6

Only two things in this world could give Mikasa Ackerman an extreme adrenalin rush. One is high altitude low opening parachute jump. The other one is hanging on a helicopter while chasing a suspect.

Mikasa leaped, her Oakley boots barely biting the roof of the apartment buildings. She landed on another building as the Little Bird helicopter above moved in relative slow speed. Mikasa is attached to the chopper with a heavy-duty carbon fiber cord and paratrooper harness on her combat gear. Both of her hands are free and she can use her guns to take down the parkouring woman but she opted not to use lethal force.

She wanted Revy Two Hands alive.

"Get me closer, Mina!" Mikasa shouted on the radio over the howl of the wind around her.

Mina saw Revy leaped on another rooftop, a building with a huge neon billboard on top. "Boss, I have to fly a little higher," she said. "You're going to hit the billboard."

"No!" Mikasa ordered. "Stay on course!"

"But boss-."

"Just do it!" Mikasa snapped.

Revy landed on her feet at the rooftop of a three-story building. As she reached the ridge, she realized there is nowhere to go, only a drop three floors to the shanties below.

"Fuck!" Revy cursed her luck. She is now trapped on the rooftop, and the helicopter is getting closer to her.

As she turned around to look at the chopper, the huge neon billboard behind her exploded in a shower of glass and fluorescent powder. Revy covered her face but she saw a woman smashing through the billboard like the Terminator.

Mikasa landed on the rooftop and tumbled as she unhooked her harness. She rolled on the floor like a hedgehog, leaping towards the surprised Revy. Mikasa's right fist flew forward, smashing in the face of the Lagoon warrior at full speed.

Revy felt the horrible pain through her brain as the woman's humongous gloved hand smacked straight into her mug. Revy tumbled backward and hit the floor hard. The pain was intense but she was glad the woman hit her with a flying Superman punch; if she were standing on the ground, the bitch would have knocked her out.

Revy shook the cobwebs as she tried to stand. She sized up the enemy. The woman is Caucasian with Oriental eyes, three inches taller than she, with short hair, and dressed in combat gear. She has large biceps and mean-looking eyes.

A very dangerous-looking, professional combatant.

Revy decided it was not worth tangling with the woman. She drew her right Beretta, determined to kill the woman quickly with bullets to the head. As she aimed the pistol, the woman slapped the gun off her hand. Revy's left hand snapped, pulling her second Beretta off its holster. The woman spun and hit the gun with a roundhouse kick, sending it flying away.

Revy was undeterred. She reached at her back and puller her Cold Steel Tanto knife. She stabbed high, aiming at the woman's unprotected head.

The woman blocked the stroke with her forearm. She suddenly grabbed Revy's knife hand and twisted it. Revy yelped in pain as her hand popped open and dropped the knife. The woman then snapped her right hand and hit Revy with a flicker jab in the face. The Lagoon pirate flew backwards and hit a concrete wall.

Revy gasped for air. Who the fuck is this bitch? She asked herself. She did not wait for an answer, she attacked with the only weapon she had right now: her fists. Revy adopted a southpaw stance and fired a two-punch combination. Both hit the woman in the face, but she barely flinched. The woman then kicked Revy in the abdomen and she doubled in pain.

Mikasa did not want to kill Revy, but she has no problem crippling her. As the Lagoon warrior tried to stand, Mikasa grabbed her left arm and hoisted her on her back in a fireman's carry. She then lifted Revy up in a military press and tossed her into the wall like a ragdoll.

"You killed my friend, Revy Two Hands," Mikasa said. "You and your gang of criminals are going down."

Revy spat blood as she struggled to stand. "I didn't kill any of your friends, bitch," she declared. "But I will kill you."

Revy roared and ran, spearing Mikasa with a body tackle. But the CIA agent was too strong, she simply lifted Revy again and slammed her to the floor. Revy slithered away as she kicked Mikasa in the face. As Mikasa stood, Revy attacked, throwing wild haymakers aimed at the head of the agent. But Mikasa adopted a Thinking Man defensive pose and blocked the punches.

She left her forehead open, though. Revy's head snapped forward, smashing her forehead between Mikasa's eyes. The agent reeled from the headbutt as Revy finally tackled her to the floor. The Lagoon Amazon mounted on top of Mikasa and pummeled her with hammer fists. The agent covered her head with her forearms to block most of Revy's blows. Mikasa then grabbed Revy's shoulders and pushed her sideways.

The agent then grabbed Revy's left arm. Mikasa's legs wrapped on the extremity like a grapevine and she pulled hard. Revy winced in pain as the armbar tightens, she can feel her arm popping out of its socket.

Suddenly, bullets slammed on the floor near the two Amazons. Mikasa was forced to release the hold as she took cover and drew her Desert Eagle. Revy also took cover behind a wall. Mikasa glanced and saw several men firing from the top of the next building. She aimed her pistol and fired, .44 Magnum slugs sailed in the air. One of thugs recoiled as a heavy slug found his head and exploded like a watermelon.

Revy never wanted to run away from a fight, but she knew the powerful woman outclassed her. It is not cowardice to run away from a fight, especially if the odds are stacked against you. You can live to fight another day. Revy crawled towards the edge of the rooftop.

"Freeze!" Mikasa roared, pointing her Desert Eagle at Revy. "You stay right there, bitch!"

"The only way for you to make me stay is to pull that trigger," Revy challenged. She continued crawling as bullets from the enemy across the street whizzed past her.

For some inexplicable reason, Mikasa held her fire.

Revy jumped off the edge.

Mikasa quickly ran towards the railing, just in time to see Revy's body going through the tin roof of a shanty and disappeared.

"Mina, smoke those sons of bitches!" Mikasa ordered on her radio.

The gangsters on the other building kept firing their guns at Mikasa when an AH-6 Little Bird chopper appeared like a bat out of hell. Mina pressed the trigger and the Minigun on the tiny helicopter roared, saturating the rooftop with 7.62mm bullets. The thugs were obliterated under the rain of lead.

"Coast is clear, boss," Mina reported after making sure no one survived her strafing run.

Mikasa stood up as the other members of her team walked towards her. "What happened, boss?" Thomas asked.

Mikasa picked one of Revy's fallen Berettas. "So the rumors are true," she remarked.

"What rumors?" Nac asked.

"Revy Two Hands is strong."