May 1st, 1900 - Sheriff's Office
Sheriff North sat in his chair as usual, scribbling notes into his book and occasionally glancing at the posters at the end of the wall. No pictures for the criminals were provided. How was anyone supposed to find them? He had no hope for a hero in this cruel world to take down those villains. Nobody had good intentions in this world anymore anyway.
Suddenly a group of people entered the office and approached the desk. The one at the front put his hands down on the desk and pointed to the posters.
"We can help you" he said. North looked shocked and confused.
"You fellers can help the law? In catching those criminals?" He asked, pointing to the posters. The leader nodded in response. North looked dumbfounded and was taken aback by the suddenty of the situation, "Alright. Great!" He said with a beaming smile, "$10,000 for each one brought in." The bounty hunters looked at each other in accordance and nodded in agreement, "but how will you find them exactly? There are no pictures provided, no information at all"
The leader reached out his hand for a handshake.
"Trust us. We've been doing our research, and we know what we're doing. The name's... Will" he said, reassuringly. North shook his hand happily and sat back in his chair, satisfied.
"But, we have one single condition," Will said with a serious tone. North leaned forward, listening. However, Will slammed down a bounty poster that looked like it was made unprofessionally.
"Rogue. That's what they call him. That's not his real name, but nobody really knows his name anymore. Known in other states for countless torturous murders as well as crimes such as unarmed assault, arson, animal abuse, thievery, attempted murder and vandalism. I could keep going, but this is the worst you get. He was found to be a complete psychopath. 98.97% lost to the spirits or whatever. Long black hair, collector-like clothing and normally wields a bow as his main choice of weapon. This thing is a priority to us, over those criminals. The condition is that we only go after these wanted outlaws after the capture or death of Rogue," he explained, making sure Sheriff North heard and acknowledged every word.
North sat back in his chair again and sighed. With a nod he replied:
"Fine. Rogue is your first priority. If possible, bring him here so we can have a good hanging for him. The gang will be your next priority"
Will nodded in agreement and shook his hand again. He then signalled for his gang to leave the building to have a private talk with North.
When they finally left, Will bent closer to North to whisper to him.
"We'll bring Rogue in for free. We just want justice for this psycho" he said, set on his choice.
North looked extremely shocked but agreed and thanked him as he left the building.
The sheriff then lay back in his chair and drifted off to sleep, still surprised by the events that just occurred.
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The Reckoning of the Rogues
Mystery / ThrillerA young boy was involved in an unfortunate event having both of his parents die in an unexpected fire, supposedly caused by an act of arson from a group of anarchists. The poor boy was forced to go rogue and survive on his own in the wilderness of 1...
