"Injuns."
A ragged voice whispered under his breath. His face was sweating and greasy. Nothing in the world could tear his gaze away from the sight he was beholding.
"Them dirty injuns. Thinkin' they can outsmart me... I'm gon' show them rascals."
The man stroked his gun. It was a beautiful .45 Colt Peacemaker and virtually his only source of joy. He stroked it like a lover, gentle yet firm. He held it close to him like he was a child, helpless if it weren't for his parent. Most of all though, he was loading it like a gun, ready for the kill.
"I'm gon' show them what for. They can't fool me. I'm educated. They can't fool an American," he assured himself as he spotted a small grey rabbit in the corner of his eye. He shooed it away quickly.
He was hidden behind a conveniently placed tree. Its trunk was large enough to hide even two grown men. He was thinking it was an oak but in all honesty he wouldn't be able to tell a palm tree from pine tree. He was a red-blooded American through and through. That was his main problem.
The wasteland of a plain was filled with a stagnant air. Tumbleweeds were always a household myth, but he could make out a few in the distance. He could see the reason he was in hiding in the first place - An Indian, a heathen treading upon this holy land. He raised his revolver to his mouth and kissed its shining barrel. God was on his side and he knew it.
The Indian was standing near a cleverly made solitary wigwam and brushing a beautiful chestnut toned horse. The man knew that it was a fine breed and could probably outrun a train. He'll have it off the dirty heathen. Indians didn't deserve such a beautiful creature. That was a wonderful plan, he thought. The time to act was now.
He aimed his revolver with a steady hand and shot. A deafening crack rang out and as did a scream. The bullet hit the Indian's shoulder and he was writhing with pain on the dusty ground.
"Dirty Redskin! That'll learn ya to mess with Buckin' Billy Jean!" said the man in triumph. He was running towards the downed Indian ready for the kill. He aimed his gun again but at point black range. He slowly put it down after a moment's hesitation.
"I'm better 'n you. I won't kill ya and dirty my bullets." Buckin' Billy Jean thought this was a rather noble line as he mounted his new found horse. "I'm a good soul and may God in heav'n have mercy on yer soul."
He took off and galloped towards the sunset. Unfortunately, his heroism was short lived as nearly a dozen Indians rounded him off on both flanks.
"Dirty cheats." He whispered to himself as he looked towards the left and hit a rock on his right. He tumbled into a state of half-consciousness.
Indians on all sides. This wasn't good for him at all, he thought. An Indian stabbed him. He nearly lost consciousness. Billy Jean's breath was heavy with fatigue. He started to lose focus and could only make out blobs of color. The red was closing in on him as the blue was being blotted out. A dull grey dotted the red at uneven intervals.
"YA DIRTY REDSKINS WILL NEVER BREAK OLE BUCKIN' BILLY JEAN!" screamed the cowboy as he slowly passed out.
Actually I don't really like how this turned out. I liked it up until I had to go back to the story after talking about Billy Jean's problems. After that, I just kind of muddled myself into an end. I ll need to clean this up somehow to be somewhat decent.
I just got the idea to try and fix this up somehow by trying to seperate the real from the delusional as will be seen in the next post. I think it was a stroke of pure genius. And I personally think it gives me the freedom to add a bit more detail here and there without worrying about space constraints.