2. Wanted
The lone ranger, tonto and their newest addition anidawehi, made their way to reds tavern, since the Indian camp was destroyed, they would resupply there.
Tonto looked at the little girl still gripping his chest letting her head rest on his back. He found it both creepy and comforting. They finally made it to the tavern and jumped off their horses.
"So what's your name again?" asked john.
"anidawehi" answered the girl.
"That's a mouthful, do you have a nickname?" he asked.
"anida" she said.
"Good. You see, that I can pronounced" said john.
She smiled.
They opened the door to the tavern and anida ran in, but tonto grabbed her shoulder.
"Stay close" he warned "some men bad in here."
Anida smiled and nodded.
They went to the back of the tavern and up a staircase. Anida looked around unaware that most of the men were drunk and the women were dressed in cleavage showing dresses.
"We're going to see a friend, okay?" said john.
"Alright" said anida.
They came to the top of the stairs and the owner of the tavern, red, sat at a desk shuffling through paperwork.
Red looked up "hello boys." She said then she looked at anida "and girl?"
"anida's her name" said john.
Red got up and stared at her anida stared back.
"Pretty!" she exclaimed.
"Well, thank you darling" red said then she turned to tonto and john "boys, a word."
"What about anida?" asked john.
Red sat anida down on the sofa and gave her a paper and a pencil.
"Draw something pretty" she told her.
Once they were in the back room, red closed the door, a worried expression on her face.
"Red, what is it?" asked john as worried as her expression.
Red sighed "if I were you to I'd get that kid to a safe spot and keep her there."
Tonto and john looked at each other, confused.
Red shuffled through some papers and slapped one on the coffee table, it was a wanted poster for a man named Ronald Benson.
"He's a slave seller" red explained "and he's after that little girl."
"Why?" asked tonto.
"He takes any Indian's he can, grabs them and burns their camps" said red shaking her head sadly "he came in here a week ago and said he was looking for a girl. An Indian girl."
"My god" whispered john "he wants her as a slave!"
"Both of you listen to me" red said sternly "you take that kid somewhere, I don't care where, as long as it's somewhere safe. Ya hear?"
"We hear" tonto nodded.
"Good, now get what you need and get a move on" said red "Ronald Benson has been here a lot in the past few days he might come back."
