Chapter Four: Mission: Find Rose, Part 1

When the men had called for Rose to join them for supper and received no reply they had become quite worried and having not found her in town they had decided to split up and search for her.

JD

He had wanted to join in on the 'split up and search' mission that had been set up by the his fellow peace keepers but he had been ordered to stay put and mind the jailhouse and keep an eye out in case Rose came back into town.

JD was worried about the wee girl they had all come to care for a lot in the two weeks that she had been with them. Rose was just a little kid, a little girl to be exact and no little girl should be wondering out of town all by their lonesome and without telling anyone where they were heading.

The young Sheriff leaned back in his chair and opened up one of his dime store novels, as he read he thought to himself 'I hope they find her soon.' Before he became fully emerged in the adventure story he was reading.

Buck

He was worried about the little lady, she was such a wee thing and he did not know what he would do if anything happened to her; he had grown quite fond of the little girl over the past couple of weeks.

A part of him was a little angry at Rose, why would she just disappear on them like that, surely she knew that they would be worried about her, honestly what had that girl been thinking. Buck gave his horse a gentle nudge and said aloud.

"Come on Bud, let's go 'n fine our lil' flower" he said and galloped off towards the trees in hopes of finding young Rose.

Nathan

Nathan was a healer and his first thought when they could not find the child was that she might be hurt, so he had gathered together some clean bandages, sterilised scissors and a flask of boiled water just in case the girl was in need of some medical attention.

He hoped that Rose was okay and had just wondered off to explore and had not noticed how much time had passed, although if that were the case and the eight year old was not hurt Nathan felt that she would not stay that way and one of his fellow peace keepers, most likely Chris, would impart the importance of never wondering off alone and always informing someone of where you were going with a few well placed and firm swats to her young behind.

And it would be rightly so, the girl had to learn how to be a part of a family and Nathan knew he and the other men were very willing to help her learn exactly how to do so.

Josiah

The Preacher sent up a quick and silent prayer to God that the small, redheaded girl was safe and that she was found quickly and brought home so that they could finish their supper and get some much needed and oh so welcomed sleep.

Josiah was a spiritual man and he trusted in God, trusted that he would watch over Rose and protect her until one of them found her and brought her back home, to Four Corners, safely and unharmed. The man continued to send up those silent prayers as he rode out of town and towards some neighbouring trees in search of their young little Rose.

'let her be safe, please let her be okay'.

A/N: right, so I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please, please review...I love reviews =)