The final beams of sunlight still shown across the town as Nick moved towards the blacksmith shop. After him and Ellis both woke up, he had asked the abused male what this Francis fellow looked like. Checking out the place earlier in the day it was just him and another guy there and Nick didn't want anyone else to be there. So he more or less staked out in the saloon and waited for the other man to leave.
Nick could hear the banging of the guys hammer on something as he walked in and looked at him.
"Francis?" Nick said, making him pause and look up from what he was doing.
"Yea, who's asking?" Francis asked, picking up the horseshoe he was working on with a pair of tongs and tossed it into a water bucket.
"Me that's who,"
"Yea and who are you?" He asked.
"Doesn't really matter who I am just that I happen to have a very big problem with you," Nick approached him and his fist flashed out before Francis could blink.
The shot landed right under his left eye, making him stumble back a few steps then righting himself and near growling.
"What is your problem?" He snapped getting up and shoving Nick's shoulders.
"I told you, you are my problem," Nick swayed a little at the push, but then responded by a punch to the gut.
This time Francis didn't just let the punch go and retaliated with one of his own, getting Nick in the jaw. In the blink of an eye, fists were flying in anywhere they could get a hit to land on the other.
"You son of a bitch," Francis cursed out as Nick hit him again in the ribs, hearing a definite crack.
Throwing all of his boy weight against him, Francis knocked Nick on the ground.
"What on fucking earth did I do to you?"
"It's not what you did to me," Nick spat out, head butting Francis, stunning the male, letting Nick push him off and against the metal pounding block. "It's what you did to him,"
"Him? I didn't do anything to, wait a second you're talking about that whore over at Sasha's aren't you?"
"Shut up," Nick growled and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.
"It is isn't it? You have feelings for that little cocksucker don't you?"
"I thought I told you to shut up, he is a human being and doesn't deserve to be beaten up by someone like you,"
"Try and stop me from going back and killing the little fucker next time,"
Nick growled and pulled Francis up and knocked his head back against the metal block as hard as he could. Francis's eyes rolled up into the back of his head as his body went completely limp. Nick stood up and dusted his hands off then wiped at the blood that was pooling on his eyebrow. The other males chest was still moving up and down and Nick tried his best not to shove a spike through his heart. Leaving the shop he made his way to the room he was staying at to get cleaned up before going over to Mrs. Sasha's.
Once the blood, dirt and dust were all washed off of him the damages weren't too bad as far he could currently tell. There was a pretty little scratch over his left eyebrow, there would be a bruise on the side of his nose tomorrow and there was as bruise under the right side of his chin. Getting into some clean clothes he grabbed the bag he got from the bank today and headed out.
Getting to 's house he went up and knocked on the door, looking around as he waited. Soon enough the door opened and smiled at him.
"Well hello there, here again to take our little Ellis for a spin?"
"Actually I have a proposition I would like to talk about,"
"Well come into my office and we will see about this little proposition of yours,"
Nick smiled and followed her into the house than to a nice little office, her mentioned shot gun on the desk.
"Well lets get to talking," She said, sitting down at the desk.
Sitting in his room, Ellis was reading the daily newspaper when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in, Ma'am," He called.
"I don't think I have the equipment to be a ma'am," Nick said as he opened the door and stepped in, closing the door behind him.
Jumping a little Ellis put the paper down on his bare nightstand and sat up on the small bed.
"Nick, what're you doin here and what happened?" He asked, noting the injuries.
"What I can't come see you now?" Nick asked.
"Well of course yew can, but normally ah come to see yew in a room, nawt yew coming to see me in my room,"
"Well tonight isn't exactly the same as the others," Nick said, moving over to sit on the mattress with Ellis.
"What do yew mean?" He asked, his eyebrows crinkling together lightly.
"Well does this look familiar?" Nick said, pulling a piece of paper out of his vest pocket, holding it up.
"That's the contract that I signed when I started working here, saying that I was to stay here next to always, never 'out' anyone in the town and all that,"
"That's right,"
"How did yew get it then?"
Nick smiled and ripped the piece of paper into little pieces and handed them to Ellis, who looked even more confused.
"Like I said tonight isn't going to be the same as the others, you no longer belong to Mrs. Sasha,"
"What?" Ellis said, his eyes a little wide.
"I paid her what she wanted and now you're free to do whatever it is you want, if you want to come with me then pack your stuff and we'll get out of this town tonight. If you don't then you still have to pack your stuff, but you can leave and go where ever it is you want,"
Ellis opened and closed his mouth a few times, looking between Nick and the pieces of paper in his hands.
"Yer serious?" Ellis said in a small voice.
"I am, Mrs. Sasha told me you have a horse so that's not a problem, the only thing now is what you want to do,"
Ellis dropped the pieces of paper on the bed and threw his arms tightly around Nick's neck, pulling him close.
"Ah don't know how ah'm ever going to thank yew enough for all of this,"
"Does that mean you're going to come with me?"
"Yes, a million times yes,"
Nick smiled and held the other male till he took a deep breath and pulled back a little. "Yew never did answer my other question though,"
"About the injuries?"
Ellis nodded.
"I paid a visit to the blacksmith shop today and gave him a piece of my mind and my fist,"
"Yew are one of the best people ah have ever met," Ellis smiled and pressed his lips to Nicks.
Nick smiled and pulled Ellis close again as the younger man ran his fingers through his hair. They stayed lip locked for a few moments before Nick pulled back and bumped Ellis's forehead lightly with his own.
"Come on you, get your stuff together and get out of this place,"
Nodding fast, Ellis went around the room and grabbed a bag that was there and started putting his clothes in it. His stuff only really filled about half of the bag and Ellis slipped on his boots and hat and smiled at Nick.
"Ah'm ready, if yew are,"
Nick smiled and stood up, leading Ellis out of the room and down the small hall way. A few of the girls were there to say their goodbyes to Ellis and to tell him how lucky he was to be getting out. Ellis said his goodbyes and also one to Mrs. Sasha and they were out of the building and around the back of it. It didn't take long for Ellis to get his horse saddled up and ready, then heading over to get Nicks things.
Side by side they rode off away from the town, both knowing things were going to be getting tight at time. Being with Nick however and away from one of the only towns he ever knew, he felt things were going to be ok.
~*~*~*~Authors Note~*~*~*~
Just a little chapter, sorry that there isn't any smut lol.
Felt like writing the little fight with Francis and Nick and then Nick keeping his inner promise of getting him out of there ^^
I hope you like it
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