Chapter 15: Recognition
Today was not a busy day for the Lagoon Company. The only thing they had on their plate was the occasional errands. We see Rock and Revy driving down the road to buy some hardware after expending most of it on their previous job. Revy was bored shitless, while Rock was just idly focusing on the road. It was not long until they had reached their destination.
It was a run-down looking church and Revy was banging on the door. "Hey you old bitch open up… It's Rebecca… come on your old skank open the fuckin' door" shouted Revy until she got her wish. They were met by a sermon boy and were taken inside. They walked into a room and were met by an old nun woman with an eye patch, and a tall blonde woman wearing pink shaded, angular, glasses who was also wearing a nun's outfit.
Rock examined the blonde woman, and couldn't help but notice that she seemed strangely familiar, he just couldn't put his finger on it. "Why hello Rebecca what a pleasant surprise seeing you here today" the old woman looked at Rock, and said "Oh my, now who might this handsome young man be" asked the old nun. Rock introduced himself, "Rock nice to make your acquaintance" said Rock while extending his hand. "Oh my… handsome and polite. My name is Yolanda and this is my associate Eda" Yolanda said while introducing the other nun. "Hey there handsome" said Eda. With the sound of here voice, Rock suddenly realized who she was, he tried not to show any signs of realization, but Eda knew he figured it out.
With the introductions, out of the way they all sat down and Yolanda served out tea. Rock was the first to talk, "You Ms. Yolanda were here to buy some hardware from you, we'll pay up front" said Rock. "Well dear what are you looking for" asked Yolanda. Rock proceeded to list the items; Remington 700P, S&W MP-10, AA-12, M249, and a couple AKs and M16s.
"Well that is certainly quite a tall order. But I'm afraid I'll have to decline" said Yolanda. "What, what the fuck for" said Revy. "I have not forgotten how you refused to pay us on the previous order, and how you got drunk and shot up my church" explained Yolanda. "You fucking bitch, how many times do I have to fucking tell you that wasn't my fault" screamed Revy as she jumped up. Soon both Eda and Revy pulled out their pistols and were in a stand-off.
They all turned to hear Rock nonchalantly lighting a cigarette. "Well if that's the case, then this problem can just be resolved through simple business ethics" said Rock. This caught Yolanda's attention, "You see we at the Lagoon Company don't like to be in debt. But that doesn't mean we always resort to violence. I'm looking at the transactions here and I see that we can cut you a split on our next job, depending if we are paid well" said Rock.
"We can simply cut you 10-12% of our next payment and with the added interest you could have the money you need to settle our dues." The room fell silent until it was broken by Yolanda, "Well… now that is a very intelligent suggestion, Eda." "Yes sister" "Go load up their order" "Right sister."
Both Rock and Revy later left the church and Rock took his part of the hardware. The rest of the day went without much else, and then night fell. Rock was sitting in a chair looking out the window of his apartment deep in thought. 'Jesus Christ… never thought I would see her again… much less in this city' thought Rock. He wasn't wearing a shirt, so he only had his dog tags around his neck, and his awful scars out in the open, that and his usual tan cargo pants and combat boots.
It was then that he heard a knock at his door, he grabbed his gun and opened the door. To his surprise, it was Eda and she was not wearing her nun outfit. "Hey there handsome, are you glad to see me" she asked in a seductive tone. Rock unchained the door and let her in. He saw that she was wearing a pink crop-top which exposed her midriff, a tan mini skirt and some white sandals. "Hey my eyes are up here" said Eda sarcastically. But she was one to talk, Rock noticed her checking him out too. "Wow… four years later and you still look good" said Eda.
You know I never thought I'd see you again, just what the fuck are you doing here" asked Rock as they sat down. But not before he grabbed two beers, popped them open, and headed one to the blonde. "Oh what a gentleman" she said and took a swig of the beer, "well you see i was stationed here by the CIA. The US government wasn't sure if Roanopur was a danger to their national security so they put me here and have me send them reports of the local crime syndicates" explained Eda. "Hmph and here I thought I was done with all that top-secret, black ops bullshit" said Rock while taking a swig.
"Y'know I never expected to run into you here, especially after Panama, and I'm not just talking about the mission" said Eda in a seductive tone. Rock just chuckled and began to remember his time in Panama.
~Flashback~
"Panama, 1989. I was fresh out of selection for the United States Delta Force, and this was my first assignment."
We see Rock land in Panama and is greeted by some government agents.
"Operation Nifty Package, the mission was a joint CIA/DoD task force to effectively put an end to Panama's tyrannical power. Manuel Noriega, President and General of Panama… but also a well-known, drug-trafficker, racketeer, and murderer. My job… capture and extract the fat fuck, meanwhile some guys from SEAL Team 4 were to destroy Noriega's transportation."
"That's when I met Eda."