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32. Not with her!

Kinski and Stump exchanged glances and looked down at the body again.
Stump put his finger on the wolf's arm. "Sorry, but he is dead."
"Nonsense," Rango interrupted and sat down next to him. "You are pressing on the wrong place. You have to put the finger here."
He laid his fingertip on the wrist and tried to feel the pulse.
Cassy came closer. She pressed her hands together. Rango looked at her. Was she praying?
"I think…" Rango tried again. "I think, I'm feeling something."
Cassy gasped for air and came rushing forward. She wrapped her arms around her husband and petted his body. Tears ran down her eyes. There was no question in her mouth. Also not because of the knowledge that he could be a part of a gangster gang.
Rango sighed deeply. What would Beans do? Or was it all too late? Would Beans also be okay? Would she also hug him like she was doing?
Kinski gave Stump a look of reproach. "Where did you make your first aid course?"
"Don't talk with me like that! Why didn't you controlled…"
"Be quiet!" Rango shouted.
The rabbits looked at him surprised. The chameleon cleaned his throat and stood up.
"If he is not dead, maybe he could tell us something."
Kinski looked at Chorizo. "He has got a Beans-complex."
Chorizo nodded. "Indeed."
"I think we should examine him first," Danny suggested.
Rango nodded. "Alright. Let's roll him on his back."
"Be careful!" Cassy cried and held Rango's hands. She was worried they could damage him more with that.
Rango nodded again. "Okay. Slowly."
He looked aside. "Hey! What about you Bill?"
Bill stood leaning against a rock and watched them with bored gesture. "It's not my job to accommodate a bandit."
Rango saw how Cassy winced and wrapped her arms closer around Greg.
Rango narrowed his eyes angrily. "And what are you?"
Bill growled and pointed at him warningly. "Be careful what you are saying."
"Calm down," Tonca interrupted to calm the waves. "Never mind. We can make it without the others. He is not heavy."
When it was done, Cassy laid Greg's head on her lap while Rango was patting the cheeks to get a reaction. "Hey? Hello? Can you hear me?"
"Does he have any injuries?" Tonca asked.
Danny pointed at the chest. "Here, there is a shot hole."
"Mmmh. Indeed. I see," Tonca affirmed. "But I see no blood."
Danny scratched his head. "Let me see."
He unbuttoned the shirt of the still unconscious wolf and opened the cloth.
"Uhm, he is wearing a bullet-proof vest."
Tonca looked over his shoulder. "Wow, very progressive. He seems to live in a dangerous world." He bent forward. "And look… the bullet still sticks in the protective shirt."
He picked up the bullet.
"But why is he unconscious?" Rango asked and looked up.
Danny and Tonca did the same.
"Mmmh. Maybe he fell down that cliff and the crash knocked him unconscious, I think," Tonca supposed.
"Possible," Rango muttered. "But why?"
"It's more than likely that someone shot him and pushed him down. That's would explain the bullet in his chest."
"But he seems to be laying not for a long time yet. Something bad had happened in the gang."
"Conflicts aren't unusual in a gang," Danny muttered.
"Hey!" Cassy moved excited. "Look!"
They looked at Greg, who was moving a little.
Rango's heart throbbed faster. Did he know anything about Beans? Was she still alive?
"Hey? Can you hear me?" He asked and shook the shoulders of him. Greg blinked but he was still dazed. "Sir? Sir? Can you hear me? Please, wake up!"
"Stop that!" Cassy cried when Rango was shaking him too fast. "Let me do."
She bent down her head and kissed her husband on his lips.
Kinski, Stump and Chorizo exchanged glances.
"Oh," Kinski smirked. "Looks like in a movie."
"Uh?" Stump raised his head curiously. "But it seems to be successful."
Cassy moved her head back.
Rango breathed with happiness and trepidation when the wolf opened his eyes with blinking.
First he seemed to be blinded from the sun. Then he moved his lips. He was still irritated.
"I-s thi-s hea-ven?"
"Uh, no," Rango answered.
"Darling! Hon," Cassy said wth trembling voice and petted him.
The wolf pressed his eyes more together and opened them for a much longer time.
He moved his lips, but Cassy put her fingers on his mouth. "No, don't say a word! You had a bad crash."
But Greg pushed her hand away and looked around. "Wh-er-…"
"Don't worry, Sir," Rango said. "There is no danger at the moment."
"Don't talk rubbish again," Bill interrupted suddenly. "Time to come clear! Who the hell are you? What connection do you have with Castigo?"
"Yes, that's what I wanted to ask next," Rango admitted and bent more down to Greg. "Sir, did you see a lizard girl, fine-boned build, blue purple dress, black shoes, lightish brown skin, average size, brown beautiful clear eyes and brown hair with curly curls?"
Rango moved his fingers in a circling way and Stump snorted with laughter. Rango ignored him and continued. "Did you see what's going on with her? Is she uninjuried? Is she okay? Where is she?"
"Let him rest a moment," Tonca interrupted. "Don't you see he is still spacey?"
Greg looked at them silently. His head was still aching like hell. With moan he held his forhead.
"George, Hon, Take it easy," Cassy comforted him and petted over his head.
Suddenly Greg pushed away her hand and looked aside like he would be ashamed.
"I'm… a… bastard," he panted. "I'm not worth... that you see me... again. I- I was hoping to die, than that you see me like that."
"Why are you talking that?" Cassy asked worried.
"I did bad things," he spat.
"You kidnapped a girl and a rattlesnake, didn't you?" Tonca asked directly.
Greg moved his hand and covered his face. "I did."
Cassy bit her under lip. She had guessed it but she was a little sad that he never sent her a note or something similar. But was this important? He could be dead.
With trembling fingers she reached for his hand. "Why? Why all this? Why you never told me?"
"I did it… did it for us. But I… lost."
"That's unimportant at the moment!" Rango cried. "What about her?! Please tell me!"
Greg moved his hand down and looked at him. "Is she your wife?"
"Uh… not yet… that means… no, that's very complicated… Do you know anything?"
Greg panted and thought a moment. "What time is it?"
"Nearly midday."
Greg kept silent and looked at the floor.
Rango became nervous and kneaded his fingers.
"Something wrong?"
Greg kept silent and looked at the floor.
"I don't know. I really don't know. If you wanna find her, you should hurry." He sighed deeply. "Pray to god that she is still untouched."
Rango winced. "What? What is he going to do?"
Greg silenced. "Don't ask. Just run. Just hurry."
"What did he with her?!"
"Mister Rango!" Tonca cried when Rango grabbed Greg's shirt and shook him.
Greg grabbed his hands and looked at him with firmly glance. "He didn't before I fell down the hill. But I fear he will…"
He sat more up so that he whisphered.
Kinski, Stump and Chorizo looked at them curiously and tried to hear something. Bill didn't talk something and watched only.
Rango jumped up. His eyes grew wide with horror. "No! This can't be! Not with her!"
"What did they talk about?" Stump asked.
"I can imagine," Kinski said and scratched his head. "He is losing his head."
"I think we need a straightjacket," Chorizo added.
"Mister Rango," Danny asked when Rango was running away. "Where do you want to go?"
"I will storm that fortress!" Rango shouted.
"You alone? Against a gang? That's sheer suicide."
Rango didn't listen to him and ran to his roadrunner. Danny and Tonca caught him up. Tonca jumped up and grabbed Rango's shirt.
"Mister Rango! Calm down, we have to be quiet. We mustn't cause a stir!"
Rango tried to push him down. "I will kill that creature!"
"Mister Rango, please!" Danny cried and wrapped his arms around him in a warning way. "Think about the plan! Be glad that she isn't dead yet…"
"NO!" Rango screamed. "It should never happen to her!"
"Do you wanna jeopardise us?" Tonca cried and gave him a slap in the face.
For a moment, Rango was irritated.
"Keep quiet, son! Alright?!" Tonca continued and held his collar. "There is no use if we storm the quarter inconsiderately. It has no use for us and no use for her!"
"He is right," Danny admitted. "Keep a clear head and stick with the plan. Or do you wanna make it worse?"
Rango pressed his hands together. The thought that someone could touch her against her will, made him wilder than a bull. Was she crying for help in this second and there is no one who could save her?
"Every thing alright again?" Tonca asked and patted his cheek.
Rango sighed very deeply and slouched his shoulders. "Alright."
"That's good," Tonca nodded with relief. "Let's go."
He left him and ran back to Cassy, who still sat beside Greg.
Tonca scratched his head. "I don't think you wanna come with us, do you?"
"We will be fine," she said. "Go on! I will take care for him."
"Are you sure you will manage it alone?"
"Yes, we will. Just hurry up and save the others."
Tonca nodded. "Alright. Good luck."
He left. Stump went to Cassy and Greg. "Uh, could you give me a keyword? What is this fox going to do with her?"
Kinski grabbed his collar and pulled him away. "I will tell you, when you are adult."
He gave him a push and stopped in his movements when he saw Bill who watched Rango with black look.
Kinski went up to him, crossed his arms and looked at the Gila monster sceptically.
"Still nothing?" he asked disparagingly.
Bill growled and gave him an angry look. "Shut up."
With these words he walked to his raodrunner and climbed up. Kinski narrowed his eyes. It wasn't Bill's typical behaviour. Something wasn't right.
After a while, every one sat on his chicken. Then they continued their journey. Rango looked aside when Cassy appeared and waved at him encouraging.
"I wish you good luck. I will keep my fingers crossed." She gave Rango a hopeful look. "Chin up. You will make it."
For a little moment, he managed to give a lttle smile. Maybe everything will become alright.

To be continued...

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32. Not with her!

Kinski and Stump exchanged glances and looked down at the body again.
Stump put his finger on the wolf's arm. "Sorry, but he is dead."
"Nonsense," Rango interrupted and sat down next to him. "You are pressing on the wrong place. You have to put the finger here."
He laid his fingertip on the wrist and tried to feel the pulse.
Cassy came closer. She pressed her hands together. Rango looked at her. Was she praying?
"I think…" Rango tried again. "I think, I'm feeling something."
Cassy gasped for air and came rushing forward. She wrapped her arms around her husband and petted his body. Tears ran down her eyes. There was no question in her mouth. Also not because of the knowledge that he could be a part of a gangster gang.
Rango sighed deeply. What would Beans do? Or was it all too late? Would Beans also be okay? Would she also hug him like she was doing?
Kinski gave Stump a look of reproach. "Where did you make your first aid course?"
"Don't talk with me like that! Why didn't you controlled…"
"Be quiet!" Rango shouted.
The rabbits looked at him surprised. The chameleon cleaned his throat and stood up.
"If he is not dead, maybe he could tell us something."
Kinski looked at Chorizo. "He has got a Beans-complex."
Chorizo nodded. "Indeed."
"I think we should examine him first," Danny suggested.
Rango nodded. "Alright. Let's roll him on his back."
"Be careful!" Cassy cried and held Rango's hands. She was worried they could damage him more with that.
Rango nodded again. "Okay. Slowly."
He looked aside. "Hey! What about you Bill?"
Bill stood leaning against a rock and watched them with bored gesture. "It's not my job to accommodate a bandit."
Rango saw how Cassy winced and wrapped her arms closer around Greg.
Rango narrowed his eyes angrily. "And what are you?"
Bill growled and pointed at him warningly. "Be careful what you are saying."
"Calm down," Tonca interrupted to calm the waves. "Never mind. We can make it without the others. He is not heavy."
When it was done, Cassy laid Greg's head on her lap while Rango was patting the cheeks to get a reaction. "Hey? Hello? Can you hear me?"
"Does he have any injuries?" Tonca asked.
Danny pointed at the chest. "Here, there is a shot hole."
"Mmmh. Indeed. I see," Tonca affirmed. "But I see no blood."
Danny scratched his head. "Let me see."
He unbuttoned the shirt of the still unconscious wolf and opened the cloth.
"Uhm, he is wearing a bullet-proof vest."
Tonca looked over his shoulder. "Wow, very progressive. He seems to live in a dangerous world." He bent forward. "And look… the bullet still sticks in the protective shirt."
He picked up the bullet.
"But why is he unconscious?" Rango asked and looked up.
Danny and Tonca did the same.
"Mmmh. Maybe he fell down that cliff and the crash knocked him unconscious, I think," Tonca supposed.
"Possible," Rango muttered. "But why?"
"It's more than likely that someone shot him and pushed him down. That's would explain the bullet in his chest."
"But he seems to be laying not for a long time yet. Something bad had happened in the gang."
"Conflicts aren't unusual in a gang," Danny muttered.
"Hey!" Cassy moved excited. "Look!"
They looked at Greg, who was moving a little.
Rango's heart throbbed faster. Did he know anything about Beans? Was she still alive?
"Hey? Can you hear me?" He asked and shook the shoulders of him. Greg blinked but he was still dazed. "Sir? Sir? Can you hear me? Please, wake up!"
"Stop that!" Cassy cried when Rango was shaking him too fast. "Let me do."
She bent down her head and kissed her husband on his lips.
Kinski, Stump and Chorizo exchanged glances.
"Oh," Kinski smirked. "Looks like in a movie."
"Uh?" Stump raised his head curiously. "But it seems to be successful."
Cassy moved her head back.
Rango breathed with happiness and trepidation when the wolf opened his eyes with blinking.
First he seemed to be blinded from the sun. Then he moved his lips. He was still irritated.
"I-s thi-s hea-ven?"
"Uh, no," Rango answered.
"Darling! Hon," Cassy said wth trembling voice and petted him.
The wolf pressed his eyes more together and opened them for a much longer time.
He moved his lips, but Cassy put her fingers on his mouth. "No, don't say a word! You had a bad crash."
But Greg pushed her hand away and looked around. "Wh-er-…"
"Don't worry, Sir," Rango said. "There is no danger at the moment."
"Don't talk rubbish again," Bill interrupted suddenly. "Time to come clear! Who the hell are you? What connection do you have with Castigo?"
"Yes, that's what I wanted to ask next," Rango admitted and bent more down to Greg. "Sir, did you see a lizard girl, fine-boned build, blue purple dress, black shoes, lightish brown skin, average size, brown beautiful clear eyes and brown hair with curly curls?"
Rango moved his fingers in a circling way and Stump snorted with laughter. Rango ignored him and continued. "Did you see what's going on with her? Is she uninjuried? Is she okay? Where is she?"
"Let him rest a moment," Tonca interrupted. "Don't you see he is still spacey?"
Greg looked at them silently. His head was still aching like hell. With moan he held his forhead.
"George, Hon, Take it easy," Cassy comforted him and petted over his head.
Suddenly Greg pushed away her hand and looked aside like he would be ashamed.
"I'm… a… bastard," he panted. "I'm not worth... that you see me... again. I- I was hoping to die, than that you see me like that."
"Why are you talking that?" Cassy asked worried.
"I did bad things," he spat.
"You kidnapped a girl and a rattlesnake, didn't you?" Tonca asked directly.
Greg moved his hand and covered his face. "I did."
Cassy bit her under lip. She had guessed it but she was a little sad that he never sent her a note or something similar. But was this important? He could be dead.
With trembling fingers she reached for his hand. "Why? Why all this? Why you never told me?"
"I did it… did it for us. But I… lost."
"That's unimportant at the moment!" Rango cried. "What about her?! Please tell me!"
Greg moved his hand down and looked at him. "Is she your wife?"
"Uh… not yet… that means… no, that's very complicated… Do you know anything?"
Greg panted and thought a moment. "What time is it?"
"Nearly midday."
Greg kept silent and looked at the floor.
Rango became nervous and kneaded his fingers.
"Something wrong?"
Greg kept silent and looked at the floor.
"I don't know. I really don't know. If you wanna find her, you should hurry." He sighed deeply. "Pray to god that she is still untouched."
Rango winced. "What? What is he going to do?"
Greg silenced. "Don't ask. Just run. Just hurry."
"What did he with her?!"
"Mister Rango!" Tonca cried when Rango grabbed Greg's shirt and shook him.
Greg grabbed his hands and looked at him with firmly glance. "He didn't before I fell down the hill. But I fear he will…"
He sat more up so that he whisphered.
Kinski, Stump and Chorizo looked at them curiously and tried to hear something. Bill didn't talk something and watched only.
Rango jumped up. His eyes grew wide with horror. "No! This can't be! Not with her!"
"What did they talk about?" Stump asked.
"I can imagine," Kinski said and scratched his head. "He is losing his head."
"I think we need a straightjacket," Chorizo added.
"Mister Rango," Danny asked when Rango was running away. "Where do you want to go?"
"I will storm that fortress!" Rango shouted.
"You alone? Against a gang? That's sheer suicide."
Rango didn't listen to him and ran to his roadrunner. Danny and Tonca caught him up. Tonca jumped up and grabbed Rango's shirt.
"Mister Rango! Calm down, we have to be quiet. We mustn't cause a stir!"
Rango tried to push him down. "I will kill that creature!"
"Mister Rango, please!" Danny cried and wrapped his arms around him in a warning way. "Think about the plan! Be glad that she isn't dead yet…"
"NO!" Rango screamed. "It should never happen to her!"
"Do you wanna jeopardise us?" Tonca cried and gave him a slap in the face.
For a moment, Rango was irritated.
"Keep quiet, son! Alright?!" Tonca continued and held his collar. "There is no use if we storm the quarter inconsiderately. It has no use for us and no use for her!"
"He is right," Danny admitted. "Keep a clear head and stick with the plan. Or do you wanna make it worse?"
Rango pressed his hands together. The thought that someone could touch her against her will, made him wilder than a bull. Was she crying for help in this second and there is no one who could save her?
"Every thing alright again?" Tonca asked and patted his cheek.
Rango sighed very deeply and slouched his shoulders. "Alright."
"That's good," Tonca nodded with relief. "Let's go."
He left him and ran back to Cassy, who still sat beside Greg.
Tonca scratched his head. "I don't think you wanna come with us, do you?"
"We will be fine," she said. "Go on! I will take care for him."
"Are you sure you will manage it alone?"
"Yes, we will. Just hurry up and save the others."
Tonca nodded. "Alright. Good luck."
He left. Stump went to Cassy and Greg. "Uh, could you give me a keyword? What is this fox going to do with her?"
Kinski grabbed his collar and pulled him away. "I will tell you, when you are adult."
He gave him a push and stopped in his movements when he saw Bill who watched Rango with black look.
Kinski went up to him, crossed his arms and looked at the Gila monster sceptically.
"Still nothing?" he asked disparagingly.
Bill growled and gave him an angry look. "Shut up."
With these words he walked to his raodrunner and climbed up. Kinski narrowed his eyes. It wasn't Bill's typical behaviour. Something wasn't right.
After a while, every one sat on his chicken. Then they continued their journey. Rango looked aside when Cassy appeared and waved at him encouraging.
"I wish you good luck. I will keep my fingers crossed." She gave Rango a hopeful look. "Chin up. You will make it."
For a little moment, he managed to give a lttle smile. Maybe everything will become alright.

To be continued...