"The Broken Path of Revenge"
Rated T for language and violence
Summary: It's 1910, and Stevens Point is in need of a hero during these dying days in the wild west. After a bounty hunter strikes terror on the town, there's only one man who must stop him and save everyone now close to him. And that's Sheriff Austin Moon.
Pairing: Austin Moon x Liv Rooney
Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with Austin & Ally, Liv and Maddie, or any of those characters associated to both shows. The shows "Austin & Ally" and "Liv and Maddie" are owned by It's A Laugh Productions and Disney Channel. Anyway, I was inspired by some of those westerns on TV and of course, the video game "Red Dead Redemption", and I figured I'd do a western of my own. Anyway, you'll see most of the characters from the show, and of course, the main pairing of this is Austin Moon and Liv Rooney, which is owned by Ross Lynch and Dove Cameron. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 2: Welcome To Stevens Point
Austin's POV
I walked around Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Truth be told, it was a little grim around here. It nearly started to look a lot like a ghost town, except there were a few brave souls who stepped outside. I dunno, maybe some curfew was brought around this town. But either way, I think this place was okay. Despite this being a grim town, it was actually peace and quiet. Sounds like my kind of town for sure.
I was looking at some of the people who were staring at me. I didn't get it. Was I a robber? Did they think I was a thief dressed in black? Yeah, I admit I looked a little gruff in black, but no way was I a thief. The parents that I've looked at even shielded their kids away from me. I guess they maybe do see me as a thief. I guess some people aren't just too nice around here.
Despite this place looking a little quiet than usual, I did hear some music play around at a distance. To my surprise, the music was coming from a saloon, just miles away from me. Curious, I bucked my horse harder, just to get in a sneak peek.
When I got there, I looked up at the saloon sign that read: The Peppy Pardner. It sounded a bit wimpy and corny for sure, but regardless, I was aching for a drink. I guess with all of this traveling, my mouth was nearly dry with no thirst. So after we found a good parking spot, I got off my precious black steed and went right inside.
The inside of the saloon looked pretty wild to me for sure. There was music playing around from the piano alongside a lot of dancers doing the cha-cha-cha. I gotta admit, watching dancers wasn't really my thing, but still, it did add a bit of flair to this place. There was also some poker playing going on along with the smoke that got through my nose. I wasn't affected by the smoke bit, knowing I wasn't one major cougher. Well, now that I'm here, I might as well take a seat.
I got a seat closer to the bartender. He had full auburn hair, really peachy skin, and he looked dapper with his handlebar mustache. It was the corniest looking mustache, truth be told. Seeing me, he approached me full on.
"So newcomer, what's it gonna be?" The bartender asked me.
"I'm in a hurry, so just pour me down some whiskey, please." I replied.
"You're a really fast one," The bartender replied. "Whiskey it is."
Suddenly, a liquid of the finest whiskey was poured inside a full wide glass, and gave one to me with full ease.
"Thanks." I tell him.
"You're welcome, my good sir." The bartender nodded.
Somehow, the bartender started identifying me in my black hat, black trenchcoat, black long sleeved shirt, black jeans, black boots and shaggy blonde hair. He raised an eyebrow at me and scoffed with a smirk on his face. I looked right at him like crazy as soon as I took that first sip.
"You look a bit strange, man." The bartender replied. "We normally don't get cowboys like you around. Are you sure you're not in some kind of gang?"
"Do I have a crew with me?" I replied back. "Then no, I don't. I'm just trying to go wherever the wind takes me. And somehow, it sent me here to Stevens Point. It's really quiet around here. Any problem with that."
"You mean like the crime we had before you came here?" The bartender raised his eyebrow again. "We've all been there, bro. No one has ever been the same since that dreaded crew came to town."
When he brought up that 'dreaded crew', I set my glass down and heard with such interest.
"Dreaded crew?" I responded.
"I guess you haven't heard of the 'Devil's Hand', huh?" He smirked. "The wildest, ruthless group of thugs that will do anything they want and get whenever they want, even if they have to kill someone to get it?"
"Yes, I've heard of them," I sighed again. "I think you can say we go way back."
"Oh?" He raised an eyebrow while shining up a glass.
"It all started when I was about 12 years old and I went to go grab some hay for the rest of the family," I said, showing some heart from my story. "All of a sudden, I smelled smoke coming from my house. And when I went outside, there was a huge fire. My parents were burned alive from that fire. I usually thought it was some sort of accident, but when I got inside the burnt house, I found a small clothing patch that read 'DH' on the bottom of my dad's chest. And that was the moment I wanted revenge on them."
"Wow, you must really hold a grudge against them." The bartender sighed.
"I do." I nodded. "I'll never forgive those bastards for what they did to my parents. They didn't deserve to die like this."
"I feel you," The bartender nodded as well. "You're got a very interesting story. My name's Dez Wade. I'm the bartender of the Peppy Pardner."
"I'm Austin Moon." I said, shaking his hand tightly.
However, I sorta felt my hand wet from that handshake. It was clear that Dez had sweaty palms.
"Okay, how come your hands are this sweaty?" I cringed a little.
"Sorry, I can't help it." Dez groaned. "My hands are always this sweaty whenever I meet people to this establishment. I gotta remember to get gloves every time I handshake someone."
"Well, let's hope that should help." I chuckled a bit.
"So what brings you to the town of Stevens Point?" Dez said while shining another glass.
"Like I said, whenever the wind and my horse takes me." I responded.
"Sounds pretty good to me," Dez chuckled. "You need more whiskey, just give me a holler."
"Got it." I nodded, drinking up some of my whiskey.
As much as I wanted to drink this whiskey half-way, I couldn't. I felt something cringe between my insides. Like it was telling me to go to the outhouse. Either that or it was some guy's smoky breath I was inhaling. I'm pretty sure it was the outhouse. So I really had to make a run for it.
"You know where the outhouse is?" I said to Dez.
"It's upstairs." Dez replied.
"Thanks." I replied as I got out of my seat and left my drink on the table.
I ran like hell, hoping that no one would get to the outhouse before me. Luckily for me, the rest of the cowboys sitting at the poker table didn't even move a budge. They were still smoking, drinking and burping for heaven-knows-what. I know I wouldn't be caught dead with them for a minute. If I did, I would become one major slob for sure.
But before I could head over to the outhouse, I heard shouting coming from a door I passed.
"Hey, get off me! You gotta pay to play first!"
"C'mon, baby! Why pay when I can play you for free?"
"I said, let me go! Don't make me call for help!"
"Helping is for wimps! Time to give daddy what you want!"
That sounded like a cry for help. A cry for trouble for sure.
I looked inside the room to see a dirty old cowboy trying to pin a lady down on the bed while she was still fighting back. She looked helpless. She looked defenseless. And without a shadow of a doubt, she was about to be defeated by this creep.
I wasn't gonna let him have his way with this defenseless woman.
So I busted the door down through its hinges and charged at the old bearded thug. I managed to pull him off of her and deck him right in the face. He tried to punch back, but I managed to block his shots immediately. There was no way he was gonna fight back, not after what he tried to do with that defenseless lady. I kept punching him until he left the room, but I still wasn't done with this bastard. Not by a long shot.
He spat a little blood on the floor as he looked right at me. My eyes were filled with vengeance already as he started talking crap to me.
"Who... who in the hell are you?" The angry bearded cowboy spoke to me. "You damn well ruined my fun!"
"Not as fun as this is!" I growled at him.
Suddenly, I finished that little conversation off with a jumping thrust kick to the face! The impact of course sent the bearded man falling from ledge, and landed right on the poker table painfully. A fall like that would have killed him to his grave, but luckily, he managed to stay alive from that move.
While he was down, I managed to talk trash to his face. A little warning if you will.
"If I ever see you lay your hands on a lady again, I'll come back down and make things worse than what I did to you!" I shouted.
Despite taking that huge fall, the large burly man managed to walk away from the saloon with just a scratch. Serves him right for ever getting his way with a lady. A lady should be respected as such, not to be lusted after and used as objects.
While he walked away, the lady that I saved spoke right to me.
"Thanks for saving me," She replied. "That guy was nothing but a brute not to pay up like that."
"He's trouble for sure," I replied back as I turned around to her. "You need to be careful with guys like that. Otherwise, he'll-"
However, I was cut off when I gotten a good look at her.
My jaw dropped to the wooden floor when I saw her appearance. It was nothing like I ever saw.
Those precious golden locks that was soft as silk sheets. Those precious blue-green eyes that you could ever get lost in. Very plump red lips that went along with those precious puffy cheeks, and just that voice that sets your heart on fire. All of those four features of hers really took my breath away. It took my jaw away just by looking at her. I couldn't even think of anything to describe this woman I saved.
Although I do know two words that best describe her:
Beautiful and gorgeous.
I couldn't lie. Even when I was standing right beside her.
Wow. I'll tell ya, this was a very tricky chapter for sure. Next up, nothing but full frontal Austin/Liv interaction, everyone (not having to do with nudity)! Eeyup, I can't get enough of them to handle!
Next chapter is definitely gonna be something for sure! You don't wanna miss this one because I guarantee you it'll be worth your money. Until then, this is UltimateWarriorFan4Ever signing off! BAM! WHAT?!
