In an apartment building while it is pasted midnight, there are a lot of dead bodies blood on the floor and blood spread everywhere. The dead bodies were another low leveled gang group and they're Thai. Cutting up a body using his ancient dagger is Nathaniel Walsh. He's hired by Balalaika to take out these Thai gangsters. The body, that Nathaniel is cutting up is most likely the gang leader. After Nathaniel stuff the severed head and the heart of the gang leader in the bag, he starts walks out of the building while carrying the bag. He then got to his car. He opened the trunk up and threw the bag in. After that, he closed the trunk, got into his car and drove off. He then stops next to a phone booth, he got out of the car and used the phone to call someone and someone on the other side answered which is Boris from Hotel Moscow.
"Hello?"
"Please tell Miss Balalaika that the job is done." Said Nathaniel.
"I will inform this to her then."
"Thank you and good night."
At Hotel Moscow's building, Boris and Balalaika are in the office about to call it a day until they get a call from Nathaniel which ended when Boris hangs up the phone. Boris turns to Balalaika who is sitting at her desk.
"Это был Уолш, капитан. Он выполнил свою задачу. (That was Walsh, Kaptain. He completed his task.)"
Balalaika was very pleased that Nathaniel has completed his mission for her
"Я начинаю ему нравиться. (I'm starting to like him.)" Said Balalaika in Russian. "Я думаю, что пришло время для его посвящения. (I think it's about time for a initiation for him.)"
"Любопытно. Несмотря на то, что у него есть русская кровь, он не служил под Красной Армией, которую мы всегда завербовали, чтобы быть частью наших собственных военных. Но почему он? (Curious. Even though he has Russian blood, he hasn't served under the Red Army which we always recruited to be part of our own military. But why him?)"
"Я что-то вижу в нем ... это то, что я не могу объяснить, но я считаю, что он был бы очень полезен ... и очень заслуживал бы доверия в нашей армии. (I see something in him...it's something that I can't explain but I believe he would be very useful...and very trustworthy to be part of our army.)"
On the next day in Roanapur where it is now morning and the sun has already raised, Eda is in a Harley Davidson driving through the streets of Roanapur. She was still wearing her nun uniform and was very calm while driving in her bike. She then stopped next to an abandoned apartment building. She parked the bike and walked into the building to the top floor. Eda then finally entered an apartment room, but as she walked into the living room, she heard noise, and she heard a chuckle.
"I never thought you would actually wear that in disguise, but of course Langley thought this would be better for you as a priest/weapons dealer as well."
A Caucasian American man whose is in his 30's and 5'10, has short black hair with a 5 o'clock shadow beard and wearing white suit, pants and sunglasses. Eda sighed and turned around to the man in suit who is against the wall next to the door and started greeting him.
"Hey, Willis…long time no see."
"So, Langley send you this little shithole that can called 'home'?" Willis said as he take a seat while Eda sit on the other side of the table.
Eda gave Willis an odd look, and ask him
"Would you like tea?"
"I don't drink tea anymore."
"Oh well, what do you drink then?"
The man in white suit gave Eda his smile look,
"Anything but tea."
He then sees Eda brought out bottle of scotch and a cup filled with ice and gave it to Willis.
"What made you stop drinking tea?" Eda asked.
"Trust me you don't want to know." said Willis and then got to the chase. "So...this hitman that Balalaika has."
"Yeah...when I was doing surveillance, Balalaika been calling this guy three times this week and yesterday hired him to kill a smuggler for stealing some shipments from Hotel Moscow...only his head and heart missing from his body...and now I think he's gonna be part of Balalaika's Hotel Moscow Division...which surprised me because she and Hotel Moscow only employ guys who are ex-Russian soldiers. This guy just came out of nowhere when he helped Balalaika from an ambush by Vietnamese thugs."
"I have a guess that they saw something in him like I did. Doesn't surprise me to be honest. "
Eda come closely to the man in suit.
"So...you know him." Eda guessed as she see the man in the suit, drink and finish it.
"Yeah, he is an old friend of mine " Willis said while putting down the cup on the table.
"If that's true then why the hell is he here in Roanapur then or matter the fact, how the hell he knows about it?" Eda questioned as Willis sighed and answered.
"Because, i'm the one who sent him here."
"Why?" Eda was stop by Willis.
"So that he can stay somewhere that suits him and trust me...other places wasn't exactly a good choice for him since he became…something else. He was involved in gang and even police murders in around Asia and the became Asian Law Enforcement Most Wanted...he's looking at a death sentence for what he did."
After Willis take off his sunglass, and pinch the bridge of his nose, Eda ask him another question.
"Where is he from?"
"Didn't know at first. But I can tell that he's Russian. Met him on an island that's a size of Vietnam. Langley sent me there to have some intel about Pirates shipping more drugs in the Atlantic ocean and them taking control of the island with South African Mercenaries. They been doing it for many years. That island was a war-zone…a secret war-zone that nobody knows about. A war between the pirates with mercs and the tribal natives of the island. Nathaniel…killed them…all of them. He slaughtered them and leaves with their heads and hearts...what scared me even more is that he killed a few kids...I mean I know they're pirates but...it was brutal. When I saw the look on Nathaniel's face...I only see emptiness. He didn't cheer, didn't broke down and cry...just emotionless...like he didn't regret doing what he did. He can't go back Russia because of the things he did. Hell I don't think he'll survive the real world. He been in that jungle for too damn long."
"If he's that dangerous then he could be a problem then."
"Not my problem…I'm retired, remember? But for my advice, never underestimate him…trust me." Willis pull something from his jacket, it's a folder. "Here, This is his files, hope it's enough for you to know more about him though. I better leave before Hotel Moscow know that I'm here.
I'll be damned if I'm getting killed by those communist fucks."
Willis put his sunglasses back on, got up and was about to leave until...
"Hey!"
Willis stop and looked at Eda. She walk up towards him and gave him the bottle of scotch, which Willis made a curious face.
"Thanks for doing this." She said while Willis smile.
"No problem…but still, be careful. Nathaniel may be calm and cool in all but deep down, he's fuckin monster whose mind got lost in the jungle."
After Willis close the door and leave without another word, Eda then grab her sat phone and dial the number to call someone. The one who answered was Aaron.
"Hello." Aaron Answered.
"Hey it's me...are you busy at the moment?"
"Not really, what's up?" Aaron said.
"I need you to come to the church, there is something you need to know….it's about that guy that Balalaika hired to wipe out the Thailand thugs."
"I be there" Aaron said.
After he hung up, Eda did the same and look over the folder, and see a black and white photo of Nathaniel in a jungle holding an AK47 and did not notice of the photo being taken on him.
"Okay, My mysterious friend, lets see what made Balalaika be interesting of you."
In a apartment building is Nathaniel sitting on bed spaced out. He is only wearing his boxers...exposing his muscular body with tribal tattoos on right his arm and on his back. His eyes are red meaning that he hasn't slept for hours and he's holding his ancient tribal knife. He then snapped of it when the phone he received from Balalaika started ringing. He picks up the phone and answers it.
"Hello?"
"Good morning Mr. Walsh." Said Balalaika on the other side of the phone. "I was wondering if you could come to my office. I have something for you."
"Of course."
"Excellent. My men would be there to pick you up. You will be brief in the car and will be deployed to your objective."
"Understood."
Nathaniel gets up, holst his knife, put his shirt on, grab his Makarov and put it on his holster and leaves his apartment room. When he got outside, he noticed members of Hotel Moscow were waiting for him as they stand next to their cars. Nathaniel did nothing but walk towards to their car, one of the members opens the door for nathaniel, which makes him follow along and get inside of one of their car, the others went back to their cars and drive to Balalaika's office.
Nathaniel arrive to Hotel Moscow's building. He was stripped from his weapons including his knife before they could entered the building. He is the first one to get out out of the car and was being escorted by members of Hotel Moscow to go to Balalaika's office on the top floor. As they were walking, all eyes of Hotel Moscow were on Nathaniel. Nathaniel just looked away and made no eye contact as he just look forward and still walking. Later as they got to the top level, they finally got into Balalaika's office and standing in front of Nathaniel is Balalaika, sitting on the edge of her desk while smoking her cigar.
"Welcome Nathaniel." Balalaika greeted.
"Miss Balalaika." Nathaniel greets back.
"You have done great works for me for taking care some people who doesn't have two things in this business...their Balls and their Words...but do you know the difference between an professional and amateurs? That the professionals always got them both...and there's another thing that professionals should have and that honor."
Balalaika got up and came up closely to Nathaniel.
"Trust, so now, I need to know if I can completely trust you,"
Balalaika begin to walk away but stop, and in a flash, she pull out her handgun and point it at Nathaniel's head, and her men pull out their guns too, to see if Nathaniel was gonna do something to their Kaptain. But they see Nathaniel doing...nothing, just stood there staring at Balalaika while being quiet and showing no emotion. As Balalaika look into his his eyes for a minute, she somehow see something in them...which made she smile and holst her gun and order her men to put their guns away too but then she said
"Something tells me that you already dealt with people who puts their guns on you, very well, then we must do this in another way."
Balalaika punches Nathaniel in the face which knocks him down to the floor. Nathaniel didn't get angry nor even try to fight back. Balalaika gave her men a nod to signal her men to charge at Nathaniel. Which they started beating on him.
Later back with Eda, she is still at the abandoned apartment but this time with Aaron who is looking into the files of Nathaniel Walsh.
"So this Nathaniel Walsh...he's some kind of native warrior from a island which was a warzone which the C.I.A. wants to know about?"
"Yeah." Eda answered. "This guy is definitely a type of guy you should watch out for and try not to piss off Balalaika. Which does makes me wonder why she didn't pick your dangerous ass instead of this guy."
"It's obvious that I'm not Russian nor was I part of the Soviet Army...and I think should tell you this."
"What?"
Aaron didn't wanted to tell her his situation but have no choice.
"I think she knows about me."
With that said, it made Eda in shock when she learned that Balalaika may know that Aaron was CIA...which mean she could also know that Eda is still an operative and her cover's blown.
"H-How can you be sure?"
"It when she threatened to shoot Roberta and when I tried to stop-"
"I think I get the rest." Eda take her off sunglasses, and pinch her nose in frustration to know that her cover as a CIA agent might be blown and worried that she might be next target for Hotel Moscow's meal.
"Jesus Christ this looks bad." Said Eda.
"Not really...we're both still alive but...I don't know how long...and she may use her new hitman to kill us...or she'll kill us herself."
"That's what I'm afraid of. In fact, how the hell does she know about us?"
"Don't know...which is why we need to stay on Balalaika's good side."
"I don't know, Aaron. She's very dangerous. You should already know that she's ex-military of the Soviet Red Army."
"I faced dangerous people before and I handled it."
"But this is different."
"I know, I know."
The two starts to be silent as they start to think about the situation that Hotel Moscow may know about them that they work for the CIA which will makes them targets.
"You really think that Balalaika would try to kill us?" Eda asked.
"I'm not sure…" Aaron answered. "I guess I'll have to talk to her about it."
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"It's not but...I need to."
"Then I'm going with you."
Aaron was thinking about saying no to Eda but it wouldn't matter because it's possible that Hotel Moscow knows about Eda still an Agent of the Central Intelligence even when still helping Aaron Rorke who is a rogue agent. He sighed and got up from his seat and tells Eda,
"Okay...we try to go and see Balalaika tomorrow.
Eda put her sunglasses back on, and stretch and then asked,
"Should I call my kids?"
"What?" Aaron questioned as he turns to Eda.
"I-I don't know...I mean haven't spoken to them for a while...but knowing that we're going to explain to Balalaika who we are-"
"I don't think you should because we can make this very peaceful without any bloodshed. But if you're thinking that you should then...I think that's fine because who knows what may happen, right?"
Eda gave a nod to Aaron as she understood but still think that she should make a call to her kids just incase because the two are going to have a talk with Balalaika and Eda is worried that things may turn ugly since she knows who they are.
Back with Hotel Moscow, Nathaniel was still getting beaten by Balalaika's men. Balalaika and even her men were surprised that Nathaniel wasn't even trying to fight back. He was just receiving the beatings from Balalaika's men. Balalaika then starts to order her men to stop and believe that Nathaniel has enough.
"Достаточно. (Enough.)"
Balalaika's men stops beating him and stood back away from Nathaniel. Nathaniel is on his knees and his hands on the floor like he's doing a forgiveness stance. Balalaika then walks up to Nathaniel and spoke to him.
"Stand."
Nathaniel stood up on his feet but slowly because of his injuries. Nathaniel facial expression shows like nothing happened as he still show no emotion. Balalaika looks back into his eyes and saw the same eyes before. After reading Nathaniel, she gave him a smile and starts to speak in Russian.
"Натаниэль Уолш ... ты доказал, что заслужил доверие ... Я тем самым принимаю тебя, чтобы быть частью нашей собственной армии ... нашей семьи ... в гостиницу Москва ... Добро пожаловать в мою армию, солдат. (Nathaniel Walsh...you have proven yourself to earn our trust...I hereby accepting you to be part of our own military...our family…to Hotel Moscow...Welcome to my army, soldier.)"
With that said, Balalaika's men went to attention and saluted to Nathaniel...accepting him to be one of them. Nathaniel starts to remember something like this years back. Start to remember being in a cave almost naked surrounded by natives and they're welcoming him to their tribe. Nathaniel got out from his flashbacks and gave his new faction a half grin and a nod that he accepts to be part of Hotel Moscow.
On the next day, Aaron and Eda arrive to Hotel Moscow and is walking through the hallways to Balalaika's office while being escorted by two members of Balalaika's men. Eda was still a bit scared that she's have to meet with Balalaika but at least she has Aaron with her to sort this out...hopefully in a peaceful way. They finally entered the office where Balalaika is sitting at her seat behind her desk with two of her men standing next to her and Boris is standing next to her on her right and Nathaniel is standing on her left and he is now wearing a black dress jacket with a black long sleeve shirt underneath, black dress pants and black dress shoes...dress as a member of Hotel Moscow.
"Ah...Mr. Rorke...nice to see you and the nun of the Rip-Off Church here."
"Same with you, Miss Balalaika." Said Aaron.
Eda noticed that Nathaniel is staring directly at her and Aaron which did scares her a bit. She was a bit more terrified by the looks of Nathaniel.
"You two are here because of interesting things that I got from my informants...I want the two of you to explain yourself."
Aaron could already reads Balalaika that she knows that he was CIA and most likely knows that Eda is CIA too. Aaron turns to Eda who is looking at him and gave Aaron a nod for letting him confess of who Aaron and Eda are. Aaron turns back to Balalaika, gave out a deep sigh and explain himself to her.
"Miss Balalaika...I'm not working for the CIA anymore. I left the agency is because that they were using me as a weapon. I found out their corruption when I was in Moscow and the only person I can trust is Eda because she didn't sign up to do corruption for the agency...if you're are still thinking that I want to go back and work for them again...trust me I'm not because I trying to get away from them and actually have a normal life..."
"And the agency have nothing on you nor the rest of Hotel Moscow." Eda added.
Balalaika stares into both of Aaron and Eda's eyes. She can see that the two aren't lying which she then burst out a humorous laugh. Aaron and Eda look at each. Eda was bit of confused but Aaron just gave out a shoulder strug.
"You two look so cute. You Aaron is so serious while your nun friend looks like a scared child...but I trust you..."
With that said, it Eda that Balalaika trust them...for Aaron he was still relieved that he was right that Balalaika wouldn't try to kill him nor Eda since she already know who they are.
"Y-You do?" Eda asked.
"Of course," Balalaika stands up from her chair and walk towards to Aaron and Eda, "When I got information of the two of you, it quite simple that the two of you are traitors to your own government. You goes rogue and your nun friend being your double agent to make sure that they haven't found you. I'm also glad that you have been honest with me. But my threat still stands...if you even try to start trouble against me...there will be consequences."
It then gave Eda the chills but still trying to keep her cool like Aaron.
"Yes Miss Balalaika." Aaron replied with a nod.
The Aaron and Eda were now free to leave as the two were being escorted out of the Hotel Moscow's building. After Aaron and Eda left Balalaika's office, Balalaika gave out a smile knowing that there's won't be any trouble from Eda and Aaron and knowing that she can trust them...mostly from Aaron.
While walking through the halls,
"She's right. You are scared shitless back in there." Said Aaron with a smirk on his face.
"Fuck you." Eda replied giving Aaron the middle finger.
End of Season 1 of Black Lagoon: Life of a Rogue
AN: Hey guys Whiskey here. So sorry for the long wait to do this. Been very busy. So sorry for the bad grammar and the errors in this chapter. Also I want to thank DarkMaster1117 for helping me and I hope you guys like his OC because I think his is cool as well and that he's paired up with Balalaika. Also this the end of Season 1 of the Life of a Rogue series and next up is Season 2: Second Barrage meaning Vampire Twins, Circus Freaks hunting Jane, Yakuza and Aaron sees his family again. I hope you all enjoying the story so far. Next chapter will be out soon. PEACE.