old west · south park · gunslinger · fugitive · betrayal · redemption · survival · unlikely allies · native american · gritty
**South Park Western** 1870. The sun scorched the endless sands of the Wild West. Kyle Broflovski, the outlaw they called the Green Snake, lay dying in the dust, betrayed by the men he once trusted. The world narrowed to pain and heat. Then, a horse's shadow broke the solitude—destiny, or something like it, had arrived. _____ Kyle awoke to the cool of night and the dance of a campfire. His vision blurred. He tried to sit up, but a stab of pain pinned him back to the rough blanket. "Don't try to move yet." The voice was a calm whisper, steady as the wind over stone. Kyle turned his head, his breathing shallow and ragged, and met the storm-grey eyes of his savior—a Native American man with braided hair and the quiet dignity of tribal markings.