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10-02-2006, 03:10 PM
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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Through Her Eyes

Oy! I couldn't think up a title, okay? I know I suck at this...anyways, I decided to put my Fanfiction up. Please don't hurt me. I know it's not good...
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In the distant future, Oddworld was part of Earth, all of its inhabitants living in weak peace with the humans. Creatures of the second continent of Oddworld were discriminated and pitied by the superiority of the humans, their pride clouding their judgment.

Not only was the hate of the Oddworld inhabitants growing greater at the humans, but also the humans grew too inferior among them. The only thing to uncloud their judgment of them was one word: rebellion.

The Oddworld inhabitants one day began to viciously attack the humans, beginning the reincarnation of the civil war that happened many centuries ago.

The war lasted for two hundred years, with an unsteady amount of humans remaining on Oddworld. One girl that remained was Alex, whom was traveling alone in the Oddworld desert, and brutally beaten by scouting outlaws.

Bounty heads on humans were scarce on Oddworld, the human survivors' numbers winding down to near-extinction; therefore, the price on their heads was growing larger and larger. Humans had to hide in order to survive, but something about this girl was odd, she wasn’t hiding with any humans or traveling with them.

She was no older than seventeen, five-foot-four, black hair with soft blue eyes and a scar across her cheek. She had bruises and scars all over her body, but she walked on through the Oddworld dessert. That’s where we begin the tale.

Alex groaned as she walked through the hot dessert. She stumbled forward and fell face first into the sand. “Oh, by all the…” She muttered as she stood up and spit some sand out of her mouth. “Why now?”

“Human!” A voice yelled.

“Huh? Oh, crap. Wolvarks!” Alex growled as she started to run.

“Get it!” The Wolvarks’ voices growled, “Don’t kill it, but grab it! Sekto wants them alive!”

Alex hissed, “Sekto. 'Course. Should-a known it was him.”

She ran from the Wolvarks until a bullet went through her side. She hissed in pain and fell to the ground. Alex groaned and tried to stand up, but she was weak and fell to the ground. “Oh, well, had a crappy life. If this is how it’s gonna end, then I wanna quick.” She muttered.

“Got it!” A Wolvark yelled. “What?”

Alex heard jingling behind her and the Wolvarks growled, but no shots were fired. A man’s voice growled, “Is that how ya’s treats a lady?” He asked in a thick, southern accent.

“It’s just a human!” A brave Wolvark yelled.

“She’s a lady, ya piece of filth. Go back to yer Master an’ do his biddin', but leave the human alone. She’s mine.” The male voice growled, “Or yer’ll answer to me.”

The Wolvark’s opened fire, but soon the shots were silenced. The man’s voice said smugly, “Tolds y’all. An' ya did have teh answer teh me.”

Alex groaned as she struggled to stand up. Her vision impaired, but she could hear the sound of heavy boots walking over to her. She held her side and stood up strait. “Who are ya?” She asked before swaying forward.

Two muscular arms caught her and picked her up, “Easy der, kid. I’s gotcha.”

“Let me go.” Alex struggled weakly, her strength was leaving her and quickly.

The man smiled and shook his head. “Nu-huh, kid. You’s needs teh heal.” He laughed, “Now jus' calm down. I ain’t gonna hurts ya. I promise.”

“Yeah. I’ve heard that ‘fore.” Alex muttered weakly before losing consciousness.

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There we go. short, I know, but it'll get longer...promise...*Hides behind flame shield* Don't hurt me! It's my first Oddworld Fanfiction.
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10-03-2006, 05:24 AM
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Wow! that's really good! the way you put the character's dialogue in there was marvoulous! can't wait to hear more!
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10-03-2006, 06:52 AM
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That was excellent in my book, too. I always imagined a world with
a mix between Oddworld, Earth and a whole lot of other places all
rolled into a planet where they have to fight to survive and thrive.
Naturally I have a name for that planet, "Altearth" or "Alternate Earth.

Great Job, Stranger's Girl.
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10-03-2006, 12:40 PM
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Wow! Great story, Stranger's girl!
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My rating: 42/10
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10-04-2006, 04:55 AM
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Wow. Thank guys. I'll have the nex' chapter up soon. Promise. ^^
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Cool!

PS: Slightly off topic, but great avatar! Kimahri FTW!
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10-04-2006, 09:12 AM
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That sounds great! Don't hesitate to give us the next chapter.
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10-04-2006, 01:18 PM
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Newest Chapter

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Cool!

PS: Slightly off topic, but great avatar! Kimahri FTW!
Hehehe. Thanks. ^^ Anyways, here's the newest Chap! ^^

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Alex groaned as her eyes fluttered open. She sat up and felt something tied against her side. She looked and saw a small pond in front of her with tress surrounding it and the worst sound coming high up from one of their branches. She was in some sort of oasis. “Hello?” Alex called weakly as she stood up.

Alex cried out in pain and fell backwards, landing hard on a tree. “Perfect. Just perfect.” She muttered, “Hello? Anyone here?”

Alex looked up in the branches of the trees and there he was: the thing that had saved her. He was laying on one of the thickest tree branches, dozed off in a heavy sleep. He snored louder than fifteen chainsaws against a metal pipe, and his mouth drawn wide open, taking in deep breaths with his snores. His limbs hung over the branches, one arm dangling while the other placed upon his chest in a small curled fist.

She smiled. Alex walked over to the tree and looked up at the thing that had saved her. It was snoring so loudly that Alex had to laugh. She touched her side where the dagger was and then sighed, it was still there.

Alex turned and started to walk away from the oasis when a voice stopped her. “'Bout time ya woke up. Been waiting forever.”

Alex turned to the voice and saw that thing then that was sleeping a few seconds earlier was awake and standing behind her. As she turned to face it, she looked it over carefully, wondering if she even stood a chance of out running or fighting it.

The thing was much larger than her; its body was covered in wiry light-brown fur. Its face was darkened from the shadow of its broad scraggly hat, ringed with small, red darts left unused. Two, brown, triangular ears poked out from the hat. Over its body was a worn out and obviously many times repaired patchy poncho over a jade-green over-shirt. It also wore stitched tan tights over its mascularate legs, and heavy brown tattered cowboy boots that jangled each time the thing took a step.

Its beautiful eyes were the catchiest of all; two brightly lit neon-green eyes illuminated from the shadow of its face, staring down at the frightened human. It was a creature Alex had never seen before.

Alex swallowed and took a step back. “Who-What are you?” She asked, reaching for the knife attached to her side.

The thing smiled. “Folks call me Stranger. Who 're you, 'uman?”

“My-My name’s Alex.” Alex muttered, taking a step back. She was frightened, but this thing had saved her life. Then again, he did too, but that didn’t stop Alex from running away.

“Pleased teh meetcha.” Stranger said, grinning. “Yer lucky I came by otherwise-”

“I’d be sitting in a cage in Sekto’s dam. I know, believe me, I know.” Alex finally managed to tear her eyes away from Stranger’s neon eyes. “So, uh, why’d ya help me…Stranger?”

“Ya needed it.”

“Well, yeah, but-”

“But nothin', kid. Ya needed help an' I gave it teh ya, got it?”

Alex nodded, “Yeah. But why-”

Stranger held his hand up, telling her to shush. His ears twitched and his lips curled into a grin. “Sounds like we got company.” He turned to Alex, “Can ya fight?”

Alex smiled and licked her teeth. “Do Steef have horns?”

Stranger flinched slightly, but unlocked the crossbow on his arm. He loaded it with wasp-looking things-Alex knew that they were Stingbees-and spider-looking things on the other.

Bolamites. Alex thought as she pulled the dagger out of its sheath that was attached to her side. He uses live ammo. Literally. Weird.

Stranger looked at Alex and then smiled. He mouthed the sentence: outlaws, be careful, kid. He then looked back into the dessert, watching and waiting for his prey.

Alex nodded and pulled the knife out of her belt. She listened carefully for any movements just like her father had taught her. She held the knife at ready when a hand grabbed her throat. Alex made a noise.

Stranger turned around and saw an Outlaw Shooter had its hand around Alex’s neck. He let out a growl and lifted his crossbow, but didn’t fire. His bright green eyes glanced at Alex and then at the outlaw once before dropping his hand.

“I…can’t believe you.” Alex managed to groan.

Stranger saw a grin appear on Alex’s lips and he became confused but he watched what she was going to do. And he didn’t have to wait long.

Alex twisted the knife in her hand and then plunged it deep into the outlaw’s gut. She wiggled free from it and then pulled out her knife and wiped the blood off on her shirt. As the outlaw died, Alex put her dagger away and turned to Stranger. “Was that the only one or d’ya know if there are more?” She asked, folding her arms over her chest.

Stranger smiled. His ears twitched once and then he shook his head. “Naw. There ain’t no more outlaws close by. This one must’ve seen ya an' thought he’d be set with enough moolah teh last 'im.”

Alex shrugged. “Works fer me. I wonder how he found us…must-a been yer snoring. Yer loud enough to wake the dead!” She laughed quietly.

“I’m a light sleeper, kid. I don’t snore.”

“That’s what you think.” Alex paused, “Well, thanks.” She said after a minute.

Alex turned to leave when Stranger put his hand on Alex’s shoulder. She flinched, but Stranger didn’t know why. He hadn’t tried to harm her once. “Now where d’ya think yer goin'?” He asked.

“Away. Here. There. Wherever. I don’t know. I’m tryin' to survive, Stranger; I don’t need to be making friends. Don’t want 'em, don’t need 'em.” Alex spoke quietly, but firmly.

“Now, hold on. D'ya really think it’s smart fer ya teh be travlin' on yer own? With all the bounties on yer head, it’s dangerous. Not teh mention stupid.”

“Thanks fer the news flash there, Mr. Obvious. I’ve know travelin' was dangerous since before I could talk. Now, as I said before, I’m goin'. Goodbye an' thanks fer the rescue.”

“Yer comin' with me, kid.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, I ain’t goin' with ya. Steefs gotta hunt, bounty hunters gotta bounty and humans gotta run an' hide. That’s how it’s been for years. Before my grandparents were born. An' who are you to tell me to come with you?”

“I’m a bounty hunter. As you said, we gotta bounty and, well, it wouldn’t look good if I let a bounty go…”

Alex’s eyes narrowed. “Should-a known.” Was all she said before dropping to the ground. Her leg flew out and tripped Stranger where he stood.

She laughed once before standing up strait and running as fast as her human legs could carry her. Alex heard Stranger grunt from behind her and footsteps and the sound of his boots jingling from behind her, chasing her.

Alex was the fastest prey Stranger had ever chased before, but that didn’t mean she was going to get away. Stranger started running on all fours and soon caught up with the human. He grunted once and then ran into Alex.

The pair tripped over each other and then rolled down a hill. Once they reached the bottom, Alex got out from under Stranger and started to claw the ground, trying to regain her footing so she could run again when a hand grabbed her shirt and pulled her to her feet.

“Now, hold on there ‘fore ya start runnin' 'way from me 'gain.” Stranger said, holding onto Alex’s shirt, “I didn’t say I was gonna turn ya in fer yer bounty, did I?”

“What else could ya have meant?”

Stranger smiled.
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Thar you go! ^^
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That chapter was just as fantastic as the last!
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wow! good job! the dialogue still impresses me!
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Nice. Nice timing too, cutting off each chapter just at the right point.
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Great job, Stranger's Girl. The story base made sense and you made
sure not to leave out all the details. In other words, you could make
a great writer around here. Don't stop any time soon.

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cutting off each chapter just at the right point.
That only adds to the dramatic effect.
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A Town, A Bounty, A Fuzzle

Damn. I've been writin' a lot lately...finished this chap yesterday, but was too damn lazy to put it up. Anyways...here we go! ^^

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A Town, A Bounty, and A Fuzzle

Stranger let go of Alex’s shirt and the human glared at him. He simply smiled back and motioned for her to follow him. “Come on, kid. We’re goin’ bounty huntin’. And yer comin’ wit’ me.”
“With you?” Alex blinked. “Ya mean…”

“Yer gonna be a hunter wit’ me.” Stranger finished. “Firs’ stop’s Gizzard Gulch.”

Alex nodded and hurried to catch up with the furry man. She looked up at his face and then at the road in front of them. The young human sighed and wrapped her arms around herself. “So…what are we goin’ to do in Gizzard Gulch?” She asked, hoping to get a conversation started.

“I gots lots ta do in that town…” Stranger held up his hand and started to count things off on his fingers, “Turn in Blisterz Booty, check up on the Doc, then check the bounty store fer any new bounties.” He said, looking at the sun.

“Two questions, Stranger.” Alex said softly.

“Hmm?”

“Who’s Blisterz Booty and why do ya have ta see a doc?”

“Blisterz is a bad ass outlaw that was poachin’ near the Mongo Wilds.” Stranger answered. He fell silent.

“Uh, Stranger, what about-”

“He wasn’t worth the trouble, but every lil’ cent counts.” Stranger said, interrupting her.

Alex opened her mouth, but fell silent. She figured if he wasn’t going to tell her, why bother? She let out a sigh and suddenly found the bandages on her wrists very interesting.

Stranger noticed the girl looking at her wrists and he saw bandages around them. They were dirty and had patches of dried blood on them, but they were done in a professional matter. “’Ey…what happened?” He asked, looking at the bandages.

“The war happened.” Alex answered, hiding her wrists. She looked at Stranger. “The war that’s been going on since before I was born.”

“The war ‘tween the races.” Stranger growled.

“Exactly.”

“My entire family died because of that war…everyone I ever loved…everyone I ever cared about…dead…” Alex said softly, looking at her hands. She sighed and looked up ahead. “How much longer, Stranger?”

“’S a long walk, kid. Might be a while.”

Alex nodded. She looked up ahead and sighed. “Earth. Now it’s Oddworld. Heh. Everything changes…I guess even the way this planet was changed…” She smiled slightly.

Stranger didn’t answer as he looked up ahead. He just blinked and sighed.

“Stranger?”

“What, kid?”

“Can we stop? I have to get something.”

“Whatcha mean?”

“Wait here.”

Alex ran away from him and into an abandoned building. After a few moments of loud crashing and cursing (the curses coming from Alex) said human walked out of the building, a hand-made pack on her back. She ran over to Stranger and looked up at him. “Alright, we can go now.” Alex smiled softly. “Jus’ needed to get my stuff.”

Stranger nodded and growled a soft growl before leading the human towards Gizzard Gulch.

About an hour later, they were out of the desert and into a town. Stranger’s crossbow was taken and saw was Alex’s knife. Said human looked around and saw they were in Gizzard Gulch. She flinched slightly at the way the Clakkerz looked at her, but no one said anything or tried to touch her. One did, but was soon thrown across the street by Stranger, who just gave Alex a reassuring smile.

“Thanks, Fuzz Face.” Alex smiled at Stranger as she relaxed her hand, which was near the dagger in the sheath on her belt. She looked up as Stranger led them towards the jail. Hanging over the top of the jail’s door was a sign that said “We Recuperate Bad Eggs.” Alex snickered, “Bad pun.”

Stranger chuckled a little. He opened the door and let Alex walk in first before he followed her in. He walked over to a cell and threw Blisterz, who had a rather large size lump on his head, into the jail cell then slammed it shut. Alex laughed as the outlaw muttered, “Aw this sucks!”

The outlaw glared at the human, “What are you laughin’ at, human? Why don’t I come over there and-” But before he could finish, Stranger roared loudly and Blisterz shrank back.

Stranger huffed proudly and then walked over to the Clakker that was working behind the desk. He placed the wanted poster down and the Clakker stamped it. “Eh, nice goin’, Stranger, now go get yer moolah over at the bounty store, eh?”

Stranger took the poster and nodded. He looked at Blisterz, who was complaining, and scoffed, smiling a little. Alex rolled her eyes, “He wouldn’t last a day as a human.” The girl muttered, walking away. Stranger followed and, just as he was about to open the door for her, she walked out of the store.

The bounty hunter walked out and next to her. He looked at the sky. “The Doc’s place is next, kid. Let’s go.”

“After you.”

Stranger snorted a little, but smiled, and walked across the street to a large building. Just above the doors, a sign read “DOC SURGEON’S OFFICE: Where we have all your surgical needs!” and a pictured of a large-headed, purple colored creature with four arms and a pair of glasses was holding a rusty, surgical knife over the words. Alex winced at the creature, but Stranger walked over to the doors. He tried to open them, but realized they were locked. The bounty hunter sighed and shook his head. “He ain’t here righ’ now. Guess we should go grab us a couple bounties.”

“Yeah…” Alex nodded. She looked at Stranger. “Which would be where?”

Stranger gave Alex a look and then pointed up. The girl turned and saw an orange sign that read “Bounty Store”. She laughed a little and Stranger shook his head. “C’mon, kiddo.”

“I’m comin’, I’m comin’.” Alex muttered as they walked across the street to the bounty store.

Stranger opened the swinging doors and waited until Alex had walked in like he did last time before walking in himself.

As they entered, the bounty store clerked whistled, “Dang, Stranger, you got yerself a ‘uman. I take itcha want yer bounty now?”

Alex looked at Stranger, nervous.

Stranger looked at the clerk and then shook his head, surprising the clerk and relaxing Alex’s nerves a little. Stranger just slapped a wanted poster on the desk and then spat in another direction. His neon eyes burned into the Clakker’s soul. “I only want his bounty. The ‘uman’s mine, got it?”

The clerk nodded slowly and got out the Stranger’s moolah. He laid it on the counter and then stole a glance at Alex. “We got some bounties here, come take a look!”

“Yeah, I will. When does Doc get back in? I need him to fix a little problem.” Stranger muttered, scratching his leg.

“Said he’d be back soon teh check on ya. But in the meantime, come look at my bounty list.”

Stranger and Alex walked to the counter. Stranger leaned forward as the clerk pulled out a poster. The clerk smiled, “Filthy-Hands Floyd is up for takes. He’s up near them wagon trains, harassing the locals.” He said as he gave Stranger the poster.

“I see…” Stranger muttered, stroking his beard. He showed Alex the poster and she stuck out her tongue, grimacing.

“Well,” Alex muttered, “I know one thing fer sure. He sure as hell wasn’t no beauty queen.”

It was true; Floyd was one ugly son of a gun. Slung over his shoulder, was what looked like a grenade launcher. He looked a little tough, but Alex just shrugged. “You want ‘im?”

Stranger looked at the clerk, “I’ll take ‘im.”

The clerk nodded and looked at them. “He’ll be up in Dead Hen’s Past. G’luck.”

Stranger snorted, but Alex bowed her head slightly. “Thank you.” She said softly before hurrying after her guardian.

The clerk Clakker blinked. He watched the two leave and then bit his lip. “Maybe all ‘umans ain’t so bad after all…” He muttered, watching Alex stick close to Stranger’s side.

The two bounty hunters headed past the Doc’s office again and down a long, strait road until they reached a gate with a sign that said “Head West to DEAD HEN’S PAST.” A Clakker saw the two and smiled a little before turning to the Clakker over the gate, “Hey! Let these two out so that Stranger ‘ere can go bag us some more of those scumbag outlaws!”

“Uh…okay?” The second Clakker, Charlie, said before retreating into his office. A moment later, the gate swung open and Stranger and Alex walked out. The first Clakker ran over to Stranger.

“Wait! Ya forgot yer weapons!” It said, holding out Stranger’s crossbow and Alex’s knife.

Alex’s eyes flashed greedily and she snatched her knife away, sheathing it quickly. The human got stares from both the Clakker and Stranger, but snarled. Stranger shrugged and took his crossbow. He snapped it on and then smiled. “Thank ya.”

“Here’s some ammo, too. Jus’ in case ya need it out there.” The Clakker smiled.

Stranger nodded. He tipped his hat and put the ammo away. “Thank ya again. Let’s go, Kid.”

“Comin’.” Alex said, hurrying over to Stranger’s side. She looked at his bag as two bright red eyes looked at her. She blinked. “Uh…”

The eyes narrowed and jumped out of the bag. Alex oofed as she was tackled to the ground by a furball. The human froze when she saw what had her and was now sniffing her. “Fuzzle…Stranger…”

Stranger turned. He saw one of his fuzzles sniffing the human girl and swallowed. “Jus’ don’t move. He’ll leave ya ‘lone once he realizes thatcha ain’t gonna hurt him…”

The Fuzzle sniffed Alex and then rested on her chest. He purred slightly and nudged her face gently. Alex’s eyes widened. She stood up and held the Fuzzle in her arms. “Uh…Stranger?”

Stranger blinked. He laughed. “He likes ya!”

Alex smiled softly, “Can I keep him? Please.” She asked, looking at the bounty hunter.

Stranger blinked again, surprised. “Now ‘old on, I migh’ need ‘im.”

“Please.”

The bounty hunter looked at the skinny human in front of him and growled. Damn him for being so nice all the time. “He seems ta like ya lot. You a cat person?”

“Heh. I had one…how’d ya know?”

“I don’t. He does. Fuzzles are a lot like cats. Eat like ‘em too. That’s why I get rid of ‘em quick.”

Alex looked at the Fuzzle in her hands and Stranger sighed. “Alright, I always run out, one Fuzzle ain’t gonna make a difference.”

“Thanks, Stranger.” Alex smiled. She put the Fuzzle on her shoulder. “Chomp.”

The Fuzzle purred.

“Seems he likes his name, kid.” Stranger chuckled.

“Seems so.” Alex smiled as they walked towards Dead Hen’s Past.
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well? What d'ya guys think? Alex has a pet...and it's not Stranger! XD Jus' kiddin' 'bout that las' part...anyways...
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Excellence!!! ^_^
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another great chapter! I read it this morning, but didn't have time to post a reply! Exellent job with it!
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Wow...You've left me speechless.
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Wow...You've left me speechless.
That's good...right?
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Should be. heh heh heh. But really! Great job!
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10-06-2006, 03:23 PM
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That's good...right?

Yes! Of course it's good! Theres nothing bad I could say about this story!
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10-06-2006, 04:00 PM
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Yes! Of course it's good! Theres nothing bad I could say about this story!

yay! Thankies! ^^ I was worried I didn't do a good job on this chap. Plus...making it where a Fuzzle is a pet...*Huggles Fuzzle* But I couldn't resist...so cute...!
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10-06-2006, 04:07 PM
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untill they bite your head off... then they are half-way cute. *inches slowly away from Fuzzle.*
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10-08-2006, 06:09 AM
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Filthy Hands Floyd

XD Anyways, here's the good thing about having a Fuzzle as a pet!

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Once they reached a tunnel, Stranger looked at Alex and grinned, “I’m getting' bored. ‘Old on, kid.”

“Wha-?” Alex blinked, but soon got her answer. Stranger threw the young human on his back and started to run. In a minute, he was running on all fours and Alex laughed as she sat on his back like she was riding a horse. “So this is whatcha meant!”

Stranger only smiled back. He exited the tunnel and took a sharp turn to the right, which made Alex grab onto his poncho tight. The bounty hunter snickered a little as he felt the human’s grip tighten and then continued to run forwards. The path became a canyon-like place, with cliffs blocking the two into the path, making it where they could only follow it or turn back. There was no other choice. Stranger smiled and skidded to a stop, making Alex fly off his back. He stood up, brushed himself off an then smiled at the human. “You okay, kiddo?”

Alex stood up and dusted herself off. She looked at her friend and huffed as Chomp climbed out of her pack, annoyed. “Yes, I’m fine. Let’s keep goin’.” She growled.

Stranger chuckled and kept walking. Alex hurried next to him and Chomp went back into the bag. The path took a turn and they walked into a large patch of reeds. Both of the hunters stuck their heads out of hiding and saw two Outlaw Minions standing under a very large boulder that was held up by a crane. Alex blinked. “Idiots!”

“Hmm?”

“They’re idiots. Look.” Alex pointed to the crane and the boulder. “They’re jus’ standin’ there. Stranger, stupid people amaze me.”

“Me too, kiddo, me too.” Stranger chuckled. He pulled out his crossbow. “Kill ‘em or take ‘em in alive…” He wondered.

“Hmm…” Alex folded her arms. “I get one an’ you get the other?” She asked, smiling.

Stranger chuckled again. He ruffled Alex’s short hair gently and then looked at the minions. Said outlaws were a mixture of huge lizards and a lot of ugliness. They had on navy-blue shirts with torn olive green pants. They had narrow faces and humped backs and carried two guns slung over their shoulders. Stranger looked at Alex. “I get the one on the left, kid.” He grinned.

“An’ I get the one on the right.” Alex smiled back. She pulled out her knife. “Ready?”

Stranger snickered and pulled out his crossbow. He loaded it with a Chippunk and a Bolamite and then fired the squirrel-like animal away from the outlaws. “Watch an’ learn, kid.” He grinned.

An outlaw groaned, “Go check that out, Slim.”

“Me? What about you, Bo?” Slim blinked.

“Jus’ do it!” Bo snapped.

“Fine.” Slim growled. He walked right by the reeds to where the Chippunk was behind the two bounty hunters. “Found ya, ya no good…” He growled, stomping at the animal.

Alex blinked as the Chippunk continued to yell out insults and dodge the minion’s feet. Stranger grinned and fired at Bolamite at the outlaw. Said spider creature wrapped its webbing around Slim and gagged him as well. Stranger walked out of the reeds, over to the struggling outlaw and pulled out his vacuum. The bounty hunter sucked the struggling outlaw up and then turned to Alex. “Yer turn, kiddo.”

“Finally.” Alex stuck out her tongue. She looked at the last outlaw, Bo, and took a deep breath. “For all the slaggin’ times I’ve nearly been killed…” She whispered before walking into view. “Hey! Bo! Yer partner was a no good saurian!”

“What?” Bo turned and smiled. “Well, well, a ‘uman.” He cracked his knuckles, “Finally, I can have some fun.”

“Not on your life, chuckles.” Alex snarled. She leapt at the outlaw, knife at the ready, and slashed at him.

Bo let out a cry as the knife slashed his arm. He glared at Alex. “You’ll pay for that one, ‘uman!” Alex simply smiled. Bo snarled and got his gun ready when a furball attacked his face. The outlaw let out another cry and tried to fight it. “Get it off! Get it off!” He yelled.

“Chomp! Stop!” Alex yelled, afraid for her pet.

The Fuzzle simply snarled and bit into the outlaw’s face ever harder. It wasn’t until Alex had stabbed the outlaw in the back, making him fall down, dead, that Chomp let go of Bo and jumped onto Alex’s shoulder, his chest puffed out in pride. He nuzzled the human’s worried face.

Alex sighed and petted the Fuzzle. “Next time, don’t help me.”

Stranger chuckled as he bountied the outlaw. He looked at Alex and Chomp and smiled. “Seems like the Fuzzle’ll do anythin’ ta protect ya.”

“Seems like it.” Alex muttered as Chomp slid into her pack.

“C’mon, kid, the wagon trains ‘r’ close by. This is the route that’ll take us ta ‘em.” Stranger said before he started to run.

Alex rolled her eyes and ran after the bounty hunter after she slid her knife back into its sheath. She caught up with Stranger, who wasn’t running as fast as he could, and the two took a turn to the right. In front of them, stood an abandoned warehouse with Bolamites crawling on the ground and on the hill across from it, stood a charred mill that was barely left standing. A gate was open in front of the two and they ran through it up a hill. Right when they reached the top, the two hunters ran into another reed patch with more outlaws in front of them.

These outlaws were different, however, they had red, tattered shirts with green shirts and, on their knuckles, they had shedder-looking things. Instead of green/yellow colored skin, they had orange colored skin and a small jaw with sharp teeth. Each minion stood around a large, arched opening that had dynamite shoved in front and to the side of the arch that were connected to a fuse box.

One looked at the other two and yelled, “We’re all set! I hear the trains-a comin’!”

Alex looked at Stranger, who held a finger to his lips, indicating silence. The human nodded and looked back at the show as the head minion yelled, “Good! ‘Cause here they come! Get into position!”

The other two scattered as the sound of engines hit Alex and Stranger’s ears. The head minion looked at the other two minions, who were by the fuse box. “Hold it! Hold it…hold it…” He said to himself quite loudly. The head minion smiled, “NOW!” He said, eyes flashing an evil color.

The other two minions smiled and slammed the handle down. A moment later, the dynamite exploded, causing the rock archway to collapse, thus creating a barrier so the wagon train couldn’t get through. The minions stayed still for a minute and then cheered loudly. “DAMN!” One shouted, cackling.

“OK! Guard the area! Make sure no one gets to these trains!” The leader growled.

The two other minions rolled their eyes, but started to walk around, following their boss’s orders. Alex and Stranger looked at each other. They looked at the minions and then at each other again, smiling. “You git a Shredder, I wan’ the other two.”

“Deal.” Alex nodded. She pulled out her knife and then looked at a Shredder, her eyes flashing with a plan. “Can ya take out the other two first?”

“Thought ya’d never as’.” Stranger grinned. He loaded his crossbow with another Chippunk who started to talk.

“’Ey, fuzz face, what’s goin’ on? Huh? We gonna go for a ride?” It yelled. “Ooh, pretty girl. ‘Ey, you think once you ditch this guy you can-”

“Shoot him.” Alex snarled.

Stranger chuckled and fired the Chippunk into the reeds across from him. The bounty hunter smiled as a minion growled and trudged over to said patch of large grass. “What’s that sound?” He snarled, walking into the reeds. “Why you! GRR!”

Stranger smiled and aimed the Bolamite. He fired into the reeds and the minion’s muffled cries were heard. Stranger ran across the pathway into the reeds, however, he did not go unnoticed. The head minion saw Stranger and snarled. “Stud!” He growled, throwing his shredder. A grunt was heard and the reeds shook some.

“Stranger!” Alex yelled from the reeds. She yelped and covered her mouth as the minions turned to her.

“There’s someone in there!” Stud growled, “Boss, I’ll get ‘em, you get the bounty hunter!”

The head minion smiled and walked into the reeds where Stranger was. Stud, on the other hand, walked over to the reed patch where Alex was. He pulled out his shedders and started to slice them down when he hit something…metal? Stud looked up and saw Alex glaring at him, her face had an unreadable, dark look on it. “Human.” Stud snarled.

“Minion.” Alex snarled back. She grunted and kicked the minion back. “Stay away from me unless you want to die! The last one that attacked me did.”

“Heh! Empty, human threats! Y’all think yer so-UGH!” Stud stumbled back as Alex’s knife, which the human had thrown, stabbed him in the stomach. He snarled and ripped it out of his gut. “Ya think that’ll stop me?”

Alex pulled her pack off her back and reached into it. She snarled and pulled out two smaller knives. “Maybe! Maybe…NOT!” She yelled, throwing them.

Stud let out a gurgle as the knives stabbed him in the throat. He looked at Alex and then fell back. Said human panted and fell to her knees. “I…actually killed someone that didn’t…”

“Git up, kid.”

“Huh?” Alex looked up and saw that the outlaw was gone. Stranger was looking at her with his bright neon eyes. He offered her his hand.

“Le’s go. We’s got more outlaws ta track down.”

Alex nodded and took the bounty hunter’s hand. That’s when she saw the slash on Stranger’s side that was bleeding. “You’re bleeding!” She said, pointing out the obvious.

“Yeah, so?” Stranger asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Lemme help. I can bandage that.”

“No, I’m fine.”

“Stranger, let me take a look. That could get infected.” Alex said, folding her arms.

Stranger growled.

“Stranger, they’ll be there in five minutes, okay? Jus’ let me take a look, please.”

Stranger snarled, but nodded. Alex smiled and walked over to the bounty hunter. She moved his poncho and lifted his shirt. The human hissed through her teeth. “Damn! They gotcha good.” Alex shook her head. She took her pack off and dug in it for a minute. “Hold still. This’ll hurt jus’ a little.”

“Make it quick.” Stranger snarled.

“Oh shut up, fuzz face!” Alex growled before pulling out some bandages. The girl wrapped the wound a couple times and then cut the bandages with her teeth. She tied it tightly and then stood up, putting the pack away. “There. See, that took, what, two minutes?”

“Too long.”

Alex scoffed and walked over to where her knives had fallen. She wiped the blood off the smaller ones with her hand and tucked them into her pack. She then grabbed her larger dagger and placed it into its sheath. “Stranger?” Alex turned and looked around. “Where the hell did you go?”

“Up here!”

Alex looked up and saw Stranger looking down at her from a platform. He smiled a little. “Ya comin’ er not?”

“I’m comin’, fuzz face!” Alex smiled. She ran over to a rope that was hanging from the platform and grunted, jumping a good ways up, before grabbing on. She climbed up and was about to grab the platform when she slipped. But before she could fall too far, Stranger grabbed her wrist and pulled her up onto the platform. “Thanks, Strange.”

Stranger snorted at the nickname and then stood up as Alex did. He motioned for the girl to follow him over to the end of the platform. Stranger looked at the human and then jumped down, landing on his feet. Alex bit her lip and jumped off, yelling “Kimchi!” Stranger rolled his eyes and caught the human. He put her down. “Kimchi?”

“It’s a spicy human food. Good too.” Alex grinned a goofy grin.

Stranger sighed and shook his head. He and Alex walked over and saw the wagon train and it’s Clakker workers getting attacked by outlaw minions. The two snarled at the same time. They looked at each other and then at the outlaws. “There.” Stranger growled, pointing to yet another patch of reeds.

Alex grinned. “You do that.”

“What?”

“Never mind.” Alex sighed. “I’m coming with you, I guess…”

“Good.” Stranger grabbed the human and then jumped down onto the ground. He carried her over to the reed patch and put her down. “Now…let’s-”

Alex ran out of the back of the reeds and stabbed a lone outlaw in the back, sending him to the ground. She huffed and then turned to Stranger. Said bounty hunter walked over and bountied the outlaw. “Ya gotta stop that. We needs ta think.”

“Hmph. Fine. Ignore the fact that…” Alex paused. “Stranger?”

“Yeah?”

“Run.” Alex said before running to the left.

Stranger heard a gun being fired and ran after the human. He grabbed her around the waist and, tucking her under one arm, ran into the abandoned farmhouse. He climbed up the rope and waited for the minions to forget about him. Stranger glared at the human as he put her down. “Now they-”

“Know we’re here, I know, Strange.”

“Don’t call me that.”

“Bite me.” Alex growled. She looked down. “Idea! Listen. Fire a Chippunk. Lead them in here one by one and then trap him.” She looked at Stranger and the bounty hunter looked at her, “See? I’m not all rash actions.”

Stranger rolled his eyes and loaded another Chippunk. He growled at the critter and fire it in the center of the farmhouse as Alex sat down and hung her legs over the edge of the platform, waiting. She didn’t have to wait long, though, soon, a Shredder minion walked into the house and growled. It stomped on the rodent, but was quickly knocked out when Stranger shot it with a Zapfly. Said bounty hunter dropped off the platform and used the vacuum attached to his arm to suck up the outlaw before he climbed back up next to Alex. They repeated this process about four times before no more outlaws were in the Chippunk’s annoying voice’s range. Stranger jumped down and looked up at Alex. “C’mon, I’ll catch ya!”

Alex jumped off the platform and grabbed the rope. She slid down next to Stranger and then looked at him. “Well? We gonna go bounty up some outlaws or not?”

Stranger smirked and walked out of the farmhouse, Alex close behind. He walked over to a trailer and peeked behind it. “A shooter and a shredder. Which one ya want, kid?”

“Shooter.” Alex said, pulled out a knife. “Even though I’m a melee type girl, I might as well learn ta fight shooters.”

Stranger chuckled and fired another Chippunk away from the group. The Shredder growled and ran over to the Chippunk while Stranger followed him. Alex snarled and held one of her smaller knives in between two of her fingers. “Hey! Ugly!” The human yelled.

That got the shooter’s attention. He looked and watched Alex come out of hiding from behind a trailer. The shooter smiled. “Well, well, a human. Hey there, you purty thing.”

Alex snarled and spat to her left. “Wanna try that again, ugly?”

“Ya heard me, ‘uman.” The shooter smiled, walking over to Alex, thinking she was no threat, “I said ‘hey there, you purty thing’.”

“That’s what I thought.” Alex growled. She threw the knife in her hand at the shooter, catching it by surprise. The human smiled as he fell to the ground, dead. “Never call me that like I’m some kind of pet!”

Meanwhile, Stranger was dealing with the Shredder. The bounty hunter snuck up behind the outlaw minion and aimed. He fired a Bolamite at the Shredder and then walked over to the struggling outlaw. Stranger was just about to bounty him up when the Shredder cut the webbing and lunged at him. The bounty hunter dodged and kicked him in the back. “Heh. Ya got out of it. I’ll give ya that, butcha won’t get away!”

“I’ll kill you!” The Shredder snarled.

Stranger smiled and laughed. He fired at the Shredder with a skunk looking creature and vacuumed him up as the outlaw was puking. “Kiddo!”

“Yo!” Alex yelled as she walking into view, dragging the dead outlaw. “Gotcha one!”

Stranger looked at the outlaw and saw one of Alex’s throwing knives sticking out of his head. The bounty hunter smiled and vacuumed it up. “Well, that’s all of ‘em.”

“Where’s Floyd?”

“Exactly wha’ I was thinkin’, kid.” Stranger sighed as they walked towards the middle of the wagon trains.

A trailer’s doors opened to a cautious Clakker peeking out of its home. It noticed the bounty hunter walking up to its trailer, then waddled out dauntlessly. "Whew! Glad you two showed up! I thought we were goners!" It yelled.

Stranger nodded to the overwhelmed feather-head and Alex smiled a little. "'Ey, that's true. The outlaws seemed to have, blocked the way, to town,” Stranger sighed.

"Yeah, those stinky bastards got us good this time! Hmm…well, I think there's a mine shat that'll get us to town.”

“You do?”

“Yeah, hang on.” The Clakker answered Alex as it waddled to a flat piece of land behind the trailers. A metallic bridge was cranked up heavily over its head. "Now, where is it? I could've sworn it was over here. N-no, oh! Maybe over here...Oh! Now what was I lookin' fer again?" The Clakker stopped under the bridge and scratched its head.

Alex sighed and shook her head. Stranger looked at the human and chuckled a little. All of a sudden, the bridge swung down from its pose, and crashed upon the Clakker’s head. Disgusting crunching and gushing noises is what only came from the Clakker as Alex gagged and looked away. Stranger snarled and stood in front of the human, blocking the horrible sight from Alex’s view.

"Oooops. Ha haha ha!" A voice let out a thunderous cackle that came from behind the fallen bridge, it staring down mischievously at the bounty hunter and human.

Alex looked out from behind Stranger and saw the outlaw they were hunting: Filthy Hands Floyd. The human snarled as Stranger walked towards the outlaw, “Filthy Hands Floyd,” He said, looking at the outlaw, “I’m-a takin’ ya in. Alive or a corpse, it’s yer choice.”

“Looks like we’s got company boys,” Floyd smiled, pushing his huge black hat up. He lowered his gun, “Let’s give ‘em a warm welcome.” He smiled and aimed. “Fire.”

“Run!” Stranger and Alex yelled at the same time. The two split into different directions and then hid.

Floyd snarled and looked at his minions. He nudged his head towards the wagon train. “Get ‘em.”

“Consider ‘em got, boss.” One shredder snarled before the two ran.

Floyd snarled as he followed the two. However, he stopped when the Shredders went after Stranger and took a left turn. “Here, human, human, human…” The outlaw smiled as he walked through the trailers, “I won’t hurt you…much. I need yer purty head ta get the money Sekto’ll give me for ya…”

Alex snarled from where she was hidden.

Meanwhile, Stranger was hiding on top of one of the trailers, watching the two Shredders carefully. The bounty hunter unlocked his bow and loaded it with a Stunk. He smiled and waited for the two Shredders to meet up again before he fired. As the two were throwing up, Stranger jumped down in between them and, because he wasn’t affected by the stench, quickly bountied the two up into his vacuum and smiled. “Perfect.” He put his arm down and walked away, “’Ey, kiddo! Ya okay?” Stranger stopped when he didn’t get an answer, “Kiddo? Alex! Where are ya!”

“STRANGER!” Alex’s voice screamed.

Stranger’s triangle shaped ears shot up. He snarled and ran towards the scream. There, he saw Floyd holding Alex close to him with his gun to her head. Stranger growled as he watched Alex struggle in the bigger man’s arms, completely unafraid of the gun that was pressed against her head. “Let. Her. Go.” Stranger snarled.

“No.” Floyd shook his head. He smiled, “She’s got quite a bounty on her head.  13,000.”

Alex flinched as she was reminded of how much she was worth. The girl stopped her struggling and looked at Stranger, a pleading look in her eyes when she saw his jaw drop. “Please…not you too…”

Stranger shook his head, his fiery eyes returning. “You! Let! Her! Go!”

“Fer a bounty hunter, ya sure don’t know what ya go yerself a good bounty, Stranger.” Floyd laughed. He felt Alex wiggle and looked at her, “Don’t struggle, ‘uman, it’ll only make it worse.”

“Chomp! Now!” Alex snarled.

Said Fuzzle popped out of Alex’s hand and bite the outlaw’s face. Floyd screamed and dropped Alex, trying to tear Chomp off his face as the Fuzzle gnawed on him angrily. Alex scrambled away from Floyd over to Stranger. She clung to his leg and the bounty hunter snarled, not at Alex, but at Floyd. Stranger loaded his crossbow with a Bolamite and fired at the struggling outlaw. He looked at Alex and the human let go of his leg and stood up. The two walked over to Floyd and Stranger sucked the outlaw up into his vacuum. He looked at Alex, who was looking for something, and growled. “Let’s go.”

“Wait! What about Chomp? He saved my life!” Alex said, close to tears when she couldn’t find her Fuzzle. “Chomp! Chomp, you there?”

The little Fuzzle hopped out of hiding and jumped into Alex’s arms. Chomp nuzzled Alex’s face and purred a little. The human felt tears well up in her eyes as she hugged the little furball. “Chomp! Thank God!”

Stranger growled, but smiled a little. However, it fell and he looked at the two. “Put tha’ thing ‘way. Ya don’ wan’ people thinkin’ yer crazy, do ya?”

Alex gave the bounty hunter a hurt look and put Chomp into her pack. She looked at the wagon train as Clakkerz started to come out of hiding. “Whoo! Glad that’s over!” One smiled.

“Yeah, but I think I wet my drawers.” Another muttered.

Alex giggled. She looked at Stranger, who smiled.

A male Clakker stumbled out of a trailer, holding his nose, “Whoo! Billy! DAMN! It stinks in thar!”

Alex busted out laughing and Stranger had to chuckle. Both jumped slightly when the mineshaft behind them opened, revealing a male Clakker that had a cowboy hat on his head, smiling at them. “Whoa! Good work on Filthy Hands Floyd thar, Stranger. Good thing ya got ‘im too ‘cause this mineshaft leads strait ta town! You bes’ be goin’, Stranger, we can take of this by ourselves now that Floyd’s gone.”

“Thank you.” The human smiled at the Clakker when Stranger didn’t answer. Alex grabbed Stranger’s arm. She nudged her head towards the shaft.

Stranger nodded and then walked towards the shaft. Several Clakkers stopped to look at the bounty hunter and the human that was clutching to his arm. They all blinked and shook their heads before going back to work. Stranger and Alex walked through the shaft and reached a bridge. A moment later, they came to a ledge that broke off. Below, was a small lake of water. Human and bounty hunter looked at each other and Alex grinned. She took a deep breath and ran. “KIMCHI!” She yelled before jumping into the water.

Stranger chuckled and jumped in after the human had swam out of the small lake. The two looked at each other and Alex laughed as Stranger shook the water off his head. The bounty hunter looked at Alex as he wrung the water out of his hat, “Somethin’ funny?”

“You!” Alex laughed as Stranger slapped his wet hat on his head. She giggled as the bounty hunter grabbed her arm and started to pull her gently over to the exit of the cave. Alex smiled and pushed the bounty hunter away. “I can walk, ya know!”

“C’mon, kiddo.”

Alex growled and opened her mouth to say something, but a voice interrupted hers. “Which one activates the timer again?” A minion’s voice growled. The two turned their heads and saw two minions standing on top of the old mill they had pasted when they first went to bounty Floyd.

The Shooter’s partner growled, “The blue one.”

“You sure? I thought it was the green one.”

“Look,” The second Shooter growled, “I’m tellin’ ya it’s the blue one!”

“Ok, okay! Sheesh. I’ll push the green one!” The first shooter reached and pressed the green button before its partner could stop it.

“What? No, you idiot! You-”

It was cut off as the mill exploded. Alex winced and Stranger growled, chuckling slightly. He watched the minion’s body parts fly everywhere and sighed. “No moolah from them…” He shook his head. The bounty hunter felt Alex tug on his poncho. “What’s up, kid?”

“What about in there?” Alex asked, pointing to the building across from them.

In the farmhouse, two minions trudged around. Behind them, there were two barrels marked with flames. Stranger smiled at the human and then loaded his crossbow. “Perfect…more outlaws, more moolah.” He purred.

Alex watched Stranger slide down the hill and then followed, holding Chomp close just in case she needed his help. The two walked, Alex close behind Stranger, over to the house. One of the Shooters saw the bounty hunter and alerted his partner. The two smirked and aimed their guns when Stranger split to the side, leaving Alex out in the open. Said human blinked. There she was, standing there with a Fuzzle in her arms and two guns pointed at her. What did she do? Curse the hell out of Stranger for leaving her there as the two minions walked over to the frozen human.

Stranger, however, heard every word and was smiling. He had a plan. Just as one minion got within arm’s reach of the human, the bounty hunter fired a Stunk. As the two outlaws gagged, Stranger whipped around behind them and knocked them out. He took all the money they had, which wasn’t much, and then pocketed it before sucking the two up. “Kid, you okay? Kid?”

Alex was on her knees, gagging. Stranger’s eyes widened and he quickly picked the young girl up and carried her out of the Stunk’s range. He patted the human on the back as she attempted to throw up. “Kid, ya okay? I fergot ‘umans can’t take the smell of Stunk’s very well.”

“You…” Alex gasped, “Left me out there with two guns pointed at me!” She started to go on, but gagged as her stomach heaved. “Oh God!” Alex managed before her stomach lurched again.

After about five minutes, she finally stopped gagging and her stomach felt a little better. The human staggered to her feet and glared at Stranger. “You…owe me.” She muttered, giving the bounty hunter daggers.

“I’ll give ya another pet. Let’s go. Chump cash in time.” Stranger growled, helping the human up.

“It’d better be a flyer.” Alex groaned, holding her stomach.

Stranger smiled and shook his head. “Let’s go, kiddo.”

“I’m coming.”

The two looked at each other and started to walk across when the bridge shook and fell apart. Alex let out a scream as she fell while Stranger simply growled and grunted as he hit the ground. Quickly, the bounty hunter stood up and caught Alex before she hit the ground. “Ya okay, kid?”

Alex panted as Stranger put her down. She brushed her bangs out of her face and nodded. “Yeah-Yeah, I think so. Thanks for savin’ my butt. Again.”

“No problem, kiddo. Let’s go.”

“After you.” Alex said, motioning for Stranger to lead the way.

The bounty hunter smiled and walked in front of the human.

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There ya go! ^^
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10-08-2006, 06:25 AM
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*claps hands* Awesome!
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10-08-2006, 09:23 AM
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very good! a lot of action packed into that one! Keep up the good work!
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10-08-2006, 09:03 PM
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Great, but I felt that one was a bit long...
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10-09-2006, 07:22 AM
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Yes, but every book has their short and long chapters. That's like sentance variety... without enough you don't have a good paragraph. and with too much, it gets a little funky.
But more to the point, it was long, but it was good.
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Great job, Stranger's Girl.

I only got back here on the forums and caught up with your chapters and, well, I'm pretty speechless, too. Don't run out of ideas soon and keep it
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Ack...I'm sorry guys...this one is gonna be a long one. Not that long, but it'll be kinda long...
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As the gate to town appeared, the two looked up at the Clakker on top of the gate and Stranger whistled. The Clakker looked at them, annoyed, and then opened the gate, allowing them to enter town with their bounty. The two hunters walked through the gate, Alex smiling at the Clakker, and headed over to the bounty store. Alex stopped and waited for Stranger to open the door for her and then walked through, offering him a “thank you” in return. Stranger simply rolled his eyes and walked through as well. The two walked over to the counter and Stranger hit the desk, causing a loud “wap” to be heard.

The Clakker that was working in the bounty store ran out from the back and sat down. He looked at the two as Stranger slapped down the wanted poster and folded his arms. The Clakker laughed nervously as Alex looked at her bounty hunter friend and folded her arms as well. “Well, ya got Floyd, Stranger, ah’m impressed.” He said, stamping the poster.

Alex looked at Stranger. Said bounty hunter looked at the Clakker. “Gimme the nex’ one.” He ordered, neon eyes glowing.

The Clakker pulled out another wanted poster and slapped it down in front of the two. Alex and Stranger peered at the poster and saw one of the ugliest SOBs they had ever seen. He was had a sombrero-looking hat on his head with spiky-looking armor and had a green jumper on. He had a smaller jaw than Floyd’s, but it was still large. The two bounty hunters looked at each other and then at the Clakker. “We’ll take ‘im.” Stranger smiled, tucking the wanted poster under his poncho.

The Clakker smiled. “Alrighty, then, but he’s a feisty one. Head out towards the water facility, he’ll be there.”

Stranger nodded. He pulled Alex out of the bounty store and then looked at the girl. “We’re runnin’ low on ammo, kid. Le’s go get some at the general store ‘fore we go.”

“Okie doke.” Alex shrugged. She and Stranger headed over to a building with a flashing “General Store” over its door and, once inside, Alex tugged on Stranger’s poncho. “Can I borrow the wanted poster?”

Stranger blinked, but handed it over. “Don’t mess it up, kid. I need it.”

“Why? I couldn’t forget this ugly face even if I wanted to.” Alex sighed, shaking her head. She looked at the wanted poster and started to read.

Stranger shook his head and walked over to the counter. He looked at the Clakker behind it and ordered a few of everything. Once he had gotten his critters and tucked them away in his pack, he walked over to Alex, who promptly shoved the wanted poster into his hand. “Looten Duke. Alive: 600 Dead: 200 He’s taken over the water facility and is chargin’ the Clakkerz for use of their own water. Head to the West Gate.” The human said then looked at Stranger. “Let’s go, Strange.”

Said bounty hunter blinked. “How’d ya…”

“I can read. This human has a good memory, too. I won’t forget this one for a long time. Le’s go already!”

Stranger chuckled a little and put the poster under his poncho. He motioned for Alex to follow him outside and then headed towards the west gate. The two reached the gate and waited for it to open before leaving Gizzard Gulch once again. Stranger and Alex walked for a bit until they reached a platform-type thing that went up a steep hill. Unfortunately, the thing wasn’t working. Both bounty hunters looked around and Alex let out a growl. “Well? Any ideas, Stranger?”

Stranger looked at Alex and then shook his head. “D’ya?”

“Nope.” Alex answered. Stranger sweatdropped as the human started to claw at the hill, trying to climb up. After about ten minutes of her falling on her butt over and over again, Alex stood up and groaned. “New plan?”

Stranger nodded. He looked at the machine and smiled. “Watch.” The bounty hunter pulled out his crossbow and loaded up a Zapfly. He aimed at dark purple glass and fired once the Zapfly had charged up. The glass lit up and the platform on the top started to come down. Once it had stopped in front of the two, Stranger flashed Alex a smug smile and the human stuck out her tongue as they walked onto the platform. Stranger simply chuckled and shook his head.

A moment later, the platform started to rise and Alex let out a yelp, almost falling off. She clutched to Stranger’s arm as she steadied herself. “That was…weird.” She said as the two stepped off the now stopped platform.

Stranger only chuckled and shook his head. He snatched his arm away from the girl and started to walk across the upper plateau that was slightly junky, with metallic scraps eroding under the hard brown dusty dirt. Dead rotten brush cringed under the hot wind as the two walked across the plateau towards a platform with a rope that was hanging down across the plateau in front of them. Just as they made it to the halfway point, Alex cried out. Stranger turned and saw the human holding her calf, which was bleeding badly. Stranger snorted an angry snort and looked around for the bastard that had hurt his partner. He heard a voice cackling and looked up. “A sniper!” He snarled.

“You won’t get passed my an’ my brotha, Stranger!” The sniper cackled as Stranger ran over to Alex. He loaded his gun again and aimed it at the bounty hunter, but Stranger had already picked up Alex and was running, the human clutching to his back. The sniper snarled and fired, but missing Stranger’s foot by inches.

Stranger snarled and ran over to the rope as the outlaw reloaded his gun. He scrambled up the rope and laid Alex behind a couple barrels. “Stay there until I get back.”

“Don’t gotta tell me twice!” Alex gasped as she pulled her pack off. She rummaged through it as Stranger unlocked his bow. He loaded it with a furry creature that had wings for ears and a weird looking nose. “Boombats…”

“Exactly.” Stranger growled. “He don’t deserve ta live ta see tomorrow.” He said before firing at the outlaw. The Boombat flew out of Stranger’s crossbow over to the outlaw.

The sniper put down his gun and yelped as the bat attached itself to him. He flailed around, but blew up after a minute. Stranger snorted a victory snort and then looked down at Alex, who was wrapping her leg with a bandage, a bloody bullet on the ground next to her leg. The human looked up at Stranger and stood up, wincing slightly as she leaned her weight on her leg. “So, up we go again?” The human asked, pointing up.

Stranger chuckled a little and nodded. “Why don’t you-” But before he could finish his offer to give Alex a ride on his back, the human pulled her pack on her back and started climbing up the rope. Stranger shook his head and followed her, ready to catch Alex if she fell. Once they reached the top, the two sat there for a second, but a yell interrupted their moment of rest, “Ya might’ve gotten past my brotha, Stranger, butcha won’t get past me!” The voice of another Sniper yelled before a shot rang out.

Both Stranger and Alex jumped to their feet and ran in different directions. The two looked at each other and then Stranger unlocked his crossbow again. He loaded it with a Zapfly and waited for the bug to charge up before he jumped out of hiding and fired it at the outlaw. The sniper yelled and fell out of its perch. It was dead before it hit the ground. Alex snorted and walked over to Stranger as he bountied up the outlaw. “An’ he said he was tough.”

Strange chuckled. “He did, but he wan’nt.” He said, locking his bow back into place. “Le’s go, kid.”

“I’m comin’, I’m comin’.” Alex muttered as she hurried to catch up with Stranger.

The two walked for a ways and then walked out of the canyon to a cliff, overlooking the place that had been searching for: The water facility. The place looked like a military base with water pipes that came from everywhere, but met in the middle of the facility, where a small shack-like place was located. Minions were everywhere in the facility and there were even a few outside. Behind the shack, a mineshaft was built into the canyon wall that was probably a way for the Clakkerz to get to town when they worked in the water facility. Stranger and Alex looked at each other before sliding down a hill and into a patch of reeds.

Stranger unlocked his crossbow for a third time and loaded a Chippunk on it. He added a Bolamite on the other barrel and fired the annoying rodent nearby. The two waited for a minion to finally get sick of its verbal abuse and attempt to squash it before Stranger fired the Bolamite, wrapping it in its webbing around the minion. He walked over to the outlaw and dragged him into the reeds before sucking him into his vacuum. The repeated this process until no more outlaws remained outside the place. Alex and Stranger walked out of the reeds and looked the facility over. “I’ll go this way for a way in. You go that way?” The human offered.

Stranger chuckled as Alex walked off towards the side of the facility. Hopefully, she won’t get in too much trouble. He hoped as he looked at the big wooden gate. The bounty hunter walked over to it and punched it over and over again. He heard the minions on the other side yelling “Someone’s trying to break in!” but he ignored them. Stranger continued to punch until he got tired of the slow improvement and pulled out his crossbow. He loaded it with Thudslugs and fired over and over again. When they finally cracked through, Stranger heard some connect with outlaws’ chests and heads and the bounty hunter put his crossbow away. He reached through the wood and pulled it open. Then, Stranger stepped through and looked around at the minions that looked at him.

Stranger heard a shot being fired at the bounty hunter ran, unlocking his crossbow. He fired Thudslugs and Bolamites at the minions. He ran up a slope and hurried over to where two fans were. The bounty hunter got a very sneaking idea as he hid, waiting for the minions to get into place. Two did. Stranger waited for his Zapfly to charge and then fire. The minions on the platform screamed as they fell into the fans. Stranger chuckled darkly and then waited for more, but none came. He blinked and turned around, his fist slammed into jaw. Stranger looked at the unconscious outlaw in front of him and quickly sucked him up before looking down. Most of them were unconscious, but they wouldn’t stay that way for long. He took the best of this situation and quickly sucked them up. Just as he went to suck up the last one, its eyes popped open and it fired at him.

Stranger snarled and jumped back. He quickly kicked the outlaw, who flew back and landed into a fan. Stranger growled and looked at his arm, which had been grazed by the outlaw’s bullet. He growled, but ignored the wound. A laugh came from the shack-like place as Stranger walked towards the center of the facility. Stranger looked up and saw Looten Duke standing on the roof with two outlaw mortars and…Alex! He snarled as Looten Duke laughed while Alex struggled from her spot under his arm. “You enjoy smackin’ my boys around, Stranger!” Looten Duke grinned.

Stranger snarled, but chuckled and smiled from under the shadow of his hat. “Well, s’not quite the party you an’ Blisterz Booty are gonna have smackin’ it up in that,” He spat on the ground, “cozy jail cell…” he grinned, swing his hips.

Looten Duke’s smile fell and he backed away, Alex still under his arm. “Blisterz Booty? Ah, no! You ain’t takin’ me back to him! I ain’t goin’, I got dignity! I gots dignity!” He yelled, running back into his office under the roof on the locked side of the

“Huh?” One outlaw mortar asked, looking at the other.

“You do not want to know.” The other said, shaking its head.

“Tear ‘im, up, boys!” Looten’s voice yelled, “Ta pieces with ‘im!”

The two smiled and lit the packs on their backs. As they fired, Stranger growled and ran back up the slope to under the safty of the two hut-like places on the edge of the bridge.

“Damn…I gots ta…kill ‘em then…rescue the kid…” Stranger growled as he loaded his crossbow with Thudslugs and Zapflies.

Meanwhile, inside the shack, Alex was trying to loosen the ropes that bound her hands behind her back as Looten Duke loaded his gun. The outlaw clenched his fists. He was nervous, but he wasn’t going to show it. Especially not to a no-good human. But Alex already saw and smiled. “You’re dead, Duke. My partner’s gonna come in here and kick your ass.” The human grinned.

“Aw, no he ain’t, human. Ah’m gonna kill ‘im and git that reward from Sekto fer yer hide.” Duke grinned. “He said ya had ta be ‘live. Didn’t say ya had ta be in perfect heath.” The outlaw aimed his gun at Alex, but dropped it with a yell.

“Step away from the human.” A female voice growled as Looten Duke clutched his arm, which had a Stingbee lodged in it. Both the human and outlaw turned.

There, standing in front of an open window, was what looked like female version of Stranger. She had short, red hair with bright neon eyes like Stranger’s. She had a dark green poncho on with slashes in the front where you could see her stomach and chest. However, unlike Stranger, the girl had on a white midriff underneath her poncho. Attached to her thighs, she had two what looked like gun holders, but in one, she had a slingshot. The other one was empty, probably reserved for the slingshot she had in her hand, which was aimed at Looten Duke. She had on a pain of dark green tights that were a darker green that her poncho and a black hat on her head with a belt around the top of it. Poking out of the top of the hat were two, triangular ears. The left ear had a single, loop earring while the right had two. She had a very thin, yet muscular body type. The girl growled. “I said. Step. Away. From. The-”

Stranager’s voice interrupted hers. “Alright, Duke, yer chumps ‘r thru! ‘S time fer ya ta do some time!” He growled.

Duke snarled at the two and then grabbed his gun. He fired at the girls before running outside to deal with Stranger. Alex winced as she heard the door being kicked down and bullets being fired. She prayed to whatever gods she could think of, real or no, to help Stranger. Alex’s head shot over to the new girl as she heard the jingling of spurs. Alex narrowed her eyes and started to scoot away, but the girl held up her arms. “Easy there, ‘uman. Name’s Dil. I ain’t gonna hurtcha.”

Alex stopped moving and allowed Dil to move behind her. She felt Dil slash the ropes on her wrists with her claws and then Dil pulled the human to her feet. “Ya okay?”

“Yeah.” Alex nodded, wiping imaginary dust off her shoulder. “Thanks. Name’s Alex.”

“Pleased ta meetcha.”

Alex felt something moving on her back and pulled out her Fuzzle. She huggled it. “Oh, Chomp! You okay?”

Chomp let out a purr and nuzzled Alex’s cheek. He looked at Dil and blinked, cocking his head to the side. He let out a small growl, but quickly retreated into Alex’s pack. The human laughed, “I think he warned you not to hurt me.” She smiled.

Dil chuckled a little. “He’s a cute thing.”

“Thanks. His name’s Chomp.” Alex grinned. She jumped as a shot was heard. “Stranger!”

“Stranger? That your friend out there’s name?”

Alex nodded. “I gotta help him!” She said, running out of the room.

“Kid!” Dil yelled, but growled as Alex ran out of the room. She reached into her bag and pulled out another Stingbee. She placed it on her slingshot and ran outside.

There, Dil saw Stranger and Duke fighting just above a couple fans with Alex running to help. The bounty hunter and outlaw were exchanging fire, both getting equal numbers of hits and misses, and kept getting dangerously close to the fans. Dil’s eyes widened as she ran up the slope.

Meanwhile, Alex pulled out her knives and started to throw them at Duke. “Leave! Him! Alone!” She grunted, throwing a knife with every word. The human snarled when Duke turned around to face her. “Leave him alone, you ugly outlaw!” She growled.

“Yer gonna wish ya never met me, ‘uman.” Duke snarled, walking over to her.

“Stay away from her!” An injured Stranger yelled from where he was lying on the platform.

“Hmm…no.” Duke cackled as he neared Alex.

Alex snarled and clenched her fists, preparing for a fight, but when Duke let out a cry, she relaxed a little. She turned and saw Dil firing Stingbee after Stingbee at the outlaw boss. Duke stumbled back, allowing the human girl to run over to her friend. Dil smiled as Alex started to drag Stranger away from the platform. She pulled out a rock and fired it at Looten Duke’s head, making him stumble towards the fans. Stranger groaned as he sat up. The bounty hunter looked at the female version of himself and blinked. He looked at Alex, who was watching Looten Duke, with a confused face.

“Don’t ask me, Strange.” Alex shrugged.

“Hey! You want him alive or dead!” Dil yelled as she loaded her slingshot with Stingbees again.

Stranger looked at Looten Duke, who was struggling to stand, and snorted. “Alive. The moolah’s worth it.”

Dil nodded and put the Stingbees away. “He’s yours then, Stranger.”

Stranger stood up and loaded his crossbow with a Bolamite. “Take yer last breath as a free man, Duke ‘cause I’m-a bringin’ ya in now.”

Duke simply snarled, but gasped in a large breath. He glared at Stranger, but the bounty hunter simply smiled and shot him in the face with a Thudslug, knocking him out. Stranger pulled out his vacuumed and sucked the outlaw into it before he turned to Dil, who had ran over next to the bounty hunter and human. “Jus’ who are ya?”

“Stranger, this is Dil. She helped me out when Duke was about to, um, shoot me.” Alex shrugged. She smiled at Dil. “Thanks, by the way.”

“Don’t worry about it, kid.” Dil smiled. She looked at Stranger and held her hand out, “Pleased to meetcha.”

Stranger looked at Dil for a minute and shook her hand. He looked at Alex, who was giving him the ‘can she come with us’ look in her eyes, and sighed. “Alex…”

Said human gave him a pitiful look and smiled. “Please, Stranger…you can’t always protect me…”

Stranger growled, but looked at Dil. “Would you…like to come with us? Since you saved Alex the least I can do is offer you a chance to join us.”

Dil smiled. "Well...Ya two needs someone that watches after ya. As bounty hunters ya won´t stay out of throubles.." She said, looking at the two.

"So that's a yes?" Alex grinned.

"That's a yeah, kid."

"YES!" Alex cheered. She smiled at Stranger and then at Dil. "We are the three amegos!"

Stranger chuckled a little at the youngest member of their group and then looked at Dil. "Welcome then." He muttered, "Le's go, kid."

"Comin'!" Alex smiled as she and Stranger walked. "You comin', Dil?"

"Yeah. I'm comin'." Dil said, hurrying over to the two.

The three left towards town via the mineshaft they saw earlier. As they reached a bridge, Stranger, Alex, and Dil noticed it was rickity and about to fall about. The three looked at each other and started to walk across when the bridge shook and fell apart. Alex let out a scream as she fell while Stranger simply growled and grunted as he hit the ground. Quickly, the bounty hunter stood up and caught Alex before she hit the ground. “Ya okay, kid?” He asked.

Alex panted as Stranger put her down. She brushed her bangs out of her face and nodded. “Yeah-Yeah, I think so. Thanks for savin’ my butt. Again.”

Dil grunted as she hit the ground. "Ow!" She yelled, standing up.

Alex and Stranger snickered. Stranger ruffled Alex's hair. "No problem, kid. Ya okay, Dil?"

"Yeah, I think so." Said female muttered, rubbing her butt.

“After you.” Alex said, motioning for Stranger to lead the way.

The bounty hunter smiled and walked in front of the human and their new compainion. He led the way to yet another lake in which they all jumped in, yelling something, expect Stranger who simply smiled. After a short swim, they walked out of the water and sat on dry land. Alex watched her two friends wring their hats and ponchos dry before Stranger stood up. "Le's go. Time ta-"

But before he could finish, the three were being shot at by three more snipers. Stranger went to grab Alex and pull her out of the way, but Dil had already grabbed the human and had moved out of the way. He unlocked his crossbow and ran over to where Dil and the human were hiding. "Damn. Outta...bolamites..."

"Zapflies?" Alex suggested.

Stranger smirked and loaded his crossbow with said critters as Dil picked a rock up. She placed it in her slingshot and then jumped out of hiding just as Stranger did. The two fired at the three outlaws, quickly knocking them from their hiding spaces and killing them. The two smiled and Stranger started bountying them as Alex stepped out of hiding. Dil turned to the human as she slid her slingshot into its holder. "That was easy."

Alex nodded. "Too easy. Heh. Always wanted to say that." She smiled.

Stranger smirked and put his crossbow away. "Town's this way. Ya two comin' or not?"

"We're coming." Alex smiled as Dil ran over to Stranger. The human pulled a very wet Chomp out of her back and snickered as the Fuzzle shook the water off of him onto her. She giggled and hurried over to her two friends. "Chomp's okay."

"Good." Dil smiled as said Fuzzle sat on Alex's shoulder and nudged her cheek, purring.

"Back ta Gizzard Gulch." Stranger growled. "Hope the Doc's in..."

"Doc?" Dil blinked.

Stranger didn't answer as the three headed towards town.

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There you go. Here's a picture of Dil: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40805217/ She's not mine. I put her in this fic as a birthday present for one of my best friends: http://rmz-nemesis.deviantart.com/
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10-13-2006, 02:12 PM
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Agreed about it being kinda long, but ignoring that, it's another awesome chapter. Interesting idea to include another new character.
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