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27. I agree

Beans shivered a little when she woke up slowly in the next morning. The sun shined her first beams and mirrored in the lake in sparkling stars. She blinked tiredly and wrapped the blanket closer around herself, when memories from yesterday came back.
Silently she looked at the peaceful lake, which would never exist if Rango had never brought back the water. Her eyes became wet again. Never was she allowed to take him into her arms.
Suddenly there was a bubbling sound. She winced when she saw bubbles on the water surface. One head appeared, followed by a second one. Both heads wore water masks with snorkels.
"Do you think, the danger is over?" the first one asked his neighbor after he removed the snorkel out of his mouth.
The second diver opened his diving mask and smelled the air. "Not sure. Maybe we should extend our water journey."
"Excuse me?"
Both twisted around in the water when they heard the strange voice.
"Oh, it's you," one said in relief when he recognized Beans who stood on the beach not far away.
"What are you doing there?" the female lizard asked more.
The two improvised water swimmer looked at each other. Then one shrugged his shoulders. "Uh, we decided to stay in water until danger is over."
"The danger?" Beans asked in surprise.
The smaller diver put his hand on his mouth and whispered: "The rattlesnake which came in town. It's not a good sign when he is here. For this reason, we will wait until he leaves it again."
Beans sighed. "I'm afraid that it will take a long time."
There was silence for a moment. Then the two water people nodded each other. "I think we should travel to the sea. I heard there are a lot of interesting things to see."
"Maybe not a bad idea," his friend said. "Let's see whether we could find a way through the water world to it."
He put the mask on again and waved at Beans. "Excuse us…"
Both wanted to dive under again, but suddenly…
"Wait!" Beans screamed. "Stay here, please!"

"OUCH!" Bill yelled and his fist hit next Doc's face. "Damn! Couldn't you keep watching?!"
Doc was doing to treat one of Bill's wounds which was a little inflamed.
Doc rubbed his nose. "Sorry Bill."
Bill growled. "Why don't you have a nurse in your house? You are like a horse vet."
Doc snorted. "To avoid that someone like you give her a clap on her bottom."
Bill grinned. "Why is that wrong? I thought it is a compliment for a female to have a good looking butt."
Doc ignored his boorish behavior and paid his attention back to his opened wound.
Rango sat in front of him in his bed and looked at them with emotionless eyes. From time to time he took a look out of the window where the hot sun lighted the dry day.
"Maybe you could ask Freska to make the job," Bill continued, more to distract himself from Doc's treatment.
"Of course," Doc replied sarcastically. "And cactus juice for the patient medicine."
"Why not? Maybe you would get more clients in your hospitaAHHH!"
Doc tied together the yarns to close the wound again.

Jake chuckled mockingly when he heard Bill's screams of Doc's house.
"Idiot," he muttered and looked with watchfully eyes down the street. There was no person there. Even not a little bug. Just dust, wind and emptiness.
His eyes wandered to the town clock. It was 9.15 a.m.
"Almost one day," Jake thought. "One day and still no sign from Roscoe's gang. What are you planning? What?"
"Jake?"
He twisted around and stopped his Gatling gun in front of Beans's nose.
"What?!" he asked loudly.
"I-I- was just…" Beans shook her head after she recovered herself again. "I think I have an idea how we could find the gold under town."
Jake relaxed his face muscles in surprise and lowered his gun. "What are you talking about?"
Beans kneaded her hands. "Well, we have to go through the tunnels to take the gold, is that right?"
"Unfortunately yes."
"Well, how I said, I think I know how we could do that."
"And could you tell me how? We aren't fishes."
"I know. Because of that I think I have an idea."
Jake raised an eyebrow. "What kind of idea?"
Beans hesistated. "Uh… well… I have an idea, but… I… I'm… I was going to asked you…"
Jake growled impatiently. "Come to the point immediately! You know, I hate mumblings."
Beans took a deep breath. "Alright, I will just tell you my idea, if you give me something."
Jake caught his breath. "What are you saying?" he asked darkly. "You dare to tell me what I have to do? Are you kidding me?"
"I didn't say so," Beans said quickly. "I'm just suggesting you a change."
"A change?" Jake's voice became more threateningly. "What kind of change?"
"My idea to get the gold for him."
Jake lifted his head in disbelief. "For him?!"
Beans screamed when Jake wrapped his long body around her and began to squeeze her.
"You little wrong bitch!" he yelled. "Did you really think I would remove so easy? Who do you think you are?"
"Jake," she pleaded. "Let me speak a word before you do something for what you will be sorry. I'm ready to negotiavewith you."
"You want to negotiave with me?"
"Yes, tell me what you want and I decide to tell my idea or not. Maybe we will find a solution."
Jake loosened his grip a little. "Alright. I will just listen first. What do you want?"
Beans swallowed heavily. "You will not give him back to me, would you?" she asked hoarsely.
Jake narrowed his eyes and tighed his grip around her. "No. You gave me your word that I will not hurt him if I would bring him back to town. I kept my word and you are obliged to do the same."
"Alright. But you made the deal with him that you get the town, didn't you?"
"Yes, we did."
"In this case, give him back the town at least, and you can get me for yourself."
Jake laughed. "Are you doing a joke? I have you already."
"Yes, yes, you have. But please, let him alone. Let him have back the town. Leave the town, let him live in peace again. And you can take me wherever you want."
Jake held his breath. "Are you clear what you are saying? You really say that I should give him the town back and I get you instead without objections?"
"If you don't want to leave the place without ultimatum, in this case, yes."
Jake giggled and looked at her with admiration. "Mmmmh, very brave for a little lizard like you. But what's the sense? If I would agree, you would never see your ex lover again. Now you still have the chance to see him time after time."
"That's the reason," Beans said. "I can't see his pain for the rest of my life."
Jake smiled mockingly. "How touching."
Beans swallowed again. "Jake. You made the deal with Rango. You saved him and you got the town for this. We made the deal that you would not hurt him or someone else if I never come together with him. Here is my new suggestion. My idea for his freedom."
Jake looked at her thoughtfully, while Beans continued. "Just leave him, let him rule a town again. That's my suggestion."
Jake thought a while. He didn't like the thought to let the chameleon come away, but at least, he would never see his girlfriend again. And if they will never get the gold outside, the danger would be still high that Roscoe would attack the town. If the gold would be somewhere else, the town would be in safe.
"Mmmmmh," Jake sounded. "Are you really sure you could imagine to live with me miles away from here without his face in your near?"
"If you give him back the town, yes."
"So, if it is all over…" He leaned forward and rested his chin on her shoulder gently. "I know a nice place where we could live together, for a loooong time. Only me and you. What are you thinking about that?"
"I would agree," she answered with firmly voice.
Jake smiled evilly. "If you agree, I agree, too. Is that a deal or no deal? Think about your answer!"
He looked into her eyes seriously.
Few seconds passed until Beans moved her lips. "I agree."
Jake raised his eyebrows. "You made your deal."
He smiled and looked at her curiously. "So, what's your little plan?"

Description
27. I agree

Beans shivered a little when she woke up slowly in the next morning. The sun shined her first beams and mirrored in the lake in sparkling stars. She blinked tiredly and wrapped the blanket closer around herself, when memories from yesterday came back.
Silently she looked at the peaceful lake, which would never exist if Rango had never brought back the water. Her eyes became wet again. Never was she allowed to take him into her arms.
Suddenly there was a bubbling sound. She winced when she saw bubbles on the water surface. One head appeared, followed by a second one. Both heads wore water masks with snorkels.
"Do you think, the danger is over?" the first one asked his neighbor after he removed the snorkel out of his mouth.
The second diver opened his diving mask and smelled the air. "Not sure. Maybe we should extend our water journey."
"Excuse me?"
Both twisted around in the water when they heard the strange voice.
"Oh, it's you," one said in relief when he recognized Beans who stood on the beach not far away.
"What are you doing there?" the female lizard asked more.
The two improvised water swimmer looked at each other. Then one shrugged his shoulders. "Uh, we decided to stay in water until danger is over."
"The danger?" Beans asked in surprise.
The smaller diver put his hand on his mouth and whispered: "The rattlesnake which came in town. It's not a good sign when he is here. For this reason, we will wait until he leaves it again."
Beans sighed. "I'm afraid that it will take a long time."
There was silence for a moment. Then the two water people nodded each other. "I think we should travel to the sea. I heard there are a lot of interesting things to see."
"Maybe not a bad idea," his friend said. "Let's see whether we could find a way through the water world to it."
He put the mask on again and waved at Beans. "Excuse us…"
Both wanted to dive under again, but suddenly…
"Wait!" Beans screamed. "Stay here, please!"

"OUCH!" Bill yelled and his fist hit next Doc's face. "Damn! Couldn't you keep watching?!"
Doc was doing to treat one of Bill's wounds which was a little inflamed.
Doc rubbed his nose. "Sorry Bill."
Bill growled. "Why don't you have a nurse in your house? You are like a horse vet."
Doc snorted. "To avoid that someone like you give her a clap on her bottom."
Bill grinned. "Why is that wrong? I thought it is a compliment for a female to have a good looking butt."
Doc ignored his boorish behavior and paid his attention back to his opened wound.
Rango sat in front of him in his bed and looked at them with emotionless eyes. From time to time he took a look out of the window where the hot sun lighted the dry day.
"Maybe you could ask Freska to make the job," Bill continued, more to distract himself from Doc's treatment.
"Of course," Doc replied sarcastically. "And cactus juice for the patient medicine."
"Why not? Maybe you would get more clients in your hospitaAHHH!"
Doc tied together the yarns to close the wound again.

Jake chuckled mockingly when he heard Bill's screams of Doc's house.
"Idiot," he muttered and looked with watchfully eyes down the street. There was no person there. Even not a little bug. Just dust, wind and emptiness.
His eyes wandered to the town clock. It was 9.15 a.m.
"Almost one day," Jake thought. "One day and still no sign from Roscoe's gang. What are you planning? What?"
"Jake?"
He twisted around and stopped his Gatling gun in front of Beans's nose.
"What?!" he asked loudly.
"I-I- was just…" Beans shook her head after she recovered herself again. "I think I have an idea how we could find the gold under town."
Jake relaxed his face muscles in surprise and lowered his gun. "What are you talking about?"
Beans kneaded her hands. "Well, we have to go through the tunnels to take the gold, is that right?"
"Unfortunately yes."
"Well, how I said, I think I know how we could do that."
"And could you tell me how? We aren't fishes."
"I know. Because of that I think I have an idea."
Jake raised an eyebrow. "What kind of idea?"
Beans hesistated. "Uh… well… I have an idea, but… I… I'm… I was going to asked you…"
Jake growled impatiently. "Come to the point immediately! You know, I hate mumblings."
Beans took a deep breath. "Alright, I will just tell you my idea, if you give me something."
Jake caught his breath. "What are you saying?" he asked darkly. "You dare to tell me what I have to do? Are you kidding me?"
"I didn't say so," Beans said quickly. "I'm just suggesting you a change."
"A change?" Jake's voice became more threateningly. "What kind of change?"
"My idea to get the gold for him."
Jake lifted his head in disbelief. "For him?!"
Beans screamed when Jake wrapped his long body around her and began to squeeze her.
"You little wrong bitch!" he yelled. "Did you really think I would remove so easy? Who do you think you are?"
"Jake," she pleaded. "Let me speak a word before you do something for what you will be sorry. I'm ready to negotiavewith you."
"You want to negotiave with me?"
"Yes, tell me what you want and I decide to tell my idea or not. Maybe we will find a solution."
Jake loosened his grip a little. "Alright. I will just listen first. What do you want?"
Beans swallowed heavily. "You will not give him back to me, would you?" she asked hoarsely.
Jake narrowed his eyes and tighed his grip around her. "No. You gave me your word that I will not hurt him if I would bring him back to town. I kept my word and you are obliged to do the same."
"Alright. But you made the deal with him that you get the town, didn't you?"
"Yes, we did."
"In this case, give him back the town at least, and you can get me for yourself."
Jake laughed. "Are you doing a joke? I have you already."
"Yes, yes, you have. But please, let him alone. Let him have back the town. Leave the town, let him live in peace again. And you can take me wherever you want."
Jake held his breath. "Are you clear what you are saying? You really say that I should give him the town back and I get you instead without objections?"
"If you don't want to leave the place without ultimatum, in this case, yes."
Jake giggled and looked at her with admiration. "Mmmmh, very brave for a little lizard like you. But what's the sense? If I would agree, you would never see your ex lover again. Now you still have the chance to see him time after time."
"That's the reason," Beans said. "I can't see his pain for the rest of my life."
Jake smiled mockingly. "How touching."
Beans swallowed again. "Jake. You made the deal with Rango. You saved him and you got the town for this. We made the deal that you would not hurt him or someone else if I never come together with him. Here is my new suggestion. My idea for his freedom."
Jake looked at her thoughtfully, while Beans continued. "Just leave him, let him rule a town again. That's my suggestion."
Jake thought a while. He didn't like the thought to let the chameleon come away, but at least, he would never see his girlfriend again. And if they will never get the gold outside, the danger would be still high that Roscoe would attack the town. If the gold would be somewhere else, the town would be in safe.
"Mmmmmh," Jake sounded. "Are you really sure you could imagine to live with me miles away from here without his face in your near?"
"If you give him back the town, yes."
"So, if it is all over…" He leaned forward and rested his chin on her shoulder gently. "I know a nice place where we could live together, for a loooong time. Only me and you. What are you thinking about that?"
"I would agree," she answered with firmly voice.
Jake smiled evilly. "If you agree, I agree, too. Is that a deal or no deal? Think about your answer!"
He looked into her eyes seriously.
Few seconds passed until Beans moved her lips. "I agree."
Jake raised his eyebrows. "You made your deal."
He smiled and looked at her curiously. "So, what's your little plan?"