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38. A damn deal

Jake hissed and cursed silently when rodents tugged him outside of the big building. Rather he would fight free but because of the guns which followed him it was too dangerous to escape.
Mister Goldman looked satisfied like no other, in opposite of his competitors Mister Kingsley and Hong. The fat lynx couldn't resist and spoke at them: "I'm always the winner."
"Mister Goldman." Castigo appeared and reached out his hand.
"Of course," Mister Goldman understood and waved his hand. A rabbit in tuxedo came closer and held a money bag in his hands.
"The rest you will get with a check."
"Nice making business with you," Castigo thanked politely. "My men will transport the snake to the next rail station."
"I appreciates your service, thank you very much."
While the two mammals talked, Jake's eyes wandered to the side where he saw two familiar figures. Rango and Beans sat tied back to back on the ground. Rango caught his glance and looked at him with apologizing, sad eyes. They had so many questions on their lips, but there was no possibility to talk. The chameleon winced when Beans was sobbing a little again.
"Don't worry, Beans," Rango tried to calm her down and attemped to touch her arm. "Everything will be alright."
"Of course it will!"
Rango winced with horror when Castigo was putting his hands on their shoulders. He trembled when the fox moved his nails.
"So, if it's done, we will have some fun with each other. At least, it will be a deathly playtime."
Both reptiles moved closer with their backs together. Rango looked ahead where Jake was transported away with a big wagon.
The chameleon got tears in his eyes.
Damn Bill!

"Bill?"
The Gila monster looked back where his men were riding behind him.
"What is it?" he asked a little grimly. "Alright. I'm still sorry for my silence," he continued with bored voice. "I gave you a runaround and I apologize for that."
"Not only for this," Kinski muttered.
"What next?"
"What use had it for us? It had only a use for you."
"What do you mean?"
"You had only your egoistic revenge in your damn mind! And what about us?! If we had done what we planned from the beginning on, we could maybe steal the money from that fat animal. But we have still empty pockets. Congratulations!" Kinski finished his sentence sarcastically.
Bill stopped his roadrunner and looked back at him angrily. "So, what are you thinking about? Tell me!"
"You wanna hear what I'm thinking?" Kinski asked defiantly.
"Yes! I wanna hear it and speak loudly."
Kinski snorted. "I think: It is all a shit! Are you satisfied now?"
The Gila monster growled and looked at the others. "Who else?"
"Well," Chorizo began. "It's… how should I tell…"
"It's unfair," Stump cut him off. "You kept your plans from us."
Bill's hands clamped around the reins. "What's your problem? We are still free at all. It's all right as long as the town is our again. Everything is back to normal."
Kinski crossed his arms. "I'm disappointed of that damn action. At least, we could have some money but because for your stupid solo run we didn't."
"That wasn't possible!" Bill shouted.
Kinski rolled his eyes. "Damn! What in hell did you do last night?"
"That's not your business," Bill muttered darkly.
Now Stump butted in. "But I thought you said, nobody should own her beside you. You said. Why did you leave her to him?"
Bill snorted. "Don't ask."
"I thought, you wanted to kill her!" Chorzio agreed with.
Bill's hands trembled with anger. "Damn! Keep your trap shut and let me alone!"
"Is that your only favourite sentence today?" Kinski complained. "You make me sick with your "keep trap"."
"HOLD YOUR MOUTH!"
Bill drew his revolver. Stump and Chorizo raised their heads with shock. Kinski was going to drew his revolver too.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Stump cried and moved his hands wildly. "Calm down! No quarrel! Kinski! Let it be. What should we do now? It's all over and done. Now forget it. We will find another place to get some money."
Kinski's eyes wandered to his relative companion.
"Come on broth. Let's go home." With these words Stump rode next to Kinski and pulled him away with his raodrunner. Passing Bill and rode on. Chorizo followed them in fast pace, while Bill was left alone. The Gila monster looked after them. Then he narrowed his eyes.
"What in hell did you do last night?"

(Flashback, Last night)
It was not easy for Bill to find the hiding place of that fox. He had to ask few people which showed him the way. Despite all he got a bad feeling in his stomach when he was reaching the place. He hid himself between the rocks and looked over to the gigantic building. He felt for his guns. He smelled watchmen in near. For a moment he cursed his damn idea to make his own thing to find that stupid female. But his rage was big enough to do something like now. He wanted to find her first to give her a lesson which she would never forget.
Now he stood there and didn't know where he should go first.
He trusted his tongue-nose and managed to avoid the patrol men on their way. When he was close enough on the wooden walls, he heard some familiar voices.
"What are you thinking?" Tonca asked, who stand with Danny outside. Bill pressed himself closer to the wall. "Any chance for escape?"
Danny shook his head. "Impossible. Not with a big snake. There must be a much better plan than just escaping."
"And what?"
"Good question, which I can't answer with empty stomach. Let's go. I know a good restaurant."
"How can you think about eating now?"
"As I said. I can't think with empty stomach and how you said, escaping is impossible this way. Let's think about while we retiring to another place."
The geckos disappeared. Bill didn't move a while.
"It will be more difficult as I thought," he muttered to himself and looked around.
But maybe there was a leak somewhere in that wood wall. The shed was old enough to detach a piece of wood. He scanned the wall with his hands.
Suddenly, he cried when he felt another hand on his shoulder. He turned around and froze.
"Can you believe it?" a mocking voice of a shadow said. "You are walking outside to snap some fresh air and something like you is taking away my air."
Bill's eyes grew wide when a knife blinked in the moon light.
Quickly he drew his revolver. "Stay away or I shoot you!"
"Tzz. What do you want with your silly guns?" the shadow said amusedly. "One shot and my men will kill you."
Bill snorted. "I can run away."
"So, do you think so?"
Bill froze when cold metal guns touched his back.
He sighed deeply and let fall his gun voluntarily.
"Search him thoroughly," Castigo ordered.
Some rodents frisked his clothes and rummaged his pockets. All what they found they threw it on the ground. Guns, his knife, cigars, vestas, handkerchiefs, purse, ...
"What's that for nice thing?"
Castigo bent down and picked up something with a cord.
He waved his hand. "Light."
A rodent with a lamp came closer and Castigo watched the object closer.
Bill swallowed. He moved his feet nervously, whiel some rodents held his hands on his back.
"Mmmm, this picture remembers me someone," the fox said when he eyed the picture on the medaillon. "Or is that just a very, very stupid coincidence?"
He moved the necklace in front of Bill's face. "Do you know her?"
Bill bit his under lip. Would he believe a lie?
When Castigo heard still no answer yet, he threw the necklace against Bills belly and drew his revolver. "Alright."
Bill paniked.
"Wait, wait, wait! If you kill me you will have a bad day."
"My bad day ends with your corpse on the floor."
"NO! If you do that, you will lost the snake and the lizard... will steal them."
"Who?"
"First let me alive."
"Why should I kill you if you have to talk before?"
"I could avoid the stealing if you let me go."
There was silence. Then it was interruped with nasty laughing.
"Do you think I'm so stupid?"
"Alright, alright, alright," Bill stuttered and raised hs hands. "What about a deal?"
Castigo scratched his chin. "Tell me."
"I avoid that they steal it and you give me the girl."
Silence fell a few seconds. "Hung!" the fox said and put his hands together.
Bill gasped when two big hands wrapped his neck and choked him. The Gila monster struggled in Hung's and rodent's grips but he could't release himself.
"Well, your suggestion is a little pathetic for me," Castigo muttered placidly. "Cause I like that bitch too much to leave her to a fat ugly guy like you. Yes, she is to good for you. Do you agree?"
"Ahhhh... hhhhchha..." Was all what Bill could breath out.
"Ssssh Hung, loose your grip. I can't undestand anything."
The red big bear relinquish his grip a little so that Bill was able to breath.
"Well, sorry, what was your answer?"
"Yees," Bill hissed still filled with panic. Just few seconds more and he had suffocated.
"What about another deal?" the fox said calmly. "I keep the girl and you allow me to punish that thief and you... If you give that all to me, I let you go. What do you think of that?"
Bill panted and gasped. That was not what he wanted to do. "But I..."
He cramped when Hung began to squeeze his throat again.
"What? Am I hearing some objections?" Castigo asked sarcastically.
"No,…," Bill gased with panic.
The fox nodded and the bear left his neck.
"Alright." Castigo sounded satisfied. "I let you watch from my men. But if you dare to trick me." He looked at Hung and Hung cracked his fingers.
"Did we understand each other?"
Bill nodded.
"Nice. You can always talk to my men if you know what the thief is planning to do."
They released him. Bill fell to the ground pantingly. He rubbed his neck cursed himself. After a while he has recovered and stood up with trembling legs. He stopped when he saw his pocket things still on the ground. He bent down and collected them. He paused for a moment, when he realized Bean's medaillon in the sand. He picked it up and looked at it. Then he pressed his fingers around it.
That was a damn deal.

Bill fetched the medaillon from his pocket and looked at it angrily. That damn thing which betrayed him.
"Bill?"
He winced when Stump appeared like from nowhere. Quickly he packet the medaillon away.
"What will we do if we are back in town?" Stump asked.
"What do you think? Live a life like before that lizard came to town. Can't you remember anymore?"
"Will be a little quiet without him"
Bill snorted. "There are enough idiots in the world. One day there will come another stupid guy. But if so, we will hunt him away and there will be no mayor or a snake in near."
"HIIIIIIIYAAAAAAAA!"
A little undefinable thing had jumped at Bill's face with an attacking cry. Bill fell almost down and screamed when the long thing wrapped around his neck.
Kinski, Stumpp and Chorizo exchanged glances with surprise when the little snake circled around the Gila monster like crazy while Bill tried to shake it off.
"Chili!"
They turned around and saw Cassy not far away. The silver fox waved with her hands wildly and ran at Bill.
"Chili! Let him! Come down!"
The snake slithered down and jumped on her shoulders.
"How many times do you want to have more anger? I said you should stay home!"
"Miss Conny annoyed me," the little corn snake complained.
"Are you crazy?!" Bill cried with rage.
"I'm sorry," Cassy apologized. "She followed us without my knowledge."
Bill growled. "What are you still doing here?"
"Where is your husband?" Stump asked.
"He is lying behind the hill. We decided to take a little rest."
She looked around. "Where are the others?"
Kinski, Stump and Chorizo looked at Bill. Kinski crossed his arms. "Yes, where?"

To be continued...

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38. A damn deal

Jake hissed and cursed silently when rodents tugged him outside of the big building. Rather he would fight free but because of the guns which followed him it was too dangerous to escape.
Mister Goldman looked satisfied like no other, in opposite of his competitors Mister Kingsley and Hong. The fat lynx couldn't resist and spoke at them: "I'm always the winner."
"Mister Goldman." Castigo appeared and reached out his hand.
"Of course," Mister Goldman understood and waved his hand. A rabbit in tuxedo came closer and held a money bag in his hands.
"The rest you will get with a check."
"Nice making business with you," Castigo thanked politely. "My men will transport the snake to the next rail station."
"I appreciates your service, thank you very much."
While the two mammals talked, Jake's eyes wandered to the side where he saw two familiar figures. Rango and Beans sat tied back to back on the ground. Rango caught his glance and looked at him with apologizing, sad eyes. They had so many questions on their lips, but there was no possibility to talk. The chameleon winced when Beans was sobbing a little again.
"Don't worry, Beans," Rango tried to calm her down and attemped to touch her arm. "Everything will be alright."
"Of course it will!"
Rango winced with horror when Castigo was putting his hands on their shoulders. He trembled when the fox moved his nails.
"So, if it's done, we will have some fun with each other. At least, it will be a deathly playtime."
Both reptiles moved closer with their backs together. Rango looked ahead where Jake was transported away with a big wagon.
The chameleon got tears in his eyes.
Damn Bill!

"Bill?"
The Gila monster looked back where his men were riding behind him.
"What is it?" he asked a little grimly. "Alright. I'm still sorry for my silence," he continued with bored voice. "I gave you a runaround and I apologize for that."
"Not only for this," Kinski muttered.
"What next?"
"What use had it for us? It had only a use for you."
"What do you mean?"
"You had only your egoistic revenge in your damn mind! And what about us?! If we had done what we planned from the beginning on, we could maybe steal the money from that fat animal. But we have still empty pockets. Congratulations!" Kinski finished his sentence sarcastically.
Bill stopped his roadrunner and looked back at him angrily. "So, what are you thinking about? Tell me!"
"You wanna hear what I'm thinking?" Kinski asked defiantly.
"Yes! I wanna hear it and speak loudly."
Kinski snorted. "I think: It is all a shit! Are you satisfied now?"
The Gila monster growled and looked at the others. "Who else?"
"Well," Chorizo began. "It's… how should I tell…"
"It's unfair," Stump cut him off. "You kept your plans from us."
Bill's hands clamped around the reins. "What's your problem? We are still free at all. It's all right as long as the town is our again. Everything is back to normal."
Kinski crossed his arms. "I'm disappointed of that damn action. At least, we could have some money but because for your stupid solo run we didn't."
"That wasn't possible!" Bill shouted.
Kinski rolled his eyes. "Damn! What in hell did you do last night?"
"That's not your business," Bill muttered darkly.
Now Stump butted in. "But I thought you said, nobody should own her beside you. You said. Why did you leave her to him?"
Bill snorted. "Don't ask."
"I thought, you wanted to kill her!" Chorzio agreed with.
Bill's hands trembled with anger. "Damn! Keep your trap shut and let me alone!"
"Is that your only favourite sentence today?" Kinski complained. "You make me sick with your "keep trap"."
"HOLD YOUR MOUTH!"
Bill drew his revolver. Stump and Chorizo raised their heads with shock. Kinski was going to drew his revolver too.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Stump cried and moved his hands wildly. "Calm down! No quarrel! Kinski! Let it be. What should we do now? It's all over and done. Now forget it. We will find another place to get some money."
Kinski's eyes wandered to his relative companion.
"Come on broth. Let's go home." With these words Stump rode next to Kinski and pulled him away with his raodrunner. Passing Bill and rode on. Chorizo followed them in fast pace, while Bill was left alone. The Gila monster looked after them. Then he narrowed his eyes.
"What in hell did you do last night?"

(Flashback, Last night)
It was not easy for Bill to find the hiding place of that fox. He had to ask few people which showed him the way. Despite all he got a bad feeling in his stomach when he was reaching the place. He hid himself between the rocks and looked over to the gigantic building. He felt for his guns. He smelled watchmen in near. For a moment he cursed his damn idea to make his own thing to find that stupid female. But his rage was big enough to do something like now. He wanted to find her first to give her a lesson which she would never forget.
Now he stood there and didn't know where he should go first.
He trusted his tongue-nose and managed to avoid the patrol men on their way. When he was close enough on the wooden walls, he heard some familiar voices.
"What are you thinking?" Tonca asked, who stand with Danny outside. Bill pressed himself closer to the wall. "Any chance for escape?"
Danny shook his head. "Impossible. Not with a big snake. There must be a much better plan than just escaping."
"And what?"
"Good question, which I can't answer with empty stomach. Let's go. I know a good restaurant."
"How can you think about eating now?"
"As I said. I can't think with empty stomach and how you said, escaping is impossible this way. Let's think about while we retiring to another place."
The geckos disappeared. Bill didn't move a while.
"It will be more difficult as I thought," he muttered to himself and looked around.
But maybe there was a leak somewhere in that wood wall. The shed was old enough to detach a piece of wood. He scanned the wall with his hands.
Suddenly, he cried when he felt another hand on his shoulder. He turned around and froze.
"Can you believe it?" a mocking voice of a shadow said. "You are walking outside to snap some fresh air and something like you is taking away my air."
Bill's eyes grew wide when a knife blinked in the moon light.
Quickly he drew his revolver. "Stay away or I shoot you!"
"Tzz. What do you want with your silly guns?" the shadow said amusedly. "One shot and my men will kill you."
Bill snorted. "I can run away."
"So, do you think so?"
Bill froze when cold metal guns touched his back.
He sighed deeply and let fall his gun voluntarily.
"Search him thoroughly," Castigo ordered.
Some rodents frisked his clothes and rummaged his pockets. All what they found they threw it on the ground. Guns, his knife, cigars, vestas, handkerchiefs, purse, ...
"What's that for nice thing?"
Castigo bent down and picked up something with a cord.
He waved his hand. "Light."
A rodent with a lamp came closer and Castigo watched the object closer.
Bill swallowed. He moved his feet nervously, whiel some rodents held his hands on his back.
"Mmmm, this picture remembers me someone," the fox said when he eyed the picture on the medaillon. "Or is that just a very, very stupid coincidence?"
He moved the necklace in front of Bill's face. "Do you know her?"
Bill bit his under lip. Would he believe a lie?
When Castigo heard still no answer yet, he threw the necklace against Bills belly and drew his revolver. "Alright."
Bill paniked.
"Wait, wait, wait! If you kill me you will have a bad day."
"My bad day ends with your corpse on the floor."
"NO! If you do that, you will lost the snake and the lizard... will steal them."
"Who?"
"First let me alive."
"Why should I kill you if you have to talk before?"
"I could avoid the stealing if you let me go."
There was silence. Then it was interruped with nasty laughing.
"Do you think I'm so stupid?"
"Alright, alright, alright," Bill stuttered and raised hs hands. "What about a deal?"
Castigo scratched his chin. "Tell me."
"I avoid that they steal it and you give me the girl."
Silence fell a few seconds. "Hung!" the fox said and put his hands together.
Bill gasped when two big hands wrapped his neck and choked him. The Gila monster struggled in Hung's and rodent's grips but he could't release himself.
"Well, your suggestion is a little pathetic for me," Castigo muttered placidly. "Cause I like that bitch too much to leave her to a fat ugly guy like you. Yes, she is to good for you. Do you agree?"
"Ahhhh... hhhhchha..." Was all what Bill could breath out.
"Ssssh Hung, loose your grip. I can't undestand anything."
The red big bear relinquish his grip a little so that Bill was able to breath.
"Well, sorry, what was your answer?"
"Yees," Bill hissed still filled with panic. Just few seconds more and he had suffocated.
"What about another deal?" the fox said calmly. "I keep the girl and you allow me to punish that thief and you... If you give that all to me, I let you go. What do you think of that?"
Bill panted and gasped. That was not what he wanted to do. "But I..."
He cramped when Hung began to squeeze his throat again.
"What? Am I hearing some objections?" Castigo asked sarcastically.
"No,…," Bill gased with panic.
The fox nodded and the bear left his neck.
"Alright." Castigo sounded satisfied. "I let you watch from my men. But if you dare to trick me." He looked at Hung and Hung cracked his fingers.
"Did we understand each other?"
Bill nodded.
"Nice. You can always talk to my men if you know what the thief is planning to do."
They released him. Bill fell to the ground pantingly. He rubbed his neck cursed himself. After a while he has recovered and stood up with trembling legs. He stopped when he saw his pocket things still on the ground. He bent down and collected them. He paused for a moment, when he realized Bean's medaillon in the sand. He picked it up and looked at it. Then he pressed his fingers around it.
That was a damn deal.

Bill fetched the medaillon from his pocket and looked at it angrily. That damn thing which betrayed him.
"Bill?"
He winced when Stump appeared like from nowhere. Quickly he packet the medaillon away.
"What will we do if we are back in town?" Stump asked.
"What do you think? Live a life like before that lizard came to town. Can't you remember anymore?"
"Will be a little quiet without him"
Bill snorted. "There are enough idiots in the world. One day there will come another stupid guy. But if so, we will hunt him away and there will be no mayor or a snake in near."
"HIIIIIIIYAAAAAAAA!"
A little undefinable thing had jumped at Bill's face with an attacking cry. Bill fell almost down and screamed when the long thing wrapped around his neck.
Kinski, Stumpp and Chorizo exchanged glances with surprise when the little snake circled around the Gila monster like crazy while Bill tried to shake it off.
"Chili!"
They turned around and saw Cassy not far away. The silver fox waved with her hands wildly and ran at Bill.
"Chili! Let him! Come down!"
The snake slithered down and jumped on her shoulders.
"How many times do you want to have more anger? I said you should stay home!"
"Miss Conny annoyed me," the little corn snake complained.
"Are you crazy?!" Bill cried with rage.
"I'm sorry," Cassy apologized. "She followed us without my knowledge."
Bill growled. "What are you still doing here?"
"Where is your husband?" Stump asked.
"He is lying behind the hill. We decided to take a little rest."
She looked around. "Where are the others?"
Kinski, Stump and Chorizo looked at Bill. Kinski crossed his arms. "Yes, where?"

To be continued...