Chapter 14 - Gunfight on Mott Street
Revy was tied up at the back of a van. She still had a gag on so she couldn't shout death threats to either the Colonel sitting in front of her or the two guys in the front seats. She was still wearing her dress from the evening but it was messed up due to the rough treatment of being thrown into the back of the vehicle.
So she kept a burning gaze upon the man who had damaged her so many years ago. Now he was back and had just kidnapped her from a party and taken away the one thing she valued more then her guns, the ring Rock had given her when he asked her to marry him.
She knew Rock would try to save her, despite the part of her mind telling her to forget him, she knew he would come. In that moment she had gotten to talk to him on the phone she had confessed her feelings. She had fallen in love with Rock. It struck her as funny that this was how she realised it when the prospect of never seeing him again was very likely but she had to tell him the truth. After telling him she had felt a sense of peace inside her that was keeping her together right now in this very ugly situation.
Revy knew that this man hated her. He would kill her if she did not do as he said, but he wanted to break her and make her his toy, never I'll fucking die before I let that happen, Rock told me he would come and I believe him then we can make this fucker pay by filling him with a pint of lead, she thought.
"I imagine your thinking about your little pet coming to save you. Well it is true I told Miss Shino where we would supposedly going but all that's waiting there is my battle hungry unit to ensure the painful demise or all those you came in with. I'm sure Yuri will be a little displeased to have not been here personally for the event but that's business. Now onto the more pleasant part of our discussion we will be having our little honeymoon at nice nostalgic place we both know" he said speaking in a cold sadistic voice laced with hate, and desire.
Revy managed to keep her composure but on the inside she was feeling a strong sense of fear. She then felt the Van turn a corner and glancing out the window she saw the street sign, MOTT STREET, it said. Her eyes widened as she realised where they were going.
Balalaika was taking a drag from a fresh lit cigar while sitting back in an overstuffed leather chair when Boris handed her cell phone as it rang.
Dutch, Benny, and Jane were all around the room doing various things. Dutch was reading from a magazine. Benny and Jane were doing some for of hacker game on their laptop. They all looked up figuring that the phone going off meant that it was an update on the mission.
Balalaika put the phone to here ear "Chang I'm surprised to hear from you so soon I take it the festivities went well?" she asked in a casual but playful tone.
Dutch and the others saw her listen to Chang's reply and her smile changed to a frown and her face was marked with surprise, "I see we'll be right down" she said snapping the phone shut a second later. She then stood up.
"Something come up?" Dutch asked noting the big signs.
Balalaika nodded "it would appear Colonel Buffalo has struck again. Revy has been captured from the Wyndham hotel" she said in a cold voice.
The others were all shocked. Revy was a tough one to bring down but to kidnap as well should have been damn near impossible.
"What about Rock?" Benny asked.
Balalaika's face became slightly more grim at the question "Chang has informed me that Rock found that old girlfriend of his from Japan Shino, she was aiding the Colonel is Revy's capture. She is now in Rock's room and Chang suggested we not get in his way" she said casually.
Balalaika could tell from Chang's tone of voice that Rock has now gone to his Revy side as some of them had termed it but with his lover now taken he was clearly hungering for blood.
Dutch, Benny, and Jane followed behind the Russian mafia queen all wondering what might be going through Rock's head right now. Dutch had known from the start that Revy was his weak point when they had started this thing together and it wasn't hard for him to see that they were in love, it was plain as day. What he did hope was that if Rock was going to do something he would use that anger to help him get their girl back.
They got odd the elevator to the next floor down and walked down the hall to find the hotel room door open Chang stood by the open door with a cigarette in hand. They didn't hear anything like gunshots or screaming coming from inside the room, that was a potential good sign.
"I gather she's informed you?" Chang asked as they approached.
Dutch nodded. It was clear even with his glasses on that he was not happy that one of his employee's was now in a very dangerous situation. Dutch maintained the appearance of caring only for the job and seeing a profit, but in truth he wouldn't trade his 'family' for anything.
Chang noted Dutch's bad mood, "I know Dutch we were blindsided by this. I wouldn't have expected the Colonel to use Rock's ex like that" he said.
"Do you think Revy's alright?" Benny asked. It was a dumb question but someone always asked it at some point in this situation.
Chang sighed "I have heard of Buffalo before and was aware of some of the details concerning his and Revy's connected past. I called in a few favours and got a look at this man's psych profile. He won't kill two-hands, well unless he feels he's going to loss his toy. He'll most likely try to break her down, but Miss Rebecca is not an easy woman to break. The only thing I'm afraid of is that he may use rape as a means to break her should she prove too tough" he explained.
Jane and Benny gave shocked looks. Jane looked down, she was not overly fond of Revy but she wouldn't wish this on her.
Dutch looked towards the open door wondering about the other member of his family.
Chang and Balalaika followed his stare "I know what you're thinking Dutch. All I can say is for once I was scared of doing anything to annoy that kid. He's got Buffalo in his sights and I got this feeling he'll bring her back. Lets go and see what Miss Shino has to say" Chang said walking into the room.
The others followed suit. Inside they found Rock standing by the table with his and Revy's guns field stripped and was giving them a quick check to like any gunmen would if they were expecting a big fight.
Rock had also changed into his regular clothes jeans a dark t-shirt and a dark blue open button up shirt, he also had his ammo clip carriers on his belt. The others were also surprised to see some larger clips on the table as well. They were 24 round clips meant for when Rock switched his guns to full auto, they were not full blast, but burst automatic fire which he had specifically asked for, each gun would fire three rounds with a single pull of the trigger meaning he had seven shots per gun till he needed to reload, there were two clips in his guns and two more in his carriers after that he would be back to his 15 round clips. He also had grabbed a small back pack, he had tossed an interesting assortment of items, some of Revy's spare clothes, her ammo carriers, shoulder holsters, and some grenades. It was clear Rock was planning on going in to get Revy back and he wasn't gonna let anyone stop him.
"Rock" Dutch began but Rock held up a hand to make him stop.
"I'm going to get her Dutch I love her and I'm not gonna break my promise to her" he said in a tone of voice that made them all think of Revy when she was pissed.
Although many of them had already come to the conclusion of the feelings Rock and Revy shared for each other it still came as a surprise to hear one of them confessing love for the other. Dutch had figured this all out when Rock had asked him to go get the ring yesterday.
"Alright Rock I understand. I just wanna say you keep your head together and bring both your asses back alive hear me?" Dutch asked.
Rock gave a grin that was more the normal him "Got it boss" he said as he pulled back the slide on both or Revy's cutlasses and slipped them into the holsters there were now sitting low on his hips, and then slipped two of the 30 round mag's into his own guns, pulled the slides back, and slipped them into his own holsters. Rock wasn't planning on using Revy's but he was bringing her guns along since he knew she would be hungry for a bloodbath as well.
"Where's the bitch?" Balalaika asked. She was clearly frustrated at being out manoeuvred.
Rock then nodded to the close doors leading to the bedroom. Balalaika was about to walk towards the door but Rock held up his hand, "Miss Balalaika I think it might be best if I handle the interrogation Shino is under the belief that she did this for me, I think I know how I can break that and get her to talk" Rock said. He spoke in his calm and cool business like tone but there was an edge to it that had never been there before, it was the other side to him make his point clear on a gunman to gunmen level with Balalaika.
Their eyes remained locked. For a moment Balalaika saw something in Rock's eyes. She realised that nothing and no one in this room could stop him from doing what he had to do, and she felt it would be in her best interest to not try.
"Very well Rock you may speak with her and find out anything she knows. Know what I will not forsake two-hands as she has been to great an asset and business associate to leave behind" she said lighting up a new cigar and going to take a seat next to Chang.
Rock then turned and walked into the room where they caught a glimpse of a somewhat frightened Shino sitting on the bed.
**
Revy was sitting in her old room of the apartment on Mott Street that she had lived in. That seemed like ages ago to her but she could remember lots of things clear as day. The room was covered in dust and smell mouldy. She had noticed on the ride down that the whole street seemed abandoned. It hadn't been that crowed when she had lived her Terry Buffalo had been the exception, his place had been relatively cleaner then the others since he just used the area as a cover to keep under the radar of his illegal weapon smuggling.
Revy was half led, half dragged to the top floor which was where the apartment was. Will had been talking cheerfully the whole way up like they were going to a family reunion in a park.
Revy noted various things as she was dragged into the room. Spot where Terry kept stash's or weapons, ammo, drugs, or his collection of porn. She caught a glimpse of his old room, there was still a darkened stain on the wall near the head of the bed from when she had shot him, and even the pillow she had used to cover his face was still on the floor where she had dropped it. Her eyes had widened with horror as she saw Buffalo ordering a couple men to bring in the new mattress and sheets he wanted to he and his "pet" later tonight.
Revy looked around her old room as painful memories began to surface. She looked door at the floor, it was covered in dust but she also saw various stains, from either food or when she had to go to bathroom but Terry had locked her in, the only thing new was the fresh bloodstain on the floor a few feet in front of her.
When the three men had tied her to the chair the one in front of her hadn't been paying attention to tying her ankles to the chair legs. Instead his eyes had been glued to her exposed legs. The dress shifted slightly when she was forced into the chair and her panties were slightly exposed. The man had grinned and started to feel up her thigh leaving the knot on her left ankle half finished. Revy had managed to get her foot loss and slammed her knee into his balls and dropping him then as he fell back onto his ass she had slammed her heel into his nose breaking it before the two behind her could react. The Colonel had arrived and then promptly punched her in the gut again for her rudeness. He then chuckled as he drew his gun and executed the man for trying to sneak his hand into the cookie jar saying he would have gotten his turn if he had been patient.
Revy then looked just behind her. It was the bed she had slept on when she had stayed here. It was also the bed where Terry and Will had raped her. On the outside Revy kept relatively clam but inside several emotions were fighting for supremacy, horror, killer rage, and sorrow at the thought of what Will had said about Rock being sent on a wild goose chase that he would be his execution.
She thought back to when the phone had been held to her ear and she had told Rock she loved him. It had mostly just come out before she realised it but it was true Rock had captured her heart and she was overjoyed about it, fucking figures it was the only way I could tell him and now thanks to that fucker he may get killed, she thought.
The door then opened and she snapped her head up to see Buffalo standing there.
He was wearing a simple pair of jeans and a gray t-shirt, "that dress certainly flatters you Rebecca its quite the turn on to see you in it" he said walking forward.
Revy maintained a pissed off look on her face as she starred at him.
"No need to give me that look I plan on treating you nicely if you behave-" he began but Revy had, had enough.
"Shut the fuck up you fucking cocksucker! I don't plan on doing anything you say or telling you one fucking thing. I'm gonna make I put a bullet between both your knees and shoulders then cut you fucking balls off with a rusty knife and shove em down your throat on the end of a fucking skewer then I'll finish you off by emptying a whole clip in you starting at the stomach and working up your right between your fucking eyes!" she yelled her rage boiling her killer side howling for this man's blood.
The colonel had kept quite during her outburst then with surprising speed he pushed her back so the chair fell and landed on the mattress behind her. Then next thing Revy knew he was right on top of her, his hands rested on the mattress on either side of her had and his face was inches from hers, she could feel his body was resting just above her.
Looking into his eyes she saw the psychotic rage and lust in them, "let me make this clear Rebecca you are mine now. I won't tolerate your rudeness for very long tonight. I am going to now ask you some questions and should you choose not to answer I will be forced to raise a hand to you again, then if you continue to resist I will do the one thing that will break you my pet" he said.
Revy then felt him get closer and she felt something hard pressing against her inner thigh. Horror flashed across her eyes for a second, rage and fear were climbing, she would not let this man touch her. Revy was Rock's girl now and she would never let another man replace him.
The colonel then lifted one hand and began running a finger overt the pattern of her tattoo. Revy's hands clenched into fist, he was most likely not aware of it but that was something that Rock would do when they were lying in bed together and it was always a fast turn on for her.
Now though this fucker was treading on forbidden ground. She would make him pay.
"I suppose you are now thinking of your prince charming. Did you really think someone like you could get married to him and be happy, it's so pathetic it's not even funny, well maybe a little. He's not coming Rebecca, I made sure he would be clearly pissed off enough to do something reckless like jump at his first lead to where you are and walk straight to his death at the warehouse where the majority of my unit is waiting, but have no fear I'll bring his head back for your to say goodbye to one last time then your free of your old ties and will be my slave completely" he said.
Revy fixed him with a white hot angry look, this fucker doesn't know my Rock, if he thinks he's gonna make Rock fuck up then he's already got one foot in the grave, my baby promised me he's gonna save my ass and that's what he will do, she thought doing what she could to resist this man and not give him what he wanted.
Buffalo sighed then stood up, "I doubt you will be resisting me after I've broken you and we consummate our renewed relationship but if you do I will then be left with no choice but to avenge my brother" he said as he pulled out a snub nosed revolver, it was a Smith and Wesson model 36, Revy recognized it instantly.
Buffalo smiled evilly "I see you still remember this gun. This is the same one you used to kill my dear brother all those years ago. This will be the last thing you see should you chose to defy me" he said coldly.
He then straightened her chair and then took a deep breath before he smacked her across the face that made her cry out sharply before he asked his first question
**
Rock was looking at the woman sitting on the bed looking up at him with fear in her eyes as the cold look on his face.
"Rokuro why are you doing this? I did what was best for you in getting that horrible woman away from so now we can live our lives together" She said standing up and extending her arms to receive a hug.
Rock knuckles turned white as he clenched his fists. He kept his head straight. However he did need to make something clear.
He walked closer to her and slapped her across the face hard enough to make her fall back onto the bed.
"Ah Rokuro what the hell are you doing-" again she was cut off
"Shut the fuck up Shino!" Rock said. His tone was quite and calm but there was anger on the edge and his eyes were cold.
Rock saw he had made the first crack all he had to do was apply some more pressure and this illusion Shino was in would crumble and then he could get the information he needed so he could get to saving Revy.
"This is the last time I'm going to explain this to you Shino, I love Revy not you. I don't know why you're so obsessed with and I don't care. You have made a very big fucking mistake coming here and helping that man kidnap Revy. There are a few people outside that door who would like nothing better then to shoot for messing things up this bad. That man has done horrible things to Revy in the past and will do the same now if I can't get to her in time if that happens Shino then I will shoot you for causing this" he said.
The others were listening by the door, in some people's cases they were holding glasses to the walls or door to hear better. Many of them were surprised by how Rock was acting but at heart it was because he truly loved Revy and would fight like a demon for her.
Back inside the room Shino was staring up at Rock with tears in her eyes, partially from her stinging cheek but also at the realization the man in front of her clearly hated her right now.
"Rokuro you don't mean-" she paused as his eyes narrowed.
Rock sighed, but he had one card left to play. He reached into the front pocket of his jeans and pulled out the ring he had given Revy.
"Do you see this Shino? I gave this ring to Revy before the party tonight and I asked her to marry me" he said.
Shino gasped which was fortunate and certain people by the door either choked or reacted in some similar way to what Rock just said, with the exception of Chang and Dutch who had figured things out much sooner.
"She told me yes Shino. You say you did this because you care about me if there is any shred of truth to that you will tell me where Revy is so I can go save her" he said his eagerness for her answer slightly apparent in his voice.
Shino looked down at the ring held between his fingers she saw the engraving on the inside band and finally reality shattered the illusion.
"Rokuro…. I'm sorry" she said.
Rock sighed in relief "there's no time for that Shino tell me what you know now!" he said his voice rising.
Shino then sobbed sadly and nodded. Rock then turned and went to open the door. As he did so Benny and Jane both fell through the door each holding a glass to their ears. Rock barely noticed them as he stuck his head out to get Balalaika and Chang inside so they could plan out a strategy.
They all listened intently to what she had to say. Buffalo said he would be hiding in a warehouse on the edge of the city with his unit, approximately twenty to thirty armed men.
Balalaika snorted at this "we could handle such odds in our sleep" she said. Behind her Boris gave a slight grin as he continued talking on the phone to where the members of the Vissotoniki they had brought with them were now gearing up for war.
Rock, who had kept almost eerily quite and still spoke "did he say anything else, something that might have seemed odd at the time?" he asked.
Shino looked at him with a flicker of fear in her eyes, "Well I remember one thing" she said.
Rock's eyes widened in surprise when Shino repeated the Colonel's message. Things began to connect and click inside his head while the others watched him intently as he was obviously lost in thought.
Rock then looked up and his eyes were shinning with realization "I've got a plan" he said.
It took about 10 minutes for him to explain but at the end many of the people were looking at him like he was wearing a bomb.
"Are your sure about this Rock?" Dutch asked. He did not doubt Rock's ability in a fight he could say with no shame he would want to get in his way when he was pissed off.
"If your seen at the place it will make him certain his trap is working and he'll be less likely to expect a counter and yes I'm sure about going alone I need to do this Dutch" he said.
Balalaika and Chang exchanged a look a two battlefield veterans and nodded, "there is a great amount of risk to this plan Rock but I feel it will cause a sound blow to Yuri's forces and I would not want to be one to deny you and two-hands your just vengeance. We will proceed immediately to the target location and you may go ahead with you mission, good luck" she said.
Rock nodded then was out the door in a flash.
Moments later the others left. Shino was left in the background but she was still in a kind of daze as she was slowly sorting together her shattered reality now that it had finally become clear that Rock did not love her. However Boris decided to ere on the side of caution and handcuffed her arms behind her chair until they could decide what to do with her.
"How come he wouldn't at least take you along Dutch?" Benny asked.
"It's not easy to explain Benny boy. The tactical reason would be that if Buffalo's men see us they'll assume were all with Balalaika and Chang for this fight. You also saw the look in Rock's eyes he's gone Revy on us and I know from experience it's best to stay the fuck away until he's gotten a chance to work off some steam" he said.
"Aren't your worried about him after?" Jane asked.
Dutch lit up a smoke as he answered "not in the least. Rock's got a good heart in all this. He only gone this far because he's in love with Revy and I know she feels the same. What they got is special and Rock will only go this far to protect her" Dutch said his keen insight right as always.
"I still can't believe he proposed to her, I always knew he was crazy" Jane said sarcastically.
Benny and Dutch both nodded "Your right there still can't help but be happy for them" Dutch said.
1 hour later
Balalaika stood in her old military uniform. She carried her Stechkin APS and stood next to Boris who carried two Tokarev's and an AK-74. Standing with them were about 15 members of the Vissotoniki. Most carried similar assault rifles but a few carried machine guns or modified AK-74's with scopes or silencers for sniper play.
Dutch also stood in the crowd with his treasured Remington shotgun and revolver at his side. Benny and Jane were sitting by the small radio they had brought to keep in contact at all times.
They were standing in an abandoned building across the street from the warehouse where their enemies waited. They had managed to get this close without alert them. Balalaika then sent her two best snipes armed with Dragunov's, with sound suppressor's, to the roof to take out the enemy sentries patrolling the perimeter and take out the couple snipers they had on their own roofs.
They had been told by Shino that the inside was packed with old and forgotten cargo or various types so it would provide cover for both sides when the fire fight began.
**
Revy looked up at Buffalo standing in front of her. She was bruised and bloody from here he had hit her. One eye was slightly swollen and it felt like a couple ribs may be bruised or cracked but it was not worse then the fist fight she had gotten into with that psycho maid.
He had asked questions and she had either not responded or replied with a number of 'pleasant' responses.
Then she noticed a change in the Colonel's demeanour. He was now smiling in an obscene and sadistic way. Revy had an idea where he was going now and although she thought herself prepared to handle this she thought still caused here to feel fear and disgust building inside her.
"I am pleased to see you are tougher then I expected my sweet little Rebecca I had hoped to take you to bed willingly but now I see this rough side of your is much more alluring it will be quite the challenged to break you this way" he said as he shut the door behind him.
Revy kept her composure but on the inside she felt rage and fear at war with each other.
Buffalo then got closer and reached to stroke her cheek. Revy reacted but snapping at him and just missed taking a chunk out of his hand by a hair. Buffalo responded by grabbing her by the hair and pulling it back causing a slight yelp of pain he also reached out to grab her breast which to her was as disgusting a bugs crawling all over her.
"Remember what I said Rebecca if you don't please me now you will be facing the barrel of the gun you used to kill my brother. Now then shall we get down to business I am rather looking forward to having you now that your all grown up" he said in an evil but glee filled voice.
Revy then spat on his face "fuck you. I'll never do what you say. Don't fucking think you can do any good with that limp dick of yours Rock's more man then you any day of the fucking week!" Revy said with feral snarl.
Buffalo's grin faded "attacking my manhood how crude. I was going to be gentle at first but as ever you just don't learn" he said before punching Revy in the face causing her to see stars and she felt the chair hit the bed again.
The next thing she knew she felt the bottom half of her dress being torn away revealing everything blow the waist. He then turned and tossed the bottom half of her dress into the corner and started to unbuckle his belt.
Revy saw the room focusing and watched Buffalo with wide eyes, "Rock" she breathed.
**
Rock stood across the street of the building he was fighting the urge to not charge in and start shooting the fucker who had taken his girl. He stood in the dark doorway in case the unlikely car might pass by. He held both his gun's ready. He figured if he could keep the initiative and make good use of his full auto clips he might confuse them into thinking more then one enemy was in the building. He had scanned the building when he got there. It was hard to determine how many soldiers he might have with him. He had hoped to use the fire escape but it was cut off except for the top four floors, he had already formed a plan in his mind. He would not be able to go in the back door since it was heavily boarded up.
He held his wrist up close to check the time in the dim light. It was now 5 minutes past midnight now was the time, "Revy" he said and she ran across to street towards the front door to the building.
**
"Comrade Sergeant now is the time, let us bring hell to our enemies" Balalaika said drawing her Stechkin and moving letting her first two squads move into position to take up flanking positions on the side entrance doors.
The bulk of her forces headed for the larger door at the front of the warehouse. They reached the door and a solider tore through it with a short burst from his machine gun and kicked the door open. Several soldiers burst in a second later to lay down the first wave or suppressing fire.
The enemy was already waiting in well picked defensive positions but they would be vulnerable to their flanking units.
Balalaika grinned as her bloodlust was now being fed and she as Chang fired at an officer bellowing commands.
Dutch took out a solider coming around a crate to ambush them "good luck on your end Rock" he said to himself.
**
"Colonel we just received a report from Nathan at he warehouse. The Ivan bitch and her unit had begun their assault. We also have a confirmed sighting of Lagoon members in the enemy force" a soldier shouted through the door as the Colonel just tossed his belt aside and chuckled evilly.
He then turned to Revy "you see your boyfriend is already on his way to his demise-" the rest of his sentence was cut off as the sound of gunfire could be heard below.
Revy's eyes opened at the sound. She knew that sound anywhere and after hearing it she felt her heart leap in her chest as she knew Rock had arrived to save her ass.
"What the fuck is going on who's shooting down there?" Buffalo shouted kicking the door open.
Revy couldn't see anything from the angle but she could still hear.
"Sir it's the Japanese man from Lagoon he's taken out the guards at the front door and is fighting his way up, the men were taken completely by surprise and are having difficulty pinning him down" a soldier's voices replied.
"Fuck how did he figure it out. No matter assemble the men and get him pinned down but I want to kill him myself" Buffalo said his calm façade swept away as his plans were now ruined.
Revy was grinning at the new, Rocky baby I love you, she though as she heard footsteps and suddenly the chair snapped back up right she came face to face with Buffalo's snarling face.
"It would seem your little fuck buddy has crashed out party but no need to fear our reports from early surveillance said his gunman skills were still that of a novice I will be sure to bring back something of him for you to kiss goodbye" He said as he dragged her and the chair into the main room.
Revy could not help but smile as his information was obviously outdated, your going to get a big fucking surprise when my baby comes knocking at your door.
**
Rock was now on the third floor of the building. He had charged the door which was old and rotted it had been easy to fire a barrage of bullets through and take out the two men standing guard. He had pulled both triggers twice and sending a total of a dozen bullets which had torn them top pieces. He had encountered no resistance till he reached the stairs at the far end of the 2nd floor leading to the 3rd. The floor was old and creaky giving him the advantage as they were all panicked and scrambling making it easy for him to hear either their footsteps or the creaking of the floor. He had taken out two more soldiers on his way through the second floor, one of them was running around the corner misjudging his position and did not even have his gun up, and Rock levelled his left gun and fired all three bullets hitting him in the chest. As he was falling he heard a shot to his right and he felt a stinging pain graze his arm. Rock reacted instantly turning and crouching low and he brought both guns up and fired taking out the two soldiers coming out of the apartment to his right and down a short hall. They were both killed by the deadly rain and he was already running for the stairs to the third floor
He had only gone up a few steps when a bullet whizzed past his head way off its mark as the soldier on the second half of the stairs fired poorly through the railing. He was holding a MP5 machine gun and had not taken the time to aim. Rock also heard a creak directly above him at the landing of the 3rd floor. He turned on his heel on the current steep and with skilled speed and eyes he emptied the last three shots of his left gun at the machine gun soldier and aimed his right gun straight up and pulled the trigger twice. He heard the sound of a body hitting the floor and took this chance to reload the last two clips of his full auto mags.
He heard running steps as he walked up to the stairs reloading. He only had one gun reloaded as he saw about half a dozen guys running down the hall towards him the leader raising his pistol just and Rock would not have been able to bring his gun up in time and fire.
Instead he swung his left arm and a wide horizontal arc and hit the mag release button timing it just right so the mag empty clip released and the resulting force caused it to fly right for the soldier and strike him on the forehead, the weight of the clip wasn't much to cause any damage, but it gave Rock the needed distraction to dive around the corner to his left towards another apartment. He reach to the back of his belt and pulled out the last 24 round clip and reloaded his left gun, he heard the click of the slide locking into place and fire his left gun around the corner but he could not stick his head out to aim properly a they were firing their own barrage.
Rock looked to his left to the open apartment door a few feet to his left and decided to take a gamble. He heard them still firing so that would cover his movements.
He ran into the apartment and looked to his left and ran parallel to the hall outside. He luck held out as he found the closet in the right place where he could fire once with both guns t weaken the back of it then slam into it and successfully going through it into the neighbouring apartment. He could now hear the gunfire was directly to his left and crept slowly to the exterior wall. On the other side were the hall and the soldiers.
Rock put his ear to the wall and heard one soldier shout over the gunfire saying that maybe he wasn't around the corner any more. Rock knew he needed to act fast he jumped back and pointing his guns slightly to the left of the center point of the wall and opened fire moving in a slow semi circle moving to the right side, he aimed about mid to low height to ensure he hit something. He heard the men outside cry out in pain and heard the sound of bodies slumping to the floor. However in his barrage he had emptied his clips taking out the half dozen outside, he was certain they were dead as he did not hear any more noise outside except for shouts and footsteps upstairs. Rock released the mags and then switched both his guns back to semi-auto.
His mag carriers on his belt were all filled with his 15 round clips and he had his two 3 clip's and his original two clip carrier making a total of 8. He slipped two fresh mags in a raked the slides of both guns ready to get back to business.
If need be he had Revy's loaded Cutlasses at his hips and had also brought a few of her extra mag's but he wanted to do this with his guns alone.
He stepped out into the hall after taking a quick peek to see it was clear then started moving again. He reached the stairs to the 4th floor and aimed one gun to the halls splitting off left and right at the bottom of the stairs and aimed his other up to cover as many ambush spots as possible.
He did not hear or see anything which led him to believe two things, either they were waiting for him, or he had taken out nearly all or Buffalo's men that were not at the warehouse.
He remembered Chang saying Buffalo while a pragmatic soldier, was also a very impatient person and was quick to anger when he self proclaimed "perfect" plans were ruined Rock suspected the latter of the two scenarios was more likely.
He had hoped to still have his full auto clips with him when he got to this part of his plan but in truth he preferred semi-auto since he would need to be more careful the closer he got to Revy.
He then heard voices coming from upstairs on the second last floor "Colonel he's taken out Ian and his unit on the 3rd floor we believe he is now on the 4th we only have 5 more men still alive then we know of including myself and you sir" he heard a voice said.
"Just corner the bastard and be ready to make the kill dammit" Buffalo's voice said.
At the sound of it Rock's blood boiled and he wanted to shout out to him to tell him his death was fast approaching. He kept his temper in check easily as he knew he would be seeing him soon enough.
He also know knew that he had only 5 more enemies and he knew where two were but where the other three were was a mystery.
He did not have to wait long as he heard the sound of gun's being cocked straight ahead. He looked ahead to see the other 3 men at the far end of the hall at a corner leading to the next set of stairs. Two were crouching and were exposed but the third was firing around the corner. Rock jumped to his right bumping up against the wall as she crouched low as well and fire.
The light was very poor in the hall so he ended up firing 5 shots from his right gun and 6 from his left and heard to screams as the two crouched soldiers were killed but the third one ducked around the corner.
Rock then saw a door to an apartment a feet ahead along the wall he was leaning against. He took this opportunity and fired a couple blind shots to make his feint. He then ran into the apartment and headed straight for the outside wall and saw the window he couldn't open it but smashed the old glass with the butt of his gun. He then saw a shot shatter the window next to him and spun on his heel to fire both his guns towards the door and killed the third soldier from earlier.
He then stuck his head out the window and sighed as he saw he would be just able to get onto the fire escape at the point where it was cut off was just a few feet to his left.
Rock climbed out and tested the strength. It was rusty but holding. He wouldn't not push his luck by running so he walked at a quick pace heading for the last floor two stories up.
He arrived at the top floor soon enough and crept slowly to the closest window. He could see through a large hole in the glass and he felt his heart quicken and his anger shot up another notch.
Revy was inside the middle of a wide fairly empty room. He was overjoyed to see her but his anger was spiked at seeing how badly his love had been beaten. He also noted with horror that the bottom half of her dress had been ripped away but something told him she had not been attacked that way. She did not look like someone who had been raped.
He slipped both his guns into their holsters and tried to force the window open since he could not spot the last two enemies.
Revy's head snapped up and she tried to look behind her to see where the noise was coming from.
"Rock" she said in her lower raspy voice. It was clear she was in pain from her tone.
Rock finally managed to open the window with a loud creak. He then slowly climbed into the room. He immediately drew his guns but did not see a thing.
"Revy" he whispered.
"Rock" she whispered in a clearly joy filled tone.
Rock then slowly made his way towards her. His eyes shifted to all the likely spots Buffalo and his remaining soldier might be hiding. He could see foot print in the dust and saw the ones that had long drag like the marks of someone running were heading into the hall.
"Fucking A Rock you're my hero" Revy said in a strained tone as he came into her field of vision still pointing his guns towards the door leading out into the hall.
"I'm sorry I took so long Revy" He said as he slipped his left gun into its holster so he could free his hand to untie the bonds holding her wrists behind her.
Just as he got her hands free he heard a creak and jumped in front of Revy like a shield and spun so he could bring up his one gun up in time to empty the clip as two men appeared in the doorway.
As he emptied his gun he realized it was Buffalo and his last soldier both were holding pistols. Buffalo was also wearing a half button up military uniform.
He was breathing heavily as he realized he had killed the bastard who had hurt his woman.
"Rock" Revy said as she also realized his actions.
Rock turned around in time for Revy to put her arms around his chest and pull him close resting her head on his chest. She was shivering, whether it was from the cold draft in the room or due to the tension draining out of her he could not tell.
Revy was about to speak when they heard both heard a groan and a voice yelled in pure rage.
"Die you fucking cunt!" they heard the voice yell and heard the sound of a revolver being cocked.
Rock and Revy moved in sync and the shoot out was over in four moves.
Rock's hand went to his hip as Revy was blocking his reach to his shoulder holsters.
Revy grabbed the holstered gun under Rock's right arm.
They broke apart and spun around so they brought up their guns as Buffalo fired his revolver.
Revy fired Rock's gun as Rock fired Revy's cutlass they both emptied their guns.
Buffalo went down but he wasn't dead since he had put on a bullet proof vest earlier and the shots at his chest and stomach did not kill him but others hit his legs and arms leaving him crippled but still alive.
Revy and Rock still moved out habit. Revy took out her other cutlass holstered at Rock's hip and Rock reloaded the gun his other gun and they both advanced slowly on the collapsed form of the Colonel now lying in his own pooling blood.
They walked forward until they stood over him and saw he was still glaring at them hatefully. He tried to speak but only a bloody gurgle came through.
Revy looked up at Rock. He looked back at her and there was love in his eyes and acceptance as he nodded.
Together they levelled their guns and each fired once into Buffalo's head finally sending the sadistic man who had hurt them both straight to hell.
Revy then turned away and walked back to the chair she had been tied to and placed her cutlass and rock's gun on the table. Rock followed and laid the other cutlass and his other gun onto the chair.
He then turned and had the wind early knocked out of him as Revy ran into his arms and put her arms around him holding him close. Rock put his own arms around her glad to feel her warmth and smell her scent.
"Were gonna need a lot of fucking Bacardi when we get back" Revy said in a choked voice.
"Ya" Rock said in a similar voice as she felt tears or relief and joy welling up in his eyes.
Revy then pushed away from him slightly with her arms still locked behind his neck and looked up into his eyes. He could see tears just starting to surface in her eyes as well.
"Rock tell me again" she said.
Rock knew what it was she meant. He gave her a smile filled with warmth and his eye shone with love, "I love you Revy" he said.
Revy smirked looking like herself again, despite the bruised and mild swelling "I love you to, Rocky baby" she said.
She then brought his face down so she could slam her lips onto as they revelled in their love for each other.
A/N: Phew just started about half way into this chapter tonight and went like a mile a minute. Anyway I know you all wanted a rather gruesome death for the Colonel but I wanted to make Rock and Revy better then him in that moment. Plus she did get two full clips before being shot in the head twice. I hope you all enjoyed my bit of dark tragedy and I did promise a light at the end of the tunnel.
I decided to end it there instead of going on since I have thought up some new ideas for the future. Also with the Colonel now dead there is jus Yuri, the Japanese sponsor and a couple other so I plan on making this story somewhere around 20+ chapters. Anyway I you all enjoy this chapter and highly look forward to your reviews on my way of having Revy confess her love for Rock. To all my readers you are a great bunch. Enjoy, Stay Tuned : ).