Shaggy's Showdown

chapter 14

Meanwhile...

Penn panted as he was walking all the way to the dude ranch while looking like he could pass out and die right now. "I should've... Waited... For the stupid airport..." he grunted before passing out in the middle of the road. "This is it... Goodbye, Cindy... Goodbye... Um,... Her friends... I'll miss you all. Hang on, Carlotta, I'm coming!"

"Ew, ew, I hate death, ew, no..." Cindy wandered to the road only to trip over Penn. "Oof! At least I landed on this giant marshmallow."

"Get off of me," Penn muffled. "I'm not a marshmallow."

Cindy soon got off and cleaned her glasses and took a closer look. "Jeez, it's you!" she then backed up nervously, she then came back and grabbed his hand to pull him up and tried to make him stand up as she leaned against his back. "Gah... Don't fall on me... Don't fall!"

Penn soon stood up, brushing himself off.

"Phew!" Cindy said in relief that he didn't fall on her.

"Cindy, you helped me stand up..." Penn smiled. "I guess you're not so weak and pathetic."

"Says the guy who guest starred in Friends in 1997." Cindy teased.

"Watch it." Penn growled.

"Sorry, Uncle Penn." Cindy replied.

"Say, where's your friend Mike?" Penn asked.

"She's looking for her Uncle Jess." Cindy told him.

"Wait... What're you doing here?" Penn asked.

Cindy narrowed her eyes. "I swear, you never listen to me, I should be asking what you're doing here!"

"I came to rescue you because I felt that you were in trouble." Penn explained.

"You came to rescue me?" Cindy cooed. "Aww... I knew it... Deep down with that wild and crazy personality, you're a puppy dog Mom would adopt with a big heart!"

Penn paused for a moment and put his hands in front of him with a playful smirk. "Tell Mommy that Puppy wants bath~"

"Don't ruin the moment!" Cindy groaned.

"Sorry, so, where are you other guys going?" Penn asked.

"To the grave of Dapper Jack." Cindy replied.

"Dapper Jack..." Penn repeated as he walked with her. "I feel like I've heard that name somewhere..."

Random flashback...

"Before I work with you, I must warn you to watch out for certain figures like Dapper Jack..." Teller advised.

End of flashback.

"Oh, my God..." Penn's eyes widened. "Teller can talk!"

Cindy gave him a deadpan look and they followed everyone else except for Mike and Lil.

Meanwhile, Mike and Lil was looking for the ex-gunslinger now worked for the Sherman Ranch.

"Mike, look at this," Lil pointed out. "I found some tracks... They look like horse tracks."

"Horse tracks, huh?" Mike asked before she took a closer look. "Hmm..."

"You think it could be from his horse?" Lil asked.

"It's still warm, he might not be too far from here." Mike said hopefully.

Lil nodded before gasping and looking back down to see a little bit of blood. "Uh, Mike... You may wanna look at this...?"