Devil's Eight Parted Canyon: Battle of The Golden Chips

Chapter Seven: Decisions

"AHHH- THIS HURTS!"

Billy was screaming out as Ranger quickly rushed over reaching his metal plated hand over the beatle and crushed it before tossing it away. Lav was just looking at the ground. As Ranger reached his arm down he pressed the button on his holster and explosion ringing out. Lav swung up his Cane as Ranger caught the gun flying out the holster raising it up, before the cane struck it a bullet rang out going right above Lav's head.

Billy grit his teeth, before slowly standing up. His legs were shaking, as is everything seems so fuzzy. He rushed over tackling lav. Exclaiming.

"You didn't even challenge us to a duel!"

As he started hitting Lav. He then felt a pinch in his stomach. As another beetle has bitten Billy. Billy fell off of Lav, his mouth started to froth as his eyes went bloodshot. As the lav started to stand up, another bullet rang out. Flying directly into his shoulder damn near taking his entire shoulder blade off. As lav then heard something. The ringing of a train, been a high seems to have a lot of trains today. As he pushed Billy, Billy landed upon the tracks. As Lav then said.

"Old man told me about you. I hope you know, I'm the newest of the old man's crew. Will you really give up anything in your sight of revenge? Even if it means your friend has to die?"

Ranger paused. Before looking at the train it's soon to hit Billy. He was left with a dilemma. He wouldn't be able to carry Billy with one hand. On the other hand he needed his hand to kill lav especially after this new revelation. He sat there silently unsure of what to do. Does he get his revenge or let Billy die.

He then quickly turned raising his gun as a loud bang rang out. He shot the railroad. Lav could not see what he shot only could hear metal hitting metal before another explosion rang out. Ranger pulled out his second gun as he quickly turned to Lav and started firing at him. As the train hit the point Ranger shot it came off the rails as Billy's eyes widened as he wiped some of the froth away from his mouth. As he exclaimed.

"OHHHHH SHHII-"

A massive dust storm picked up because of the trains derailment as Ranger rushed through the dust to the track where he saw Billy slowly picking himself up. As he helped Billy up before walking through the dust he turned to his right as he saw something. A man in a black suit carrying Lav's corpse. As they looked at Ranger and Billy before walking away, dropping something behind them. A bag slowly opened as a lot of beetles came out. Exact number couldn't really be determined but it's way more than 20.

Ranger was hit with two options again run and bring Billy to the closest town. Or deal with this man. What is he even thinking he can't deal with this person he would need to reload and he can't do that with Billy. So he quickly started rushing Billy away from these Beatles they were running towards him as one of them leaps towards them. It bit Ranger on the back of the leg as he grit his teeth under his mask. And he started rushing away.

They couldn't head towards the grass town known as Kaznex. So the only town they could have work is Gotnburg. The two started making their way towards the town though they are currently trying to evade Beatles. They were rushing passed ruined buildings, cacti, and rough grass before the Beatles seem to have gotten tired or given up but they stopped chasing them. Maybe it's even a range thing who knows. One thing mattered to the two getting to Gotnburg. But Billy was being abnormally quiet. Ranger turn to one as he was just trying to focus on staying conscious talking wasn't in the picture for him.

After a while of travel in the blistering heat having to use their water sparingly. They arrive at a crevice in the canyon with what seems to be stairs. They started making their way down the stairs soon arriving at the bottom turning right they saw a town inside the canyon itself under the ground. They started walking through it the houses all made of stone it was torches lining the path with a massive building in the back seemingly the sheriff's office. They soon stop by a building with a wooden cross in front of it stumbling in it. As Billy simply said.

"H..he-lp."

Before both he and Ranger fell to the ground. They soon found themselves waking up on a bed Billy looking around as he was waking up. I don't feel poisoned. As a woman walked into the room. Before saying.

"Of course you don't feel poisoned I flushed it out of your system."

Billy turn to her, as he saw a woman with a white duster a tanned vest. Smoking a cigarette. Probably the most important thing was the revolver just sitting in her jeans pocket not even in a holster. She simply said

"You and your friend there got poisoned by tar beetles. How you even managed to find any this far out is somethin. I already took the chips for the appointment, though I did find this."

And she raises up the diamond chip. Before saying.

"Now you're going to tell me why I'm staring at a dead man and a Foreigner with something this valuable. If you don't well I could shoot you and sell it."

As a ranger set up Billy finally saw the full extent to Ranger. His upper torso was covered in a metal plate. So was his right arm and his left hand. Scars lined his body and he was missing an eye. He had black hair that was cut short seemingly with a knife and not done by a professional. As all Billy said.

"Damn..."

Before Billy then turned to the lady and exclaimed.

"We're not going to tell you anything. All you need to know is we're collecting the golden chips."

The doctor responded.

"You don't even have a working gun, to me it looks like you're trying to die."

Billy, he didn't have retort to that. What she said was fair and probably correct. As she got up out of her chair. I'll tell you what I'll hold on to this chip, in return I'll give you some special. But you have to do me one thing. You're going to help this town out. Sat there before they heard a few horses coming into town a wagon wheels roll. As Ranger quickly hopped out of his bed and grabbed Billy and pulled him out of his bed. The doctor dropping to the floor as on that wagon outside visible for only a moment was a rotary gun. As one of the people in the back of the wagon started turning the wheel it started to unload into buildings piercing through the hard Stone as if it was nothing more than sand. as Billy and Ranger crawled their way to the doctor Who took them into the next room with a lock box she opened it revealing a silver revolver with golden bullets. Before she exclaimed.

"Take the damn gun Foreigner!"

Billy picked up the gun before turning to look at the rest of the room it seems to be a storage room where ranger saw his stuff on one of the shelves he quickly retrieved his gear but Billy saw something more important. A brown hat. The doctor said.

"Oh no you don't that's my damn hat."

Billy responded with.

"Listen you gave me this beautiful piece, but no cowboy can be a true cowboy without a hat!"

As he picked the hat off the shelf throwing on his outfit he smiled confidently as he opened the door before quickly jumping to the ground as bullets started piercing through the door. The doctor merely shook her head before saying.

"And you're the one I'm putting my faith in..."

But as Billy was on the ground he noticed something a flaming horse skull as his eyes widened.

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I'm sorry for the delay you know, life. But I'll try to return back to frequent continuations.