Chapter 4
So everything was going fine, I had just three days till the party and my outfit was being made and it was paid for so no worries there. I wish we hadn't bothered going to the Sheriffs office, then maybe I wouldn't have found out the all that worry and bother was for nothing. While we were in the office waiting for Sheriff McMahon to see if there was any news on the outlaws a telegram from the next town came through saying that they hadn't been able to stop them on the trail like they first thought and that they would be arriving in Blackfoot Lagoon the very next day. This of course made Edge encourage me to go face these bandits on my own, whoever gave him the stupid idea that I was even brave enough to face one bandit let alone a whole gang of them was a real idiot. That person was of course himself!
"Stephanie wouldn't be able to resist you if you saved the town" Edge says "She'd be all over you like a rash" He says draping his arms around my neck and puckering up his lips. I shove him off of me and go back to drawing in the dirt with the tip of my boots.
"Chris your whole life you've been moaning about how nothing exciting ever happens and for the past few years how Rocky got all the credit, as soon as the chance comes up for you to have some excitement and to be like Rocky was you turn it down!" Edge says jumping to his feet "This is the chance you've been waiting for since you were eleven years old!" He cries jumping up onto the railing fence and walking along it.
"This isn't the kind of excitement I had in mind Edge" I sigh "But if you think that being gunned down my a bunch of mad DX outlaws is exciting then go and do it yourself" I say picking up a stone and chucking it as hard as I can across the field.
"Oh come on Chris, what have you got to loose. What do you have here for you anyway? Can you actually say you enjoy being here, neither of us have even been out of this town!" He says looking out into the distant, he was right. Neither of us had ever left the safety of good ol' Blackfoot Lagoon. We'd always made plans when we were younger to leave, to go off and find our fortune. To go and find somewhere exciting where no one knew who we were.
"I have my job" I say looking up at him, he jumps down and sits next to me.
"Anything else?" He asks questioningly, I look away and stare at the floor again. I didn't have anything else here, everything I wanted was elsewhere. Out there where we'd never been. "I didn't think so, it might sound like I'm trying to get you to get mixed up in all this outlaw stuff but I'm not. I'm just trying to get you to realize there is more than Blackfoot Lagoon and there is more than your poxy job" he gets up and climbs back over the fence and heads back towards the town.
"Edge wait up" I say climbing to my feet and running after him. So there we were remembering how much we had wanted to get out of this town when we were kids and how much we still wanted to now we were older. Blackfoot Lagoon was getting too small for the both of us now, we wanted more excitement and our little sleepy town couldn't give us that. Well that was until they turned up.
It was about noon the next day, when the shadows where nothing but small rings around our feet when they turned up. We knew they were coming because there had been nothing but streams of telegrams telling us that we should just all leave Blackfoot while we had the chance, some people did leave but most stayed. Blackfoot had survived them once and Blackfoot would do it again. As Edge and I walked around the town we couldn't help but notice how quiet it was, the streets were practically deserted now. Everyone had taken shelter in their homes, but most in the Saloon.
"I've never seen this place so..empty" Edge gulps as we head towards the saloon where everyone had now gathered waiting for DX's arrival. Sheriff McMahon and his Deputy stand outside watching the horizon. "Chris lets go inside, I don't want to be out here when they arrive" I turn to look at my friend and for the first time in ages he looks genuinely scared.
"Ok, we'll go inside" I say walking through the saloon doors shocked at the ghostly silence inside. No one was saying a word they all just stared helplessly out of the windows and at the floor. This really had them worried. I walk over to a table by the window and sit down hoping I'd still be able to see them through the panes. That's when I saw the dust in the distance, heading straight towards us.
"They're here!" I hear somebody yell across the room starting an, everyone starts mumbling between themselves, I see a few bolt for the door and down the street obviously not wanting to stick around for this anymore.
"Chris everything I ever said about trying to be a hero I take back, I really think we should leave this to Sheriff McMahon and Depute Test. Ignore everything I have ever said about adventures and wanting some excitement. I'm just dandy as I am" Edge says slipping down in his chair and pulling his hat down over his face making me laugh "I'm serious Chris, just leave it" I pat him on the head before getting up and heading to the door and stepping outside where some of the others are watching.
So everything was going fine, I had just three days till the party and my outfit was being made and it was paid for so no worries there. I wish we hadn't bothered going to the Sheriffs office, then maybe I wouldn't have found out the all that worry and bother was for nothing. While we were in the office waiting for Sheriff McMahon to see if there was any news on the outlaws a telegram from the next town came through saying that they hadn't been able to stop them on the trail like they first thought and that they would be arriving in Blackfoot Lagoon the very next day. This of course made Edge encourage me to go face these bandits on my own, whoever gave him the stupid idea that I was even brave enough to face one bandit let alone a whole gang of them was a real idiot. That person was of course himself!
"Stephanie wouldn't be able to resist you if you saved the town" Edge says "She'd be all over you like a rash" He says draping his arms around my neck and puckering up his lips. I shove him off of me and go back to drawing in the dirt with the tip of my boots.
"Chris your whole life you've been moaning about how nothing exciting ever happens and for the past few years how Rocky got all the credit, as soon as the chance comes up for you to have some excitement and to be like Rocky was you turn it down!" Edge says jumping to his feet "This is the chance you've been waiting for since you were eleven years old!" He cries jumping up onto the railing fence and walking along it.
"This isn't the kind of excitement I had in mind Edge" I sigh "But if you think that being gunned down my a bunch of mad DX outlaws is exciting then go and do it yourself" I say picking up a stone and chucking it as hard as I can across the field.
"Oh come on Chris, what have you got to loose. What do you have here for you anyway? Can you actually say you enjoy being here, neither of us have even been out of this town!" He says looking out into the distant, he was right. Neither of us had ever left the safety of good ol' Blackfoot Lagoon. We'd always made plans when we were younger to leave, to go off and find our fortune. To go and find somewhere exciting where no one knew who we were.
"I have my job" I say looking up at him, he jumps down and sits next to me.
"Anything else?" He asks questioningly, I look away and stare at the floor again. I didn't have anything else here, everything I wanted was elsewhere. Out there where we'd never been. "I didn't think so, it might sound like I'm trying to get you to get mixed up in all this outlaw stuff but I'm not. I'm just trying to get you to realize there is more than Blackfoot Lagoon and there is more than your poxy job" he gets up and climbs back over the fence and heads back towards the town.
"Edge wait up" I say climbing to my feet and running after him. So there we were remembering how much we had wanted to get out of this town when we were kids and how much we still wanted to now we were older. Blackfoot Lagoon was getting too small for the both of us now, we wanted more excitement and our little sleepy town couldn't give us that. Well that was until they turned up.
It was about noon the next day, when the shadows where nothing but small rings around our feet when they turned up. We knew they were coming because there had been nothing but streams of telegrams telling us that we should just all leave Blackfoot while we had the chance, some people did leave but most stayed. Blackfoot had survived them once and Blackfoot would do it again. As Edge and I walked around the town we couldn't help but notice how quiet it was, the streets were practically deserted now. Everyone had taken shelter in their homes, but most in the Saloon.
"I've never seen this place so..empty" Edge gulps as we head towards the saloon where everyone had now gathered waiting for DX's arrival. Sheriff McMahon and his Deputy stand outside watching the horizon. "Chris lets go inside, I don't want to be out here when they arrive" I turn to look at my friend and for the first time in ages he looks genuinely scared.
"Ok, we'll go inside" I say walking through the saloon doors shocked at the ghostly silence inside. No one was saying a word they all just stared helplessly out of the windows and at the floor. This really had them worried. I walk over to a table by the window and sit down hoping I'd still be able to see them through the panes. That's when I saw the dust in the distance, heading straight towards us.
"They're here!" I hear somebody yell across the room starting an, everyone starts mumbling between themselves, I see a few bolt for the door and down the street obviously not wanting to stick around for this anymore.
"Chris everything I ever said about trying to be a hero I take back, I really think we should leave this to Sheriff McMahon and Depute Test. Ignore everything I have ever said about adventures and wanting some excitement. I'm just dandy as I am" Edge says slipping down in his chair and pulling his hat down over his face making me laugh "I'm serious Chris, just leave it" I pat him on the head before getting up and heading to the door and stepping outside where some of the others are watching.