Tales of the West
Disclaimer: yet again, I do NOT own these characters
By: Laguna
Clouds of dust rise from the scorched land as the heavy tank treads across the land. Hazanko, a wealthy plantation owner from Texas makes an attempt at hiring Harry McDougal. "Now as I said before, not only you will get part of the gold we are going to get at the leyline, you will also get your own piece of land in Arizona as well.' "WHATS USE OF DESERT LAND, HAZANKO?" Harry busted out from his chair, beads of sweat roll down from his forehead. "Quite obvious you forget who you are talking to, there are more powerful people than you and you're talking to one right now." A man wrapped in leather barged into the room; barbed wire coils up his legs and torso. "Ahh….Jukai, Did you finish the job as you were told?" "No sir, I didn't think they would be much of a probl…" with that said, Hazanko only knew he didn't completed as he desired "I WANTED THE MAN DEAD, NO MATTER WHAT! I CAN'T RISK THE CHANE OF HIM CATCHING UP WITH ME." Jukai bowed before him and jumped through the window, disappearing in a cloud of dust. Harry overheard the conversation and brought up a plan. "I see you have a little pest problem, neh? I can always fix that." "Nice idea, maybe you are a help after all." Not too far away, the crew rode into another town, which wasn't far from where they came. "This is a good time to get some more supplies." Gene stated. Jim broke his attention from Hanmyo, looking at Gene "If he had a wagon, we wouldn't be in this mess." Gene, who was trying to look innocent, remembered about the problem back then "I didn't have much money to bet on, so what else I can use, our horses? We need our horses. So I placed the wagon on the line." Laguna stuffed the documents in his back pocket. He took a quick scan of the town and decided. "Me and Gil are going to ask people if they saw anything suspicious, Jim can you and Hanmyo get the supplies? We are going to pick you two up by fifty minutes." Gil began to ride into town, while Jim and Hanmyo begain looking for the towns general store. "Hey Laguna." Gene hollered "what about me?" Laguna stopped his horse and looked back "Just go to a bar or something, you don't need to do anything but stay out of trouble." Laguna went back to his business and rode into town. "God, they think I cant do anything constructive, sheesh." Gene jumped off and let the horse graze outside the town. Gene walked down the lane to his usual stomping grounds. "No wonder why this place looks so familiar, this is my old town. It has changed a bit though." He proceeded his way towards the bar. They're where a couple of horses and a wagon stationed up front. Two possible things stand out. One, the business is low today or two; someone brought a wagon filled with their family or friends to get a drink.. Gene thought about stealing the wagon, but he remembered what happened the last time he tried and shuddered the idea off. He walked through the double swinging doors. Amongst the drunken crowd, A lady in a blue dress catches Gene's attention. He made his way through the crowd and sat next to the lady at the bar. "So, what would a beautiful lady like you do in a place like this?" The lady starred at Gene for a second and starred at the counter top. "Sorry about my bad manners, miss. I haven't told you my name yet. My name is Gene." The lady looked up and starred at Gene for a second. "My name is Melfina." Her voice was so delicate; it could tame a wild coyote. This lady is mine, Gene thought to himself. Then he realized about the wagon outside and the discussion he and the crew had awhile ago. "Say, do you know who owns that wagon outside?" "Its mine," Melfina said "someone stole my horses hours ago and I cant use it. I was going to California." Gene didn't want to break her soul anymore than it is already. "A bit too late for the gold rush huh? The Fourty-Niners already found most of the gold. Why are you going out there anyway?" Melfina laughed a bit at his humor. "Well, just looking for my family and…" Gene butted in, he has heard enough to be convinced to help. "We will gladly help you Melfina." She was confused at the statement, "We? What do you mean, there are more people with you?" "Yeah, Me and my partner, Hanmyo, Laguna, and Professor Gillium." Melfina responded to the name Prof. Gillium, "He is here with you? Amazing, its been awhile since we met.." Gene was quite surprised by the news. He just dropped the thing like a bad habit. Just as the two were about to leave, a shotgun blast erupted through the room, and the crowd goes silent. Two outlaws barged through the door, the blonde one holding a shotgun in the air and the bald one carrying burlap sack. "EVERYONE SHUT UP, THE COLD CAST ARE NOW IN CHARGE!" the bald headed out law shouted.
Jack and Frost Cold, two brothers with only trouble on their minds, only attack bars in different desert towns. Jack, the bald headed one, prefers to go by force while Frost, the blonde headed one, prefers to intimidate by looks and not by gunpower. They steal the booze and money from the bars they attack. Why they don't attack banks is still a big mystery to both the sheriffs and bounty hunters.
The two outlaws made their way through the crowd, picking money and anything valuable off of them. Jack shoved the shotgun into the bartender's face, "Give me all the money and the best whiskey you have." Gene coughed a bit and decided to break this problem, "Think it would be easier to use money to get your drinks, it works better than using guns." "WHO IS THIS IDIOT?" Jack hollered out. "The names Gene, have a problem?" "YOURE THE PROBLEM!" Jack screamed into his face. Frost was shoving the money and bottles of whiskey into the sack. Gene grabs the barstool he was sitting on and slams it over Jacks head. The outlaw stumbled back and cocked his shotgun up. Gene responded by whipping out his revolver and shooting the shotgun barrel, making a huge dent. "NOW YOU WILL PAY!" Jack threw the gun down and ordered Frost to join the fray. Gene snatched two shot glasses filled with whiskey and splashed it into the outlaw's eyes, blinding them. "Cmon Mel! Let's get out of here." Melfina nodded and the two ran outside. Frost, half blinded, threw a punch anywhere, hoping he might hit Gene. The punch landed on a big and angry man. Frost gained his sight back to normal only to see a fist fly into his face, then darkness. Laguna came to the bar as soon as he heard the commotion, he arrived two minutes too late. "GENE!" Laguna hollered "WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT GETTING IN TROUBLE!" By that time, Gil rode in at the scene and noticed a familiar face. "Melfina?" Gil took a look at her and hopped off his horse. Melfina took noticed of the mustachioed professor "GIL! HOW ARE YOU?" she ran to the professor and gave him a big hug. "Whoah there Mel! Don't forget I'm an old guy now. Why are you stuck out here, thought you were going to California." Gene butted in on the conversation "She got into a bit of a trouble and I told her we can help her out." The professor nodded towards Gene, "Good plan, can you harness the horses on the wagon?" It took forty-five minutes for him to harness the horses. Compared to him and a novice, he is a person from a big city who doesn't know anything about the desert life. Gene and Melfina took the helm while Laguna walked beside the wagon. Gil stayed inside, counting the money they have. They arrived at the store to see Hanmyo and Jim flirting with each other, at least they got the supplies they needed. Right? As soon as they loaded the wagon, they finally headed out. The sun warmed everything under it. Laguna scouted ahead while Gene and Melfina controlled the horses. Jim and Hanmyo rode side by side and the professor fell asleep in the wagon. Just like another day Laguna thought to himself. He took noticed of a trail of dust clouds heading their way in the horizon. Buffaloes, he thought to himself; he stopped the horse and headed back to the wagon and rode side by side next to it. "Hey Gene, better watch out for the buffaloes up ahead, I suggest you to turn. The last thing we need is the wagon being busted into splinters by wild animals." Gene took noticed into the horizon and turned to the side, enough for the buffalo to run by. The cloud of dust moved the same direction as the wagon. "This isn't good Gene." Then he remembered what happened a few nights ago, "GENE! GET THE WAGON MOVING!" he demanded. He hollered back at Jim and Hanmyo, "GET A MOVE ON YOU TWO, TROUBLE IS HEADING OUR WAY!" The two responded and sped up with the wagon. The cloud of dust took form of a twister; it was right behind them now. Jim made Hanmyos horse steer to the left avoiding the twister. Jim and his horse got sucked up into the massive twister. "GENE! GET MELFINA OFF NOW!" Gene looked into Melfinas eyes. She knows what to do. Melfina took a deep breath and jumped off, hitting the soft sand. The wagon tilted from the end and soon the whole wagon was sucked up, then Laguna and his horse. In a manner of minutes, the twister stopped and Gene, Gil, Laguna and Jim fell violently on the ground. Hanmyo rode over to Melfina to see what happened. Jukai stepped infront of them. A sleeping dart hit Hanmyo in the arm and in seconds, she fell off the horse and was out. Melfina rushed to her fallen friend but she was struck in the arm as well. She collapsed to her knee and saw Jukai raise a tomahawk over Laguna's head. An arrow struck Jukai in the shoulder and turned back. He seems scared, and whatever it is saved the crews life. Jukai disappears in a cloud of dust. Melfina jolted her head where the shot came from. She saw a female Indian with white hair coming her way. She reached her arm out towards her and she collapsed, the sleeping dart finally took affect and she was out cold.
There, Chapter two completed. I kinda rushed on it, so don't get mad at me please. And thank you Hanmyo, for the Melfina idea