Desert - Fiction Story Contest

in #fiction6 years ago

He believed in destiny, not coincidences. He knew something bigger must be in motion since he was at death’s door without water, and his two rivals were carelessly walking towards him and a weird dinosaur footprint. They smiled, from ear to ear, when they recognized him. He didn’t saw them in years, but he could recognize their smell for miles. He was sick to his stomach when he realized that they’ll witness his death, or even worse they’ll deliver the final blow. It wasn’t the death that he was worried about, it was that Eggman and Tree will get their satisfaction which he, Desert, swore never to give them.

Few years back, the three of them were most known bounty hunters of the time. But the incident in which he won brought them out of the game. He crawled away from the raptor print not to give them additional prize, after they kill him. He was sure it’ll be everything, but a quick and merciful death. If he was in their place he would enjoy every second of their misery.
He grabbed his gun to take his own life before they arrive, but the gun was lighter than usual… He fired all his shots while escaping Tuba City’s remains after his last job. He had to kill one of the political enemies of Tuba City governor, who was his contractor. But it happened to be in the middle of the protest, against his contractor and he somehow failed the job first in 7 years. Than the angry mob turned on him, and he got rid of all daggers and skullblade so he can outrun them. This was the worst day of his life.
When they closed enough to him he could see them laughing and talking about the good old times.  
“Who we have here?” – they spoke in the same voice.
“Our old colleague and a known traitor to his brothers by profession!” – spoke Egmann – “I wonder what is going through your head right now? You think we are going to skin you and torture you? Think again my old friend.” – giving him water skin to drink water.
“You lost your words, Desert” – added Tree – “Hahahahaha, this is the best look you had on your face your whole life.”
Eggman continued – “After the incident we found a knew profession, where is less likely that we are going to be killed. We are now working for an old and crazy paleontologist. He believes that in this god forsaken place we can found dinosaur remains. So everyday we walk around and get paid for that.” – all three of them laughed on that.
Desert finally managed some strength to speak – “Let’s leave the jokes for later, what are you going to do with me? Let me rephrase it, what are you going to do with me if I help you find dinosaur remains.”
Eggmann and Tree looked at each other and nodded – “We’ll give you some water and leave you here… Otherwise we’ll leave you here without water, for good old days my friend!”. Desert pointed to the raptor print, when Eggman and Tree stood astonished. - “The old wacko was right after all, there are dino remains here. Thank you very much for this!” – saying that Eggman pulled the gun out and points it to Desert’s head – “This will be your last lesson in life. What goes around, comes around.” – and fired the shot. 


This is my entry to "Finish the Fiction Story Contest" hosted by @f3nix.
Script, that is guideline for this story, can be found: https://steemit.com/contest/@f3nix/finish-the-fiction-story-contest-week-11

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-mountain-near-road-1051597/

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Wow was I dooped, I thought for sure he was going to live another day. Good job. Congratulations 👏 on the SBI win. 👍👍

Unexpected and merciless ending! Right when I was thinking that this was turning out to be a cute story. Well done, my friend, well done!

Thought Desert might get away. Not today. Ha ha. Entertaining story.

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Great that you took part in my game. Thumbs up ;-)

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