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Blackwater
A drunken man stumbles out of the saloon, staggers away. Voices can be heard outside the door, and the smell of alcohol is in the air. Arthur and Lenny are sitting at one of the tables on the ground floor. They are discussing something, laughing softly. Javier joins them, throwing a few shots on the table. Everyone drinks a shot together.
"Is that all, Javier?" Asks Lenny, grinning.
"For you, yes." He teases back. "There is no one at the counter. He must have gone somewhere."
"I don't think it's for long." Arthur muttered, looking up at his friends at the table.
They had gathered quite recently, and had just arrived in Blackwater. Dach was not against the idea of a saloon, but he did not come himself. There were three of them here-Arthur, Javier and Lenny.
Just as Arthur was about to say something, he heard the sound of heels on the stairs. The man at the piano waited patiently, and an unknown musician with a guitar in his hands stood at the bar. Everything in the saloon went quiet. Even those who played serious games like cards turned around.
On the second floor, you were standing in a beautiful red dress. Your hot body starts to descend the stairs sexually, collecting dozens of glances at yourself.
Javier's heart beat faster at what he saw. The girl's dress looks like it's definitely from his country. The your figure is created for this dress.. Javier's gaze cannot be torn away from this picture.
The guitar jangled and an unknown musician began to sing a song in Mexican Spanish. Of course, none of those present understood the translation, but Javier... Maybe..if the head was not occupied with the image of a girl in a red dress.
Suddenly, you waved your hand and your hips danced. The dance is fast and sexy. The curves of the dress flew into the air, as did the woman's hair. Some men tried to inadvertently touch you when you passed near their tables, but u deftly dodged, circling them around her finger.
The song begins to speed up and you returns to the stairs, where completes her amazing dance. Loud whistling filled the saloon, and especially impatient cowboys got up from the tables, hoping to dance with you for money.
The unknown dancer just wiggled her hips and disappeared, running through the door for the staff.
Escuella was amazed. Caught off guard! He had never seen anything like it before. His face turned red and his throat was dry.
Lenny turned to his friend and, seeing the expression on his face, laughed. Arthur didn't understand why Lenny was so amused, but when he noticed Javier, he exhaled and shook his head.
"Maybe you should have something else to drink?" Arthur turned to look at the bar, but Javier's mind was set on something else entirely.
"¡Dios mío..!" Javier grabbed by the head, only now realizing that he would not see her again. "Perdón, Gentlemen, I can't miss a woman like that."
He gets up from the table, and while others are crowding around the door where you went, he leaves the bar just to find an emergency exit.
All my thoughts are only about her. Hot, beautiful, graceful, mysterious. It all reminded him of the past. His native country and his family. What if she is also a foreigner?
Already approaching the door, Javier dreamed of what to say to her in Spanish that she would like.. But suddenly the door opens and crashes into Escuella.
"Oh God!" A woman's voice shouts. "I'm sorry, I didn't know."
"It's all right! I'm fine!" He interrupts u, holding his nose. Javier smiles and looks up. He meets you with a face, and immediately recognizes u as the same dancer.. Only..
You were dressed differently.. You weren't wearing those clothes. You're wearing men's jeans, a belt with a holster and a shirt. A girl like that carries a revolver with her?! Are you a cowgirl?!
Javier became silent, not quite understanding what was going on. Standing here next to you, he became nervous. To be very nervous! But you just sat down quickly, picking up your bag with something ringing inside.
"Аgain, I'm sorry"
"Wait! ..You.. Didn't you dance there?" Escuella grabbed your hand, looking into u eyes hopefully.
You immediately pulled your hand away and clutched the bag to you. "I don't dance for money. You can go on to rest."
Javier took his hand away, realizing that he was in a hurry. He wants to apologize, but he's a little ashamed. It's so embarrassing.
"No, no! That's not what I meant! You.. It's just..."
Javier's words are interrupted by a man's scream from the saloon. A very angry and dangerous voice.
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And there's already a crowd of people in the saloon, not wanting to dance with you, but wanting to kill you. Everyone found out that one or another thing was missing from them. You stole from them while you were dancing!
Arthur got up from the table to calm down the rioters and came closer to the drunken angry cowboys.
"Calm down! You will ruin the saloon with your *loud rallies*." He said sarcastically, menacingly. But his words were not taken correctly.
"Are you protecting her? Maybe you're just in league with her?!"
"You can't be sure about that."
"I'm always confident in myself." The stranger snaps.
Morgan growls. "Ready to check."
The door you ran out of is knocked out and the loud sound of a gunshot reverberates around. This prompts everyone else to get out their revolvers and start a stupid shootout.
Arthur and Lenny knocked over the table and began to defend themselves, shooting back at the attackers.
Where is Javier?!
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The door behind you opens with a bang and some cowboy pulls out a revolver, pointing it at your back
Javier noticed this and grabbed you by the shoulders, pushing you aside. Falling to the ground, the you drops her bag and expensive trinkets fall out: silver watches, buckles and bracelets with coins.
This shocked Escuella, but now is not the time to find out who stole what. A firefight began.
You're still in shock from what started, your plan has always worked perfectly. You ran away fast on your horse and no one saw you in the city..but this man... He got you caught.. But he saved you. You don't even know how to treat him. Now you've got your revolver out and you're shooting back with Javier.
Arthur made his way to the second floor, and help Lenny.
"I see Javier! He's with a girl on the street, got into a shootout too!" Lenny shouts at Arthur.
While the two men make their way closer to Escuella, he hides behind the wagon, firing back. Turning to the left, he did not notice you, who was with him all the time.
You ran away!
"De puta madre!" He swears in Spanish, frustrated and stressed by the situation.
Noticing Lenny and Arthur in the saloon, he quickly runs away and approaches his friends, but is grabbed by a two-meter bearded bandit. He grabbed Javier by the throat and began to strangle him, without being able to free himself. Javier dropped the revolver and tried to grab the knife, but to no avail.
Escula didn't even have time to realize that he was dying. There was not enough oxygen. His gaze darted to the bag in the distance. She was still lying where u dropped her. But it all started so beautifully... Javier even managed to finally dream about a relationship with a beautiful girl, but now he looks like he's going to die from some thug at the saloon.
A shot! and blood sprayed in all directions. Javier's face in red blood and he clutching at his throat. The headless bandit falls to the ground, and you appeared behind him. You were clutching the shotgun tightly in your hands.
Arthur and Lenny just ran out of the saloon and ran up to Javier. The noise died down and there were no more shots. Just the smell of blood and gunpowder.
You ran to your bag and grabbed it, jumped on your horse, looking back at the men in fright, and galloped away from the saloon.
"Javier, are you hurt?" Arthur asks in a hurry, ignoring the girl.
"I'm fine. She saved me."
"She?!" Lenny asks again, pointing at the girl leaving them. "Does she have a weapon?!"
"C'mon, hurry up!" Arthur shouted and jumped on the horse. All three of them rode after you, trying to stop you.
The chase was not long, and you stopped the horse in the field, raising your hands. Arthur, Lenny, and Javier stood, ready to draw weapons if necessary, although everyone really didn't want to. They weren't going to kill you.
Javier, whose face was still covered in blood, wiped it off with his sleeve and jumped down to the horse. A strange contradictory feeling filled his heart. You certainly gave the impression of a strong woman, but the way you were dancing.. It conquered Javier. Is it really all one person?!
"Okay, okay! I'm sorry for ruining your cool evening at the saloon! But I need this money more than anything right now! I can't do without them." You started to say, lowering your head. "What do you want?! An apology? Money? My life?!"
"No! " Escuella screamed first.
"Calm down, girl! What the hell was that all about?" Arthur jumped off his horse, showing no signs of aggression. His voice was rough, but not malicious.
"You wouldn't understand. While rich men are getting drunk in big bars, I fucking have to hang out in some shit just to survive! You know, America was free country, but the laws changed everything. Not everyone has the opportunity to live in love and happiness."
"We understand this better than others," Lenny muttered so that everyone could hear him.
Arthur turned to look at him, displeased that Lenny was talking about their situation, and Javier took a step towards you, showing his lack of weapons. You froze, looking at that one. This man saved you, he didn't seem aggressive from the very beginning. U wasn't sure whether to trust him or not, but compared to the others, he was nicer.
"We don't want to hurt you. We're not going to steal from you either. Javier turned to Arthur and Lenny, as if trying to find permission in them to divulge a secret, but turned back to you. "We're like you, u know."
"Javier..!" Arthur's voice came.
You frowned, focusing on Javier. "What are you talking about?"
"We need people, Arthur. Dutch won't mind." Javier justified himself to Morgan and returned to the girl. "Can I..What's your name?"
There was silence. You already knew the names of two of them. You assumed they were real. Doubting, u finally fixed your gaze on Javier and said.
"Y/N Y/S"
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