Drake the hunter prt3
Drake the hunter pt3.
Drake, Sheriff Johnson, and the remaining deputies, continued to the barn to apprehend Crogen. As soon As they arrived, they ducked behind some bushes to plan out the raid.
"Now that where here, how do we get Crogen and get out again?" The sheriff asked, "I'm sure they outnumber us."
"Going in with our small group would not be in our best interest." Drake said. "Perhaps it would be better to have them come to us."
"What do you mean by that?" Sheriff Johnson questioned.
Drake ignored him and continued, "Have your deputies' seal up the back exits. I want to control where Crogen can go."
"Hey! I asked you a question." The sheriff barked.
"Never mind what I meant just do as I asked; and keep your voice down" Drake said.
Sheriff Johnson puffed out his chest and said. "Who do you think you are giving me orders? I am the Sherriff here."
"If your goal is to acquire Crogen, then you will shut up and follow along" Drake snapped back.
The Sheriff wanted to respond but he knew Drake would get Crogen so he decided to let it go for now. He then turned to his deputies and said. "Do as he says"
He then turned to Drake and said. "Your plan had better work. Whatever it is."
With that the deputies went and blocked the exits. Then they returned.
"So Now what?" Sheriff Johnson asked.
"Get your weapons ready" Drake Answered. "The fun part comes next."
Then Drake grabbed an arrow and some twine. He gathered some dead leaves and grass and tied them to the arrow. Then he mounted the arrow on his gauntlet and pulled a match from his pocket.
"What are you doing" Sheriff Johnson asked.
"See the small opening near the roof there? Drake said pointed up at the opening to the upstairs part of the barn. It's full of hay which will burn quite nicely.
"You can't start a fire!" Sheriff Johnson Said in shock"
"This is why I didn't tell you the plan" Drake said while lighting the arrow.
He then shot the arrow into the barn which instantly erupted into flames.
Soon after the front door, the only entrance left unblocked, burst open and the meeting attendees came pouring out. As they came out, they ran into Drake, Sheriff Johnson, and the deputies, who had their weapons loaded and pointed straight at the fleeing criminals. One of which was a black panther named Crogen. Each of the criminals where lined up away from the barn to be tied up and escorted back to the jail. As the last remaining few escaped from the barn, Crogen crept back behind the line and broke away into a full run to escape.
One of the deputies yelled, "We have a runner."
Drake looked and answer, "He's mine" Then Drake ran in pursuit of Crogen.
Crogen ran thru a field hoping to make it to the nearby woods, but Drake was hot on his trail. Drake knew that if Crogen made it to the woods there was a good possibility that Crogen would get away. Drake was a fast runner, but the black panther was a natural runner as well. Plus he didn't carry all the gear and heavy gauntlet that Drake did. While running the wind picked up and blew off Drakes head. That was the last straw, Drake liked that hat and now it was gone. While running, he loaded an arrow and fired it straight into Crogen's right shoulder. The arrow pierced into Crogen's shoulder and the remaining momentum push Crogen forward causing him to fall. Drake ran up to him kneeled down to Crogen.
"Thought you could escape huh?" Drake said. "You are lucky that you are worth a lot of money alive. Otherwise it might have been easier just to haul a dead body back."
Drake then hoisted the injured panther to his feet and forced him to walk back to where the others were.
Later on, Drake stopped by the jail to meet with Sheriff Johnson.
'I have come to get Crogen." Drake said
"Take him and go" Sheriff Johnson replied. "The sooner you leave the better. You have no idea the chaos you have caused with the fire you started."
"Very well then" Drake said as he escorted Crogen out.
"You are going to let him go after what he did to that weasel and the barn?" One of the deputies asked.
"I know nothing about the weasel and neither does anyone else." Sheriff Johnson said. "As for the barn, well it needed to be taken down anyway."