#2 KILLER INSTINCTS
Revy stood to one side and looked at Eda as she sneered, "Well? are we just gonna stand here until we turn old and grey or something? or are we gonna get out of here already." and Eda slowly slinked her way out of the room before looking back at Revy as she replied,
"You know a thank you would be nice, if I hadn't of stopped you from pulling those trigger fingers of yours then we wouldn't have the information we needed would we?"
and Revy scowled at Eda as she barked, "Shut the fuck up, if it wasn't for me, these walls would be painted in your blood." before she looked back and saw Jasmine slowly making her way out of the room, before she followed on behind her. While they were walking down the hallway Eda pulled out a cigarette from her pack before she offered one to Jasmine.
Jasmine saw the open pack of cigarettes being offered towards her and shook her head as she politely said, "Sorry, I appreciate the offer, but I don't smoke." and Eda pulled the cigarettes away from Jasmine and shrugged her shoulders as she replied while trying to light the cigarette in her mouth,
"suit yourself kid, just figured you might want something to calm the nerves that's all."
when they were outside of the Inn, Revy took a look around before she looked at Jasmine as she growled, "This is what's gonna happen, we're gonna take a shortcut back to the office and you're gonna stay close. ya got that? If you try anything, I won't hesitate to put you down. Now follow me." and so Jasmine walked behind Revy with Eda following behind them, as they were walking Jasmine thought to herself as she stared at the back of Revy's head and her red hair which was tied in a ponytail, "I wonder what could have happened to a person like her to make her like this?"
Later…
When Revy and the others arrived at the Office, Revy looked at Jasmine as she said, "Alright eagle eye after you, but you better not be fucking with us or else you're gonna regret ever meeting me, got that?" and Jasmine nodded her head as she sheepishly replied,
"Stop calling me eagle eye! and I'm telling you the truth, why would I have a reason to lie? especially to someone as infamous as you." before she went inside and slowly walked up the stairs as Revy watched on from behind making sure she didn't try anything.
before Revy then looked at Eda as she lit a cigarette and said, "What are you hangin' around here for? I thought you would've gone back to the rip off Church already." and Eda smirked at Revy as she replied,
"Well fuck you too, I was going to have your back in case our guest upstairs tried to blow you seven ways from Sunday, but if you think you can handle it on your own then don't let me stop you. say hi to Romeo for me would ya?"
Revy just stuck her finger up at Eda before heading inside and up the stairs, where she could hear Rock freaking out and Benny trying to calm him down before she walked in and sighed as she said, "Relax you fuckin' dumbass she isn't here to kill you, in fact eagle eye here has some explaining to do, isn't that right?" and Jasmine scowled at Revy as she replied in annoyance,
"Call me eagle eye one more fucking time and we can take this outside and I will give you a second asshole to shit from!" before she then took a deep breath as she looked at the others and added, "I was given a contract to kill Rock but I don't know the name of my contractor, all I know is that some company in Japan was willing to pay me a lot of money for the job, but since I failed to kill my target I'm willing to bet it won't be long before another assassin arrives to finish the job and take me out in the process."
Dutch stood there and took a sip from his can of beer before he said, "Shit, if that happens then this place will turn into a warzone with fireworks that would make the fourth of July blush, any idea why your boss wanted Rock dead?" and Jasmine shook her head as she replied,
"No, usually in my line of work you learn to not ask many questions as it could lead to you being killed, but if I had to take a guess then I'd say my boss wasn't happy with the way Rock turned his back on the company and hired me to take him out of the picture."
Benny sighed as he said, "I get that feeling, but if the company Rock used to work for hired you specifically then you must be pretty good at your job, or I guess I should say former job." and Jasmine nodded her head as she replied,
"I was, I was the best assassin known across America, I would put down anyone I was contracted to kill didn't matter to me if they were innocent or not, soon enough I got given the nickname the angel of death and if I was contracted to kill you there would be no escape, so far Rock is the only person I haven't been able to kill either because my aim has gotten worse with my age or because he is the luckiest man alive."
Rock had calmed down a little as he sat next to Benny as he looked at Jasmine and nervously asked, "If you don't mind me asking Jasmine, how old are you? and what part of the states are you from?" and before Jasmine could reply, Revy let out a puff of smoke as she looked at Rock and said,
"Fucking dumbass, don't you know it's rude to ask a lady her age?"
Jasmine smiled as she took a deep breath and said, "It's fine, I'm 24 years old and I grew up in Florida, Tampa Florida to be more specific." and Dutch smiled as he replied,
"Well Jasmine, how would you like to work for us in the lagoon company?" and Revy looked at Dutch in shock after hearing the news as she said,
"You can't be serious about bringing short fuse here with us? she tried to assassinate Rock for fuck sake."
and Dutch looked back at Revy with a serious look on his face as he replied, "I'm dead serious Revy, besides we could use someone with her skills as it might make some of our jobs go a little smoother, and by the way Jasmine will need somewhere to stay so she will be sharing your room with you Revy, and since we did our job for Mr. Chang we're heading to the yellow flag for drinks."
Jasmine then smiled as she said to everyone, "Look, I understand if it's a little difficult for you to trust me, but...if you are giving me a chance to prove myself then I'll be happy to join the lagoon company." and Rock laughed nervously as he tried to calm the tense situation as he said,
"Well, now that we have that situation sorted, why don't we all go and get some drinks?"
Afterwards…
When the group arrived at the Yellow flag bar, Revy, Rock and Jasmine walked over to the bar and sat down before Bao looked at them while wiping down a glass as he asked, "What can I get you?" and Jasmine looked at Bao as she replied,
"Jesus, who pissed in your cheerios?"
and Bao shrugged his shoulders as he looked towards Revy and said, "I have her tonight, trouble always starts whenever Revy comes by." before placing a bottle of Rum on the bar and Revy took the bottle and poured herself a glass before she looked at Rock drinking his glass of beer as she said to him,
"Beer tastes like piss, a real man takes Rum, unless you're scared of being outdone by a woman, I won't force you though but I would be inclined to put you in a dress and take you out for a night of dancing."
Rock then loosened his tie around his neck a little as both Revy and Rock leaned over the bar at Bao as they yelled, "LINE THEM UP BAO!" and Jasmine just shook her head as she watched Rock and Revy drink shot after shot of Rum before she looked at Bao and asked,
"Can I have a glass of Gin please?"
Bao smiled a little at Jasmine as he poured out the glass of Gin and slid it across the bar to her as he said, "Sure, anything for you sweetheart. here you go." and as Jasmine was enjoying her glass of Gin, one of members of the Mexican cartel stumbled over to Jasmine and slurred his words as he said to her,
"Hey chicka, that's an impressive looking weapon you have there, you mind showing us how it works?"
Irritated that she was disturbed from her drink, Jasmine grabbed the cartel member by the collar of his shirt and slammed him down over the counter before she growled at him, "Valkyrie is a long range 50 cal sniper rifle and is capable of piercing even the thickest armour, but she only comes out to play when I am stalking my prey from a distance…" before she pulled her Berretta out from her pocket and pointed it at his head before she added, "But I like to use this for when I have to get close and personal with my target, comprende?"
Terrified, the cartel member looked up at Jasmine and shook his head as he replied, "C-Ci, Ci senorita, I understand." and Jasmine smirked as she said,
"Good." before she tossed him to the ground as she added, "Now fuck off before I decide to give you a new asshole to shit from." and Revy watched on in awe before she nudged her elbow at Rock as she said to him,
"Hey Rock, you totally missed short fuse put a member of the Mexican cartel in their place and look badass while doing it."
and seeing Revy looking at her in awe, Jasmine giggled a little as she said, "Don't get used to it, I just don't like to be disturbed when I'm having a drink that's all." and Bao smiled at Jasmine as he said,
"Wow, I can't believe I witnessed someone solve a problem like that without starting a gun fight before, hey Revy maybe you could learn something from this girl."
Revy just laughed at Bao as she replied, "Yeah right, like short fuse could teach me anything. at least your bar didn't get shot to bits tonight." and Rock looked at Revy as he said,
"But Revy, maybe Bao has a point. after all not every problem can be solved with a gun."
That night…
Benny was sharing a room at a hotel with Dutch and sighed as he sat down in one of the chairs as he said, "The Mexican cartel isn't gonna be happy with being embarrassed like that, I have a bad feeling this is gonna get worse before it gets better." and Dutch took a sip of his can of beer and smiled slightly as he replied,
"You might be right about that Benny, but maybe next time they would learn to keep their boys in line so that they don't piss off a woman, everybody knows hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
Meanwhile, Jasmine laid on her bed in her hotel room and sighed softly as she looked up at the ceiling, all she could think about was Revy, but why? they hated each other as far as they could throw each other, or did they? because when Jasmine saw Revy's hazel eyes meet her violet eyes and the way she smiled at her when she dealt with one of the members of the cartel.
Maybe they didn't hate each other as much as she thought they did, she sighed as she stared up at the ceiling and thought to herself, "God damn it Revy! I can't figure you out."
Revy on the other hand, was busy sitting a passed out Rock in a chair as she thought to herself, "God damn it, why did I get stuck with this dumbass?" before Revy then laid down on the bed and rolled onto her side, she thought about Jasmine and how she dealt with one of the members of the cartel and let out a sigh as she thought, "My fucking god Jasmine, I can't understand you at all."
