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RANGO \\ OӘͶAЯ - Another outlaw story
Chapter 33

33. Nights in the desert

"Beans! Beans! Please, talk to me! One single word but please tell something!"
The female lizard opened her blinking eyes. With moan she petted over her head.
"W-wha- who…"
Her glance stuck on the face of another same looking female lizard with long braided tress, blouse and jeans.
"Rice? What's go.. on.."
"You have a big bump on your head."
With worried look her twin sister bent more down to her.
"Beans, kiddy, what did that guy with you?"
The familiar face of Joel came into her visual field.
"Mm, he tricked me, all what I know was a hard hit on my head."
"Why didn't you fight back?"
She lowered her glace. "My… uhm…"
"Your special moments?" Rice asked.
The female lizard nodded slowly.
Rice watched how her father grimaced.
"I think it's just a little brain concussion."
"That's enough!" Joel jumped up. He took his hat and threw it on the floor. "Two rude guys in near both of you are too much!"
"Daddy, you shouldn't be upset," his daughter Rice tried.
"Keep quiet! I don't tolerate that they tyrannize us more. I will ensure that it will stop soon! Nobody has the right to threat my daughters! And you! Keep away from every stranger for the future! Get it?!"
Rice nodded obediently.
With that Joel turned around and slammed the door behind.
Both sighed. "What do you think is he going to do?" Rice looked at her sister.
"I don't know," she answered. "I only know, I need my bed."

It was their children room ever since they can remember. It was not much for two adult women. Two beds, one cupboard and a dressing table with mirror and a chair. Rice combed her hair while her twin sister Beans was putting on her night dress.
"Beans?"
"Mm?"
"Who was that guy?"
Her sister snorted. "A nobody. Who was that guy with you?"
Rice interrupted her combing. "Uh, hm, I don't know, not exactly."
She put the comb aside. "But I think…"
She reached for some hand oil and slathered her hands.
"What do you think?" her sister asked.
Her rubbing movement became slower. Then she turned around to her.
"He had that look."
Beans looked at her questioningly. "What kind of look?"
"The same look which dad had given to mother." A soft smile placed her lips. "I think he likes me."
"How can you say that about a guy which you meet for the first time in your life."
She turned around and opened the blanket of her bed.
"It wasn't the first time," her sister corrected. "It was many years ago in town."
"I don't want to…"
"Yes, yes. I should never talk about our born place."
She stood up and walked to her own bed.
"This place doesn't exist anymore for us."
Rice smoothed down her pillow. "You are like dad. Just with one difference."
"What do you want to say?"
"That you still can't stand it to see a gun."
"Don't tell it!"
"To whom?" She lay down and covered her body with the blanket. "There is no one with that we could talk. We are alone the whole time."
"Indeed," her sister agreed and climbed into her bed. She plumped up her pillow before the placed her head on it.
Her twin sister did the same and let fall herself on the pillow. Then she extinguished the lamp.
There was silence until Rice breathed a deep sight. "Birthdays alone, New Years alone, breakfast with us alone, only alone." She peered at her sister. "The whole day alone with ourselves. Over 10 years only alone without another face."
She watched how Beans stared at the ceiling. "Mmmh."
She looked up with disappointed. "What do you think? Is that right?"
"Yes, we are living an isolated life, so what?"
"Come on, did you never planned to leave this place for a little moment?"
A movement in the neighbor bed.
"It's late. Let's talk tomorrow."
"With other words, you hope that I will forget it next day."
"It had worked the last few years. Why can't you stay everything like it is?"
Rice snorted and rolled on the other side. "You don't have to go to town. I know why."
"We were agreed that we never talk about it."
"Why can't you forget?" she hissed.
"What I have seen, I can never forget."
"Whatever. Do you want to spend your wedding with you alone?"
"With whom?"
She sighed. "I don't know. If you leave this place you will meet someone, I think."
"Are you going to marriage until dad dies? What about that guy in the water shed?"
"He is an idiot."
"He didn't look bad."
"A good-looking idiot, are you satisfied now?!"
"No, not really."
She sighed.
"I only wished it would be different."
She placed the candy wrapper beside her pillow.
I wish I could escape from that place. For one day at least. Only for one day.

Miles away in an old wooden hut, few riders stopped in front of it. A shadow jumped down and walked into the little house.
"Hi Joey," a rodent greeted his older brother.
Jenkins Junior didn't reply to his greet, his eyes were only focused on a bed in a corner. With hard steps he went to it, where another thinner brother sat next to it.
"And?" Joey Jenkins asked.
"Not good and not bad. The bullets hit both shoulders."
Joey narrowed his eyes. Without a word he pushed his brother away and walked closer to the bed. His brother Jeff breathed heavily.
Joey bent more down.
"Who did that to you?" he asked inquiringly.
The eyes of his brother wandered at him.
"Snake – with gun," he gasped his answer.
Joey didn't need more information. He only nodded. Many seconds passed until he waved his hand and one of his brothers came closer.
"Jeremy? Call our cousins," he muttered darkly. "Tell them, we are planning a little family meeting."

To be continued...

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RANGO \\ OӘͶAЯ - Another outlaw story
Chapter 33

33. Nights in the desert

"Beans! Beans! Please, talk to me! One single word but please tell something!"
The female lizard opened her blinking eyes. With moan she petted over her head.
"W-wha- who…"
Her glance stuck on the face of another same looking female lizard with long braided tress, blouse and jeans.
"Rice? What's go.. on.."
"You have a big bump on your head."
With worried look her twin sister bent more down to her.
"Beans, kiddy, what did that guy with you?"
The familiar face of Joel came into her visual field.
"Mm, he tricked me, all what I know was a hard hit on my head."
"Why didn't you fight back?"
She lowered her glace. "My… uhm…"
"Your special moments?" Rice asked.
The female lizard nodded slowly.
Rice watched how her father grimaced.
"I think it's just a little brain concussion."
"That's enough!" Joel jumped up. He took his hat and threw it on the floor. "Two rude guys in near both of you are too much!"
"Daddy, you shouldn't be upset," his daughter Rice tried.
"Keep quiet! I don't tolerate that they tyrannize us more. I will ensure that it will stop soon! Nobody has the right to threat my daughters! And you! Keep away from every stranger for the future! Get it?!"
Rice nodded obediently.
With that Joel turned around and slammed the door behind.
Both sighed. "What do you think is he going to do?" Rice looked at her sister.
"I don't know," she answered. "I only know, I need my bed."

It was their children room ever since they can remember. It was not much for two adult women. Two beds, one cupboard and a dressing table with mirror and a chair. Rice combed her hair while her twin sister Beans was putting on her night dress.
"Beans?"
"Mm?"
"Who was that guy?"
Her sister snorted. "A nobody. Who was that guy with you?"
Rice interrupted her combing. "Uh, hm, I don't know, not exactly."
She put the comb aside. "But I think…"
She reached for some hand oil and slathered her hands.
"What do you think?" her sister asked.
Her rubbing movement became slower. Then she turned around to her.
"He had that look."
Beans looked at her questioningly. "What kind of look?"
"The same look which dad had given to mother." A soft smile placed her lips. "I think he likes me."
"How can you say that about a guy which you meet for the first time in your life."
She turned around and opened the blanket of her bed.
"It wasn't the first time," her sister corrected. "It was many years ago in town."
"I don't want to…"
"Yes, yes. I should never talk about our born place."
She stood up and walked to her own bed.
"This place doesn't exist anymore for us."
Rice smoothed down her pillow. "You are like dad. Just with one difference."
"What do you want to say?"
"That you still can't stand it to see a gun."
"Don't tell it!"
"To whom?" She lay down and covered her body with the blanket. "There is no one with that we could talk. We are alone the whole time."
"Indeed," her sister agreed and climbed into her bed. She plumped up her pillow before the placed her head on it.
Her twin sister did the same and let fall herself on the pillow. Then she extinguished the lamp.
There was silence until Rice breathed a deep sight. "Birthdays alone, New Years alone, breakfast with us alone, only alone." She peered at her sister. "The whole day alone with ourselves. Over 10 years only alone without another face."
She watched how Beans stared at the ceiling. "Mmmh."
She looked up with disappointed. "What do you think? Is that right?"
"Yes, we are living an isolated life, so what?"
"Come on, did you never planned to leave this place for a little moment?"
A movement in the neighbor bed.
"It's late. Let's talk tomorrow."
"With other words, you hope that I will forget it next day."
"It had worked the last few years. Why can't you stay everything like it is?"
Rice snorted and rolled on the other side. "You don't have to go to town. I know why."
"We were agreed that we never talk about it."
"Why can't you forget?" she hissed.
"What I have seen, I can never forget."
"Whatever. Do you want to spend your wedding with you alone?"
"With whom?"
She sighed. "I don't know. If you leave this place you will meet someone, I think."
"Are you going to marriage until dad dies? What about that guy in the water shed?"
"He is an idiot."
"He didn't look bad."
"A good-looking idiot, are you satisfied now?!"
"No, not really."
She sighed.
"I only wished it would be different."
She placed the candy wrapper beside her pillow.
I wish I could escape from that place. For one day at least. Only for one day.

Miles away in an old wooden hut, few riders stopped in front of it. A shadow jumped down and walked into the little house.
"Hi Joey," a rodent greeted his older brother.
Jenkins Junior didn't reply to his greet, his eyes were only focused on a bed in a corner. With hard steps he went to it, where another thinner brother sat next to it.
"And?" Joey Jenkins asked.
"Not good and not bad. The bullets hit both shoulders."
Joey narrowed his eyes. Without a word he pushed his brother away and walked closer to the bed. His brother Jeff breathed heavily.
Joey bent more down.
"Who did that to you?" he asked inquiringly.
The eyes of his brother wandered at him.
"Snake – with gun," he gasped his answer.
Joey didn't need more information. He only nodded. Many seconds passed until he waved his hand and one of his brothers came closer.
"Jeremy? Call our cousins," he muttered darkly. "Tell them, we are planning a little family meeting."

To be continued...