Snippet #1956252

Ryan looked at the sky, noticing how it was slowly darkening, and he sighed to himself, his breath being muffled by his bandana. He had been traveling for at least 3 days now, following the leads on his newest bounty. This one was apparently going to get him about 5 gas tanks with additional cash - aka must be one bad ass person with a freaking high bounty. However, he knew that lack of sleep would eventually overtake him, with his record being 5 days awake. As he readjusted the goggles on his face, Pat made a little noise beside him and he nodded. It was probably time to stop for something.

He slowly stopped his jeep in the middle of... somewhere, the dust cloud finally catching up with his jeep. He hopped out - since using the doors was too time consuming - and took his hat off to remove his glasses. While he did, his white hair seemed to jump at the opportunity to move, flowing slightly in the light breeze. Argo jumped out of the jeep as well, barking as Pat just climbed onto the hood. Ryan shook his head and threw the goggles onto the front seat, and he pulled his bandana down while he walked to the rear. Once there, he grabbed a case that held some of the food and opened it, revealling a piece of stale bread and some form of meat that he couldn't identify. It was remarkable how much Pat and Argo had adapted to the harsher climate, with Argo becoming entirely an omnivore, while Pat could survive off little food just as Ryan had taught himself to.

While he fed his 2 companions, his mind drifted off to 3 days ago when he brought in his last bounty and nearly got shafted in the process:

With the muffled sounds of anger and resentment still being made by the female target in the back, Ryan had pulled up to the store front quite pleased with himself. She was apparently a very elusive woman, for she had posed as a man in many places she had went, but Ryan had found her in only 4 days. He easily restrained her - hence the reason she was still alive - and drove back as fast as possible to receive the bounty. However, when he got there there were 3 other bounty hunters that he had seen before, 2 males and a female - the only reason he could remember her was that she was bulkier than the others, which he found slightly humorous. When Ryan pulled up, however, they were all in quite foul moods, and he soon found out that they were all mad at HIM. They nearly stole his tied up target and threatened him when the contractor finally halted everyone and explained to Ryan the circumstances.

The other 3 were claiming that they had claimed the bounty for themselves and went on the mission, but brought in the wrong person. When they realized that Ryan had taken the job when the price had rised, they instantly became suspicious of him double crossing the rules and actually working with the target, whom he caught a little too fast. Ryan at first scoffed at their misconceptions, but they pressed on. They claimed that he was sleeping with the target and that he would eventually free her later, and that was when Ryan lost it on them. After only 3 minutes, guns were pointing in all directions. Finally, they all decided that it was the contractor's decision. Feeling very afraid of 4 very annoyed bounty hunters, he wanted to compromise and say that the bounty was off and that the woman could go free. That didn't settle well with Ryan, not after the reward that he had been promised was the only reason he went after the target: The contractor was going to be giving up 3 gas cans and 2 weeks worth of food, along with a few silver items. After another 10 minutes of squabbling and anarchy, they all reached a decision, one that didn't really make any of them happy: The 2 other guys would split the gas, the lady would get the food and Ryan would get the silver.

Ryan sighed, unhappy with how his last job had went, and knowing that he was getting low on gas, knew that either the target or the contractor better have gas, or he would be pissed. He leaned against the jeep, completely oblivious to his surroundings, and not really caring. It was a barren wasteland with rubble everywhere, what was there to see anymore?