Oh, Chuck reminded me of one other idea I had, and then I will stick to my promised to stay off the forums for a couple of days. What if the bountyhunter found it was someone they cared about that was on Santa's list of whose expendable? Easy to knock off strangers, but not so easy to find out someone has your grandmother or grandfather on their list. Now that's it for me. you know it's a good story idea if it has people thinking about it, even if none of the ideas are ones you can use. :)