I was having a ball and got caught up in the moment. A little bit too much, it turned out. It wasn't the song. Anyone with a single working ear knew it bordered on absolutely horrible. But it wasn't about that. It was about the music and the people and the appreciation and the atmosphere. I loved it.

But it was cut short. The guitar I held was ruined, a bullet through it's neck. I held onto it anyway as I stared at the group of men just inside the doorway. And at the front-

"Hey! I'm talking to you, Luke! We're a gonna settle this right now!" Robin growled and gestured with his pistol. His eye mask was intact, but that's about all I recognized about him. He wore a black cowboy hat, boots, chaps and leather vest.

"Si," Cyborg hulked beside him in a long poncho and sombero. "Es hora para usted de morir."

I stood up.

"You know what? I know a little Spanish myself, amigo!"

Cyborg sneered at me.

"Oh yeah?" He said, his voice heavy with accent.

"Yeah. EL!" I jumped off the stage and onto a table, glasses and whiskey flying everywhere. I reared back the broken guitar and jumped to another table, advancing.

Robin let out a shot, the bullet whizzing by my ear. He turned to his posse.

"Get him!"

His ruffians rushed me. The first one to reach me probably wished he didn't.

"KABONG!"

WHACK!

The guitar body splintered over his head. He crashed to the floor, wearing the broken instrument like a collar.

Robin and Cyborg and the rest of the posse opened fire with their six shooters.

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

I jumped sideways off the table, rolled under another one and found myself behind the piano. The other patrons ran away at the first chance. Virgil the bartender ducked under his bar and Terra and Kori hid behind the curtain.

Noir blurred up on the stage.

"Squirrel!" Robin pointed. "Kill him, too!"

The posse changed their aim.

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

Noir blured up on myrk, swung from the chandalier high above and landed in a crouch on the railing of the second story. He flipped amidst the gunfire and crashed into the edge of a table, sending the other half up to smash into three ruffians' faces.

Good ole Noir...

The piano I hid behind had rollers on the bottom. I put my shoulder into it and gave it a huge push before jumping up on it myself. The piano rolled through tables and chairs as I drew my laser pistol...now a real pistol...from the holster at my side. I held my arm out vertically to steady my aim.

BLAM!

A bandit clutched his wrist as I shot his gun out of his hands.

Another bandit had a rifle pined on me, using a chair as a prop for a good shot.

BLAM!

I shot off a leg of the chair and he lost his balance, tumbling to the floor.

I spied another bandit behind the bar, his gun pointed in Noir's general direction as he whacked two more ruffians with his myrk...rain stick.

BLAM!

CR-CR-CR-CR-CR-CRASH!

I shot the shelf behind him and heavy liquor bottles poured down on him.

I almost lost my balance when the piano suddenly stopped rolling. Cyborg stood in front of me, his huge arms holding the piano back.

"Got you now, gringo...!"

I held up my hands, surrendering.

Or acting to.

BLAM!

I shot straight up at the ceiling. The metal rope ahead untwined faster and faster until-

CRASH!

The chandelier fell right on top of Cyborg, driving him to the floor.

"Oof!"

A bandit jumped into me from the side, flinging me off the piano. We rolled across the floor grappling until I got my hands on a heavy glass mug and smashed him over the head with it.

SHATTER!

I stood up just in time to block a fist from another. I grabbed it, spun and slammed him through a table.

Noir slid blurring down the railing on the balls of his feet and jumped kicked two bandits through the front window.

CR-CRASH!

Robin looked around from the doorway, seeing his posse beat. He glared at me.

"You just made a big mistake, hombre!" He looked around at him men. "Come on, you dogs. We're leaving." He pointed at me. "You'll regret this, Luke."

When they were gone, Virgil peeked his head out from under the bar.

"Are...they gone?"

"Yep, they're gone."

He stood up and looked around.

"Phew doggy! This place is a mess. Miss Roth is gonna have a heart attack..."

"Whoa!" Out of nowhere, Kori threw herself into my arms.

"My hero!" She crooned. "How can I ever thank you?" She fluttered her eyelashes as me.

I was tongue tied.

"Um...well..."

Noir whistled shrilly. He stared at me with his arms folded irritatedly across his chest.

"Of course!" Terra said, coming out of hiding as well. "You helped, didn't you?" She patted him on the head like a child.

Noir fumed.

TTTTTTTTTT

Raven tossed herself in Terra's surprised arms.

"My hero!" Raven crooned. She looked lustfully at Terra and fluttered her eyelashes. She hugged her tight. "How can I ever repay you?"

Terra paled.

"B-Beast Boy! Get her off me."

"...in a second."