Black Lagoon: The Grim Gunman (Male OC Story and Male OC X Revy!)

Grim Gunman: Part 8 (Mangrove Heaven)

06:07 AM, June 23rd, 1994

With the gunship hovering away from the PT Boat, this had the whole crew confused. The helicopter could've easily turned them into Swiss Cheese by then, but luckily, they're still alive in one piece. Tony and Revy entered the cockpit, the two were quite curious about the gunship's retreat. Rock came along with them, after he just calmed himself down from his outburst a minute ago.

Tony: Dutch, what's up with the chopper? It's not attacking us anymore. For some reason...

Dutch: I'm not sure, T. [on his earpiece] Benny-Boy!

Benny: [earpiece] Yeah... Looks like they've fallen back about 5,000 metres and they're still tailin' us from that distance.

Revy: So, they haven't given up on us? Shit...

Tony: [laughs mirthlessly] Well, this is a fuckin' joke.

Benny: What do these guys want anyway? Yeah... What is it?

Dutch checked up on his map to find any routes to get him and his crew away from the gunship. Unfortunately, not many of them were very safe. There was one might be able to lead them to Belawan, but it was still risky.

Dutch: Damn it! That channel...

Benny: That's it! The channel!

Dutch: The path ahead of us to Belawan is filled with rocks and mangroves and they must've figured that out. The further we go, the narrower gets gonna get. In the end, we won't be able to take evasive manoeuvres.

Tony: So, why can't we just take one of the other channels?

Dutch: They're also quite narrow. This boat could potentially get stuck on land or hit a rock if not too careful, T.

Tony: Fuck... [lights himself a cigarette] What else should we do?

Revy: Let's turn this boat around and get outta here.

Tony: Wait, what? Are you off your fuckin' trolley, Revy?!

Revy: No, I am not off my [uses air quotes] "trolley", Tony. What makes you think otherwise?

Tony: Those bastards still have their arsenal on our arses and they're promptin' us to take a risky route! Turning the boat around? That's what they WANT us to do! They're lurin' us towards their line of fire!

Revy: Tony, you do know that if we take one of these channels, we're screwed either way, right? Getting stuck on some channel is worse then attempting to drive away from those cocksuckers. So don't tell me, I've lost my fucking mind or you'll lose yours!

Tony: For Christ's sakes! [slowly paced near Rock, who was just silently sitting on a bench.] Rock, what are you, a fuckin' mime!? SAY SOMETHING!! Any bright ideas?!

Startled at first, Rock took a deep breath and finally answered to Tony:

Rock: There's not many safer channels, so we're fucked regardless what we do.

Tony wasn't even gonna respond, as there was no point arguing with Revy or Rock. Theh did actually made a good point: The crew were in a fucked situation regardless.

Dutch: And besides, Tony... What else are we suppose to do with a helicopter on our ass and narrow paths? Let's go with what Revy said. Fuck it.

With that said, Dutch accelerated the gear and turned the boat around, which caught the helicopter's attention. It fired toward the boat's direction with its auto cannons, causing the boat to turn to the left. Then, the gunship fired its machine gun at it, mostly missing the boat with some high caliber rounds bouncing off its armour. As the boat continued to evade from the chopper as quick as possible, it managed to take a right turn to one of the available paths and gunship's firing had stopped again. Tony was actually surprised that he and the rest are still alive through this dangerous choice.