Da Bounty 2

The dark figure in a trench coat, brown leather hat crowned by .357 bullets, and 2 revolvers at his side has D pin down with the 3rd revolver drawn at D's face . It is dark as D starts to wake up. D still not aware of what is happening quickly grabs the barrel with his right hand diverting the 6 shot revolver to his right side as the trigger is pulled and the bullet leaves the barrel. Barely grazing D's right cheek as 3 more shots are fired on the right side. D gets up and maneuvers behind the dark figure choking the figure with his right forearm while holding the figures left hand keeping the figures 6 shot revolver at bay with his own left hand realizing that he was a man. The man struggling reaches for his 6 shot revolver across his left chest with remaining right hand. He pulls it over his left side and just unloads. D sees motions of the man and shoves him to the right side of the bed grabbing the 6 shot he left on the left side table. Both immediately raise their pistol at each other. "ITS GONNA GO DOWN BOYS!" says the man. D rages turns into delight as he recognizes man's voice. "Trigger Fingers Ridge you sick son of a bitch I nearly shot you" says D. Ridge " is that you D?". Putting the 6 shot away D says " you never did learn subtly". Ridge pulls out a bounty sheet "I heard you were chasing this man....you should give up on him my friend its a lost cause and can get you killed". D "He has something of mine and I plan to get it back! Even if I have to go through you!" Ridge sighs "Follow me then. I have a ship on the outskirts of town and a tip where he maybe". D "why are you helping me? you never seem like the caring type". Ridge "you remember that job we did together back at Soton Farms where we saved Soton's son from them bandits?". D "what about it?". Ridge "Well after you saved me from that light blue lizard bandit I headed further into their den while you return Soton's Son. I found a 1,000,000 BB worth of treasure after you left". D "well I say your buying me steak and lobster next time we meet" Ridge "can do. We are burning daylight lets go." Ridge and D head to the ship and leaves off world. They traveled through dense space for weeks to their next destination in Ridges ship called Robin. Robin was a 3rd rate frigate carrying class ship. Slow but reliable. D would drink and clean his guns to pass the time. Ridge sees a light orange ball with one light source up ahead "there she is D we are almost there!". Hearing nothing Ridge proceeds to the planet and starts the landing procedures.

As landing gears of the ship touches the arid surface of planet Torv 9, Ridge spots a huge sand storm approaching their ship from the east. Ridge hops off his seat, slides down the ladder to the storage compartment to find D snoozing. Ridge yelling at D "WAKE UP WE ARE IN DANGER OF BEING STRANDED IF WE DONT COVER THE VENTS FROM THE SAND!!!". D still fast asleep causes Ridge to shoot a metal compartment next the D in the attempt to wake him. The smell of singe coming from the compartment woke up D "what doo....you want?". Ridge now boiling with rage at D says "GO OUT WITH ME AND COVER THE VENTS NOW OR I WILL SHOOT YOU WHERE YOU STAND!!". D still drunk from last nights sessions of booze to stave off the boredom struggles to get to his feet as he heads to the Gate. He opens the gates as Ridge starts to power down the ship. The gate starts to open allowing D to walk out. The sun beats down on D as he squints to see the horizon. Next thing he notices is his face once again threatened by a common occurrence at this point in his life. The whole ship being ambushed by a large group of 100 or so bandit marauders so appearing out of nowhere with more still more coming on the horizon with their fast craft that seem to defy gravity. A large creature starts to walk forward as those around him makes room like an old ancient story of Noah parting the sea. The advancing creature has scales that were a dark blue, with reptiles eyes, a tail that wrapped around his waist and armed to the teeth with revolver lazers and a rifle slung to his back. He walks up to D with a confident demeanor and pulls out his pistol aiming it at D's face. The Blue Creature utters "this is a desolated planet on the outer rim of the galaxy where survival of the fittest is rule. Home to murderers, plunders and all forms of anarchy. What brings you to my neck of the woods?" D spits in his face still wobbly and barely standing. Ridge from above of the ship sees what is happening outside and starts up the ship to take off. He hears a shot and D falls to the floor. Ridge immediately takes off and leave D behind. As Ridge elevates his ship Robin to about 1000 ft in the air he sees D and the Bandits starts to by swallowed by the sand storm........

to be continued in chapter 3