"TWO HOURS?" Sheriff looked outside to confirm that, and it was true. He
turned back to the mayor.
"Well, you're out of luck. You see-"
"Don't even try!" The mayor held up his hand. "I've heard all the excuses. Besides, don't you want to help the town?"
"So that the townspeople will be happy with you?" Sheriff asked. The mayor nodded.
"I'll admit to that. But we really need to get rid of the outlaw."
Sheriff's conscious was going to make him do something stupid, and he knew that. So he said, "Okay, I'll stay."
He then walked out the hall, and went over to the shops. He found a shop that sold battledome weapons, and went up to the counter. The Kyrii running the shop saw the badge, and came over.
"Wow, it's the Sheriff. If you need any weapons, feel free to pick any you want, on the house. The store will close in one hour, thank you!" The Kyrii went over to talk to another customer. Sheriff went over to a pile of weapons. He took a Dusty Town homemade Tornado in a Bottle, a Sparkshooter, and a Healing Potion X. As he continued to rummage through the pile, he grasped something unusual. He took it out, and gasped. It was an Alien Aisha ray gun!
"Wow!" He gaped at it. The Kyrii looked at him, and saw the gun.
"I remember getting that. You see, a few years ago…"
10 boring mintues later…
"So that's how it came here. Interesting, huh?"
Sheriff had fallen asleep. The Kyrii shook him.
"I'm awake, I'm awake!"
"Here are some batteries for it." The Kyrii tossed him the batteries.
Sheriff put that with the rest of his weapons. He then left, and the Kyrii waved good bye.
"Come again if you survive!" he called.
Sheriff glanced at the town clock. There was only one hour and thirty minutes left. He went to the only store in town, and got a rope, some bottles of water, and a bag, which the storeowner claimed "all Sheriffs need!" After getting other supplies he needed, he went over to an area where Kua and Uni were in large numbers. The Petri looked at him and his badge.
"Howdy! Going to stop Bob eh?"
"Yeah. Would you recommend a Kua or Uni for the job?"
The Petri flapped his wings and landed by Sheriff.
"Well, if you are going to go short distances, Kuas are good. If you need to go on a chase, Unis are the best. Anyway, don't worry about the price, it's-"
"-On the house, I know." Sheriff walked over to the Unis. He looked at all of them, when he noticed one off on its own.
"Who is that?" he asked, pointing to the Uni. The Petri followed his gaze.
"That's the newest Uni, he hasn't been ridden yet. His name is…" He looked at a list, then said, " Blizzard_401, Blizzard for short."
Sheriff walked over, and Blizzard noticed him.
"Hey, are you the new Sheriff?"
Sheriff smiled. "Yup." The Petri came over.
"Would you like to have Blizzard for the day?"
"Yeah." He then tried to remember how the heroes mounted on Unis. Blizzard rolled his eyes as Sheriff walked around.
"Just hop on," he said, and Sheriff tried it. He almost slipped, but regained his balance and looked around, excited to be riding for the first time.
"YEEEHAA! GIDDYUP UNI!" he yelled, and the Uni flinched.
"Ow! That hurt my ears. Also, you do not say giddy up!"
"Sorry," Sheriff said.
"That's okay. Try asking nicely."
"Go onward, Blizzard! Is that good?"
Blizzard nodded. "Yup." He began to walk off. As they went in the town, Sheriff glanced at the town clock. He had only one hour left. He began to check his supplies, and seeing that he had enough, he rode on Blizzard to the desert that lay ahead…
Bob the outlaw Chia glanced through binoculars and saw the town clock. One hour. He smiled greedily as he thought of the riches and goods he was going to get this year. He checked his weapons making sure he had enough and the most powerful ones. He then mounted his Uni, and began to head off toward the town…
Sheriff began to get bored as he saw nothing but cactuses and other small plants. He drank a small amount of the water he had, and looked behind him. The town was beginning to look smaller and smaller, but he could still see the clock. Fifty minutes left. He then turned around as Blizzard continued.
About ten minutes later, Sheriff noticed a figure on top of a hill ahead.
"Hold on," he said, and Blizzard stopped. Sheriff rummaged through the bag he had, and found some binoculars. He looked through them, and saw the Chia.
"Ha! This should be easy! Look how small he is!"
Blizzard lifted his head. "Actually, that's the wrong end."
"Oh." Sheriff switched it around, and looked through the correct end. He then saw the Chia on his Uni.
"We should meet up with him soon." He put away his binoculars, and Blizzard walked toward the Chia.
After half an hour, Sheriff stopped Blizzard.
"I'll wait here," he said, and began to get his weapons out. He looked toward the shape of the Chia, and knew that Bob had seen him. Bob began to get closer, and closer. From Sheriff's position, Bob had seemed extremely small, but as he got closer, Sheriff could see his real size better. He pulled out his Sparkshooter.
"This should be easy. I don't know how the townspeople get robbed from such a small Neopet." He kept his sight on Bob as he came closer, and got bigger…and bigger…and bigger. When he saw the actual size, his jaw dropped.
"That is one big Chia," he said, looking at Bob, who was twice as big as he was, even with the stilts. Bob eyed the badge.
"So, Dusty Town finally got a Sheriff, eh?"
Sheriff nodded. He kept his Sparkshooter in a tight grip.
"Hate to burst your bubble, but you aren't going to win, to keep it simple." Suddenly, Bob pulled out a Grand Lighting Beam. Sheriff jumped out the way just as Bob shot at him. A nearby cactus took the damage and exploded. Sheriff got up from the ground.
"Jeez, you could injure someone with that!"
"Of course I could you idiot!"
"Oh yeah…"
Sheriff took out his sparkshooter, and fired. Bob didn't even bother getting out of the way as the tiny bolt hit him, as it did nothing.
"Stupid weapon!" Sheriff flung it away, and reached for his rainbow gun. He was about to fire, when Bob fired his Grand Lighting Bea, again. It hit Sheriff, and he was thrown backwards. The beam also hit his Rainbow Gun, and it was destroyed. Sheriff got up, and reached for his ray gun. He pulled it out, and aimed at the outlaw.
"Freeze! Or I'll zap you!" Bob actually froze.
"Now put down your weapon!" Bob did that, but as he was, he rushed forward and rammed into Sheriff, knocking the ray gun from his paws. It landed a few feet from him, but as he was reaching for it, Bob pulled out a Black Frost Cannon.
"Say goodnight! Muahaha!" Laughing like a maniac (which he kind of was) he aimed at Sheriff. Sheriff sprang for the ray gun, and grabbed it, just as Bob fired. Sheriff laid flat on the ground as the shot whizzed by head, missing it by mere inches. Sheriff jump up, and looked at the gun.
"Now how to you set this is stun?" He fiddled with it until he thought he had it on the setting he wanted. He aimed at Bob and pulled the trigger. But the gun backfired, and zapped him. He was thrown back once more, and skidded on the hot desert ground. He then fainted.
"Are you okay?" Sheriff woke up, slightly woozy. He looked around, and saw Blizzard.
"What happened? Where's Bob?"
"He got away, and went to the town. He's been gone for quite a while now."
Sheriff drank the healing potion and began to feel a lot better. "Now what? I can't go back to the town!"
Blizzard smiled. "You don't have to. While you were fighting, I found a tracking device in that bag of yours. I put it on his Uni, who didn't even notice. Look here." Blizzard showed Sheriff a tracking device.
"That guy was right. Every sheriff needs this bag!" He looked at the tracking device. "Let's follow him!"
He mounted on Blizzard, and the two headed off, following the tracker.
"Okay, turn left." It was an hour later, and they were getting closer. Bob had appeared to stop, maybe for a rest.
"We're gaining on him!"
Blizzard made a right turn this time, and they caught sight of Bob. He was sitting on the ground, eating some of the stolen food. Sheriff adjusted the gun, making sure to now read the small labels. He set it to the stun level, and they charged forward. Sheriff aimed carefully, and fired. Unfortunately, it is really hard to aim properly on a charging Uni, and he missed, hitting a cliff wall just by Bob. Bob looked up, and saw them.
"Didn't you learn last time?" He them mounted on his Uni, and began to charge at Sheriff. Seeing the rapid decrease in distance, Sheriff aimed even more carefully, and fired. It missed again, but this time the miss was extremely close. Bob appeared to be surprised, and suddenly turned direction.
"He's running away! Let's get him!"
Blizzard began to speed up, and the chase was on. Neither Uni was getting tired, and there was a lot of desert ahead. Sheriff craned his neck as Bob went around a cliff side. Blizzard followed Bob, and then stopped. Sheriff was almost thrown off, but he saw the reason why Blizzard had stopped. Bob had disappeared!
"That's highly unusual…"
Just then, Sheriff's sharp ears picked up a rumbling sound.
"Do you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
Both of them looked up, just in time to see the boulders tumbling down.
"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! AND MINE TOO!" Blizzard had shown impressive speed, but now he was a blur. The rocks continued to tumble toward them. Finally, they escaped. Puffing and panting, Blizzard stopped to rest. Sheriff gave him some food and water, and they went over to investigate.
"I don't see anything," Sheriff called out. Blizzard didn't find anything either. Sheriff then remembered the tracking device, and pulled it out. He began to walk to where Bob was, as Blizzard followed. He continued to track him, until he hit a cliff wall.
"That's strange." Blizzard trotted over.
"What is?"
"According to this, Bob is in the cliff side. Do you think…" he began to look around.
"Think what?"
"Maybe he has a secret hideout here." Sheriff ran his paw along the side, trying to find something unusual. Just then, he felt something.
"Aha!" He looked closely, and sure enough there was a button the exact same color as the cliff wall. He pressed it, and the wall slid open. Blizzard and Sheriff glanced inside the darkness.
"That is so cool…" said Blizzard.
1 To be continued
"Well, you're out of luck. You see-"
"Don't even try!" The mayor held up his hand. "I've heard all the excuses. Besides, don't you want to help the town?"
"So that the townspeople will be happy with you?" Sheriff asked. The mayor nodded.
"I'll admit to that. But we really need to get rid of the outlaw."
Sheriff's conscious was going to make him do something stupid, and he knew that. So he said, "Okay, I'll stay."
He then walked out the hall, and went over to the shops. He found a shop that sold battledome weapons, and went up to the counter. The Kyrii running the shop saw the badge, and came over.
"Wow, it's the Sheriff. If you need any weapons, feel free to pick any you want, on the house. The store will close in one hour, thank you!" The Kyrii went over to talk to another customer. Sheriff went over to a pile of weapons. He took a Dusty Town homemade Tornado in a Bottle, a Sparkshooter, and a Healing Potion X. As he continued to rummage through the pile, he grasped something unusual. He took it out, and gasped. It was an Alien Aisha ray gun!
"Wow!" He gaped at it. The Kyrii looked at him, and saw the gun.
"I remember getting that. You see, a few years ago…"
10 boring mintues later…
"So that's how it came here. Interesting, huh?"
Sheriff had fallen asleep. The Kyrii shook him.
"I'm awake, I'm awake!"
"Here are some batteries for it." The Kyrii tossed him the batteries.
Sheriff put that with the rest of his weapons. He then left, and the Kyrii waved good bye.
"Come again if you survive!" he called.
Sheriff glanced at the town clock. There was only one hour and thirty minutes left. He went to the only store in town, and got a rope, some bottles of water, and a bag, which the storeowner claimed "all Sheriffs need!" After getting other supplies he needed, he went over to an area where Kua and Uni were in large numbers. The Petri looked at him and his badge.
"Howdy! Going to stop Bob eh?"
"Yeah. Would you recommend a Kua or Uni for the job?"
The Petri flapped his wings and landed by Sheriff.
"Well, if you are going to go short distances, Kuas are good. If you need to go on a chase, Unis are the best. Anyway, don't worry about the price, it's-"
"-On the house, I know." Sheriff walked over to the Unis. He looked at all of them, when he noticed one off on its own.
"Who is that?" he asked, pointing to the Uni. The Petri followed his gaze.
"That's the newest Uni, he hasn't been ridden yet. His name is…" He looked at a list, then said, " Blizzard_401, Blizzard for short."
Sheriff walked over, and Blizzard noticed him.
"Hey, are you the new Sheriff?"
Sheriff smiled. "Yup." The Petri came over.
"Would you like to have Blizzard for the day?"
"Yeah." He then tried to remember how the heroes mounted on Unis. Blizzard rolled his eyes as Sheriff walked around.
"Just hop on," he said, and Sheriff tried it. He almost slipped, but regained his balance and looked around, excited to be riding for the first time.
"YEEEHAA! GIDDYUP UNI!" he yelled, and the Uni flinched.
"Ow! That hurt my ears. Also, you do not say giddy up!"
"Sorry," Sheriff said.
"That's okay. Try asking nicely."
"Go onward, Blizzard! Is that good?"
Blizzard nodded. "Yup." He began to walk off. As they went in the town, Sheriff glanced at the town clock. He had only one hour left. He began to check his supplies, and seeing that he had enough, he rode on Blizzard to the desert that lay ahead…
Bob the outlaw Chia glanced through binoculars and saw the town clock. One hour. He smiled greedily as he thought of the riches and goods he was going to get this year. He checked his weapons making sure he had enough and the most powerful ones. He then mounted his Uni, and began to head off toward the town…
Sheriff began to get bored as he saw nothing but cactuses and other small plants. He drank a small amount of the water he had, and looked behind him. The town was beginning to look smaller and smaller, but he could still see the clock. Fifty minutes left. He then turned around as Blizzard continued.
About ten minutes later, Sheriff noticed a figure on top of a hill ahead.
"Hold on," he said, and Blizzard stopped. Sheriff rummaged through the bag he had, and found some binoculars. He looked through them, and saw the Chia.
"Ha! This should be easy! Look how small he is!"
Blizzard lifted his head. "Actually, that's the wrong end."
"Oh." Sheriff switched it around, and looked through the correct end. He then saw the Chia on his Uni.
"We should meet up with him soon." He put away his binoculars, and Blizzard walked toward the Chia.
After half an hour, Sheriff stopped Blizzard.
"I'll wait here," he said, and began to get his weapons out. He looked toward the shape of the Chia, and knew that Bob had seen him. Bob began to get closer, and closer. From Sheriff's position, Bob had seemed extremely small, but as he got closer, Sheriff could see his real size better. He pulled out his Sparkshooter.
"This should be easy. I don't know how the townspeople get robbed from such a small Neopet." He kept his sight on Bob as he came closer, and got bigger…and bigger…and bigger. When he saw the actual size, his jaw dropped.
"That is one big Chia," he said, looking at Bob, who was twice as big as he was, even with the stilts. Bob eyed the badge.
"So, Dusty Town finally got a Sheriff, eh?"
Sheriff nodded. He kept his Sparkshooter in a tight grip.
"Hate to burst your bubble, but you aren't going to win, to keep it simple." Suddenly, Bob pulled out a Grand Lighting Beam. Sheriff jumped out the way just as Bob shot at him. A nearby cactus took the damage and exploded. Sheriff got up from the ground.
"Jeez, you could injure someone with that!"
"Of course I could you idiot!"
"Oh yeah…"
Sheriff took out his sparkshooter, and fired. Bob didn't even bother getting out of the way as the tiny bolt hit him, as it did nothing.
"Stupid weapon!" Sheriff flung it away, and reached for his rainbow gun. He was about to fire, when Bob fired his Grand Lighting Bea, again. It hit Sheriff, and he was thrown backwards. The beam also hit his Rainbow Gun, and it was destroyed. Sheriff got up, and reached for his ray gun. He pulled it out, and aimed at the outlaw.
"Freeze! Or I'll zap you!" Bob actually froze.
"Now put down your weapon!" Bob did that, but as he was, he rushed forward and rammed into Sheriff, knocking the ray gun from his paws. It landed a few feet from him, but as he was reaching for it, Bob pulled out a Black Frost Cannon.
"Say goodnight! Muahaha!" Laughing like a maniac (which he kind of was) he aimed at Sheriff. Sheriff sprang for the ray gun, and grabbed it, just as Bob fired. Sheriff laid flat on the ground as the shot whizzed by head, missing it by mere inches. Sheriff jump up, and looked at the gun.
"Now how to you set this is stun?" He fiddled with it until he thought he had it on the setting he wanted. He aimed at Bob and pulled the trigger. But the gun backfired, and zapped him. He was thrown back once more, and skidded on the hot desert ground. He then fainted.
"Are you okay?" Sheriff woke up, slightly woozy. He looked around, and saw Blizzard.
"What happened? Where's Bob?"
"He got away, and went to the town. He's been gone for quite a while now."
Sheriff drank the healing potion and began to feel a lot better. "Now what? I can't go back to the town!"
Blizzard smiled. "You don't have to. While you were fighting, I found a tracking device in that bag of yours. I put it on his Uni, who didn't even notice. Look here." Blizzard showed Sheriff a tracking device.
"That guy was right. Every sheriff needs this bag!" He looked at the tracking device. "Let's follow him!"
He mounted on Blizzard, and the two headed off, following the tracker.
"Okay, turn left." It was an hour later, and they were getting closer. Bob had appeared to stop, maybe for a rest.
"We're gaining on him!"
Blizzard made a right turn this time, and they caught sight of Bob. He was sitting on the ground, eating some of the stolen food. Sheriff adjusted the gun, making sure to now read the small labels. He set it to the stun level, and they charged forward. Sheriff aimed carefully, and fired. Unfortunately, it is really hard to aim properly on a charging Uni, and he missed, hitting a cliff wall just by Bob. Bob looked up, and saw them.
"Didn't you learn last time?" He them mounted on his Uni, and began to charge at Sheriff. Seeing the rapid decrease in distance, Sheriff aimed even more carefully, and fired. It missed again, but this time the miss was extremely close. Bob appeared to be surprised, and suddenly turned direction.
"He's running away! Let's get him!"
Blizzard began to speed up, and the chase was on. Neither Uni was getting tired, and there was a lot of desert ahead. Sheriff craned his neck as Bob went around a cliff side. Blizzard followed Bob, and then stopped. Sheriff was almost thrown off, but he saw the reason why Blizzard had stopped. Bob had disappeared!
"That's highly unusual…"
Just then, Sheriff's sharp ears picked up a rumbling sound.
"Do you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
Both of them looked up, just in time to see the boulders tumbling down.
"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! AND MINE TOO!" Blizzard had shown impressive speed, but now he was a blur. The rocks continued to tumble toward them. Finally, they escaped. Puffing and panting, Blizzard stopped to rest. Sheriff gave him some food and water, and they went over to investigate.
"I don't see anything," Sheriff called out. Blizzard didn't find anything either. Sheriff then remembered the tracking device, and pulled it out. He began to walk to where Bob was, as Blizzard followed. He continued to track him, until he hit a cliff wall.
"That's strange." Blizzard trotted over.
"What is?"
"According to this, Bob is in the cliff side. Do you think…" he began to look around.
"Think what?"
"Maybe he has a secret hideout here." Sheriff ran his paw along the side, trying to find something unusual. Just then, he felt something.
"Aha!" He looked closely, and sure enough there was a button the exact same color as the cliff wall. He pressed it, and the wall slid open. Blizzard and Sheriff glanced inside the darkness.
"That is so cool…" said Blizzard.
1 To be continued