Chapter 2

Janette had woke up early that morning. She wanted to see if there were any other towns around besides Dirt or as some of the locals call it "Mud." She had been searching for hours and to her frustration and angry Dirt was the only town with in miles of the area. She knew that meant she would have to hang around Dirt for awhile just to make sure she gets supplies. She needs these supplies because lately she has noticed that someone has been tracking her lately. She figured it was probably a posse trying to get the bounty that been on her for years. She checked her supplies and saw that she didn't need to get more for now.

"Well since I'm stuck here I'm gonna have to deal with the possible posse that's after me." Janette said to herself.

Meanwhile back in Dirt a group of five animals on their roadrunners rode into town. The one in front of the group was a brown jackrabbit with brown eyes that wore a brown button up shirt and a black jacket. On his head he had a black cowboy hat and on his jacket he had a bronze five point sheriff badge. He wore a brown belt with a gun in the holster. Two of the animals behind him were twin striped skunks that had blue eyes. They wore the same outfits except the colors were the opposite. The first one wore a black hat with a black button up shirt with a tan jacket. He wore brown pants and black boots with spurs. He had a black belt with two holsters with a gun in each. The second one of course wore a brown hat, tan button up shirt, black jacket, black pants, black boots, and a black belt with the same amount of holsters on his belt like his twin's.

The third animal was a dark brown ringtail cat with dark brown eyes. He wore a brown and black cowboy hat. He wore a dark brown button up shirt and a black vest. He had a strap with bullets across his chest and his belt was brown. He wore black gloves, gray pants, and brown boots. The final animal was a brown bighorn sheep with light brown eyes. He wore a white button up shirt that looked brown from how dirty it was. and a brown belt. All the townsfolk stared at this posse strangely. Something just didn't seem right about them.

Finally the jackrabbit said "Can one of ya townsfolk kindly direct me and my men to the sheriff's office?"

Nobody said anything until a light tan colored horny toad with brown eyes walked up to them. He wore a small tan hat, a white button up shirt, and a brown vest. His name was Waffles.

"The sheriff's office is over there." he said while pointing at it.

"Thank ya kindly." the jackrabbit said with a nod.

"Funny how ya want to see the sheriff after someone came here demanding the same thing. Of course she took some our supplies." Waffles replied.

"She?" the jackrabbit asked.

"Yeah. A rattlesnake that called herself Gunshot Janette. She was scary but oddly pretty. I wonder if I'm the only one that thinks that." Waffles said but slowly trailing off in his thoughts as usual.

The jackrabbit clenched his fist and thought "So she was here."

He nodded to his men and rode up to the sheriff's office. Rango came out along with his wife who was holding a gun because of yesterday's incident. The jackrabbit climbed off his roadrunner and a few seconds later his men did the same thing.

The jackrabbit tilted his hat before saying "Mornin' sheriff. The name's Dan and I'm the sheriff of Saddleback; a town far from here."

He gestured to his posse and continued "These are my men. The twins are Billy and Joe. The sheep guy there is Randolph. He doesn't really talk so yer not gonna get anythin out of him. Finally the tough guy there with the stripes on his tail is John but some of us sometimes call him Wayne."

Rango looked at the four before him. The only ones that looked threatening looking was John and Randolph. As for Billy and Joe they just look like two teenagers that weren't quite so bright. As for Dan it was quite hard to figure what was going on in this jackrabbit's head.

"Well I'm sheriff Rango and I'm curious exactly what kind of business y'all have here." the chameleon replied.

"And it better not be funny business." Beans said harshly with her gun pointed at them.

Dan took off his hat and held it to his chest.

"I insure you ma'am that me and my men are no harm to y'all townfolk." he said.

Beans lowered her gun but on slightly.

"Sheriff Rango I've been trackin down an outlaw named Gunshot Janette. From what I heard she gave y'all a visit yesterday." Dan said as he put back on his hat.

"If ya call a visit a way of bargin in town and demandin supplies or some shootin would start then ya she gave us a visit." Beans said with a hint of anger her voice.

"Beans sweetie remember what happens when you get too angry." Rango muttered in his normal voice.

Dan raised a brow when Rango lost his western accent. This told him instantly that the chameleon before him wasn't originally from there. Finally he decided to ignore this.

"Well she may pay y'all another visit considerin the fact there's not another town with in miles and she would run out of supplies just to get to another town. One thin Gunshot Janette hates is bein defenseless. Guess it cause it's them there reptile instincts of her's." the jackrabbit explained.

"Wait she's goin to come back here?" Rango asked.

"Yep sheriff and ya probably already know she doesn't show mercy twice in a role." Dan replied, "If I were ya I would round up a posse and stop her befer she gets here."

Before Rango could reply his wife said "Anythin to make sure we don't see her slitherin self again."

Dan nodded before climbing onto his roadrunner. His men climbed onto their roadrunners too.

"We'll be stayin at this fine town's inn fer rest and to get our fill ups. We'll be ready to ride tomorrow." Dan said.

With that said the posse took off. Rango didn't like the idea of doing this because just like the townsfolk he sensed something off about the jackrabbit. The chameleon finally decided that he would play along for now for two reasons. One so he could figure exactly what the jackrabbit was up to and two so that Beans wouldn't get any angrier than she already.

"So our sheriff has encountered a strange person indeed." Senor Flan said.

He and the other three owls were standing on a wooden balcony.

"No one knows what this jackrabbit is thinking but for now it is not important. Right now we shall see what's his happening to the outlaw herself." he said with a smile.

Back with Janette she quickly slung herself behind a rock and shot toward the air. A shadow swooped over her because in the sky above her flew a male hawk looking for his next meal which happened to be the female rattlesnake. The hawk swooped down in attempt to get Janette but fortunately she shot his leg causing him flinch back in pain. The hawk soared up toward the sky once again; getting ready for attempt two. The female rattlesnake got her tail gun ready again. The hawk swooped in again, determined to get his prey. The hawk brought out his talons, Janette fired. The hawk crashed to the ground with a bullet hole in his chest. The female rattlesnake sighed in relief but then she felt pain in the side of her body. The hawk had managed to cut the side of the rattlesnake. It wasn't a fatal or a extremely deep wound but it was deep enough to cause bad bleeding.

Janette held her tail over her wound and hissed in pain. She was no where near shelter and she had no medical supplies. Now thinking about it she had wished she had done so. She sighed until she heard a voice she turned to see three moles one of which was blind. They wore old worn down hillbilly clothing. They also looked like they haven't bathed in days which disgusted the female rattlesnake. What made her even more ticked was the fact she saw they were armed with guns.

"Just who ya might be?" the blind mole asked.

"None of y'all's business and if any of ya value yer life ya would leave now!" Janette threatened.

She held up her tail gun to show them she wasn't afraid to shoot. Heck she would her venom if it came down to it.

"Does she look how she sounds?" the blind mole asked.

The small one gulped before answering "Yeah pa."

"Der hey." the big mole started; obviously not very bright, "Instant that there duh Gunshot Janette?"

"Pa he's right!" exclaimed the small one.

"Gunshot Janette! We'll be rich if we turn her in!" the blind mole said.

Janette wasn't threatened by the three moles but at that moment twenty more moles came out of the ground with there guns loaded. The female rattlesnake's face softened a bit and did not like how this was going. She quickly ducked down behind her rock shortly before they started shooting. She clenched her teeth and cursed to herself before starting to shoot back. The battle was pretty evenly matched if you didn't count the fact Janette was injured. At that moment Janette heard a click of a gun. A mole was next to her with his gun pointed at her. He was able to sneak up on her since she was too busy trying to shoot the others. Before he could pull the trigger someone else shot him, killing him instantly. Janette turned around to see the last person she expected to see. Rattlesnake Jake.

"What are ya doin here ya damned, sneaky, worthless snake?" she hissed in anger.

"Well that's not somethin ya should say to the person who just saved yer damned hide." Jake hissed back in annoyance.

"I don't need help! Especially from ya!" Janette snarled.

Jake was starting to get annoyed with this female rattlesnake's attitude. All of the sudden a mole tried to shoot them. Jake knocked down Janette so the bullet would miss but this made Janette mad at the rattlesnake now on top of her because she thought Jake was trying the same thing he did to her yesterday.

"I'm givin ya three seconds to get off of me before I blow yer face off!" she yelled in anger.

Jake didn't want to deal with Janette's anger right now since the other moles are telling about how they spotted him and that they could get a mother load of a reward with Janette's and Jake's bounties combined. He got off of Janette and started shooting at the moles again. Janette started shooting as well. Though Janette still wished Jake would let her handle it herself.

"Ya know I don't need yer help. I'm not weak and de..." she started.

"Shut the hell up woman!" Jake snapped, interrupting Janette, "We're both bein shot at because of the large bounties over our heads and the last thing I need is yer damned complainin. Now stop talking or I swear I will shoot ya myself woman and save the moles the damned effort!"

The female rattlesnake instantly fell silent. She knew he was serious because she would give out the same kind of threats when she gets ticked. Thinking upon this she found it quite ironic she's getting this treatment when she usually the one that gives it. Finally she went back to shooting at the moles. What felt like for hours the two rattlesnakes managed to chase off the moles. Janette then felt dizzy and at that moment she remembered her wound. Her vision starting going black and before she knew it she passed out. Jake caught her in his coils and saw the cut wound on the side of her body. Jake knew instantly that she obviously has a run in with a hawk. He thought about leaving her to die in the desert but then another thought told him to keep her alive. He thought about it and made his decision. He hauled the female rattlesnake onto his back and begin to make his way back to his hideout.

Once he made it to the cave he lay Janette on the ground. He looked at her wound and knew he would have to take off her coat, belt, and strap so he could tend to the wound. This was something he certainly didn't mind but slightly made him uncomfortable. He did this and surely enough his thoughts on the situation became his emotions. Finally he shook his head and went over to her tail gun. He unloaded it so she wouldn't try to shoot him if she woke up. After he unloaded all the bullets he directed his attention to Janette's wound. He didn't want Janette to wake up from pain and start screaming at about the fact he took off her things. To prevent this he brought out his fangs and injected and small amount of venom in the wound. It wasn't enough venom to kill but it was enough to at least to numb the body.

After a few minutes he finished taking care of the wound he started to bandage it. After he was done he put Janette's coat, strap, and belt back on her so she wouldn't know they were off in the first place. He slithered over to the other side of the cave and waited for the female rattlesnake to awaken. A few hours later Janette finally started to come around. It was now nightfall and the fire was up. She groaned as she looked around at her surroundings. It took her a few seconds to dawn on her that she was not in the place that she was when she passed out. That was when she saw Jake on the other side of the cave.

"You!" she hissed.

She lifted her tail gun and tried to shoot but her face froze when nothing but clicks came from it.

"Knew ya would try to shoot me when ya would wake so I unloaded it." Jake replied with a smirk.

"Where have ya taken me I demand to know!" she yelled in anger.

"I only took ya to my hideout since ya had that cut." he answered.

Janette just then noticed her side was bandaged.

"Well I feel fine so I don't need to stay here." she said with a hint of hate in her voice.

Even though she was slightly grateful that he did that for her she still hated him with all her heart. Jake gave Janette his usual dark grin. Sure enough instantly Janette felt increasing pain in her wound now. The venom had worn off so now there was nothing stopping her from feeling pain. The female rattlesnake glared at the male rattlesnake in front of her. She was stuck with the very person she hated until she healed.

Finally Jake said "Well it's around time to check yer bandage."

Janette hissed at him and said "You're not layin a coil on me! Not after the first time we met and ya pulled that damned stunt!"

Instead of answering Jake pointed his tail gun at her.

"Unless ya want that purty face of yer's blown off I suggest ya let me take a look at it." he said in a dark tone.

Janette glared at him but let out a sigh of defeat. He went over to her and laid some of his coils on her tail just in case she tried to move. The female rattlesnake did not like this but she knew if she resisted that Jake would shoot her. After Jake finished checking her bandage he didn't remove his coils. Janette knew what was happening. He was at it again and this made her angry especially the fact he was taking advantage of the fact her tail gun was useless. With in that instant he had her pinned to the ground.

"I swear to ya if try anythin other than a kiss I will use my venom." she threatened in a hiss.

"Lucky fer ya not even I am that rotten." Jake smirked.

Even though Jake helped her he still wanted to torture her for his amusement. He lowered his face toward her's. With a sly grin formed on his face he brought out his tongue and ran it slowly across the side of the female rattlesnake's face. He could see Janette clenched her teeth both in disgust and anger which pleased him. He made his way toward her mouth. Just like last time he started kissing her with hard and rough kisses. This tortured Janette because of the fact she couldn't stop them this time. It pained her but she did her best to bare through it. One thing she knew that at least made her happy was the fact she didn't have to kiss back. She felt the kisses get longer and harder which was making her more anger by the minute but she managed to keep her temper under control. Finally Jake pulled away from her. He smiled his dark grin of satisfaction from seeing the hateful glare she was giving him. He slowly slithered off of her with his smirk never leaving his face.

"Hope ya had yer fun because in the mornin my gun will be loaded and next time ya try that I will shoot ya." she said in a hateful and dark tone.

"We'll see about that." Jake smirked.

He went over to his side of his cave. Wanting to get some sleep he lowered his hat over his eyes. He knew Janette wouldn't try to kill him in his sleep since she had no idea where Jake's hideout exactly is and the fact that he hid the medical supplies so if she wanted to get better she would need Jake to help her. Janette put out the fire before curling up on the other side of the cave, as far as from Jake as she could. She hated him more than anything and wished he would disappear from her life like how she made the sheriff of Saddleback did by killing him but for some reason she didn't want to actually kill Jake. She wanted revenge for all the things he did but she didn't want to do through murder. Final she shook off the thought and decided to go to sleep.

"By the way Rattlesnake Jake. If ya come anywhere near my corner of the cave y'all wish ya were damned dead." Janette threatened before going to sleep.

Jake lifted his hat slightly and glanced over to the female rattlesnake. He laughed quietly once again not scared of her threat. He was never afraid of women even if they had a temper. He considers a threat from a woman nothing more than a joke. Finally Jake lowered his hat back over his eyes and went to sleep.

The owls were quietly playing their instruments in the distance near a cow's skull.

"Well it's looks like things are starting to get interesting isn't?" Senor Flan smirked, "But remember amigos this is still only the beginning."

Meanwhile back in town everyone was asleep except for a certain jackrabbit. Dan sat at the bar of the empty saloon since it was closed. He held a bottle of cactus juice in one hand a small glass of it in the other. As he poured some of the cactus juice from his glass he heard the doors creak from someone entering. A large brown chuckwalla wearing a black hat, a dirty white sleeveless shirt, a belt, and black pants walked up to him. He had a cigar in his mouth.

"I usually don't meet my acquaintances this late at night." he said as he blew out a puff of smoke.

"I didn't want the sheriff hearin any of this meetin so I had to make sure it happened when no one is around. So yer the one they call Bill?"

"That's be me." he answered.

The jackrabbit took another gulp of cactus juice before replying "I have a job fer ya. I heard ya would be willing to kill anybody."

He let out another puff of smoke with a grin on his face.

"To get the job I need to know this. Are ya afraid of snake's?" Dan asked.

Bill laughed before answer "That devil Rattlesnake Jake don't scare me so that should say a lot."

"Good because it's a snake I want you to kill." he replied before gulping down the last of his cactus juice.

"Just tell me the name and I'll have them kickin up daisies." he smirked.

"Alright the snake's name is Gunshot Janette." he informed in a dark tone.

"Ah ya mean the beauty that paid the town a visit yesterday. Oh believe me when my target is a woman I actually give them a different treatment." he said in a sly tone.

"As long as it makes her suffer do whatever you want but guarantee that by the end of it she will be dead." Dan said.

"Deader than a hawk's meal." Bill smirked.

"Good." Dan said before handing him his payment which has twenty gallons of water since water was basically this town's money.

Bill took it and left the saloon leaving the jackrabbit alone again. He started to drink cactus juice from the bottle. He slammed it down hard on the counter after taking a gulp. He wanted the job done any way it could be done and he didn't care who he hired to get the job done. All he wants is Gunshot Janette killed. He didn't want sheriff Rango to know about this meeting because he heard about how the chameleon shows mercy. He even heard how he saved Rattlesnake Jake's life. He knew if Rango heard about what he was going to do he would stop him and prevent him from killing her. The sheriff of Saddleback didn't want to take any risks because of the sheriff Rango. He drank the last of the cactus juice from the bottle. He stood up, set the bottle back on the counter and begin to head for the door.

"I swear to ya Janette I will have ya killed no matter what." he muttered before walking out of the door and to the inn where his posse was staying.

This jackrabbit indeed had dark intentions like everyone felt he had and he would stop at nothing until he has accomplished his goal.