They go out with a bang

“Fuck you bitch!” The biggest of the men, a burly black-haired man with a great bushy beard, replied, and raised his gun at River.

Both of them shot at the same time, with River seeing the man being pushed out of his saddle by the impact of her shot while her horse collapsed beneath her, having been right in the head.
Managing to toss herself out of the saddle just before the horse hit the ground with its head first, River landed on her knees, having dropped her gun which now laid a few feet away from her.

From the other direction, Hauk came charging in, both of his guns ablaze at the bank robbers.
Two more of them fell to his shots, but the remaining two set off down the street, aiming to get away. One of them fired a burst with a shotgun which hit Hauk’s mount over the legs, sending him and it crashing down onto the street.

As they rode past River, one of the robbers managed to throw a lariat over her head and down over her arms, pinning them to her sides. Suddenly, River found herself bumping along down the street, being dragged behind the horse of the robber who had lassoed her.

Getting up, Hauk aimed after the robbers, but didn’t dare fire as he risked hitting River, and had to instead watch helplessly how the two desperados **** River with them as they left the town.

Looking around him, Hauk saw scared townspeople peeking out of windows. He had to find out where the robbers were taking River.
The two men which he had shot both appeared dead and so not likely to answer his questions, which was the drawback of always shooting his enemies in the head, but the bearded man that River had plugged looked as though he was fit enough to answer Hauk’s questions.
And after that, he’d gather up a posse and set out in pursuit.

For her part, River was knocked around for at least a mile before the robbers halted their wild escape. Disarming and de-clothing her, they tied her arms and legs behind her back and slung her over the back of one of the horses.
Helpless, unarmed and buck-naked, River wondered what was going to happen to her.