*Updated 16-05-2018*

Chapter 56 - Paintings on the Wall

"Rosa. Hermana, please wake the fuck up."

Vaas was gently shaking Rosa's shoulder to rouse her. She coughed and opened her eyes, Vaas hovering over her

"Shit, what happened?" she croaked as Vaas helped her sit up.
"Buck and Liza, that's what happened." he replied.
Vaas looked up at where they had fallen in and touched the wall.

"We could try and climb?" Rosa asked, now on her feet.
Her head felt a little heavy and sore on the right side but she would just have to ignore it.
"We can't. They've coated the wall in some shit. Fuck, they've planned this out alright." Vaas said, wiping his now wet hand on his trouser leg.

"Wait, is Shadow Man with them? Is he working together with them?" Rosa asked.
"Fuck, yeah he could be. That fucker."
Vaas clenched his fists into a balls and Rosa touched his shoulder.
"There's no point staying here. It's an obvious tunnel, so lets just follow it. At least there's light down there."
Rosa pointed in the direction where what looked like a never ending tunnel.

"Let's go then. See what these fuckers have planned." Vaas said.
"Shit, I don't have any weapons!" Rosa exclaimed, noticing her weapon holster was gone.
"I don't either! Except, my lucky knife in my boot. Those cocksuckers."

Rosa and Vaas walked slowly down the tunnel, small torches of fire either side of them.

It seemed like nothing was happening, until they came into a wider spot that continued on. It looked like a hidden cave with a temple within it, a sacrifice table in the centre and pillars lining either side. This area was submerged in darkness but there was a small fire on the table; some sticks that were big enough to be hand held torches.

"Look." Rosa said, tapping Vaas.
She went over to the table, took 2 sticks and lit them before handing one to Vaas. The small fire on the table went out as soon as she had finished lighting the others. It was the nearest source available; they would never be able to navigate in the dark.

"Let's look around here first, see if there's a way out." Rosa said.
She walked over to the first section of the wall and brought her torch to it.
"Oh shit." she said, quietly.
"What?" Vaas asked, approaching her.

Vaas was shocked in complete silence at what he saw.

It seemed to look like the Path of the Warrior story that was in the Rakyat temple as it was painted the same. Upon closer inspection, it was clear it wasn't.

It was the story of Rosa and Vaas.

In front of the pair was a painting of a baby in Hoyt's arms, with pirates gathered around him. Not uttering a word, Rosa and Vaas moved down the wall, unaware of the moving shadows behind them.

The next was a painting of Vaas arriving at Hoyt's compound, his head bleeding and a painted Rosa stood watching him. The next, a painting of Rosa and Vaas, when Rosa had first arrived on at the compound on North Island. Jason was painted next, a drawing of him and Vaas. Vaas took in a sharp inhale of breath at that drawing as Rosa looked at him with concerned eyes, but they continued on. The next, was Caddo and an image of Rosa dying with Vaas holding her in his arms.

"How did they -?" Rosa whispered but still, Vaas said nothing.
The second to last painting was of their wedding on the cliffs of North compound.

"Vaas, I don't like this." Rosa whispered as Vaas pulled her closer to him, "I don't want to see the last one."
Still silent, Vaas moved Rosa to the final painting, both of them backing away as soon as they saw it.

It was a painting of two gravestones, one with Rosa's name on it and one with Vaas'. The pair moved into the darkness and looked at each other, not noticing their flames going out. Soon, they were engulfed with darkness and Rosa gripped Vaas' arm.

"Vaas, we need to get out of here. They're going to -"
"They're going to what? Hermana, speak to me?" Vaas asked, trying to feel his way in the darkness.
He heard a lighter flick behind him and he turned.

"Surprise, mate." an Australian voice said as Buck's face was illuminated with the glow of the flame.

Before Vaas could lunge at the man, he was hit over the head with a gun, making him fall to the floor. Liza chuckled as Rosa tried to scream through her gag and break out of her ropes that she was now tied to.

"We're going to have a little fun, Rosa, no need to be scared." Buck said as he and Liza laughed.

"Raul, the boys can't find anything and those two haven't come back. What are we going to do?" Jane asked.
The pirates had scoured the area, none of them looking in the shack.

"Let's think about this, okay?" Raul said, "If you were Liza and Buck, where would you put a tomb thing?"
"I don't know. I hardly know anything about these people. Didn't you say that Buck was a rapist or something?"
"Yeah, that fucker. Always eyeing up the boys every time he comes round. Has them hidden in his shack in the middle of the jungle where no can find 'em. So they can never get out type of thing."

Jane's eyes grew wide and she looked at Raul who then realised.
"RAUL! You're a genius!"
"I try, I try."

Raul winked at Jane and she smiled before he pulled her in for a kiss. She stopped him before he could.

"Ah, ah, ah. Afterwards. But first ... we gotta get back our friends."

Vaas felt groggy and weak as he lifted his head. He wasn't aware of his surroundings as they were ones he did not recognise.

"Finally, fucking hell mate, we thought you were dead!" said Buck.
Vaas' head snapped up as he tried to get up before realising that he was tied to two pillars. His arms were outstretched, like he was getting crucified, but his legs were free. He kicked them out but it was no use; he was stuck there.

"You fucker. What have you done with Rosa?" Vaas spat.
Buck laughed.
"Vaas, mate. Don't worry. She's here to join the party as well."

Liza dragged Rosa into the light. Her feet were tied tightly, along with her hands and her arms, which were bound to the front of her. She couldn't have hit out even if she had tried for the ropes were too strong. Her head was growing dizzy from the amount of pressure the ropes were causing to her limbs and it hurt to move.

Her mouth was gagged as Lisa held her by the hair. Rosa started thrashing out and screaming at the sight of Vaas, no matter how much pain it caused her. Buck simply laughed.

"She sounds just like Keith did. Remember, Vaas? Jason's friend? Ah, he was good to me was Keith. But that doesn't matter. You let Brody take him away from me. Brody stabbed me and I almost died."
"Yeah, well, Brody stabbed everyone, I wouldn't take it so fucking personal." Vaas joked, his voice thick with sarcasm.

Buck raised his fist and brought it down to Vaas' face, 3 harsh punches, drawing blood from Vaas' lip. Rosa tried to get away from Liza but she only pulled on her hair tighter.
"Buck." Liza said and he stopped attacking Vaas.

"You both ruined our lives. And for that you must pay. You took the one that Liza loved away from her. And, well ... I never liked either of ya."
"For the last fucking time, I did not kill Brody. My sister did. Rosa took care of Citra, so if anything you should be thanking us."

"Thanking you? Thanking you?" Liza was shouting now, as she threw Rosa over to Buck, "Everyone that came home with me, their lives were destroyed by you! They still can't put the pieces back together! Riley is left without 2 brothers!"
"Well, I'm left without an entire family, perra. Big fucking whoop that Snow White's brother doesn't have any anymore. That's not my fucking mess to clean up. Did you not realise? This is what we do around here." Vaas said, getting severely pissed off at the pair of them.

He still had plenty of fight in him and his words cut like knives. Liza lunged at him and started punching Vaas, clawing at him with her nails, ripping his skin.
"Liza." Buck said, his voice firm.
Liza pulled herself off of him, trying to regain control over her breathing.

"You took the love from my life. I want your love to feel the same way. Don't you have any morals on this fucking island?"
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." Vaas replied and Rosa caught his gaze.

He smiled at her softly, his face streaked with blood and starting to bruise. Rosa's heart flooded with sadness that he still remembered what she had said so long ago. She had to look away from him and regain her composure.

"Hey, perra. Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?" Vaas asked.
Rosa tried to stop the tears from coming.
"Save it." Liza snapped, "Buck, bring her."

Buck dragged Rosa over to Vaas as Liza pulled the gag off of her and lifted her tied hands.

"Now, you're going to tell Vaas how much you love him and how much he means to you, whilst plunging this knife into his chest."

Buck passed Liza the tribal knife which Rosa and Vaas had thrown into the sea.
"Look at that. When the Chinese shivved you, they did it in bloody style! Jason was like the fucking Tomb Raider getting this for me - I thought I'd lost it forever."

"Fuck you." Rosa spat.
Liza laughed.
"Don't worry, we'll help you kill Vaas."

Buck pushed the knife into Rosa's tied hands and Liza smiled evilly.
"Any last words?"

Rosa knew that Liza was being serious. Vaas looked at Rosa and she started to cry. The situation was serious; there was no way out. Nobody knew they were there; Liza and Buck weren't going to take any pity on them.

Was it was worth a shot to bargain for their lives back? Even the colour from Vaas' face drained at the sight of the knife as he knew that there was no solution. This was the end.

"No, no, no, please. Please, I'll do anything. Don't do this, please!"
Rosa was begging but the pair just laughed.
"Princesa, it's okay. Just do it." Vaas said, defeated as Rosa shook her head.

"No, no, they can't make me! I won't do it!"
Rosa was sobbing now; Liza mocked a look of caring and flashed Buck a pout.
"Hermana, we have no choice. We can't get out of this. Listen to me. Just do it. I'll be waiting for you, okay? We can't fight, we've already lost. Nobody is here to save us. Just know that I love you, Mrs Montenegro."
"I love you, Mr Montenegro." Rosa whispered.

"Aw, how sweet." mocked Liza, "Actually, Buck, you take over. You planned to get these fuckers here, you deserve to do the honours."
"Why, thanks Liza. My pleasure."
Buck took Rosa's hands in his and grinned.

"Let's get a good aim now Rosa, we don't wanna miss."

Vaas adverted his eyes from his sobbing wife and the man who was about to force her to kill him and noticed that Liza was leaving, heading for the shadows.

He frowned as he watched the girl but she never looked back. Where was she going? What did she know?

He then saw two figures move along the pillars and smiled.

The Calvary was coming.

"Hey, Buck, hermano." Vaas said, getting the attention of the man.
"What?" Buck asked, annoyed.
He gripped Rosa's hands tightly as she whimpered and closed her eyes, not wanting to see what was to happen next.

"Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?" Vaas asked.
Buck didn't reply. Rosa felt the grip around her hands grow weak as she heard a gargle. She slowly opened her eyes.

Buck lay dead next to her, a knife plunged in his heart, straight through his tattoo, his body twitching.

"Vaas?" Rosa asked asJane came to the side of her.
"Surprise!" she said.
Rosa almost collapsed on the floor from relief.

"You didn't think that we would leave you, would you?"

Raul was cutting Vaas' ropes and Jane was cutting Rosa's. When the pair were freed, they fell into each others arms.

"They were going to make me kill you. They were going to make me kill you." Rosa said, her voice still panicked.
"Shush, it's okay. It's okay. He's gone."
"Are you sure he's dead?"

A gunshot rang out and the pair turned. Raul stood with his gun out, Buck's brain's were splattered on the floor.
"He's dead." Raul stated.
Everyone laughed, even Rosa a little who was still sniveling.

The couple stopped hugging and turned to Jane and Raul.
"How did you know?" Vaas asked, helping Rosa to her feet.
"We just figured it out, I guess. Where's Snow? We were prepared for a double kill but only Jane got a shot at it."
"We'll explain when we're out of here. That cunts got another thing coming."

Rosa rushed into Vaas' arms and he enveloped her as she sighed.

They were safe but Snow was still out there.

Hey guys! Sorry for the short gap but things have been a bit hectic for the past few days and I hadn't had the time to write. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the end of Buck! I actually took the advice from Commando64 and decided not to kill Liza in this chapter, which I was planning on doing. If you guys have any ideas as to how she should meet her end (and if she should meet her end) please let me know, as I would love to hear them! Thank you all for your lovely reviews, they really make me happy when I see that you actually care to take the time to write one, even if it is only a sentence! I get excited when I see an email pop up and it's from and I see that's it's a review. I also love that a couple of you have also taken the time to write characters for me to include which means so so so much! I hope you all are still liking the story and let me know what you thought of this chapter by leaving a review. Happy reading, my little cherubs :)