Allison and her group were in a cell in a small town and none of them were happy, Allison actually slammed her hand against the wall in frustration

"We're stuck in here while the Lone Ranger and Tonto could be hurt or dead!"

"I don't like it any more than you do Ally, but you know as well as I that for the plan to work we have to stay here until we know one way or the other if they're alive or dead"

"We never should have agreed to this stupid plan in the first place"

"Maybe not, but it was the best plan we had to help the town and you know it"

"Okay, but did we have to keep the Sheriff in the dark? I know for a fact that this sheriff knows the Lone Ranger personally so why wasn't he included?"

"True, and the Lone Ranger had told us himself that this sheriff knew him, however you also know that the deputies are unknown and then there are other people in town that are suspicious as well that we had to be sure of, if anyone knew that he was in town..."

(Gives out an aggravated sigh) "I know, I know, but now that this has happened..."

"I know, but we have no choice but to play things out, we're not able to break out of jail for various reasons and you know full well why"

"I know, I just...I just wish we had taken more precautions is all"

"By the way what about Dan?"

"He was given his own specific orders and I also supplemented them with my own for his own safety"

"By the way, where is the sheriff anyways?"

"Eating a quick lunch"

Everyone turned at the deputies voice

"He just came back with a posse searching for those criminals, I came by to see if you were taken care of and if you need food to last until later tomorrow"

"We do need food for the period that you'll be gone"

"Alright, I'll let the sheriff know and then..."

All of a sudden there was a huge commotion and while the deputy rushed out of the jail everyone inside the cell rushed to the window, except for Allison because of a combination of being too short and also the fact that the window was too small for more than two people to see at once

"What can you guys see?"

"The sheriff is stopping...stopping a paint horse, it...it's Scout Ally, with Tonto on him, he looks...it's not good Kerenai, not good at all"

Several minutes later and the sheriff himself comes to their cell and stands in front of it

"I just want to know two things, do you people know the Lone Ranger and Tonto and do you know what their plans were?"

Everyone defaults to Allison naturally

"Yes to both, was that Tonto?"

"Yes, the doctor is doing everything he can but he's not holding out much hope right now for his survival"

"I see, was Tonto able to tell you anything?"

"No, he was unconscious when he got here, how Scout managed to get back to town without dropping him I have no idea"

"I see, let's go to the office so that I can explain things to you in full, hopefully...well I think you can guess at what I'm hoping"

"That the Lone Ranger is still alive and not hurt"

"Exactly"

"What I'm concerned about is the fact that they're separated"

"I'm not, that's how they work sometimes, and the plan this time called for them to be separated for reasons that are best kept for a more private area...are...are you sure that Tonto is in the best of care?"

"Yes, the doctor also knows Tonto and the Lone Ranger, I don't know from where but even if he hadn't the doc treats every patient the same and does his best no matter what race or color of skin they are"

"In any case, come on we need to get back to their camp in order to tell you the plans in a secure location"

Once back at the Lone Ranger's camp Allison, Dan and the rest of the time displaced group told the sheriff everything that was going on and the trap that had been laid for his deputies to ascertain their true loyalties. Once that was done they completed the plans but at a cost, there were signs that the Lone Ranger had been killed, as for Tonto, while he survived his wounds he was left weak for several months and as such Allison and her group stayed with him and Dan (whenever he wasn't in school) as a precaution, it also helped in the mourning process. One day though they would find out the truth, they came to a fort because of Indian trouble and would find a surprise there, the Lone Ranger alive

"Kemosabe?"

"Yes Tonto, it's me"

"But how...the sheriff and us..."

"You found signs of my apparent death, I know"

"So...what happened then?"

"I was held prisoner, kept blindfolded for some time, eventually the group moved and moved me at the same time, eventually though the army raided the location I was at and rescued me, I've been at this fort ever since"

Suddenly the commander of the fort spoke up having overheard the entire conversation

"Mostly because of the fact that we forced him to stay, while he can technically borrow any horse from the army while looking for Silver the main reason we kept him here was for his own health, he was being starved to death and then there's the whole vision issue that he's hiding, there's a reason he keeps his hat low during the day time hours"

"Shading his eyes from the sun that's too bright most likely, and there's not much more he can do all things considered"

"It's improving every day from what I can tell, but he still needs time to heal"

"Right, oh by the way, the next time you two plan such a stupid trap I might kill you myself, as it is you both almost died, Tonto lost a lot of strength, you practically went blind, still are now that I think about it, and the sheriff WAS. NOT. HAPPY. with the two of you once he found out your plans, oh and by the way all the deputies were loyal it was a few new towns people that were the problem"

"In any case, it's good to see you alive, right Ally?"

"You win, it is good to see him alive, once you're ready we'll find Silver and the split up, we have things to do by ourselves as you know full well"

"Indeed we do"

It took another month but finally the Lone Ranger's eyes had healed completely, plus he wasn't so badly emaciated, he didn't quite look like his old self, but he wasn't pure skin and bones either anymore so it was something at least