Okay, I was more than a little annoyed that my word program was deleted... but I can't help it... I must continue this story.
Please bare with the grammar mistakes as I no longer have spell check.
sorry for the wait.
Wild West Outlaw
Chapter Four
In the middle of a small group of knarled trees in the desert, a small group of people bickered back and forth.
"Let me get this straight..." Aisha said, looking at the trio skeptically. "You two," she pointed at Gene and Jim, "rescued her," she pointed at Melfina, "from some mysterious guys in black who are chasing her. And you have no clue why?!"
"Yes damn it. For the third time!" Gene snapped.
Aisha frowned.
People didn't go chasing after others for no reason at all.
She had been down in the bar trying to serve her usual ruond of rowdy customers when a man dressed in an unusual black outift had approached her.
"Has a girl been here? Black hair. Brown eyes. Young and small like you." He had asked gruffly, putting a hand on the brim of his hat pulling it lower over his eyes.
"Yes. Upstairs." Aisha had answered. She waved vaguely toward the stairs.
He had nodded then left.
When he came back several minutes later with what a gun in his hand Aisha jumped into action. She had sprinted to the storage room and quickly changed into her normal clothes and then rushed upstairs, ignoring the confused looks of her customers.
Her suspicions had been right.
So now Aisha was here with these people on the run.
Oh well, easy come easy go.
"So what do we do now?" Aisha asked with a cheerful smile.
"We? What we?" Gene asked with a frown.
"We. As in all of us."
"You are not coming with us."
"Why not!?" Aisha shrieked in indignation. She had just saved this guys life and this was how he repayed her!
"Look, we're looking for someone. A big bounty head. I don't need you to get in our way," Gene said.
"Hey Gene, she fought really well," Jim cut in. "She could be useful to use."
"Now you're siding with her!?" Gene turned on Jim with a shout. "Gene," Melfina interupted softly. "Aisha did save us."
Gene paused then turned away and swore.
"Do whatever you want."
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"I know this area like I know the back of my hand. The nearest town is Rickorey, only a few miles away, to the east."
"And just why should we trust you?" Gene asked with a smirk.
Aisha fumed and retorted, "Because I've lived around for a long time you ass!"
"Fine. To Rickorey it is... lead the way!" Gene said.
After galloping in silence for a few minutes Melfina lay her head against Gene's back and stared off in the distance. The dusty wasteland seemed to spread on forever with rusty colored mountains in the distance. A few knarled mesquite trees were growing here and there, but other than that there was no vegetation.
The horizion rippled with the heat and Melfina felt her eyelids begining to droop. It was horribly hot and her thick dress made it even worse. Somewhere beside her she could hear Aisha and Gene bickering over the direction in which they were traveling, but they sounded so far away.
The last thing Melfina heard was Aisha yelling curses at Gene before she slipped into darkness.
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Jim idely poked the fire with a stick.
Gene and Aisha had argued and argued over which way to go and finally Gene had given up and simply gone his own way. Of course, it was the wrong way. They were now very far west, farther than Jim had been, and had no clue where the hell they were.
It wouldn't be terribly hard to find a town once day light came, but the small party was forced to make up a camp for the night. Even if it was cooler to travel by night it would be much harder to make out where they were going.
And so they were stuck here, in a small patch of desert surrounded by thorny brush on one side. Jim stroking the fire, Aisha off a few feet from camp looking up at the sky and Gene sulking angrily a few feet away from the fire.
Melfina had fallen into a deep sleep sometime while they were riding and hadn't woken up. She slept peacfully next to Jim, lying on Gene's beat up trench coat.
Aisha looked up at the stars in the sky and smiled. Looking at the sky reminded her of her home, her family.
Years ago Aisha's mother had been traveling with a group of settlers when a troupe of indians had attacked. As was normal they raided the covered wagons and were going to kill the people when a young brave in particular felt pity for Aisha'a mother and took her in. It was a very unusual act, an indian to take in a white woman, but he took her back to his home and tought her the ways of his people. Despite the disapproval of the others in the tribe the two fell and love and eventually had Aisha.
But, when Aisha was around six or seven, some soldiers raided their village and killed everyone. But the soldiers were surprised by Aisha's fair hair and pale aqua eyes, they allowed her to live and she was sent to an orphan's home in the thriving city of Chicago.
She was soon adopted but contsantly made fun of because of her darker skin. She tried her hardest to prove she was better than others but it was in vain. She grew up ridiculed and labeled an outsider.
At sixteen she set out on her own, hoping to make something of herself. Aisha discovered the world of bounty hunting and at last found her calling. Using all the tricks she had learned growning up, first with the indians and then in the rough city of Chicago, Aisha began to travel to the west.
She wasn't comfortable or rich but she way happy. She was home in the open wild west.
"Aisha?"
Aisha smiled. She didn't even have to turn to know who it was.
"Yea Jim?" She reponded, never taking her eyes off the sky.
Jim walked up beside her and glanced up at the sky before peering at her, his face curious. "What are you looking at?" he asked.
"Isn't it obvious, kid?" She teased. "I'm looking at the sky."
Jim fumed. "I'm not a kid!"
Aisha laughed. "It makes you seem even more like a kid when you get all huffy."
Jim growled and started to stalk back toward the fire.
"Hey come on. I was only teasing. Sit and look at the sky with me. I'll tell you all the stories my father used to tell me about the constellations in the sky." Aisha coaxed.
"Yea. Fine, whatever." Jim muttered quietly, and he slowly went to sit next to Aisha.
"Okay," Aisha began as she pointed to a thick group of stars in the sky. "That one there is called..."
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Gene frowned as he watched Aisha and Jim sitting next to each other, looking at the sky.
It had been his own fault that they were lost, though he would die before he ever admitted it. Now they were behind an entire day on travel. Gene fumed silently, angry at himself for being wrong and angry at Aisha for being right.
On impulse Gene got up and went over to sit next to Melfina, where she still lay sleeping. He looked down onto her soft face, studying her. She wasn't what he was used to looking at. He was used to beautiful women with full painted lips and curvy bodies. But Melfina was just like... a child. A pretty, innocent little girl.
Gene felt a sudden pang of guilt. He hadn't really done a single thing to help Melfina with her past. He had been so dead set on getting the new bounty to get some money in his pocket that he'd really forgotten all about it.
He reached toward her face and gently brushed a few strans of her hair back from her face.
Melfina's eyes shot open and she grabbed Gene's hand with such force he jumped. She sat straight up, rigid as a board and looked him in the eye and began to talk very loudly and quickly.
"It's East. Go East. Past the Brooke and past the Plain Rock."
Gene stared at her, his blue eyes wide. What on earth was she talking about. She began speaking more frantically now.
"Go East and you will find it! Let this maiden lead you there!"
And just as suddenly as she began shouting, Melfina stopped. She swayed slightly where she sat and the slumped forward against Gene.
"Melfina? Melfina!" Gene shouted as he shook her.
She stirred slowly, opening one brown eye to look at Gene in confusion.
"What Gene? Do we need to get going?" Melfina's soft voice asked.
"What did you mean by what you were just saying?" Gene asked, his hands gripping her arms tightly.
"What do you mean what I was just saying? I don't understand." Melfina said hoarsely, her throat was dry from lack of water. Gene was scaring her, first shaking her awake and now asking her questions she had no clue how to answer.
"But you-," Gene started then stopped. Melfina obviously had no memory of the message she had just given him.
Jim and Aisha were running over to see what the shouting was about.
"What is it Gene?" Jim asked, looking concerned.
Gene looked into Melfina's wide eyes and answered in defeat.
"I don't know Jim."
End of Chapter four.
Again I am so sorry this has taken so long to come out. Please forgive me!! I am so very touched by all the kind words of encouragement I have received from all of you! You guys have no idea how much your reviews encourage me.
I will try to update soon.
sorry for the wait.
Wild West Outlaw
Chapter Four
In the middle of a small group of knarled trees in the desert, a small group of people bickered back and forth.
"Let me get this straight..." Aisha said, looking at the trio skeptically. "You two," she pointed at Gene and Jim, "rescued her," she pointed at Melfina, "from some mysterious guys in black who are chasing her. And you have no clue why?!"
"Yes damn it. For the third time!" Gene snapped.
Aisha frowned.
People didn't go chasing after others for no reason at all.
She had been down in the bar trying to serve her usual ruond of rowdy customers when a man dressed in an unusual black outift had approached her.
"Has a girl been here? Black hair. Brown eyes. Young and small like you." He had asked gruffly, putting a hand on the brim of his hat pulling it lower over his eyes.
"Yes. Upstairs." Aisha had answered. She waved vaguely toward the stairs.
He had nodded then left.
When he came back several minutes later with what a gun in his hand Aisha jumped into action. She had sprinted to the storage room and quickly changed into her normal clothes and then rushed upstairs, ignoring the confused looks of her customers.
Her suspicions had been right.
So now Aisha was here with these people on the run.
Oh well, easy come easy go.
"So what do we do now?" Aisha asked with a cheerful smile.
"We? What we?" Gene asked with a frown.
"We. As in all of us."
"You are not coming with us."
"Why not!?" Aisha shrieked in indignation. She had just saved this guys life and this was how he repayed her!
"Look, we're looking for someone. A big bounty head. I don't need you to get in our way," Gene said.
"Hey Gene, she fought really well," Jim cut in. "She could be useful to use."
"Now you're siding with her!?" Gene turned on Jim with a shout. "Gene," Melfina interupted softly. "Aisha did save us."
Gene paused then turned away and swore.
"Do whatever you want."
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"I know this area like I know the back of my hand. The nearest town is Rickorey, only a few miles away, to the east."
"And just why should we trust you?" Gene asked with a smirk.
Aisha fumed and retorted, "Because I've lived around for a long time you ass!"
"Fine. To Rickorey it is... lead the way!" Gene said.
After galloping in silence for a few minutes Melfina lay her head against Gene's back and stared off in the distance. The dusty wasteland seemed to spread on forever with rusty colored mountains in the distance. A few knarled mesquite trees were growing here and there, but other than that there was no vegetation.
The horizion rippled with the heat and Melfina felt her eyelids begining to droop. It was horribly hot and her thick dress made it even worse. Somewhere beside her she could hear Aisha and Gene bickering over the direction in which they were traveling, but they sounded so far away.
The last thing Melfina heard was Aisha yelling curses at Gene before she slipped into darkness.
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Jim idely poked the fire with a stick.
Gene and Aisha had argued and argued over which way to go and finally Gene had given up and simply gone his own way. Of course, it was the wrong way. They were now very far west, farther than Jim had been, and had no clue where the hell they were.
It wouldn't be terribly hard to find a town once day light came, but the small party was forced to make up a camp for the night. Even if it was cooler to travel by night it would be much harder to make out where they were going.
And so they were stuck here, in a small patch of desert surrounded by thorny brush on one side. Jim stroking the fire, Aisha off a few feet from camp looking up at the sky and Gene sulking angrily a few feet away from the fire.
Melfina had fallen into a deep sleep sometime while they were riding and hadn't woken up. She slept peacfully next to Jim, lying on Gene's beat up trench coat.
Aisha looked up at the stars in the sky and smiled. Looking at the sky reminded her of her home, her family.
Years ago Aisha's mother had been traveling with a group of settlers when a troupe of indians had attacked. As was normal they raided the covered wagons and were going to kill the people when a young brave in particular felt pity for Aisha'a mother and took her in. It was a very unusual act, an indian to take in a white woman, but he took her back to his home and tought her the ways of his people. Despite the disapproval of the others in the tribe the two fell and love and eventually had Aisha.
But, when Aisha was around six or seven, some soldiers raided their village and killed everyone. But the soldiers were surprised by Aisha's fair hair and pale aqua eyes, they allowed her to live and she was sent to an orphan's home in the thriving city of Chicago.
She was soon adopted but contsantly made fun of because of her darker skin. She tried her hardest to prove she was better than others but it was in vain. She grew up ridiculed and labeled an outsider.
At sixteen she set out on her own, hoping to make something of herself. Aisha discovered the world of bounty hunting and at last found her calling. Using all the tricks she had learned growning up, first with the indians and then in the rough city of Chicago, Aisha began to travel to the west.
She wasn't comfortable or rich but she way happy. She was home in the open wild west.
"Aisha?"
Aisha smiled. She didn't even have to turn to know who it was.
"Yea Jim?" She reponded, never taking her eyes off the sky.
Jim walked up beside her and glanced up at the sky before peering at her, his face curious. "What are you looking at?" he asked.
"Isn't it obvious, kid?" She teased. "I'm looking at the sky."
Jim fumed. "I'm not a kid!"
Aisha laughed. "It makes you seem even more like a kid when you get all huffy."
Jim growled and started to stalk back toward the fire.
"Hey come on. I was only teasing. Sit and look at the sky with me. I'll tell you all the stories my father used to tell me about the constellations in the sky." Aisha coaxed.
"Yea. Fine, whatever." Jim muttered quietly, and he slowly went to sit next to Aisha.
"Okay," Aisha began as she pointed to a thick group of stars in the sky. "That one there is called..."
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Gene frowned as he watched Aisha and Jim sitting next to each other, looking at the sky.
It had been his own fault that they were lost, though he would die before he ever admitted it. Now they were behind an entire day on travel. Gene fumed silently, angry at himself for being wrong and angry at Aisha for being right.
On impulse Gene got up and went over to sit next to Melfina, where she still lay sleeping. He looked down onto her soft face, studying her. She wasn't what he was used to looking at. He was used to beautiful women with full painted lips and curvy bodies. But Melfina was just like... a child. A pretty, innocent little girl.
Gene felt a sudden pang of guilt. He hadn't really done a single thing to help Melfina with her past. He had been so dead set on getting the new bounty to get some money in his pocket that he'd really forgotten all about it.
He reached toward her face and gently brushed a few strans of her hair back from her face.
Melfina's eyes shot open and she grabbed Gene's hand with such force he jumped. She sat straight up, rigid as a board and looked him in the eye and began to talk very loudly and quickly.
"It's East. Go East. Past the Brooke and past the Plain Rock."
Gene stared at her, his blue eyes wide. What on earth was she talking about. She began speaking more frantically now.
"Go East and you will find it! Let this maiden lead you there!"
And just as suddenly as she began shouting, Melfina stopped. She swayed slightly where she sat and the slumped forward against Gene.
"Melfina? Melfina!" Gene shouted as he shook her.
She stirred slowly, opening one brown eye to look at Gene in confusion.
"What Gene? Do we need to get going?" Melfina's soft voice asked.
"What did you mean by what you were just saying?" Gene asked, his hands gripping her arms tightly.
"What do you mean what I was just saying? I don't understand." Melfina said hoarsely, her throat was dry from lack of water. Gene was scaring her, first shaking her awake and now asking her questions she had no clue how to answer.
"But you-," Gene started then stopped. Melfina obviously had no memory of the message she had just given him.
Jim and Aisha were running over to see what the shouting was about.
"What is it Gene?" Jim asked, looking concerned.
Gene looked into Melfina's wide eyes and answered in defeat.
"I don't know Jim."
End of Chapter four.
Again I am so sorry this has taken so long to come out. Please forgive me!! I am so very touched by all the kind words of encouragement I have received from all of you! You guys have no idea how much your reviews encourage me.
I will try to update soon.