Chapter 2- Some explaining to do
A/N: I apologize for the wait everyone my had a lot of things going on plus this is not the main fanfic I am working on but after reading some other black lagoon ones and reading the newest manga chapter got into the mood to work on this one again. Your reviews from a while back have been very helpful and I hope you enjoy the future chapters.
"Ok Dutch, you all have the right to some answers, what would you like to know" Rock said in response to what Dutch had said.
"well for starters, what happened earlier, when we lost you on the radio?" he asked starting somewhere simple, he knew starting somewhere recent would be easy for Rock right now.
"well I was waiting in here like you asked, but then I heard some footsteps on the boat they were moving slowly. I knew right away it wasn't any of you so I just grabbed the gun an then they just came right in then I.." he paused then resumed "I shot them both only the second one got a shot off he hit the radio that's why I wasn't able to warn you when I overheard another on their radio saying they were in position to ambush you guys by the pool, so then I just ran to help then well you know the rest" he explained this all in a calm collect voice he general used around them. Something however was a little off Revy realized it was the fact he must have simply reacted and shot before he realized it, after that he didn't have time to think he heard were about to get our asses shot up and came to the rescue, shit that's a first office boy coming to save the day, and that would explain why he hasn't been around as much since we got back from Japan, he must have been practicing on how to shoot and he's got talent at it too I'll give him that, but I wonder what lit the fire under his ass to learn how to shoot. Revy thought looking over her partner/buddy, she then limped over to pat him on the shoulder "not back rocky baby, looks like this time we owe you one "she said chuckling slightly.
Normally Rock would be startled by her rare praise of him, but he barely reacted "oh um, thanks Revy" he said. Revy frowned at this then raised her arm and slapped him "agh, what the hell is with you" he said getting angry. Revy then gave him a grin "there we go that should make ya feel better, now let me see that gun of yours wanna make sure you at least picked a good one, wouldn't want it misfiring on ya ruin that pretty face" she said chuckling at her own joke. For a moment she said Rock's face turn red, well, well now that's cute of you rocky baby, she thought mischievously to herself.
Rock then hander her his weapon, she thought it had looked familiar, it looked like her own guns but was made of black stainless steel with the same grip "hmm, not bad Rock. Beretta M92 fs 9 mm, you got it modified to like my cutlass, the barrel is longer and a MOD is this an attempt at flattery wanting to be just like me" she said enjoying her teasing.
Rock even smiled at her joke "ya its also modified for Full auto and its original magazine is 15 rounds but it can also use 20 or 30 round clips, if you look on the side I had it engraved with the jolly roger too since I figured that might be a good company emblem" he said. This resulted in causing a round of laughs from all his friends. Revy patted him on the shoulder again handing him the gun back "well Rock you certainly surprised me having a gun now but you sure went with the heavy stuff I like it" she said in a tone that would scare most, but they all new it was just Revy's way of telling Rock she was impressed. "where did you get it anyway?" Benny asked, usually it was his job to order things when not involving a company job, especially when it involved anything outside of Roanapur.
Rock took a moment before answering "well it was Balalaika who got it for me when I decided I wanted to get my own gun she said she could get me one top quality and even suggested those modifications, she actually got me two saying I could become two-hands Junior" he said. This resulted in another laugh from Revy "oh Rock stop it my sides starting to hurt, leave it to old fry face to crack a good one like that, so I'm guessing that's why you been a little absent in between jobs you've been working on your marksmanship huh?" Rock nodded "ya after one of Balalaika's men showed the basic info I started practicing, but I'm still not really good" he admitted.
"don't sell yourself short Rock, you handled yourself pretty good back there, I used to think you weren't the type to hold a gun, but now I guess that's changed, if It's alright with you I'd like to carry it around normally" Dutch said, he always was a very insightful one and generally when he asked something of them it was for a good reason. Rock was a little taken back by the request "oh sure Dutch I hope you don't mind me not mentioning this before I kind of had a few reason to keep it hush, hush and I used some of the money I've saved from my share on jobs" he explained. Dutch nodded then chuckled "Rock you sure are a model employee, no need to worry about a things, it's cool. Well be back home in a day if we keep this up, at least we got out cargo but I wanna talk to Miss Balalaika about those guys we had to get past something about this don't smell right" he said talking somewhat to himself as well as his crew.
Revy then got up and grabbed a couple more beers from the cooler "come on Rock you still look like your gonna puke, lets get some air before the sun goes down, might as well check on any damage to the boat while were at it" she said limping to the ladder that lead to the upper deck. Rock nodded and followed her up.
Dutch was quite for a moment till he heard the hatch shut "you know I wonder about what those reasons Rock was talking might be" he said though his tone indicated he already had a strong clue. Benny smiled "you thinking about our bet Dutch?" he asked. Dutch grinned "your right Benny-boy, looks like I might win one for once" he said.
On the top deck of the boat Rock and Revy were sitting in one of their usual spots on the back deck of the boat, it was one of the few spots they could get sit comfortably when Dutch wanted to get back in a hurry. They were each sitting on a crate next to each other sipping their beer's neither talking until their got what they wanted to say straight.
Rock broke the silence this time "is your leg alright Revy?" he asked. She looked up and although she treated it like nothing she was always glad that the stiff cared "ya feels like the bullet stopped at the bone, I've had worse" she said. Then she poked his shoulder holster "so you said fry face got you two of those, where's the other?" she asked. In the past her tone would indicate boredom when she would talk to him but over time that changed he noticed when it was just them she would talk in a normal almost friendly tone, well as friendly as you can get with a fiery tempered gunslinger like Revy, Rock was happy things had changed, thought the occasional death threat or other vulgar language was always welcome. "I left it back at my apartment I didn't think I would need both of them for this job, plus I've yet to try using two guns at the same time, I was kind of hoping you would show me how I wanna be able to pull more weight around here. After what happened in Japan I began to think it was time I should stop kidding myself and realize that words will not solve all problems, I still don't think guns will always do the trick and that I still stand in the twilight but being there also means I can stand in the light or the dark if I need to so I wanna learn how to fight" he said. His beliefs had not changed a lot since he had first met Revy and the others in a way he had simply found the real beliefs that had been hidden from him.
Revy meanwhile understood him better then most, but at the mention of Japan she felt a twinge of something "so your little girlfriend ended up failing in our world so you pick up a gun is that it" she said in a irritated tone, why it bothered her she did not really know, was it jealousy?, nah guys just annoying me with the soap story again, she told herself. Then Rock surprised her again "actually Revy I wasn't talking about Yukio, I was referring to how you got hurt back in Japan" he said, thinking back to her fight with Ginji the master swordsman, she had won but been impaled through the leg with a sword, since then she had made a full recovery but the injury had been his fault. Revy was surprised then scoffed "don't worry about it Rock I've been through that kind of shit lots of times" she said normally she would be using a lot more foul language but things were different then before.
Rock nodded "I know but still you've accepted me as your partner but the fact is because of my stubborn refusal of accepting that guns never help, has gotten me into a lot of bad situations and you've always pulled me out and gotten hurt sometimes, I wanna be more equal to you as partners so I wanna be able to fight too" he said in his kind of self righteous crusader tone.
Revy always smiled at that tone "well Rock you finally said something that made fucking sense, alright I'll show ya the ropes partner" she said the last word with a very rare warmth in her voice. Rock smiled back at her and they shared a moment before going back inside the boat, it go cold out at sea at night.
At this point Rock was helping Revy since the loss of blood had made her leg go a little numb, she was still out of danger though, just as they managed to get inside Dutch spoke up "guys we have a bigger problem then we realized" he said in a rather solemn tone. Rock and Revy looked at each other confused "what's up Dutch" Revy said taking her spot back on a crate. Rock stood next to her, leaning against the wall.
Dutch didn't respond at first, he cut the enjoy and then let the boat come to a stop then turned in his chair, even though he always wore those tinted glasses, both of them could tell he was worried "well it's about those guys we had to get past, I've been wondering about who they were, they were too skilled to be regular merc's but at the same time there's no way there military, so that leaves one strong category, ex-military" he said the last sounding very ominous.
Rock's eyes narrowed and Revy growled "so what the fuck has that got to do with us then?" she said, despite her angry tone she knew where this was going it was just her cover tactic to make others thing she was nothing but a hot-head. Benny just opened the hatch next to them that led the lower parts of the ship which included rooms for them a couple cargo holds and the brig, "hey Dutch I move the bodies into the hold like you asked and you were right, those guys were Russians, I check out their equipment and found these insignias on them" he said tossing two pieces of cloth to Dutch. He looked at them for a moment "ah shit I knew it. Members of Hotel Moscow" he said.
At this Rock and Revy both were snapped to top alertness, "ah fuck this is not good old Fry Face is gonna go ballistic when she finds out about this" She shouted. Rock on the other hand was looking at the insignia's, the looked relatively new something about that didn't fit in all this "Dutch did anyone on the boat try talking to you or did they just start shooting?" he asked. This stopped Revy's rant and got the attention of all of them "what the fuck does that matter Rock. If I were you I would be worry about finding a Claymore mine in my fucking bed when we got back" she yelled. Rock ignored her remark for the moment and waited for Dutch to answer. After a moment he shook his head "no never a word I just thought they were guards for the cargo or maybe another group on the same job as us either way we had no way of knowing it was Miss Balalaika's men, wasn't she the one who gave us this job too, what's going on here" he said brooding over the situation they walked into with their pants down. Rock thought back for a minute "what maybe she never did give us this job" he said. The others looked at him again "what do you mean Rock" Benny asked. Revy also watched him intently as she had come to know this is where Rock one area where he made a good partner for her.
"well when we got the call it wasn't Balalaika who talked to me, or even her second Mr. Boris, and normally she would talk to you since you're the boss. Remember I mentioned that I spoke to someone I didn't recognize he said that Balalaika was organizing something and would need us to retrieve that cargo. Doesn't that strike you as a little to much of a coincidence" he said. The atmosphere in the control room was very tense at this point as they all came to some conclusions.
Dutch was silent for a moment, then he light up a cigarette "I know what you mean Rock, your right Balalaika always took the time when it came to us. From what I've seen here and what my gut tells me is two things are going on here; either someone is trying to set us and Hotel Moscow up, or Balalaika is trying to take us out" he said.
Revy scoffed and took the cigarette Rock offered her "not likely Dutch, we've yet to do anything to piss her off that much and besides this isn't her style if she wanted us dead, she'd crush us with a whole fucking army to prove a point or something, no there's someone else fucking with her and us so that we would end up shooting at each other lets just hope she doesn't jump to any conclusions or were gonna be wading through a bloodbath" she said.
Dutch nodded "agreed I'd rather avoid a war with her, we'll bring those two bodies back with us, if we can survive the first 5 minutes we might be able to shed some light on this mystery, first things first any way or getting her on the radio Benny-boy?" he asked looked to this left at the radio with a large bullet hole in it. He looked it over "no can do Dutch, that bullet tore this up way to much, the parts and tools we need at back at the dock" he said. Dutch nodded "alright then guess we better get back soon were still a little under a day away, Rock you and Revy go take care of our weapons, and see if you can fix that leg up a little more if were going to get through this I wanna make sure were at least prepared for the worst" he said turning back to the controls and firing up the engine to continue the ride back home.
Rock nodded then helped Revy up so they could head down to the largest Cabin on the boat this acted as their gallery, medic room, and weapon prep shop depending on the situation. With her arm around Rock's shoulders for balance Revy limped towards the table so they could take a look at her bullet wound. Once she was sitting on the table Rock removed his light combat vest and his holster and gun and put them on the table next to her, he then went behind a counter to the little kitchen area to get their better equipped medical kit. Rock had also recently acquired some medicinal skills since he was not squeamish at the sight of blood he could help out with wounds right after jobs there was not serious. He had done this one or twice before when Revy got a stray bullet in the arm or leg.
"I hope your not mad I didn't come to you Revy about learning how to use a Gun, I didn't think you would be interested" he said as he got out the surgical knife and pliers he would need to remove the bullet and dipped them in some alcohol to sterilize them. Revy again noticed a slight red on his face he was embarrassed, she grinned "don't sweat it Rock, truth is I probably would have laughed at you, but you proved me wrong and from what I saw there you might not be as useless as you used to be, but from now on you're my student got it" she said with a icy tone that she like to use to make Rock nervous. He nodded an smiled then brought the pan with the tools over "sorry Revy were out of locals but here use this" he said passing her a bottle of Bacardi "well well Rock don't you know how to treat a girl" she joked as she took a large swig of the Rum before nodding to him to do his thing.
Rock was currently swapping the area with rubbing alcohol before he removed the bullet. A sudden thought entered his mind, Revy sure has nice legs there well toned an nicely tanned.. what? What am I thinking nice legs, if she heard me say that I'd be shot in places I'd rather not lose, besides doubt she would think twice in that way about me. Lets face it though ever since we first met I always found her different. I guess you could call it attraction she is like a forbidden fruit, a deadly one too, and even though I've made a lot of mistakes in the past she has been there to pull me out when things got ugly, I wonder.. that was his train of thought that he momentarily forgot about the person the leg was attached to till she poked his head "hey Rock quit daydreaming get that fucking bullet out of me" she said in a casual tone. Surprisingly enough she noticed a strange look he had while he had been examining her leg something she saw made part of her shrink away while another part felt eager, but now was not the time to be thinking about that. Rock picked up his tools "hold onto something Revy to keep your balance I'll try to make this quick" he said. She nodded and grabbed a piece of leather to bite down on, it always helped, then planted one hand on the edge of the table and the other on Rock's shoulder to use him to keep still.
For a minute she felt nothing then a fiery pain shot up her leg as rock quickly opened the wound with his knife then inserted the pliers fishing for the bullet, it took just a little over a minute but it felt like a long one to her, she clamped down on the leather until she heard the clink of the bullet in the pan then spat it out "fuck that hurt" she yelled out as rock poured some more disinfectant into the wound to prevent possible infection, then he gently wrapped a bandage around her leg and tied it just right to prevent bleeding but also not overly cut off circulation "well Rock I can certainly say that didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would you should have seen the first time Dutch had to help me patch up a bullet wound I thought I was gonna lose my whole fucking arm hah! Now lets get to look over our guns I'll show ya a couple tricks I found that made cleaning mine a lot easier" she said in a Revy-style cheerful mood.
They spent a few hours taking care of their own weapons, Revy turned out to be a decent teacher if you were familiar with her personality that is, Rock was also a very adaptable person he picked on things quickly.
Heh, looks like you and I have something else in common Rocky baby, she thought then she stole a glance at him while he was busy cleaning his own gun, his speed at it not the same as her yet, he wasn't a half bad looking guy true was had been a real pussy the day they had first met but since that suicidal plan to take out a chopper with torpedoes she knew deep down they were the same, granted their lives up until they had met had not been the same but they walked the same path. Over the months she had found him growing on her after that big fight they had in the market and the idiot had stared down her own gun and dodged a bullet, literally, true a lot of things about him irritated her sometimes but there had been something about him that almost called to her. Most believed she had no emotion, that's wasn't entirely true, that side of her was buried under so much she had no illusions about a different life she was what she was, but that still did not mean she was heartless, she respected and trusted Dutch who saved her ass from starving in the gutter, the same went for Benny, Rock was different though he did something no one had ever really done before.. care about her. Despite all the shit she had thrown at him he still stuck with her because she opened his eyes when she invited him to join them. Tonight's cluster fuck only made that a little more evident, maybe for once..
"um Revy" Rock said breaking her train of thought
"hmm" she said in a casual tone
"you were staring you alright" he asked a slight red appearing on his face
Revy felt a heat build up "oh sorry partner spaced out for a sec" she said grinning. It only occurred to her much later that he might have been blushing because he had been having a similar train of thought.
After they finished with their own weapons Revy looked after Dutch's well loved Remington shot gun. Rock meanwhile set about getting something for them to eat, they would need to be in better shape if they had to keep Balalaika from burning them alive.
Even though the only thing they could usually stow on the ship was Ramen or other instant foods that tasted like shit, according to Revy, he had somehow managed to smuggle some decent spices into the shit pit that was Roanapur
"Rock I gotta being able to actually able to eat something that tastes alright is worth your occasionally fuck up" Revy said in her good humoured voice. He just passed a share to Benny for him and Dutch to eat as they took turns driving the boat, then he sat back down "where did you get these anyway?" she said shaking some more of the spicy stuff into her food "don't ask" he said his lips twitching. Revy nearly choked on her food.
This was normal for the two of them after jobs involving fight they got along well, Revy approved of the surprise of the evening, even though on a day to day basis there was often a lot of arguments and death threats, they made a great team which had only improved as time passed. For some reason though Revy felt like things between her an Rock were going to change, whether or not its was good or bad she could not say since she knew sweet fuck all about this, but she figured what the hell.
After they all finished eating they were still about four to five hours away so the crew decided to get some sleep to keep them all alert, they traded shifts at driving so as to not lose time.
Revy was in the middle of a relatively good nap when Rock came in to wake her up. She was lying in the bed of her room on the boat wearing nothing but her black panties and a black tank top. This was something else that amazed Dutch and Benny was that Rock was the only person Revy did not shoot on sight for entering her room and seeing her like that, or for waking her up too
"ugh shit that time already Rock?" Revy mumbled in a sleepy voice. Since she already knew the answer she reached over to grab her jeans and boots. She looked up to see Rock looking at fucking nothing but a grey wall, always the clean cup dip shit gentlemen huh well gotta say it beats the fucking perverts always looking at me till I'm ready to put a bullet between their eyes she thought as she stood up then Rock's gaze shifted back to her, he then reached into his shirt pocket knowing she usually liked a smoke when she first woke up. As she turned to grab her lighter off of the bolted metal table next to her bed the boat must had hit a large wave and since she was still asleep she lost her balance and went flying back.
It happened once in a while and she would just end up with a sore spot on her head, but instead her fall was stopped and she felt arms around her. Rock had caught her, unfortunately he reacted without thinking and one of his hands was resting against her left tit, "Rock" she said in a dangerous low tone. Rock jumped then let go and it looked like he was about to get a new asshole. Then Revy burst out laughing "just fucking with ya Rocky baby" she said devilishly. Rock gave a shaky smile.
Revy them gave him a warm smile "thanks partner. I know I'm never good at this thank you bullshit but you did save our asses for once so thanks" she said. Rock looked highly surprised "umm.. Well.. Your welcome Revy" he said stuttering in a cute but stupid way. Revy chuckled "just make sure you don't get your ass kidnapped this time now that your packing, wouldn't want another fuck up to ruin your rep " she said, she could certainly get used to teasing Rock, who simply smiled then walked down the short hall to the main Cabin.
Benny was sitting at the table sipping at some coffee he had been the last one at the wheel before Dutch took over when they were about half an hour out "hey, Dutch says were gonna head to the dock first and but we should prepare for the worst, which I hope doest mean were screwed before we walk in the door" he said in a sarcastic tone.
Rock left to go to his room and what he came back out Revy could not believe her eyes, he was strapping his shoulder holster on and checking his gun, holy shit he is taking this seriously, she thought this was one of the rare times he impressed her. She knew it was kind of pointless since any possible shooting today would be more serious and he was lack in the art of tactics and other important gunslinger skills but still admired him for thinking ahead. Rock was frowning as he got to them "hey Revy, Dutch mentioned you kept an older pair of your shoulder holsters for your Cutlass's do you mind if I borrow them, this one here is a bit to stiff" he said surprising both of them "damn Rock you really thought this through I'm impressed" Benny said. Rock scratched the back of his head an shrugged "well when I set my mind on something I like to see it through" he said. Revy snorted "its back at the dock office Rock I'll let ya try it out no problem, hey where's the vest not wearing it" she said. "no it's a bit clumsy and I get the holster to fit over it plus Dutch keep what we need in his, thanks again" he said as he climbed up the stairs to the hatch to the control room.
Revy watched him go a slight frown on her face. Benny picked up on it "something wrong Revy?" he asked. The tough gunwoman shook her head "I just wonder if it's right for him to be holding a gun" she said more to herself then Benny. He was silent for a moment "Dutch wondered the same thing but he and I think Rock's doing it for good reasons so we don't need to worry about him" he said. Revy looked at him confused "good reason what the fuck does that mean?" she asked. Benny laughed then followed after Rock "Oh I'm sure you'll figure it out" he said hinting at something with a somewhat annoyed Revy on his ass telling to stop beating around the fucking bush.
They arrived in the control room to find Dutch at the controls "Rock's up top were a couple minutes out of sight of the Buddha" he said. This was the cue to be ready in case things got messy.
A few minutes later they caught sight of the an all to familiar statue which was the entrance to the gulf of their beloved shit hold city Roanapur, home of the worst criminals and crime lords who come here to lock horns, despite its rather ominous reputation things were in an odd sort of balance in the city, things here may be handled in a different way from the civilised world but it was a city that city that simply thrived on different things. It was in this city that Revy had met her comrades Dutch and Benny, and even..Rock, agh what the fuck am I thinking that can wait right now if sis has gotten the wrong idea about this whole situation we could be in deep fucking trouble and all I can think is I'm glad this time Rock's gonna have a gun and he might be of use in a right, she thought becoming ready for the confrontation to come.
"Rock were inside the Gulf now take a look at the dock any kind of activity going on around it" Dutch said into his mic, they were still able to use their radio for their short range mic's . After a minute the heard Rock respond "negative I don't see any activity near the dock, and I can't spot any of Hotel Moscow's vehicles either, and the place looks untouched" he reported. Revy grinned "not bad the rookie has finally moved up a level" she said, Benny and Dutch also smiled.
Soon enough they reached the dock normally Dutch would back into the boathouse, the usually just tied to the dock if they were expecting to leave again soon. Dutch then called Rock back inside "alright here's the plan, Revy you and Rock are gonna up the stairs from the inside of the boat house do a sweep of the office, Benny and I will come in from the front just in case we have any unwelcome guests" he said laying out his plan. Rock was surprised "are you sure about that Dutch" he said as Revy pulled out her Cutlass's and did a quick check of the clips, he followed suit remembering what she had told him a few hours ago "I know you been reading those military tactics books I leave around the place Rock, just follow Revy's lead you'll be fine" he said grinning, it was obvious didn't want to test Rock since he had confidence in his performance from on the ship, he was trusting him like he always did, and he knew that he and Revy would work better then her and himself.
Rocked nodded and then followed Revy out the top hatch to get off the boat. Dutch did even had to argue against a 'can't we negotiate this' he saw it in his eyes but saw that get pushed aside. Behind his glasses there was a twinkle in his eyes as he recalled something Benny told him when they were helping out Garcia when the Maid went told demonic on them, he had sensed all along that deep down Rock was kindred spirit to them especially Revy, I guess all this time working with her has shown him that side isn't completely a bad thing when used properly. Well I certainly didn't see this but that look in his eyes tells me he's doing this for us, his comrades, and that I can respect. Good luck Two-hands an Jr.
Meanwhile Rock was running through the things he had read from Dutch's tactics books, he was quick learner when he put his all into it, he followed Revy crouching low like she did and already had his gun drawn in case they were fired on, they were still covered by the boat and it was a short distance to the edge of the boathouse. Once they reached the edge of the boats cover Revy gave him a silent signal one of which he had learned from her a long time ago, the one she gave meant to wait. Knowing she did not need confirmation she then sprinted to the edge of the threshold of stairwell just inside the boathouse she scanned all the likely ambush spots but saw nothing. She poked her head out just enough to look around the corner with one eye, she could Rock an grinned, true he was sticking out of his cover a bit too much bit his eyes kept flickering first to her, then the windows of the upper story, and to the deserted street ahead of him he was keeping an eye on the main areas where enemies would fire from. She gave him the signal that meant to follow to where she was waiting, he did not disappoint the stay lowed and keep alert and his hand was steady he also did not look entirely like an idiot too at least he was wearing some decent clothes for this part of their job.
When he got to her she nodded then spoke in a low voice "alright Rock from here we'll go in slow, I know this is a bit of rush but can't be helped, don't follow your head to much just stick with your gut instinct, don't think too much into those books preparation like that can only take you so far I'll take the lead and you follow we'll start with the main room then move into the separate rooms if there's anyone there don't shoot unless they do first" she said giving him something of a crash course. Rock listened to her intently then nodded, she also noticed the new look in his eye, he was taking steps into her world an there was something of her she saw in that look. Giving him one of her grins she lifted her gun up and held it the butt pointing at him "lets go partner" she said. Rock was momentarily taken back she had never done that with him before he mirrored her grin and bumped the butt of his own gun to hers "right" he said. Revy then waved her hand in signal to Benny an Dutch who were watching to let them know they could move.
They slowly climbed the stairs Revy walked in her usually stance with her guns pointed down Rock was a step behind her with pointed down as well he also kept glance behind them to watch their rear. Once they reached the door Revy put her ear to it then waited, after a minute she looked at back to Rock and shook her heard, she didn't hear a thing. Holstering one of her guns she quietly opened the door, Rock was crouched behind her with an opening if there was anyone there. One the door was opened there was still no movement. They moved inside Revy walked in and moved to the right, Rock to the left closing the door behind him.
This was the storage room that connected to the main part of their boathouse office, it was much the same as their office in town but this place was more meant for business, they kept weapons and various goods they traded for sale here and kept the general supplies here.
The more important good such as money, and personal items were either at the office, or in Revy and Rock's place in their apartments they had just behind the building Dutch had bought when he started the Lagoon company.
There wasn't much here but shelf units with crates and boxes with various things in them. Revy Knew this spot was bad to wait in ambush since the shelves were not heavily stocked and you could be easily spotted. She nodded her head to the main living room. Rock followed behind her but a step to the left so there was less risk of friendly fire. They moved stealthily gun's pointing up now. When they go to the corner Revy nodded and they jumped in pointing in two directions to cover a wide arc.
Still there was nothing. This was weird
Revy knew enough about Fry Face to know she would have been most likely sitting here waiting for them with some chilling words and several soldiers with guns. She looked over at Rock who raised an eyebrow in confusion she shrugged to say she didn't know what was going on either, then pointed a gun to the hall that lead to the bunkroom, it was a room that had four bunks built into the walls like in a firehouse. When the work piled up they shared that cramped little room. Dutch wanted a full sweep an that would be the last part of their end of it.
Though they were a tad less alert by this point they would finish their job. They moved down the short hall and got to the door. Then they heard something this caused them both to tense up immediately. Rock without needing to be told moved to the far side of the door. Revy was moving to the door to open it but due to the poor lighting she did not spot the empty glass until she stepped on it and it shattered, "shit" she breathed as the door flew open and she only brought her guns up time to find their house guest pointing a gun at her head as well. She could not see the persons face and the dim light coming from the window only allowed each other to see the guns pointing at their faces.
Then Revy saw movement in the corner of her eye, she grinned.
Then she heard the click of a gun being cocked and Rock talking in a tone she had heard once before that showed his ruthless side "now, now let's not get hasty you're the one who barged into the wrong fucking office and we don't wanna lose our heads here, literally" Rock said in a cold tone that surprised Revy like the last time when she talked like that to Fabiola, "damn Rock that wasn't half bad baby" she said.
Then their guest spoke "Rock? Revy? Is that you guys, who's got the gun to my head?" an all too familiar voice asked.
After a moment recognition set in, Revy let out a sigh of exasperation as she holstered her guns and saw movement that meant Rock did the same.
Then Revy broke the silence "Eda! What the fuck"
A/n: wow that was fun guess I went a little crazy had to cut out a few pages I intended for the next chapter. Plus after re-watching the anime and seeing a new manga chapter released (bout fucking time I might add) I guess I got a little inspired might I also offer some of my inspirations to continue this story to others like authors of sweet attack and illusions etc.. I also hope this story isn't a little too off I tried to keep the characters much like are in both the anime and manga despite some slight changes to fit my story. I know seeing Rock with a gun is not a likely thing to happen but what the hell that's what Fan fic's are for haha. If anyone has any little tips or suggestion is appreciate them all and again apologize for the wait in updates as I was busy with other priorities in life as well as my other Bleach fanfic still in-progress. R&R and Enjoy. stay tuned!