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Created on: June 10, 2009 Last Updated: July 02, 2009
THE REINCARNATEDS' REVENGE
Corey Stetson started tingling from head to toe as the presence invaded his body and empowered him. The gang-bangers known as the MS-13s did not known that they picked the wrong guy to rumble with, and soon their casualties would prove to be a street fight like they never seen before.
Corey Stetson was raised on a large cattle ranch in a rural area about 30 miles west Cheyenne, Wyoming. His family was not rich, but they were very hard workers. For the most part they were self sufficient, and were well known on the Rodeo circuit for generations.
It was June 13th and the college classes were coming to an end for the summer. Corey had been tormented through out this school year by the MS-13s. They had torched his wheels and inflicted extreme bodily injuries on his small circle of friends. His best friend, Levi Callahan, was still in a coma at the hospital. They nearly killed him at the beginning of the school year, in August. The MS-13s had now em-placed their last straw. Their tormenting violence was extended to his family.
They took out his father, Travis, first. He was pronounced D.O.A. by the Sheriff. Then they continued their rampage on Corey's mother and his little nine year old sister. The details of what happened to them, was so severe that the two had wished that they died.
Corey's body was numb with anger. He tried to comfort his mother and sister, but the fire within was far too overwhelming. He called the Catholic church that his family parishioned for many generations. About 20 minutes later Father Franklin McMurray, Mother Maria and Sister Joyce arrived at the Stetson's home for blessing and consoling the ladies. They tried to do the same with Corey but he had other things on his mind He left the house and headed for the barn.
He picked up his grandfather's old riding duster and checked the guns in the pockets they were all loaded and ready to go, just like they always were when his grandfather Luke"Holiday" Stetson wore them. Although Luke died a score and two years ago, before Corey was born, he knows his grandfather up close and personal. Corey put on the duster and mounted his white stallion "Quayzar". The two of them were an unstoppable force. He raised Quayzar from a foal when Zenith, his mother, died giving birth, because of his unusually large size Before they rode out of the barn, Corey grabbed his grandfather's 10gauge
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