgar held her arm firmly in his grasp. She only snarled at him as she heard the asshole laugh at the top of his lungs.

"Well! At least we know that the bitch's got spunk in her! She wouldn't last ten minutes---"

"Because you don't have a dick to fuck with drag queen!!" Lindsay thundered, making him stop laughing "It's none of your business how I choose my gunmen, so if making sitcom is going to be the spectacle, I'd say this meeting is adjourned."

She answered as she stood up but before she could move she heard several clicking noises behind her. As she briefly glanced at Edgar and Revy, they were being pointed at by several automatic rifles.

"Do you honestly think we would trust you in any way?" the Arabian leader added with a smirk as another man had the cannon of the rifle pressing against her chin. Revy looked around, there were a total of seven armed men in the room, with several rifles including the one that was pointing at Lisbeth, but they were mostly AK's. However the restaurant was pretty big, and all the workers left, so those fuckers knew what was brewing. As she thought for a way to punch their way through the crowd, she heard Lisbeth's obnoxious laughter.

"Do you honestly believe this is a great way to get rid of your problems?" she added with a sly grin that deeply reminded Revy of Lindsay. "Look if you didn't agree on my terms you would have just called my office, you don't have my card? Here, let me give it to you"

She started as she reached inside of her coat, but quickly ducked and pulled out her gun and shot the guard next to her, Lisbeth only grinned as she saw the limp body fall

"He's a bit too slow to be a gunman, doncha think?" she mocked and almost instantly Revy kicked the man behind her in the abdomen and spun her heel as she upholstered her guns and shot down the two men who were at her side. Edgar only elbowed the other guard in the face and fired at the three incoming men. Lisbeth kicked the table where the drinks were right at the two Mafia leaders and jumped behind the seat.

"Let's ditch this place!" the bellowed as she lead the way out of the restaurant, Revy and Edgar shot the two men who were guarding the two sides of the entrance of the restaurant. To Lisbeth's nasty surprised they shot the driver and the other two men that were standing by the car.

"They used silenced pistols" Revy blurted out as they jumped in the car, Edgar was turning on the engine when more men came out of the restaurant and began to fire, he turned the car on reverse, and then and sped away out of the parking and into the main intersection. "So you're not like that stupid bitch Lindsay that she whines about using guns eh?" Revy mocked as Lisbeth snorted laughter and looked at the eye shield.

"I guess brilliant minds don't always think alike eh?"

Edgar snarled as he looked at the door mirror "They're following us, and with motorcycles, they sure like being in style" he growled as he reached for his gun

"How far are they down?" Revy asked as she glanced at the back window of the SUV that they were driving in. Edgar grunted a reply "Not far at all, why not take a look for yourself?"

Suddenly they heard the rattling noise of bullets hitting the car "Well Mr. Smartass,I don't think the back window is fucking available anymore!"

Lisbeth only took a quick sigh as she quickly looked backwards "Four, and thank God I actually bulletproof this car, we would be Swiss cheese will all those bullets those monkeys are throwing at us"

"Yo bitch, I'm did you forget I'm Asian?" Revy snarled back at her, Beth only fixed her glasses "To be very frank with you Rebecca, you don't look that Asian to me."

She answered as a new wave a bullets began to hit Beth winced as a bullet shattered the side mirror "Revy, can you take those fuckers out?"

Revy gave her a smirk "Do I get extra pay for them?", Beth looked at her gun for a few seconds before answering "Two hundred for each"

"Then I'll take those assholes out" she added as she made her way to the back of the car, Revy saw that those bikers were in some sort of formation. So she waited for a few brief seconds and actually began to notice that they came closer and closer.

"That's right, closer…come to papa" she whispered as she saw a biker quickly approaching, she waited for a few seconds when she opened the back door and hit the driver and send him flying off, Revy instantly fired a few rounds and shot one of the drivers in the chest and another the helmet knocking them but only one remained, and began to shoot him with an automatic pistol.

Revy dodged out of the way, several bullets barely missed her, but one seemed to hit the gun somehow. She jumping into the back seat, to her luck he quickly stopped firing, maybe that moron lost a bit of balance on his bike. Either way, she needed to come up with a way to fight him, the element of surprise was already gone, but she saw him approaching the side of the vehicle, that asshole must think he shot her already. Revy waited for him to come closer to the back side door and just when she though he was close enough she opened the door, he had pretty good reflexes and managed to move out of the way, but he saw that Revy had lured him into a trap. He was against the side walk and had no where else to dodge her bullets.

"Hey buddy, say hi to the Ghost rider for me" she smiled as she shot him twice in the head, sending crashing into a nearby mailbox. Revy quickly closed the side door, and let an empty clip fall on the floor; she looked at her second Beretta and saw that a bullet hit the cannon. Which mean that she could no longer use it in the future.

"Hmm, it seem that once in her life, Lindsay wasn't kidding about you being crafty with guns" Beth interrupted her stream of thoughts

Revy only threw her gun on the side and laid down on the seat as their speed slowed down "Who do you think I am? Some kind of psycho shooter or what?"

Beth only rested back on her seat and shook her head "Expect a bonus on your paycheck Revy"