Alana's World Tour: Roanapur
Chapter 5: Greenback Jane and the Cartel Part 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Black Lagoon or the concept of Intelligent Devices
Alana blinked her eyes open and stared at the slowly spinning fan above her. She felt quite relaxed on the rather comfortable bed as she felt a warm body press up against her. She looked over without moving her head to see a mane of greenish hair resting across her chest, a slender arm draped across her stomach.
She was instantly aware of everything, namely the fact that she was in her nightgown and her device, Elegantes Herz, was sitting on the nightstand while the woman was nude, they were both covered by a thin silk sheet, and one of her smooth legs was snaked around Alana's in a gentle but firm grip.
She looked at her and smiled warmly as the events of last night came to mind.
Flashback Start
As they walked Shenhua and Baldomero heard Alana say softly "It was a perfect night, right?" as the sky and moon returned to normal.
Traveling down the streets of Roanapur, Alana let Shenhua lead the way to her apartment, in the district ruled over by the Triad. As the two women walked and carried Baldomero, they talked about nothing in particular and more about recent events such as their working together and the events at the plaza.
When they reached Shenhua's apartment, the Taiwanese woman opened the door and helped get Baldomero through the door.
After they arrived in Shenhua's somewhat lavish living room, which she could afford because Mr. Chang paid her well for success, Alana gently set Baldomero on Shenhua's couch and Shenhua came over saying "Alana want drink?"
"That is kind of you to offer, but Baldomero, my fledgeling, he needs a drink more than I at present."
"Shenhua understand." the Taiwanese woman said as she undid part of her top to allow Baldomero access to her neck, only for Alana to stop her and shake her head 'no' and explain herself. "He is too young just yet. Should he bite you you very well may become one of the undead, allow me." Alana then breathed gently on Shenhua's neck around her jugular, very gently sinking her fangs into the vein and drinking until her mouth was full, then stopping and raising Baldomero's head as she sent him a mental burst telling him what she was doing as she lowered her mouth to just over his and allowed Shenhua's blood to pour into Baldomero's mouth.
After Baldomero finished swallowing that, Alana repeated the process several times before she stopped.
Once finished and Baldomero began to sleep, Alana healed Shenhua's neck and let her guide her to her bedroom so that Shenhua and Alana could get their rest. Once there Alana and Shenhua both undressed except Alana wore a nightgown she borrowed from Shenhua who simply stripped down to the nude as she began to sway from blood loss, prompting Alana to quickly reach over and steady her before gently setting her on the silk sheets and laying down with her.
Flashback End
Alana and Shenhua, both fully dressed, Alana wearing a Cheongsam, jacket, and sandals Shenhua loaned her along with her gloves, holsters, and swords, sat in Shenhua's living room with an awakened Baldomero.
Looking at him they found him to be a well-built man of Spanish descent with a physique like that of a God with chiseled abs held up by a narrow waist and holding up a full chest and broad shoulders with arms that were lean but well toned. Short dark brown hair and blue-green eyes that twinkled with a surprising good mirth. Baldomero gave a handsome cut by anyone's standards.
"Hey Boss" Baldomero started and Alana looked over, she didn't mind his turn of phrase as his referring to her that way could be understood as the same as him calling her his master. "Yes, my fledgeling?"
"What's our next move?" he said and Alana said calmly "First things first. We shall visit the Rip-off church to see what their prices are for my special ammunition as well as to acquire a weapon for you to use."
"I mean no disrespect jefe, but what do I need a weapon for? I am a Nosferatu now." Baldomero asked and Alana sighed once before saying "Baldomero, you require a weapon in order to keep from using your powers excessively, which would draw undue attention to our activities. I will train you in how to use them, but first you need to become accustomed to the 'life' of a vampire."
Baldomero didn't say anything in response, but the subtle nod of his head was enough to let Alana know that he understood her instructions as the phone next to Shenhua's bed went off and Shenhua answered it.
"Shenhua." she said. "Yes. She here," she replied, then had Alana come over to her and handed the phone to her.
"Yes?"
(Alana-san! Thank God you're alright. I've been calling everywhere trying to find you.)
"Rokuro-kun? I'm fine."
(When you didn't show up back at the office, I got worried.)
"My apologies. I became a little sidetracked during my mission."
(Alana-san?)
"Yes, Rokuro-kun?"
(Are you… where I think you are?)
"Where is it that you think I am?"
(Shenhua's bed)
"No, I am at her place of residence however."
(Oh, I see. Well I wanna let you know that Benny's girlfriend is in town and he's with her today. By the way, her name is Janet Bhai.)
"Also known as 'Greenback Jane'. The Council has had an eye on her for quite some time. Alright, thank you for checking on me and letting me know about Benny's engagement. I will see you later to introduce my fledgeling."
(Wait! What? You have a fledgeling?)
"Yes, I turned him just last night."
(This can't be good. Well I guess I will talk with you later.)
"Of course, Rokuro-kun. Bye" she said, handing the phone back to Shenhua, who placed it upon the receiver.
"Rock worry?" she asked.
"Yes. But everything seems okay. Would you like to accompany me?" Alana asked and Shenhua nodded as they got up and left, Baldomero leaving his upper body bare and wearing jeans and shoes.
(Rip-off Church)
When they arrived at the church, Alana found herself amused with the fact that the name wasn't just for show, the Rip-off church really was a church, albeit with some darkness held within as Alana could sense faint hints of greed and violence. Knocking on the door she heard someone call out "Come in damn it!" and Alana instantly recognized the voice as Revy's as another woman's voice yelled at her "You dumb bitch why'd you have to go and answer the door like that?"
"Just shut the fuck up Eda." Revy called as Alana walked in followed by Shenhua and Baldomero.
As soon as Revy saw Alana with Shenhua her face turned pale as she saw that the two wore almost identical outfits and Alana's weapons were all accounted for. The woman with Revy, who appeared to be a nun wearing tinted glasses, noticed Revy's face out of the corner of her eyes and whispered "What's goin' on Two-hands, you scared of one little woman?"
"Just shut the fuck up Eda! that one woman could tear you apart with her bare hands without breaking a sweat." Revy snapped in a hiss.
"Her bare hands huh?" Eda remarked quizzically as she blinked a couple of times at Alana who reached them and stopped before saying "Greetings, I am Alana Helsing. Might I inquire as to who I would speak to in order to acquire 'special' merchandise." Eda was taken aback by Alana's greeting but caught herself and said "You might wanna talk to Sister Yolanda about that."
"Ah I see, could you please direct me to her then?" Alana responded just as an elderly woman wearing a nun's habit with an eye-patch over her right eye appeared and said "I am sister Yolanda, what kind of merchandise are you searching for? Child."
Alana's response was to draw the Gospel and eject the round in the chamber and hand it to Sister Yolanda before saying "I am in need of a steady supply of these rounds; 13mm armour-piercing rounds with a baptized, explosive mercury core powered by a very special chemical and with casings of Macedonian silver." then she ejected an unfired cartridge from the Velsignet Vind and explained it as well.
Once she was finished she heard the sister sigh in contemplation before saying "It is actually quite interesting that you have come to us requesting those particular rounds. The rounds for the Hunters ARMS .454 auto Velsignet Vind and the Hunters ARMS 13mm auto anti-monster combat pistol "Gospel." A well-dressed gentleman came by here just yesterday and asked us to keep those rounds as well as four very special pistols until your arrival. He even paid us a very handsome fee for doing so."
Alana was surprised at this development, only one man could have made this request. Her uncle, Gunther Hardy. "Tell me, did this gentleman give his name?" Alana asked and the sister nodded as she said "Yes, he said his name was Sir Gunther Hardy and that he was a retainer for the Helsing Clan. Would you like for me to show you to the weapons he delivered here?"
"Yes, please." Alana stated and Sister Yolanda led her to a cabinet where four large cases sat and had Alana take the cases down and open them.
Alana's eyes grew large in surprise as she opened the first case to find an exact replica of the Velsignet Vind, but with it's frame, slide, and hammer intricately and painstakingly beautifully engraved as well as additions to the frame and barrel and with the giant pistol she found a letter from her uncle and she read it aloud as she examined the giant pistol.
Dear Alana.
I thought you could use additional firepower so I took the liberty of recreating your grandfather's pistols once more. I know how the youngsters of today place great pride on having impressive firearms and a powerful daughter of a great and noble clan is no exception to this trend. The Velsignet Vind and Gospel have been beautifully and intricately engraved befitting your station as well as lightened by using lighter and stronger alloys in their construction and I have also taken the liberty of creating a paired weapon system in case you come across any allied monsters during your commission there.
The two new weapons are, unlike the Velsignet and Gospel in that, where the two previous combat pistols are clearly based upon the Colt M1911A1, the new pistols are based upon the Desert Eagle, which is designed and marketed by Magnum Research and manufactured by Israel Military Industries, and feature a built in recoil compensator and laser sight. These same additions have been made to the 'A1' Velsignet Vind and Gospel as well to offset the weight decreases made by the engraving processes and new alloy. I sincerely hope that you will find these pistols to your satisfaction.
Your Uncle, Gunther.
After she finished reading she drew the original Velsignet Vind and set it on the table before picking up and setting the new one in it's place before setting her old one gently in the case before doing the same with the new Gospel, finding the engravings very beautiful and to her liking. Opening the cases for the new pistols, her breath caught in her throat as she took in their appearance.
The new pistols appeared to be gold plated in addition to their intricate and beautiful engravings and, with a 16" length to match the Velsignet Vind and Gospel, had a look of raw power that had even her nervous as she picked them up and noticed that they came with thigh holsters. She handed the holsters to Baldomero who grinned like a schoolboy about to bust noses out in the yard before he quickly tied the holsters low on his thighs for an easy draw and accepted the golden weapons, only to be blinded by an intense light coming from them as a new engraving appeared on the frames and looking at the engravings once the light went away he found them to be a dedication; To Baldomero de la Cruz from Hunter Arms Weapon Industrials Inc., Hunters ARMS 12.7mm auto anti-monster combat pistol "Archangel."
"Jefe, muchos gracias." Baldomero said in thanks as Alana pulled out the desert eagles she had taken from Gang and set them in the cases formerly occupied by the Archangels. "Sister Yolanda?" Alana began.
"Yes, what it is my child?" the old nun responded and Alana continued saying "I would like to send these pistols back to my uncle so that he may frame them for me. Can I ask you to give them to him the next time he is here?"
"But of course. Ah, I just remembered something."
"Yes?"
"Sir Gunther Hardy asked that you be informed that he would like the original Velsignet Vind and Gospel back. He included the costs of holding these mighty pistols for him in his payment, so rest assured we shall do as you ask. Lady Helsing."
"I thank you, Sister Yolanda. May great fortune smile upon you." Alana said as Baldomero came forward and picked up a few clips of ammo for his new 'toys' before working the action and loading them up with seven rounds to a clip, noticing that their rounds appeared identical to the Gospels. After he was finished he looked directly into Alana's eyes and said "Boss, I feel a strange sensation just by standing in this place." and Alana nodded as she said "That is quite fitting, as this place is, despite it's more unsavory operations, a place of divine worship."
As they stood there, Alana thanked Sister Yolanda for her time before she, Baldomero, and Shenhua returned to where Eda and Revy were, but not before Alana made sure to check and load her two new pistols.
After returning they had just met up with Revy when the doors burst open and a relatively short woman with creamy brown skin, blond hair, and brown eyes fell into the church from her own sheer momentum, causing herself to roll in and end up on her neck and shoulders with her skirt down, exposing her panties. Quickly sitting up she looked up and saw Baldomero and freaked saying "Damnit the Cartel is here too!" and she ran towards the door again, only for Alana to quickly vanish and reappear in her path saying "What seems to be the problem, Ms. Bhai?"
Greenback Jane was taken aback by being addressed by her last name but not before she warned "Watch out!" only to hear the buzz of a bullet as it smacked into Alana's back and was quickly followed by several more, the back of her jacket becoming stained red with blood but she showed no other outward signs of having been shot as Baldomero came forward while drawing the Archangels and saying "Those idiotas, firing on el casa de Dios." To Jane's shock she heard Alana said calmly "it was a rather poor choice, was it naught?" before she turned around and Jane saw Alana's skin was unblemished in the bullet holes on her clothes before the clothes seemingly repaired themselves and the stains vanished.
"Hey jefe, how about the one who kills the least of those idiotas buys the drinks?" Baldomero smarted off with a toothy grin that revealed one fang and Jane heard Alana laugh demurely in mirth as she said "You, I will agree to this." then she drew the Gospel and let the hammer drop, outright destroying a car that several cartel members sat behind in a large fireball, then before they could react to the flying and flaming car, Alana drilled them through the heart with the black pistol in her hand before drawing the Velsignet Vind as Baldomero opened fire.
It took less than a minute for the two gunslingers to completely annihilate the Colombian Cartel thugs sent after Jane, but by the end of it Alana and Baldomero had devolved the battle into a slaughter as their very accurate and fast shots enabled them to riddle the cars full of holes where men were hiding behind and kill them with either head or chest shots. When it was over four cars were destroyed and twenty men lay dead, eleven of those men to Baldomero. Alana had lost the bet but she didn't mind as she had been able to take her measure of her fledgeling and liked what she saw.
Looking Baldomero's way, Alana said calmly "walk into the blood and think about absorbing it, your powers will do the rest." and Baldomero responded with a simple "You got it jefe." and did as he was instructed, shocking Jane as the blood on the ground was quickly sucked up and into the former cartel thug standing before her.
"Now then, I believe an explanation is in order, Ms. Bhai." Alana said calmly as she turned around, startling the woman as Alana's eyes flashed red for a second and Jane hid behind Revy and Eda. Revy didn't look too thrilled to be standing between a Dhamphir and her target while Eda was still too dumbfounded to say or do anything besides blink her eyes.
Arsenal
Hunters ARMS A1 .454 Velsignet Vind Auto – At 39cm long, A modification of the .454 Velsignet Vind that features a built in recoil compensator on the barrel and a laser sight on the frame. The 'A1' is just as long as it's predecessor at 39cm (1'4") but made lighter by the intricate and detailed engravings on the slide, frame, hammer, and grip. It fires the same silver cored steel round giving it identical ballistic properties.
Hunters ARMS A1 13mm auto Anti-monster combat pistol "Gospel" – A modification of the original Gospel, the 'A1' Gospel features intricate and detailed engravings on the slide, frame, hammer and grip as well as an integrated recoil compensator and laser sight. It also fires the same round as it's predecessor, a 13mm armour-piercing, explosive blessed bullets with mercury cores, powered by a special chemical and Macedonian silver casings. The Gospel's ejector port is on the right side to match the left side ejector on the Velsignet Vind, allowing Alana to safely duel-wield the two pistols.
Hunters ARMS 12.7mm auto Anti-monster combat pistols "Archangel" – Built as a twin set and a further evolution of Hunters ARMS weapons, the 12.7mm auto anti-monster combat pistols codenamed Archangel are based on the Magnum Research Desert Eagle and utilize the 13mm Gospel round built on a slightly smaller scale, 50 caliber. The Archangels also feature intricate and detailed engravings across the slides, frames, hammers, and grips as well as built in recoil compensators and laser sights in their barrels and on the frames for increased accuracy and control.