*Updated 20-05-2018*

Chapter 64 - Rosa's Birthday

On the morning of her 21st birthday, Rosa was awake as the sun was rising.

The sounds of Vaas' slight snores made her smirk as she sat up in bed, running her fingers through her hair. She felt on the floor for Vaas' tank top, grabbing it and pulling it on. Rosa got up as quietly as she could and left through the secret door in the warehouse to go down to the beach, over to the rock pool.

Rosa settled herself down, her feet dangling in the warm water. The sun was getting higher in the sky and she drank the view in; it was beautiful. The light orange blended into the ocean as it rose and Rosa sighed with contentment.

21.

It was so young but felt older than it actually was. Her life had already been so hectic and action packed that she felt like she had lived 100 times over. But it was great.

"Happy birthday to me." she whispered to herself and smiled, idly moving her feet around in the water.
The island was beginning to get covered in light and the heat could already be felt.

"Ahem." a voice said.
Rosa turned around. Vaas was stood there in his shorts and without a top, a small radio in his hands. Rosa removed her feet and got up off the rocks, moving over to Vaas. He placed the radio on the sand and flicked it on, a sweet piano sound filling the air.

"May I have this dance?" he asked, mocking a bow and extending his hand.
"You certainly may." Rosa replied as she curtseyed.

She placed one hand on his shoulder and the other in his hand and they started to dance on the sands in the sunrise. Vaas brought his head closer to Rosa's.

"Happy birthday, princesa." he whispered.
She smiled. They simply swayed; it was perfect.

"Do you know what this piece is?" he asked quietly.
"Clair de Lune." she replied.
Vaas chuckled.

"How do you know that?"
"Hoyt used to play me a lot of piano music. I just became familiar with it. You know what he's like for his classical stuff."
"I like it." Vaas simply replied before he picked Rosa up and spun her around, gently.

He lowered her down and just looked at her; her beauty and her radiance. His eyes were glimmering from the nearly risen sun and Rosa sighed in contentment.

"Te amo." she whispered, barely audible.
"Te amo." Vaas replied before kissing her on the lips.

"Where's Rosa?" Raul asked, resting his broomstick against a wall.

"She's just getting ready now. This is gonna be a good day, I can feel it." Vaas replied before feeling up and adjusting his mohawk.
"As long as we still get to drink and there's good music, I'm fine. I don't know why we can just have a normal party." Jane sighed.
"Because sometimes it gets kinda repetitive. Anyways, this will be a lot more fun; we can put the rejects to good use. Those miserable fucks have been giving me shit since they've arrived." Vaas replied.

"Hey guys!" Rosa said, coming up behind them.
She looked stunning; something about her was just dazzling.
"Rosa! Happy birthday!" Jane cried and rushed up to the girl to give her a hug, "I got you a little something. It's from me and Raul really."
"You shouldn't have!"

Rosa took the parcel from Jane which was wrapped in palm leaves and tied with a piece of string. Rosa removed the string and then peeled off the leaves to reveal a picture frame.

Within it was a photo of Rosa, Vaas, Jane and Raul outside the compound that they had taken a while back. Vaas had his arm around Rosa's shoulder, looking into the camera with a mischievous look. She was resting her hand on his chest and was looking up at him, smiling. Raul had his arm around Jane's waist; both were smiling. It had been a good day. The frame was decorated with the finest sea shells as Rosa clutched it to her chest.

"Oh my gosh, you guys." she whispered.
Raul laughed.
"Look at the back."

Rosa turned it over in her hands and smiled from ear to ear. Written in Jane's swirly writing were 4 simple words: 'We're all mad here.'

"Come here you two!" Rosa cooed before pulling them both into her arms for a hug.
"Now for my present." Vaas said, rubbing his hands together.
Rosa was laughing as she turned to him.

"Here you go." Vaas said, before handing her a small sized box.

She shook it playfully, movement being heard. Rosa placed it down on the stage and took of the lid, gasping. Inside, was a pair of black heeled boots to replace the ones that had been broken. She squealed as she took them out of the box, holding them in her hands. Turning them in her hands so she could look at them properly, she saw on the back of them was a rose, that looked like it had been carved into them.

Pulling off her shoes, she slid them on and sighed with happiness. A perfect fit.
"You!" she joked before kissing Vaas, nearly sending him flying.
"Only the best for my princesa." he replied, smirking, "There's one more thing."
"Another?!"
"Yeah. Bring her round boys!" he called.

A group of pirates came around a corner, something following behind them. One of the pirates moved to reveal a leopard, not fully grown but not a cub. Rosa brought her hands to her mouth and gasped. It was beautiful; so elegant and magnificent with the ability to rip someone to pieces. Perfect.

"Rosa, meet Maya." Vaas stated, taking the rope that was around the leopards next from the pirate.
"She's beautiful. She looks just like Mali did."
"It was a bitch to capture her but I knew it would be the best present so I kept her hidden for a while. I had some of these fucks train her a little."

Rosa bent down, face to face with the leopard and looked at her in the eyes. She was glorious.
"Hey girl." Rosa murmured, stroking Maya on the head.
Maya began to purr and Rosa smiled. Vaas pulled the rope from the leopards neck and tossed it to one side.
"Thank you so much, Vaas."
"Anything to make you happy." he replied.
Rosa got up and hugged him, and he kissed the top of her head.

"Now for the party. But, we're gonna have a little twist on it."
"What's the twist?" Rosa asked, back to stroking Maya who was rolling around on the floor.
"We're gonna take care of some of the rejects. Have a bit of fun with them." he replied, his eyes sparkling with evil.
"That sounds amazing! Yes! I need to kill something." Rosa said, still smiling wide.

"Let's go then."

"Well, well, well, boys and girls, it's your lucky day. It's my princesa's birthday so we're going to have a little fun with you, no?" Vaas smirked, "Boys, bring them out and tie them to those poles out in the centre."

The men and women in the cages started shouting in protest, screaming; some of the women were crying. Vaas and Rosa started laughing to themselves. The pirates pulled around 6 of them from the cages and began dragging them into the middle of the compound, where some poles had been placed.

A beat suddenly ran through the compound as 'Make It Bun Dem' started playing. Beers were being passed around and a few prostitutes came into view but not as many as there would have been if it was a full blown out party. Raul and Jane sauntered over with some bottles and passed them to Rosa and Vaas.

"Take your pick of them, hermana. I would personally go for the guy in the middle; he's been a right cocksucker since he's gotten here. Raul and Jane, you can have one each as well. Do what you want with them as long as they're dead by the end of it. I'm gonna take the guy next to Rosa."

"It's not everyday that you get to kill people for the fun of it ... Oh wait, yes it is." Rosa replied.
"I'll drink to that. Happy birthday Rosa." Raul replied, raising his bottle.
They all clinked them together and smiled, making their way to their tied up subjects.

"Fucks, cocksuckers, bitches, lend me your ears. Maybe quite literally." Vaas chuckled, "We're all going to have some fun torturing you, so sit back and relax, okay?"

They all started screaming again, which was pissing Rosa off. She stomped over to the middle man and clamped her hand over his mouth hard, which silenced the others. The man was about 28 and had blonde, short hair. He was wearing a black t-shirt which was covered in dirt and intermingled with blood, some brown shorts and no shoes.

"Hey, hermano? Shut the fuck up, you're pissing everyone, mostly me, off."
Rosa removed her hand from his mouth.
"FUCK YOU! YOU DON'T OWN ME! YOU CAN'T DO SHIT TO ME!" he screamed back at her, causing her to sharply turn around.
Vaas started cackling and smacked his hand against his forehead at the man's stupidity.
"I think you'll find she can do shit to you. Who's the one tied up in this situation?" Vaas laughed, the man scowling, "Right, enough chit-chat, let's get down to business."

The pirates advanced towards their captives, wearing evil smirks and the whole atmosphere changed. Rosa crouched in front of her man and smiled seductively. She was going to fuck with him.

"Hey there, cabrón. I didn't mean to get angry with you." she teased, running her fingers through his hair.
The man stiffened at her touch.
"You can't do shit to me, okay? My father with bring you down when he sends the money through. I will fucking kill you."

"Oh, sorry about that. Didn't you hear? Your dad said he couldn't give a shit about you and that you brought this on yourself. No money means that you're not going anywhere."
"You're lying, you bitch!"
"I never lie. Now, how about we get rid of this shirt?"

Rosa pulled her knife from her holster, the man still shouting obscenities before running it up the bottom of his shirt, ripping it from him.

"Now, I like role playing games, so I'm gonna play one with you now, okay? I'm going to be a doctor and you've come in with some stomach problems, which I need to sort out. Find the source of the problem and what not. I promise you that this won't hurt a bit."
"What? WHAT? GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME, YOU MAD BITCH! I WILL KILL YOU, I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU!" the man screamed.
Rosa tutted before leaning over him, her knife grasped in her hand. She knew how to cut him but still keep him alive long enough to see what she was doing.

"Now, who's a good patient?" she taunted as she plunged the knife into the man's lower abdomen, causing him to yelp.

Vaas looked up from cutting off his man's ear and smiled at her. Damn, why was that so sexy? Rosa slowly pulled the knife up and twisted, enough to make a hole in his body. The man's screams sounded sickening, but Rosa loved it.

She waggled her hand tauntingly at the sweating man and put it into the hole, the warmth from his innards being felt by her touch. Rosa felt the nearest organ that she could and pulled, the man close to passing out. Rosa removed a slimy, pink ball of flesh and brought it to the man's face.

"I think this is the source of the problem. But what's that? You're still feeling some pain? No problem, I can look again."
"P - Please. No more." the man gasped.
Rosa clapped her hand's together, the blood spreading around. There was a small pool growing around her, which covered her legs.

"Now who's the bitch?" she snarled before making another hole in the man's body and putting her hand inside it.
This organ felt tougher and larger and the man started shaking, screaming and retching; he wouldn't hold out for much longer.
"I don't think I am going to pull this one. I'm gonna try and puncture it instead."

The man yelled out, with the last bit of energy that he had before Rosa pushed her knife into the hole and penetrated whatever was there. The liquid from it started to ooze out and the man was unconscious. Rosa got her gun and shot him in the head, before getting to her feet.

She was surrounded by dead bodies and unknowingly had an audience around her of pirates, Jane, Raul and Vaas, who had killed their rejects some 5 minutes earlier. Her arms and legs were now covered in blood and Vaas moved closer to her to kiss her.

"Can I give my English Rose a hug?" Hoyt's voice sounded and Rosa and Vaas moved out of the kiss.

"Hoyt!" Rosa exclaimed, rushing over to him.
She carefully put her arms around him to give him a hug.
"Looks like you've been having some fun then?" he asked.
"It's been fucking amazing. You're finally here!" she exclaimed.

"I had to come and see my daughter on her 21st birthday. I feel so fucking old. Now, are you guys going to clean yourselves up?"
"Yeah, just hang on." Rosa replied before running off.

She had a great idea.

Running into the kitchen, she filled a bucket full of water and took off her shoes. She didn't want to ruin them. Staggering outside with it in her hands, she crept up behind an unsuspecting Vaas, lifted the bucket up and poured it all over him.

"WHAT THE FUCK?" he cried, his body now dripping wet.
Rosa fell to the floor as she was laughing so much, holding in her sides.

"THAT'S IT!" Vaas shouted, but he wasn't angry.

He picked Rosa up and threw her over his shoulder, her squealing and shouting. Vaas turned to have another bucket of water thrown all over him and Rosa. Jane stood there with a huge grin on her face before Raul got his canteen of water and emptied it over Jane's head.

"WATER FIGHT!" the pirates yelled and a war broke out.

Water was being thrown left, right and centre, washing away the blood from the killings. Hoyt was laughing but ran to hide. Rosa and Vaas were yelling, now dripping wet.

"OH, HOYT! COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE!" Rosa called, now searching around for him.
She turned a corner behind a shack and found him.
"There you are! You're missing all of the fun!" she exclaimed, before taking his hand in her wet one and dragging him around into the middle of the compound.

"NO, ROSA, DON'T YOU DARE!" he cried, as she bent down to grab a bucket and held it up over her head.

Hoyt tried to run but it was too late, Rosa had tipped the bucket and the contents went all over him. Hoyt turned around, his hair in his face with water dripping from him and he looked like he wanted to kill her.

"OH SHIT, RUN!" Rosa shouted as Hoyt started laughing and yelling, chasing her.
Rosa scrambled up onto the stage and put her hands up.
"Enough! Please!" she laughed.

Hoyt put his hand on the wood, trying to get his breath back.
"Out of breath, boss?" Vaas taunted, Hoyt giving him the finger.

"Someone get me some alcohol."

Night had fallen onto the compound and the party was now in full swing. 'Swim Good' by Frank Ocean was playing and everyone was chilled out or dancing.

Hoyt was sat next to Rosa and Vaas on the sofa and Jane and Raul were dancing. Vaas had lit up a joint, inhaled it deeply and passed it to Rosa who did the same.

"Hoyt, you didn't give Rosa a birthday present." Vaas coughed.
"Ah, yes. Rosa, I did not know what to give you for your birthday so instead, I decided on a promise or a guarantee."
"And that is?" she asked.
"That when I decide that either I cannot run this empire anymore or I die, you and Vaas are to be in charge. It's all yours."
"Aw, thanks Hoyt. But I think you're going to be around for a while." Rosa replied before leaning over to him to give him a hug.

Vaas put his arm around her and she snuggled into him, watching everyone around her.
"It's strange to think that all of this is ours." she stated.
Vaas chuckled.
"Yep. All ours."

"Hey, Vaas?"
"Yeah?"
"I remember asking you if you ever regretting killing anyone. You told me to ask you again when you were high." she said, looking up at him.
"I did?"
"Yeah. And ... do you?"

Vaas sat for a moment in thought, before rubbing his beard and sighing.

"Honestly?"
"Yeah, honestly."
"I don't. I don't know what it is about me, because I know that normal people would feel guilty, but I don't. Maybe because I have seen it all of my life. Does that make me a bad person?"

"Yes. You're the most bad, most evil person I know, but it's okay because I love you for it." Rosa replied, kissing him deeply.
"Happy birthday, Mrs Montenegro."

Hey guys! Wow, this one a long one! I hope you all enjoyed it and excused the soppy bit at the start (I don't know what came over me). Anyways, favourite, follow and review and I'll speak to you all soon. Happy reading, my little cherubs!
p.s. Commando64, I have received your PM (thank you!) and everything will be coming into play very soon, after a couple more chapters :)