"Alright Revy; are you ready?" Rock asked.
Revy locked the slide of a rifle into place, "I was born for this."
She took aim with the gun, a bead of sweat resting on her eyebrow. She took a deep breath, held it and finally squeezed the trigger.
A cork knocked a doll onto its back at a shooting booth in Coney Island. She lifted the barrel and blew imaginary smoke from it as the surrounding crowd cheered for her.
"25, lets see some local beat that." Revy stated confidently as she accepted a giant stuffed dinosaur.
As Rock and Revy left the booth, Rock asked, "So what now?"
"I don't know, what do you feel like?" Revy asked, when amidst the crowds of people at Coney Island she heard Rock's stomach rumble, "By the way how's your stomach doing?"
Rock made a face in obvious discomfort, "Better. Next time though, no hot dogs before we go on the roller coaster alright?"
"Yeah, sorry about that. If you didn't grow up here, you didn't stand a chance."
"How about the Ferris wheel, then we'll call it a day?"
Revy smiled, "Sounds good to me."
Nearly 150 feet in the air, Rock and Revy looked out over Brooklyn as they sat in the failing light of the day. She placed her hand palm-side up on Rock's leg and he took her hand into his. They turned to face each other and shared a kiss before Revy turned her back up to him laying her head back on his shoulder.
"This is nice, isn't it?" She asked, somewhat unsure of her own words.
"Well, that depends."
"Depends on what?"
"Are you happy?"
She leaned her head over to face him as she replied, "I am."
"Then this is nice."
They got lost in time in that cart until the sun had all but set.
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As night set in, Rock and Revy returned to Newark Airport in the very car they had departed in three days earlier. In the main portion of the terminal, Rock was at a phone speaking with Dutch.
"How'd it go?"
"Everything's taken care of."
"No, I mean your plans with Revy; how'd she take it?"
"Oh, it went well I think."
"You're not missing any vital anatomy are you?"
Rock laughed, "No, nothing like that. I think it was good for her." As he finished his thought, Revy appeared before him once again wearing her Qipao dress.
"What time should we meet you two at the airport?"
Rock smiled at the sight of her wearing the dress, "We should be arriving tomorrow at about noon."
"Sounds good. Well it's good to hear everything went alright. I hope you're both ready for work when you get back. Mr. Chang has been waiting on us for a few days now."
"Give him our apologies. We'll be ready when we arrive."
Rock hung up a few minutes later and joined Revy in line for their flight.
"Look at you all dressed up."
Revy smiled, "I figure I'll give Dutch and Benny a laugh when we get back home. Speaking of Roanapur, is it still there or did someone finally level it?"
"Everything's fine. Apparently Mr. Chang needs something moved and he's waiting on us to get back."
Revy lit a cigarette and took a long drag before replying, "Fuckin' hell. No rest for the weary in this line of work."
They boarded the plane a few moments later and were once again seated in first class. Again Rock took the window while Revy took her time sitting back in her seat being sure to savor every minute of it.
"Ya know Rock; this just might have been three of the most fucked up days of my life…" She turned to face him, "…but I'll never get tired of this chair or this dress."
Rock chuckled, "I'm glad to hear it."
"Can I get you folks something to drink?" An attendant asked.
"Scotch please?" Rock asked.
"And for you miss?"
As Rock turned to face Revy, she was already passed out. He smiled at the sight of her, once again done in by a first-class seat.
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20 hours later, their flight landed at Bangkok International. Surprisingly, Rock would be the one getting woken up by Revy.
"Rock!" Revy finally shouted before pushing Rock's head against the window.
Rock groaned, "What'd you do that for?!"
Revy stood from her seat and replied, "We're home. Now come on, Benny's probably waiting for us."
For a minute he thought that perhaps he had simply dreamt of their time in Manhattan. The time Revy showed a side of herself no one had ever seen. As the world came into focus however, he noticed she was still wearing the dress he had gotten for her. He smiled slightly and finally got to his feet.
Dutch and Benny waited outside resting on the GTO and at first sight of Revy wearing that dress as well as carrying the enormous stuffed dinosaur she had won in Coney Island, both of their faces fell flat in shock and awe.
"Revy?" Benny asked.
She smiled at their reactions; her plan to get a rise out of them had worked perfectly, "Take a picture boys, it'll last longer."
Rock followed Revy to the car with an ear-to-ear grin.
"You didn't break her did you Rock?" Dutch asked before Rock had the chance to get in the car.
Rock looked in on Revy and remembered all that had happened these past few days. From her reaction to all he'd done for her, what she did with Verrochio, to finally confronting her past. A slight smile came across his face as he replied, "No Dutch…"
In the car, Revy smiled wider than he had seen in days as Benny handed her the Praiyachat M92s, which she promptly spun into her holsters, "…I think I fixed her."
That's all for this one. If you made it this far, I hope you liked it.
I'm afraid what I did (Or didn't do) in chapter 5 was a mistake, but it kinda grew on me after I re-read it a few times. I hope it worked alright.