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Chapter 11- Rose Creek
Elizabeth could not stand the idea of being left behind but at the thought of Joshua being hurt for her pride she could stay put. The women hid near an abandoned mine shaft waiting for Emma to return and collect them once the men took care of business.
"I am so bored." Akira sighed to them.
"Ok, then let's talk about something. What is going on with you and Red Harvest Akira?" Autumn asks the girl.
Akira blushes, "I don't know what you're talking about. I just ride with him on his horse." She says avoiding the question, "What is going on with you and Vasquez?" she shoots back.
Autumn looks away and smiles thinking of Tony.
"And," Akira continues, "You and Joshua, Elizabeth? What is the story there?"
The girls giggle at the thought of their men. Wait…Elizabeth thinks to herself her man? Is that what she and Joshua are? Are they together?
The girls are so busy giggling and talking they don't notice the six men gathering at the mouth of the mine. Until one of them speaks.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here boys? A couple of whores lost from the whore house. Oh wait," he stops looking at Elizabeth, "I know this one, she is Bogue's woman that run off. Oh shoot boys we are going to get a big reward for this one."
The women begin to scream but are quickly silenced by a gag placed in their mouths. The men tie them up with rope and begin to escort them back to Rose Creek. Elizabeth went with them calmly and tried to come up with a plan. This was not the plan Sam had envisioned, and Joshua could die because of her. Elizabeth began struggling against the two men holding her, one of the men punched her hard in the jaw and knocked her out. Autumn and Akira looked at each other worry marring their faces at their friend who was now being dragged into town by her arms.
When the women entered the town they were surprised to find it empty except for five men and the sheriff in the middle of the road all of them glaring down one man, Sam Chisolm.
When they were brought closer Autumn looks up to see the worry in Sam's eyes, he quickly masks it up by arrogance.
"What, did your little whores run away?" Sam taunts the men.
"Hey boss! Look what we found hiding in the old mine," he says grabbing Autumn by the hair and pulling her towards the man. "I even found Bogue's woman. So can I get that reward now?" the man asks McCann Bogue's lead enforcer.
McCann walks over to the women and tells the men to drop them to the ground. Autumn sees from the corner of her eye the saloon door swing open and Joshua walk out cocky as ever not noticing the scene. But that look changes when he sees a tied up and unconscious Elizabeth bleeding in the dirt. Josh whips his head around to look at Sam. Sam slowly raises his hand out of view, a gesture for Josh to calm down and remember the plan.
"Well, well, well, little Autumn has returned, missed my big dick didn't you?" McCann asks her slapping her across the face. Autumn feels the bile rise up in her throat. Turning her head away from him she can see Tony fuming in the corner. She keeps her eyes on him, trying to reassure him she's alright when she is grabbed roughly by the hair and pulled to McCann's face.
"I promise I won't disappoint it's been too long. I think I'll give you a taste of what you've been missing," He tells her shoving his tongue in her mouth. Autumn bites down hard on his tongue to draw blood and McCann shouts slapping her to the ground, and kicking her in the stomach.
"Bitch!" he shouts at her. Autumn can't help laughing. McCann moves over her, and kicks her again. Autumn gags for breath, and smiles up at him.
"You're going to die," she tells him.
"We will see who dies first," he tells her pulling out his gun and places it on her forehead.
"On second thought I would much rather watch you die choking on my dick instead." He says pulling the gun away. Autumn lets out a breath she doesn't know she was holding, and turns her head looking at Tony, tears in her eyes.
"Matalo" she whispers to him before passing out.
McCann moves over to Elizabeth, "This whore I didn't even have a chance to enjoy. Don't worry darlin' I will fuck you when Bogue is done with you," he kicks Elizabeth in the stomach and steps over her body.
"Now, now, now, what do I have here? You're new." He tells Akira, running his filthy hands on her face, "I think you and I will have some great fun while the boss has his with this bitch." He tells her gesturing to Elizabeth who begins groaning on the floor regaining consciousness.
McCann reaches back down to her and grabs Elizabeth lifting her from the ground. "Do you think the boss would notice if I messed around with this one before he had his chance." If looks could kill McCann would be dead ten times over.
"Clear the street of these filthy whores, and lock this one," gesturing to Elizabeth, "back in the bed like she was before ready and waiting for the boss. I will come have my fun when you are done. Take the other two back to the whore house." He tells the men who begin moving the girls.
Elizabeth begins fighting and screaming through the binds. "LET ME GO!" she screams kicking the men the best she can.
Joshua and Tony are breaking inside at the image of a screaming Elizabeth. At that moment Autumn regains consciousness and begins fighting the men holding her and cursing at them in Spanish.
"I would not do that if I were you," Sam tells the men, rough handling the girls, "All three of those women are spoken for and I can tell you have pissed off some very dangerous men."
"Mike! Shoot these assholes!" McCann shouts up at his man on the roof. The only reply is Mike's body thrown from the roof and Red Harvest arriving on the top. He takes out another arrow and shoots the man holding Akira's left and then her right arm. Both men fall dead to the ground.
"Shoot them!" McCann shouts and that's all the permission Vasquez and Joshua need. The two men enter the street and begin shooting.
Joshua reaches Elizabeth first and grabs her killing the two men who were holding her. He maneuvers her behind him and back into his corner of the saloon. While reloading he hands her a knife from his pocket and she begins cutting herself free. When she is free, she grabs one of the dead men's guns and stays behind Joshua shooting her way into the saloon.
When Vasquez reaches Autumn he does the same thing immediately moving her down to the ground behind him, handing her his knife. When she is free Autumn stays in place, knowing he wouldn't want her to move and grabs a spare gun and joins the shooting.
Akira on the other hand is grabbed by Jack Horne who pushes her behind a building with one of his own knives to cut her free. When she's free Akira takes a rifle from the ground and begins climbing the roof to join Red Harvest. Red is surprised to see her but relived she is safe from harm until she crouches down and begins taking out snipers from the rooftop.
The battle lasts around ten minutes and when completed no one is left alive besides the seven and the four women. The team regroups and the men, who have grown quite fond of all the ladies begin checking them over.
Josh has a death grip on Elizabeth, and refuses to let her go to Billy who has medic experience.
"You need to let me check her," Billy tells him.
Elizabeth turns in Joshua's arms and places her hand on his cheek, "It's alright, I will be safe with Billy, you can stay with me," she tells him placing a gentle kiss to his lips.
"Autumn is next Vasquez," he tells the other man who has Autumn in his lap with his face buried in her hair breathing in her scent.
Vasquez nods albeit reluctantly and Billy motions Elizabeth to sit in the chair to be checked. Joshua stands behind her with his hands on her shoulders.
It is in this moment that Sam notices someone hiding under the porch. "Well, look what we got here boys." Sam whistles. The men kneel down to see the quivering body of the sheriff. Joshua and Vasquez move forward and drag him out before quickly returning to their women.
Sam instructs the sheriff to remove his gun belt, and then his badge. When the sheriff argues about the badge Sam reminds him that he just got impeached.
"Now I want you give Bogue a message from me. Lincoln is president, and I am from Lincoln, Nebraska. My name is Sam Chisolm and I have taken this town and if he wants it back he can drag his lazy, privileged white ass out here and take it. You tell him this. Now, GET!" Sam kicks towards the sheriff who takes off running.
Emma runs out of her hiding spot telling the townspeople that these men have come to help them and to come outside its safe. Slowly the men, women, and children of Rose Creek come out to greet them in most cases, others are not so happy.
"Who gives you the right to go out and get help?!" one man asks Emma.
"Well none of you were going to do it!" she yells back.
"That's my whore!" Daryl from the whore house comes out to the front making a grasp for Autumn who is in Vasquez's arms.
