Coraline Dixon-Winchester jumped on her jet black horse, moving it onto the trail, people shot at her, her black coat flying in the wind, she adjusted it while pulling out her gun, she turned halfway and shot at the horseback riding Mccoys, she knew, once she got over the Tug River she'd be in Hatfield territory, safe and sound, while, almost. She shouted for her horse to pick it up, soon, she had the Tug in her sights.
But that didn't stop Tolbert, Jim, and Calvin McCoy were in front of her, her laced shirt had been cut by Tolbert, him trying to get at her, stop her in time to grab her. She had instead kicked him in the balls and ran.
Leaving her here, turning to look at the one hundred yard away McCoys, and the three in front of her.
"No where to go, Runner!" Tolbert called.
"Maybe!" She shouted.
She turned her horse back, running full speed, the other McCoys ninety yards away.
Closer.
Eighty yards.
Seventy yards.
Sixty yards.
Fifty yards.
Fourty yards.
Thirty yards.
C'mon baby. She thought.
Twenty yards.
Come on!
Ten yards.
Five yards.
Times up. She thought.
She quickly turned her horse around, making it go as fast as possible. She was ten feet away from the three young McCoys.
She pulled up on the reigns, going over all three. They watched, stunned.
Her horses hooves hit the ground in seconds, sending her towards the Tug River. The McCoys looked at her. "We'll get you next time, Runner!" Tolbert yelled. They all turned back and were off.
Her horse bucked her off and ran to the other side. It waited on the West Virginia side of the Tug River. She chuckled and got up, the water seeping into her shirt, coating her leather pants in water and her chest getting soaked in water, her hair getting wet and dark.
"Remember when you said all the good I do outweighs the bad?"
"Yeah?'' Ian asked softly.
"Well the scales just tipped in the other direction."
The last thing she said to her brother, Ian, before he died.
She thought of it, everyday since she died, the reason she became, the thing she is today, Runner, as most people call her, because no one knows her true identity or her origin. All they know is she's spent her life running, and she still is.
The cover image is Coraline/Runner in her Runner outfit. Okay?
Thoughts?