Chapter 19: Commando
After losing all his comrades, Rock proceeded to run into the jungle and took cover behind a rooted-up tree. He hid and stayed quiet while the enemy soldiers passed, they spoke in Spanish but Rock understood; 'Find the last American soldier and kill him, we cannot leave any trace of our presence' they said. 'Alright Rock, you're all alone out here… but stay calm… remember your training… cause I'm gonna make those motherfuckers pay with blood and iron' thought Rock.
With new-found determination Rock stealthily moved through the vegetation. He came up on an enemy soldier and Rock jumped out of the bush, tackled him, stabbed his neck, and dragged him back into cover.
Rock looked at the soldier's uniform, he saw a Columbian flag with F.A.R.C written on the sleeve. 'FARC?... Oh great, this is just fucking great' thought Rock. He eventually came up on another soldier and Rock jumped him and held him up against a tree. The FARC soldier dropped his weapon and began to beg for mercy, Rock said nothing as he sliced the enemy's throat open.
Rock then was assaulted by gunshots that went passed his head. He quickly ducked for cover and hid in the brush. He saw a third FARC guerilla in the open. He steadily moved through the brush while the soldier was taunting him, telling him to come out and fight like a man.
Rock jumped out and pinned the man to the ground, he then whispered into his ear in Spanish and said; "Soy un soldado. No lucho con palabras… lucho con habilidad" is what he said and proceeded to shoot the downed enemy in the head with his rifle.
Rock thought that was the last of them and headed back to the camp. He dragged his friend's bodies into the clearing and draped a tarp over them. He then came out of a weapons store room with a few gallons of gasoline.
"Those FARC fuckers were right about one thing… I can't leave any trace that we were ever here" said Rock while pouring gasoline all over the camp. He proceeded to light both the buildings and the coca field on fire. He was about to call for pickup when he was assaulted with gunfire.
He quickly took cover behind some crates. He peeked through the boxes and saw a tall Hispanic woman with pale skin in a FARC uniform. Rock fired his Colt Model 727 and the woman ducked for cover.
It went on with the two deadly soldiers returning fire at each other until they exhausted all their ammo. It was then that Rock came out of cover he then said, "I'm out" and discarded his rifle. The woman did the same and said "Me too" and also threw away her rifle.
Both soldiers stared each other down, both not planning on giving up yet. The tightened their hands into fists and took their own fighting stances. They ran towards each other and threw their fists. Roberta managed to hit Rock in the jaw, but the Japanese commando came back with a hard head-butt. Both stood their ground, throwing punches and kicks at one another for a good 3 hours.
The sun eventually came up and after hours of intensive fighting, both opponents were battered, bruised and bleeding. Rock felt that she had broken a few ribs, and Roberta had a broken femur and a dislocated shoulder, but somehow, they were both still able to stand.
"I've never faced someone like you… you American Delta Force operators are truly impressive" praised Roberta with a sinister smile. "Yeah… and for a FARC guerilla your pretty good" said Rock with a smile of his own. They both limped towards each other where Roberta tried to throw a punch but Rock dodged it and kneed her in the gut.
Roberta quickly slumped over and Rock uppercut her, sending her tumbling to the ground. The battered woman looks up at the Japanese soldier and sees that he pulled his pistol out and aimed it at her head.
"I'm gonna send you up to God so he can send you down to a fiery pit in hell… see you their one day" said Rock. But Roberta quickly threw dirt in his face, stunning the soldier. She took the chance and swept him off his feet. Rock wipes the dirt out of his eyes and sees that she escaped. 'Clever girl' thought Rock.
~End of Flashback~
"After escaping I abandoned the military and fled from my former comrades… that's when I met your father, Master Garcia" finished Roberta.
"Well now that is quite the tale. And Rock I can see it was good to have you working for us" said Balalaika. "Don't trust him, he is a snake without a tongue, he could very easily kill you" warned Roberta while glaring at Rock.
"You don't need to worry cause I ain't a soldier anymore. I'm done with all that black-ops bullshit" exclaimed Rock. With everything settled Balalaika allowed Roberta to go free and take Garcia back with her.
"Rock you and I are both still soldiers. Even if we are ex we still fight" said Balalaika while smoking along with Rock. "Y'know Ms. Balalaika, both of us and Chang are a certain kind of breed. We're criminals. Me, Chang, you and your men… we're all ex-soldiers, ex-special forces, ex-cops, ex-good guys. We all have our reasons why we became ex. You could say it cause we either still fight for a cause… we're trying to fix something… or we're doing it cause it's all we know" says Rock.
"Well what's your reason then" asked Balalaika. "Me… I guess my reason's cause it's all I know" said Rock.