AN: Its been a while and I have the day off so why not put up a chapter for my loving fans! (plus its raining outside.)

"Ah hell it looks like it's going to rain." Revy frowned as she looked at the oncoming dark clouds over the port city of Roanapur. Eda stopped the car at the dock's security gate.

"So we're here, now what?" Eda asked,

"So now we split up." Revy answered nodding towards a nearby shipping container with 2 arrows pointing in opposite directions nearby with their names tagged underneath them.

"Why do they want to split us up? I thought we were just going to have a fair trade." Eda complained.

Revy got out of the car and started in the direction her arrow was pointing in, when Eda yelled after her. "Hey what about the girl?"

Revy turned back and snorted, "Hey she's your problem now,"

"Damn it why am I stuck with babysitting the kid." Eda said, looking in the rear view mirror at Margaret.

"Damn it; let's just get this over with." She sighed.

Revy continued following the red arrow's direction, turning where ever it instructed to turn guiding her through the maze of shipping containers and leading her to a clearing, standing in the middle with the moonlight shining down on her was Madlax dressed in a white cocktail dress.

Ooooo

Elsewhere Lamelda was looking through the scope of her sniper rifle observing her setup. Rock was tied to a wooden post in the middle of the clearing, she was about to check her watch when a familiar woman appeared wearing a nuns outfit, following along beside her was the girl they have done so much to get back, Margaret.

Oooo

The site before Eda made her laugh announcing her arrival to Rock.

"Eda! Where's Revy?" Rock asked concerned.

"Revy is off entertaining the idiots that kidnapped you, but what about you, you look ridiculous with all that tape on your face. Eda took two more steps before a bullet hit the ground near her causing her to freeze and take a second to scan the area.

"Eda, don't move!" Rock yelled.

"No shit Sherlock, what the fuck is going on?" Eda said taking Margaret and putting her in front of her.

Oooo

"You know you didn't have to get all dressed up for me." Revy said pulling out her cutlasses, "but I'm glad you did wear white, makes it easier to see the bullet wounds." She taunted.

Madlax pulled out her twin brush chrome Mark XIX Desert Eagles, Revy let out a low whistle.

"Heh, looks like someone upgraded." Revy joked, as she started to circle around Madlax, Madlax did the same both keeping an eye on one another.

A flash of lighting signaled the arrival of the storm.

Revy broke out into a charge and fired both her cutlasses at Madlax, Madlax dodged and ducked low, pushing off the ground with her feet getting within striking range. Caught off guard by this approach Revy stopped her charge and got ready to parry a strike, Madlax brought her gun around preparing to fire it into Revy's abdomen only to find her hand pushed out of the way making the shot go wild. Revy attempted to do the same only to get the same result. Revy aimed one of her cutlasses at Madlax's head and the Kind Killer simply tilted her head dodging the shot. Revy blocked a low kick before jabing Madlax in the stomach, Madlax quickly countered with a elbow to Revy's face and kicking her away. Revy fired two shots in Madlax's direction before her back came crashing down on the concrete. The shots force Madlax to move which gave Revy more than enough time to recover.

A flash of lighting.

Revy was bewildered at what had happened, Madlax was just there! Then a flash of lighting and she was gone! A tap on her shoulder quickly alerted her as to where her opponent was, she spun around and swung in a large arch. The swing sailed over Madlax's head as she ducked low going for a leg sweep, Revy jumped back and fired several more rounds at Madlax before landing and taking cover behing a nearby shipping container. Madlax took cover on the other side.

Another flash of lighting followed by a downpour of rain.

"Ah hell just what I needed, some fucking rain!" Revy yelled firing two shot blindly around the corner. Madlax ignored the comment about the sudden down pour of rain along with the pain coming from her left shoulder where one of Revy's bullets had manage to hit her. 'this would be the second time she did this.' Madlax mused, but after thinking such a thought a sickening feeling started to return making her grip her twin Desert Eagles tighter. Revy looked around for any nearby cover she could run to and finally settled for the nearby shipping crate. She made a dash for it firing as she ran to cover her move Madlax fired one shot in response and the bullet found its mark grazing Revy's left thigh. The impact caused Revy to lose her balance and fall but she had enough momentum to slide into cover. It was strange but Madlax found herself a bit amused as she heard a slew of curse words coming from her adversary's mouth, but she had enough and it was time to end this. Madlax stepped from behind cover and calmly walked towards the shipping crate Revy had taken cover behind. Revy could hear the footsteps over the pitter patter of the rain hitting the ground she braced herself against the metal shipping container, her left leg aching in protest of the action confirmed that she wasn't going to be able to run so Revy decided on the latter of her options. She popped out of cover with her cutlasses at the ready

A Flash of lighting

Revy took one look at Madlax and suddenly found herself involuntarily ducking back into cover, the moment had lasted only a second but it felt like years were taken off her life. In her profession she had stared at many deathly glares but this one was different, when she looked into the tired bluish gray eyes, which ran on pure anguish inspired fury, of her enemy something happened. It told her how she was going to die. Revy watched an after image of her stepping from behind cover only to have her head snap back violently and the back of her head exploding as the bullet exited resulting in her laying on the ground staring at the rain falling from the sky. No matter which way she played the situation in her head it always ended in the same manner with Madlax standing over her lifeless corpse.

"Fuck" was all Revy could only say. She braced herself, it felt like she was committing suicide, she popped out of cover and took aim. Two shots rang out and she found herself without her cutlasses, before she could say 'aww shit' two more shots floored her one in each shoulder.

"Fuck, Damn it , Shit!" Revy cried out in pain, this was one outcome she really didn't want to happen, Instinctively Revy moved herself away from Madlax, she turned onto her stomach and tried to get up with her good leg only for another shot rang out making that action futile. Revy crashed face first into the ground Revy laid there in pain waiting for Madlax to finish her off.

Madlax walked over and stood over her defeated adversary but something was off. Something didn't feel…right.

"Turn over and look me in the eyes." Madlax ordered.

The last thing Revy would want to do was to give Madlax what she wanted, much less look into her eyes again.

Anger started to surge inside Madlax at the petty defiance and she kicked Revy in the side forcing her to roll over, and being met with closed eyes.

"So damn stubborn." Madlax muttered, as she brought her foot down on one of Revy's shoulder wounds.

"Look at me!" Madlax yelled.

Revy looked at Madlax through the downpour of rain. The death glare she had seen earlier was replaced with tranquility but there was still a storm of fury inside, but somewhere in those eyes Revy saw something else as if an inner voice inside her would be killer pleaded to not pull the trigger.

Revy couldn't stand it, to have her life in the hands of someone who was indecisive made her angry, why would someone go through this only to chicken out in the end.

"So what the fuck are you waiting for." Revy taunted.

The look quickly disappeared from the Kind Killer's eyes as her mind had finally came to a conclusion.

"MADLAX!"

a flash…..

AN: Cliffhanger! [dramatic music] I know it's a bad way to end this chapter but I really got to go! So I'll update soon, and don't forget to read and review.