Chapter 20: Venting

In the morning, the Lagoon Company was just enjoying their free time. Dutch was sipping coffee while wondering how long before they got a job that would end with them getting shot at. Benny was in his room typing on his computer. Revy was lying on the couch reading a magazine.

"(GROAN) Dammit, I'm so bored I'm ready to shoot myself" complained Revy. "Well then try to entertain yourself. Maybe you can hang with Rock" suggested Dutch. "Hmph, and what makes you think that's good" said Revy sarcastically. "Do whatever you want I don't care. (SIGH) I just want to enjoy a nice, quiet morning for once" said Dutch while leaning back in his chair.

"Whatever, I'm going out" said Revy as she grabbed her cutlasses and headed out the door. Revy walked through the streets, looking bored. She came up on Rock's apartment and walked up the stairs. "Yo Rock… you in there" said Revy while knocking on the door. The door opened and Revy saw Rock doing some pullups, "Oh hey what's up" asked Rock while finishing his set.

Revy sat down on his bed and said, "Not much… I was bored and I wanted to see what you were up to." Rock let go of the bar and said, "Well just finishing my set, let me just shower and we'll leave."

Revy couldn't help but examine Rock. He had a lean yet muscular build, with a toned stomach and broad shoulders. She then noticed his tattoos; he had his Triad dragon tattoo on his right arm, but he also had some writing on his arm, it was Chinese and it spelled 'KARMA'. He also had a tattoo of the 'First Sergeant' stripes on his right bicep, and a red arrow head with a knife in the middle with 'AIRBORNE' written above it.

"Y'know I still can't believe you, of all people, were in Delta Force. Shit… Sis was practically shaking" said Revy. "Yeah… I don't really know much about Ms. Balalaika but all the men she had with her looked military" said Rock while he leaned up against the wall. "Their ex-military actually… Sis and her men are actually former Soviet paratroopers. They fought like hell in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan" explained Revy.

"Soviet paratroopers huh... well I heard those guys got fucked out there in that desert. And why was she excited" asked Rock. "It's cause ever since she left that commie country of her's… she's been looking for someone that's at her level. I tell ya she's got the mind of a fucking samurai" joked Revy.

Revy then looked and saw the pictures on Rock's dresser. She walked over and asked "So these guy's your old combat buddies?" Rock answered, "Yeah… I served with them when I first joined… good guys."

Revy then looked at the picture of Rock and his family. Rock noticed and saw Revy looking at it deep with thought. Right when he met her he could tell she had a rough upbringing. He didn't question her and decided to leave well enough alone.

Night fell and the two gunmen headed to the Yellow Flag for a drink. Revy was still deep in thought until Rock asked, "Hey Revy just put it out of your mind." Revy looked at him and said, "Rock when we get back you and I are gonna have a serious talk."

After a few hours Rock and Revy had already downed half of Bao's stock, "Hey I hope one of you is paying for this" said Bao. "Well I'll be sure to send it your insurance once this place gets shot up again" joked Rock. "Ha Ha Rock that's real fucking funny" said Bao sarcastically.

"Rock!... Rock Okajima!?" said an unknown man. Rock and Revy looked over and they saw a group of Vietnamese men all armed and with angry expressions. "Well, well, well… I just had to see it to believe… Rock Okajima, Lee's lapdog. It's me Trong remember… from New York" asked Trong.

"Oh yeah Trong, long time… how's the leg holding up" asked Rock in a sarcastic tone. "Fuck you asshole, you mean the leg YOU fucked up. It's pretty shit but that's what you wanted right" said Trong. Revy leaned over and asked, "Hey Rock who are these pricks?"

"Oh… you didn't know. Name's Trong and I'm the leader of the Da Nang Boys. And this motherfucker is the one who ripped us a new asshole" explained Trong. Rock just chuckled to himself and kept drinking. "Well then let me tell you all a story. Back in New York we were working a human-trafficking shipment over at the East Bay Port for the 14K."

"Then out of nowhere this Jap show's up and tells us this is Hong Kong Triad territory. When we wouldn't leave, he comes back with an M60 and shoots the hell out of us. How many was it… 10?... no 45! But then again that is how you get to be called 'The East Bay Butcher'."

Rock switly looks at Trong with an angry expression, "Listen you were on our territory not to mention you were working for our enemies. Besides it was just business ya fucking gook" said Rock. "Oh and making me get on my knees while you had your gun pointed at my head… that was just fucking business?!" replied Trong.

"But I guess the 2 million dollar bounty the 14K put on your head was just business too huh" said Trong. Everyone in the bar was shocked they all were muttering how much Rock was worth, then they pulled out their guns and argued how his bounty was theirs. Rock just gave a cold stare while Revy smiled slyly and pushed the bottle off the bar. That set everything on fire.

Everyone began shooting, and the duo jumped and ducked behind the bar. Bao was screaming for them to fuck off but both gunmen were behind bar. Rock took out his dual 1911s and Revy took out her Cutlasses.

They both jumped out of cover, Revy was flying through the air and putting down as many men as she could, while Rock jumped and dodged through the bar and shot every enemy with a perfectly timed pull of each trigger.

The duo busted through the window and into the back alleys while encountering some more enemies. They quickly put them down and stopped to reload but another bounty hunter tried to sneak up on Revy but Rock threw his combat knife and hit him right between the eyes.

After some more running they made it out of the fight. "Alright (PANT PANT)… I think we lost th-" Rock was silenced by the cocking of a gun behind him. He turned around and saw Revy pointing her cutlass at him. "Y'know I've been thinking… why not just kill you and take the bounty for myself" said Revy. The duo just stood there for a moment and Rock eventually spoke up, "Before you do that, let me ask you… is money… your God?"