part 13

(continuing from iku threatening the captain to turn the ship around)

iku throws the dead bodies off of the ship into the sea. As the days go on the blood that’s on her starts oxidizing. The canned food is terrible so she barely eats, for drinks there’s literally only stuff with alcohol.

By the time she’s back on land she reeks, looks tired, and very angry. She proceeds to bee-line for her hotel. There is a bar in the hotel and above it there’s an employee lounge, the floor is made of wood. She goes into the bar;

iku: (“Hey.“)

Everyone quiets down.

iku: (“If you wanna live, don’t stand in the middle.”)

iku leaves and starts going up the stairs to the employee lounge, she stops outside and hears faint chatter;

RHM: (“I don’t know what to tell you man, She’s been gone for what, three days now? I don’t think she’s coming back.“)

Employee1: (“Weren’t you the one who gave her a tip about a job?“)

Employee2: (“Yeah, what’s up with that?“)

RHM: (“Well whatever happened to her is not my fault, All I’m saying is that if she’s dead, someone needs to take her place around here.”)

iku barges in.

Everyone is looking at her with fear, RHM is looking at iku with a shocked expression.

iku starts walking slowly towards RHM.

RHM: (“Hey… Boss. You uh… You good? You’ve been gone for a while.”)

iku doesn’t respond, just keeps walking towards RHM.

RHM: (“Wh--- What are you doing?”)

iku stops infront of them. She grabs RHM by the throat and raises them.

iku: (“Can you tell me what’s this all over me?“)

She points at her neck, drenched in blood. It’s pitch black.

RHM: (“Dirt? hhng— Oil?”)

iku throws RHM on the floor.

iku: (“IT’S BLOOD. BLOOD OF THE THUGS YOU PAWNED ME OFF TO.”)

iku pins them down, her left hand is on the floor and her right hand is in a fist.

iku: (“DO I LOOK LIKE I’M WORTH ONLY 20 GRAND? 20?”)

iku punches RHM in the nose

iku: (“DID YOU NOT HAVE IT GOOD HERE HUH? LIKE I DIDN’T PROVIDE FOR YOUR ASS WHEN YOU WERE IN TROUBLE?“)

She punches again.

iku: (“AND TELL ME HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO GET THE MOST AMATURE FUCKING PEOPLE TO DO THIS? WHO THE FUCK TOLD YOU TO DO THIS, ‘CAUSE I KNOW YOU’RE NOT THAT BRIGHT TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN.“)

Another punch.

RHM: (“It was Cray, He wanted you gone. Offered me your position, he gave me that 20k. I’m sorry the offer was too tempting. Please, I can help you take him down.”)

iku: (“No need.”)

iku: (“Look here everyone, this is what happens when you go and try to fuck me over.”)

iku puts her gun on RHM’s forehead and mag dumps it. The bullets go trough the floor and in the bar people just see bullets flying down and blood dripping from the hole.

iku gets up.

This was the first time any employee normal or mercenary saw what she’s capable of.

iku: (“Whoever cleans this mess up gets double pay for this month.“)

She leaves.