I DO NOT OWN HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS
Pike County, Kentucky. May, 1881.
As things seemed to be getting better for Johnse and Roseanna, they were getting worse for Jed and the McCoys. It was during a McCoy family Sunday supper that Billie Jo reared his ugly head. Everyone had been having a good time and Alifair was really showing by this point.
"So, when's the baby supposed ta come?" Calvin asked as everyone ate their fill.
"Bout a month or so." Jed replied as he gently massaged Alifair's stomach.
"It's bout time that we had a grand baby." Sally said as Randall nodded. Tolbert was about to comment when the sounds of horses were heard.
"JEDIDIAH!" Everyone's heart sank as they recognized the voice of Billie Jo Preston. Everyone went outside and saw Billie Jo and his posse. With them was a woman with a bag over her head.
"What are ya doing here Billie Jo?" Jed asked in despair.
"I thought I had made myself clear when I told ya ta git off my land." Randall added.
"Your Hatfield collaborators may have fixed that trial fer ya, but I am gonna get my justice, one way or another." Billie Jo swore.
"Git out o' here!" Bud shouted as Billie Jo smirked.
"I want Jed and if ya won't give him ta me...i'll just have ta find other blood ta spill." He motioned to his posse and one of them brought forward the woman and removed the bag. It was the boy's aunt Betty.
"Aunt Betty!" Tolbert exclaimed as Billie Jo put a knife to her throat.
"Let her go, ya bastard!" Randall shouted.
"Give me Jed." Preston shot back. Jed moved forward, but he was stopped by Alifair.
"Ya can't, he'll shoot ya down." She pleaded as she held him back.
"Ya can rot in Hell, heathen!" Betty shouted as she tried to be strong. Billie Jo smirked as he slit the old woman's throat in one swift stroke.
"NO!" Jed shouted as Betty fell off of the horse and soon bled out. Preston then dismounted his own steed and proceeded to scalp the poor woman. Jed and the McCoys watched in horror as Billie Jo raised the scalp high for all to see.
"Ai ai ai ai ai ai ai!" He screamed as a injun would after scalping his enemy.
"You damn savage, may God damn your eternal soul!" Randall exclaimed.
"Don't worry, there's plenty more where that came from." Billie Jo promised as he spurred his horse and rode off. The boys ran back inside to grab their guns, but when they got back, it was too late. Everyone was shocked and angry, Jed most of all.
"I am gonna kill that son of a bitch, I swear it!" Jed vowed as he he looked up at the sky, hoping that God would give him strength against his foe.
BILLIE JO WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET TO JED, EVEN IF IT MEANS SPILLING INNOCENT BLOOD. REVIEWS NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.