Black Lagoon Season 3, The Third Volley

by Deathglider003

This is an unofficial season of BL. This is after Revy and Rock return from Japan. A new arrival has come to Roanapur and he has plans for it. A type of redecorating that involves the three B's: Blood, Bodies, and Bullets. This is called The Third Volley.

11. Chapter 11

Episode 11

[Opening Theme: MELL- Red Fraction]

Title: The Deadly Drama of Chriton

[Opening Scene]

"How long has he been in there," Delta leader asked Talia. "Long enough," she said as she drank from her canteen. The screams of Revy echoed all throughout the entire bunker. The men could hear the dreadful screams from all they way near the ocean entrance. "You think he's going to be done any time soon?" he asked. "Who knows, but even if he isn't we need to prep everyone for our hit on Balalaika," Talia said. She pushed away from the wall with a nudge from her foot and walked down the corridor to the strategy room with Delta leader. "Delta, Whiskey, Zulu, Foxtrot, and Omega teams head to strategy room for briefing in two hours," Talia said through the radio. "Were you able to talk to Chriton about Jones ma'am?" Delta leader asked. "Nope," she said easily. "Ever since he got back, his concentration has been on the damn woman. His head is in the clouds while ours is on the ground," she said as they entered the room. Talia pulled out schematics of the sewer system of Roanapur and started setting up icons. "Permission to speak freely ma'am?" he asked. "Granted," she responded. "Perhaps it's time you take the reigns of this stagecoach," he said confidently. "Excuse me?" she said sounding surprised. "Ma'am, you've been leading us into battle ever since we joined up with Chriton. Chriton has brought us to the breaking point to where our own men seem to be deserting us and doing their own thing. It's time a for a new leader ma'am…" he stopped mid sentence as the barrel of USP pointed directly at his head. "Don't ever think of mutiny again or I'll drop you where you stand. Do you understand Delta?" she inquired. "Yes ma'am, sorry ma'am," Delta leader apologized. "I don't mean to snap at you. I know where you're coming from and the thought has crossed my mind as well but only I will make that decision for us if the time ever comes," she said as she holstered her sidearm.

[Torture room w/ Revy and Chriton]

He clamped the clips onto the bathtub and stepped back from her and wiped his sweat dripping off his face. He looked over her body slowly. The cuts on her abdomen from the blades have stopped bleeding. Her legs were bruising nicely from the wooden rods he struck her with. Her left ankle was broken from the mallet strike. He looked at her face and their eyes met. He had removed the rusted device from her head before hand while he tortured her yet she forced her eyes to stay open during most of the torture. She was staring right at him. A mucus covered glob of blood flew from her lips onto his face striking him in between the eyes. "My aim is still good even without my cutlasses," she mumbled which followed with nasty grin. Chriton ran his face over his hand and flung the spit onto the floor. He struck Revy in the face repeatedly until she went unconscious. He turned and left the room angrily. He entered Rocks' room and woke him up with smelling salt. He turned on the microphone in the room. "Handle this you bitch," he said as he slowly started forcing bamboo chutes under Rocks' finger nails. He let out a scream that no man should ever have to hear. Revy wanted to look away but she knew they would put the headgear on her and she didn't feel like having her eyes pried open. So she watched her friend endure his torture. He could feel each chute slowly force their way through his skin and under his fingernails."Hell, this is what hell has to be like; I must suffer eternity for my crimes," Rock thought as Chriton stopped to choose another finger of his in insert the chute to. Within in 20 minutes all of Rocks' fingernails had chutes underneath them. Tears flooded his eyes and the dryness of his mouth made him unable to speak. "This won't be quick," Chriton said over the intercom to the both of them. He picked up a tin bucket of water and splashed it onto Rock. He went behind Rock's metal bed and turned on a portable air conditioner and turned it to its' lowest setting. He turned off the lights to Rocks room and left. He re-entered Revy's room where she stayed silent. He went to the generator where he was electrocuting her and set a timer on the device with a coded lock. "Just hang around for a bit, I'll be back later," Chriton said smiling. He turned off the lights and left to his quarters. Revy's eyelids were heavy and she couldn't help but close them. She slowly started to go to sleep from exhaustion but was given a shock of a lifetime when the generator sent 500,000 volts of electricity into her bathtub. Her body convulsed and her back arched as the electricity shot through her entire body. White and blue aurora lights illuminated the room as the electricity flowed into the bathtub for 10 seconds then it stopped. Revy closed her eyes again and fell asleep for 20 minutes then again was woken up by 500,000 volts. All she could do was scream and endure as this continued to go on in random intervals.

Chriton went into his quarters and undressed. He took a shower and let the hot water just run down his scarred body. He ran his hand down his chest and felt every scar and stitch he had received ever since he left Roanapur. As the hot water drenched his body he took in a deep breath of steam and exhaled. "Sir, are you decent?" a voice called out him outside the shower curtain. "What is it?" he answered. "I have some issues to talk to you about," the voice said. "Well come in then and speak," he replied. The voice was that of Talia's. She went over about how things were progressing with the Operation Mongoose. "All teams are ready. Operation will commence when you give the order. We are expecting heavy resistance when dealing with Balalaika sir. From what my scouts had reported we are going to need plenty of body armor and ammo to deal with her forces," she said. "I have about four crates of body armor left. It won't be enough to supply our men. Ammo is scarce too. We will just have to procure weapons on site. Anything else?" he said. "Actually sir there is, it's about Jones," she mentioned. "What is it?" he answered. "Jones disobeyed direct orders on the assault on Chang's office. He has made it clear that he is his own man and won't follow my orders. He's a loose cannon and he needs to be disciplined for his actions," she said. Chriton grabbed the towel on the rack outside the curtain and started drying off. "There's one more thing. It's personal sir," she said hesitantly. "I think you aren't focusing on the issue at hand and you're paying far too much attention on this woman. We need our commander to lead us not have his head in the clouds," she said firmly. Chriton was silent when he heard her statement.

He wrapped the towel around him and stepped out of the shower. He took out his razor and began shaving. "You're dismissed Talia," he said as he applied the shaving cream to his face. "What about Jones sir?" she asked. "It'll be taken care of," he said looking at her through the mirror. She nodded and left the room and headed back to the strategy room. Chriton finished shaving and threw on some fresh fatigues and a tactical vest. He walked out of the room and went back where Revy was. Her screaming was ferocious. He opened the door as the last interval went off. As he strolled over to the generator he could hear Revy sobbing in pain. He switched off the generator and walked back over to her. He took out his flashlight and shined it on her body. Her skin had started to char slightly and the wounds on her body were slowly bleeding again. "I'll let you sleep for now. I need you to have strength when I get back because that's when I turn things up a notch," he said leaning and whispering in her ear. Chriton walked out of her room and ordered the guard to make sure to hose her down before he returns. He made one last stop in Rocks' room before going to meet up with his men. He quickly removed the chutes from Rocks' fingers and dumped them in a tin bowl. "Kill…me…" Rock whispered. Chriton just smiled and turned off the AC. Rock's body was shivering from the cold. Certain parts of his body have started developing minor cases of frostbite. Chriton unhooked Rocks' chains. He collapsed to the floor and didn't bother getting up. Two guards came in and dragged Rock off to a separate secluded room away from Revy. He ordered the guard to clean up Rocks' room and sanitize the instruments. The guard gave a quick nod and began working on the room. Chriton headed towards Talia's position to make the plans for Balalaika's hit.

Talia and Delta leader had already begun setting up the icons on the sewer system when Chriton came in. "Officer present!" Talia said. Delta and Talia both saluted. Chriton saluted to the both of them. They returned back to work on the plan. Chriton looked over the blueprints of the office of Hotel Moscow. He set up the blueprints on the wall and started making tactics on it. By the time Chriton had finished; Delta, Whiskey, Zulu, Foxtrot, and Omega teams had started coming in. They all took a seat and waited for the briefing to begin. The room was packed to the max; some soldiers had to stand outside the room. Delta leader took a seat next to his men. Jones came in late and sat down next to Talia's spot. "Let's get this started," Chriton announced. Chriton stepped to one side and gave Talia the floor.

She stepped up and spoke. "We are going to using the sewer system to get to Hotel Moscow. I'm sure Hotel Moscow has forgotten to cover this way of entry. So we shall exploit their overconfidence. If they do have men stationed in the sewer they are to be taken out silently which is why the teams will be using silencers until we breach the surface. Whiskey team, you will enter from the south sewer system. Hotel Moscow's parking garage is behind there. You will Take the guards out there and set up a blockade on that street with their own vehicles. It's your job to stop any escaping vehicles trying to leave the area. Zulu team you will enter from the west sewer entrance. If these schematics are correct you should come out about a half a block behind that checkpoint there. You are to eliminate the guards at the checkpoint and set fire to the checkpoint. This signal will be for Foxtrot to enter into the fray. Foxtrot, your sewer system enters within a cellar of a building. You will ascend the buildings staircase and be our eyes on the roof. Our scouts have reported that there is a small sandbag bunker that houses a communications antenna there. Your goal is the obvious one and that's to eliminate their means of communication between the forces on the ground and the forces in the office. Our main force which consists of Omega and Delta team along with Chriton and me shall be hitting the very front after our saboteur gains the entrance to the north checkpoint. We have hijacked an oil tanker truck that has a scheduled route into that region. Hotel Moscow is aware of this and will be on high guard as the truck seems to be the only destructive thing within their area. The fuel tanker is filled with enough petrol to destroy two city blocks. Our mechanics have rigged an explosive within the tanker. It shouldn't be detected but if it is it will be blown up at the checkpoint and Zulu team will have an objective to do and that's blowing up the gas station. Expect heavy resistance in all areas, especially at the communications antenna and gas station. These paratroopers are veterans and know how to handle themselves; they aren't the basic mercenaries in this town so do not underestimate them," Talia finished.

As Talia finished Chriton stepped back in and begun going over the assault on the main office and the breach of the north checkpoint.

"Let me start off by saying that It's good to see all of you again men, I'm sorry for my absence the past few months. To be honest things haven't been working out the way I've planned. After the fiasco on this shitty island things just went downhill for us but right now this is personal. We deal no more in business. This Balalaika woman has taken everything from us. Our friends are gone, our business is dead, and our word means nothing now. We are here for blood! No mercy will be given out to her men or anyone that stands in our way. We shall rip out her still beating heart and burn it in front of her eyes. Men it's time to show these people what hell looks like!" Chriton roared. The men cheered and yelled as well as they got pumped up for the battle.

"Alright, now listen up. We have one chance to get this right. Saying that the fuel tanker gets through and every goes according to plan we have about 10 minutes to hit the front and head straight for the main office before they notice that it was a diversion. From our previous operation here most of our armored units were destroyed. They left us with one APC. It's large enough to fit half of one of our teams in. The rest of us will have to follow in dump trucks. The APC is a BTR-80 and it fits 8 passengers. The dump trucks are equipped with bulldozers on the front, "he said. "Enough with the specs here's the plan. We crush through the checkpoint and crush through anything else stopping us and we hit the front door. Omega team and I will move up the stairs to Balalaika while Talia and Delta team provides a protective net in the lobby area. In any event that Balalaika tries to escape from air, each of the teams will be equipped with one single stinger missile. Balalaika is to be stopped at all costs; she is priority target number one. Number two priority target is Mr. Chang from the Triad, and lastly is priority target number 3, Boris. He is the second in command of Hotel Moscow. Operation Mongoose launches at 0945hrs tomorrow. Get some sleep men, for tomorrow we open the gates of Hell on Hotel Moscow," Chriton said as he finished his speech. Chriton headed back to his quarters but asked Jones to come with him. As they walked down the corridor Chriton brought up the subject of disobeying orders. "I did what I had to do Chriton; the bitch wanted me to wait for her approval to kill a few guards. I had the shot so I took it," Jones said. "I can't have you disobeying direct orders Jones. As much as I hate doing this but you have to stay out of Operation Mongoose," Chriton said. "What!" Jones exclaimed. "This is bullshit Chriton!" he shouted. Chriton stopped walking and quickly grabbed Jones but his tactical vest and threw him against the wall. "You listen to me Jones, you are to obey every order I give. If I tell you an order you do it, no questioned asked. I'm not going to let you jeopardize my plans because you can't follow orders, now do you understand?" Chriton said. "Yes sir," Jones said. Chriton let go of his vest and dismissed him. Jones saluted and turned around walked down the corridor in the opposite direction. "Fucking asshole, I'll show him," Jones said to himself.

[Church of violence, 3:00am (t-minus 30hrs and 30mins until Operation Mongoose)]

Eda sat in her room while Shenhua, Rotten, and Sawyer sat out in the main hall. Eda was greasing her gun when she got a call from Dreyton. "What is it?" she answered. "Roanapur sure looks different at night. It seems like any other city but when you actually get into the middle of it your assumptions are thrown out the window and you see this place for what it really is, it's a complete shit hole," Dreyton said. "Didn't I tell you to stay off my island?" Eda said annoyingly. "You know the only good thing I've gotten from this island is the noodles. These noodles are pretty damn good," he said as he slurped in the noodles. "What are you doing here?" Eda asked. "Our boss has given me the heads up on you. I wasn't aware that you went this 'deep'," Dreyton said. "Is there a point to this phone call or did you just call me to annoy me," she inquired. "No, there's a point to all of this," he said as he paused. "I need you to meet me at the last port on the East side of Roanapur in about an hour or so, understood?" Eda agreed and hung up the phone. Eda finished up greasing up the gun and cocked it in place and pulled the trigger. There was a small click sound from the gun. She popped in her clip and cocked it again and put it into her shoulder holstered and headed for the main hall. Rotten and Sawyer were playing cards on Eda's small drinking table while Shenhua was napping in the back of the room. Eda didn't bother saying anything to them as she stomped out of the hallway and slammed the door behind her. As she got to the car she saw Rico and Dutch pull up on Rico's motorcycle. "Where you going Eda?" Rico asked. "Not now," she said as she got into the car and drove away from the church.

While driving to the port she had to cross through downtown. She came upon a sectioned off area of Roanapur. Red and blue lights were flashing illuminating the sky above. She stopped the car and exited her car and walked over to where Chief Watsup was. "Eda, what are you doing here?" he asked. "Nothing, I'm just running an errand. What the hell happened here?" she inquired. "Chang was hit by an assassination squad. We have dead bodyguards and bullet casings everywhere not to mention my own fucking men are dead," he mentioned as he put his hat up and rubbed his forehead. "luckily the Visotiniki was able to help Chang out and take out 3 of those fuckers," Watsup added. "So Balalaika is prepared for war already huh?" Eda asked. "Oh yeah, she's pulled out the heavy artillery for this guy. She isn't taking any chances until he's dead," he said. "Thanks Watsup," Eda said as she got back into her car and drove off. "Anytime Eda," he said. "I'm going to have one helluva' night doing paper work, shit," he said as he turned back around the massacre.

As she drove through the rest of Roanapur, Eda made a phone call to Balalaika. "Balalaika, what the hell happened?" Eda asked. "Now really isn't the best time for this," she responded. "Is this going to get worse before it gets better?" Eda asked. "Most likely, I'm going to make Chriton suffer for this. I do suggest you keep your head clear of my men and stay out of this. I know you have some partial involvement with this but Chriton will be dealt with me and my men personally," Balalaika said as she hung up the phone. "Damn it!" she exclaimed as she tossed the phone in the back. It had been about 20 minutes before she arrived at the port. A large freighter ship was docked at the port; the name of the ship was "The Vanguard". The thought didn't cross her mind until she reread the name of the boat again and realized what the freighter actually held. It was a long time since she seen that freighter. Back before she even came to Roanapur was the last time she saw the freighter. She was cursing to herself as she walked down the dock to where a shadowy figure was standing. The figure moved towards the light and revealed her former partner Dreyton.

"You don't look so pleased to see me Eda," he said with a smile. "Should I be?" she asked. "We have a job to do Eda. Though I really don't like you; the boss has told me that I am to cooperate with you," he said. "What the fuck are you talking about," she asked. "Here," he said handing her a satellite phone. "It's already dialing, you can speak with her," he said as he turned away and blew a whistle. A fog horn blew from the freighter. The ships flood lights turned on and cargo bay doors started opening up. The once silent ship was now fully operating. She stepped away from the ship and waited for an answer on the phone. "Patterson here," a voice said. "Michelle Patterson?" Eda said sounding surprised. "Oh Alexandra, it's been such a long time," Patterson said. "I don't go by that name anymore, it's…" she was cut off by Patterson. "Eda, I know my mistake. What can I do for you?" "What the hell happened to Frank?" "Frank retired about a few months ago. In line of people who were qualified to take his position I was the best candidate. Yup, you're now talking to the Liaison of International and Foreign Affairs, LIFA for short. Before Frank left he gave me all the information about what you're doing in Thailand," she said. "Dreyton and his force will be under your command for the time being. His outfit is highly trained and should be able to handle Chriton. I want you to be careful though Eda, I've received word from our spies that there is a mole within our ranks who's been reporting to Chriton. They say he's on the island and is very dangerous. We aren't sure how long he has been on the island but he's there. You are to take out this person if you have the chance," Patterson finished. Eda didn't want to say anything anymore. She shoved the phone back to Dreyton and walked back to the car for a cigarette. Dreyton finished the conversation with Patterson and understood what she said. He hung up the phone and put the phone away.

As Eda puffed on the cigarette she remembered what Michelle was like back when she was over in Langley. "A pain in the ass" was the only phrase that came to her mind. She was a snake though, capable of getting rid of anyone in her way, especially in the office. Though with barely any field work she knew she wasn't better than her with a gun. Eda could only smile on that note. She rolled her eyes to herself and finished the cigarette and waited for Dreyton to hurry up. While waiting she got her phone and called Balalaika again. "Don't hang up," Eda said as Balalaika answered. "We've got a problem," she started. "I'm here at the port and the CIA has found it in their best interest to take out Chriton themselves. They've prepared a large force of men and there's plenty of military grade weaponry with them," she stated. "Hmm, well this makes things a bit more interesting for us," Balalaika said. "I gotta' go, I'll call you when no one's around," Eda said as she saw Dreyton walking towards her. He gave her the word that he was all set to go and that they'd follow her back. Eda nodded and started up the car. She made one more call and it was to Yolanda. "Eda, is there a problem?" Yolanda asked as she picked up the phone. "Get Dutch and his crew out of the church and send them somewhere. I don't need to blow my cover yet," Eda said. Yolanda didn't say anything and hung up. Eda could only assume that Yolanda would help her out.

Dreyton finished helping out his men to hurry up the unloading process. They packed four large semi trucks with two containers each. His men got into several HUMVEES and dune buggies and started up their engines. Dreyton got into the first semi truck and honked the horn giving Eda the signal to move out. Eda started up the car and drove off in lead of the convoy. They drove through the middle of Roanapur slowly, making sure that everyone knew what was going to happen and if they were smart they'd stay out of it. She couldn't believe it was happening though. All the years undercover was about to be no more. Regulations and orders were to be followed now, no more doing it her way. Her friends would be her enemies and she would have to kill them if they weren't going to be taken in. She cleared her thoughts and tried to remain in the zone as best she could. She continued to tell herself as she drove "they aren't your friends, they are your enemies." Yet not matter how much she continued to tell herself that she couldn't help but question that whether or not she believes it. For the sake of her own life she has to believe it.

Shenhua continued to sharpen her blades while Rotten and Sawyer prepared as well; Dutch went to the back to check on Benny to see if he was ok. He knocked twice then opened up the door. Benny was lying back on the bed just staring up at the ceiling. "How you feeling man?" Dutch asked. "My wound is fine," he said. "So what were you spewing out hours ago about Eda?" Dutch inquired. "Nothing," Benny said "nothing." "it didn't seem like nothing at the time, what was it?" Dutch asked. Just Benny started to speak Sister Yolanda came into the room. "I'm sorry to interrupt but I think it's time for you to all go and find your friends," she said wisely. "The longer you take the less time they may have to live and I would hate to go to a funeral for Revy. She has so much potential," Yolanda said moving out from the entrance. "hmm, I suppose your right. Let's get going Benny," Dutch said. Benny sighed and got up slowly. "Do you know where they are?" Benny inquired as he stood up. "We've got a clue that there may be an old bunker and tunnel installation on the airfield Chriton was originally at," Dutch said. "That's on the other side of the island. It's going to take time to get there," Benny stated. "You can always take our boat," Yolanda mentioned. "It's not a problem at all, think of it as a favor from Eda," she said. Yolanda handed Dutch the keys to the boat and helped Benny out to the main hall. "We going now boss man?" Shenhua asked as she sheathed her blades. "Yeah, we're taking a boat to the far side of the island. Should take us no more than an hour to get there," Dutch said. "I was never really of fan of boat rides, often makes me sea sick," Rotten said. "Yeah well driving would take too long and time isn't on our side," Dutch said. Rotten nodded and headed outside. Shenhua followed Rotten as did Sawyer. "There are provisions on the boat Dutch. I hope you do find Revy and Rock," Yolanda said. "Me too," Dutch said as he walked with the rest of the crew down to the small docks where the boat was. They piled onto the boat and headed off to find Revy and Rock.

As the boat cruised through the dark waters, Dutch decided to take a look at the provision given to them by Yolanda. The bag contained several high powered flashlights, one pair of night vision goggles, a few rations, and a variety of low end small arms. Dutch closed the back and went back up to bow to talk to Rico who was driving the boat. "This is exciting," Rico said loudly as the boat bounced up and down on the waves. Dutch stayed silent and tried focusing at the task at hand. "We'll find them man, don't worry," Rico said trying to reassure Dutch of the situation. The hour on the boat passed fairly quickly and they soon arrived to the other side of the island. The waters were calm on that side of island. Rico piloted the boat as close to the beach as possible and dropped anchor. "I'll stay here, take this," Rico said as he tossed Dutch a radio. "Benny, stay here with Rico and monitor the other channels and let us know if anything comes in that might lead us to this bunker," Dutch said. "Yeah, not a problem Dutch, hurry up and find Revy and Rock," Benny said as he sat down. Dutch gave a quick nod and hopped onto the small watercraft with the others. They started the small engine and slowly moved toward the beach. "You think they'll find your friends," Rico asked Benny. "I really hope so," he said.

The watercraft hit the beach and stopped moments later. The group disembarked and walked into the thickly wooded area. About 20 minutes into the walk they reached a chain linked fence which had vines entangling themselves all over it. "Allow me," Shenhua said as she unsheathed her blade and made two quick swipes of her blades across the fence. A small portion of the fence dropped to the ground. They walked in and viewed the airfield they were once at before. There were casings of bullets on the ground still from the last encounter they had with Chriton. Shenhua remembered how her fellow mercenaries were mowed down by the gunship that Chriton brought with him. "Let's go," Dutch ordered. The group walked further onto the airfield gazing over the burnt out vehicles that remained. They got to the hangars where once American aircraft sat. "This is going to take forever," Dutch said. "Rotten, Sawyer, scope out the control tower and the rest of these hangars. Keep an eye out for a hatch of some type. I'm not entirely sure what it is we're looking for but I'm sure it will stick out," Dutch said. "Me and Shenhua will check out the rest of the airfield. Try to stay in contact with one another," he said as he and Shenhua walked away from the hangar. Hours passed the two groups searched all over the airfield and came up with nothing. Dutch couldn't get it, there was no sign of any possible hatch or door that lead to any bunker. "Benny, this is Dutch come in," Dutch radioed. "Benny here, go ahead Dutch," Benny responded. "There's nothing here but debris. It's been hours since we got here and I really don't think there's a hatch on this fucking airfield," Dutch said sounding aggravated. "Hmm, well there has to be something there Dutch. Do you remember anything from the last time we faced Chriton?" Benny asked. "Ugh, gimme a minute to think about that one and I'll get back to you," Dutch said. Dutch thought about it and only remembered the airfield. It wasn't until Shenhua mentioned how Chriton got here; he remembered how Chriton tried to escape. He saw his boat leave from a small cove behind the airfield. "Guys, listen up I've got something," Dutch said on the radio. "When Revy chased after Chriton he led her to a small cove at the base of the island behind the airfield. I think that's where this hatch is at," Dutch said. "Well, it doesn't hurt to look now," Benny replied. "Rotten I'll meet at the end of the airfield in 10 minutes," Dutch said. "You got it," Rotten replied.

The two groups met at the end of the airfield to see only a cliff side down below and the ocean in front of them. "Where is this cove?" Rotten asked. Dutch peered down the cliff towards the bottom. Rotten stepped towards the edge and looked down. "It always has to be difficult doesn't it?" Rotten asked. Dutch didn't bother replying. He looked around for some stairs but didn't find anything. "Rico, I need you to bring the boat behind the airfield, at the end of the runway," Dutch said. "Not a problem, be there in five, out," Rico answered. "This guy sure goes to the lengths to make sure no one finds him," Rotten said. "If I were err him I'd do err the same thing," Sawyer said. Dutch saw the boat come into view a few hundred yards back. Rico anchored and waited for Dutch's orders. "What are we suppose to do now?" Rotten asked. "Jump!" Dutch announced with a push to Rotten and Shenhua who stood in front of them. "Not my hair!" Rotten screamed as he fell to the ocean. Sawyer followed Shenhua without hesitation and Dutch went along right behind her. They crashed into the calm ocean and swam to the surface. "Looking for quick death Dutch?" Shenhua shouted. Dutch quickly swam to the boat and pulled himself up and waited for the rest. As he helped them in one by one they saw the large cove in front of them. One large stone gun emplacement bunker was on each side of the cove. Looking further into the cove they saw large catwalks crossing up above and the large control room overlooking the small dock inside. "I believe the hatch is within that control room," Dutch said as he pointed to the control room. "Well let's go," Rico said as he pulled up anchor and hopped back on the controls and steered the boat into place at the small dock.

As the boat came to a halt by the dock, Rotten had gotten off and tied off the boat. Rico took out a ZMG 9mm Uzi out of the bag and gave Benny and sawed off shotgun. "We know to stay here Dutch, go find your friends," Rico said as he tossed the rest of the provisions to Dutch. Dutch smiled slightly and walked with the others down the dock and up to a set of metal grated stairs leading up to the control room. They headed up the stairs and opened the door. Bullets lined the ground of the control room. A feint smell of gunpowder circled the room. Dutch checked out the control panel and started looking for anything on when it was last operational. The system showed that the last operation time was a few days ago. Dutch told everyone to spread out and look for the hatch that led into the tunnel system. Only a few minutes after Dutch told everyone to find the hatch Sawyer tripped over a metal hook. She smashed her face on the ground. Rotten stepped over her and picked her up by her arms. "You okay?" he asked. She blushed a bit but then pushed him away as if she wasn't hurt at all. She looked over the ground to see what she tripped over and saw a small handle protruding out of the floor. "Dutch…err…I found…err…it," her voice garbled. Dutch walked over to the handle and squatted down and turned it. He lifted the small door up and peered down the long shaft. "This is it," he said. "I'll go first and then I'll give you the heads up when I know its all clear," he said as he started to step on the ladder that went down. Dutch slowly descended to the bottom of the shaft. It was long way down to the bottom. As he reached the bottom he pulled out his trench gun and attached one of the high powered flashlights to it. He shined the flashlight upwards to the rest of the group signaling it was all clear. One by one each of them descended into the cryptic tunnels. As Dutch waited for the rest of them to get down to where he was he decided to do some scouting. He slowly walked down the tunnel. The smell of sewage and dust could be smelled from his position. The flashlight shined all over the tunnel. The tunnels were so long that the light just faded off in the distance.

Dutch turned back around and moved towards the ladder. As Dutch arrived Sawyer was the last one to get down off the ladder. "These tunnels are endless, we're going to have to split up," Dutch said. "What we looking for?" Shenhua asked. "We're looking for Rock and Revy. Everything else you find just ignore it and move on. Our main priority is them," Dutch ordered. They all nodded and went in separate directions. The tunnel system was extensive. Miles and miles of tunnels that stretched across the island had been long forgotten by Roanapur. Dutch knew that this was going to take awhile to even get close to anyone any time soon.

[Church of Violence]

Eda arrived with Dreyton in tow. His team parked their trucks on the left side of the church. The troops scurried out of their vehicles and started setting up camp. Dreyton got out of the truck and looked around. "Nice set up you have here Eda," He said as he stretched his legs. "Two entry ways, and two exits, that's a decent size for an HQ," he said. "How long are you going to be in my way?" Eda asked. "Who knows, possibly until we capture Chriton maybe longer," Dretyon said as he helped unload the trucks. Eda rolled her eyes and walked into the church. She walked down the isle and towards the back to where her room was. She needed to contact Chang for assistance. She picked up the phone started to dial Chang's number. The phone rang and rang but there was no answer on his end. "Damn it!" she shouted as she threw the phone down on the hook. She turned back around and walked back to the front of the church. As she approached the front door she saw Yolanda reveal herself from the shadows. "Do you really expect them to leave after they catch Chriton?" Yolanda asked. "He has no reason to stay. Chriton is priority one target. Once they catch his ass they're gone," she said firmly. "You still have a lot of to learn Eda. There are major players here that have access to the criminal underground. The CIA wish they had as many connections as the mafia have here. They capture Chriton and they will find a way to stay on Roanapur. If you want things to go back to normal you'll find a way to get them to leave," Yolanda suggested. "We'll see," Eda said as she opened the door and stepped outside. Dreyton's men had already started setting up gun emplacements on the bridge that led across the main part of the island. Eda knew that Yolanda was right. The CIA would find a way to stay on Roanapur. She didn't know why she was worried. She is a part of the CIA but for some reason being on the island since she could remember made her think twice whether she really was apart of the CIA. Hours passed and the once quiet church was now a fortified fortress. Gun emplacements looked over the bridge that was a few hours a normal entrance. There were several tents full of communication devices and two other posing as a makeshift barracks. The back of the church was turned into a targeting range. To right of the church the trucks that brought the equipment in sat silently. Down at the small empty docks were now several high powered SBT-12 RHIB boats fully armed with three sentries on the docks. Eda was inside looking out through the window as sucking back some cheap brand liquor from the bottle. "Shit," she said to herself as she polished off the rest of the bottle.

[Hotel Moscow]

Boris monitored the radio as Balalaika and Chang sat and talked about how to deal with Chriton. "Why don't we just let the CIA handle this?" Chang suggested. "No fucking way, I want Chriton for myself. Why should I bow down to the CIA? They have their heads so far up their own ass they need a flashlight to figure out what's what," she said as she looked out the window of the dimly lit cityscape. "Well do you have a plan?" Chang asked. "Yes I do," she said confidently. "I suspect there's going to be an attack on me within the next few hours and my men are prepared for it," she said. "How could you possibly know this?" Chang inquired. She spoke into her mic telling the guards to bring in "them". The office doors opened and in walked Delta leader and his squad. They removed their ski masks and held them at their sides. Their faces were scarred all over. Some had eye patches others were missing tongues. They were an outfit that made a living out of killing and business was good. Chang sprung up from the chair and aimed his pistols at the men. They remained still and didn't flinch towards Chang's reaction. "Easy Chang it's quite alright," Balalaika said as she walked over to the group. "These are the men that killed my men and who killed your men as well," he said. "True, but these men have made me aware of when and how Chriton Is planning to attack me. Let's take a walk out to the terrace," She said to everyone. Chang kept behind as Balalaika walked in front of them leading them to the terrace. "Take a look Chang. They plan on hitting that gas station to my right and taking out the communications tower to my left as the gas station would be their distraction. After they would've done that they'll push through my blockade with trucks and smash into our building proceeding to eliminate the guards downstairs and push their way up towards me. After doing that they plan to kill Boris and Me. I can tell you now that they won't even make it past our checkpoint," Balalaika said. "See Chang, in war you mustn't reveal your hand too soon or else you won't get the higher cash prize," she stated. "So you believe everything they told you?" Chang asked. "Indeed," she said as she walked behind Delta leader and his men where Chang and her two guards were standing. "You also forgive them for killing your men?" Chang asked. "Never," she said firmly. She pulled her Stechkin out and her two guards pulled their AK-74's and blasted Delta leader and his men from behind. Balalaika holstered her pistol and walked back inside with Chang. "Get rid of the bodies," she ordered her men. The guards saluted as she left them on the terrace with the bodies of Delta team.

"What's the plan then?" Chang asked. "Don't you worry about that babe, this will be a well orchestrated plan and that's all you need to know. Just have your men situated at the checkpoint by 330hrs," she said. Chang just scratched the back of his head and figured that whatever Balalaika had planned would work. Chang looked at his watch and saw it was just about 10:30pm. He only had about four and half hours to get his men ready. He sighed and hurried out the door and went back to his office to prepare.

[Church of Violence, 10:45pm]

Dreyton and his men were huddling over the table within their communications tent looking at the map of the island. Eda opened the tent and walked inside. "So glad you could join us Eda. We've found one of Chriton secret entrances to that tunnel system he's been hiding in," Dreyton said. "What's the plan?" Eda asked. "Well, since the boss gave you the reigns, I was hoping you'd be able to lead us," Dreyton said with a smile. "Forget it; I'm not risking my neck for you ass clowns, just do it yourself," Eda said as she opened up the communications tent door. "Have you forgotten who you work for Eda? You have been given direct orders. Now you will follow them or I will permanently relieve you from this piece of shit city and have you reassigned to a cubicle!" Dreyton ordered. "Are you trying to fucking threaten me Dreyton? Don't make me laugh; you have no authority to make such an action," Eda taunted. Dreyton walked over to the satellite phone and made the call. Eda let out a deep sigh and closed the door to the tent. Eda wasn't ready to leave Roanapur yet and she wouldn't let Dreyton take her spot of control. "Fine, I'll do it but you and your men obey all my orders. If I tell you to pull back you pull back, understood?" Eda asked firmly. "We get you ma'am!" Dreyton's team responded in unison. Dreyton put the phone down and walked outside for a quick drink from his flask. As Eda briefed his men Yolanda slowly walked over to Dreyton to talk to him for a bit. "Plan on staying long?" Yolanda asked Dreyton without even looking at him. "I see no reason to but if the boss says that I should stay then we just may. Why are you concerned about Eda anyways? Your job was to provide her the cover in which you did, not get involved," Dreyton said as he took another drink. "I know what my job was but…" Yolanda paused. "But what? You were paid, your job is done. Whatever happens to Eda is none of your concern anymore. Go back into the church and pretend this conversation never happened and maybe I just might not decide to take out," Dreyton said as he finished off what was left in the flask. Yolanda was shocked by the way he talked to her. She couldn't say anything or else she knew what would happen. She walked away from Dreyton and walked back inside the church. As Dreyton was about to head in Eda came out for a quick smoke. "All finished?" Dreyton asked. "Yeah, your men are briefed we leave at 0505hrs," Eda said as she sucked the cigarette. "Yes ma'am," he said as he went back inside.

[Tunnel system, 2430hrs, Dutch and crew]

Rotten continue to scan his section but with no luck he found nothing but just more endless tunnels. "Dutch, this is Rotten. I've found nothing so far. These tunnels keep going on and on forever. I'm heading back to the where we came in, over," Rotten said. "Negative, Rotten, you continue to press on until you reach a dead end or you reach people," Dutch radioed back. Rotten sighed and continued on. Dutch checked his watch and saw that no one has even reported finding anything within the last two hours. He felt that they need to meet up with everyone again and touch base. "What's your status everyone, find anything?" Dutch asked. "No Dutch…err…nothing here," Sawyer reported. "Negative Dutch," Rotten said. Dutch waited for Shenhua but there was nothing. "Shenhua, what's your position?" Dutch asked. Only silence responded to his question but then the radio cracked and Shenhua spoke. "Hang on, I hear voices near me," she said softly. "Found them I have, get your ass to my position, need back up!" Shenhua shouted in radio. Gunfire could be heard over her radio. The gunfire echoed throughout the tunnel giving misleading directions. "I can hear them Dutch. I'm near her, moving to assist," Rotten said quickly. He pulled out his Mauser and ran towards the gunfire. Shenhua slid down the slick sewer and somersaulted over a cement block and hugged the back of it. Tracers illuminated the sewers giving away the position of the soldiers. "Keep firing!" one of the soldiers shouted.

As Shenhua ducked down as much as she could the gunfire stopped abruptly. She could hear loud claps on the ground and that's when she knew they were reloading. If she was going to stop them she had to act quickly. She pushed herself up from the ground and flung one of her blades and soldiers neck lopping off his head. Blood sprayed the other soldiers. As they tried to hurry and finish reloading Shenhua ran at full speed towards the soldiers. She unsheathed her other blade in her left hand and went for an upwards slash towards one soldiers. The soldier tried to block the blade but the blade ripped through rifle like a hot knife through butter. The blade caught his sternum and forced its way up to his mandible. She then pulled the blade out from his mouth and dropped his corpse with a kick to the head. "Fucking bitch!" one of the soldiers said as he swung his rifle by the barrel and smacked her on her shoulder. She stumbled to the side and regained balanced and came at him with both blades cutting his tactical vest. The other two soldiers pulled their batons and helped out their buddy. Shenhua was now fighting a 3 on 1 fight. The three soldiers were swinging their batons at Shenhua but she kept pace with them and blocked every single attack. The two soldiers threw out and double attack and up both her arms. The third soldier did a thrust kick into her chest making her fly backwards into the wall. The three soldiers converged on her and began beating her mercilessly. As Shenhua tried to gain a foothold her face was kicked back down to the sewer floor. She covered up her head as the batons continued to strike. "You shall all perish through my way of justice!" Rotten shouted. He sprung out from the top of an opening on the wall doing a back flip in the air landing like a pro gymnast. Three loud shots erupted from his Mauser. All three shots were aimed directly and their heads. The three soldiers dropped their batons and collapsed to the ground. Rotten holstered his pistol and stood up from his crouch position. He walked over to Shenhua and put out his hand. She took his hand and pulled herself up. He threw his arm around her and helped her up. He shined the flashlight on her face and saw the blood dripping from all over her face. "Shenhua, are you okay?" he asked as he looked at her in her eyes. "Better days I had," she said softly. She lost all feeling in her legs and couldn't hold onto Rotten any longer. Rotten held her tightly and gently put her down onto the ground. He laid his jacket underneath her and sat beside her and tried to clean her wounds. "I had it under control," she said. "Of course you did," he said as applied pressure to one her wounds. "Fucking shit that hurts!" she said loudly then punched Rotten in the chest. "Sorry," he said as kindly.

Dutch and Sawyer arrived a few minutes afterwards and saw the mess the two of them made. "Did you at least leave one of them alive so we can figure out where the hell are we?" Dutch asked. "No need," she said. "They've been marking the walls with a marker so they knew which way was which," Shenhua said. Sawyer looked at the bodies and saw the marker. "See it only with black light," she said. Dutch rolled over one of the bodies and pulled the light of the corpse and shined it on the wall. She was right. A marker pointed in the direction they needed to go. "Are you going to be able to walk?" Dutch asked. "I'm hurt, not dead," she said standing up. Rotten held her up and put her arm around his shoulder. "I can handle this, don't worry," he said. "I'm not," Dutch said as he turned away and started following the markers. The soldiers' radio popped on and heard a voice asking for them to respond. The voice grew louder but none of them answered. Sawyer crushed the radio with the heel of her boot and followed Dutch.

As they followed the markers Rotten had to stop and let Shenhua rest for a bit. Dutch, being the hard ass he is, snapped at them and told them to keep moving. "Dutch, sorry man but she needs a doctor I think," Rotten said. "No doctor, I fine, just need minute to rest that's all," she said softly. Dutch shined the light on her face and saw she was loosing blood from her head. Rotten lifted her hair and saw an open wound slowly pushing out blood. Dutch viewed her over and saw that her skull was cracked open and only part of her skull was hanging on to some small pieces of membrane. "I'm sorry to abandon you like this Dutch but I'm taking her to the hospital," Rotten said picking her up. Shenhua shoved him. "I told you, no doctor, not a light weight, can handle myself so just don't bother," Shenhua said standing up by herself. "I'm sorry…but this is for your own good," Rotten said as he turned her around and knocked her out with a punch. Her body fell to the floor but Sawyer reacted quickly enough to catch her. "I'm…err…coming…err….too," Sawyer said. The two held up Shenhua and moved away from Dutch back the opposite direction. "Good luck Dutch," Rotten said leaving Dutch to get Rock and Revy by himself.

Dutch contacted Rico on the mic. "Rico, I'm by myself now. Rotten and the other two had to take Shenhua to the hospital," Dutch radioed. "Hmm, well then you know what you have to do; don't let them down, Rico out," Rico responded. Dutch emptied out the bag and found his Remington 870 Marine Magnum along with a belt of shells, semtex, and ammo for the S&W 629. Dutch smiled to himself and loaded up. "Just like old times. Me against the world," Dutch said to himself. He tossed the bag to the side and started running down the tunnel. "I'm coming guys, hang the fuck on," said.

[Tunnel system HQ, communications room, 0120hrs]

"Sir, there's still no response from patrol 2. Should we activate the alarm?" the soldier asked. Chriton stood still rubbing his chin thinking that it wasn't time yet. He got on the radio and radioed his mechanic up top. "How long would it take for you to outfit the oil tanker with a battering ram and armor plating?" Chriton asked. "Shouldn't take any longer than an hour and a half or so sir," he replied. "Good, make it happen then," Chriton ordered. Chriton spoke into the intercom, "Listen up men, Operation Mongoose has been moved up to 0430hrs. Get ready for hell men," Chriton said. "And the intruder sir?" the soldier asked. "Tighten all defenses around the prisoner quarters. Have the rest of the men to continue getting ready," Chriton said. The soldier saluted and got onto all frequencies and started issuing orders. Chriton left the room and headed to his quarters and decided to rest for bit before he got ready because he knew the next sleep he would get he wouldn't wake from.

As Chriton rested Talia walked around the compound radioing Delta team trying to get in touch with them. "Delta, come in damn it!" she hollered. There was no response. She called the communications center and asked whether or not the Delta team ever checked out. The communications officer told her that there was no sign of them ever leaving. With that information she could only assume that they left without checking in with the communications officer which meant the one thing she dreaded from her own soldiers, mutiny. She walked back to her quarters and shut the door then started swearing up a storm that would make even a sailor think it was harsh language. Talia knew there was nothing that could be and she needed to accept that but having her Delta Team leader say that they were with her to the end then up and turn around and pull a mutiny just threw her off. She punched the wall out of disappointment and screamed "Fuck!" she yelled. The word echoed all throughout the entire compound. She slowly sulked down to the floor and put her hands between her hands and closed her eyes. "They all betrayed me, they all betrayed me…" she said as she clinched her AK-101.

As Chriton slept and Talia slipped further away from herself, Jones thought it was the perfect time to enact his plan. He made his way to the communications room. The soldier was sitting at the communications board monitoring all channels. Jones slowly approached the soldier from behind. He loosened his hands and cracked his neck slightly. In one quick motion Jones places his hand underneath the officer's chin and the other on top of his hand snapped his neck. The officer fell out from the chair. Jones disabled all communications equipment and turned off all security cameras. He then left the room and went straight for the armory. Walking into the armory two soldiers were standing guard. They saluted Jones immediately. "Take a break guys," he ordered. "Negative sir, we've been issued orders my Chriton himself to not leave our position," one of the soldiers said. Jones expression on his face went to normal to unpleasant quickly. "That's a fucking shame, to have this damn insignia on my fucking sleeve and not be able give a simple order. Good thing I already left my resignation in the communications room," Jones said with a laugh. The two soldiers looked at each other and didn't know what he meant but continued to stand their ground. "You men are good soldiers, foolish, but good soldiers," he as he removed his sidearm and shot the guards in their chest. He stepped over their bodies and looked for the explosives. As soon as he spotted them he cracked open the crate of semtex and planted a charge under one of the other disarmed charge. "A little surprise Chriton," he said. After the charge was set Jones proceeded up topside to the airfield. He locked the airfield entrance with a double padlock. He pulled out the detonator and pulled the trigger. Jones sat there and pulled the trigger but once again nothing happened. "Please don't let it be," he said to himself. He flipped open the backside of the detonator and saw there were no batteries inside. "Fuck my life!" Jones shouted. He couldn't go through the entrance he just locked because the padlocks didn't come with keys. He shook his head and started running to the other hatch on the other side of the airfield.

[Dutch, Sewer opening to compound, 0200hrs]

Dutch finally hit the end of the sewer system and came upon the compound. He viewed the entire compound from his position. "Holy shit," he said as he viewed the compound. There was a large 15ft high wall which surrounded the inside. The compound was at least two football fields long and about the same across. It was a small city from the looks of it. Several lights flickered throughout the compound illuminating the small stone bunkers. The compound was connected by large corridors. There were guard towers stationed every few hundred feet; they were all placed around the perimeter. Dutch took in the view and took another deep breath and jumped from his position and slid down the slope which led to the bottom. Dutch gathered himself and primed the semtex. As he was placing the semtex on the wall he saw a figure in the corner of his appear out from nowhere and slip through a hidden entrance. Dutch finished placing the semtex on the wall and followed the shadowy figure inside.

He crept behind him while trying to stay within the shadows to avoid being caught. The man didn't bother keeping to the shadows and just raced through all areas. Dutch was having trouble keeping up with the man and avoiding patrols. The figure finally ducked into one of the buildings. Dutch cracked opened the door to the building and watched the man pull out his sidearm and flashlight and tactically peeked out of the corners. He moved from wall to wall quickly. Dutch moved inside behind the figure. Two guards were slowly approaching his position. The man crouched down and spun out from the corner with his pistol in hand and fired off a few rounds at the guards. The silenced weapon dropped the guards quickly. The man ran down the hallway and leaped over the bodies and ducked into another room on the right. Dutch quickly followed him and pressed up against the wall where the man went into. Dutch peeked inside and saw the figure getting something out from a crate. Dutch moved in and pulled his gun and pointed it at the man. "Nice moves," Dutch said. The figure turned around with his weapon in hand and something else in the other hand. The dim lit room threw shadows on the man face. "Oh Dutch, I'm surprised you've made it this far," the man said. "How the hell…" as Dutch was speaking the man came out from the shadows. It was Jones. "I don't have time to play with you Dutch, my quarrel isn't with you," Jones said. "A traitor eh, what happened?" Dutch asked. "Does it really matter, all that matters is that I'm done with Chriton and his little revenge crew," Jones said. "Where are they?" Dutch asked firmly. "Your friends?" Jones responded. "Hmm, last time I checked Revy was in the prisoner cell and Rock was put into a storage closet," Jones said. "Where?" Dutch asked as he inched closer to Jones. "I'm not your enemy Dutch, put the gun down and I'll show you," Jones said. Dutch knew that Jones was the only quick way in finding them. Dutch regretfully agreed to Jones solution. Dutch holstered his pistol and walked over to Jones. Jones handed him a few tear gas grenades and two flash-bang grenades. Jones grabbed two gas masks and the detonator and led Dutch to Revy.

They moved down several corridors and finally got to holding area. "These guys are prepared to fight to the death and will stop at nothing to make sure you don't succeed. No mercy," Jones said strictly. Dutch loaded his pistol and his shotgun then threw on the gas mask. Jones cracked the door and tossed in two tear gas grenades. "Grenade!" one of the soldiers shouted. The grenade exploded and yellow smoke dispersed from the canister. The soldiers who didn't act fast enough began choking and collapsed to the ground. Those who acted were able to put on their gas masks. "Now Dutch," Jones said. Dutch tossed in the flash-bang grenades and waited for the pop. As soon as there was the pop Jones and Dutch entered. Guns drawn they fired upon the blind and choking soldiers. Blood splattered across the walls as the bullets entered and exited the bodies. Within seconds the men who were guarding Revy's cell were dead and Dutch and Jones appeared out from the gas. Dutch slowly opened the door to Revy's cell and found her hanging in place. Her body was scarred and burn marks went up and down her body. "Revy!" Dutch exclaimed as he rushed over to Revy and cut her down from the rope. Dutch pulled her body out from the tub of water and looked her over. She was barely conscious as Dutch checked her bandages. "Damn, Chriton did a number on her," Jones said as he started stepping away back to the door. "You've got 30 minutes to find your other friend Dutch and if you're not out by then, well…" Jones said as he shook the detonator within his hand. Dutch understood and thanked Jones. Jones darted the other way and left Dutch and Revy.

"I need you to gain whatever strength you have left Revy and pull yourself up," Dutch said to Revy. Weakened Revy mustered all her strength and slowly stood up while she held onto Dutch. "What took you so fucking long?" Revy asked with a small smile. Dutch chuckled and helped her out the room. "Do you know what happened to Rock?" Revy asked. "He's in a storage room not far from here," Dutch said. "When I see him, I'm going to make him pay for having him getting me into this mess," she said. Dutch and Revy pressed on from the holding cell and got to a door which led outside. As Dutch opened the door distant automatic fire could be heard off in the distance then there was a loud explosion. Smoke rose from one of the buildings on the other side of the compound. Troops quickly ran to figure out the commotion. Dutch found the perfect time to set off the semtex. Dutch pulled the trigger for the semtex and blew up a section of the wall. Sirens roared and spotlights came on where the guard towers were. "Come on Revy we need to get Rock and leave, this place is going to get bad in a few minutes," Dutch said. Revy nodded her headed and limped along with Dutch.]

[30 minutes until explosion, 0230hrs,]

[0215hrs, Chriton's quarters, 15minutes earlier]

Chriton was resting silently as he heard footsteps outside the door. There was a knock at his door. "What?" Chriton asked. "It's me, Talia," she said. "What is it?" he shouted. "Can I see you, we need to talk," she said softly. Chriton sat up and walked over to the door and opened it up. He saw Talia standing there sweaty with her black tight tank top on with her bra strap draped over her arm and her loose fitting overalls on. She had her hair up in a loose fitting pony tail. She just stood in front of his door looking him as if she want something from him. She pushed Chriton back and started kissing him. Chriton was surprised by her actions and tried to get her to stop. She pushed him again on his bed. She took off her overalls and let them drop to the ground. She was wearing black cotton panties. She crawled onto Chriton and placed him between her thighs and straddled him and continued kissing him. "Talia, this is highly unprofessional," Chriton said as he tried to get her off him. She clinched her thighs on his legs tightly so he would stop moving. "What's wrong Chriton? Aren't I good enough to be with you?" I'm better than that bitch you have here, "She said as she licked and sucked on his neck. Trying to maintain focus Chriton continued to resist her. "Talia, get off me, that is an order!" Chriton yelled. Talia immediately pulled back her hand and slashed him across his face with her blade she had hidden on her body. Chriton's eyes widen as he felt the gash on his cheek begin dripping blood. "Guards!" he shouted but she muffled his voice by kissing him. "Oh god, you feel so good!" Talia exclaimed. She glanced at the door and held him in position. Her eyes returned to him. "You were going to leave me weren't you?" she asked. "I have no idea what you're talking about," Chriton said. "Don't you fucking lie to me. You were going to leave me after you finished Balalaika. Abandon me just like Delta did," she said. "Huh?" Chriton said sounding confused. "I won't let you leave me. Perhaps he was right. Maybe it is my time but if it is then do I let you live or do I cut your jugular?" she questioned. Chriton squirmed and wiggled loose from her thighs just enough to get his leg free. He thrust his leg right into her chest. She tumbled backwards and off him landing on the floor. "Guards!" he shouted. The guards opened the door and peeked inside. Chriton ran for the door with his pants around his ankles holding his cheek. "Kill her!" he ordered. The guards looked at Talia but hesitated as it was their second in command. Talia pulled her last weapon she had strapped to her back. It was a M203 grenade launcher with one grenade in it. She pointed it at them and with no hesitation she fired. "thunk," the launcher made as the grenade was ejected from the launcher directly at the guards. The explosion blew up the door and the hallway wall. Chriton went flying back into the wall as the explosion went off.

[Current time, 0245hrs, 15 minutes until explosion]

As Talia was coughing from the black smoke filling the room she called out to Chriton. "We're not done yet babe, far from it," she said. Jus then another explosion was heard across the base. The base alarms went off. "Intruder alert, intruder alert!" the alarm system blared. Chriton made a quick escape from the room as Talia was regaining her poise. He dashed for the nearest guards and gave him the current information on Talia. "She is regarded as highly dangerous, she is to be shot on sight, no questions asked," he said to the guards. They nodded and ran back behind him towards Talia position. Commotion was everywhere and guards scurrying about. Chriton grabbed one of the guards running and questioned him. "What fuck is going on?" he asked. "Sir, we've got a blown out section of the wall. They have killed a group of our men and have escaped with the woman sir," the soldier said. "Shit!" Chriton yelled. "That isn't the bad news sir," the soldier explained. "Our security system has been down for the past hour or so. We've just turned them back on and found out that we have a large group of transports on their way here sir. Not quite sure who they are but the size of them tells us that there is a lot of them," the solider said finishing his explanation. "Let me see your radio," Chriton said. The soldier handed him his radio. "Operation Mongoose is a no go, we are about to have company men. Get your asses in gear and get ready. Meet at the front entrance in seven minutes. If any of you see Talia you are to kill her, no questions asked," Chriton ordered.

As the guards rushed to their positions, Talia was able to slip back into her room unnoticed. She grabbed her AK101 and popped in a double banana clip and loaded up the rest of her essentials. "I should've taken over when Delta suggested it. How could I be so stupid? He thinks that he can just leave me high and dry, fuck that. I'll show him that to double cross me is something you don't come back from," Talia said as she cocked back her AK101. Talia took off her uniform and slipped on her old Spetsnaz gear. She cut the sleeves half way off on her jacket so it wouldn't restrict her movement. She put on the prototype body armor then the tactical vest. Hurrying up she laced her steel toed boots and almost forgot her most important thing. She turned around to her storage closet and pulled out a rusted metal box. "I never thought I'd have to use this on him but desperate times call for desperate measures," she said. She reached underneath the box and pulled the key off that was duct taped on the bottom. She unlocked the rusted box and opened it. Removing the white cloth she viewed her Springfield Armory Operator. It was matte black with a silver polished finished handle. There were 10 clips fully loaded sitting next to it. She took apart the gun and greased it quickly then popped a clip into it and cocked it back. "Perfect," she said with a smile. She holstered the gun and took a peek outside. It was all clear. The only sound heard was the secondary alarm going off. She stepped outside into the hallway and took a deep breath. She took one last look behind her at the uniform Chriton gave her and slammed the door behind her.

[Dutch and Revy searching for Rock, other side of the compound]

They kept looking for Rock. Calling out his name waiting for a response but there was nothing. "This is the last storage area Revy. If he isn't in here then we're just going to have to leave him. I'm sorry but I can't just risk it," Dutch said solemnly. "Forget it Dutch. We find him or we don't leave at all," Revy said. "Rock!" they both yelled hoping to hear his voice and sure enough they did. It was faint but they heard it still. Revy pushed herself with all her strength and got to the door where the voice came from. "Rock are you in here?" she shouted. "Oh god Revy, it's good to hear your voice. Are you okay?" he asked. "I've been a hell of a lot better that's for sure," she said. Dutch pushed her aside and kicked opened the door. The door popped off its hinges from the force. Dutch and Revy walked into the room and pulled Rock out. His body had bruises and cuts all over. Dutch kneeled down and looked him over. Surprisingly Rock was okay except for his ring finger on his left hand had caught frostbite. "He'll be fine Revy," Dutch said reassuring Revy of his health. "Now we have to go we only have seven minutes," Dutch said as he looked at his watch. "Can you walk?" Dutch asked Rock. "Yeah I can," he replied. "Good then help me carry Revy," Dutch said. They both lifted her up and quickly moved to find an exit.

They ran across the compound as quick as they could but inevitably their efforts were useless because as they were running the bomb exploded. There was a blinding bright flash then an explosion that flung everyone back like rag dolls. A great big ball of flames swirled into the air and spread itself out through all the tunnels. It was as if the gates of Hell had actually opened because the heat from the blast was so intense that the people who weren't as close to the blast still felt heat. Roanapur shook violently as if it was giant earthquake hitting. Sewer lids fell up into the sky as the fireball punctured the roads and sewer systems. The explosion that felt like the end of the world had stopped elapsing over just about a minute. The compound had been turned to rubble and Chriton and his forces were scattered everywhere. Most were dead some barely alive. Revy and Dutch were lying on their back covered in dirt. A loud buzzing sound could only be heard from the both of them. It was as if a cannon had exploded next to them. Dutch got to his hands and knees and stumbled over to Revy. "Are you okay?" He called out to her. "What?!" she said as if the question he asked was confusing. He put her down near a blown out wall and dusted her off. "Are you okay?" he asked again. "I'm fine but my ears hurt like hell," she said as she covered her ears. "Where's Rock?" she said loudly. "I don't know I haven't seen him. Stay here, I'm going to check around for him," Dutch answered. Revy grabbed Dutch's arm before he left. and pointed to his bicep. Dutch looked at his arm and saw a large open wound on his arm. He touched it and felt a searing pain shoot up from his arm. "Fuck!" he shouted in agony. Dutch ripped off a piece of his shirt and made a quick bandage. "You're losing a good amount of blood," Revy said. "I know, but this should slow it down at least," Dutch said. Revy nodded and shooed him away as if she was telling him to find Rock.

Revy was so tired she could barely stay awake. She started to slip in out of consciousness. Soldiers wandered passed her but didn't bother doing anything as they were too hurt to attack. As she fell into the dream world she could hear Rock calling out to her. "Help me Revy," his voice said. She ran towards the voice but then it the voice came from the back of her. She turned around and went the other but heard it again from another direction. "Where are you?" she yelled. "Help me Revy," the voice said again. The voice kept saying help me but she could never find him. She soon found a body off in the distance that wasn't moving. The voiced called out to her again and she rushed over to the body and turned it over and saw it was Rock. "Why couldn't you have saved me Revy? I was counting you. WHY!?" The body screeched as its hands reached for her face then turned to dust. Revy screamed and woke up with Dutch shaking her. "Easy Revy," Dutch said holding her hands in place. "I found Rock. He's in bad shape though," Dutch said as he helped up Revy again. They moved over to his body and saw him on the ground with a large corrugated metal shard was piercing through stomach. "Oh no Rock!" Revy exclaimed as she ran to him. There was no blood pouring out from the wound. It was as if the shard was blocking the blood. "I'm sorry Rock, I'm sorry," she said repeatedly. "Don't be sorry. It's not your fault," he said. "Can we move him Dutch?" she asked. " I don't know. I'm afraid that if we do he'll start losing blood quickly and we are too far from a hospital," Dutch responded. "It's ok, I deserve this. I killed a man with my own two hands. This is my punishment," Rock said. "Shut up Rock, it's not like that at all. You're going to be just fine," Revy said as she slipped her hand onto his hand and held it tightly. As she held his hand the cave started to shake again. It started slow then the paced quickened. The ceiling began collapsing and stalactites started coming down crushing the floor. "Cave in!" A soldier shouted. The shaking continued to get worse. "Ahhhhhhh!" Rock screamed in pain as the shard sent vibrations through his body. "We need to go Revy," Dutch said. "Forget it, not without Rock," she said still holding his hand. "Go Revy, this is me right here," Rock said with a slight smile. "No, fuck that, I'm not leaving you. My job is to protect you and I'm not going to fail my job," she said. "You need to leave Revy, now get out of here," Rock said. Dutch wrapped his arms around her and pulled her up. "Let me go Dutch, let me the fuck go!" She yelled. "Take good care of her Dutch," Rock said. Dutch nodded and turned his back and put Revy over his shoulder and started running. "Rock!" she called out his name reaching out to him. She choked on the words she thought she never would utter in her life. She shouted those very words out her mouth but her voice was muffled due to the loud trembling noise. Rock reached out his hand as well and with a blink of an eye Rock vanished as Dutch turned the corner. "No!" she screamed as Dutch hurried to find a way out.

Dutch saw few soldiers getting into small trucks getting ready to leave. The soldiers saw him and Revy and opened fire on them. Dutch let go Revy and pulled his revolver on the soldiers and dropped them with a few shots. Dutch grabbed Revy and continued running for the truck. He placed Revy in the back and opened the driver's side door and pulled out the driver by his collar and flung him to the ground. "Hang on Revy," Dutch called out to her but she didn't respond. He floored the accelerator and followed the other escaping trucks. The walls were folding in all around the trucks as they made their way topside. A giant stalactite took out one of the trucks in the middle crushing the men in back. Dutch swerved the truck to the right and evaded the crushed debris. There was opening at the end of the tunnel and Dutch could see it clearly. The opening expanded as they approached. As soon as they hit exit the rest of the tunnel caved in behind them.

Dutch made a left outside the tunnel and then halted the truck. "Benny, do you copy? over," Dutch radioed. "Yeah I read you. For a minute there I thought I lost you. Is everyone ok?" Benny asked. "Yeah Revy and I are fine," he said. "What about Rock?" Benny inquired. "Rock...Rock didn't make Benny," Dutch said quickly. "You can't be serious," Benny said. "Yeah, he was stuck and the cave started to come down and we couldn't move him," Dutch said. "Fucking hell," Benny said lowly. "Where are you guys now?" Dutch asked. "We're about a mile out from where we dropped you off at, where are you?" Benny asked. "I'm not sure, I believe we're on the east end of the island. I'll set a signal fire, watch for black smoke," Dutch said. "Roger, over and out," Benny confirmed. Dutch got back into the truck and drove it towards further onto beach and stopped. He got out and helped Revy get out from the back. She climbed out quietly and walked away from Dutch and sat by herself just staring at the ocean. Dutch didn't know what to say and decided it was best not to say anything. He pulled out whatever was in the back of the truck and tossed it into a big pile. He place the spare tires on pile and lit the heap of junk on fire. The fire quickly took to the tires and started spreading black smoke into the sky. It would be hard for Benny to see them at the moment but sunrise was in two hours and figured they'd be close enough to them to view it Dutch figured. Dutch got back into the gave a big sigh of relief and pain. He smashed his fist into the dashboard cracking the dashboard.

Meanwhile as Dutch and Revy waited for Benny, Eda and Dreyton were flying over what use to be the airfield. They surveyed the area from above in the chopper and saw it was partially a sink hole. "Dreyton call for all men and excavation crews out to this site. We need confirmation that Chriton is dead. I want that fuckers body found," Eda said. "You got it," Dreyton confirmed. As he got on the radio the chopper landed a portion of the airfield that was still intact. Dreyton's men got and started sweeping the area for any resistance. Eda climbed out and walked towards where the sinkhole. She looked over the edge and took a huge spit down into the sink hole. "This is going to be a hell of a morning," she said. "They're on their way Eda," Dreyton called out. "I'll get my men to secure and hold the perimeter. We'll set up command in that radio tower," Dreyton said. Eda nodded and walked back to the chopper and made a call to Michelle. "It's me, Chriton is MIA again. I believe that his body is somewhere within this wreckage," she said. "I want confirmation that he's dead, understood?" Michelle said. "Yep," Eda responded. "Anything on that other thing?" Michelle asked. "Negative, but my eyes are open," Eda said. "Watch your ass al...Eda," Michelle said ending the conversation there. "He's still alive" Eda said to herself.

[Hotel Moscow, office building,]

"Has there been any confirmation?" She asked. "None, but his forces from the look at it are down to only a few now. Your orders?" he asked. "Tell all men to stand down. Keep up the patrols though," she said. "Understood," he confirmed. Balalaika got up from her chair and stared outside to Roanapur. She wanted to feel his throat crush beneath her firm grasp but knowing what she knows now she felt as if she would never get the chance. She couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched though. She walked out her office slowly and met up with Boris who was waiting for her. "It's unfortunate that it ended like this ma'am," Boris said. "Unfortunate indeed but something just doesn't feel right," she said. "I concur with what you're feeling," Boris agreed. They got into the elevator and went up to her suite. The elevators doors closed and ascended upwards into the building. The doors opened and they both walked into her living room. She poured a drink for Boris and handed it to him. "Maybe it's a sign," Boris said as he drank from his glass. "A sign?" she questioned. "We've gotten old and though we're able to still handle ourselves maybe it's just saying if it didn't happen this way it could've been our last," Boris said finishing up his drink. "Hmm..." Balalaika thought to herself. "Whichever the reason, I still wish I had the chance," Balalaika said as she finished her drink. "Goodnight ma'am," Boris said as she walked back to the elevator. "Goodnight," Balalaika responded as she closed the doors behind her as she went into her bedroom.

[Tunnel exit #2, 10miles from Downtown Roanapur]

Unearthed dirt laid unevenly across the ground from the tunnel exit. The cool wind blew quietly across the landscape [Camera pans across the dirt]. "It can't end like this, far too much to accomplish, not yet," he said to himself. "Get up Chriton, Get up," he told himself. [Camera situates itself over moving dirt] . Chriton forces his body out from dirt. It was as if the devil breathed his hot breath back into his soul to reap his last revenge. He couldn't remember how he got here but he knew it was as if he was given the second chance. As he sat on his knees brushing himself off he heard a voice. "No more running. I saved you so I could do this myself and not let a cave in take you away from me," the voice said. He turned around and saw Talia standing firmly in place watching him with her cold heartless eyes. [Camera positions itself behind Chriton's head viewing him and Talia standing tall holding her Operator point at his head]. "Fucking bitch..." Chriton's last words he breathed as the bullet burrowed into his skull and forced itself out the back [Camera is sprayed with blood and brain matter and cuts to black].

[Ending Credits: UVERworld: Rush]

[Next Episode of Black Lagoon]

Chriton has been removed from the picture by his subordinate Talia. She is now has to regroup with what's left of Chriton's forces and exact HER revenge on the Balalaika and Eda. Revy is lost now and feels that without Rock she doesn't know what to think. She can only feel the sadness building up in her chest. The sadness from a love she had never got love is slowly turning to hate which only leads to one thing; and that's a high body count. As a dying bull makes starts to make it's final charge Eda finds out who the mole is within the CIA. The odds are stacking up against her fairly quickly and with her will swaying from side to side about being with the CIA she decides to take the road she only knows. The only thing left is the aftermath which is the worse part of an explosion.

[Next time on Black Lagoon, Episode 12: Aftermath]