Black Lagoon Episode 5
Episode 5
[Opening theme: Red Fraction by MELL]
Title: Abnormal Fatherhood
[Opening Scene]
"It's so good to finally meet you" Vanessa said as she embraced Dutch. "My mother always told stories about you to me even after she got remarried."
"She did?" Dutch said sounding surprised.
"Oh yes, stories about how you fought in the war and how good you treated her but also the reason you went to war. I think that's what a man should do to provide for his family." She said.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"You know, how you went to war to provide for your family but also to ensure the people in that country had a fair life and wasn't brought down by communism." She said as she wiped her eyes of the tears of joy.
"Umm Vanessa, I didn't go because of that".
"You didn't? but she said…" she paused "You were highly decorated in combat, right?"
"Nope" he said
"Did you come home but get called back to handle some private stuff?"
"Nope"
"Then all of what she told me was…"
"Bullshit. That's right Vanessa; everything that she told you was a lie. She never knew what happened to me after the last phone call we had. It was better that she didn't know that I became a traitor to the country I fought for, but now I run a prosperous business within Asia". Dutch said as he sat back down in his chair putting his hands behind his head.
Vanessa took a seat on the couch while the rest of the crew was in the kitchen trying to eavesdrop on the conversation. She took a look at Dutch and smiled.
"Well then I guess this is somewhat good news." She said as she stood up. "I get to know who my real father first hand and see what kind of life he does. This is fantastic" She said with a smile.
Dutch took a drink from his cup and cleared his throat.
"I have no intentions of showing you what kind of business I do. I will make this very clear; you made a mistake Vanessa to come and see me you should've…"
"Nonsense!" she yelled. Her eyes started to swell up with tears again. "I came to meet my biological father and establish a great father/daughter relationship. Nothing you say will deter me from going back home. So you just need to deal with it and prepare yourself to be a father because you have some catching up to do." She walked to her bags and brought them to the living room. In walked several men through the front door with more bags.
"Boys you can just drop the bags right here. I won't be staying at the hotel I'll be staying here with my father." She said as she pushed away the baggage handlers.
"Well I know one thing you got from your mother, you sure are demanding." Dutch said with a smile then let out a long sigh.
Dutch walked over to the kitchen where everyone was waiting. Benny and Revy just looked him and started to laugh. Rock left the kitchen to go talk to Vanessa.
"Little miss perfection is in for a fucking rude awakening." Revy said. "This is going to be good. Can you imagine how much she's going to freak when she finds out what we do."
"I don't know Revy. She seems as strong as Dutch and something about her is telling me she can handle whatever situation she is thrown out into." Benny said.
"Yeah I got that feeling too Benny. We shall see though." Dutch said as he walked back out to the living room.
Rock was talking with Vanessa as she got herself situated in Rock's room which was big enough for two people.
"Is this your room Rock? I hope you don't mind if I stay here with you. I saw the other rooms and they all looked pretty trashy and I saw your room looking so nice and organized and I just had to sleep here." Vanessa said smiling beautifully at Rock.
"I don't mind at all" Rock replied.
"Super!" she said excitedly as she unpacked a large air mattress and begun filling it up.
Rock left the room and went back to the kitchen. "It seems Vanessa is going to be sleeping in my room." Rock said as he rummaged through the refrigerator for something to eat.
"You lucky bastard, now no funny business at night Rock" Benny said with a smirk.
"Please I doubt Rock would know how to charm a woman let alone make a move on a woman." Revy said with laughter.
"I charmed you" Rock mumbled
Revy pulled Rock's pants from behind and whipped him around forcing him up against the refrigerator.
"What the hell did you just say?" Revy asked angrily.
"Nothing, I said nothing." Rock said embarrassedly
"Watch it Rock you don't want to end up on the wrong side of my cutlass" she said grasping his shirt.
"Cool it people we have work to do!" Dutch ordered. "Now since we have an extra set of hands with us I think the job Mr. Chang has in stored for us we will be able to get this job done quickly."
Revy took a look at Dutch and just stared for a moment then spoke. "You mean we're dragging that little girl with us? I mean she may have the personality like you Dutch but we don't know if she can handle a gun let alone handle possibly being shot at." She said.
"Look Revy, like it or not she's coming with us. Rock will look after her while we do the job and Benny will stay on communications. It's going to be easy, but you have a point. Take Benny to the docks with you and wait for me by the Lagoon. Bring a few weapons too." Dutch said as he walked down the hall to where Vanessa was.
Revy picked up her stuff and headed out the door.
"Move it" She said shoving Benny out the door.
Rock took his clipboard and Dutch's satchel down stairs and waited by the car. He watched Benny and Revy's jeep disappear into the horizon. Rock couldn't help but think that somehow Vanessa's appearance might cause a bit of trouble for them especially that he now has to watch her.
Dutch opened the bedroom door to see Vanessa finish getting dressed. She was wearing beige cargo pants and a tight designer camouflage tank top with a black bandana covering her hair like a hat. She continued to unpack her things while Dutch just watched.
"You know dad, this is going to be great. Some much needed father and daughter time is always great. Nothing better than team building to strengthen a strong relationship" she said as she finished putting the last of her clothes in a small container.
"Vanessa, this job that we're doing can be a bit dangerous and I need to know if you can handle yourself when things start to get a bit dicey?" Dutch said.
She looked at him puzzlingly then just laughed. "Geez, where did that come from? Well to put your mind at ease I took plenty of Judo classes that mom paid for and I know a good amount of weapons training due to mom's entrepreneurship".
"What do you mean?" Dutch asked.
"Moms business expanded rather quickly and with expansion comes security. She hired out a private military/security to oversee that the shipments run smoothly. She told me that it would be appropriate that I should be able to handle myself if a situation arises where I need to defend my life. So I took advance training offered by the security and I'm very much capable of handling any situation". She said.
"Well then I guess I underestimated your mother. I never would've guessed she was capable of saying such things."
"Yeah, most men thought that too. I just hope for your sake she was right about you".
"Me too" Dutch said smiling back at her.
They left the building and headed downstairs to where Rock was waiting. They hopped into the car and left for the docks. Rock looked at Vanessa through the rear view mirror and stared momentarily. Vanessa caught Rock staring and giggled. Dutch looked at Vanessa then Rock with a displeased expression.
They arrived at the docks minutes after leaving and saw Revy talking to Mr. Chang who had shown up early. Benny was getting off the boat making sure everything was all prepped to launch. They got out of the car and walked over to Chang and Revy.
"Dutch so glad you could make it; Revy was just telling me your daughter was in town. I wasn't aware that you had family." Chang said looking Vanessa up and down
"You and me both". Dutch said with a smirk.
"And Rock so good of you to come along; maybe this time you'll actually get to kill someone." Chang said turning back to Revy.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Rock asked.
"What? You didn't think that we didn't hear about your heroics when saved Revy after she got herself into the trouble with Chriton? Balalaika is impressed too you know."
"You risked your life for her Rock?" Vanessa asked.
"It was nothing really. She has done the same for me many of times before." He said.
"That's so manly"
Rock blushed and smiled. He saw Revy just glancing at him in the corner of her eye. She shrugged it off and walked towards the Lagoon.
"Ok then, enough with these pleasantries lets get down to business." Chang said pulling out a dossier from his jacket. "Your target is the freight ship the Monaco. It's headed towards southeastern China. What you'll be doing is carrying as much of the shipment as you can then deploying this flare which we'll see from the air and will pick up the rest. The security is pretty loose on the ship but do expect that they won't give up the shipment without a fight."
"It's about fucking time I get to shoot someone I was thinking this was going to be ask nicely job". Revy said smiling devilishly.
"Try to refrain from killing them all of them Revy. We need at least a few of them alive so we can interrogate them."
"I'm not making any promises Chang" Revy yelled out from the docks.
"Dutch, keep your trigger man inline." Chang ordered.
"Yeah I know"
Dutch walked with Vanessa and Rock the Lagoon and boarded. They backed out from the dock and took off in a load roar.
[Hours into the trip]
Rock was in the crew quarters with Vanessa and Revy. Rock sensed there was tension between Vanessa and Revy and felt that something needed to be said but Vanessa got to it first.
"So Revy you must be pretty thankful that Rock came to your rescue, huh?" Vanessa asked.
"Not really, I've saved his ass plenty of times before, it was about time that he manned up and took charge of a damn situation. To be honest I had everything under control. Rock just sped up my escape that's all." Revy said with anger in her voice.
"What a way to show your appreciation for a man who risked his life for your disposable life." Vanessa said.
"What did you just fucking say?" Revy asked unclipping her cutlass.
"You heard me. You can't even show a little bit of gratitude to him. Instead you put him down like the deed he had done was nothing!" She yelled getting up off the bench and began thrusting her finger at her. "There is one thing I can't stand and that's not having any manners. You need to learn some bitch. You should've thanked him like this".
She rushed over to Rock and straddled him and aggressively laid her lips on his kissing him. She even managed to slip her tongue onto his. She pushed herself off him and glared at Revy only to receive a right hook from her fist. Vanessa stumbled backwards bracing for an impact against a wall but managed to regain her footing. She wiped the blood from her clip and came charging at Revy. The two crashed into each other falling to the floor exchanging punches in mid air.
"Benny get in here, help me!" Rock yelled through the intercom.
Benny rushed down to the crew quarters and opened the door and saw the two going at each other.
"You get Vanessa I'll get Revy" Rock said.
The two pulled the girls off each other and dragged them kicking and screaming to separated areas. Rock took Revy topside while Benny pushed Vanessa into the cargo hold.
"You sure know how to pick a fight Vanessa. What the hell were you thinking getting into it with Revy? She could've killed you" Benny asked as he pulled out the first aid.
"She has been giving me shit ever since I arrived. Besides she needed that. Make her see the things in Rock I see." She replied.
"Is that what this is about? Rock? I swear he gets into so much trouble with the women he meets, but I see your point."
"You do?" Vanessa asked.
"Yup, Revy needs to stop getting in the way of herself and admit she likes Rock. That will never happen though because she thinks feelings are weak and being weak isn't something Revy is. I believe she had feelings for one guy but he ended up being pretty twisted and sadistic not to mention a killer." Benny said while he applied the first aid to Vanessa's face.
[Meanwhile topside with Rock and Revy]
"Let go of me Rock god damn it. I'm going to tear that bitch piece by piece until there is nothing left!" Revy shouted.
Rock continued to drag her from under her arms to the topside while she kept cursing.
"Let me go!" She yelled.
"Not until you calm down Revy. She meant nothing by it. Don't let it get to you ok?" Rock explained.
"There you go taking someone else's side and not mine. Why couldn't you have just left when I told you to? We don't need you damn it!" Revy exclaimed.
They finally got top side and Rock dropped her on the ground and walked to the stern of the boat. Revy got to her feet and marched over to Rock. He quickly turned around and started yelling at her.
"You still want me gone? Why? You fucking invited me. It's like you wanted me to be here and ever since we had our last argument you want me gone. I'm sick of your shit Revy! What the fuck do you want from me?" He howled.
She grabbed his shirt and kissed him forcefully. It was a moment that didn't last long. She stopped and looked at him angrily and then realized what she had just done. Rock was surprised by what just happened and his mouth hung open slightly.
"You tell anyone what I did I'll fucking kill you in your sleep. Got it?" She asked.
Rock never answered he just looked at her. He was still stunned from the moment.
"I'll take your silence as you got my point" Revy said. She barged off back down to the crew quarters and opened up a glass of rum she hid within the pipes. She poured shot after shot and downed them until she passed out.
Rock headed to the communications room where Benny was half way asleep. He pulled up a chair and fell asleep soon afterwards. Vanessa made her way to the control room where Dutch was; he was sleeping too but had put the Lagoon on autopilot. Vanessa sat on the cot next to the control consul and fell asleep. Dutch peeked through his glasses at Vanessa and smiled.
[Hours later, 0600hr]
Dutch woke up to the smell of hot coffee being held in Vanessa's hands. She poured him a cup and gave him a chart that she had made. It was of the estimated time of arrival to the Monaco.
"How'd you do this?" Dutch asked.
"Umm let's see mom was in the shipping business, duh" she said.
"Right"
He saw that in 45 minutes they would reach the Monaco. He got on the loudspeaker and announced to the crew that they would arrive in 45 minutes. He went below deck to the engine room and fed more diesel to the engine. He ran back up stairs and started to ready his gear. Revy woke up with cottonmouth and headed to the latrine. Benny woke Rock and told him what's what. Rock made his way to the latrine as well. Revy and Rock's eyes met in the latrine yet they didn't say anything. She forced him out of the door way and headed topside. Rock fixed his tie and washed his face and followed shortly after.
They all assembled excluding Benny on the stern of the Lagoon. Dutch was there holding the clipboard making sure everything was correct. The Monaco was insight and the Lagoon had stopped five miles away.
"Listen up you three here's what's going to happen. Rock will get on the horn and hail the Monaco. He will politely encourage them to surrender. While he is doing that we will board the ship via watercraft and infiltrate the insides of that beast and secure the ship. Once secure we'll send up the flare and begin loading the cargo. After everything is loaded we'll send the hostages on their way and we'll sink the ship using C-4 provided by Change, any questions?" Dutch asked.
"So you're pirates?" Vanessa asked.
"No Vanessa we're businessmen". Dutch said.
Revy laughed at Vanessa. "What did you think we were? Salesmen or perhaps doctors?"
"Vanessa if you aren't ready for this…" Dutch was interrupted.
"We all have to survive somehow and this is your way. Lets do this!" She said excitedly.
Rock headed to where Benny was and started hailing the Monaco. Dutch and the crew got in the watercraft and sped to the Monaco.
"Monaco this is Lagoon Creature. We here by take your ship under the investment of our own. We demand that you surrender and you will not be hurt. Force our hand and you will be shown no mercy." Rock ordered.
"This is the Monaco to Lagoon Creature. You do not know the pain you have brought to yourself over and out" the crew member responded.
Rock pulled out the short wave radio and hailed Dutch. "They want it the hard way, prepare for resistance."
"Thanks Rock. You heard him you two gear up." Dutch barked.
Revy packed on extra clips and the satchel of C-4. Vanessa dug around through the bag finding a submachine gun and a colt .45. She loaded extra ammo as well and through the bandana over her face. Dutch grabbed his shotgun and anchored the watercraft on the side of the beast. He threw the grappling hook aboard the ship. It caught on the first try.
"Are you sure you can handle yourself Annie Oakley?" Revy said to Vanessa.
"Yeah, are you sure you won't let your emotions get in your way?" Vanessa said.
Revy raised her fist at her but Dutch held her back. "Can it you two we need to work as a team on this. Lets go."
They headed up the rope one by one until they reached the top. Dutch positioned himself by the wall and peered around the side. He saw few guards but nothing major. He told Revy to head to the cargo hold and clear out any resistance and secure the cargo. He made sure Vanessa stayed close to him. The split up and went on their way. Dutch and Vanessa hurried of the steps to the control room. He rushed inside holding his shot gun firmly in place.
"Get away from the windows and get down on the ground!" He yelled.
They stepped away from the window and lied flat on the ground. On of them made a run for the exit but Vanessa caught by putting a bullet in his ankle. The officer fell to the floor and cursed obscenities in pain.
"Nice shot" Dutch said.
"Thank you".
Dutch went to the controls and stopped it dead in its tracks. He fired one shot into the consul to make it so they couldn't start it back up. He pulled up one of the officers and took him in the back room to force him to tell Dutch where the dossier ships manifest was. Vanessa stood guard over the rest of the men but was unaware of the guard lurking up the stairs to her position.
[Revy securing the bottom of the ship]
Revy moved quickly through the ship clearing each room but found nothing but empty bunks inside. She had cleared up to five rooms but no one was there. It wasn't suspicious but was suspicious was the amount of food on the ship seemed to be stocked for 100 plus men. She had a feeling that Chang's information was off by a lot. She went deeper into the beast and finally reached the cargo hold where she could hear activity on the other side of the door. She listened in.
"Get your asses in gear people. We have to make sure that the cargo isn't taken or it's our lives for this mistake. Lets move!" the voice said.
She heard similar phrases over and over again. She opened the door slightly and snuck in. What she saw was about 20 men loading the bags onto what appeared to be a heavy transport helicopter. She radioed in.
"Dutch we have a problem here. They're loading the cargo onto a helicopter and prepping it to leave."
"Stop them! If that cargo is gone we don't get paid and we all want to get paid for this job. Make sure there are no survivors we have plenty up here." Dutch said.
"Thank you!"
Revy shot up from her ducking position wielding her cutlass tightly and a smile she let loose Whitman style. The men were taken surprise and didn't have time to react. Bullets soared through the air cutting down her foes. Blood splattered out from the exit wounds landing on the metallic walls. Revy hopped on top of the crates and cart wheeled over the man in charge placing two bullets in his skull. Skull and brain matter covered the crate he was behind concealing the name of the company Dutch was stealing from. The cargo topside doors started to open and the alarm was finally sounded. Revy leapt towards the cockpit of the helicopter and shot through the glass killing the pilot. His body shook furiously as two clips of bullets tore his insides to shreds. The helicopter powered down and Revy took a seat in the co-pilots seat. She reloaded her guns and let out a deep sigh. She radioed Rock.
"Cargo is all clear, Rock deploy the damn flare, Revy out" she said.
Revy took a look around at the bodies lying on the floor of dead bodies. She saw one injured guard crawling away. She reacted and aimed down the iron sights of her cutlass and fired. The bullet rocketed into the back of his skull exploding the brain from the inside.
[On the Lagoon]
"Roger that Revy" said Benny. Benny yelled into the intercom and to Rock to deploy the flare.
Rock grabbed the flare gun and shot it out in the air. The flare blew up into green smoke and drifted into the winds. Out from the clouds came two helicopters covered in white. They flew in over to the Monaco and hovered in place. The doors slid open and out dropped were rappelling lines. 10 men from each helicopter came down, each heavily armed with AK-47's and bullet proof vests. They secure the stern and the entire topside of the Monaco dispensing of what was left of the guards except the one they couldn't see.
[Back in the control room]
"They're here, do you have the dossier?" Vanessa asked.
"Yup, got it, now lets get off this boat" Dutch said.
Dutch walked out and the figure behind the wall outside the door appeared. Dressed in urban camouflage with a white ski mask holding a M16 charged in.
"Drop the fucking weapons now!" he yelled.
Vanessa dove for cover as soon as the guard opened fired. Bullets sparked against the metal and cracked the glass. Dutch ducked back behind the door in the back room. The guard pressed forward gun held high. Dutch challenged him by kicking the gun from his hands. The guard pulled out his knife and sliced his vest. The guard came at him again lunging forward. Dutch hit the knife out of his hand and kicked him back to the consul. Vanessa popped back out and saw Dutch struggling with the guard.
"Kill him Vanessa!" Dutch yelled out to her.
He kicked him back. He saw Vanessa aiming at him and ran towards her. She could see that he was going to kill her. It was as if everything slowed down. It was either him or her and it had to be decided now. She pulled the trigger and fired. The bullets zipped in and out of his body creating numerous exit wounds. He dropped to his knees in front of Vanessa and fell chest first onto the metal grate on the ground. He whispered into his headset "Alpha is a go".
"That's the signal men, move!"
Three doors opened from the rear of the ship and out ran three groups of ten men; fully armed as the guard at the control room. They combed the ship and set up in defensive positions around the armed Triad.
"I told you to clear the fucking ship" Chang yelled out from his headset within the helicopter.
"We did. Your information was wrong though. Your information left out the 50 men security detail!" Revy shouted.
"Make sure that chopper in the cargo hold gets lift off. We need that cargo." Chang said.
The security detail engaged the Triads from across the ship. Bullets spiraled and zipped across the metal beast. Dutch, Revy, and Vanessa headed below deck to where the helicopter was stationed. Dutch took a look around in the cargo hold for a perfect spot to blow a hole so he can load the cargo into the Lagoon. He stepped over bodies until he was in the middle of the ship and figured that where he was standing was good enough for a loading area. Dutch waved over Revy and gave the signal to prep the C-4.
"Take a look around Vanessa and see if you can find some type of extra goodies. If we're going to leave this metal belly we're taking more of this merchandise." Dutch said.
"We don't even know what are in these crates." Revy said.
"True, but if there's a highly trained security detail on here there must be something worth my time. Like you said "how are we suppose to get more ammo when we have no money?""
Revy just rolled her eyes and continued placing the C-4 on the hull. Vanessa wandered around the cargo hold prying open crates left and right but only found crates of metal. She finally came upon a black crate hidden under some camouflage netting. She noticed that there were dirty footprints leading back to the helicopter. She cracked the crate open and gazed upon a magnificent sight. The crate was filled to the top with hundred dollar bills.
"Dutch, Revy" She called out "I've found something you may want to take a look at."
"Can you bring it here? We're kinda' busy?" Dutch asked.
"No way, we're going to need something to lift this crate with"
"Fine, just hang there for a minute we'll be there in a minute"
Vanessa waited by the crate waiting for them to finish. She looked around for some type of bag to put the money in. Suddenly a voice came from behind her.
"Don't fucking move" the voice said.
"Shit." She whispered to herself.
She heard more footsteps rushing along the metal grates on the catwalks.
"Put your hands up and turn around slowly" the voice ordered.
Vanessa complied and faced the guard. He was wearing an olive green tactical vest with black camouflage and a black ski mask. He firmly gripped his sidearm pointing it at her head. He reached out to undo the bandana around her face. The guards' eyes widened from shock.
"Vanessa what the hell are you doing here?" he asked.
"Do I know you?" She asked.
The guard took off his ski mask. She then realized it was Sergeant Jerry Michaels from her mothers' security company.
"What are you doing here Jerry?"
"Your father bought out your moms' security detail that went along with her shipping business. You still have the rights to her shipping business though" he answered.
"He's not my father Jerry and what do you mean he bought out the security business?"
"It means we work for him now and my new primary directive is to get you back to him" he said pulling her arm.
"Forget it!" she yelled yanking her arm from his grip "I'm not going back to that asshole. Can't you see what he's doing? He's going to kill me and then take the shipping business for himself so he can expand his business."
"Don't be stupid Vanessa; your father loves you."
"Whatever. I'm not going back and besides I found my real father" she said.
[A long pause]
"Cover your ears Vanessa!" Dutch called out. "Fire in the hole"
The explosion blew open the hull from the side. The entire freighter shook from the blast. The blast knocked Jerry from his feet and the rest of his men off balance. Vanessa saw her opening and took it. She kicked the gun from his hand and punched him in the throat. Jerry clinched his throat and began choking. He fell to his knees gasping for air but by that time Vanessa was back with Dutch.
"Clear the ship men. We can't let them take what's left here so we we'll sink the bastard" the Sergeant ordered. "Full retreat"
The security detail fell back to the bow of the ship and set off a red flare. Minutes later two Blackhawk helicopters dropped from the sky and circled the ship. The triads ceased fire and let the security detail go. They knew they weren't there to kill a security detail but to secure a cargo. The troops climbed up the ropes and into the helicopters and vacated the ship but only one helicopter stayed in place hovering above the ship. Chang wasn't concerned about the helicopter though. He ordered his men to get the chopper in the cargo hold in the air in five minutes.
[Meanwhile Benny positioned the Lagoon near the blown out opening of the ship]
"So what is it that you wanted to show me Vanessa?" Dutch asked.
"Your money issues are over for the time being. Come check this out." She said.
They walked over to where the crate was and saw what Vanessa was talking about.
"Holy shit, that's a shit load money" Revy blurted.
"Indeed that is. Grab the other end Revy this is our prize" Dutch said.
Revy hoisted up the other end of the crate and helped Dutch load it onto the Lagoon. Vanessa took a look around and didn't see Jerry anywhere. Dutch walked over to Vanessa and gave a rough pat on the back.
"You may just have a future in the delivery business after all Vanessa"
"Yeah thanks" she said hesitantly. "Do you know what happen to the security detail?"
"They took off five minutes ago, why what's up?"
"Oh no, we have two minutes to get off the boat. We need to go now!" She yelled.
"Why? What's the hurry?" Dutch said holding Vanessa.
"This boat is wired to explode. Don't ask how I know this dad but we need to leave now"
Vanessa was right; they had about one minute and thirty seconds left. Dutch and Vanessa headed out of the ship and onto the Lagoon. Revy was still digging around the crates looking for more money.
"Get your ass on the boat Revy, this beast is going to explode!" Dutch shouted out to her.
Revy dropped everything and rushed to the Lagoon. The Lagoon sped away in hurry. From the air Chang saw Dutch leaving in a hurry and finally realized what the Blackhawk was doing hovering above the ship. It was a lookout to make sure the ship sank.
"Forget the chopper boys just grab the bags and I'll lift you out of there" Chang commanded.
The men stopped what they were doing and grabbed the bags and waited for the rappel lines. The lines dropped from the chopper. The triad grabbed hold of the lines and was lifted out of the ship. The seconds later the ship broke in half from a massive explosion and sank to the bottom of the ocean. Chang just barely managed to escape the explosion.
[Back on the Lagoon]
Benny pushed his chair away from the communications table and stepped downstairs to the cargo hold where the others were. He saw Rock sitting next to Vanessa and Revy sitting on top of a black crate.
"What's in the crate?" he asked.
"A life line brought to you by Harting Enterprises" Revy said hopping off the crate.
She kicked open the crate and out toppled the stacks of money.
"Lets not forget to send Harting a thank you card" Benny said pushing up his glasses smiling. "Nice find Revy"
"Damn right it was; I can smell money a mile away." Revy said exiting the room paying no attention to Vanessa.
Benny cruised on over to the bench where Vanessa and Rock were sitting. He could see something was wrong with Vanessa.
"The fight on that ship was pretty intense but it seemed you did ok. This is what Dutch told me of course." Benny said.
"I never killed a person before. I've trained to shoot all sorts of weapons and fight in various styles but killing just makes me feel…"
"Alive?" Benny asked.
"Depressed?" Rock asked eyeing Vanessa.
"Sick!"
She jumped up from the bench and crashed through the bathroom door and started to vomit. Revy came back in and saw Vanessa vomiting.
"I guess someone can't handle the sea let alone killing a scumbag. Hey kiddo why don't you go back home to mommy because this just isn't for you" She said caustically.
"Why don't you take that great smelling nose of yours and go sniff some luggage bitch!" Vanessa screamed slamming the door on everyone.
Rock just shook his head and sat on the floor and began counting the money. Benny headed back up to the communications room.
[Nightfall, the crew finally arrives back home to Roanapur]
Dutch carried Vanessa to the jeep and placed her in the back. Benny hopped into the jeep as well and waited for Dutch.
"I'm taking Vanessa back the house and I'm going to get some sleep. I'm fucking beat. I want you to take Rock to the cleaners and get this money cleaned. In the morning we'll pick it up and then pick up our payment from Chang as well." Dutch said as he got into the jeep.
The jeep peeled out from the docks and disappeared into the night. Revy tied up the Lagoon to the docks and went below deck.
"Get your ass down here Rock I need your help" She shouted.
Rock followed her in to where the crate was. He grabbed the other end and lifted it up. They walked back up the boat and placed the money in the trunk. She tossed Rock the keys "You're driving, so lets' go." He got into the car and headed to the cleaners.
The night lights shimmered through the windows of the car and blurred as they sped down the main strip. Revy couldn't help but wonder why there was so much money on that freighter.
"You know if there were more of those freighters we could easily make a small fortune off of their misfortune that they'd run into us" mentioned Revy.
"That'd be great and all but you're forgetting one thing and that's the security on the ship. After dealing with a sunken ship, lost cargo, and raids I think the security would be a bit tighter on the next shipments" Rock said.
"Yes, but with a gunship we wouldn't have to deal with tight security. Have the gunship stay guard then have a team secure ship and out in less than an hour."
"It won't work"
"Yes it will and I know just who ask; have a little faith" Revy said with a devilish grin.
They finally arrived at the cleaners. The shop was a dry cleaning front from the outside but a dirty money laundering business on the inside. Revy got out of the car and walked up to the door and peered inside. It was dark but there was a light on in the back. She pounded on the door like a madman.
"Open the fuck up Jin we need your service now damn it!"
There was no answer.
"Open the damn door before I kick it in. I know you're in there I can hear your heavy breathing" she howled.
"I am not a heavy breather ok, I have asthma" he said after popping his head up from the window.
"I knew you were in there, let us in"
"Who's us?" Jin inquired.
He shifted his eyes over to Rock and looked at him up and down then unlocked the door. They grabbed the crate from the car and walked inside towards the back. Revy heaved the crate on the table and opened it up.
"Wow…that is the most money I've seen on my table in one night" Jin said scratching his chin. "I suppose you want this all cleaned by tomorrow, right?"
"You bet your ass we do" Revy said.
"Okay it will be done in the afternoon or so; thanks for making me lose sleep tonight" Jin said with a sarcastic smile.
Revy and Rock left the cleaners and headed back to the house. When they arrived picked up the half empty bottle of rum on the table and headed straight for her room slamming the door. Rock loosened his tie and opens the door to his room. Vanessa was sound asleep when he got in. He threw himself on his bed and fell right to sleep.
[Stateside- Chicago, IL]
Jerry stepped inside Harting's waiting room. The secretary glanced over to him and called in to Harting.
"Umm sir, I have Sergeant Michaels waiting out here for you" she said.
"Send him in Katherine" Harting responded.
Jerry got up from his chair and walked in. The office was full of trophies of all kinds of sporting events. He noticed a gun rack with illegal firearms on the wall. Harting was practicing his back swing in the virtual golfing space.
"So did everything go over smoothly with the shipment Sergeant?" he said as he swung his wedge club.
"Not exactly, there was a problem" he uttered.
"What kind of problem Jerry?"
"We were raided by mercenaries and what seemed to be the Triad."
[Harting lets out a strong sigh] "How much did we lose exactly?"
"All of it sir, they even took what money was on the ship." Jerry said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Harting approached Jerry holding his wedge club by his side. The shadows revealed his scarred face. He had salt and peppered hair with an eye patch over his left eye.
"Do you know what's replaceable Sergeant?" Harting asked.
"No sir"
"The shipment that hid my money is replaceable. We can mine and create more of it. The ship that my cargo was shipped on is replaceable; hell even the crew is replaceable" he said to Jerry as he circle him. "What isn't replaceable is my time and effort Sergeant."
Sergeant Michaels knees started to tremble in fear that his screw up was going to land him in a pine box in an unmarked grave.
"I can't go arrange another meeting with my contacts to get more money. The amount of effort I put into bribing officials to make sure that the freighter goes unchecked can't be replaced. My time and effort is a commodity that shouldn't be wasted Sergeant" harting said as viewed the skyline from balcony window.
"Of course sir, but there is one other thing I need to mention" Michaels said as he cleared his throat.
"Oh…what would that be Sergeant?" Harting said as he walked to his chair placing the club on the desk.
"I found your daughter sir. She was on the ship with the mercenaries that raided the freighter sir, but I wasn't able to get a hold of her"
Harting sat slowly in his chair and opened a drawer and pulled a 9mm Berretta and slapped in a clip. He slid the gun across his desk towards Sergeant Michaels.
"You know Sergeant in medieval time's knights who dishonored their king fell on their sword to show that they were still loyal to him." He said with a grin.
Jerry started to sweat profusely and hesitated to pick up the gun.
"Pick up the gun Sergeant."
Sergeant Michaels grabbed the gun.
"Now point it at your chest"
Hands trembling, he began to sob as he turned the gun so the barrel was pointing at his chest.
"Pull it Sergeant" he said as he edged him on.
"Click" the sound of the gun made when he pulled the trigger. The gun fell from Sergeants' hand.
"I want you assemble a team of your best men to get my money, deal with the mercenaries, and hold that bitch that I call a daughter. Notify me when you have done all three and I'll be there personally to put the finishing touches on everything" he ordered as he interlaced his fingers with each other.
"Is the tracking device still within the crate?" He asked.
"Yes sir it is" confirmed the Sergeant.
"There you go. You have a location now get out of my sight and follow my orders" Harting said as he turned his chair away from Michaels returning to the view of the skyline.
Sergeant Michaels saluted and turned towards the doors and headed out.
"And Sergeant" Harting called out to Michaels stopping him in his tracks. "Next time the chamber won't be empty."
Sergeant Michaels swung open the doors and headed back down to the lobby. He got on his phone and told his men to meet him at the tarmac tomorrow at 6am. He wasn't sure why Harting was going to meet them there but he suspected that Vanessa might've been right about him.
[Returns to the Lagoon Company's apartment, 7:30am]
Rock woke up startled by the sight of black smoke then the smell of burning. He kicked off the sheets threw on his clothes in a fluster and barged out the door knocking on everyone's door screaming "the house is on fire!" He ran out to the kitchen to only see Vanessa dosing the frying pan with baking soda. She turned to Rock frowning and shrugging her shoulders.
"I tried to make breakfast for you guys but I never really got the hang of cooking" she said tossing out the empty box of baking soda.
Dutch walked out into the kitchen throwing on his sunglasses. He took a look around and went back to bed. Benny walked passed Vanessa to the freezer and pulled out a frozen breakfast and flung it onto the table and headed back to his room.
"Try to make this Vanessa, I doubt you'll be able to burn this" he said.
Vanessa took a seat at the table and glanced at the box and read the instructions.
"A hungry man's breakfast into one minute" she mumbled under her breath. "Asshole" she said hurling the breakfast carton out the window.
Rock came up behind her and lifted her by her shoulders. "Well I'm up and I'm hungry and since you tossed the only breakfast out the window lets go to the store to get something" he said with a smile. She nodded and went to her room to put on her shoes. Rock opened the rest of the windows to let out the burnt smell within the apartment. Vanessa came out with her bag in hand and went out the front door.
They walked around the small area of Roanapur going in and out of the stores collecting groceries and booze. As they were walking they saw black smoke rising above the rooftops. It seemed that something had caught fire within the distance but they weren't sure what it was.
"They must've taken cooking lesson from you Vanessa" Rock said chuckling afterwards.
"Very funny smart guy" she said sarcastically.
Rock saw sister Eda who he waved casually to only to have her stare at Vanessa rudely in passing. He and her made small talk and chit chatted nonchalantly. They made their way back to the apartment. When they opened the door they saw everyone was up but to his surprise Mr. Chang from the Triad was there speaking to Dutch quietly in the corner. Chang eyed Vanessa and smiled and decided to leave. He patted Rock on the shoulder and closed the door behind him. Vanessa started to put the groceries away when Dutch told Revy to take Benny to collect the money from Jin. She grabbed her cutlass off the chair and headed out with Benny.
"Rock head to the Triad offices. Chang told me that he had forgotten the check there for the last job. Go pick it up will ya'?" Dutch asked calmly.
"Yeah sure" Rock said and headed on out the door following Revy and Benny.
Dutch took a seat at the table while Vanessa finished up putting away the groceries. He took a sip of his coffee and told Vanessa to take a seat. She agreed and just stared at Dutch. He pushed over a folder to her and told her to take a look. She viewed the papers within the folder. Her eyes widened and she began to tear up.
"So were you going to bother to tell us before or after we had retrieved the money that Rico Harting is your father?"
"Step-father" she shot back at him.
"We stole money from one of the most powerful men within the world Vanessa. He owns every practical trade route via ocean that I can think of. You think he's not going to do anything about this blip on his radar?"
"He has enough money to last him three lifetimes I highly doubt he'll do anything. That money is like charity he doesn't care" she said.
"Let's hope not, the last thing we need is another Chriton" he said as he drew another sip from his coffee.
"Who's Chriton?" she inquired.
"Long story; I'm heading out to catch up with Rock to talk with Mr. Chang. I'll give you some time to yourself. I think you need it" Dutch said as he put on his vest and headed for the door.
He opened the door and a bit and looked back at Vanessa. "Is there any other secrets you're hiding from me?" He asked.
She nodded no and looked away. Dutch sighed then turned back to the door only to see a brown edge of a butt stock collide into his face. He fell back to the floor and went unconscious.
[Screen fades to black only viewing a slight outline of a figure standing over Dutch. Returns to Revy and Benny heading to Jin's Dry Cleaning]
Revy and Benny arrived to Jin's Dry Cleaning only to see the building turn into a smoldering pile of ash. The car came to a screeching halt. Benny and Revy got out and ran to the wreckage but was forced back by the tremendous heat. As the fire raged on they saw a body nailed to the door; it was Jin. Revy ran around the back trying to see if she could get the money but it was too late the fire had already claimed all. Benny took a look around and saw a young man on a cell phone calling emergency services. He ran towards him and asked him what happened.
"Ease off man I'll tell you, damn. I saw the whole show. About an hour ago two Range Rovers came to Jin's business. Out piled five guys from each vehicle dressed in military gear and armed to the teeth with weapons. Not even five minutes into entering the building they started trashing the place" he said taking a breath. "I went in for a closer look from behind the building and there they were beating Jin demanding where he got some money from. It didn't take long for him to tell him where he got it from. In exchange for the information he asked to be spared. They weren't too pleased with that. They dragged his body back into the building and out to the front where they stuck knives into his hands and ankles. The men inside soaked the building and Jin with kerosene and light the place on fire. Jin screamed at the top of his lungs but no one could save him" the young man finished.
"Fucking hell" Benny said. "Revy we need to head back to the house now!"
Revy looked up and saw Benny racing to the car. He slid across the hood of the car and jumped into driver seat. Revy ran jumped into the back of the car. They sped off down the road leaving the ashes of Jin's Dry Cleaning in the dust.
[Screen fades to black then returns coming to Rock returning to the apartment]
Rock was returning to the apartment because he forgot the routing numbers to the bank account. He walked up stairs only to see two men in military fatigues standing guard by the front door. He casually walked on by glancing into the apartment and saw Dutch knocked out and a man wearing a ski masking beating Vanessa while she was on the ground. They exchanged glances but Rock kept walking to the end of the hall and around the corner.
"Who was that Vanessa?" The man asked.
"No one just a neighbor" she said as her eyes moved to the left looking away from him.
He gave a hand signal to one of his men to follow Rock. The soldier nodded and crept behind Rock waiting to see if he was who she said he. Rock started to panic and had to think of something quick before they discovered who he was not. He knocked on the door he was facing hoping someone would answer. He pounded and pounded then finally it opened.
"What the fuck do you want?" the older male asked.
"Uncle Keshii, it's so nice to see you again!" Rock warmly greeted. "Well don't leave me out here in the hallway let me in."
Rock forced his way into the apartment and slammed the door and told the older male to keep quiet. The soldier radioed back to the interrogator in the apartment confirming everything was fine.
"Well then since that checks out let's go back to the nice hotel and wait for your father. He sure has missed you" he said as he yanked her up from the floor dragging her out the front door.
She was kicking and screaming trying to get free from his grasp. She kicked him in the stomach and managed to get down the hall but was stopped by one of the guards by the lift. The man walked up onto Vanessa and struck her in the face making her nose bleed.
"Bag and gag the bitch. Torch this fucking place! Leave no survivors" the male commanded.
"No don't do it!" Vanessa yelled but was drowned out when they gagged her and covered her face with a black cloth bag.
As the lift went down they exited and dragged Vanessa to one of the Range Rovers and left the apartment heading back to the hotel. Rock took that time to sneak out the older males' window and down the fire escape. He took a peek around the corner and saw only two guards standing by the second Range Rover. He had to find a way to follow that other Range Rover but he knew he had to gain the element of surprise if he could take them. Rock heard shouting from the window then gun shots. It was now or never Rock took a lid of a garbage can and rushed the guards. He nailed one across the headed knocking him out the other one turned and pointed his gun at him.
"Shit, what was I thinking I couldn't do this hero thing again" he thought to himself as the guard was about to fire. Closing his eyes and accepting his fate but he was saved by the most unlikely person, Dutch. He stumbled out the door opening fire on the guard with his revolver. The bullets clipped the gun out his hands then nailed one into his skull. The guard slumped over the drivers' side window dripping with blood.
"Well Mr. Hero we need to work on your takedown skills if you plan to keep doing this shit more often" Dutch said rubbing his head trying to ease the pain from the recent blow to it.
"Uh…yeah thanks. We need to catch up to that other Range Rover"
"I know but I'm driving"
The two got into the Range Rover and took off after the other Range Rover tailing them to see where they were going. The newly furnished apartment ignited into flames as they drove off. Debris fell from the sky.
[Ending Credits, Edison- Don't look behind]
[End of episode 5, season 3]
[Next episode of Black Lagoon]
Vanessa was taken by Rico Harting's men. It seems like Rico Harting is coming into town to complete his takeover of the family business by disposing of loose ends. Dutch hurries to save his daughter from the man who wants to take her away from him. With Rock and Dutch trying to figure out how they will proceed; Revy and Benny view the burning apartment building only to think that they are too late to save Dutch. They hurry up as well trying to catch up to second Range Rover to exact their revenge.
[Next time on Black Lagoon: The Difficult Choice]