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RANGO \\ OӘͶAЯ - Another outlaw story
Chapter 24

Hi, here the next chapter. I hope you like it.

24. They call me…

With scared eyes the people looked at the door. The dark figure swung open the swing doors and entered with one step through them. The wind blew around him and let flap his long cape.
Gordy looked at his bottle and thought whether he was seeing an illusion. Nobody dared to say a word.
Jake stood there like frozen and didn't know what to make of this. He narrowed his eyes but he couldn't see the face of the stranger.
Suddenly the person moved his hands and pulled down the scarf around his mouth. Green skin became visible. It was a lizard. He was a little smaller than Bill, but he wasn't a weaker like it seemed to be. The most peculiar were his small moveable yellow eyes, which looked in all directions independently. His face expression was emotionless and he looked like he had waited for so long to arrive this room.
The strange green lizard dusted himself down. Sand trickled down his clothes. His boots were dirty and covered with dried mud. His old jeans had some holes, under his cape he wore a faded old shirt and brown western jacket.
"Can I do something for you, Mister?" Mayor Johns voice cut the wind filled air.
The stranger set his eyes at his direction. But his lips kept closed.
Stump took his two boys closer, when the stranger stepped forward. Sand scrunched under his dusty boots.
Jake winced when Bill gave him a little push. The rattlesnake shook his head and cleaned his throat.
"Who are you?"
The strange lizard stopped a single moment. He raised his glance and looked up at the big rattlesnake.
Jake narrowed his eyes. There was something in the stranger's eyes what he couldn't define.
His irritation grown more when the lizard pointed at his mouth and walked to the counter.
He took the bottle which stood next to Kinski and took a very big sip. Slowly he put the bottle back on the wood. All people exchanged glances and stared at his back. Finally, it went too far for Spoons. He walked up to the mute guest and tapped him on his shoulder.
"Hey, there, fruit cup. You're a long way from home, ain't you? Who exactly are you?"
The stranger didn't say a word. His face was still like cut in stone. His glance stuck on the mirror of the saloon on the wall of the counter.
"What's the matter?" Spoons asked mockingly. "You missing your mommy's mongos?"
Finally, the lizard began to move and raised his face.
"As a matter of fact," his first words sounded. It was not an old voice. "I am."
Suddenly he pushed the bottle away and turned around quickly. "But not as much as your daddy's cooking!"
The city people took fright at the stranger's change of scene. His harsh gesture he pointed his finger on the old mouse. A little cowered Spoons tried to ask his question again.
"And exactly where did you say you were from?"
"Me?" The stranger asked as if it was be the weirdest question in the world. "I'm from the West."
The lizard's voice changed into an eerie undertone. "Out there, beyond the horizon. Past the sunset. The Far West."
A murmur went through the crowd. Just Jake and Bill exchanged glances. What did the guy expected to achieve by that?
"Yeah, that's right, hombres," the western lizard said and walked between the people. "The place I come from, we kill a man before breakfast just to work up an appetite."
At the same moment the lizard hurled out his tongue and stole a toothpick from a city man's mouth. With the new wood in his mouth he continued walking and stopped before Mister Hazel, an old rodent. "Then we salt him, and we pepper him. Then we braise him in clarified butter. And then we eat him."
Portley and Stanley looked at each other. "Cool."
Mister Hazel looked at the stranger in disbelief. "You eat him?"
"That's what I said!"
The people winced, but the stranger continued his exciting report and circled around a table where people played with poker cards.
"Hell, I seen things make a grown man lose control of his glandular functions. You spend three days in a horse carcass, living off your own juices. It'll change a man. Oh year."
He stood behind Ambrose, an owl, and with a fast movement he took a pair of aces out of the owl's sleeve. The stranger eyed the faked cards and flipped them on the table.
"Had a few extra aces in this deck, gents. Just the way I like it."
With that he left the poker table and looked at Spoons, while he was walking back to the counter. "So, no, my hirsute little rodent friend, I am not from around these parts. And my way is unknown."
He took Kinski's glass and emptied it.
Kinski wrinkled his nose. "So, and what's your name?"
The lizard looked at him with amused and mockingly face. "Well, I'm a man of many epithets. I've got so many names like colors in the world. But the most people call me –"
He leaned his back against the counter, crossed his arms and stood there with lowered glance.
"Nobody."
"What's that for a stupid nam…"
Stump covered Stanley's mouth with his hand.
Jake's eyes wandered at Mayor John, who nodded at him.
"Alright, but why are you here?"
The lizard narrowed his eyes but he kept his smile. "Well, I'm looking for a place to stay."
"Why didn't you say that before?" Mayor John said. "All strangers are welcome in my town."
"That's very good of you," the stranger named Nobody said and waved his glass at his direction.
"Wait," Jake interrupted, who had completely recovered from the stranger's entrance. "Where exactly do you come from? And what's the reason of your appearance?"
Slowly Nobody put the glass aside and leaned his arms on the counter again. "Why is that so important? I'm on travel. I had a long hard way. If you allow me, I need a rest."
"No problem, Mister," Mayor John said. "You can stay in our hotel. Alright, Sheriff?"
Mayor John gave Jake an inviting look to restrain himself. Jake was going to open his mouth again, but then he closed it again.
Nobody stretched himself and corrected his hat. "I take this offer with pleasure."
"Mm, the sand storm seems to be weaker," Eglin said.
"Oh good," Mayor John said and rolled beside the stranger. "In this case, I can show you our hotel."
The green lizard nodded at him thankfully and let guide from the turtle outside. Jake followed him with his eyes watchfully. Suddenly the stranger looked back for a very briefly moment. His glance was relaxed but his eyes met the rattlesnake with so hard coldness that it shivered through the whole long body until his gun. But it was a moment of a split second, then he looked away again. The rattlesnake tried to find an explanation.
Who are you?

So, in this chapter Rango will have the name "Nobody" but his real name will be called later.

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RANGO \\ OӘͶAЯ - Another outlaw story
Chapter 24

Hi, here the next chapter. I hope you like it.

24. They call me…

With scared eyes the people looked at the door. The dark figure swung open the swing doors and entered with one step through them. The wind blew around him and let flap his long cape.
Gordy looked at his bottle and thought whether he was seeing an illusion. Nobody dared to say a word.
Jake stood there like frozen and didn't know what to make of this. He narrowed his eyes but he couldn't see the face of the stranger.
Suddenly the person moved his hands and pulled down the scarf around his mouth. Green skin became visible. It was a lizard. He was a little smaller than Bill, but he wasn't a weaker like it seemed to be. The most peculiar were his small moveable yellow eyes, which looked in all directions independently. His face expression was emotionless and he looked like he had waited for so long to arrive this room.
The strange green lizard dusted himself down. Sand trickled down his clothes. His boots were dirty and covered with dried mud. His old jeans had some holes, under his cape he wore a faded old shirt and brown western jacket.
"Can I do something for you, Mister?" Mayor Johns voice cut the wind filled air.
The stranger set his eyes at his direction. But his lips kept closed.
Stump took his two boys closer, when the stranger stepped forward. Sand scrunched under his dusty boots.
Jake winced when Bill gave him a little push. The rattlesnake shook his head and cleaned his throat.
"Who are you?"
The strange lizard stopped a single moment. He raised his glance and looked up at the big rattlesnake.
Jake narrowed his eyes. There was something in the stranger's eyes what he couldn't define.
His irritation grown more when the lizard pointed at his mouth and walked to the counter.
He took the bottle which stood next to Kinski and took a very big sip. Slowly he put the bottle back on the wood. All people exchanged glances and stared at his back. Finally, it went too far for Spoons. He walked up to the mute guest and tapped him on his shoulder.
"Hey, there, fruit cup. You're a long way from home, ain't you? Who exactly are you?"
The stranger didn't say a word. His face was still like cut in stone. His glance stuck on the mirror of the saloon on the wall of the counter.
"What's the matter?" Spoons asked mockingly. "You missing your mommy's mongos?"
Finally, the lizard began to move and raised his face.
"As a matter of fact," his first words sounded. It was not an old voice. "I am."
Suddenly he pushed the bottle away and turned around quickly. "But not as much as your daddy's cooking!"
The city people took fright at the stranger's change of scene. His harsh gesture he pointed his finger on the old mouse. A little cowered Spoons tried to ask his question again.
"And exactly where did you say you were from?"
"Me?" The stranger asked as if it was be the weirdest question in the world. "I'm from the West."
The lizard's voice changed into an eerie undertone. "Out there, beyond the horizon. Past the sunset. The Far West."
A murmur went through the crowd. Just Jake and Bill exchanged glances. What did the guy expected to achieve by that?
"Yeah, that's right, hombres," the western lizard said and walked between the people. "The place I come from, we kill a man before breakfast just to work up an appetite."
At the same moment the lizard hurled out his tongue and stole a toothpick from a city man's mouth. With the new wood in his mouth he continued walking and stopped before Mister Hazel, an old rodent. "Then we salt him, and we pepper him. Then we braise him in clarified butter. And then we eat him."
Portley and Stanley looked at each other. "Cool."
Mister Hazel looked at the stranger in disbelief. "You eat him?"
"That's what I said!"
The people winced, but the stranger continued his exciting report and circled around a table where people played with poker cards.
"Hell, I seen things make a grown man lose control of his glandular functions. You spend three days in a horse carcass, living off your own juices. It'll change a man. Oh year."
He stood behind Ambrose, an owl, and with a fast movement he took a pair of aces out of the owl's sleeve. The stranger eyed the faked cards and flipped them on the table.
"Had a few extra aces in this deck, gents. Just the way I like it."
With that he left the poker table and looked at Spoons, while he was walking back to the counter. "So, no, my hirsute little rodent friend, I am not from around these parts. And my way is unknown."
He took Kinski's glass and emptied it.
Kinski wrinkled his nose. "So, and what's your name?"
The lizard looked at him with amused and mockingly face. "Well, I'm a man of many epithets. I've got so many names like colors in the world. But the most people call me –"
He leaned his back against the counter, crossed his arms and stood there with lowered glance.
"Nobody."
"What's that for a stupid nam…"
Stump covered Stanley's mouth with his hand.
Jake's eyes wandered at Mayor John, who nodded at him.
"Alright, but why are you here?"
The lizard narrowed his eyes but he kept his smile. "Well, I'm looking for a place to stay."
"Why didn't you say that before?" Mayor John said. "All strangers are welcome in my town."
"That's very good of you," the stranger named Nobody said and waved his glass at his direction.
"Wait," Jake interrupted, who had completely recovered from the stranger's entrance. "Where exactly do you come from? And what's the reason of your appearance?"
Slowly Nobody put the glass aside and leaned his arms on the counter again. "Why is that so important? I'm on travel. I had a long hard way. If you allow me, I need a rest."
"No problem, Mister," Mayor John said. "You can stay in our hotel. Alright, Sheriff?"
Mayor John gave Jake an inviting look to restrain himself. Jake was going to open his mouth again, but then he closed it again.
Nobody stretched himself and corrected his hat. "I take this offer with pleasure."
"Mm, the sand storm seems to be weaker," Eglin said.
"Oh good," Mayor John said and rolled beside the stranger. "In this case, I can show you our hotel."
The green lizard nodded at him thankfully and let guide from the turtle outside. Jake followed him with his eyes watchfully. Suddenly the stranger looked back for a very briefly moment. His glance was relaxed but his eyes met the rattlesnake with so hard coldness that it shivered through the whole long body until his gun. But it was a moment of a split second, then he looked away again. The rattlesnake tried to find an explanation.
Who are you?

So, in this chapter Rango will have the name "Nobody" but his real name will be called later.