The Showdown...

The atmoshpere was really well, things were as busy as before. The Sheriff(G) was happy that there were plenty people coming in to extort their money in the form of taxes. Constables of the Sheriff were quietly and busily creating opportunities to draw the commoners' attention away from worrying about the taxes...

The newly recruited tax collector(S) was to be an understudy of one of the constable, little did the Sheriff knew that the contable(K) had a different agenda, to create an uprisin to bring new blood to create a new land without taxes...

Sheriff had reports from his Spies(C & L) that there's a new force that had been helping citizens evading the taxes and many were attracted to this 'new land' and have quickily joined in the new force. It became so lucrative & inviting that Spy L had almost fall into the trap of Constable K, if it wasn't for the Sheriff who had quick wittedly bad-mouth the opposing forces inevitably Spy L would have already gone into the no-way-back road...

Although the upcoming opposition posseses no evil intention but the very actions of evading taxes and causing an uprising were enough to weigh heavy on the bad side of the Sheriff's heart. For years the younger bloods have heard tales about the fearless Sheriff who kept the town(D) safe, free from external threats(Cu) and no need to mention internal threats, but never once did the new blood saw how the Sheriff worked.

Brainwashed and not beliving in the power of the Sheriff, the tax collector tried to break free from his duties, creating havoc and adjusting, doctoring the receipts and tax replies(although it never tallies). Finally caught by one of the Sheriff's men(Le), Sheriff swung into action and started the interogation...

Sheriff: "Who did this?"
Tax-collector: "I did..."
Sheriff: "What were you thinking?! Who ordered you to do it? Answer me!"
Tax-collertor: "Nobody! I did it on my own will..."
Sheriff: "Don't cover for the new forces..."
Constable K: "What new forces!? You mean us? Fine! We shall end it now..."

With the abrupt interruption of constable K, the tax-collector ran away. Knowing he has already ran out of danger as K was already dead-locked in the sight of Sheriff's eyes as 'the one'.

It came down to the showdown at high nite... Sheriff walked away as K started to fire the 1st bullet into the ground... Returning the offense, the bullet missed K as it came out of Sheriff's gun.

Tax-payers and non-tax-payers in the Saloon dropped their cutleries with their food still in the mouth and eyes opened wide stared motionlessly into the windows. Surrounded by both party's men the showdown began...

Fierce shots fired at the Sheriff while he dodged them all. All this while the Sheriff did not return fire and it made him looked small... It seemed that K would have emerge as the winner but it wasn't over. Apparently both sides were firing blanks as non of the bullets hit, though K's efforts were to be applauded for...

There were times where it look'd like the Town(D) was a ghost town as Sheriff and K hid and reloaded their weapons... The Sheriff was hiding for a long time while K was firing aimlessly at barrels, crates, even windows towards Sheriff. It seems that the sheriff was all the while a coward...

Minutes passed, both party's men stood apart, looking at each other without any idea of what to do... As both side started to leave 1 by 1, the Sheriff stood out. K fired frantically at Sheriff, threw away his revolver and drew out 2 shotguns from the saddle on his horse. Repeatiously firing at the Sheriff as Sheriff walks calmly towards K withoutbeing hit.

As Sheriff draws near, K became more silent. K's heart was trembling and started to see how big Sheriff was. He thought to himself, "I can't turn back now..." Immediately reached for his Ivory 6-holes and point it at Sheriff's head. "Why is he so near? Am I touching him...?

"Bang!"

Wanna know the ending? hehehe, based on my encounter, a true story... Cannot say the ending, msg me if u wanna noe :)