Bounty Hunter Bash The Desert Bounty Lock Part One

 The Job

The group had arrived in the next town when night arrived. Cerpheres stretched and yawned.

“Tired?” Cooed Chashathrophogh.

“What do you expect?” He replied with a mock grumpy tone. “I’ve been on my poor little feet the whole day and I haven’t had a single break.”

Badh and Chashathrophogh both had developed red faces and hands. Yet so did Cerpheres but his redness was milder. Even though both know that part of that redness was his blushing.

“Yeah. I think that we need to take a moment to get out of the sun.”

“See, she’s on my side!”

“No. I’m not. I just want to get out of the sun and cool down. I can tell that this place is far too hot for us. How can people live here?”

“The heat never bothered us! Also most of the water here is either hot or lukewarm.”

“But it is cooler?”

Suddenly, their skin felt like it was on fire.

“I don’t know.”

“Hold on, you don’t so happen to be Bash The Touchable?” Asked a random person.

Bash turned around.

“Yes. Why?”

“I have a job for you.”

“What is it?”

“It’s to take this man down!” He shouted, shoving it into their faces.

Jyn Jontru

X Emeralds 

Crimes:

Theft, trafficking, murder, assault and stealing horses.

That sounds interesting.

“Sorry, I can’t. At the moment we’re busy changing down a Dark Lord.”

“But it won’t take long!”

“You’re wrong. None of us can tell we have. Now we-”

“But please!”

“Why can’t you do it? After all, we all could do with as much money as we can handle.”

“But I don’t want to lose-”

“I know, but if we have lots of money, we might just be able to use it to get to him faster. After all, we could use that money to get a group of camels. Then we would be able to move faster. Also l,I think the sooner that we get out of here,the better. You and that poor beauty look as if you need it!”

“Fine. We’ll do it!”

“Oh, good.”

So they walked into the nearest inn and booked in. They all sat in the cafeteria. Once food arrived they all dug in, remembering to mind their manners as they ate.

“Why are you-”

Bash and Chashathrophogh looked at him to shut him up.

“Fine. After you’ve eaten.”

So they all ate and went to sleep. Bash shared a room with Strena again. She had to look at the girl as her face screwed up. She slipped out of her bed and sat next to her and stroked her head, which caused her face to relax.

“Sing to her.”

What shall I sing?

“The only thing that you loved about your mother.”

She nodded.

“To the moon and stars,

Send water to soothe the scars,

To the clouds and sun,

Bring light to the battle won!

Sing, oh mass of bees and birds,

Spread the life and your words,

Bees go,

To and from,

Bring your honey to the cuts,

Spread your protection when it struts!

The sun goes down on the day,

Let the victor stand and say,

The strong did win the fight,

So sleep well throughout the night!”

She repeated this even when she returned to her bed and then drifted off to sleep and slept for a long time until they woke up early in the morning. Both girls were well rested. When they arrived at the table, they noticed that their minds were clear. Bash looked at the bounty board and sat Jyn Johtru.

So it’s true. That’s good.

She then looked up to see the men come down to the table. They looked at the girls as Cerpheres came up by them.

“You slept well!”

“Yes. Now what do you want?”

“I want you to hunt this man down. After all, he is in the region and there’s no harm in a little side quest. That’s all!”

Bash nodded.

“And why?”

“He’s a pest and, for the sake of the greatness in the nation, he needs to be taken out!”

She nodded as she plucked the poster. They soon ate their breakfast and were on their way before Cerpheres could do anything questionable.

“So where-”

Then Bash was punched. She looked at the person that punched her. He was a guy with a dark tan and light green hair and shockingly blue eyes. She looked at him and saw a tattoo on his face in the shape of a blue flower.

There’s a gang tattoo!

She then saw a fist coming at her. She ducked and drove her palm into his abdomen. Then flicked her wrist down to the lion. She saw the opening. She pushed herself up and drove her head into his throat. He fell coughing.

That was when Chashathrophogh and Zaryb were hit. They both ducked and the two with the blue flower on the cheeks. They jumped back as they all thrust their foot into their faces. Both men caught their feet. That was when they were kicked in the temple. The next moment they both felt feet in their guts. Chashathrophogh flung out his hand and blood sprayed out of their throats.

That was when Zaryb face changed to the cruel one. Wolfox shot at two and flung several tiny daggers at them then moved onto a group to the right. He shot at them and pulled out several tiny daggers and soon they were in their throats and lungs. They all fell coughing on their own blood.

That was when he fell asleep.

Chashathrophogh looked at them. He then blasted fire at their heads. This put them out of their misery.

“Did you have to do that?” Whines Cerpheres. “I was really enjoying that display!”

“Yes, that’s why-”

That was when another fist was driven into his face. He looked at the man and pulled out a bow. He saw Bash next to him and fired at the two in perfect unison. Both hit in unison.

Then Bash looked to the left to see three with the man they were with, dragging him away. She aimed her bow and fired at one as her uncle got the last.

“What was that?” Bash snapped at the man.

“Fine! I am artist from Illitian Isles, Buroccia, I was told to paint an Emperor, Neroder.”

“Ohhh! So you’re the great painter Leonardo Micheal.” Purred Cerpheres, with red cheeks and gleeful eyes.

“You heard of me?”

He licked his lips slowly.

“Of course! You are the greatest painter of that place! And-and- I!”

“No!” Both Chashathrophogh and Bash shut down.

“But-but- his art is just so-” His face suddenly looking like a drunk. “His paintings are the greatest that I have ever seen! They- they're almost life like! I mean- I mean! Oh, how do you capture the subtlety of the human face? I just do not know!”

He let out a sigh.

“I-is be alright?”

“No. He’s never alright.”

“Oh.”

“Continue while, Cerpheres go over to the stream out of sight and clean up and calm yourself down!”

“So demanding!”

“Now!”

“Okay! Okay!”

Soon he disappeared behind a bush for a few minutes before he came back, looking calmer by far.

“Anyway. I did and painted as accurately as I could. But I painted it all exactly as he was but he did not like that. It made him look weak, he told me. So he tried to kill me yet in my defence I killed him accidentally. Honestly, is that sword on the wall came out of nowhere and stabbed the poor man in the back! Yet even though his sons and daughters did nothing. Jyn Jontru did.”

“Oh, that one!”

“What?” Snapped Chashathrophogh and Bash.

“Jyn Jontru is a son of that emperor but an illegitimate one; his mother was a queen of this area, I believe.” Sang Cerpheres, lazily.

“You know him?”

“Nah! Too mad to be my type, and far too paranoid for my liking.”

“Alright…So he’s been hunting me ever since.”

“Right. Is that all?”

“No. He’s an assassin. I once had my eyes on him once my old Captain started to become dull.” He spoke, disappointed.

“Enough said.”