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"You ready Range?" Holt whispered, sliding silently off of the saddle. Ranger nodded reluctantly, unable to shake the feeling of guilt buried deep in his gut. He peered over the top of the bushes, and saw the faces, lit by the small fire that was in the middle of them. He saw Holt raise his hand and glanced over his shoulder at his fellow cowboys, crouched in the bushes behind him. Holt pulled the trigger on his gun, sending a loud bang that echoed off the trees. In that instand all of the cowboys were on their feet, rushing at the small camp of indians with one mission, to take the horses.

Ranger swung his rope over his head, ready in case he spotted some horses. He glanced over at Holt who was in hot pursuit of the indians. "What are you doing?" Ranger hissed as he lowered his rope and rode over to his boss who looked like he was having the time of his life. "This isn't what we came for!" Range yelled above the noise and Holt only laughed at Range and shook his head "buisness young one!" Holt said almost mockingly.

Tess mounted her horse and ride into the Indian camp with the others. She held the reins with on hand and a lasso on the others. She throw the looped roped around the neck of a paint mare. The mare fought long and hard while Tess led Rose Petal towards the paint and one of the Indian warriors was trying to pull the rope from around his horse.

Tethon patted his horse, trying to calm her down enough to pull her free of the rope, but Summer was no having it. In desperation, Teth mounted his horse and pulled out a knife. He cut through the rope as fast as he could.

Ooc:// I chaged Teth's bio a bit so that his horse is captured. It just came to mind.

Rang saw that he couldn't change Holt's mind so he glanced around the camp for horses. He saw Tess struggling with a mare and noticed an indian jump on the horses back. He clicked his tounge and gently nudged Ringo's flank with his spurs. "Tess!" he called to let her know he was there to help and roped the mare and rode closer to knock the indian man off.

Holt noticed a fiesty looking girl, Nenoka, and changed his target. He charged after the girl just as he noticed Range too. "Range get over here!" Holt yelled and rode towards the girl and her beautiful horse.

"You got this Tess?" Range yelled above the noise, finding that he couldn't ignore his boss's commands.

Tess was struggling slightly with the rope as the horse thrashed around. "Yeah, sure!" she shouted to Ranger. "Go see what Coop wants." She tugged at the rope even harder.

Teth had been just about knocked off the horse by a cowboy, Ranger. Teth regained his balanced and started cutting at the rope again. But just then the rope was tugged and tightened around Summer's neck. The mare bucked at the uncomfortable tightness around her neck, sending Teth to the ground. All he remembered was something hard hitting his head before everything went black.

Tess was able to coax Rose Petal close enough to the paint to grab at the rope closer to the mare. She patted the horses nose to calm her as Tess loosened the rope a bit. The rope looked as if it could break at anytime. Tess broke it herself and tied the two ends back together nicely, that way the mare had no chance of breaking the rope and getting loose.

Aiyana mounted Cresent Moon and flew through the camp until she spotted Nenoka riding into the pack of men. Aiyana followed her best friend into the thick of the battle, kicking one of the men off his horse with her foot. She looked behind her when she heard someone call out for a 'Range'. She saw what looked like their leader heading straight for Nenoka. "Nenoka!" Aiyana shouted as best she could. "Wacth out!"

"Get the horse!" Holt grunted as he twirled his lasso over his head, aiming for the girl in front of him. He aimed carefully, unaware of the cheif indian who was carefully taking aim at the back of his neck. Instead Holt let go of the rope as it flew through the air and gently caught around the girls shoulders. Holt smiled at his easy catch and began reeling in the rope like a fish. "Grab the horse!" Holt called over his shoulder at Range who was riding up to get next to him.

Cheif Kentoga lost sight of his son in the crowd of running indians, horses, and the white men. But once he caught sight of his daughter getting reeled in by one of those hated white men his blood began to boil, a thing that rarley happened with him. He reached behind him and took an arrow out of his quiver and placed it along the tight line of his bow. He took careful aim at the back of Holt neck but released to late, just as Tex Ranger rode in front of his boss. The bow made contact with his shoulder just as he let the rope go and slid around Nenoka's horses's neck.

Range's eyes widened as the sudden pain sliced through his body like a knife. He didn't know what had happened but he got the rope around the horses neck and then felt something sharp and cold go into his shoulder. He fell off of Ringo and landed to the ground with a thud, still holding onto the rope. He tried to remount Ringo but his vision was turning fuzzy. He managed to get back onto Ringo and decided to ignore the pain, thinking it would pass.

But Holt did notice the arrow, and the blood dripping down Range's back. "Get out of here!" Holt yelled to his group but then glanced over his shoulder at the cheif who was holding the bow "get the cheif!" he yelled again as he grabbed ringo's reins, along with the rope that held Nenoka and her horse.