Chapter 6
One of the men walked up to the table while his 'support' stood behind him, hands ready to reach for their guns. "Are you Reno?" he asked very sternly.
"Yea I am," Reno, replied, "what about it?" "You should come with us." The man said, flashing his gun. "I suggest you don't give us any problems, unless you have a death wish." Reno stood up along with Rude, picking up his jacket he calmly walked up to the man and said in a very calm tone. "Okay, I'll cooperate. But one thing." The man stared at him. "I think that waitress over there just called the cops on you." Reno lied. The moron turned around as expected, along with his fellow idiots. Reno and Rude took this opportunity to attack. Before the men had even fully turned around, Rude made a swift jab into one of their stomachs, knocking the wind out of him. Reno whipped out his Electro-rod and hit the head man 3 times in the torso at lightning fast speed, sending over 10,000 volts through the mans body. By now the remaining mercenaries realized that they had been fooled and were being attacked. They all pulled their guns out and sent a hail of bullets at the pair of ex-TURKS. Reno just barely dodged the storm as they turned the table and chair to rubble. Rude, not being as nimble as Reno, was grazed by a few of the bullets. Fortunately, he was able to avoid getting pulverized. The two men who were stunned by Reno and Rude were now starting to come to their senses. Reno had been dodging the bullets while weaving between and jumping over tables. Rude had grabbed a gun from one of the downed men and was now behind an upturned table exchanging shots with two of the mercenaries. Meanwhile, Josh was in the process of hiding Lisa in the ladies room. "Do not open this door for anyone! When it's over either me, Reno or Rude will come and get you. Lock the door when I leave. You got all that!?" Lisa nodded. "Don't worry about me, I don't go down so easy." He said as he withdrew his sword and exited the room, leaving Lisa behind. Back in the dining room, Reno had hoped behind the bar to shield him from the shots being fired at him. While hiding, he noticed a gun under the register. The bartender must keep it there if they were robed or something. 'I'll have to thank him later.' Reno thought. Taking it out, he checked to see if there were any bullets. 'Damnit, only three.' He cursed internally. 'I'm not gonna be able to hold them off with only three bullets.' While thinking of what to do, he saw a bottle of hot sauce on one of the low shelves. "Perfect." He said with a smirk on his face as a plan crossed his mind. Rude was still under a barrage of bullets whizzing by his head. The table wasn't gonna hold out much longer, it had started to look like a piece of Swiss cheese. On top of that, Rude was running low on bullets, he guessed he only had five or so left. 'This isn't good.' Rude thought. His arm had been shot and it was bleeding pretty badly. Do down to one arm and few bullets, Rude was running out of time. Reno sat crouched behind the bar, listening for the two assailants to run out of bullets and have to reload. It didn't take long. Reno heard a faint 'click click' of the cartridge being released from their guns, now was his chance. With one swift movement, he took the bottle of hot sauce and tossed it directly above the two gunmen. They looked at the bottle as it started to pass just over their heads. Reno leaned over the bar and shot one fire at the bottle, shattering it in a million pieced and raining hot sauce, and glass over the two surprised men. Howling in agony and trying to rub the acidic substance out of their eyes, Reno took this opportunity to hop over the bar and sprint behind the two gunmen. With his remaining two bullets, he shot both of the men dead. As they fell to the floor in a bloody mess Reno surveyed his friend getting shot at by two more gunmen. 'Two?' Reno thought. 'Weren't there five all together? Where's the last.' His thoughts were cut abruptly short when he heard a gruff voice to his left, "FREEZE!" the fifth gunman said. "Drop your weapon, now!" Reno complied, there weren't any bullets left anyway, and tossed it to the side out of reach. "Put your hands over your head and turn my way!" He ordered. Reno put his hands over his head and began to turn around when he felt a wind blow by and a blue and black blur streak between the two. By the time Reno had fully turned around, the gunman was laying in a pool of his own blood, dead. "What the hell?!" Reno yelled in surprise. Looking around, he saw Josh not far from where he was standing. He was holding a now bloody sword, and was still in the stance that he was when he slashed the gunman's midsection open. For one of the first time ever, Reno was speechless. Josh just turned to him and calmly said, "Now were even." Reno still a bit stunned stood there and just nodded. Looking behind Reno to where Rude was being assaulted, Josh said hinting Rude's way, "Lets go help your friend. You ready to fight?" Nodding Reno replied, "Always." Both of them turned and ran towards their comrade who was now using up his last bullets in a last ditch effort to stall the gunmen. Rude got lucky when three of his remaining bullets hit one of the men in the chest and shoulder, killing him. One man to go, Rude pointed the gun to the last assailant. 'Click click click'. Empty. The final gunman stood in front of Rude and gave a devilish grin before taking two shots at the now defenseless man. Reno's eyes went wide as the bullets went screaming through Rude's midsection. "RUDE!!!" He yelled as he sprinted his friend's way. Rude simply looked Reno's direction before coughing up blood and collapsing in a lifeless heap. Reno's concern turned quickly into rage as his sprint turned towards the gunman's direction. With one huge leap, Reno tackled the man knocking him to the floor. After a mini wrestling match, Reno now had the man pressed up against the wall, with his gun now in Reno's possession, pressed against the man's forehead. The gunman was in total shock. "Josh! Check on Rude!" Reno ordered. "Is he still breathing?" "Yea he's breathing, but just barely," he replied, "but he's lost a lot of blood and he won't last much longer." Josh franticly tried to stop the bleeding by pressing hard against the wound. Blood was gushing out of Rude as the color started to leave his face. Reno now furious with the gunman and started to squeeze on the trigger. "If he dies, I'm not just going to shoot you. I'm gonna break every bone in your body first!" Reno threatened as a transparent haze of red flashed over his eyes. "Who sent you?! Why did you attack us?! ANSWER ME!" The gunman was now scared out of his mind. (Anyone would be with a gun at their head) "H-Hojo!" the man said franticly. "He sent us to retrieve you, the girl and the ancient." A bead of sweat dripped down the side of the mans head, "He wanted the girl and the ancient unharmed, but he said it didn't matter with you. He.He said he'd take you either dead or alive." "So he lived." Reno said to no one in particular. "Where is he? Why does he want us?" He asked pressing the barrel of the gun harder against the mans head. "For some experiment." He said practically in a panic. "I don't know anymore. He just paid us to come get you." He didn't give us any details for why.
"Reno were loosing him!" Josh said franticly. The red hazes that was in Reno's eyes now turned to a solid blood red. Pure rage was behind them. "Is that all you know!?" Reno demanded an answer. "Yes.Yes that's everything!" the gunman, said franticly. "I don't know anymore." Reno grinned, bearing a set of fangs. His eyes glimmered with a genuine pleasure for what he was about to do. "Thank you for your cooperation." He squeezed the trigger Reno let go of the mans shirt and let the body fall to the floor. Josh just looked at him in shock. He didn't dare say a word. Dropping the gun, Reno walked over to his fallen friend. Kneeling down beside him, he felt for a pulse. There was one, but it was very faint, and fading fast. Tears swelled in Reno's eyes as he watched his best friend dyeing before him. "Rude!" A voice called from the doorway. "Oh my god! What happened?" Lisa said running over. But one look at Reno's tearful eyes told the whole story.Rude, Reno's best friend was dead.
One of the men walked up to the table while his 'support' stood behind him, hands ready to reach for their guns. "Are you Reno?" he asked very sternly.
"Yea I am," Reno, replied, "what about it?" "You should come with us." The man said, flashing his gun. "I suggest you don't give us any problems, unless you have a death wish." Reno stood up along with Rude, picking up his jacket he calmly walked up to the man and said in a very calm tone. "Okay, I'll cooperate. But one thing." The man stared at him. "I think that waitress over there just called the cops on you." Reno lied. The moron turned around as expected, along with his fellow idiots. Reno and Rude took this opportunity to attack. Before the men had even fully turned around, Rude made a swift jab into one of their stomachs, knocking the wind out of him. Reno whipped out his Electro-rod and hit the head man 3 times in the torso at lightning fast speed, sending over 10,000 volts through the mans body. By now the remaining mercenaries realized that they had been fooled and were being attacked. They all pulled their guns out and sent a hail of bullets at the pair of ex-TURKS. Reno just barely dodged the storm as they turned the table and chair to rubble. Rude, not being as nimble as Reno, was grazed by a few of the bullets. Fortunately, he was able to avoid getting pulverized. The two men who were stunned by Reno and Rude were now starting to come to their senses. Reno had been dodging the bullets while weaving between and jumping over tables. Rude had grabbed a gun from one of the downed men and was now behind an upturned table exchanging shots with two of the mercenaries. Meanwhile, Josh was in the process of hiding Lisa in the ladies room. "Do not open this door for anyone! When it's over either me, Reno or Rude will come and get you. Lock the door when I leave. You got all that!?" Lisa nodded. "Don't worry about me, I don't go down so easy." He said as he withdrew his sword and exited the room, leaving Lisa behind. Back in the dining room, Reno had hoped behind the bar to shield him from the shots being fired at him. While hiding, he noticed a gun under the register. The bartender must keep it there if they were robed or something. 'I'll have to thank him later.' Reno thought. Taking it out, he checked to see if there were any bullets. 'Damnit, only three.' He cursed internally. 'I'm not gonna be able to hold them off with only three bullets.' While thinking of what to do, he saw a bottle of hot sauce on one of the low shelves. "Perfect." He said with a smirk on his face as a plan crossed his mind. Rude was still under a barrage of bullets whizzing by his head. The table wasn't gonna hold out much longer, it had started to look like a piece of Swiss cheese. On top of that, Rude was running low on bullets, he guessed he only had five or so left. 'This isn't good.' Rude thought. His arm had been shot and it was bleeding pretty badly. Do down to one arm and few bullets, Rude was running out of time. Reno sat crouched behind the bar, listening for the two assailants to run out of bullets and have to reload. It didn't take long. Reno heard a faint 'click click' of the cartridge being released from their guns, now was his chance. With one swift movement, he took the bottle of hot sauce and tossed it directly above the two gunmen. They looked at the bottle as it started to pass just over their heads. Reno leaned over the bar and shot one fire at the bottle, shattering it in a million pieced and raining hot sauce, and glass over the two surprised men. Howling in agony and trying to rub the acidic substance out of their eyes, Reno took this opportunity to hop over the bar and sprint behind the two gunmen. With his remaining two bullets, he shot both of the men dead. As they fell to the floor in a bloody mess Reno surveyed his friend getting shot at by two more gunmen. 'Two?' Reno thought. 'Weren't there five all together? Where's the last.' His thoughts were cut abruptly short when he heard a gruff voice to his left, "FREEZE!" the fifth gunman said. "Drop your weapon, now!" Reno complied, there weren't any bullets left anyway, and tossed it to the side out of reach. "Put your hands over your head and turn my way!" He ordered. Reno put his hands over his head and began to turn around when he felt a wind blow by and a blue and black blur streak between the two. By the time Reno had fully turned around, the gunman was laying in a pool of his own blood, dead. "What the hell?!" Reno yelled in surprise. Looking around, he saw Josh not far from where he was standing. He was holding a now bloody sword, and was still in the stance that he was when he slashed the gunman's midsection open. For one of the first time ever, Reno was speechless. Josh just turned to him and calmly said, "Now were even." Reno still a bit stunned stood there and just nodded. Looking behind Reno to where Rude was being assaulted, Josh said hinting Rude's way, "Lets go help your friend. You ready to fight?" Nodding Reno replied, "Always." Both of them turned and ran towards their comrade who was now using up his last bullets in a last ditch effort to stall the gunmen. Rude got lucky when three of his remaining bullets hit one of the men in the chest and shoulder, killing him. One man to go, Rude pointed the gun to the last assailant. 'Click click click'. Empty. The final gunman stood in front of Rude and gave a devilish grin before taking two shots at the now defenseless man. Reno's eyes went wide as the bullets went screaming through Rude's midsection. "RUDE!!!" He yelled as he sprinted his friend's way. Rude simply looked Reno's direction before coughing up blood and collapsing in a lifeless heap. Reno's concern turned quickly into rage as his sprint turned towards the gunman's direction. With one huge leap, Reno tackled the man knocking him to the floor. After a mini wrestling match, Reno now had the man pressed up against the wall, with his gun now in Reno's possession, pressed against the man's forehead. The gunman was in total shock. "Josh! Check on Rude!" Reno ordered. "Is he still breathing?" "Yea he's breathing, but just barely," he replied, "but he's lost a lot of blood and he won't last much longer." Josh franticly tried to stop the bleeding by pressing hard against the wound. Blood was gushing out of Rude as the color started to leave his face. Reno now furious with the gunman and started to squeeze on the trigger. "If he dies, I'm not just going to shoot you. I'm gonna break every bone in your body first!" Reno threatened as a transparent haze of red flashed over his eyes. "Who sent you?! Why did you attack us?! ANSWER ME!" The gunman was now scared out of his mind. (Anyone would be with a gun at their head) "H-Hojo!" the man said franticly. "He sent us to retrieve you, the girl and the ancient." A bead of sweat dripped down the side of the mans head, "He wanted the girl and the ancient unharmed, but he said it didn't matter with you. He.He said he'd take you either dead or alive." "So he lived." Reno said to no one in particular. "Where is he? Why does he want us?" He asked pressing the barrel of the gun harder against the mans head. "For some experiment." He said practically in a panic. "I don't know anymore. He just paid us to come get you." He didn't give us any details for why.
"Reno were loosing him!" Josh said franticly. The red hazes that was in Reno's eyes now turned to a solid blood red. Pure rage was behind them. "Is that all you know!?" Reno demanded an answer. "Yes.Yes that's everything!" the gunman, said franticly. "I don't know anymore." Reno grinned, bearing a set of fangs. His eyes glimmered with a genuine pleasure for what he was about to do. "Thank you for your cooperation." He squeezed the trigger Reno let go of the mans shirt and let the body fall to the floor. Josh just looked at him in shock. He didn't dare say a word. Dropping the gun, Reno walked over to his fallen friend. Kneeling down beside him, he felt for a pulse. There was one, but it was very faint, and fading fast. Tears swelled in Reno's eyes as he watched his best friend dyeing before him. "Rude!" A voice called from the doorway. "Oh my god! What happened?" Lisa said running over. But one look at Reno's tearful eyes told the whole story.Rude, Reno's best friend was dead.