"When Your Past Catches Up With You"
Based on: "The Magnificent Seven" TV Series
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Ezra Standish was sitting in the saloon of Four Corners, also known as the Standish Tavern, having some drinks. Business had been slow in Four Corners lately. Nothing was happening. There was no danger to the town. It had actually been pretty boring.
So, he looked up almost excitedly when he saw Chris Larabee and Buck Wilmington came into the saloon with serious expressions on their faces.
"Something wrong, gentlemen?" Ezra asked, gulping down another shot of whiskey
"We need to go to Rock Falls" Chris replied "Judge Travis needs our help"
"What's wrong?" Ezra asked, again
"Apparently, there's a prisoner that's about to be put on trial" Buck replied "The prisoner supposedly beat up one of the people in town for no good reason."
"You can get arrested for that?" Ezra said
"And possibly hanged" Chris replied "That's the rule of Rock Falls"
"The Judge said that the people of Rock Falls want to go straight to hanging, even though the 'victim' is going to be fine" Buck said "It's a lot like when Nathan's father was put on trial"
"Well, shall we go, gentlemen?" Ezra said, grabbing his hat and leaving the saloon. Chris and Buck followed.
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Rock Falls wasn't too far away from Four Corners. It only took the Seven a good hour to get there. When they got there, the whole town was in an uproar.
"Man!" JD Dunne said "It's just like we were having déjà vu!"
"You did say that the victim was going to make it, right?" Nathan Jackson asked
Chris nodded. "The telegram said that the victim made a full recovery"
"This doesn't make any sense" Josiah Sanchez said "Why would they want to hang this person if the victim was going to make it?"
"Let's get a little closer and find out" Vin Tanner said
As the Seven got closer, they were able to get a better look at the prisoner.
"I can tell you why" Buck said, as his mouth dropped open in shock "Because the prisoner is a teenage girl"
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"You think you can get away with this?!" exclaimed Kyle Larson, brother of the victim of the non-fatal beating "You think you're better than us?!"
"Hold your tongue, Larson!" Judge Oren Travis yelled
"It doesn't matter!" Kyle yelled back "No teenage girl is going to get away with beating up my brother!"
The girl was wearing black pants, a white button down shirt, black boots, and a black vest. Her dark brown hair was pulled back into a pony tail at the base of her head and her dark brown eyes were full of rage.
Kyle glared at the girl being held back by two of the men of the town. She just glared back from underneath the brim of her black hat.
"Got anything to say for yourself?" Kyle asked
The girl took in a deep breath. "I don't have to answer to a piece of crap like you!"
"That's it!" Kyle yelled "Hang her!"
"Under what grounds?!" Judge Travis yelled back "As far as I can tell, she is free to go! She had to do what she did!"
Kyle motioned for the two men holding the girl to grab the judge and hold him back as he made his way towards the girl. All heads turned when they heard horses riding into town.
The girl's eyes widened in shock, especially when she saw one of the men who was riding into town. "Aw! Shit!"
She turned to the pole, which was holding the roof of the courthouse up, next to her and started to climb it, knowing that she would be killed if she tried to escape through the crowd.
"Hey!" Kyle yelled "Get back here!"
The girl climbed on top of the roof of the courthouse and ran across it, but not before drawing the attention of the Seven.
"What the hell is she doing?" Buck exclaimed, amazed by this girl, but also scared that she would hurt herself "She's going to get herself killed!"
The girl stopped right above what must have been her horse. The crowd had begun to follow her. The girl shot a quick glance at the Seven, immediately catching the attention of Ezra. The Seven watched as a sly smile spread across her face, as if she knew one of them and was doing what she was about to do to make them mad. She moved her right foot so it dangled over the edge of the roof, as if she was taunting someone.
"No!" Ezra yelled, surprising the rest of the Seven
Then, as the smile on her face became bigger by Ezra's reaction, she jumped down from the ledge and onto her horse, automatically grabbing the reins and riding out of town. The Seven tried to follow but the crowd was getting in the way.
"Follow her!" Judge Travis yelled to the Seven "She's an innocent girl! We can't let her get away! They'll kill her!"
"Josiah, Nathan" Chris said "Get the judge back to Four Corners!"
Josiah and Nathan nodded and rode off to get the judge. It was then that the rest of the Seven noticed Ezra's dumbstruck expression.
"Something wrong, Ezra?" Vin asked
Ezra didn't say anything.
"Ezra!" Buck said, pushing his shoulder "Ezra, what's wrong?"
"My daughter" Ezra said, softly
"What?" JD said, as they started to ride, still having the girl in their sight
"My daughter" Ezra repeated, as they left Rock Falls "That's my daughter"
So, this is the beginning of the re-working of my M7 intro story. This story is going to be much more interesting than the others, I promise!!
I hope that you like it!!
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