Chapter 10
On the third day, the Black Riders are waiting for nightfall to begin their plan. Balto and Alex are following the sheriff to see where he goes during the day and to see where he lives. Balto turns his head to the left and sees a prison wagon being driven by two… "Holy shit! Alex, try not to be seen by them. Yankee police officers don't like us Southerners too well."
Alex nods his head. "Yankee bastards. They never let us do anything without persecuting us."
Balto looks forward again and sees the sheriff walk into the bank. Balto and Alex wait outside for the sheriff. After three hours, the sheriff finally walks out and heads back to the jail. Balto and Alex follow him and as soon as he disappeared inside, Balto turns to Alex and says, "Go get the others. It starts in one hour."
Alex nods his head and runs off to get the others. Balto shakes his head and walks inside the jail.
The sheriff is writing names down when he hears someone walk through the doors. He looks up and sees a…well, he sees a dog wearing a black bandanna, a black hat, six black holsters; two on his waist, two on his sides, and two across his chest. He even had six black revolvers and a black belt which had a large knife with a black hilt.
The sheriff looks up at him and smiles. "Well, good morning. It's pretty hot out today. You should probably take off all that black gear. Yer probably sweating beads."
The dog looks at him and asks, "Have you seen a girl named Aleu? She's wanted in Texas and Alabama for murder."
The sheriff frowns at him. "Are you a bounty hunter?"
The dog nods his head. "Yessir. I'm a bounty hunter. I've been on the trail of that bitch and she's been elusive. So have you seen her?"
The sheriff nods his head. "Yes I have. We just sent her to a prison in D.C. She and her mother are getting sent there as well. Her father was killed in a raid. He put up a fight, but we managed to kill him."
The dog walks over to the window. He looks back at the sheriff and sees that the clock on the wall says that the time is seven o'clock. The dog walks back over to him and quickly pulls out his knife and slams the blade down into the sheriff's paw that was lying on the desk.
The sheriff screams in pain and the dog grabs him and says, "You filthy, little scumbag! You think you can tell a false little tale to the one that was there! Now tell me; why did you do it?!"
The sheriff looks at him and says, "Be-Because you were a Confederate! I…I hope your bitch of a wife dies…"
Balto growls and yanks the knife out and quickly cuts the sheriff's throat. The sheriff grabs his throat and blood starts to seep through his fingers and he falls onto his back. Balto walks past him and sees that his deputies are…asleep.
Balto frowns at them. "How can they…whatever."
He pulls out two revolvers and shoots both of them. They both slump in their chairs and blood starts to pour out of their chests. Balto looks at the jail cells and sees that there are three dogs in the cells.
Balto walks over to them and asks, "What are you in for?"
The dogs answer back with "Murder" or "Stealing" and "Framed".
Balto starts to laugh. "What if I could give you a second chance in life? What if I could free you? What if I could tell you that you could join the Black Riders? What would you say?"
They all say "We'd say yes".
Balto smiles at them. "Good. Welcome to the Black Riders."
He pulls out one of his revolvers and shoots the locks for each cell.
Alex and the others are waiting for Balto to come out. After two minutes, Balto walks out of the jail with three others following him.
Alex raises one of his eyebrows. "Uh…who are they?"
Balto shrugs his shoulders. "Hell if I know. They're just recruits. That's all I know."
Alex looks at the new recruits and smiles. "Well then, welcome to the Black Riders."