[ CS ] Darkest and Stormiest Night

As the empty hours passed, the night grudgingly inched towards daybreak. The horizon was ablaze, a harbinger of the blistering sun that could soon mercilessly beat upon his weary form unless the storm continued in its fury. 
 
 Holding out his hand to block out at least some of the orange glow, he could now discern riders on the horizon. Though they were still on the far side of the blackened crater that may or may not have once been a town, they would be coming for him. 
 
 As if on cue, the rain began to diminish. 
 
 `` It's gon na be a hot one.'' he mumbled to nobody, his face raised skywards. His careless steps hindered by an unexpected stone jutting from the earth, he fell into the dense mud. He landed face to face with the empty eye sockets of a skull that also lay in the dark brown muck. A few feet beyond was the rest of the body. It was dressed in tatters of clothing now in an advanced state of decay. He caught a glimpse of a reflection as the sun peaked over the horizon, sending a golden beam to illuminate the gun belt around his new friend's waist. Precious bullets still occupied numerous pockets of the leather bandoliers criss-crossing its sunken chest. 
 
 He slowly raised himself to a standing position, hoisting his newly acquired treasures over his shoulder. He peered towards the riders, still distant specks on the blasted plain. 
 
 `` Let them come.'' he growled. 
 
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