*Updated 04-05-2018*
Chapter 28 - Fight to the Death
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Far Cry 3 Soundtrack - Vaas Fight Song HD
"Rosa! Wake the fuck up, hermana, it's time."
Vaas was shaking Rosa's shoulder to wake her up as she moaned.
"Five more minutes, please, gracias."
Vaas pulled the sheet off of Rosa.
"Rosa, Hoyt's men have spotted the Rakyat. They're coming. Now."
Rosa jolted up out of bed, her body now sent into over drive at the news that the Rakyat were arriving. Vaas handed Rosa her clothes and she quickly got them on, pulled a hairbrush out of her bag and tried to tame her long mane. Vaas then handed her a banana for her to much it down quickly.
"Got to have a good source of energy before a big fight." he said.
Rosa nodded.
"Of course." she said, her mouth full of fruit, "Where did they see them?"
"Some guys radio-ed in a said that they were by Longshore View and that was early this morning, so we're expecting them at any time, depending if they are in jeeps or not."
Rosa hastily finished the last of her banana and pulled on her boots. She went over to the mirror and quickly applied her makeup, finishing it off with her signature red lipstick.
"Got to look good in a fight, no?" she said to Vaas, who had been watching her out of the corner of his eye.
"You always look good, princesa." he replied
Vaas then handed Rosa her weapon holster, which looked like it was about to burst at the seams it was that packed full.
"I've put in a few grenades and molotovs, a lighter and some medicine. Your gun is fully loaded and there is some ammo in the back pouch. I've sharpened your knife and put two small ones in the back of the holster too, just in case."
"Wow, you've really gone to town, huh?" Rosa said.
Only someone like her could be happy that her boyfriend had just handed her a pouch of death.
"Only the best. We've got to be fully ready, we don't know how many of those fuckers there are. Apparently they have been training up some natives on both islands. This is going to be a fight to remember."
Rosa slid on the weapon holster and it felt heavy on her hips. Vaas put his arms around her shoulders as she put hers around his waist and he kissed the top of the head.
"No matter what happens out there, princesa, I want you to know tha-"
"Vaas. Don't." said Rosa, sternly which silenced Vaas mid-sentence, "We're going to be fine. Come on, we need to get ready."
It had been a couple of hours since Rosa had woken up and her and Vaas were sitting on the step outside of the compound building. They hadn't heard anything since the morning and everyone was on tenterhooks.
Rosa now had an AK slung over her shoulders which she had found lying around. Vaas was fully equipped too. All of their men were ready to fight. Rich and Raul walked over to the couple, sheltering their eyes from the sun.
"What a piss take, huh?" said Rich and the pair nodded.
"I'll say. Can you go over to one of the gates and see if the boys know anything?" Rosa asked to Rich.
"Sure can, darlin'. Anything for you." he replied, before he sauntered off to the west side gate.
"You guys ready to go?" asked Raul.
He carried about 5 different size knives down the leg of his pants and his waistline was filled with all kinds of hand guns.
"Yepp." said Vaas, "If only something would happen."
Strangled yells were heard over at the west side and the trio got to their feet and ran. Dead bodies of privateers and a few pirates lay on the ground, all of their throats cut. Rosa's breath caught in her throat as she looked down at the floor with a grimace. In the pile, was Rich, lying in a pool of blood, his neck oozing. Rosa stifled a shocked cry, shaking her head and backing away from the scene. Vaas looked over at her before roughly putting his hands on her shoulders.
"Rosa. Rosa, look at me." Vaas said in a hurry, shaking her slightly, "We need you, come on please."
Before Rosa could answer, a war cry rang out in the compound and the trio ran back in.
The Rakyat were attacking.
Inside the compound, an onslaught was happening.
Vaas and Hoyt's men were fighting the Rakyat in hand combat, guns seemingly having been discarded. The tribe members emerged over the compound walls, flanking the area from all sides. A couple came in through the compound gates but it seemed that arriving at random was their tactic. Men had started to lose their lives and the fighting had only just begun.
"DETONATE THE C4!" screamed Vaas, pulling his gun out of his holster.
Raul ran off into the midst of the fight, charging at a Rakyat with his knife in the air.
"THEY'VE DISABLED EVERYTHING!" a voice yelled back.
"FUCK!" Vaas screamed before he started shooting at the Rakyat.
There were so many of them, the villagers obviously had been trained up for the fight. Rosa shook her self out of trance, got her knife and charged to the nearest, Rakyat jumping on his back and slicing his throat.
"That was for Rich." she growled tossing the dead body aside.
The Rakyat continued charging into the camp in bursts, as the men were struggling to fight them off. Vaas was plunging his knife into anyone that came near him and he was drenched in blood. Rosa hauled her AK off of her shoulder and opened fire on the tribe, but many kept running despite the bullet wounds and only a few fell down dead
Once the gun was dry, Rosa tossed it aside, grabbed a grenade, pulled the hook and counted.
"One ... Two ..."
She threw the grenade before it exploded, killing a small group of Rakyat but not inflicting as much damage as she had wanted.
Rosa spotted Vaas at the bottom of the compound building stairs, trying to fend off 3 warriors. She ran over to him, stabbing one of the men in the heart, twisting her knife in his flesh. Vaas shot the other two, one after the other and they fell to the ground.
"Rosa, someone has kicked in the building door, you need to get to Hoyt."
"But -"
"ROSA! GO!"
"I don't want to leave you." said Rosa.
Vaas took her face in his bloody hands.
"I'll be fine." he said.
"Promise me. Promise me you'll come out of this alive." Rosa pleaded, holding Vaas' hands with her own, not caring if he covered her in blood.
"I promise, princesa. Swear to me that you'll be okay"
"I swear."
Vaas kissed Rosa, hard and meaningful, looked at her for a moment before jumping down onto an oncoming Rakyat.
Rosa ran through the doors of the building and wondered if she would ever see Vaas again. Shaking the thoughts out of her mind, she bounded up the stairs and burst through Hoyt's office doors.
"I've been expecting you, Rosa." said Caddo.
His presence took Rosa by surprise. Caddo sat on Hoyt's desk, a full tatau present on his arm. His hair was tied back and he dressed like the regular Rakyat warrior, nothing distinguishable about him, other than his incredible ink.
Hoyt was tied up, gagged in a chair as he tried to scream at Rosa to get out. Trying to keep her composure, she slowly closed the door behind her, leaning her back against it.
"Well, if it isn't the fearsome Caddo." she taunted.
Rosa pulled out her knife, caressing the tip mockingly. If Caddo wanted to play games, then so could she.
"Your men are dying out there." she stated, earning a scoff from the man.
"It doesn't matter." he replied, "I'm here for one thing only and now that I have you, my plan is complete."
"Ah, Vaas said something about you being a good planner. Bravo, by the way."
Hoyt tried to shuffle in his chair, his eyes wild, begging Rosa to run.
"Thank you, I take great pride in my work. I'm here to finish off the job that Citra never could."
"And that is?" Rosa asked, her words coy and slick on her tongue.
"To kill you. To kill Hoyt. And then tear down this sordid organisation."
Rosa rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, play me another record. Cry me a river." she mocked.
Caddo was beginning to grow aggravated.
"You see this as one big joke, no?" Caddo asked, standing up from Hoyt's desk.
"It's not a very funny one, I'll admit, but I bet it's got a great punchline."
"Seeing as you like to play jokes and games, how about we play one now?" Caddo asked and he raised his eyebrows.
"Do tell, Caddo. I'm dying to know."
"I either kill you first, which in my opinion is the rather boring version of the game. The fun part would be having you kill Hoyt and then I kill you. You can take your pick."
Rosa bit her lips, the sincerity of Caddo's voice unnerving her but she wouldn't let it show. She glanced over to Hoyt, the desperation in his eyes still evident. If there was one thing that Hoyt had taught Rosa, it was that you don't go down without a fight.
"Although those options sound extremely enticing, I think I'll pass. I suggest that we have this out, one on one. Old school, you could say." she suggested.
Rosa lifted her knife in the air,.
"No guns, no machines. Just you and me and our knives."
"I like the sound of that." replied Caddo, "You can take the first stab at it, if you'll pardon the pun."
Rosa smirked at Caddo, an evil smile as she lunged forward.
The fight had come to a halt as Vaas and Raul stood next to one another, breathless, their bodies caked in blood which glistened in the sun.
A pile of bodies surrounded them, no Rakyat seemingly alive as a couple of pirates were pulling them into a mound on the floor. Vaas and Hoyt had both lost a lot of men but nothing that couldn't be easily replaced. Vaas scanned the pile of bodies.
"HAS THAT MOTHERFUCKER CADDO BEEN KILLED?" he shouted.
"NO, WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM!" replied a pirate.
Vaas stopped for a moment, before quickly putting two and two together.
"Raul! Quick!"
The pair ran up the steps of the compound as fast as they could, sprinting up into the building. Vaas ran in first, throwing the door of Hoyt's office open. As he did so, he saw Caddo lunging forward and stabbing Rosa in the stomach.
"NO!" he roared.
Without a second thought, he pulled out his gun and shot Caddo straight in the head, ending him.
Rosa turned to Vaas, her hands cupping the knife as her face has grown pale. Vaas caught her before she fell down, gently laying her down and cradling her in his arms. Raul ran to Hoyt and untied him, Hoyt then scrambling over to Rosa. She slowly lifted her hand and stroked his cheek.
"I'm so sorry, Dad." she whispered.
Hoyt placed his hand over Rosa's and then kissed it.
"It meant nothing, my English Rose. Nothing at all. I'm sorry"
"RAUL! GET THE DOCTOR!" Vaas screamed, Raul running out of the building.
Hoyt placed a hand on Vaas' shoulder.
"There's probably nothing we can do, Vaas. That fucker probably had poison on the end of his knife."
Hoyt wiped a tear from the corner of his eye as Vaas started rocking Rosa back and forth in his arms. Vaas started to shake with sobs, something which he had never done before.
Cried.
"My beautiful princesa, don't leave me. We're supposed to grow old together, no? And still be kicking ass when we're 70? You and me?"
"You're the best thing to ever happen to me, Vaas Montenegro. You're my prince."
"A prince needs his princesa, Rosa." he whispered, grabbing Rosa's hand.
"You can't do this to me, Rosa, please. Rosa ... I can't live without you."
Rosa gasped out in pain before she cupped Vaas' face and looked deep into his eyes.
"Did I ever tell you what the the definition of insanity?" Rosa whispered, "Insanity is -"
"Doing the exact same thing over and over again, expecting shit to change." he replied.
"Ah, see that's where you're wrong, Vaas. You're my definition of insanity." Rosa said, smiling softly.
Vaas' tears fell onto Rosa's chest, wetting her tank. Hoyt said nothing, trying hard not to cry as he watched the scene unfold before him.
"Did you know, Vaas ... I love you so much." Rosa whispered, "You are me ... and I am you."
"Rosa. Please don't leave me. I love you more than you could ever imagine." he replied softly.
"That's all I ever needed. Te amo, Vaas."
Vaas gently pressed his lips to Rosa, kissing her before he felt her body go limp under him.
"Rosa? ROSA? NO! Don't you die on me!"
All of the sudden, Doctor Earnhardt burst into the room, with Raul following closely behind.
"You swore to me that you would be okay, princesa. You swore to me."
Holy fuck. I was sobbing writing this chapter, what is wrong with me? It was the longest one I've ever done. Please review, I would love to know what you think! Until tomorrow, happy reading!