John pt. 2: Jebediah
#3 of John's
(again his not mine ty :)
John travels with Charlie to his home
"Alright John, you can stay here with me for a while, I got an extra room to the left. You know you and I could get into a lot of trouble for not finishing your training, but I understand, it was too soon for you."- Charlie
"Thanks for understanding man, I still got to get used to this place, hey while we're here can you tell me a little about this planet?"- John
"Oh, I...I thought your dad told you about this planet and how he was born here."-Charlie
"Wait my dad, was born here! By god this is a lot to take in"- John
"Hmmm, I figure your dad wouldn't talk about his past life..."- Charlie
"How did my dad get back to Earth?!? You said it was a one way trip!"- John
"I don't really know how he did it, but he did something really stupid by doing it, you see your dad thought the same way you did, he thought he couldn't do it either and he probably gave up, later on in life he probably found some way of finding planet Earth and probably entered a Tear, that was pretty lucky because it's difficult to find Earth and the chance of the Tear opening to Earth was pretty low."- Charlie
"I can't believe it. So my dad came from here. And so did my ancestors. And what about my ancestors? Tell me about them."- John
"Oh your ancestors, hmmm... let's see how about Jebediah!"- Charlie
"It was the year 1844, Jebediah was in his 20th drunken stupor..."- Charlie
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, one of my ancestors was a drunk? How is that a good story to tell me?"- John
"Well if you let me finish my story, I tell you how he went from a town drunk to a hero. Okay now where was I? Oh yes, he was in his 20th drunken stupor..."- Charlie
1844
"Hey barkeep, another drink, come on!"- Jebediah
A St. Bernard comes up to the counter "You havent even paid for the last 10 drinks I gave you, now you better pay up or..."- Barkeep
"Oh come on, you know I'm good for it, just give me another drink and I'll pay ya for all of them."- Jebediah
Barkeep picks up a double barrel shotgun and points it atJebediah's face "You better pay up or you'll pay with it in your blood..."- Barkeep
Suddenly a hand comes out filled with money and he sets it down on the counter "Here I'm sure that's enough to pay for all the drinks, he's ever had and then some. Now then, Jebediah..."- The Agent
He turns to Jebediah showing that he's a Border Collie "You are very difficult to find, now I've got some news to tell you, this town will be under attack from Diamondfield Bandits, you see I'm the only Gunderson Agent in this area, the sheriffs dead, youre the only one that knows how to fight, you know where I'm getting at."- The Agent
Jebediah looks at the dog's face and he gives a shrug "Who cares? I'll clear out of this town in a few minutes, I just came here to get my drink."- Jebediah.
"You really don't have a choice to take on this job friend. I kinda didn't really want it to come to this. I have records on you for starting bar fights, stealing, and, foraging government documents."- The Agent
The Agent pulls out a small paper "You see this? This is a pardon letter signed by the Head Governor himself."- The Agent
Back to the present
"Okay, this story isn't really making me think my ancestors are good people."- John
"Shhh... It gets better just listen. Here's some popcorn."- Charlie
"Where'd you get popcorn, you've been sit..."- John
"Shhhhh...."- Charlie
Back to 1844
"(Sigh) How long 'till they be here?"- Jebediah
"In three hours."- The Agent
"Three hours? I need more like 10 hours to sober up." Takes a huge gulp from a bottle "Scratch that, more like 15 hours."- Jebediah
The Agent gets irritated "Three hours! That's all you get"- The Agent
Three hours later
"Okay I'm here. Where are they?"- Jebediah
The Agent points towards the the "Here they come and not a moment too soon."- The Agent
The Bandits walk along the long dusty trail and one of them spits out Chewing Tobacco. A large pit bull stands in front all of them.
"Whoa, I heard them Diamondfield Bandits were ugly but wow, their leader takes the cake."- Jebediah
The pit-bull growls a little and draws his pistol "Look at 'em boys this is going to be an easy one. The last town we took had 20 gunman, now they're pushing up daisies, what makes you think you two can stand up to us?"- The Leader
The Agent whispers in Jebediah's ear "You sure this is gonna work? I mean we could have used some of those powder charges to at least blow a few of them up."- The Agent
"Yeah I'm sure okay those things had a string length of three minutes as long as they don't shoot for another 30 seconds we're good."- Jebediah
"Well, I hope you guys wrote yall's will because you are gonna die!"- The Leader
"Hold!"- Jebediah
"I'm not sure this is gonna work!"- The Agent.
The powder bombs go off, and as the Bandits are distracted by the explosion, Jebediah lashes out his revolver and fires his gun counting each shot.
"One, two, three, four, missed shot five, six! Gotta reload! Cover me Agent!"- Jebediah
"I got your back! To your left!"- The Agent
Jebediah uses a speed-loader, and then he shoots the Bandit in his chest.
"How many left now?"- Jebediah
"Only three now!"- The Agent
"One, two, missed shot three!"- Jebediah
The last living bandit shoots The Agent in the arm, and Jebediah shoots the man two times, one in the leg and one in the chest.
"That's it then, that's the last of them. Maybe you should go get that wound tended to."- Jebediah
The Agent gives Jebediah a smile, all the while still holding his bleeding arm "It's quite alright friend, it'll hold till I get back to The Agency. Here you deserve this, I don't know if you know this, but you did this town and this land a great honor."- The Agent
"Yeah, yeah, just give me my pardon letter."- Jebediah
The Agent reaches into his coat and hands him hands him his letter and returns to hold his wound "Here. I feel as if this isn't going to be the last time we meet, friend."- The Agent
The Agent then walks off into to the nearest train station. Jebediah looks at the pardon letter, and then he takes a flask from a Bandit's body and takes a swig and then he walks off.
Back to the present
"Wow that story really did have a good ending Charlie. This actually make me feel a whole lot better."- John
"Yeah I knew you'd like it, oh yeah it's time to go to back to the Citadel for training, it's 6 'o clock."- Charlie
"Bu...Wha....Ch... ughhhh."- John