Willie
Leaves rustled and crunched as a silhouette slithered between the trees towards a small rushing river. The sunlight fell onto yellowish crème and brown scales as they finally revealed themselves from the shadows as they stopped at the flowing water.

"Far enough-..."
He mumbled to himself, taking a deep breath before laying down and taking a couple dozen sips- also taking the chance to refill his bottle.
The chirping somewhat calmed his still bouncing chest- those view troubles on his mission really caught him off guard... But now- the silence allowed him to listen to the ambience of calmness which he not always payed attention to.
Still... He felt weird as further as those calming sounds got him carried away- even with his hood on shielding him from noises from behind- he could nearly feel something's odd-...
Jose
Flying low and against the wind was always a challenge—even more so in the desert. The bounty hunter's wings were getting tired as she had searched the area from here to the closest oasis with minimal sign of her target.
Not a single scale nor trail was found from dawn to midday and to say Eucalyptus was frustrated would be an understatement. It's an embarrassment to her tracking ability that's for sure! Usually she could uncover the faintest talonprint trail or talk to the locals and convince them to give her some leads.
Today? She was off her game.

Eucalyptus huffed angrily as she glided across the dunes, letting her claw tips brush the sand, kicking up particles as she soon spotted the rivers in the distance. Her keen eye caught a hooded stranger by the waters and her stomach twisted in a mix of emotion. Was this them? Was her target here this entire time?
Her heart rate quickened and she alighted on a raised dune just before the water met the sand, trying to conceal her wingbeats and ducking behind the top of the ridge.
She poked her snout over the dune, narrowing her eyes as she couldn't see the Sandwings face. She didn't want to just attack a stranger but...

Creeping slowly over the dune's crest, the Sandwing bounty hunter was focused on the dragon in front of her, pupils narrowed to slits as she slowly prowled her way forward.
Willie
His ears twitched beneath his hood, before he would casually lean over the river and start rubbing off the mess of his talons. Eucalyptus's target didnt throw any concerns, but she could be sure that stranger must be him due to that long and curvy blade attached with leather clips around his tail tip... A very unusual weapon, especially for Sandwings, which are known to use their tail tip. Just then the stranger raised his voice, calling out whoever night be behind him. He hasn't looked around once and already caught her presence?

"You can stop crawling up to me like a lizard now- you might accidentally sniff in sand so close to the ground~"
What a calm, casual but teasing tone he spoke. Usually dragons would creep out when realising they are being watched- or worse hunted. That Sandwing tho hasn't turned his head towards her yet, but instead dried his talons on his brownish robes. Except for them and some tropical birds around this oasis- and the absence of any other noises -they were alone. Here and there the rustling leaves of the palm trees could be heard with the slight breeze against their ears.

"So either some special reinforcement, or another bounty hunter- if you belong to those idiots from earlier, my respect, you're not quite as clumsy as they were"
He then started humming, cleaning something metallic in the river... A weapon possibly? He even felt confident enough to let the breeze blow down his hood. It was him. A long braid hanging down his left side, several scars visible on his neck, arms and tail... And that messy hair. The first noticeable thing were his wings though, something reddish-brown covered his membranes. Scales of a red-egg-mudwing... Those rumours were true after all, smart tho a very inhumane idea of fire resistant shields.

"So- you're not gonna stand all day there, right?"
Finally he bothered to look over his shoulder, even if it was just for a short moment. Acid green eyes locked into eye contact with Eucalyptus...
Jose
Eucalyptus crept closer and closer, her mind nothing but battle strategies in a soft drone of instinct and practice. Her barbed tail twitched in anticipation as she leaned her weight forward, sliding down the last bit of an incline and...

The bounty hunter nearly jumped six feet in the air as her target began to speak clearly to her of all things. She was taken aback, frozen with a forefoot lifted off the ground, staring dumbly at the hooded Silencer.
Her shock coursed through her body, making her wingtips quiver in a cold realization that this wasn't any ordinary inexperienced wanted dragon—far from it. Silencer must've been evading bounty hunters for years before Eucalyptus picked up his trail. The notion made her head spin and she shook herself as the dragon before her almost rambled on.

"I ain't with no one else. You may seem observant but you'd be a fool to mistake me 'fer working with just anyone." The blue eyed Sandwing stated plainly, finally coming down from her brief flight of emotions and beginning to fix her posture to stand upright. She took a confident step forward and paused as Silencer glanced back at her which caused her to scowl. She was being mocked.
"Y'know, there's better ways t' go about helping dragons down on their luck without stirrin' up the locals." Her tone was short, blunt almost as she twitched an ear, glancing over the weapons he carried—particularly the one he was cleaning in the water.

"I don't want to turn you in, I really don't, honest—but... My commissioner said you've made things personal now."
The bounty hunter sounded... Remorseful almost? A deep frown was present on her face as she took another step forward all while coiling her tail tighter. She wasn't here to kill but she had to make the first move.
With a grunt of effort, Eucalyptus began to charge forward, beating her wings to propel herself as she rushed to try and throw herself into a grapple with the other dragon.
Willie
The wanted Sandwing held back a grin noticing the slight overwhelmed body language. It wasn't his first time noticing such, even tho this time it was much more less frightened- *Either her commissioner let out some details... Or she knows what she's capable of* Silencer thought while drying his weapon against his robes as well- the sound of rattling chains were nearly as silent as the water behind him when he hit his weapon beneath the brownish fabric again.

"Oh wow- you must be very victory-promising for your boss then. Hm~ I had that experience very rare" He stared off into distance of the dunes... Not really aiming his gaze on anything but memories. His eyes quickly rolled back to her talons as he noticed them moving bit by bit towards him, then slowly his gaze raised to her eyes again.
"You know... Things always get personal if you're taking the mightiness away from the mighty. News and rumours spread like a wildfire. I'd also count you in with the civilians in that case...
...I mean how could you kn-?"

He caught her breath realising how speedy his hunter got in a split of a second. Silencer didn't even have the time to sigh as he turned, talons digging into the ground before charging forwards as well. With the only difference of him being extremely near the ground. Nearly sliding over the sand, he changed his position in an instant, pressing his wings against his sides and sliding just in time beneath her talons stretched out for him. While Eucalyptus clawed into nothing but air, Silencer grabbed her wrist with one talon, using her speed and his rotational motion to pull her down. She'd land straight forward into the sand, eventually getting her face covered beneath a small pile while her target literally slid through her talons. Silencer rolled himself back on his talons, shaking the sand off his wings and shoulders pretty casually before tilting his head after her.

"My apologies about the sand~ but maybe you shouldn't waste your time and take on a different target?" A tease could be heard in his tone, most likely finding this amusing so far- if only he wouldn't make a mistake with this...
Jose
Eucalyptus didn't respond to Silencer, instead narrowing her eyes and pupils as she lunges at the other Sandwing, wings pressed to her sides and determination flashed in her gaze.
Her ears pricked and her eyes widened as she felt the other dragon grab her wrist as he darted beneath her belly. She barely had time to register what was happening before she was face down in the sand, skidding to a halt after a few moments.

The bounty hunter lifted her head and snorted out sand from her nostrils. Great. This one would be slippery like a minnow wriggling through her claws. She got to her feet, shaking sand from her scales and turning around to glare at Silencer.
"Yer making this more difficult than it needs 'ta be y'know that?" She growled, her scales puffing out a bit to make her look like a very threatening pinecone. "Just cooperate with me and things should go just fine for you." Eucalyptus hissed, her black tongue flickering in and out to draw in his scent. Perhaps if he flees into the desert she could track him by smell this time.

With a threatening hiss, she charged again at the Sandwing but this time instead of running directly at him, she feinted to the side and swiped a claw out to try and catch Silencer across the snout to back him away.
Willie
"Define *Just fine for you*, cause I think you missed the part that they don't want me necessarily alive, though I believe they wouldn't mind torturing me a bit more"
Silencer said calmly, his stance still being more loose than tensed as if this wouldn't be an actual fight to death yet. Even a smirk escaped his snout witnessing more or less for the first time the hilarious image of a Sandwing pinecone. 

"Once again, we both would have more of this if our ways part-"
Barely finishing his sentence he paused again, his eyes following her movements without his head turning until the last second. Her claws at least managed to mess up his hair a bit when he dodged beneath them, swinging his own talon at her- but aiming for her elbow. Before the pain kicked in Eucalyptus could've guessed how demolishing it'll feel as the palm of his talon nearly caused an deafening smack by colliding with her joint.

The physical damage was low, though a burning feeling as if her muscles would twitch beneath her scales continued rushing back and forth through her entire arm... That was thanks to a particular nerve normally protected by her joint, but it got smashed against this nerve. 
"Okay- let me explain in this way... My bounty isn't only that high because of my deeds, but because no one managed to defeat neither imprison me. 
Don't get me wrong, I see you have pretty neat skills- but seriously, they'd be more useful catching *Actual criminals*, darling"
A cunning move of him to sit down just after his attack, he was underestimating her and showed it with each of his motions and teasing tones in his voice, despite trying desperately to convince her to back off from her mission.