Rivals first. Golden gals second

"Roxxie..."

Texas gave the roo a solemn look as the two stared off. Their feud dated back for years now, well into their youth even, though not many would know this information. All anyone knew about these two were their long winding chases, the torturous and gross lengths Roxxie would go just to humiliate Texas, and throughout it all however, Texas would always come out on top. This encounter felt different between the two though, Texas knew this. She knew Roxxie better than anyone in all of Gold Springs, and knew that her rival would NEVER fall in line with someone else, not like this...

"It was you, wasn't it. That knife in my cell. You left it there. Why?" Texas boldly claimed as she looked her rival dead in the eyes, breathing deeply as she still struggled to calm her nerves down after everything she went through. Roxxie on the other hand, simply laughed off the claim, howling into the air before wiping a tear that streamed down her face. "Course I did ya dolt! Ain't NO WAY in'ell am I letting some two-bit punkass wannabe like Vlllllaaaaaaaad come into MY TURF, take MY MONEY, and most importantly, take MY SHERIFF! it just ain't right Texas. Now then....about your whole "Escape plan"~"

"Don't get in ma way, Roxxie. You don't want any of what I feel right about now. Vlad went too far with what he's taken from me, and I ain't sparing ANYONE who get in ma way. Walk away now and we won't have any trouble." Texas stood her ground, her eyes showing a fire that Roxxie's only seen scarcely. seeing her devotion to taking down that scumbag Vlad, Roxxie simply lifted her hands up in the air, not wanting to start a fight...for now.

"Easy Texas, easy. Now I may despise you, hate your guts, respect NUTTIN about you...but even I can agree that that hound's gotta get taken down. But the way you are now, you're just gonna wind up getting yourself into another duel you're gonna lose. You really wanna risk that?" Roxxie's point had some validity to it. Texas still had no idea how Vlad was so quick on the draw like that. She's played the memory of their duel over and over again in her head, with no real answers to it. And with no answers to go with it, she'd just be running into a deathtrap. Feeling her nerves rather weakened by this realization, Roxxie smirked before speaking up once more, catching the sheriff's attention.

"Now...what if I told you that the man was hiding something~" Texas's ears perked up, her head raised in curiosity as she heard Roxxie's claim, immediately asking "Hiding what?". Catching Tex's attention, Roxxie leaned back on a nearby rock, sighing blissfully as the boulder seemed to sink into the sand beneath her, as her gaze remained on Texas the whole time.

"He played you in your duel Tex. And you fell for it~ Not that I could blame ya really, he played everybody...almost everybody that is~" She grinned as she recalled exactly what she saw yesterday. What Vlad wanted nobody to see...

"The gun he show's ya in the draw is a dud. it isn't even loaded. Truth is he had another gun hidden under that stupid cloak of his the whole time on his right side~ he had it drew the whooooole time." That...that could explain it. Texas knew she had him beat in for sure, even with the wind blowing the dust and sand about. She knew she had him beat! That no good crook cheated the whole time! Texas couldn't help but kick the sand beneath her feet as she came to this realization, saying every swear in the old western swear book she could possibly think of! But with this knowledge at hand, she had an idea of what to do...but what she feared most now, was if she missed and hit the man...She wouldn't be able to live with herself to kill a man she coulda beat without gunning him. Texas had to think carefully now with this knowledge, as what came next would determine the history books.

"Please, don't you even go and spook yourself Sheriff." Roxxie scoffed as she watched Texas think hard on what she was just told, leaving the roo to simply grunt and hop forward in front of Texas, bending herself forward to meet Texas face to face. "Unlike all of us cheaten, no good crooks, when YOU duel, you can just....I dunno, FEEL what to do right. I'm willin to bet that when you stare down that coward again, you knock that gun right outta his hand through that cloak of his. Just do what you do best, Sheriff; bein a pain in everyone's behind~"

With that, Roxxie leapt up and prepared her leave. However, Texas caught the roo off guard with what came out of her mouth. Something that hit Roxxie deep into the depths of her still beating heart. "Ya know...ma always said you had a heart'a gold deep inside ya. Beginning to think she was right about that, Roxxie....Thank ya for the pep talk."

Roxxie had to use every ounce of her strength to hold herself together without facing Texas. Her body nearly trembling at the remark, Roxxie put all her effort into giving Texas one last grotesque, snarky remark back. "Yea well, she'd he awfully ashamed'a me had she seen what I did to ya last week Tex~!" Texas could only roll her eyes as she was reminded of what the two got into that faithful night...never again will Texas speak to strange Rabbits she'd never met before, especially when they offer her a "reward for all her hard work".

"With that said though Sheriff, I'll be taking my leave~ Plenty of stuff to loot'ere and this Roo is gonna make out like the bandit she really is~! Cya Tex!" And with one last powerful leap, Roxxie was gone, leaving Texas to herself...and the lone revolver she had conveniently dropped in front of the Sheriff. with a soft "Thank ya, Roxxie." under her breath, Texas took the gun and placed it in her holster. One bullet, one final showdown. And Texas was ready for the worst.

As the two parted ways however, Roxxie too said one final message to Texas, one that the sheriff wouldn't be able to hear.

"You betta come back from this, Tex. Gold Springs just won't be the same if you go and get caught like this..."