[quote]I took a short deep breath and rolled over the dune. The four banditos sat around a fire at the base of the dune. One spotted me and began to stand up. I fingered the trigger and the hammer fell. With a peal of thunder, a rose of fire and smoke bloomed out of my cannon. The lead ruffian fell in a heap. The other three rose, three more flowers bloomed, and the men fell. I slid down to the fire to inspect the corpses. I found seventeen rounds, two canteens and a stale biscuit. One of the men had a packet of salt left over from the mines. I took it and saved it for my pipe. For the rest of the night, i wandered. The sun burned in my eyes like atomic fire. I was moving. I glanced down range and noticed i was naked, save my boots, I was also shackled at the knees, wrists and ankles. Lastly, there was a man gazing over me, only wearing assless chaps and a manly beard . "Son" he said, "I'm sheriff xronad, and you are under arrest for the murder of five members of the Valley, and treason against the cesspool."[/quote] ©2019 John "HoTh" McWaters. All rights reserved