Ladies and gentlemen, here it is! The moment you've all been waiting for! The climax of this story!
The Roc Brothers and Monroe take Sheriff Garrot, Ian, Barley, Laura and Ralph into the middle of the desert.
"Say, guys?" Garrot whispered to the two elf brothers. "Got any bright ideas?"
"I don't know." Ian answered.
"Well, we're toast." Garrot suddenly had an idea. "Wait! I've got one!" Everyone stops.
"Well, uh, under the influence of our...new boss," Monroe announced. "Prepare for oblivion!" He loads the chain gun on his robotic tail. "Any last words?"
"Yes! LOOK, YOUR CAR'S BEING TOWED!"
"What?!" An awkward silence rang through. "Wait, I don't own no ding dang car-" Suddenly, Garrot quickly snatches Billy's gun and shoots the scorpion man's tail, damaging it. "YAAAOOOOW!"
"LAURA, ATTACK!"
Laura breaks free from Al's grip, then punches and kicks him.
"Stay close, Ralph!" Laura and the sheriff fight the three rocs until the monster bird trio is too exhausted to fight some more.
"GRRRRGH!" Monroe growled. "I'M GONNA BLOW SO MANY HOLES IN YOUR BODY, YOU'LL BE A BLOOD FOUNTAIN!"
Suddenly, Ian and Barley shoot more holes in Monroe's robotic tail, causing him to lose his ability to shoot. When he tries to shoot, all the gun does is click.
"AAAAHHHGH! On second thought, plumb time for me to VAMOOSE!" The scorpion man tries to escape, but Garrot points a gun at him, stopping him instantly!
"You're going down, Monroe!" The sheriff declared.
"No, please, sheriff! HAVE MERCY!"
"Mercy ain't my thing!" Monroe is surprised until the gun goes off! Instead of killing him, the bullet that was fired causes him to collapse.
"Sheriff Garrot?" Barley asked the sheriff. "Is Monroe really dead?"
"Oh, no. Shots on Monroe aren't fatal as you guys learned before 'cause of his impenetrable skin and can be removed. All I did was knock him out again using a tough enough bullet. I'm sure all four of those desert rats will be okay."
"Well, let's put them in jail and get him fixed up before we go stop the mayor." Ian said. "They're bad guys, but they did nothing bad enough that we would leave them for dead."
"Yeah, we wouldn't want the hawks catching these guys."
Later, the four criminals are in jail.
"I don't believe it!" Monroe complained. "We were beaten to the punch, AGAIN!"
"At least they are generous enough to not leave us to die of dehydration in the desert, Monroe." Al said.
"That's the point of being on the good side." Sheriff pointed out before turning to his wife and son. "Alright, Laura, you and Ralph stay here and watch these guys! Me and the elves will find the mayor!" The three leave the jail building.
"Go get them, Dad!" Ralph shouted.
Once they were outside, Ian declared, "Nothing can stop us now!" Right after he said that, a gunshot was heard as a bullet shot him.
"IAN!" Barley screamed as he helplessly watched his brother fall to the ground.
"Where the hell did THAT come from?!" Garrot asked.
"Over here, you horse asses!" A voice yelled. Garrot and Barley look at the direction of the bullet and see the mayor being held hostage by... the mayor?
"Oh my gosh!" Barley exclaimed. "There's two mayors!"
Garrot shrugs. "I shouldn't have guessed it! It's Louis, the mayor's evil twin brother! He stole the mayor's identity so he could get to do everything he told us!"
"That's right, sheriff!" Louis the goat-man mayor declared. "You and your so called elf buddies are a bunch of JOKES! You totally fell for it, too!" He cackles. "Hell, not even the Ambassador knew it was really me! But to hell with him, he'll never find out! All of y'all best drop your weapons unless you reckon I splatter what's left of my brother's dinghy all over the floor!"
Barley responds with a scoff and a laugh until Garrot slaps him.
"Barley, this is no time for jokes!" the sheriff said sternly. "Your brother just got shot! We gotta fight this bastard!"
"I SAID, DROP YOUR WEAPONS!" Louis shouted, prompting the two to obey. "That's more like it! Soon, the town, your little ranch and the NEW town will be mine! EVERYTHING WILL BE MINE! I LOVE BEING EVIL!" He cackles when suddenly, a gunshot was heard and Louis was shot in the head and killed.
"What in tarnation?" Garrot asked in surprise. He sees that Laura had Barley's .44 Magnum gun.
"Yeah! That's how we do it in the Old West, you old goat!" Laura exclaimed.
"My .44 Magnum!" Barley gasped and sees the gun he had. "Oh, shoot! I must've had the wrong gun!"
"If that wasn't the mayor all this time, then..." Mitsy started to ask before realizing. "Oh no, what have I done? I killed that idiot Higgins! He was the only one whoever loved me even if was gross! What have I done?!" She drops to the ground and cries.
"There, there, Mitsy." The real mayor said as he consoled her. "You didn't know what was going on."
"Well, at least it's over!" Sheriff Garrot yelled in triumph. "Now we can bring the water back." All cheer.
"Well, I better call mom and Colt Bronco for emergency surgery." Barley said as he looks at Ian.
Eventually, Ian awoke and was on the ground. "What the!"
His mother and Colt Bronco were seen before him.
"Ah, you're awake now!" Bronco said with relief. "Now then, I'll get to complain on why you didn't call us on your communicator?"
"Oh...I forgot." Ian said with realization.
"Well, lucky for you, I placed a tracker on the van leading to this place. Now, you and Barley are coming straight home."
"Yeah, just as soon as we defeat this really corrupt mayor and his hot Jersey Devil assistant from buying all the land so they can destroy it and build a more modern city!"
"Excuse me?"
"Uh...You don't know. Are we still in Pastoon? What happened? Where's Barley? Where's Sheriff Garrot?"
"Well...you might've missed the fun." Barley answered.
"I WHAT?! What the heck happened? Weren't we gonna stop that mayor?"
"We were, and we did." Sheriff Garrot said as he appeared.
"What?"
"Well, the thing is you were shot by the mayor's twin brother right after you said 'Nothing can stop us now!'." Barley responded. "But luckily, we beat him. Nothing but wild wet history now."
"You mean...I missed out on all the action?"
"Sure enough did." Garrot answered.
"Oh, you've GOT to be kidding! Could you guys tell me how it went?
"Sure, I'll explain everything. Turns out, the mayor we fought wasn't our honorable mayor at all, but his evil brother Louis."
After everything that happened while Ian was unconscious is explained, Ian said, "Wow! I really DID miss out on all the action. Well, at least it's over."
"Yeah." Bronco spoke up. "Now, about the whole situation about, oh, I don't know, you WRECKED THE DARN VAN!
"Barley's fault!" Ian defended as he pointed at his big brother.
"HEY, DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON ME!" Barley remarked defensively. "IT WAS A GANG OF PIXIES THAT WE ACCIDENTALLY ANGERED WHEN I HAD MY PREVIOUS VAN! They threw a dagger into the rear tire, causing it to crash."
"Well, lucky for you two," Laurel Lightfoot spoke up. "Two jackalopes who greeted us when we got here said that they saw your van crash, took it in for repairs and fixed it." She shows the van fully fixed to the two elf brothers.
Barley gasps with a surprised grin. "My new Guinevere!" He runs up to the van and embraces it.
"Alright, c'mon, chaps! Let's go!" Colt Bronco announced. He gets into his police cruiser while Ian, Barley and Laurel get into Guinevere the Second. Then they drive off, following Bronco.
"Farewell, my friends!" Sheriff Garrot called as he waved goodbye. "Farewell!"
Well, this story's climax has been solved. The next chapter will be the last one and will be a short epilogue. Hope you enjoyed this thrilling chapter. Thank you all and stay safe!