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The heat crept over Roanapur as it usually did in the summer, Revy was lying bored on the couch of the Lagoon Company office as Rock sat across from her reading a magazine. Dutch and Benny entered the office with Dutch wiping his hands clean of motor oil with a rag as Benny wiped his forehead of sweat.
“The engine’s fuckin up again, we gotta go down to the hardware store for spare parts and some oil. We should be back in about thirty to forty minutes” Benny informed the two as they lazed about. Dutch grabbed the keys for the car before tossing them to Benny and the door shut behind them as they left the office and drove off down the road.
“Rock! I’m fuckin bored… I’d go down to the Flag but I’m outta cash, and Eda’s being a bitch so I’m not playin’ cards with her… wanna get outta here and go drink?” The gunslinger groaned as she played absentmindedly with her dual pistols.
“I’ve already paid your tab four times this month. I’m not taking you out on my dime” Rock replied flatly “And it’s the twelfth.” Rock added on for emphasis as he turned the page of the magazine.
Revy replied only by casting him a tired look and sighing before resigning herself to getting up from her comfortable spot on the couch to search the fridge in the office kitchenette.
“Rock, why the hell are we even here? The boat needs maintenance, we've had one job in two weeks, and that was a four hour delivery job! Day in, day out we’re just sitting on our asses!”
“Why don’t you just go and get guys to buy you drinks at the flag then?” Rock asked.
“Doesn’t work anymore… guys are too scared of me, and they know I won’t fuck em cause for some reason they think I’m with you…” Revy responded casually “Fuck. we’re outta beer, call Benny and tell him to stop by the liquor store on the way back to the office would ya?”
As Rock put down his magazine and raised from the chair, he could hear the door get kicked in. Several men entered the building carrying swords and guns rush up the stairs. As Rock saw them he dived over the couch and began to take cover while Revy slammed the fridge door with her foot and drew her cutlasses.
“Fuckin finally…” She muttered to herself with a smile as she began to take shots at the intruders, emptying lead into three mens skulls quick and easy while Rock peaked up from the couch to get a look and see who had invited themselves in. When the window next to him broke open, and two men jump in, Revy manages to take one out causing him to drop his sword while she is forced to take cover behind the doorway as gunfire rains down on her in the office. Rock sees the one still alive and grabs for the sword dropped by the corpse. He’s never used one but it’s a Now or Never type deal, he stands to his feet as the enemy and him begin circling each other. Revy steps out of cover to take down the men emptying their guns into the wall to try to pin her down.
Rock’s on the defensive and barely hanging on, managing to barely block blows sloppily. Whoever attacked them is good, and he’s got about as much experience as a kid playing ninja in a park. Metal clashes against metal as the swords meet and Rock starts to find his footing and manages to start putting on an offensive. Rock knows he can’t let anything take his mind off the foe in front of him, until he hears Revy’s voice behind him.
“ROCK! GET DOWN!” The split second decision to turn is a fatal mistake as his head turns, the opponent shoves his sword straight into Rock’s abdomen causing his blade to fall and his legs to go limp. The sword pushes deeper while Revy’s eyes widen as she hears the click of an empty mag. Using one last summon of strength, and adrenaline pushing him into overdrive, Rock grabs a lamp off the table and smashes it against the man’s head knocking him unconscious. Rock pulls the sword out of his torso and instantly falls to the floor next to the downed man as Revy rushes over, reloading her pistol and emptying it into the man. His shirt slowly starts turning from white to red as blood seeps out of the wound.
“Shitshitshitshitshit…” Revy whisper-yells as she rushes to the phone to call Benny.
“BENNY GET YOUR ASS HERE, SOMEONE ATTACKED THE OFFICE, ROCK’S BEEN STABBED!” She screams into the receiver
“Sorry, we can’t! We’re pinned down here too, whoever attacked must’ve followed us here too. We’ll try to be there as soon as we can!” Benny replied, his voice laden with stress as he and Dutch were pinned down behind the shelves of the hardware store.
“Dutch! It’s Revy, these guys are attacking the whole crew, they hit the office too, and Rock’s got stabbed.” Benny relayed to Dutch as he reloaded his revolver and shot two approaching men in the head. Benny grabbed a crowbar off the shelf next to him and gripped it tight as he heard footsteps approaching, he then smashed it right over the approaching man’s skull, coating the crowbar red. Panic crept into his mind as his thoughts went back to how Rock was holding up.
“God damn it, how do I stop the bleeding?” Revy yelled aloud as she looked around the office for a medkit, she grabbed some towels from the bathroom and wrapped it around Rock’s torso
“C’mon Rock, you still with me?” she asked him, slapping her hand against his face trying to wake him up and checking his pulse.
“Revy…” Was all he could get out between heavy breaths
“Rock, stay still and stay awake, I’m gonna get you outta here. Dutch and Benny are pinned down, but I got a favor or two I could pull…” She said as she reached for the phone and began dialing.