Chapter 6
I couldn't believe it; this huge guy was holding me off the ground at his eye level by my collar. I wiggled my feet around a few times trying to judge the distance I was going to fall if he decided to drop me but he soon answered that question for me as I hit the dirt. I scrambled to my feet quickly only to get the barrel of a gun pressed to my forehead, the five dismounted their horses and surrounded me while the biggest guy who I guessed must have been the boss held the gun to my head.
"You're the blacksmiths boy aintya?" He says watching me; I turn my head slightly and look at the others who are all watching me too. I feel a lump form in my throat and slowly nod my head, telling him that I was probably just as old as him and not a boy didn't seem the right thing to do right then "So you know how to look after our horses" he asks clicking the latch onto his gun and tucking it back into it's holster making me breath a silent sigh of relief, they weren't going to kill me just yet. I nod my head again "What was that!"
"Y..Yes sir, I can take care of your horses," I croak as he stuffs the bunches of reins into my hands, I look down at them and then back at him.
"New shoes, feed, water and stable 'em," he says nodding to the other four in the other direction before walking off. I stand there alone again holding their horse's reins tightly in my fist. Was I to do as he said and maybe not get killed or was I to go to the sheriff and quite possibly get shot at? I had no where to really stable their horses but I thought that if I put them into the barn next to the workshop I'd be able to keep an eye on them and it was the best I could do. I slowly led them down the street past the undertakers to the workshop.
"Chris! Are you ok?" Edge says running over to me, I couldn't help but smile to myself. I knew he wouldn't stay away for very long, his record was still only fifteen minutes of not talking to me. "I saw what happened, I thought he was going to blow your brains out"
"Why would you care, I'm just a brain dead blacksmiths son with no friends remember" I say as get to the workshop, he follows me in and stands watching as me as I un-tack the horses and start fetching buckets of water and some hay for them. He takes one of the buckets from me and puts it down in the barn for them.
"Hey you know I didn't mean that..So are you just going to look after them like he told you to?" he asks leaning over the door and putting his hand out to one of the horses.
"Yeah I guess so, I mean those guys haven't done anything to me and the way I see it is that if I do this then they wont be able to shoot me" I laugh wiping my forehead on my sleeve.
"That's a good way of thinking kid" he chuckles as the five of them step into the workshop, I see Edge quickly dart behind the wall pretending to see to the horses "Looks like it's your friend that's the yellow belly and not you" he says nodding towards Edge. "We thought we should stop by and introduce ourselves, we thought that maybe us holding the gun to your head and threatening to shoot you was a little..Rude of us" He laughs as the others snigger to themselves.
"Well I'm Chris Jericho," I say bravely offering a handshake to this man, he looks around and the others who all laugh.
"You sure you want to shake the hand of an outlaw?" I shrug my shoulders and keep my hand held out, he takes it and shakes it firmly "Smart and Brave, good combination" he says dropping my hand "You probably have already heard about us, but we're DX. We've got Billy the Kidd, Mad Dog Jesse James, Show Down Shawn Michaels, Bucking Bronco and myself..Helmsley" he points them out as he says the names, they were all dressed in black apart from Show Down Shawn Michaels who was dressed entirely in red. At the time I wasn't sure why this was, but I now know it was because there was a bit of a power struggle in their gang, both Helmsley and Show Down felt that they should have the leadership role and Show Down would wear red so he would stand out from the others making him look different from them.
"I'll get to work on those shoes for you right away" I say hoping that this might make them leave, I wasn't scared of them. They had their chance to shoot me out on the street and they didn't and I was helping them out and hoped they'd be grateful for that.
"Chris! Oh my god, your alright! I was so worried, someone said they were going to kill you!" Stephanie yells and runs towards me throwing her arms around my neck and hugging me. I hug her back not going to let this opportunity go. I see them all looking at her and nudging Helmsley. She lets go of me and stands beside me just behind my shoulder as if using me as a shield to protect her from them.
"Are you going to introduce us to this pretty young lady?" Helmsley says stepping forward and looking at me and then back to Stephanie, I shake my head and feel her cling onto the back of my shirt. "Ah so it's like that, kinda special to you so you don't want no bunch of outlaws getting near her, am I right?" he crosses his arms over his chest and stares at me.
"Very special" I manage to croak as he smiles and shakes his head.
"Well if you wont do it, I'll introduce myself. I'm Hunter Hurst Helmsley, but people call me Helmsley..But you already knew that didn't you Stephanie, it's been a long time. Six years now, did you miss us?" he laughs stepping closer to her again.
"I think you should leave now" I say stepping straight in front of her now so that Helmsley cant get any closer to her, I stand as tall as I can but am still no match for him. "Like I said..I will get to work on those shoes for your horses and I will look after them," I say bravely looking him straight in his eyes.
"Come on boys, I think we outstayed our welcome. Remember this Jericho; I'll me watching you like a hawk..Miss McMahon, I'll see you soon" he says turning and walking out followed by the others, I turn to Stephanie who bursts into tears. Edge climbs back over the wall and looks at me wondering what we're supposed to do with her. I shrug my shoulders and put my arms around her letting her cry into my shoulder, it seemed to work anyway.
I couldn't believe it; this huge guy was holding me off the ground at his eye level by my collar. I wiggled my feet around a few times trying to judge the distance I was going to fall if he decided to drop me but he soon answered that question for me as I hit the dirt. I scrambled to my feet quickly only to get the barrel of a gun pressed to my forehead, the five dismounted their horses and surrounded me while the biggest guy who I guessed must have been the boss held the gun to my head.
"You're the blacksmiths boy aintya?" He says watching me; I turn my head slightly and look at the others who are all watching me too. I feel a lump form in my throat and slowly nod my head, telling him that I was probably just as old as him and not a boy didn't seem the right thing to do right then "So you know how to look after our horses" he asks clicking the latch onto his gun and tucking it back into it's holster making me breath a silent sigh of relief, they weren't going to kill me just yet. I nod my head again "What was that!"
"Y..Yes sir, I can take care of your horses," I croak as he stuffs the bunches of reins into my hands, I look down at them and then back at him.
"New shoes, feed, water and stable 'em," he says nodding to the other four in the other direction before walking off. I stand there alone again holding their horse's reins tightly in my fist. Was I to do as he said and maybe not get killed or was I to go to the sheriff and quite possibly get shot at? I had no where to really stable their horses but I thought that if I put them into the barn next to the workshop I'd be able to keep an eye on them and it was the best I could do. I slowly led them down the street past the undertakers to the workshop.
"Chris! Are you ok?" Edge says running over to me, I couldn't help but smile to myself. I knew he wouldn't stay away for very long, his record was still only fifteen minutes of not talking to me. "I saw what happened, I thought he was going to blow your brains out"
"Why would you care, I'm just a brain dead blacksmiths son with no friends remember" I say as get to the workshop, he follows me in and stands watching as me as I un-tack the horses and start fetching buckets of water and some hay for them. He takes one of the buckets from me and puts it down in the barn for them.
"Hey you know I didn't mean that..So are you just going to look after them like he told you to?" he asks leaning over the door and putting his hand out to one of the horses.
"Yeah I guess so, I mean those guys haven't done anything to me and the way I see it is that if I do this then they wont be able to shoot me" I laugh wiping my forehead on my sleeve.
"That's a good way of thinking kid" he chuckles as the five of them step into the workshop, I see Edge quickly dart behind the wall pretending to see to the horses "Looks like it's your friend that's the yellow belly and not you" he says nodding towards Edge. "We thought we should stop by and introduce ourselves, we thought that maybe us holding the gun to your head and threatening to shoot you was a little..Rude of us" He laughs as the others snigger to themselves.
"Well I'm Chris Jericho," I say bravely offering a handshake to this man, he looks around and the others who all laugh.
"You sure you want to shake the hand of an outlaw?" I shrug my shoulders and keep my hand held out, he takes it and shakes it firmly "Smart and Brave, good combination" he says dropping my hand "You probably have already heard about us, but we're DX. We've got Billy the Kidd, Mad Dog Jesse James, Show Down Shawn Michaels, Bucking Bronco and myself..Helmsley" he points them out as he says the names, they were all dressed in black apart from Show Down Shawn Michaels who was dressed entirely in red. At the time I wasn't sure why this was, but I now know it was because there was a bit of a power struggle in their gang, both Helmsley and Show Down felt that they should have the leadership role and Show Down would wear red so he would stand out from the others making him look different from them.
"I'll get to work on those shoes for you right away" I say hoping that this might make them leave, I wasn't scared of them. They had their chance to shoot me out on the street and they didn't and I was helping them out and hoped they'd be grateful for that.
"Chris! Oh my god, your alright! I was so worried, someone said they were going to kill you!" Stephanie yells and runs towards me throwing her arms around my neck and hugging me. I hug her back not going to let this opportunity go. I see them all looking at her and nudging Helmsley. She lets go of me and stands beside me just behind my shoulder as if using me as a shield to protect her from them.
"Are you going to introduce us to this pretty young lady?" Helmsley says stepping forward and looking at me and then back to Stephanie, I shake my head and feel her cling onto the back of my shirt. "Ah so it's like that, kinda special to you so you don't want no bunch of outlaws getting near her, am I right?" he crosses his arms over his chest and stares at me.
"Very special" I manage to croak as he smiles and shakes his head.
"Well if you wont do it, I'll introduce myself. I'm Hunter Hurst Helmsley, but people call me Helmsley..But you already knew that didn't you Stephanie, it's been a long time. Six years now, did you miss us?" he laughs stepping closer to her again.
"I think you should leave now" I say stepping straight in front of her now so that Helmsley cant get any closer to her, I stand as tall as I can but am still no match for him. "Like I said..I will get to work on those shoes for your horses and I will look after them," I say bravely looking him straight in his eyes.
"Come on boys, I think we outstayed our welcome. Remember this Jericho; I'll me watching you like a hawk..Miss McMahon, I'll see you soon" he says turning and walking out followed by the others, I turn to Stephanie who bursts into tears. Edge climbs back over the wall and looks at me wondering what we're supposed to do with her. I shrug my shoulders and put my arms around her letting her cry into my shoulder, it seemed to work anyway.