CHAPTER 2
"Jerimiah!" Jimmy raced over to the boy slumped over on the horse as soon as he came out of his trance.
"I'm fine, Elisabeth! He's got Elisabeth! We need to go and get him!" He grabbed his reins and started to move when noticing the sharp pain of the graise to his left side. "AHH!" he screamed.
"Come on boy, we need to get you back to The Kid and Teaspoon. They need to know what is going on before we go after the man." Jimmy spoke as he grabbed the reins of the boy's horse and did a steady traught back to The Kid's place. He had a lot of explaining to do to The Kid and didn't even want to know how he was going to take, especially after Jerimiah had been shot.
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Teaspoon looked at his watch as him, Kid, and Buck sat on the porch waiting for Jerimiah, Jimmy, and Elisabeth to get back. Buck had seen what had happened as he was pulling up in town with the body of the boy he had found earlier that afternoon. When he saw Elisabeth pass by in a rush and Jimmy and Jerimiah fallowing he got worried, especially since the mayor had told him that Elisabeth knew something about the murder and seemed scared. Buck finally made it to Kid's ranch after comforting the boy's mother and doing all that was necessary to get ready for the boys barrial the next day. He was hoping by the time he go to Kid's that the three would have made it back. It had been almost a half an hour since he had arrived that the three finally saw something coming.
"Riders coming!" Buck yelled out of habit. "Someones hurt." he said as he saw a slumped body.
"Oh my God," Kid said running to the 3 horses. His heart pounded furiously as he saw it was Jerimiah slumped over on the horse. It felt as though it was going to burst when he noticed that Serenity didn't have Beth on it. "Jimmy where's Beth," he said tending to his little brother, now son.
"That is something we are going to have to talk about Kid. Don't worry, all Jerimiah has is a graise. Teaspoon will you take care of him while me and and the Kid talk alone?" Jimmy said getting down off his horse.
Teaspoon nodded helping the boy to the house. Buck followed not needing to be told what to do. Jimmy and Kid walked back to the barn. It took Jimmy a second before he could talk. "Kid, Beth has been kidnapped." He got the words out in a very short manner. Kid stopped dead in their tracks.
"What? Who the hell by?" He said as his face went from worried to anger.
"Kid, Elisabeth saw a colored boy murdered this morning by this group called the Justifiers. I think they are part of Jesse's group. They know that Beth saw this happen this morning. She came to me after school to tell me about it and i guess she got scared when the body was being brought into town that she ran off. She was kidnapped at the creek i think it was by one of the gang members." Jimmy babbled all this waiting for Kid to punch him, instead as he looked at his best friend all he could see was panick and anger.
The Kid took a deep breath. At the moment he felt his chest had tightened. For one thing he was worried as hell what was going to happen to Beth, a second thing was the fact that he hadn't taken care of her for even 6 hours and she had been kidnapped. "Do we know where their camp is?"
"I do, but they are probably half way there by now. It is about a days ride to the gangs camp by one horse. But i have a feeling she is being hidden somewhere tonight until tomorrow so they can finish the ride. I dont know where but if we could get Buck to follow the tracks from the creek----"
"Yeah let's do that. I'll have Teaspoon get word to Louise. Let's leave as soon as possible." Kid said turning around with Serenity in hand. He headed for the house to go get Buck and to tell Teaspoon everything.
"Kid, you know i tried----"
"I know Jimmy, you love the kid as much as we do. I don't blame you. I just want to find the bastards who have her before they do anything to her, and they better pray that I'm not in the mood to kill them."
"Jerimiah!" Jimmy raced over to the boy slumped over on the horse as soon as he came out of his trance.
"I'm fine, Elisabeth! He's got Elisabeth! We need to go and get him!" He grabbed his reins and started to move when noticing the sharp pain of the graise to his left side. "AHH!" he screamed.
"Come on boy, we need to get you back to The Kid and Teaspoon. They need to know what is going on before we go after the man." Jimmy spoke as he grabbed the reins of the boy's horse and did a steady traught back to The Kid's place. He had a lot of explaining to do to The Kid and didn't even want to know how he was going to take, especially after Jerimiah had been shot.
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Teaspoon looked at his watch as him, Kid, and Buck sat on the porch waiting for Jerimiah, Jimmy, and Elisabeth to get back. Buck had seen what had happened as he was pulling up in town with the body of the boy he had found earlier that afternoon. When he saw Elisabeth pass by in a rush and Jimmy and Jerimiah fallowing he got worried, especially since the mayor had told him that Elisabeth knew something about the murder and seemed scared. Buck finally made it to Kid's ranch after comforting the boy's mother and doing all that was necessary to get ready for the boys barrial the next day. He was hoping by the time he go to Kid's that the three would have made it back. It had been almost a half an hour since he had arrived that the three finally saw something coming.
"Riders coming!" Buck yelled out of habit. "Someones hurt." he said as he saw a slumped body.
"Oh my God," Kid said running to the 3 horses. His heart pounded furiously as he saw it was Jerimiah slumped over on the horse. It felt as though it was going to burst when he noticed that Serenity didn't have Beth on it. "Jimmy where's Beth," he said tending to his little brother, now son.
"That is something we are going to have to talk about Kid. Don't worry, all Jerimiah has is a graise. Teaspoon will you take care of him while me and and the Kid talk alone?" Jimmy said getting down off his horse.
Teaspoon nodded helping the boy to the house. Buck followed not needing to be told what to do. Jimmy and Kid walked back to the barn. It took Jimmy a second before he could talk. "Kid, Beth has been kidnapped." He got the words out in a very short manner. Kid stopped dead in their tracks.
"What? Who the hell by?" He said as his face went from worried to anger.
"Kid, Elisabeth saw a colored boy murdered this morning by this group called the Justifiers. I think they are part of Jesse's group. They know that Beth saw this happen this morning. She came to me after school to tell me about it and i guess she got scared when the body was being brought into town that she ran off. She was kidnapped at the creek i think it was by one of the gang members." Jimmy babbled all this waiting for Kid to punch him, instead as he looked at his best friend all he could see was panick and anger.
The Kid took a deep breath. At the moment he felt his chest had tightened. For one thing he was worried as hell what was going to happen to Beth, a second thing was the fact that he hadn't taken care of her for even 6 hours and she had been kidnapped. "Do we know where their camp is?"
"I do, but they are probably half way there by now. It is about a days ride to the gangs camp by one horse. But i have a feeling she is being hidden somewhere tonight until tomorrow so they can finish the ride. I dont know where but if we could get Buck to follow the tracks from the creek----"
"Yeah let's do that. I'll have Teaspoon get word to Louise. Let's leave as soon as possible." Kid said turning around with Serenity in hand. He headed for the house to go get Buck and to tell Teaspoon everything.
"Kid, you know i tried----"
"I know Jimmy, you love the kid as much as we do. I don't blame you. I just want to find the bastards who have her before they do anything to her, and they better pray that I'm not in the mood to kill them."