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How the west was one chapter 2*
For Dylan time passed quickly in the town of Vedra. Ms Valentine offered to give him a room free of charge and all thoughts of going out and getting revenge for his wife passed his mind. All he wanted to do was settle down to the quiet life. "Having a good day sherrif hunt?" For a split second he forgot that he was made sheriff and he smiled. "Good a day as there could be. You say winter comes early to this part of the world?" The voice witch belonged to harper spoke again. "Yes sir. We are expecting snow fall any time. My guess will be tonight judging from these clouds." He along with harper looked up to the sky and the grey clouds bore witness to a storm. "Better inform the outlying people to buckle up.can you do that for me harper?" Harper nodded his head and walked over to his horse. When he was on it he turned and looked at Dylan. "Sheriff.I know I told you about a thousand times, but thanks for what you done for Trance. I." Harper tried to finish his words but he could not. Dylan held up his hand for silence. "You do not have to thank me Harper. Go tell the outlying folks and we will consider this even." Harper rode off and Dylan smiled. He turned and walked into his office nodding at his new secretary. Trance was well adapted to the roll and she looked up as he entered. "Before you came in Molly came by and said that a dark Niet came by the saloon looking for work. Ray and his gang she said did not take a liking to him being there. The Niet left peaceful enough but she over heard Ray talking about doing something aweful to the Niet." She said holding up a report. He took it and read over the incident with mild interest. From all accounts Ray and his gang were still at the bar but all the same. "All right.we do not want the nietcheans to go on the warpath again, they have done enough damage by destroying the commonwealth as it is and I don't want nietchean hatred to spring up in this quiet huvel." He walked over to where his blasters were and put them in their holster. He turned to trance and she had his saddle ready for him. "Hold the fort champ.Resky is still fighting of the alcohol. He should be awake in several hours or so." She nodded her head and he left putting the saddle up on his horse. He figured that he would have to go out to the far side of the town to track down the niet but from sounds of fighting a block away he knew that he would not have far to look. Urging his horse to a gallop he turned a corner to find Ray and his gang of twenty or so men surrounding a tall dark Nietchean. But from the looks of it the stranger held his own as he sent one of the men realing with an uppercut. Dylan fired his blaster into the air and instantly all the shouting stopped. The nietchean had one of the other men in a headlock and from appearances was about to snap it off. "This aint none of yer business sheriff. Get along now and we will teach." "Him nothing." Dylan finished The nietchean threw the man aside and stood tall. Dylan had to remind himself that not all Nietcheans turned their backs on the commonwealth. "Ray clear out. It looks like you and your men got licked so I doubt filing charges against you would do much good. Stranger whats your name?" The Nietchean seemed not to want to press charges any ways. As ray and his men limped away he stood up proud. "I am Tyr Anasazi out of Victoria by way of Barbarosa.Kodiak pride." Dylan put his blaster back in its holster and dismounted. The orcas stayed true to the commonwealth and were amongst its allies to rally when it came under attack. "Sheriff Hunt. I hear you were looking for a job?" Tyr looked at him suspiciously and picked up his bag he was carrying. "I may.why do you ask?" Dylan noted again the mistrust in not only Tyrs eyes but his voice. "Well.I need a deputy. If you accept, you will get good pay as well as three meals a day prepared by my secretary. Further more you get free room and board at Ms Valentine. That's the hotel right over there." Dylan said. Tyr seemed to contemplate the offer as he looked around the town and the surrounding mountains. "Your.deputy." He said. He seemed to consider the offer again. "Fine I accept. Swear me in." And so Dylan handed over the deputies badge to Tyr he noticed a scar running down Tyrs cheek. Not bothering to be rude he ignored it and led him to Ms Valentines hotel and introduced Tyr to her. "My, My sheriff you brought in quite the catch.you are in room 46 right next to Dylan's. Pastor rev could you be so kind as to carry the mans bags for him would you?" Pastor Rev bowed and carried the bags up the stairs. Dylan caught Tyr and Ms Valentine staring into each others eyes. When they noticed him watching they each pretended that they had something else to do. "Well Tyr if you want to get on the job I suppose you could go and make sure that Resky does not cause to much trouble in the jail cell.and besides you can introduce your self to my secretary." But tyrs gaze was upwards. "A magog as a pastor? Zen or Wayist?" He asked. "Wayist.good man though. Several months back all I could think about was revenge but he showed me that revenge only served to weaken me. If it were not for him I would probably be dead by now or still a drunk." Tyr shrugged his shoulders and left heading towards the Sheriffs office. Ms Valentine was giggling up a storm and she turned away from Dylan trying to hold it in. "What's so funny?" He asked. "I wish I could see Rays face when he finds out you deputized Tyr.I would pay money to see that." Dylan laughed as well. Rev came back down and nodded his head to the Sheriff. "Sheriff.how are you doing?" He asked. Dylan shrugged his shoulders. "Good I suppose.I have not touched the bottle sense that talk you gave me and.I have finally let Sarah go. It was harsh.but.I did it." Rev patted Dylan on the shoulders and smiled. "Good very good. I am sure that the Devine is watching over Sarah as she watches over you.go in peace." And Rev left leaving only Dylan and Ms Valentine. "You know Harper looks up to you." Ms Valentine said. Dylan looked in surprise and figured it was so. Harper always hanged around him asking if this invention was plausible of his and he would always give an honest answer. "I figured as much.he's a good kid. And very grateful I got trance out of prostitution." Bekka smiled and began to wipe down the counter. "Yeah.at least she is doing something with her life. She is so full of joy now. When she came in to apply as a prostitute I wondered what would make her take such an action. But now.I am proud of where she is now." Rev came running into the hotel shivering. "I think it will snow soon." He said. His prediction was right on as a blizzard came up suddenly. Outside he could see people making for cover and horse neighing in mild surprise. "I hope Harper saw it coming." Dylan muttered.
Harper told the last person he knew of the impending storm after eight hours and he remarked upon his life so far. He was grateful for Sheriff Dylan sure enough.always has his office open to him whenever Harper needed something.always happy. "Man oh man has he changed my life." He said out loud. Suddenly a fierce wind came up and he saw a blanket of snow rapidly falling upon the ground. Blizzards happened every winter and he was prepared. He pulled up the hood of his parka and set out for town. Halfway to town he saw a shape ahead of him waling eraticaly. He was not sure if it were male or female but from the shape the person had no heavy clothing on. He urged his horse faster and as he pulled up along side the person he or she fell. Harper jumped off his horse and kneeled by the persons side. It ended up it was a she. Her hair was mated and her naked body revealed bruises over most of her form. She groaned as he turned her over and he saw with horror that her throat was slit. "Hold on lady I am going to get you back to town." He put his heavy coat around her and lifted her onto her horse. He took out some bandages and put them around her throat as tightly as he could. And he moved off towards the town at a slow pace for the wind was howling greatly and the snow limited his vision to only a few feet. As he entered the town he hollered for help but everyone he saw ducked into their houses. He shouted again and a huge figure rose out of the maelstrom an imposing figure indeed. "Who are you and why do you seek help?" The stranger asked. "The names Harper and this lady is hurt bad.very bad. We need to get her to the Pastor as soon as we can." The stranger took one look at the woman and he motioned harper to follow. They quickly moved to the hotel and as the stranger quickly tied up Harpers horse she tried to get up. "Lady don't move!" Harper had to shout as the wind picked up. The stranger who seemed not to be affected by the wind at all picked her up. Kicking the door to the hotel room he entered much to the shock of several townspeople that took shelter there. "Rev help me with her." Rev Bem indeed help the stranger with the lady as he set her out on the floor. "Everyone get to your rooms.give her some dignity. I will need hot water and my medicine kit. And Harper sit down by the fire." Everyone left accept for Ms Valentine and Dylan quite naturally. Rev got his medicine kit and began to work on the lady on the floor. "By the devine.she was raped." His words hung in the air like a bad smell. Ms Valentine moved her hand to her mouth and Dylan knelt by her side. Harper looked up at this news and sneezed sending everyone into action. "I will find the bastards that did this.where boy did you find her?" Tyr asked Harper. "Several miles up the road leading out of town. She was climbing out of a ditch I think." Tyr was off instantly. Harper looked after him and looked back to Dylan. "My new deputy. Take my coat and wrap yourself off.do not worry about Tyr he took on Rays gang without a scratch so I think a blizzard will not keep him down." Ms Valentine took the place of Dylan as he stood up. "Harper did you see anyone near her?" Harper shook his head no. "I couldn't. The blizzard started by the time I saw her and if there were someone out there I could not possibly see them." Dylan nodded and looked around the room. He picked up a blanket and started to make a stretcher to move her to a more suitable place to be worked on. "We must get her to a room soon."
Later that night Rev came out of the ladies room holding a piece of parchment. On it was scribbled a few lines and Dylan crumpled it up and tossed it onto the ground. Ms Valentine picked it up and read it.
'It was the Drago Kasov that did this to me.twenty of them. Their leader was huge.my name is Rommie.' Bekka looked up and Rev avoided her gaze. "She is well of considering.she might be able to talk again but that is up to the devine to decide. Her leg was broken and the devine must have been with her to climb up that ditch. Most of her ribs were broken and her hand was shattered. Extensive internal injuries.brusing and such." Rev could not continue. Dylan hoisted his blaster holder and he put on his large coat. But Bekka held him back and he turned on her with a fierce glare. "Dylan.it's the middle of winter. The Drago were probably on a raiding run and are most likely heading back to their home base wherever that is. Wait to find out what Tyr has to say at least." Dylan fidgeted and began to pace the room. "Damnit all. fine I will wait. I am going to have to interview her." As he said that Tyr came in. It looked like he was in a heavy run and he came carrying something. He threw it on the floor and it revealed a Nietchean with the Drago Kaszov emblem on his vest. "I caught this scum coming back to the ditch.he said he wanted another go." Tyrs foot lashed out and struck the cowering Nietchean in his side. "Deputy that will be enough. He will stand trial and soon enough his cohorts will as well. Ill take him to the jail.deputy take watch outside Rommies room." Dylan roughly dragged him up on his feet and marched him outside into the snow.
"Rommie if you do not want to recite what happened you do not have to." He said gently. On the pad she was writing on she wrote as fast as she could give her one working arm. Her head was wrapped in bandages and the area around her right eye was black. She wrote long and hard going into graphic ordeal. Before she began she wrote to him telling him that she wanted to tell the story before she lost her nerve. And so she wrote writing down nine pages until she fell asleep just as she got to the part when Harper picked her up. "Sleep.sleep well. The devine knows that you need it." He took the papers to his office and read them far into the night and into the next morning. And he read her account again and again feeling the burning embers of vengeance burn in his heart again. From her description of her attackers they were the ones that Raped and murdered Sarah.
How the west was one chapter 2*
For Dylan time passed quickly in the town of Vedra. Ms Valentine offered to give him a room free of charge and all thoughts of going out and getting revenge for his wife passed his mind. All he wanted to do was settle down to the quiet life. "Having a good day sherrif hunt?" For a split second he forgot that he was made sheriff and he smiled. "Good a day as there could be. You say winter comes early to this part of the world?" The voice witch belonged to harper spoke again. "Yes sir. We are expecting snow fall any time. My guess will be tonight judging from these clouds." He along with harper looked up to the sky and the grey clouds bore witness to a storm. "Better inform the outlying people to buckle up.can you do that for me harper?" Harper nodded his head and walked over to his horse. When he was on it he turned and looked at Dylan. "Sheriff.I know I told you about a thousand times, but thanks for what you done for Trance. I." Harper tried to finish his words but he could not. Dylan held up his hand for silence. "You do not have to thank me Harper. Go tell the outlying folks and we will consider this even." Harper rode off and Dylan smiled. He turned and walked into his office nodding at his new secretary. Trance was well adapted to the roll and she looked up as he entered. "Before you came in Molly came by and said that a dark Niet came by the saloon looking for work. Ray and his gang she said did not take a liking to him being there. The Niet left peaceful enough but she over heard Ray talking about doing something aweful to the Niet." She said holding up a report. He took it and read over the incident with mild interest. From all accounts Ray and his gang were still at the bar but all the same. "All right.we do not want the nietcheans to go on the warpath again, they have done enough damage by destroying the commonwealth as it is and I don't want nietchean hatred to spring up in this quiet huvel." He walked over to where his blasters were and put them in their holster. He turned to trance and she had his saddle ready for him. "Hold the fort champ.Resky is still fighting of the alcohol. He should be awake in several hours or so." She nodded her head and he left putting the saddle up on his horse. He figured that he would have to go out to the far side of the town to track down the niet but from sounds of fighting a block away he knew that he would not have far to look. Urging his horse to a gallop he turned a corner to find Ray and his gang of twenty or so men surrounding a tall dark Nietchean. But from the looks of it the stranger held his own as he sent one of the men realing with an uppercut. Dylan fired his blaster into the air and instantly all the shouting stopped. The nietchean had one of the other men in a headlock and from appearances was about to snap it off. "This aint none of yer business sheriff. Get along now and we will teach." "Him nothing." Dylan finished The nietchean threw the man aside and stood tall. Dylan had to remind himself that not all Nietcheans turned their backs on the commonwealth. "Ray clear out. It looks like you and your men got licked so I doubt filing charges against you would do much good. Stranger whats your name?" The Nietchean seemed not to want to press charges any ways. As ray and his men limped away he stood up proud. "I am Tyr Anasazi out of Victoria by way of Barbarosa.Kodiak pride." Dylan put his blaster back in its holster and dismounted. The orcas stayed true to the commonwealth and were amongst its allies to rally when it came under attack. "Sheriff Hunt. I hear you were looking for a job?" Tyr looked at him suspiciously and picked up his bag he was carrying. "I may.why do you ask?" Dylan noted again the mistrust in not only Tyrs eyes but his voice. "Well.I need a deputy. If you accept, you will get good pay as well as three meals a day prepared by my secretary. Further more you get free room and board at Ms Valentine. That's the hotel right over there." Dylan said. Tyr seemed to contemplate the offer as he looked around the town and the surrounding mountains. "Your.deputy." He said. He seemed to consider the offer again. "Fine I accept. Swear me in." And so Dylan handed over the deputies badge to Tyr he noticed a scar running down Tyrs cheek. Not bothering to be rude he ignored it and led him to Ms Valentines hotel and introduced Tyr to her. "My, My sheriff you brought in quite the catch.you are in room 46 right next to Dylan's. Pastor rev could you be so kind as to carry the mans bags for him would you?" Pastor Rev bowed and carried the bags up the stairs. Dylan caught Tyr and Ms Valentine staring into each others eyes. When they noticed him watching they each pretended that they had something else to do. "Well Tyr if you want to get on the job I suppose you could go and make sure that Resky does not cause to much trouble in the jail cell.and besides you can introduce your self to my secretary." But tyrs gaze was upwards. "A magog as a pastor? Zen or Wayist?" He asked. "Wayist.good man though. Several months back all I could think about was revenge but he showed me that revenge only served to weaken me. If it were not for him I would probably be dead by now or still a drunk." Tyr shrugged his shoulders and left heading towards the Sheriffs office. Ms Valentine was giggling up a storm and she turned away from Dylan trying to hold it in. "What's so funny?" He asked. "I wish I could see Rays face when he finds out you deputized Tyr.I would pay money to see that." Dylan laughed as well. Rev came back down and nodded his head to the Sheriff. "Sheriff.how are you doing?" He asked. Dylan shrugged his shoulders. "Good I suppose.I have not touched the bottle sense that talk you gave me and.I have finally let Sarah go. It was harsh.but.I did it." Rev patted Dylan on the shoulders and smiled. "Good very good. I am sure that the Devine is watching over Sarah as she watches over you.go in peace." And Rev left leaving only Dylan and Ms Valentine. "You know Harper looks up to you." Ms Valentine said. Dylan looked in surprise and figured it was so. Harper always hanged around him asking if this invention was plausible of his and he would always give an honest answer. "I figured as much.he's a good kid. And very grateful I got trance out of prostitution." Bekka smiled and began to wipe down the counter. "Yeah.at least she is doing something with her life. She is so full of joy now. When she came in to apply as a prostitute I wondered what would make her take such an action. But now.I am proud of where she is now." Rev came running into the hotel shivering. "I think it will snow soon." He said. His prediction was right on as a blizzard came up suddenly. Outside he could see people making for cover and horse neighing in mild surprise. "I hope Harper saw it coming." Dylan muttered.
Harper told the last person he knew of the impending storm after eight hours and he remarked upon his life so far. He was grateful for Sheriff Dylan sure enough.always has his office open to him whenever Harper needed something.always happy. "Man oh man has he changed my life." He said out loud. Suddenly a fierce wind came up and he saw a blanket of snow rapidly falling upon the ground. Blizzards happened every winter and he was prepared. He pulled up the hood of his parka and set out for town. Halfway to town he saw a shape ahead of him waling eraticaly. He was not sure if it were male or female but from the shape the person had no heavy clothing on. He urged his horse faster and as he pulled up along side the person he or she fell. Harper jumped off his horse and kneeled by the persons side. It ended up it was a she. Her hair was mated and her naked body revealed bruises over most of her form. She groaned as he turned her over and he saw with horror that her throat was slit. "Hold on lady I am going to get you back to town." He put his heavy coat around her and lifted her onto her horse. He took out some bandages and put them around her throat as tightly as he could. And he moved off towards the town at a slow pace for the wind was howling greatly and the snow limited his vision to only a few feet. As he entered the town he hollered for help but everyone he saw ducked into their houses. He shouted again and a huge figure rose out of the maelstrom an imposing figure indeed. "Who are you and why do you seek help?" The stranger asked. "The names Harper and this lady is hurt bad.very bad. We need to get her to the Pastor as soon as we can." The stranger took one look at the woman and he motioned harper to follow. They quickly moved to the hotel and as the stranger quickly tied up Harpers horse she tried to get up. "Lady don't move!" Harper had to shout as the wind picked up. The stranger who seemed not to be affected by the wind at all picked her up. Kicking the door to the hotel room he entered much to the shock of several townspeople that took shelter there. "Rev help me with her." Rev Bem indeed help the stranger with the lady as he set her out on the floor. "Everyone get to your rooms.give her some dignity. I will need hot water and my medicine kit. And Harper sit down by the fire." Everyone left accept for Ms Valentine and Dylan quite naturally. Rev got his medicine kit and began to work on the lady on the floor. "By the devine.she was raped." His words hung in the air like a bad smell. Ms Valentine moved her hand to her mouth and Dylan knelt by her side. Harper looked up at this news and sneezed sending everyone into action. "I will find the bastards that did this.where boy did you find her?" Tyr asked Harper. "Several miles up the road leading out of town. She was climbing out of a ditch I think." Tyr was off instantly. Harper looked after him and looked back to Dylan. "My new deputy. Take my coat and wrap yourself off.do not worry about Tyr he took on Rays gang without a scratch so I think a blizzard will not keep him down." Ms Valentine took the place of Dylan as he stood up. "Harper did you see anyone near her?" Harper shook his head no. "I couldn't. The blizzard started by the time I saw her and if there were someone out there I could not possibly see them." Dylan nodded and looked around the room. He picked up a blanket and started to make a stretcher to move her to a more suitable place to be worked on. "We must get her to a room soon."
Later that night Rev came out of the ladies room holding a piece of parchment. On it was scribbled a few lines and Dylan crumpled it up and tossed it onto the ground. Ms Valentine picked it up and read it.
'It was the Drago Kasov that did this to me.twenty of them. Their leader was huge.my name is Rommie.' Bekka looked up and Rev avoided her gaze. "She is well of considering.she might be able to talk again but that is up to the devine to decide. Her leg was broken and the devine must have been with her to climb up that ditch. Most of her ribs were broken and her hand was shattered. Extensive internal injuries.brusing and such." Rev could not continue. Dylan hoisted his blaster holder and he put on his large coat. But Bekka held him back and he turned on her with a fierce glare. "Dylan.it's the middle of winter. The Drago were probably on a raiding run and are most likely heading back to their home base wherever that is. Wait to find out what Tyr has to say at least." Dylan fidgeted and began to pace the room. "Damnit all. fine I will wait. I am going to have to interview her." As he said that Tyr came in. It looked like he was in a heavy run and he came carrying something. He threw it on the floor and it revealed a Nietchean with the Drago Kaszov emblem on his vest. "I caught this scum coming back to the ditch.he said he wanted another go." Tyrs foot lashed out and struck the cowering Nietchean in his side. "Deputy that will be enough. He will stand trial and soon enough his cohorts will as well. Ill take him to the jail.deputy take watch outside Rommies room." Dylan roughly dragged him up on his feet and marched him outside into the snow.
"Rommie if you do not want to recite what happened you do not have to." He said gently. On the pad she was writing on she wrote as fast as she could give her one working arm. Her head was wrapped in bandages and the area around her right eye was black. She wrote long and hard going into graphic ordeal. Before she began she wrote to him telling him that she wanted to tell the story before she lost her nerve. And so she wrote writing down nine pages until she fell asleep just as she got to the part when Harper picked her up. "Sleep.sleep well. The devine knows that you need it." He took the papers to his office and read them far into the night and into the next morning. And he read her account again and again feeling the burning embers of vengeance burn in his heart again. From her description of her attackers they were the ones that Raped and murdered Sarah.