Location: A barely lit shed somewhere in Tombstone
by Guest Writer Tenchi Morigi

Tenchi Morigi has been busy scouting the area of the town jail. It was a question of honour for her to bust Pappy Enoch out of jail.  Nobody would lock a member of her family away. Having finished her unsuspicious walks around the city she returns to her hideaway making plans and preparing everything for the big bang.  Thoughts run through her head…

“Sometimes Pappy makes me smile. I guess he had good intentions when he is courting a woman but it is always the same with us hillbillies ... we tend to stumble across our feet and the male members even more. Well, nobody puts my family in jail that’s for sure. They should have looked for someone else to mess around with.“

Taking a a small sip from her moonshine bottle she pulls her trusty six-shooter from the holster and starts cleaning it with the most care, knowing that her skill and the reliability of this weapon are the two factors that decide about the result of her plan.

“I hope that Cousin Axon delivers in time. Without that dynamite of his we will sure have a hell of a time. Lucky thing that Cynthia organised some spare horses so we can make our get away.

I just hope that nobody is hanging around near the dead man’s canyon silver mine. It the only place within a day’s ride that is safe and nobody has found any silver in years there. Well if someone is nosing around there he will meet my ropes and tied up into a handy bag.“

Finishing the cleaning of her revolver she let it glide back into its holster and looks around the shed. Smiling, she ticks off the things there on her mental list. Everything is ready. She takes her hat and leaves the shed. The sand and flints scratch under her boots and she makes her way to the saloon to get some sleep.

“His next hearing will be soon. So we must act sooner. The closer it comes the more people will be around. So next Sunday it is. I have two choices. Either it will be during the night or during the day when everyone is in the church. But I guess it will be in the night. Otherwise the big bang will lose much of its effect.“

On her way to the saloon she stops opposite the jail and watches the building again for the 10th time. She hated it with all her passion. Yes she was divided from her family when she was young. Her uncle took her from the quiet valleys she used to stroll when she was a toddler and raised her in the back of a Chinese laundry in San Francisco where he was working then. But all those years nothing could extinguish her hillbilly heritage and so she put another log onto that fire. She would blast the walls away and she would get a flag and celebrate her own 4th of July for the Enoch family.

Will Cousin Tenchi break Pappy out of not only his cell but his unrequited love for Tombstone’s Sheriff and her deputies?...stay tuned…

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Two thumbs up, cuzzin!
Very well done!

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