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Ms T walked over to where she'd thrown DP's badge and picked it up. She looked at Gigi and said with a trembling voice, "No. DP's...gone".

[ 06-10-2001: Message edited by: T'lainya ]

Gigi was speechless. Her eyes filled with tears, and glancing at T', she could see she was also struggling to keep her composure.

T sat back down at the desk. Suddenly she slammed her fist onto the top of the desk, rattling the things on the desk and startling Gigi. "I want that woman stopped! One way or the other, this will end!"

"I... I'll help however I can. Earlier... I heard her talking about a delivery. Tomorrow."

"Thank you Gigi. I...I appreciate and I know DP would've too. I want you to go back and tell that b...I mean Bessie that he's gone. If she asks about me, tell her I'm busy trying to locate his family." Ms T ran her hand through her hair and thought for a minute. "You doin' ok? No one's tried to come after you?"

"No... not yet, at least. I guess I'm not much to worry about." Gigi touched T's shoulder, "Will you be ok?"

Loner smiled to see Kramor awake. "I didn't want to disturb you," she said. "You were badly hurt."

She got up, and sat on the edge of the bed. "How are you doing?..."

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Mae was downstairs, drinking a double. For the umpteenth time she considered leaving this crazy town...which had gotten even crazier, ever since that damn Miss Bessie come to town...

Well, thought Mae with a shake of her head, she was gone now. God only knew where. And she felt sorry for the poor SOB's whose town she'd gone to...

T smiled weakly at Gigi. "I'll manage. I've got to stay busy right now or I'm going to lose my mind. I'll try to come up with a paln for tomorrows shipment."

"Okay... You should know, I can shoot if I need to. I'm not a great shot, but I can take a man down... I've done it before." Gigi turned to leave.

"Thanks, I'm sure I can find something for you to do. I'll be in touch." Ms T got up and walked slowly over to the telegraph office. "Would you send a notification to the army that Darkpoets dead. they need to come claim the body."
The telegraph operator stared at her. "The sheriff's dead ma'am?"
"That's what I said."
The man took one look at Ms T's face and decided she wasn't in the mood for any more questions. "I'll get right on it."

Kramor puts his hand on Loner's arm. "It hurts. How about you? Did he do anything to you?"

Ms T pinned the sheriffs badge in her shirt, thinking that it seemed to bring bad luck. She sighed , she didn't think she was cut out to be a sheriff. Walking aimlessly past the saloon, she carefully noted to herself all the exits, and all the places a gunman could hide.

Loner shook her head. "No," she answered, but got a bad chill thinking of the possibilities...

There was a quiet knock at the door. Loner opened it to see Mae, with a strange expression on her face. "Loner," she said, "I just thought of something. That man who tried...I've seen him around here before..."

Kramor sat up right, the color drained from his face.
"Er, damn. When and where did you see him?"

Gigi went back to the saloon, sat at the bar, and demanded a double.

"Are you alright, honey? You're lookin' awful pale," Miss Bessie asked her, pouring a drink.

"The sheriff's dead." Gigi observed Bessie's reaction very carefully. She acted surprised, upset even, but there was something in her eyes that told Gigi the truth. T' was right.

"That sure is a shame. Truth be told, me and Darkpoet had a bit of a thing going on, if you know what I mean... Still, my dear, men are all lowlifes, they deserve to die. I'm betting it was your man gave you that bruise."

Gigi touched her face self-consciously. She had forgotten the bruise. "I had an accident when I was drunk," she said carefully.

"I heard that one before. Shoot him and be done with it honey, he ain't worth the time of day."

That's true, at least, Gigi thought to herself.

"Lie still," said Loner, concerned that Kramor's wound would open again.

Mae entered the room and closed the door. In a hushed voice, she said:

"He was in town a few months back, keepin' company with a Miss Bessie character. She was a bad one...run the saloon for a while. Never did figure out what those two were up to...but the sheriff ended up runnin' 'em out. Next day a whole cartload of barrels went drivin' out of town. Looked like army men drivin' 'em. I'm not sure if this means anything to y'all, just thought I'd mention it..."

"Mae, do me a favor." Kramor said with gritted teeth. "Could you send a telegram to Dp, he is the sheriff of Shadow. And tell he what you told me."
Mae nodded and left.

Ms T was on her way back to the sheriff's office when the boy who ran errands for the telegraph office came running up to her. "Ms T this was addressed to the sheriff. Mr.Browne said to give this to you."
T looked at the message and stood there for a minute. "Go tell your boss to send a message back..tell K that DP's gone and I'm sheriff until he and Loner get back." She flipped the boy two bits and went to the sheriffs office.

Ms T made her plans. She was going to need Gigi’s help. Unlocking the gun case, she took out a large revolver, no need to be accurate with this she thought. She turned out the lights in the office and waited. She went quietly to the window and saw the man watching her leave to report to Bessie. She quietly went out the back and went to Gigi’s room to wait for her.

"Thanks for the whisky, Miss Bessie... I sure needed it. Guess I'll turn in for the night." Gigi shot the woman a smile, and walked back to the hotel.