Episode 7
[Opening Theme MELL – Red Fraction]
Title: A Small World Benny My Boy
[Opening Scene]
As the crimson red hull of the Lagoon sliced through the entrancing blue green waters of the southeastern pacific; Benny was getting his attire ready for the resort. He was packing just enough stuff for the one week trip. A few Hawaiian shirts and some cargo pants with a few pairs of long shorts was all he ever wore and he decided not to change up his look that isn't broken. As he finished packing his case Revy stumbled in holding a bottle of Jack Daniels in one of her hands and a cigarette between her lips. Benny took a look at bottle and saw that it was half empty. He chuckled a bit and took the bottle from her and took a swig. JD burned his throat in a good way on the way down. After another drink he gave the bottle back to Revy and left his quarters with his bag in one hand. As Benny walked along the metal grates of the Lagoon he saw Rock in his quarters packing a small case as well, but it was not of clothes but of documents.
"What the hell is this Rock?" Benny asked pointing towards his case of papers.
"Well as much as I like the fact that we're on a hiatus for awhile Dutch needed me to go over some of the paper work that Vanessa left behind," Rock said. "We're going to meet one of her employee's on the island we're going to. I forget his name but he was Vanessa's consultant,"
"Oh ok, it's a shame that she had to go like that and all," Benny mentioned trying to sound sympathetic about the situation. "How are you taking all of it?"
"To be absolutely honest, I really liked her as a friend, you know?" Rock said. "She knew her ways around the ship and she could take care of herself pretty sufficiently. The only thing that concerns me is that when we get back after all of this, will Dutch still function normally or will he let this cloud his judgment?"
"Dutch is a strong guy Rock. I'm sure he'll be fine. In a week or so he'll be back to his old self. I don't think he's much of a griever," Benny said quickly changing the subject to something less depressing. "So you're still going to be able to drink with us right?" he asked.
"I hope so," Rock said as he finished piling the documents into the briefcase.
Benny left Rock's quarters and headed up to the control room. Passing a port hole he took a look outside and saw the island where they'd be staying. Expecting to see a magnificent hotel with a white beach that had scantily clad women wearing string bikini's with palm trees setting beautiful scenery all he saw were murky green waters and ugly grey storm clouds forming. It was as if the Lagoon was sucked up into the Bermuda Triangle and spat into a toxic waste runoff. There was beach but that was littered with all types of debris. Old abandon ships of all types laid upon the shore scattered about. The dock itself was nothing short of drift wood being held up by what looked like rotted wood. The dock back over in Roanapur was more sturdy looking than what Benny saw. He then caught a glimpse of a man excitedly waving in the Lagoon from the unstable dock. Benny stopped his gazing and went up to where Dutch was. He opened the control room door and saw Dutch easing the Lagoon towards the dock.
"And here I thought this was some kind of joke but now this is just messed up," Benny commented.
"Yeah, I thought this place was going to be something more but I didn't expect this," Dutch said as he made his last preparation of docking. He turned off the engine and got up out of the chair and headed passed Benny towards the topside. He called out to everyone "Welcome to paradise, or what's left of it,"
Revy excitedly made her way towards Dutch. Rock stepped out of his quarters but was pushed back inside by the eager Revy. "Out of my way Rock!" she yelled as she stiffed armed him back into his quarters passing him up. Expecting to see a resort in plain view, the closer she got to the door and to the view the slower her pace became. When she finally reached the door and looked at the view she just glared at Dutch in a way most women look at men when they're displeased.
"Where the hell are we?" she asked. "I thought we were going to some uppty' resort where they serve you drinks in coconuts. I mean this shit sty looks like they'd serve you drinks in rusted hypodermic needles. Dutch, what the fuck?" she said raising her eyebrows in a perplexed way.
"Yeah, I thought this place would be something too but I guess it went downhill," Dutch said.
"When was the last time you were here Dutch?" Revy inquired.
"1973," Dutch said firmly but cracking a smile towards the end.
As the three gazed out to the horrid landscape of a black beach and a run downed hotel Rock finally got up to where they were standing. He looked out and expected nothing less. After looking out to this disgrace of an island Rock thought that Roanapur seemed like The Four Seasons. Revy pushed Rock out of the way again and went back to her quarters.
"Aren't you coming ashore?" Rock asked.
"Yeah, don't fucking worry, I'm just getting my cutlass," she growled as she stomped back down the hallway.
They disembarked off the Lagoon and met up with the attendant who was waving them in.
"Wow customers, this is so exhilarating," he said as he greeted them. "Hello, my name is Yukio. It's so nice to finally get someone here. It's been a long time since we ever had actual tourists here,"
The crew looked onto Yukio. He was wearing what once could've been a strapping uniform but now it was something you wouldn't catch a homeless man wearing. His pants were now shorts. It seemed like he had taken a serrated knife and made them that way. His shirt had no sleeves and was covered in stains and what looked like dirt could've passed for shit the way it wreaked. He had a four o'clock shadow and an eye patch. Not to forget his teeth weren't in top shape. Overall he looked like a washed out pirate.
"When was that Yukio?" Benny asked.
"When was what?" He retorted.
"Tourists, Yukio, tourists!" Revy yelled.
"What about them?" He asked.
"Are you fucking with me!" Revy howled as she became increasingly annoyed.
Rock held her back as she tried to end his pathetic life on the dock. Dutch just looked puzzled as he stared at Yukio. He reached into his pocket and tossed him a couple of hundreds and told him to show them to the hotel. Yukio excitedly ran across the dock and into the Hotel screaming out to the crew "The hotel is this way, follow me!"
They followed Yukio to the hotel. As they approached the hotel they could hear gunshots and feint screaming off in the distance. It didn't bother them one bit but Rock did feel a bit uneasy. They got to what looked like electronic doors but they didn't open. They looked inside to see a man standing behind the counter trying to wave them in. They couldn't make out his face but he seemed all too familiar. Reaching her limit of being annoyed Revy pulled her cutlass and shot the glass out of the door. The glass shattered into a million pieces and fell to the ground.
"Revy you really need to calm down, we are on vacation. We don't need you wrecking the place" Dutch said.
"It's not wrecking when the place is already a piece of shit" She said as he holstered her cutlass.
Dutch grunted and moved inside the hotel. The smell of rotting fish and sweat filled the air. To the right of them was a lounge with chairs and couches covered in cob webs and grime. In front of them were another set of electronic doors that led out into a circular driveway that was lined up with mannequins. They were dressed in tourists clothing and in positions where it seemed like they were hailing a taxi. There were old rusted cars within the driveway with more mannequins in them. One of them was even put into the position where he looked like he was flipping one of the other mannequins off. Finally to their left was the counter where they saw Yukio standing but wearing a pair of reading glasses and what looked like a clip on bow tie. They went up to counter to get a room.
"Hello, and welcome to The Tip Top Hotel. My name is Oliver, do you have reservations?" He asked.
Revy was getting annoyed again and cringing at the fact that Yukio was now trying to impersonate someone else. Dutch told Benny and Rock to take Revy to the lounge so he could handle this.
"We'd like a room Oliver" Dutch said.
"Well then let me see what we got" Yukio said in a happy voice. He acted as if he was typing in a set of words into the computer to check the status of rooms but Dutch noticed that there was no power going into the hotel. "I'm sorry sir but we are all booked up. I don't think we have any vacancies,"
Dutch's eyes winced when he heard that. In a calm collective voice Dutch spoke again "Why don't you check again Oliver?"
"Sir, I've checked once already. I'm the manager of this hotel. I think I know when we're booked. Might I recommend La Grange Hotel which is about 10 miles from here? I think they're not at capacity yet," Yukio said.
Suddenly Dutch reached across the counter and pulled Yukio by his dirty collar and tossed him to the floor where he was standing. Picking Yukio up by his collar he tossed him again back over the counter and yelled "Give me a damn room!"
Yukio got to his feet and looked at the computer again. "Ah, sir we have a room available. It seems to me that lady luck is with you tonight." Yukio said. "Here is your room key and have a pleasant stay at The Tip Top Hotel,"
Dutch snatched the key from Yukio's hand and motioned the crew to follow him up. As they went back to Dutch they looked over at the counter and saw that Yukio was now gone. "What did you say to him Dutch?" Rock asked. "Nothing, I just did some aggressive negotiating," They decided that it was the best option to take the stairs instead of taking the elevator. As the climbed the stairs the dustier it got. Soon they were breathing in mostly dust. Dutch looked at the key and saw they were on the floor they were supposed to be on. Dutch opened the stairwell door and went into the hallway of the hotel. They walked down the hallway and around the corner until they reached their room. Dutch unlocked the door and they went on inside.
The room had a living area with a nice sizable couch with a coffee table in the middle. To the left of the living area were two doors that had a bed in each room with double night stands on each side. Then to the right of them was a small kitchen with a refrigerator and a stove. Down the hallway was the master bedroom suite. It had a massive bed with a walk-in closet and a Jacuzzi and shower. All an all the room wasn't that bad. The only visible problem was that they could see the blood splatter marks on the carpet with bullet holes all over the walls.
Revy called the master suite and ran to the room and slammed the door. Dutch and Benny got both bedrooms while Rock was left with the living area. Revy threw her in bag in the corner of room and jumped onto the bed only to fall through the sheets that were covering the big gaping hole in the middle of the bed where the mattress would be.
"Are you shitting me?" She screamed. "This hotel is a fucking joke," She got up from the floor and barged out of the room to see Benny and Dutch rubbing their backs as well.
"Found out there were no mattresses did you?" Dutch said grinning. "This place is nothing but a…"
"Shit hole," Revy chimed in.
"Exactly,"
"Well lets get situated and we'll head down to the bar. Hopefully that isn't too disappointing," Dutch said as he went back into the room.
[Evening, 1900hrs, 7pm]
Rock took a look out of the balcony window and viewed the island. It was raining extremely hard with lightning striking parts of the island. He could see in the distance a grey structure that could've been a factory of some type. Glancing down onto the pool area, the pool itself was dirty looking. Suitcases filled the pool like rubber ducks in a bathtub. 'There are probably bodies in there,' he thought to himself. In the corner of his eye a neon sign caught his attention. It read out Felix's Tavern. It wasn't far from the hotel and in great position of a tourist area.
"Hey guys I found a bar," Rock hollered.
Revy walked over to the balcony and saw what Rock was talking about. "Well at least we know that there is some type of business in this crap shoot" she said examining more of the island. The streets were filled with burning cars and old shanty villages. People were scurrying around the streets in raggedy blankets trying to find cover from the rain. "Even Roanapur didn't get this bad. There is no order here" she reflected as she saw a man get shot at point blank by some woman who wanted his blanket.
"I think I'm going to have shoot someone while we're here" she said assuring herself she would.
The two left the balcony and the room with Dutch and Benny. They headed down the stairs back to the lobby where they saw Yukio trying to shoo away the mannequins that seemed to be loitering. "I'm going to call the police you little punks if you don't get out of here," he screamed. He turned around to notice Dutch and the rest of them walking towards him. "Good to see you again sir, are the rooms to your liking?" he questioned.
"The room is adequate, but we could use some mattresses in the beds though," Dutch said.
"Ah yes, of course. I'll send Melinda up to take care of that right away sir. If there isn't anything else, have a pleasant stay on the island," he said running off into the hotel to find the maid Melinda.
They made their way down the main strip. Passing little ghettos and people of all types, Revy couldn't help but laugh. "It's like we're celebrities. They are all just staring at us Dutch," she said waving at the people. The homeless child waved back but was slapped upside the head by a man standing next to him.
"This place is terrible Dutch. You think that consultant of Vanessa's will be fine here?" Rock asked.
"Lucky for him he isn't coming to the island. We're going to meet him some place," Dutch said. "I agree though that this place is terrible. I wouldn't want to do business here".
The crew arrived at the tavern. The place was riddled with gunshots. Fresh bullet casing covered the ground. There were bars on the windows and barbed wire on top of the roof. A gigantic wooden door blocked their path into the tavern, Revy knocked twice. The combination of latches was heard unlocking behind the door, finally it opened. It creaked continually as it slowly opened. They pushed their way in and saw only three men inside. A young man wearing an apron was mopping the floor. Then there was a cook in the back that was reading an old magazine, finally there was the bartender cleaning one of his mugs. Approaching the counter they looked he bar over. The chairs were broken into pieces and there was fresh blood leaking into the cracks of the floor boards. The smell of gun powered overpowered their nostrils. They took a seat and ordered.
"Whaddaya' want?" asked the bartender.
"Scotch, if you have it," Dutch said. "I'll have a double shot of vodka and leave the bottle," Revy said. "Make that two," Rock added. "Parrot Bay for me" Benny said.
"You got money right?" The bartender asked.
"Of course," Dutch said tossing him stacks of hundreds.
"Well then I guess we got ourselves some paying customers guys," the bartender said with a laugh. He clapped twice and music came on from the jukebox in the corner. It started playing 'Any way you want it' by Journey. The crew looked at the three men and saw the cook hard at work cooking up something that smelled delicious. The kid in the apron was singing into the mop like it was a microphone and the bartender pouring their drinks. As the music went on Dutch asked the bartender about what happened to the island.
"First off my name is Felix, I own this bar. So please call me Felix," he said. "Well the island was pretty profitable back in the day until some foreigners from the states decided to set up their business here. Their business was pretty much anything illegal. They started off with Trafficking, drugs, prostitution, black market arms, assassinations of all types, whatever was hip at the time and then moved their way up into other things".
"Hmm" Dutch mumbled.
"Anyways they started roughing up pretty much anyone that got in their way. Tourist stopped coming to the island and the people couldn't do anything to save themselves from these guys. They even were able to control the police by giving them large shares of money and whatever tickled their fancy. Soon this island became a shit hole. Pirates and scum alike came to this island and did whatever the hell they wanted and as you can see this is the outcome of what has happened," Felix finished as he continued to pour Revy, Rock, and Benny drinks.
The cook came out of the kitchen with plates in his hands and set them in front of the Lagoon crew. He had made steaks for the lot of them. The smell of medium rare meat cooked to perfection made their mouths salivate. They dug into the steaks and feasted like kings that night.
"So how are you guys are able to afford steaks and top of the line liquor like this?" Revy asked as she tore into the steak like a shark tearing into a surfer's leg.
"The so called 'business men' liked our tavern so much that they decided to keep us open by supplying us with liquor and meat. Every time they come in we have to feed them. If we ever decided to stop, well you know where we'd be." Felix said. "Oh my apologies I forgot to introduce my friends. The chefs' name is Smiley and the kid is Maxi". Revy looked at them and nodded and continued to eat.
"How often do these men travel to this side of the island?" Dutch asked.
"The head honcho barely comes to this side, though his men on the other hand tend to come at least twice a week. I doubt you'll see them but if you do it'd be wise not to bother them," Smiley said answering Dutch's question.
Dutch laughed and drank his scotch and slammed it to the counter. "We'll keep that in mind".
"What is with that guy Yukio at the Tip Top Hotel?" Rock asked.
The three men chuckled at the question. "Oh so you met him did you? Well you've noticed that he's a bit off his rocker eh?" Smiley questioned. "After the tourists left the owner of the hotel died and left it to his sick in the head son Yukio" Felix said. "Since no one could stand Yukio the staff quit and left the island. Ever since then Yukio has been running the hotel," Maxi stated. "Yukio has one very creative imagination. Even with the people gone he still manages to run the hotel in his own little way. Have you seen the mannequins?" Felix asked laughing. Revy rolled her eyes and shook her head as she finished the steak. "Oh so I take it you have. Well he may be sick in the head but he's pretty helpful for the most part. He won't cause you all any harm, just tip him a few bucks and he'll be as happy as a clam," Felix said.
"Yeah I guess so" Dutch said.
As the music went on into the night the rain had let up and the tavern was still pounding. It was nearly dawn and the crew ended up leaving the tavern shit faced. Being the nice guy that Felix was he took them back to the hotel. As soon as they got to their room they separated from each other and went to their rooms and fell right to sleep not knowing that the next day will be one of those days they wished they left in Roanapur.
[Afternoon 1300hrs, 1pm]
Revy woke up licking her lips. She had drool encrusted on the sides of her mouth and severe dry mouth. She rubbed her eyes and stretched out her arms slowly. Yawning, she walked over to the bathroom to take a shower. In the other room Rock was going over the paper work with Dutch giving him the details of Vanessa's business, then there was a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Dutch asked.
"Room service, sir," a scratchy female voice said.
"We didn't order room service," Dutch said removing his revolver from his side while approaching the door. He looked through the peep hole and saw the most hideous woman ever. Dutch opened the door and in walked Yukio dressed in a blonde wig with a tarnished maids outfit on. He had smeared red lipstick on with way too much eye liner that would make Alice Cooper look like a beauty queen. He pushed a cart in with various snacks. The cart held four bowls of Captain Crunch with a side of milk with some bagels that were half eaten. "Not necessarily the breakfast of champions," Dutch thought.Dutch noticed crumbs from the bagels on Yukio's outfit, he just stared at him.
"Oh, complimentary taste tests sir. We had to make sure it wasn't poisoned. The lengths we go for our guests to ensure proper safety," Yukio said with a smile.
"Right," Dutch said sarcastically. "What do I owe you?" he asked.
"Its continental breakfast sir, so it's free," Yukio said backing out of the room. "If there isn't anything else I'll be taking my leave sir,"
"Yeah, one more thing," Dutch added. "I'm expecting a phone call from a Mr. Dougalson. Can you make sure that you give me that message?"
"Of course sir," Yukio said as he left the room.
Dutch wheeled the cart into living area where Rock was. Rock took a look at cereal and saw it becoming soggy. He got in close to smell the food but jerked his head back noticing there was a sour smell coming from the cereal.
"It's the thought that counts I guess," Rock said pushing the cart away from him.
Dutch chortled a bit and sat back down with Rock. Revy stepped out of the bathroom sweating from the humidity. She was only wearing her tank top and underwear still. She walked out into the living room and saw Dutch and Rock going over the papers. She then saw the bowls of cereal.
"Fuck yeah, room service. This shit hole at least provides continental breakfast. I could use something to eat," She said as she picked up the bowl of sour and soggy Captain Crunch. They just watched and she spooned the waste into her mouth. A few chews in and they saw her face became instantly bleak. She forced the out of her mouth with her tongue. The Captain Crunch bits stuck to the sides of her mouth as most of it fell to the dirty carpet.
"What the fuck? I swear to god I'm going to fucking kill that…" her rant was interrupted by her stomach gurgling. She ran back into her room and back into the bathroom. All Dutch and Rock heard was the sound of puke hitting toilet water followed by swearing and more puking.
[Afternoon 1420hrs, 2:20pm]
As Rock finished up reviewing the papers the phone rang. Rock answered. Yukio had given the message that a Mr. Dougalson was at the airport on the mainland waiting for them. Rock hung up the phone and got Dutch.
"He's here Dutch; Yukio said something about there being a mainland some where? Is that where we're going to have this meeting?" Rock inquired.
"Yeah there is. We'll take the Lagoon to the dock they have near the airport there and meet him in the conference room within the airport. Do you have all the paper work?"
"Right here," Rock said holding up the briefcase.
"Great, then lets' get this over with," Dutch said. "Hey Benny, we're leaving. Tell Revy to stay the hell out of trouble while we're gone, I don't want to come back knowing that someone wants to kill us for some reason," Dutch said knocking on Benny's door.
There was a muffled sentence but Dutch knew Benny understood. They left the room and headed back down to the dock to the Lagoon. "You think it's wise to leave them on the island?" asked Rock. "Well we don't need them there on the mainland and if Revy knew there was a better hotel on the mainland I wouldn't hear the end of it," Dutch said. "Point taken," Rock said as they got onto the Lagoon and took off to the mainland.
[Afternoon 1530hrs, 3:30pm]
Benny finally woke up from sleeping off the liquor and came out of the room. He saw Revy sitting on the couch flipping through static on the television. "There ain't shit on here. I take it Dutch and Rock left already, right?" asked Revy. "Yeah they left about an hour ago. Why does it smell like vomit in here?" Benny mentioned. "Shut up" snarled Revy. Benny took a look at the disgusting cereal on the cart and pushed up his glasses "I see" he thought to himself. "Well then lets go to the tavern and get something to eat there because staring at this shit is making me sick," Benny said. Revy turned off the TV and kicked the cart out the front door. Benny locked up and they took off to the tavern.
The got down to the lobby and saw Yukio reading the paper talking to one of the mannequins dressed one of the hotel uniforms. He waved goodbye to Revy and Benny. He slowly put down his arm as Revy glared at him. They got outside and still noticed the gloomy storm clouds overhead. Even though it looked like it was going to rain but the weather was still horrible. The stench of sewage runoff poisoned the air. They got to the tavern and knocked a few times but there was no answer. Revy then pounded on the door until someone opened up. Maxi slowly opened the door and popped his head out.
"Hey guys" he said in a quiet voice.
"Hey man, can we get something to eat or what?" Revy asked.
"Geez, um now really isn't a good time, you see we have some company here and they don't like other company besides themselves. If you get my drift," he said.
"Come on, open up," Revy said as her tone got louder "I'm craving for another steak,"
A few voices could be heard from the inside. "Hey kid who the fuck is it? Is it one of those peasants again? Tell them to fuck off because we're fucking thirsty here and our beer isn't going to get itself," a man yelled.
"I'm sorry sir it'll be one minute," Maxi said. "I'm sorry guys but I just can't," he started to close the door but Revy held her hand out and grabbed the door.
"Look Maxi, you seem like a smart kid so open the door before you piss me off. I can handle who ever is in there," she said reassuring Maxi by pointing at her cutlass.
"What the fuck boy where's my fucking beer?" the man asked in a threatening manner.
"Oh no," Maxi said looking back at the man who was approaching the door. "Get my god damn beer kid. I'm not going to fucking ask politely again" he said shoving Maxi away towards the counter. "I'll deal with these fuckers," the man said. He opened the door widely and looked at the two standing there. He was wearing woven reed fedora with aviator glasses and a light cotton collared shirt with three of his buttons undone. His pants were a pair of beige slacks with a pair of military boots on his feet. "Oh shit, it must be my birthday or something because it looks like we have a stripper," he said calling out to the guys behind him.
Revy's eye twitched as soon as he called her a stripper. "What the fuck did you just call me you piece of shit?" she asked.
"Whoa, and she's got a mouth on her too guys. I'm first for with this bitch," He said smiling. Another voice was heard behind him "Man you always get first with women; I'm tired of this fucking sloppy second bullshit," the voice said. "Ok fine, you come here and she'll choose who she wants to fuck first," the man said.
As the other man approached the door Revy unclipped her cutlasses ready to drop the man at the door. Benny held out his hand and placed it on hers. "Dutch told me he doesn't want anyone trying to kill him for any reasons while he's here" Benny said.
"I'm not going to fucking stand by and take this shit from this goon; so take your hand off my hand and…" her sentence was cut short by the other man appearing and mouthing off. " Well, well this bitch seems to be a feisty one; and look she's got a man too. I guess they knew you liked men ahead of time so they came prepared," the other man said. "Go fuck yourself bro, women can't get enough of me," he said thrusting his crouch out a few times. "Wait a minute, you look familiar," the man said shaking his finger at him. "I think I know you, but from where?" he said scratching the back of his head while looking up in the air.
"Let's go Revy, we can come back later when there isn't anyone here" Benny said.
"You got to fucking kidding me? Leave? Not after what this asshole said about me Benny" she hollered.
"That's it, Benny!" The man exclaimed, as if a light bulb suddenly clicked inside his brain. "Benny, man I haven't seen you in fucking ages man; how the hell have you been?" the man questioned.
Looking at him oddly Benny asked "Do I know you?"
"It's Calvin, from college!" he said with excitement. He took off the ball cap he was wearing and showed him the rest of his face. Calvin was a bit older than Benny was. His hair was slightly slicked back from the accumulated sweat. He had a scar under his left eye and was wearing a t-shirt tucked in with an over shirt with some white cargo shorts and some open toed sandals.
"Calvin…holy shit Calvin!" Benny said enthusiastically.
Calvin threw his arm around Benny dragged him inside. Revy followed Benny pushing aside the guy at the door. "It's a small world Benny my boy, how's life been treating you?" Calvin asked. "I'm doing just great man things are sure different but great all an all," Benny said as they both took a seat at the bar. As the two caught up about each others past Revy took a seat a few stools down from Benny. Felix approached her and poured her a drink and told Smiley to cook up some steak and eggs for her.
"So how does your friend know Calvin?" Felix asked Revy. "The fuck if I know. I guess they were college buddies or some shit, but if I remember correctly his college days weren't so pleasant," she said downing the drink. "Calvin is probably the only decent guy who works for that asshole of a business man here," Felix said as he poured her another drink.
As time passed Calvin and Benny continued to talk further into the day. Revy kicked stood up and walked outside to the back patio of the tavern where Calvin's buddy was sitting talking on his portable phone. She lit a cigarette and took in a deep breath and exhaled. It had started raining again but the weather was still humid. The patio had garbage everywhere. Crates were stacked in random piles all over. Broken shards of liquor bottles filled the sand pit where once volleyball was played. As the man finished the conversation on his phone he approached Revy from behind. "You know you don't scare me bitch. I've dealt with similar females like you and all it takes is some discipline from the back of my hand and they all fall in line eventually" he said whispering into her ear. She took another puff of her cigarette and turned towards him and blew out the smoke in his face. "You stupid bitch if Calvin wasn't here I'd show you," he said coughing. Revy dug her shoulder into his chest as she headed towards the door. "I'll be waiting for you bitch," he said as he got back on his phone.
"I'm going out for smoke man you want to join me Benny" Calvin asked. "Sure" Benny said. As they walked out to the patio they saw Revy pass Calvin's buddy. Benny looked at Revy and he saw her eyes. Her eyes were gave him the feeling that something bad was about to happen real soon. Benny posed a question to Calvin "What brought you to this shit hole?" Calvin laughed as he lit up is cigarette. "Well I work for this business man called Torricelli. He's an Italian American fellow who has this great business established here on this island shitty island. He does a lot of export here and there, I do his accounts for him," he said puffing on his cigarette. "Jimmy Torricelli?" asked Benny. "Yeah, you know him?" Calvin asked. "I had a semi encounter with him before, nothing too memorable," Benny mentioned. "After college I went to look for a job and I came across him at a restaurant. We talked for a bit and I told him what I did and he told me that he needed someone like me to help him out. He did mention this other accountant that was with him but screwed him over in the end. Well ever since then I've been doing his books for him," Calvin said finishing up his cigarette. "Hmph" Benny said in agreeing tone.
They walked back inside and saw Calvin's buddy harassing Revy some more. Just then in walked two more men that were with Torricelli. They wore similar clothing to what Calvin's friend was wearing. "What's with your friend over there Benny, she not into men or something?" Calvin asked. "Uh Revy, she doesn't get along with most people," Benny added. "Is she your woman or something?" Calvin asked continuing to pry. Benny started to feel uneasy with the way the conversation was going. "Why's your friend harassing her Calvin?" Benny asked. "Kyle wouldn't be harassing her if she'd just talk to him," Calvin said turning to Benny. "Wait, what did you say her name was again?" The tension started to become extremely thick within the room. With Kyle continually harassing Revy and his buddies rooting him on it was only a matter of minutes before Revy unleashed the rabid dog within her. "Hey Benny, what was her name?" Calvin asked again. "Huh? Oh her name is Revy, why?" Benny said wondering why it mattered. "Torricelli always talked about a woman gunslinger named Revy who helped his last accountant break away from him," Calvin said reaching into the back of his pants. He pulled out a polycarbonate black Glock 19 with extended clip and held it towards Benny's chest. "Now I know who you are Benny," Calvin said. His friendly tone had quickly turned to a threatening voice. "You're that last accountant Torricelli had. Nothing personal but I think my boss would like to see you," he said firmly holding the gun.
Revy saw Calvin pointing his Glock 19 at Benny. She stood up from her stool and got ready for the fireworks. Felix swiftly stepped away from the bar and grabbed Maxi and took him to the back of the kitchen. Kyle continued to harass Revy. "You know bitch why don't you come back to my place and maybe we can try to straighten you out a bit," he said slapping her on the ass. Revy's eyes widened, her teeth clinched tightly, and she put her hands on the bar. She looked at the Grey Goose bottle sitting atop the counter and grabbed it. "What a fucking waste" she thought to herself as she spun around with the bottle in hand cracking it against Kyle's temple. The bottle exploded on him sending vodka and glass everywhere. Kyle collided into a table and fell to the ground. The two men standing behind Kyle rushed Revy. Revy wound up her arm throwing a quick punch into the man on the left face. He stumbled backwards and regained his footing. The man on the right slugged Revy with a clean hook to her jaw. She spun around towards the counter from the hit but she grabbed the counter to keep her steady. The man came up behind her and put her in a headlock trying to strangle her. Calvin looked at what was happening on the other side of the bar and turned back to Benny who was now holding one of the wooden chairs like a bat. He swung the chair at Calvin and broke it on his back. Calvin collapsed on the floor from the impact. Benny ran towards the bar and hopped over the counter landing behind it. Still in the headlock Revy pushed her head forward then kicked in full reverse slamming it into the mans nose. His nose broke upon impact of her head. Blood spurted out from his nostrils. She then unclipped her cutlass and tried pulling it but was hit by the man on the left who regained his footing. Revy stumbled a bit across the counter realizing she'd have to break Dutch's order. The man pulled on Revy's gun strap trying to take away her cutlasses. She back kicked him and twirled around quickly landing a round house kick on the jaw of that man. He picked up air and fell to the ground. Calvin aimed the Glock at Revy but was blindsided by a liquor bottle thrown by Benny from behind the bar. Kyle recovered from the bottle to the head and got up. His skull was bleeding and his head was spinning. Becoming conscious of what happened he withdrew his pistol but was too slow to aim because Revy already had her cutlass aimed at his head. He mouthed the word fuck, "You" Revy said as she pulled the trigger. The bullet raced out of the barrel careening into his chest cavity. The two men quickly drew their guns but were beaten to the punch by several more bullets blasting out of her cutlass dropping them in seconds. Pools of blood formed quickly where their bodies laid. Calvin saw the opportunity to escape and did so quickly but not before Revy could get off a shot right into his ass. "You fucking Bitch!" He shrieked. "We're far from done Benny my boy, far from done," he said hopping over the fence of the patio escaping back to no doubt tell Torricelli what happened.
Maxi, Smiley, and Felix stepped out of the kitchen and viewed the carnage on their once clean tavern floor. "Get the mop Maxi we got come cleaning to do" Felix said wiping his hands with a towel. "Not again" Maxi grumbled. Felix applauded Revy and took a look at Benny who was still behind the bar. "Ain't the past a bitch?" he mentioned. Benny pulled himself up from the floor. "Ugh, don't get me started on the past Felix," Benny said. "That's some pretty nice shooting Revy" Felix commented. "They had it coming, no challenge for me and my cutlass," She said blowing the smoke out of the barrel and then holstering it. Felix walked over to where Kyle's body was; he patted him down and took his wallet and took out all the money. "Well that's a first," Felix said. "What is?" Benny asked. "He actually paid his tab," Felix said laughing as searched the other bodies with Smiley. They took the bodies out to the patio and tossed them into the sand pit. "Aren't they going to rot out there?" Benny asked. "Huh? Oh no way, that sand pit is man made quicksand. Last time I measured it was at least 50ft deep and that was when I made it. Quicksand does wonders for dead bodies but I really don't suggest playing in it," He said tossing the other bodies into it. Revy and Benny helped clean the mess up. Benny could help but think what repercussions were going to come his way after all of this.
The rain had stopped as Calvin reached the other side of the island. He drove to the mansion where Torricelli was. The other side of the island was magnificent, a true paradise. Exotic birds inhabited the trees around the mansion, different kinds of flowers made the air as fresh as it could be. A few of the men standing guard at the front door helped Calvin inside. Holding him up they took him to see Mr. Torricelli who was lying on a reclined lawn chair out on the white sandy beach with a large beach umbrella covering him for shade. "Oh boy I think I'm about to hear bad news" Torricelli thought as he saw Calvin being lifted over to him. The guards gently put Calvin down and walked back to their post.
"What the hell happened to you?" Jimmy asked.
"Bar fight" Calvin said as he gasped for air trying to catch his breath
"The locals still fight us? Huh, that's odd,"
"No sir, new people. Sir I've got some good news though" he said trying to convince Jimmy that what happen is nothing to worry about. "That last accountant you had, Benny, well he's here on the island with that psycho bitch of a gunslinger Revy," Calvin said as he lied back in the chair.
"Really, Benny is back? How very interesting, how very interesting indeed, and to think I'm just hearing about this and you didn't bother to call me," Jimmy said as he sat up from the reclined position.
"But Mr. Torricelli it's not my fault. Kyle had the phone all this time talking to his buddies," He said trying to keep conscious. "You out rank him to damn fool, we really need to work on your authority skills. Where is Kyle anyhow I thought he was with you?" Jimmy said motioning to his bodyguard to pick up Calvin. "He's dead sir. That psycho bitch killed him, she even shot me in the ass," he said pointing at his ass. "I see, well then I guess Hans is going to have to get him then. Hans take our friend Calvin here to the nurse and then head down Felix's Tavern and apprehend the man by the name of Benny for me please. Try not to rough him up that much either, understand?" he asked. Hans nodded and helped Calvin up as Hans walked down the beach holding Calvin Jimmy yelled out to Hans "And rough up that bitch Revy for me, thank you,"
[Back at Felix's Tavern, mid day 1705hrs, 605pm]
Revy and Benny finished cleaning up the mess in the bar and sat back down with Felix, Maxi, and Smiley. "So what are you all going to do now?" Felix asked. "Well I think we're going to head back to hotel and get some rest. We'll be back later though," Benny said. "Yeah, I'm kind of tired anyways," Revy said. "Killing takes a lot out of you at times, especially when you've had a few drinks," Smiley laughed and got up from the table and went back to the kitchen. "Thanks for the help in cleaning up guys," Maxi said as he got up and went to the patio for a smoke. "Yeah, I always hate cleaning up those messes but when it's the other way around and I'm disposing of Torricelli's men it's a pretty god damn good feeling," Felix said stepping away from the table.
Revy got up and headed to the door and opened it up. She called out to Benny "I'm going to wait on in the front Benny, hurry your ass up," As she turned towards the door a large man was standing in front of her. He was massive; at least seven and a half feet tall. This man had humungous muscles bulging out from his shirt he was wearing. He wore camouflage pants and had spiked blonde hair. Revy also noticed he was sporting a grim reaper tattoo on his arm. "Holy fuck" Revy said as she looked on to the behemoth. He grinned and took a step forward. With in an instant he punched Revy in the face. She flew backwards at least two feet. Her lip was bleeding along with a gash on top of her eyebrow. Hans took another step in. He ducked underneath the banister of the door and stood tall within the Tavern. Revy pulled her cutlass but Hans grabbed her and picked her up with one arm. She kicked his face furiously but it didn't faze him. He smiled and with tremendous force he tossed her like a rag doll through the wall. Benny heard the noise and came rushing back into the bar. He looked to the right and saw Revy lying on the ground staggering to get up. Hans pointed at Benny and started to lumber over towards him like the ogre from Jack in the Bean Stalk. "Fe fi fo fum" repeated over and over in Benny's head as Hans drew closer to him. Revy got to her feet and charged Hans. She jumped in the air and came down like a mallet on a small nail with her fist into his face. Hans stumbled back a few steps and smiled again. "Pretty good little girl, but not good enough," he said with his think German accent. "Benny get your ass out of here!" Revy shouted. Benny nodded and ran for the door. He got outside to only receive a pistol whip from Calvin who was waiting outside for him. "I told you we're far from done Benny my boy," Calvin said as he stood above Benny who was now lying on the ground about to lose conscious. "Hurry up Hans we got we came for now let's go," Calvin yelled. "Alright, give me one minute. Sorry farleine but your time has come to an end" he said giving the same grin that Revy would give to one of her victims. If thunder was a form Hans's fist would be the image. Strike after strike from Hans Revy lost her balance. Barely standing Hans landed his final blow on Revy. An explosive uppercut sent Revy flying into the air smashing against the back of the bar. Hans turned away calmly and walked back to car closing the large door behind him. Felix rushed out to see if Revy was alright. Amazingly with what little strength she had left she used it get up and tried to save Benny. "Don't do it Revy!" Felix bellowed. Hans heard Felix and stuck up one finger to Calvin meaning give him a minute. He approached the door and waited until he could see the door open slightly. Revy wobbled towards the door started push it open. On the other side Hans yelled out "Timber!" and with Hercules like strength he kicked down the tavern door. The large wooden door came crashing down on Revy, it was as if the Great Wall of China had been blown up on to the Mongol Horde. The door knocked her out completely.
Hans and Calvin drove off to the mansion where Jimmy Torricelli waited. Benny was still unconscious and didn't realize that trouble was knocking at his door.
[Ending credits, EDISON- Don't look behind]
[End of episode 7, season 3]
[Next episode of Black Lagoon]
Benny reunites with his former employer Jimmy Torricelli. Mr. Torricelli is holding a laptop but what could be on the laptop? Could it be Benny's fate? With Revy down for the count and Benny now taken hostage, Dutch and Rock are still dealing with Mr. Dougalson from the company. Something is wrong though, Rock is getting the feeling that their being watched but by whom?
[Next time on Black Lagoon, Episode 8: Lady Luck's Decisive Blow]