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Sorry for the break, it was a busy week. :/ Enjoy the chapter.

14. Please, tell me

The little gecko lifted his head when he saw a movement at the horizon. He lay on a stone where he had a good overview about the area. When he recognized Bill and his gang, he left his place.
"They didn't need the whole day. What a surprise."
He walked near the entrance of the cave and waited until the group arrived.
"Here it is…"
Bill couldn't finish his sentence. Rango jumped down from his roadrunner and ran inside the cave.
"Good day…" The gecko began, but Rango was already gone.
Bill's eyes met the gecko.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm still waiting for my money."
Bill rolled his eyes. "You grate on my nerves with your damn money," while he climbed down. "Get out of my way."
He pushed the gecko aside and walked in. The others followed him.
Rango stopped immediately when he arrived the first objects, which lay in the cave. Nervously he looked around. "Alright, alright," he said to himself. "Don't panic. Analyzing. Analyze the crime scene."
He kneeled on his knees and scanned the ground.
"Do you still think that I'm tricking you?" Bill asked amused when he saw the sheriff crawling.
"Pssst!" Rango hissed. "Don't disturb my work."
Bill let out his tongue. "What is he thinking to find?"
A growling let all pause for a moment.
Stump smiled nervously and held his stomach. "I'm hungry."
Chorizo nodded. "Me, too. Hey, there must be something to eat."
He pointed at the shelves with the cans.
"Great," Stump ran forward. Bill had also a hole in his stomach and together they rummaged the cans.
"Hey!" Rango jumped up. "Don't shift something!"
"Oh, ham!" Chorizo said without to pay attention to Rango. "I love ham."
He took a peace of ham and put it in his mouth.
"Hey, leave something for me!" Bill protested and seized it.
"Hey!" Rango cried. "That's not ours! It is still a crime scene."
"Shut your trap," Bill muttered with full mouth. "And do something else."
"And what about you?"
"We already scanned that cave. You can make the rest."
Rango growled annoyed and tried to concentrate for some traces, while the others chomped.
But as good as he searched, he couldn't find a hint from the kidnappers. Just the floor was blurred and some things lay scattered on the floor.
Rango scratched his head. The place was a mystery for him. There were shots in the mirror but Jake didn't seem to fight very much. That was very untypical for Jake. When he remember his last blaze of gunfire in town, normally it would leave a wake of devastation. Or did he know the person? Was Beans the only victim?
He bent down when he realized a undamaged footprint. "Interesting."
He took a notepad and pencil and copied the footprint. "No much, but better than nothing."
"And Holmes?" Bill asked mockingly. "Something found?"
Rango sighed. "They didn't leave something. Nothing."
He turned around and looked at him seriously. "And you didn't found something which I should know?"
"What are you thinking about me?" Bill said sanctimoniously. "I would never hide something."
Rango sighed deeply and looked at the sketch on his notepad. He couldn't analyse all shoes in the desert.
He thought a moment.
"Are there witnesses?"
"No," Bill answered shortly.
"Not sure," Stump said.
"Don't ask us," Kinski added. "We were far away and slept. Expecting one."
Chorizo lifted his nose. "You are only envious."
Rango lowered his glance. "Alright. No eyewitnesses."
He thought about another good question, which them could help on.
"How did you know, that she would be kidnapped? Did you see something or someone? Did you hear anything?"
"We didn't," Kinski answered. "We only know it from him."
He pointed at the gecko.
Rango made big eyes. "Oh, do you know who it was or where she could be?" he asked hopefully.
The gecko lifted his nose. "As long as I don't get something, I tell nothing."
Rango grabbed his shirt and held him tight. "You can't do! Don't you understand?! Maybe there is life in danger!"
The gecko snorted. "I have no interest. Unless you give me something…"
"All what you want, all what you want," Rango cried. "But just tell me."
"Could you take your hand off me?"
Rango let him go.
The gecko adjusted his shirt. "Do you have something for an advance?"
Rango searched his pockets. "No… not really. Just a little for the journey…"
He took out a little gold nugget, which he had took in for emergency. Not all animals took water, so that he was forced to pay with gold.
The gecko took it. "That's not much."
"I have nothing more," Rango said desperately. "But if you help me, I will give you a lot more."
The gecko narrowed his eyes, then he grinned. "If you write a guarantee, maybe we could talk about it…"
Rango didn't waste time. He took out his notepad again and wrote a some numbers on it. Just after the gecko nodded they wrote their signatures under it.
Bill rolled his eyes bored. "Are you satisfied now?"
"Just a little bit, but alright."
The gecko folded the paper and took it into a pocket. "Well, to make it short. I didn't saw how they were kidnapped. I can only say who asked me the question yesterday night, where Jake could be."
"And?" Rango asked. "Who was it?"
"It was a fox."
Seconds passed.
Rango laid his head aside. "And? How did he look?"
"Long coat, grey brown fur and dirty clothes. And he looked dangerous…"
"You told that already," Bill muttered.
"Dangerous?" Rango asked worriedly.
The gecko nodded. "Yes, and very cold eyes. As cold as he wanted to kill your soul before he can touch you."
Rango shivered.
The gecko raised his eyebrows. "Something wrong?"
"No, I… I just… I know that feeling."
"Work experience, isn't it? I see."
"And what more?"
"More?"
The gecko chuckled. "I didn't ask his address. I only know he paid me much more than the others."
"But do you know, where he could come from. A hint or something what he said?"
The gecko thought a moment. Then he shrugged his shoulders.
"No, sorry… but…"
"But?"
The gecko crossed his arms. "You keep your word?"
Rango sighed. "Everything, but please tell me!"
The gecko sighed when Rango looked at him with pleading eyes.
The little reptile scratched his head. "Give me one hour and I can tell you more. Follow me."
"Stop, stop, stop." Bill grabbed the gecko's collar. "What did I say? I give the orders."
"And what do you order?" the gecko asked bored.
"That you should guide us where you could know something."
"Yes, sir," the gecko said sarcastically.
The little gecko whistled loudly and shortly afterwards, there were little footsteps.
Bill and the others stared at the creature, which appeared.
Bill snorted with laughter. "What's that? Ha, ha, ha."
The others began also to laugh. Beside Rango.
The gecko snorted and adjusted his straw hat.
"Very funny," he muttered darkly and petted the neck of the little roadrunner, which had the half size of the other roadrunners. "I know it is small," the gecko said and lifted his nose. "But he has the right size for me. By the way, it is much faster than yours."
With these words, he climbed on the mini chicken and looked back at the other chuckling group.
"What is it now? Do you want to ride or not?"
"Of course," Bill replied still grinning. "Will the info station also so small?"
The gecko narrowed his lidless eyes. "So, if you don't want…"
"No, no, no, no!" Rango said quickly. "Don't take notice of him. Just guide us to the place, please."
The gecko kept silence for a moment, then he nodded. "Alright. But no stupid jokes anymore."
"We promise," Rango said before Bill could let a new comment.
"Fine." The gecko moved the reins. Bill and the others took their roadrunners and followed him into the desert. Before Rango climbed on his roadrunner, he addressed a prayer to heaven.
"Please, let her be unharmed."

Alright. Time to see what Jake and Beans are doing at the moment…

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Sorry for the break, it was a busy week. :/ Enjoy the chapter.

14. Please, tell me

The little gecko lifted his head when he saw a movement at the horizon. He lay on a stone where he had a good overview about the area. When he recognized Bill and his gang, he left his place.
"They didn't need the whole day. What a surprise."
He walked near the entrance of the cave and waited until the group arrived.
"Here it is…"
Bill couldn't finish his sentence. Rango jumped down from his roadrunner and ran inside the cave.
"Good day…" The gecko began, but Rango was already gone.
Bill's eyes met the gecko.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm still waiting for my money."
Bill rolled his eyes. "You grate on my nerves with your damn money," while he climbed down. "Get out of my way."
He pushed the gecko aside and walked in. The others followed him.
Rango stopped immediately when he arrived the first objects, which lay in the cave. Nervously he looked around. "Alright, alright," he said to himself. "Don't panic. Analyzing. Analyze the crime scene."
He kneeled on his knees and scanned the ground.
"Do you still think that I'm tricking you?" Bill asked amused when he saw the sheriff crawling.
"Pssst!" Rango hissed. "Don't disturb my work."
Bill let out his tongue. "What is he thinking to find?"
A growling let all pause for a moment.
Stump smiled nervously and held his stomach. "I'm hungry."
Chorizo nodded. "Me, too. Hey, there must be something to eat."
He pointed at the shelves with the cans.
"Great," Stump ran forward. Bill had also a hole in his stomach and together they rummaged the cans.
"Hey!" Rango jumped up. "Don't shift something!"
"Oh, ham!" Chorizo said without to pay attention to Rango. "I love ham."
He took a peace of ham and put it in his mouth.
"Hey, leave something for me!" Bill protested and seized it.
"Hey!" Rango cried. "That's not ours! It is still a crime scene."
"Shut your trap," Bill muttered with full mouth. "And do something else."
"And what about you?"
"We already scanned that cave. You can make the rest."
Rango growled annoyed and tried to concentrate for some traces, while the others chomped.
But as good as he searched, he couldn't find a hint from the kidnappers. Just the floor was blurred and some things lay scattered on the floor.
Rango scratched his head. The place was a mystery for him. There were shots in the mirror but Jake didn't seem to fight very much. That was very untypical for Jake. When he remember his last blaze of gunfire in town, normally it would leave a wake of devastation. Or did he know the person? Was Beans the only victim?
He bent down when he realized a undamaged footprint. "Interesting."
He took a notepad and pencil and copied the footprint. "No much, but better than nothing."
"And Holmes?" Bill asked mockingly. "Something found?"
Rango sighed. "They didn't leave something. Nothing."
He turned around and looked at him seriously. "And you didn't found something which I should know?"
"What are you thinking about me?" Bill said sanctimoniously. "I would never hide something."
Rango sighed deeply and looked at the sketch on his notepad. He couldn't analyse all shoes in the desert.
He thought a moment.
"Are there witnesses?"
"No," Bill answered shortly.
"Not sure," Stump said.
"Don't ask us," Kinski added. "We were far away and slept. Expecting one."
Chorizo lifted his nose. "You are only envious."
Rango lowered his glance. "Alright. No eyewitnesses."
He thought about another good question, which them could help on.
"How did you know, that she would be kidnapped? Did you see something or someone? Did you hear anything?"
"We didn't," Kinski answered. "We only know it from him."
He pointed at the gecko.
Rango made big eyes. "Oh, do you know who it was or where she could be?" he asked hopefully.
The gecko lifted his nose. "As long as I don't get something, I tell nothing."
Rango grabbed his shirt and held him tight. "You can't do! Don't you understand?! Maybe there is life in danger!"
The gecko snorted. "I have no interest. Unless you give me something…"
"All what you want, all what you want," Rango cried. "But just tell me."
"Could you take your hand off me?"
Rango let him go.
The gecko adjusted his shirt. "Do you have something for an advance?"
Rango searched his pockets. "No… not really. Just a little for the journey…"
He took out a little gold nugget, which he had took in for emergency. Not all animals took water, so that he was forced to pay with gold.
The gecko took it. "That's not much."
"I have nothing more," Rango said desperately. "But if you help me, I will give you a lot more."
The gecko narrowed his eyes, then he grinned. "If you write a guarantee, maybe we could talk about it…"
Rango didn't waste time. He took out his notepad again and wrote a some numbers on it. Just after the gecko nodded they wrote their signatures under it.
Bill rolled his eyes bored. "Are you satisfied now?"
"Just a little bit, but alright."
The gecko folded the paper and took it into a pocket. "Well, to make it short. I didn't saw how they were kidnapped. I can only say who asked me the question yesterday night, where Jake could be."
"And?" Rango asked. "Who was it?"
"It was a fox."
Seconds passed.
Rango laid his head aside. "And? How did he look?"
"Long coat, grey brown fur and dirty clothes. And he looked dangerous…"
"You told that already," Bill muttered.
"Dangerous?" Rango asked worriedly.
The gecko nodded. "Yes, and very cold eyes. As cold as he wanted to kill your soul before he can touch you."
Rango shivered.
The gecko raised his eyebrows. "Something wrong?"
"No, I… I just… I know that feeling."
"Work experience, isn't it? I see."
"And what more?"
"More?"
The gecko chuckled. "I didn't ask his address. I only know he paid me much more than the others."
"But do you know, where he could come from. A hint or something what he said?"
The gecko thought a moment. Then he shrugged his shoulders.
"No, sorry… but…"
"But?"
The gecko crossed his arms. "You keep your word?"
Rango sighed. "Everything, but please tell me!"
The gecko sighed when Rango looked at him with pleading eyes.
The little reptile scratched his head. "Give me one hour and I can tell you more. Follow me."
"Stop, stop, stop." Bill grabbed the gecko's collar. "What did I say? I give the orders."
"And what do you order?" the gecko asked bored.
"That you should guide us where you could know something."
"Yes, sir," the gecko said sarcastically.
The little gecko whistled loudly and shortly afterwards, there were little footsteps.
Bill and the others stared at the creature, which appeared.
Bill snorted with laughter. "What's that? Ha, ha, ha."
The others began also to laugh. Beside Rango.
The gecko snorted and adjusted his straw hat.
"Very funny," he muttered darkly and petted the neck of the little roadrunner, which had the half size of the other roadrunners. "I know it is small," the gecko said and lifted his nose. "But he has the right size for me. By the way, it is much faster than yours."
With these words, he climbed on the mini chicken and looked back at the other chuckling group.
"What is it now? Do you want to ride or not?"
"Of course," Bill replied still grinning. "Will the info station also so small?"
The gecko narrowed his lidless eyes. "So, if you don't want…"
"No, no, no, no!" Rango said quickly. "Don't take notice of him. Just guide us to the place, please."
The gecko kept silence for a moment, then he nodded. "Alright. But no stupid jokes anymore."
"We promise," Rango said before Bill could let a new comment.
"Fine." The gecko moved the reins. Bill and the others took their roadrunners and followed him into the desert. Before Rango climbed on his roadrunner, he addressed a prayer to heaven.
"Please, let her be unharmed."

Alright. Time to see what Jake and Beans are doing at the moment…