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Pushing it back into itās holster, he took hold of the reins and kicked the sides of his horse, Ricochet firmly.
The bay stallion tossed his head and leaned back onto its back legs and reared, its hooves stabbing at the air before plummeting forward into the shadows.
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An old man with a winchester said. He spat near the hooves of a painted Horse. The horse was ridden by a man olding a liquor bottle.
"He's right boy. Just get off your horse and give me the bottle."
Another man, a portley one stood with his hands on his hips.
"You folks know who I am?" The man on the horse asked. "Name's Elis."
"The Thief for Hire? Looks like you ain't no good boy! Otherwise we wouldn't be standing here."
"I heard he killed three men a few months back."
"Only three? What, you think you're a killer? Killing three? You got not the skills or the guts kid!"
Elis knew they were drunk, the Winchester wasn't even pointed at him.
"Come give us the bottle eh? Mister Killer of three."
The two men didn't even see it, Elis moved, two bangs were heard and some smoke was seen. He tipped his hat to the bodies. "Killer of six."
He turned the horse around and walked towards a house. Inside the window was a dead man, a knife proturded from his chest. Elis put the bottle on the porch and nodded as the abused wife walked up and took it. "Night ma'am."
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He leaned back and tipped his hat over his head. He saw the back of his eyelids and listened to the sound of the birds and the breeze. As relaxed as he was, his hands were never too far from his Remingtons.
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Narrowing his eyes, a odour of something cooking flowed through his nostrils, keeping a firm grip on his revolver, he decided to investigate.
After several minutes, he came across a man in around his late twenties, sitting back beside a campfire. Halting his horse, he chuckled lightly. āI never have been a huge fan of beansā he scoffed in a husky voice, glancing at the now, empty can, although the scent still lingered in the air.
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"Well you're in luck stranger. I'm cleaned out."
He got up and untied the horse's reigns. He kicked dirt on the fire, got his things and saddled up. He didn't like the look of this man, then again, who was he to judge. "I'm going to be heading down south to obtain some supplies. Good day sir." Elis squinted. Behind the man he could see dust rising from five horses. He pulled out a Remington. He turned to the stranger. "These bullets ain't for you mister. See those men yonder? No doubt they're on to avenge their half-wit friends. Courageous but foolish. I suggest you leave sir, this ain't your fight." Elis turned his horse to face the oncoming men, they were still quite far off, he waited until they were in range, at least he'd be able to take out one before they returned fire.
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He waited for the men to come closer. All the while leveling his pistols. Elis wasn't a man to miss, if he did he would not let himself forget it. He waited. time seemed to slow down. Everything went quiet. Then, two shots rung out causing the heads of the men on the flanks of the third man to swing backwards.
Elis dismounted and pulled out his tomahawk, the third man fired a shot, but missed, no doubt due to the fact that the movement of his horse caused his aim to be terrible. Elis waited for the man to pass him, which he did. The man had also slowed the horse down because he had to turn. Elis too full advantage of this send the the weapon flying into the man's back. Once he had fallen of his horse he walked up to the man, stole some items from the his horse as he watched and then finally killed him by pulling out the weapon. "Waste of bullets." Elis muttered.
"Now, where was I?" Elis searched the other men for usable ammo. Only one man had it, eighteen casings. "Good enough." Elis mounted his horse and rode South. Strange man. he thought, thinking about the stranger who killed the other two. He's wanted too eh?
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The stranger glanced slowly up at Colton, putting his cigar out. āNot at allā he replied coolly, gesturing for him to sit down.
Colton nodded in thank-you, taking a seat beside a drunken man who was loudly snoring.
āDonāt mind old Bill there, just had a few too manyā he joked.
Colton puffed on his cigarette before throwing it into the blazing fire.
āWhat yāall doing all the way out here, only bandits and thieves around this wayā he said in a slight Mexican accent.
āRunning away from old problemsā Colton answered, not making eye contact.
āArenāt we allā¦arenāt we allā the stranger commented, pulling out a bottle of whiskey, taking a swig.
āNot much of a talkative fellow, are ya?ā a man with a red bandanna around his neck remarked.
āNever beenā Colton retorted.
āNo need to get snappy mister, only making a statementā
Colton sighed, they sat in silent for a few hours, when the others had finally fallen asleep, he stole their ammo, daggers and around twenty dollars from their saddle bags, before mounting onto his horse,
āFoolish old timersā he whispered aloud, kicking Ricochet on as they trotted briskly away, towards the mountains.
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