The next day Jasmine woke up in her hotel room, she was in nothing but her underwear, and she was thinking about last night and why she was still thinking about Revy as she thought, "Why am I still thinking about Revy? She doesn't like me and I don't like her, or do I? Maybe it's the Gin still talking from last night. I should probably go and see what our next Job is."
Before Jasmine then heard a knock on her door, so she scrambled to get dressed before opening the door to see Rock standing there and she looked shocked as she said, "Rock? What the hell are you doing here? You scared the crap out of me!" and Rock rubbed the back of his head and smiled as he replied,
"Uh sorry Jasmine, but I had a few errands to run and Dutch told me to take you and Revy with me." and Jasmine looked behind Rock and saw Revy leaning against the wall with a grumpy look on her face, before she looked back at Rock as he continued, "As you can probably tell, Revy isn't exactly thrilled about it."
Jasmine let out a frustrated sigh as she said, "Yeah well I'm not exactly happy about this either, I'm pretty sure Revy still wants me dead after I tried to assassinate you Rock, but let's just get this over with." before she then closed the door again for a second as she grabbed her sniper rifle and Berretta before opening the door again and walked out.
The walk to the car was silent, with Revy and Jasmine occasionally glaring at each other and Rock walked in front of them and let out a sigh as he thought, "Something tells me this is gonna be a long day." When they got to the car, Revy sat next to Rock in the front while Jasmine sat in the back, sitting in between the two, before Rock then started the engine and put his foot down as they drove to their first stop.
Later
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Rock parked the car outside Rowan's strip club, before they all got out of the car and walked inside, with Jasmine and Revy still glaring at each other occasionally, once inside Rowan had a grin on his face as he said, "Revy, I knew you would come back and swing that sexy ass of yours." and Revy scowled at Rowan as she coldly replied,
"Shut the fuck up Rowan, we both know I'm not into tying people up or getting tied up."
And Rowan nodded his head slightly as he said, "You're right, but I know that you would make a killing if you did." before he then looked at Jasmine as he continued, "And what about you sugar? I'm sure the people would love to see you shake that body of yours on stage for them." and Jasmine gave Rowan a death glare, which frightened Rowan a little before she replied,
"I'm not interested in taking my clothes off for other people's amusement, ask me again and I'll make sure that's the last drink you ever have. Understand?"
Revy's eyes widened a little at Jasmine's response as she thought to herself, "Holy shit, this chick managed to make Rowan sweat a little just by saying a few words. Maybe I can partner up with her." before Rowan then looked at Rock as he said, "Damn, where did you find such scary bitches?" and Rock cleared his throat a little before he handed Rowan a sheet of paper as he said,
"Umm, this is how much it will cost for the shipment you ordered. Rowan."
Rowan then looked at the sheet of paper that showed the expenses of his shipment he ordered from the lagoon company as he said, "Shit, I swear this just keeps getting more and more expensive, don't worry Dutch will get his money." and Rock polietly bowed as he replied,
"Have a good day sir."
before Rock then left and Jasmine followed behind him, Revy smirked at Rowan as she said to him, "That guy had no where to go, so we decided to take him in, well, e seein' ya Rowan." before she then also left the strip club. When she got back in the car, Revy leaned over the seat and looked at Jasmine and smiled a little as she said to her, "Wow, you have some balls to shut Rowan down like that short fuse. You even made him sweat a little. not even I can do that and most people around here know me by reputation alone."
And Jasmine smiled back at Revy a little as she replied, "Well what else was I gonna do? Just stand there and accept his offer like a good little girl? I'm a former assassin, and I don't like to be ordered around. especially for people like Rowan. I'm not innocent myself Revy, I have blood on my hands. And I feel at home here."
Rock then sat there at the wheel as he let out a sigh and said, "We're almost done, we just have a few more places to go and we'll be done." and Revy turned around in her seat and sighed, before she lit a cigarette and blew out a puff of smoke as she said,
"My god Rock, were you always this boring where you come from? Let's just go already! I'm sick having to babysit your dumbass."
Thatevening
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After Rock parked the car at their final stop for the day, Jasmine got out of the car and said to the others, "I'm gonna go for a little walk, I won't be long. and by the time I get back it'll be like I never left." before she then started to walk down the street as she heard Revy calling out to her,
"Just be careful and don't do anything stupid. Got that short fuse?"
And Jasmine continued walking as she waved a hand in the air and said, "Yeah, yeah I get it, don't do anything stupid. I'll be fine, don't worry." and Revy just leaned against a wall as she lit another cigarette and blew out a puff of smoke as she smiled to herself and thought, "God damn it Jasmine, there's just something about you I can't figure out. and it bugs me."
While Jasmine was walking down the street, she felt the cold air against her tanned skin and she also realised she was thinking about Revy again, and she looked in the window of a shop she walked past as she thought to herself, "Damn it Revy, why can I not stop thinking about you? I hate you and you hate me, but...do I really hate her though? I can't seriously be falling in love with you can I?"
As she was self reflecting in the window of the shop she was in front of, she didn't realise some members of the Mexican cartel were slowly approaching from behind her, before one of them said with a smirk on their face, "Hey chicka, what are you doing in these streets all by yourself, huh?" and Jasmine thought to herself, "Shit." before she slowly turned around to face them as she replied,
"Look guys, if this about what happened at the yellow flag, I can apologise, ok? I just don't like to be interrupted when I'm having a drink. I meant no harm."
Then the same cartel member she threatened at the bar, scowled at Jasmine as he said, "You embarrassed us esse, you made the cartel look like a joke! The boss wants us to make an example of you and make you understand that you don't mess with us!" before the rest of the cartel members then pointed their guns at Jasmine.
Jasmine then slowly took her Berretta out from her pocket and carefully examined her current situation, it was obvious she was out gunned and they outnumbered her, she also knew that the shop they were standing in front of could provide her with a little cover, there wasn't anyway she was getting out of this without being filled with bullet holes so Jasmine thought to herself, "If this is how I go out? Then it's been a hell of a ride. and I'll make damn sure to take a few of these assholes to hell with me!"
Before Jasmine then dived through the window, breaking it on impact as the cartel members opened fire on her, she was right as the shop did protect her from the shower of bullets a little but not much, she popped up every now and then when she thought it was safe enough to return a few shots of her own, taking out a few of the cartel members with well placed shots but she was still heavily outgunned.
Revy was waiting for Rock by the car, when she heard gunshots and at first she just shrugged her shoulders thinking it was nothing but a normal night in Roanapur, before she then realised that Jasmine hadn't come back yet so she put out her cigarette she was smoking and took out her cutlass pistols and went to investigate. While she acted like she didn't care about Jasmine, a small part of her hoped that Jasmine was safe.
As Revy was getting closer to the source of the fighting, she could hear the gun shots getting louder and she could also hear Jasmine's voice as she said, "Come on assholes! How many of you does it take to fight the angel of death!" and Revy thought to herself, "You idiot Jasmine, I told you not to do anything stupid." before she then opened fire herself at the cartel members.
Blood was pouring down Jasmine's shoulder where one of the cartel members got a lucky hit on her but she didn't care, she was willing to go down fighting until she fired the last bullet from her gun, but she also knew she was running low on ammo. Then Jasmine heard the familiar sound of Revy's cutlass pistols being fired and she smiled a little as she thought to herself, "You're risking your life for me, you really must be going soft on me Revy."
When the fighting had stopped, Revy stood there and said, "Hey short fuse, if your ass is still breathing, you can come out now. It's over." and Jasmine willed herself to her feet and slowly shuffled out from the bullet ridden shop she was hiding in, clutching her shoulder in pain. Revy could see that Jasmine was wounded and she also saw a few shards of glass sticking out of her from where she must have crashed through the window.
Revy was going to say something when she saw Jasmine slowly raising her Berretta at her, so Revy aimed one of her cutlass pistols at her before she said, "Do you really wanna do this with the state you are in at the moment short fuse? because if you pull that trigger I won't hesitate to kill you." and Jasmine shakily held her Berretta at Revy, deep down she knew herself even in her current condition she couldn't kill Revy, let alone cause a wound that would be fatal enough to do so. So she lowered her gun again and simply stared at Revy with her blood covered face and said,
"I didn't need saving, I could have taken those assholes myself! But...thank you Revy."
And Revy lowered her cutlass she had aimed at Jasmine and smiled as she sarcastically replied, "Oh sure, it really looked like you had the situation under control didn't you? If I hadn't gotten here sooner, you would be in a wooden box by now." and Jasmine smiled at Revy a little as she said,
"Fuck you, I took down a few of those assholes before you showed up! I was willing to go out fighting until I fired my last bullet." before she then coughed up some blood, both herself and Revy knew if her wounds didn't get treated soon she was a gonner, and Jasmine didn't have the strenght to argue when Revy placed her arm over her shoulder as she smiled and replied,
"You won't be doing any fighting much longer if we don't get ya patched up, so do me a favour and try not to drop dead on me before we get to Rock ok?"
All Jasmine could do was weakly nod her head and cough up some more blood before she rasped, "I owe you a drink for this…" and a small part of Revy felt worried for Jasmine as she dragged her back towards Rock and the car, she never cared for anyone in her life before, was Jasmine the execption? and did she just say she owed her a drink for saving her life? Revy felt so confused as these thoughts spun around inside her head.
A/N: It looks like Jasmine's life is on the line after a shoot out with the Mexican cartel, Will she survive? And will Revy and Jasmine admit they have feelings towards each other? Will Rock be the one who gets the ball rolling between Revy and Jasmine? Stay tuned to find out what happens next time.
