Sparks, the Troubleshooter, Red, Derp, and Croach. Sparks is itching to showdown with Techs and get his badge back, but Croach tells him he is slow and fat now, after not showing down with anyone for months. Croach, still very drunk, is belligerent. Red suggests asking Jim to do some mayoring and repeal the bounty. Sparks says if they go see Jim at the Mayors' Retreat , it might hurt his reputation and Red admits that's true, but they go anyway. Arriving at the locaiton of the mayor's retreat, it is deserted except for two beings, Derp , the Mayor of Mars' moon Deimos and AX , the mayor of robots.
Derp tells them that Jim is gone to save Earth from an attack from MurderMen. AX tells the humans he was so inspired by Jim's speech that he wishes he could become human himself, and immediately comes down with a case of Pinocchiosis. Seconds later, he explodes, having been shot by Mercy Laredo, who then enters.
Mercy reveals she got herself a gang, too. Orna Peganu appears and envelops Sparks, Derp, Red, and Croach in a stasis field, so they cannot move, except for their mouths. Orna prefers to disintegrate her bounties, despite the fact that it's cost prohibitive. An argument begins about whether or not to disintegrate Sparks Nevada, with Mercy arguing not to.
The Space Saloon arrives. She still has her arms and legs, is now going by the name "La Diabla" and possess her bounty hunters license. She wants to kill Croach as well as collect the bounty on Sparks with Mercy and Orna.
Croach thanks the Saloon for being the building where he first imbibed alcohol, but still does not return her affections. Orna, Mercy, and the saloon argue over the bounty for a bit, and while distracted, Red tells the others she has a button on her watch which will call Cactoid Jim to her to come save them. Croach is able to shed his exoskin and can move long enough to press the button. The Saloon insists that she gets to disintegrate Croach, as by the rules of authorized bounty hunting she gets 3 collateral damages for free, and she chooses Croach.
