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20. Do you have a problem?

The group winced and lifted their hands immediately. They looked around wildly to analyze, where the voice did come from. Their glances stopped when they saw a person who stood on the top of a rock. For their relief it was not a snake, but an animal with a long gun.
"I said, hands up!" it came again, when Stump scratched his ear nervously.
Rango tried to keep calm. It was a woman voice. She wore dusty jeans, blue white blouse and a big hat. Her face had hidden behind the riffle.
Bill sighed annoyed. "Again a woman with a gun."
"Put her down!" the female ordered with harsh voice.
Bill let fall the snake. The corn snake slithered over the ground to the woman and wrapped her little body around the woman's leg.
"So you are the ones who harass my land," the female voice continued annoyed.
"No, no. That's a mistake madam," Rango stuttered. "We are only looking for a missing person."
"I thought two," Stump added surprised.
Rango growled. "Yes, also. You can be sure that…"
"Stay there!" the woman warned while Rango wanted to move. The chameleon stopped scared and raised his hands again in the air.
Just Bill didn't want to surrender. Especially not because of a woman.
"You don't have to act up yourself just because of a gun in your hands. Alright, sorry that we hurt your territory."
Rango swallowed, because Bill's voice was very sarcastic and he feared the anger of the armed woman.
"What he really meant to say," Rango cried hysterically, "We only want to continue our travel, please. We apologize for that mistake."
"Mistake?" Bill asked darkly. "That was a…"
"Stop it!" she shouted and fired a shot into the air.
Immediately all became frozen. "I don't want to hear a word anymore! You threatened my land! I don't need trouble makers!"
She left his position and came closer, the snake still around her leg, the gun still pointed at them.
Bill was very close to draw his revolver, but Rango realized his intent and gave him a warning glance.
He watched the woman. He couldn't see her face clearly, but her hands were almost white fur. Also her face seemed to be grey, white coloured.
"So, who are you and what do you want here?" the female asked threateningly.
"Oh, uh, good question. My name is Rango and that's…"
"Second, second. Rango?" The woman lowered her gun a little and Rango could see her face a little bit better. It was a silver fox or a silver wolf, he didn't know exactly. Maybe also between both.
"But not the Rango with the one bullet-thing and the rattlesnake?" she asked more.
Rango's eyes looked around. "Uh… yes… something similar."
"I don't believe it."
She took the riffle in her left hand.
"Welcome Mister Rango! I was so in hope to meet you someday."
She grabbed his hand and shook it, with the other she still held the gun.
Bill and the others exchanged glances, and Bill still didn't know whether he should use his gun. But the little gecko avoided that he could do it.
"Uh, thank you very much madam. But how do you know?"
"Everyone talked about you since many months."
"Oh," Rango began to smile. "Do you want to have an autograph?"
Bill tipped his head. "Typical."
"An autograph of you? That's would…"
Suddenly the little snake climbed upwards, wrapped her body around her upper body and hissed threateningly at Rango. Rango took back his hand and looked at the little snake, which had formed her body like an "s".
"Chili!" the female fox wolf rebuked. "What's going on with you? It's the sheriff of Dirt, what I told you about."
"That fat monster wanted to eat me!" Chili hissed.
Now the woman realized the others behind Rango.
"Are these your prisoners?" she asked.
Bill gasped for air.
"Uh, what…" Rango looked back at the others. "Uh, no. Company. We are on a mission."
"On my mission," Bill corrected.
"And what's your target?"
"Why are you interest?" Bill asked sceptically. He took few steps forward and reared up in front of her with crossed arms. The corn snake still in attack position. "We don't know about you."
She smiled apologized. "Sorry, I forgot. My name is Cassy."
Bill was silent then chuckled mischievously.
Cassy narrowed her eyes. "Do you have a problem?"
"No," Bill replied amused. "But I knew a saloon girl with that name…"
Rango cut his word. "Don't listen to him!"
But Cassy caught the comment. "To your information. My parents gave the name to me, alright? I didn't choose it."
"I know someone," Bill said and peered hard at Rango.
Rango lifted his nose.
"So is your name better?" Cassy asked sarcastically.
"My name is William…"
"His name is Bill," Rango commented drily. "And he is spineless."
"What?" Bill grabbed his arm. "If you want to keep your teeth you should shut your mouth!"
"Alright," Cassy interrupted. "If you wish, in this case, call me Cassandra."
"Cassandra?"
Rango clapped his hand against his forehead when Bill began again with his sarcasms.
"Like…"
"Bill," Rango hissed. "A little more respect please, alright?"
"Why? Just because she is a woman?"
He fell backwards when the corn snake snapped at his finger, which he had pointed at them.
Kinski massaged his forehead and Stump sighed deeply. "He still can't forgive that Beans."
Rango started to listen attentively of her name.
"What he can't forgive?"
Stump winced. "Uh, nothing, really nothing, just old stories."
"What kind of old stories?"
Kinski gave him a kick into his side. "Uh, we didn't say our names! That's Stump, I'm Kinski, that's Chorizo and that's…"
He pointed at the gecko and stopped, "Uh… don't know…"
"Allow me to introduce you," the gecko interrupted. "Tonca my name, madam."
He lifted his straw hat.
Chorizo scratched his head. "Tonca?"
The gecko looked at him with narrowed lidless eyes. "Do you have a problem?"
"No, no problem, but that name…"
"So, after we introduced ourselves," Rango interrupted. "I think we should continue our travel. Let's go."
He pushed the others away.
"But we need something to eat," Kinski added for consideration. "Did you forget…"
"No time! We have to hurry up."
"But maybe he is right," Tonca, the little gecko admitted. "There is no city…"
"No we don't make a long stop. We had had our break. Now we have to make up the lost time."
"What about the rush?" she asked.
"Well, we are looking for his kidnapped girl."
"And what about him?" Stump asked.
"Kidnapped?"
Rango nodded without to answer Stump's question. "Indeed…"
Suddenly the chameleon stopped and ran at her. "Did you see something?"
"Seeing, what?"
"They also kidnapped a rattlesnake on a big wagon. Maybe you had seen something."
"Sorry, but I fear I didn't."
Rango let hang his shoulders with disappointment.
"So, where do you want to go now?" She asked.
Rango looked behind himself at the gecko. "Don't know. Where is it?"
"How I said," Tonca replied. "Not far away. Maybe one hour."
"Maybe I could give you a little company," she said.
"Why so nosy?" Bill asked with narrowed eyes.
"Well, you aren't from here. If you need some help."
"First you threat to shoot us and now, what's going on with you women in the world?"
"If you want to help us, it would be an honour for us," Rango tried to rescue.
Bill wanted to protest, but Cassy was faster. "Great! My runner stands next to the rocks."
She turned around.
Bill grabbed Rango's shoulder and hissed at him. "Are you out of your mind?! I think you has a hole in your brain. I'm the leader of that…"
Rango pushed him away. "What's your problem? Are you afraid?"
"No, but I do allow no women."
"So, you are afraid."
"No!"
"Bill, calm down," Kinski said and held his shoulder. "One person more can't be bad; maybe she could give us something for the travel."
Bill thought a moment. "Alright, but if she only point a gun at me, I will blow her head away."
Meanwhile Cassy had brought her roadrunner and looked at Chili, who stood next to her on the ground. "And you…" Cassy began. "Don't fear other people with your rattling sound. Do you want that they hate you?"
The corn snake grinned. "Yes."
She shook her head regretfully.
"It's time that you became adult." She climbed up. "Crawl home and tell Miss Conny that I will come back later. If I don't come back before night, she has the command over the house."
"NO!" Chili cried. "Not Miss Conny, all but not her!"
"She is much older than you, go home."
"You mean, crawl."
"Crawl!"
With muttering, the corn snake slithered away.

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20. Do you have a problem?

The group winced and lifted their hands immediately. They looked around wildly to analyze, where the voice did come from. Their glances stopped when they saw a person who stood on the top of a rock. For their relief it was not a snake, but an animal with a long gun.
"I said, hands up!" it came again, when Stump scratched his ear nervously.
Rango tried to keep calm. It was a woman voice. She wore dusty jeans, blue white blouse and a big hat. Her face had hidden behind the riffle.
Bill sighed annoyed. "Again a woman with a gun."
"Put her down!" the female ordered with harsh voice.
Bill let fall the snake. The corn snake slithered over the ground to the woman and wrapped her little body around the woman's leg.
"So you are the ones who harass my land," the female voice continued annoyed.
"No, no. That's a mistake madam," Rango stuttered. "We are only looking for a missing person."
"I thought two," Stump added surprised.
Rango growled. "Yes, also. You can be sure that…"
"Stay there!" the woman warned while Rango wanted to move. The chameleon stopped scared and raised his hands again in the air.
Just Bill didn't want to surrender. Especially not because of a woman.
"You don't have to act up yourself just because of a gun in your hands. Alright, sorry that we hurt your territory."
Rango swallowed, because Bill's voice was very sarcastic and he feared the anger of the armed woman.
"What he really meant to say," Rango cried hysterically, "We only want to continue our travel, please. We apologize for that mistake."
"Mistake?" Bill asked darkly. "That was a…"
"Stop it!" she shouted and fired a shot into the air.
Immediately all became frozen. "I don't want to hear a word anymore! You threatened my land! I don't need trouble makers!"
She left his position and came closer, the snake still around her leg, the gun still pointed at them.
Bill was very close to draw his revolver, but Rango realized his intent and gave him a warning glance.
He watched the woman. He couldn't see her face clearly, but her hands were almost white fur. Also her face seemed to be grey, white coloured.
"So, who are you and what do you want here?" the female asked threateningly.
"Oh, uh, good question. My name is Rango and that's…"
"Second, second. Rango?" The woman lowered her gun a little and Rango could see her face a little bit better. It was a silver fox or a silver wolf, he didn't know exactly. Maybe also between both.
"But not the Rango with the one bullet-thing and the rattlesnake?" she asked more.
Rango's eyes looked around. "Uh… yes… something similar."
"I don't believe it."
She took the riffle in her left hand.
"Welcome Mister Rango! I was so in hope to meet you someday."
She grabbed his hand and shook it, with the other she still held the gun.
Bill and the others exchanged glances, and Bill still didn't know whether he should use his gun. But the little gecko avoided that he could do it.
"Uh, thank you very much madam. But how do you know?"
"Everyone talked about you since many months."
"Oh," Rango began to smile. "Do you want to have an autograph?"
Bill tipped his head. "Typical."
"An autograph of you? That's would…"
Suddenly the little snake climbed upwards, wrapped her body around her upper body and hissed threateningly at Rango. Rango took back his hand and looked at the little snake, which had formed her body like an "s".
"Chili!" the female fox wolf rebuked. "What's going on with you? It's the sheriff of Dirt, what I told you about."
"That fat monster wanted to eat me!" Chili hissed.
Now the woman realized the others behind Rango.
"Are these your prisoners?" she asked.
Bill gasped for air.
"Uh, what…" Rango looked back at the others. "Uh, no. Company. We are on a mission."
"On my mission," Bill corrected.
"And what's your target?"
"Why are you interest?" Bill asked sceptically. He took few steps forward and reared up in front of her with crossed arms. The corn snake still in attack position. "We don't know about you."
She smiled apologized. "Sorry, I forgot. My name is Cassy."
Bill was silent then chuckled mischievously.
Cassy narrowed her eyes. "Do you have a problem?"
"No," Bill replied amused. "But I knew a saloon girl with that name…"
Rango cut his word. "Don't listen to him!"
But Cassy caught the comment. "To your information. My parents gave the name to me, alright? I didn't choose it."
"I know someone," Bill said and peered hard at Rango.
Rango lifted his nose.
"So is your name better?" Cassy asked sarcastically.
"My name is William…"
"His name is Bill," Rango commented drily. "And he is spineless."
"What?" Bill grabbed his arm. "If you want to keep your teeth you should shut your mouth!"
"Alright," Cassy interrupted. "If you wish, in this case, call me Cassandra."
"Cassandra?"
Rango clapped his hand against his forehead when Bill began again with his sarcasms.
"Like…"
"Bill," Rango hissed. "A little more respect please, alright?"
"Why? Just because she is a woman?"
He fell backwards when the corn snake snapped at his finger, which he had pointed at them.
Kinski massaged his forehead and Stump sighed deeply. "He still can't forgive that Beans."
Rango started to listen attentively of her name.
"What he can't forgive?"
Stump winced. "Uh, nothing, really nothing, just old stories."
"What kind of old stories?"
Kinski gave him a kick into his side. "Uh, we didn't say our names! That's Stump, I'm Kinski, that's Chorizo and that's…"
He pointed at the gecko and stopped, "Uh… don't know…"
"Allow me to introduce you," the gecko interrupted. "Tonca my name, madam."
He lifted his straw hat.
Chorizo scratched his head. "Tonca?"
The gecko looked at him with narrowed lidless eyes. "Do you have a problem?"
"No, no problem, but that name…"
"So, after we introduced ourselves," Rango interrupted. "I think we should continue our travel. Let's go."
He pushed the others away.
"But we need something to eat," Kinski added for consideration. "Did you forget…"
"No time! We have to hurry up."
"But maybe he is right," Tonca, the little gecko admitted. "There is no city…"
"No we don't make a long stop. We had had our break. Now we have to make up the lost time."
"What about the rush?" she asked.
"Well, we are looking for his kidnapped girl."
"And what about him?" Stump asked.
"Kidnapped?"
Rango nodded without to answer Stump's question. "Indeed…"
Suddenly the chameleon stopped and ran at her. "Did you see something?"
"Seeing, what?"
"They also kidnapped a rattlesnake on a big wagon. Maybe you had seen something."
"Sorry, but I fear I didn't."
Rango let hang his shoulders with disappointment.
"So, where do you want to go now?" She asked.
Rango looked behind himself at the gecko. "Don't know. Where is it?"
"How I said," Tonca replied. "Not far away. Maybe one hour."
"Maybe I could give you a little company," she said.
"Why so nosy?" Bill asked with narrowed eyes.
"Well, you aren't from here. If you need some help."
"First you threat to shoot us and now, what's going on with you women in the world?"
"If you want to help us, it would be an honour for us," Rango tried to rescue.
Bill wanted to protest, but Cassy was faster. "Great! My runner stands next to the rocks."
She turned around.
Bill grabbed Rango's shoulder and hissed at him. "Are you out of your mind?! I think you has a hole in your brain. I'm the leader of that…"
Rango pushed him away. "What's your problem? Are you afraid?"
"No, but I do allow no women."
"So, you are afraid."
"No!"
"Bill, calm down," Kinski said and held his shoulder. "One person more can't be bad; maybe she could give us something for the travel."
Bill thought a moment. "Alright, but if she only point a gun at me, I will blow her head away."
Meanwhile Cassy had brought her roadrunner and looked at Chili, who stood next to her on the ground. "And you…" Cassy began. "Don't fear other people with your rattling sound. Do you want that they hate you?"
The corn snake grinned. "Yes."
She shook her head regretfully.
"It's time that you became adult." She climbed up. "Crawl home and tell Miss Conny that I will come back later. If I don't come back before night, she has the command over the house."
"NO!" Chili cried. "Not Miss Conny, all but not her!"
"She is much older than you, go home."
"You mean, crawl."
"Crawl!"
With muttering, the corn snake slithered away.