Chapter 2
"Yes sir!" cried Billy from behind the jail cells. After a few moments, Billy came scrambling out from behind the cells with his rifle in hand. "Ready Sheriff" said Billy with confidence and excitement. Sheriff looked him over, nodded, then walked out onto the porch. Billy followed him down the stairs and onto the path. "Where we goin' Sheriff?" Billy said as he waved to a young lady walking across the street.
"Saloon. We're gonna have a chat with some folks who just rode into town" Sheriff said as he walked at a casual pace down the street. They moved out of the way of the chariot and onto the side walk. The floorboards clicked and buckled as they walked along them. "Make sure your gun is loaded" Sheriff said as Billy looked his rifle up and down, checking the barrel and ammunition. The sun beat down on them and they walked faster down the street, nearing the end where the saloon would be. Dark, fresh, healthy horses were tied to the fence of the saloon, seven in total. "That there is there horses Billy. Go around an untie them and wait outside with them" Sheriff said as he walked to the swinging doors of the saloon. Billy went towards the horses, untying them and grabbing the reigns. Sheriff gave a sigh and pushed the swinging doors open, stepping into a room filled with the stench of smoke and alcohol.
"Evenin' Sheriff!" cried the townspeople as he passed them, smiling and nodding in appreciation. He headed towards the bar, walking a slow, deliberate pace, his footsteps making solid thuds as he neared the seven men in white suits sitting on their stools. He sat down next to them, looking them up and down. None of them looked up from there drinks.
"Why hello there Sheriff!" shouted a young woman as she hopped down the bar towards him. Her orange hair bobbed, her breasts jiggled with each bounce and she looked damned cute as she did it. "Fancy seein' you here so early" she said, leaning over the bar towards him.
"Evenin' Miss Kate" Sheriff said with a smile.
"The regular?" Kate asked, her smile ever wide.
"Somethin' different today. Give me the strongest thing you got"
"Why Sheriff, you ARE a man of many tastes" she said winking at him. She bounced back up the bar towards the cabinet of drinks and it would be shocking if there weren't a single man watching her as she did it. Miss Kate was after all, the town favourite.
"That there is a fine broad Sheriff" one of the men clad in white said. He stood up from his stool and walked over to the Sheriff who had placed the rifle in his lap, pointing into the men's direction. He sat down on the stool next to Sheriff and gave him a smile, his golden tooth shining in the light. "The name's Jim Ross. These are my partners Buck, Johnny, Greasy, Fat Lipped Tony, Little Bill and Swinger - and it ain't cause he's got a big dick mind you" Jim said with a chuckle, nodding over at the large Apache's tomahawk strapped to his suit. "We'd appreciate it if you let us buy you a drink".
"First, you boys are gonna tell me what it is that you doin' here exactly, then I'll decide on what you should do next" Sheriff said coldly as Kate gave him a glass full of dark liquid. He picked it up, held it in front of himself and Jim and then gave it a twirl, sloshing the liquid around in its glass cup. He tilted his head back and downed the drink in one gulp, slamming it back down onto the bar counter. "That was good. You boys ought'a try it after you tell me what I asked of you".