Update: If anyone is interested, I've put up a short Black Lagoon/Silent Hill crossover that begins and ends at the start of this chapter : )
3 days later, Rock, Dutch, Eda and Yolanda sat at Revy's bedside. The gunslinger's body was covered to her neck with a sheet, her arms lye above the sheet and her head was bandaged around her forehead, and again across her left eye to keep it closed. The bit of her face that was exposed was littered with cuts and scrapes that had been cleaned but were still present and her arms were black and blue from knuckle to elbow. She was connected to an IV and being kept on a series of painkillers.
Her right eye flickered open as she came to and weakly asked, "Where am I?"
"You're at the church. Sister Eda brought you here 3 days ago." Rock replied with a sheet of tears in his eyes.
"That you Rock?" She asked, a smile just barely forming on her lips.
Rock returned the smile and took her hand, "I'm right here."
"I had the weirdest dream; I was pregnant. I was gonna have a baby…" A slight laugh just barely escaped her lips, "…imagine that."
Rock's tears finally fell from his eyes. Hard as he was, Dutch couldn't even look at her without losing it. Eda simply left the room.
"Dutch, Rock, would you please leave us?" Yolanda asked.
Rock nodded and leaned over to give Revy a gentle kiss on the cheek.
After Dutch and Rock closed the door to the room, Revy asked, "So how do I look sis?"
"Rebecca, you were pregnant."
It started to come back to her in bits and pieces, "What?"
Yolanda bowed her head, "I'm very sorry to be the one to tell you. Surely there is no greater pain for a woman than that of losing a child."
"Rock does he…?" Revy asked.
"He does."
Revy's exposed eye filled with tears and she pushed on her lungs to get her voice out, loud as always, "Get him in here."
"Rebecca…" She cut the sister off in hysterics, "Just fucking get him!"
Yolanda closed her eyes and stood from Revy's bed, returning a few moments later with Rock, "I'll leave you two alone."
Rock and Revy stared at each other as they always had, so much love for each other in their eyes.
Revy collected herself and asked, "So you know?"
"I do." Rock replied through his tears.
As she built her rant, the cracks in her voice leveled out, "It's my fault. My fucking mouth, my temper; I pissed the guy off and he came after me."
The bandage covering her left eye began to soak through with tears as Rock replied, "Eda told me what happened; it wasn't your fault. A guy like that in a place like this, whether you shot him or not, as long as he didn't get what he wanted the result was going to be the same."
"I was stupid Rock. Eda offered to take me home and I just let'er go. It's my fault dammit!"
"You were confused Revy, it could've happened to any of us. I can't imagine how scared you were."
Her tears once again overtook her, "Why won't you just let me be responsible for this?! Why do you have to be so fucking good to me?! We were gonna have a kid Rock. We were gonna have a kid and I lost it! Me, not Eda, not that fucking guy; I did!"
Rock's face was saturated in tears as he carefully leaned over her and took her into his arms.
For just a moment she accepted his comfort before once again losing her temper, "No, no, NO! Don't give me this shit, get the fuck off me! Get out!"
He pulled away from her and she screamed again as she banged her body back onto the bed with the little bit of strength she had and screamed, "I SAID GET THE FUCK OUT!!!"
As Rock backed away from the bed, he saw a red spot forming on the sheet that covered her and ran to the door.
In the hall, he found Yolanda and Ricardo looking concerned after hearing Revy's screams. Rock's face was red with tears but he managed to collect himself, "I think she ripped her stitches please go help her!"
Yolanda and Ricardo quickly returned to Revy's room as Rock stood in the hall, Dutch not more than a few feet from him. Dutch leaned his head back exhaling a mouthful of smoke and Rock finally lost it.
The sparse contents of his stomach emptied onto the floor of this back hall in the church. As his vomiting slowed, Dutch asked quietly, "You alright Rock?"
He spit some last bits of vomit from his mouth and slowly straightened himself out, "I can't even begin to tell you how fucking far I am from alright."
Rock walked down the hall of the church towards the rear exit. He knew Revy needed to cool down, and seeing him was not going to let her do that.
"Where're you goin' Rock?" Dutch asked.
"To see a friend about a girl."
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Alcohol flowed at Boss Chang's apartment and the type of party that might be expected of a man of Chang's rock star character, carried on.
A ring of the doorbell brought several of Chang's men to reach for their guns as they checked the peephole. They looked back to Chang who sat in the corner, a cigarette in his mouth, Shenhua at his right, a whore at his left, and a glass of booze in each hand.
"It's Rock from Lagoon!" One of his men shouted.
Chang smiled, "Well let him in! This is a party isn't it?"
They opened the door, guns at the ready, "You know the drill Rock."
He lifted his arms and they patted him down finding nothing as usual and offered him a smile, "Go on, have fun kid."
"Fun…" Rock muttered under his breath as he walked over to Boss Chang with voids in his eyes.
Slightly intoxicated, Chang didn't take notice of Rock's disheveled appearance, "Rock, its good to see you, please, have a drink."
"No thanks." Rock replied quietly.
Shenhua's eyes grew as she took him in, "Dai-lo, I think he come to discuss business."
Chang lowered his sunglasses getting a better look at Rock's face; now he saw it, "I see…" Chang leaned forward and raised his hand towards a door, "…please."
Rock and Shenhua followed Chang to a private room.
"You look like shit Rock, is everything alright?" Chang asked as he handed Rock a cigarette.
He took a puff off the cigarette and sat back. Pulling the cigarette from his mouth, he got lost staring at it for a moment.
"Rock?" Chang asked.
"Rebecca's been hurt." He replied, his eyes still lost on the cigarette.
Shenhua gasped and Chang replied every bit as concerned as a father would have been at learning of his daughter being harmed, "Is she alright?"
"What happen?" Shenhua added to Chang's inquiry.
Rock swallowed the lump in his throat as he prepared to tell them what had happened.
"Three days ago, Revy found out she was…" Tears began to form in his eyes, "…she was pregnant."
Shenhua raised her hand to her mouth as Rock continued, "She was terrified and she made a couple bad decisions. Some guy tried to pick her up at the Yellow Flag and she shot and humiliated him. If she had just killed him none of this would've happened, but…" Shenhua finished his thought, "She no thinking right."
Rock nodded, "The guy was waiting for her with a bunch of his men and they beat the hell out of her. She managed to get a hold of Eda and she brought her back to the church where Yolanda and Rico took care of her." He smiled slightly, "She's unbelievably strong that girl of mine. The life growing inside her though…"
Chang lowered his head out of respect, "Oh Jesus."
"She took out every one of his men, but she didn't get the guy who was responsible." Rock raised his eyes to face Chang and Shenhua, "I don't care what it costs me, I want him and I want him alive."
"Please Rock, what kind of noble criminal would I be if I were to charge you for something like this?"
"This my job Dai-Lo." Shenhua exclaimed, "She take bullet for me; I do this for her. What this guy look like?"
"He'll be the only one at the Yellow Flag on crutches with a bandaged foot and hand. Once you have him, bring him to our dock. Dutch and I will be waiting."
As Rock stood from the couch, Chang stood as well and offered Rock his hand which he accepted in a shake.
"I'm sorry about this son. Truly I am. Nothing will erase what's been done I'm afraid, but I promise you; we'll do what we can to ease the pain."
-
Rock returned to the church and found Dutch still standing watch at Revy's door.
"Where the fuck did you go?" He asked.
"To see Boss Chang. Shenhua is going after the guy that did this. She's going to bring him to the dock, to the Lagoon."
Dutch turned away and lowered his head, "I see. If you're looking for my permission to make a mess'a this guy Rock, consider it given. Hope you don't mind if I join you."
The darkness that had been building in Rock as he lived in Roanapur crept to the surface, "By all means."
As the merriment of planning the torture session wore off, Rock asked, "Any word on her condition?"
Yolanda appeared from another room off the hallway and replied, "She's sleeping. Brother Ricardo was able to close her wounds once again, but I recommend you two not see each other until her wounds have begun to heal."
Amazingly he kept his cool when talking to Yolanda, "Please, I need…" She cut him off, "I know how hard this must be but you need to give her time. She loves you dear boy…"
Rock raised his head at hearing her words and she continued, "…just give her wounds time to heal."
Rock nodded and Eda appeared behind Yolanda, "Rock, can I talk to you for a sec?"
Rock and Eda retreated to a separate room in the church and Eda asked, "So?"
"So what?"
"Dutch told me you went to see Chang. What happened?"
"Shenhua is going to the Yellow Flag to look for the guy who did this." Rock replied.
"Is she leaving from Chang's place?"
"I imagine so, that's where I found her."
"I'm going to meet her there."
"But…" Eda cut him off, "I know what this guy looks like Rock, I can help her."
Rock was silent for a moment before closing his eyes, "Thank you sister."
"My pleasure."
As Eda turned to leave the room she paused at the door and turned back to face Rock, "She's going to be alright Rock."
Rock raised his head to face her, "No Eda, she's not. She was getting better. She was finally getting a taste for life and now, that's all gone."
Eda walked back over to Rock and slapped him across the face. As he reeled from the slap, she grabbed his jaw locking his eyes with hers, "Listen good shit for brains; that girl cares more for you than anything or anyone in this world. Did she even tell you what happened between her and Balalaika?"
Rock's eyes narrowed, "What?"
"When you two went to New York; she and Balalaika were alone in that limo for a few minutes before they went in to confront Verrochio." Eda smiled, "She actually swore to the Kapitan herself that she would personally exact vengeance on her if she ever raised a hand to you again."
"Why wouldn't she…" Eda cut him off with a smile, "Don't miss my point Rock. Revy is willing to go to hell and back for you. Love like that, it doesn't fade on account of something like this; it grows stronger."
Rock nodded and Eda once again walked to the door, "I'm going to help her bring this guy back to you, then he'll pay for what he's done. I swear on my life he will."