Chapter 12-Moving

It has been a few days since Colt and Arthur got back. Two days ago, Arthur had a run in with Mr. Milton and Mr. Ross. He had left for Valentine a few hours ago to help John. Strauss and Dutch had left shortly after. It had been about two hours since they left. Dutch, John, and Strauss come riding into camp. Strauss had been shot in the leg. Colt gets up and walks over to John and helps Strauss down. Charles grabs Strauss and walks him over to the table. Colt looks at Dutch. "What the hell happened?" Colt asks.

"Pack up camp. We have to move," Dutch says and everybody nods. Dutch looks at Colt as Hosea comes over. "You were right. We got attacked by Mr. Cornwall and Pinkertons in Valentine. We have to move," Dutch says. Colt nods as he starts to help. Arthur rides into camp and walks towards Dutch.

"Arthur, grab Charles and head to Dewberry creek. Scout it out," Dutch tells Arthur, who nods as walks over to Charles. They leave camp. They had camp packed up and the wagons loaded when Charles road in.

"We found a place called Clement's point. It's better hidden," Charles tells Dutch, who nods.

"Good," Dutch says before he turns to Colt. "Go to Valentine and lead Mr. Milton here, so he still thinks you're with him. You know where Clement point is?" Dutch asks.

"Yeah, I'll meet you there," Colt tells them and he heads to his horse. He climbs on and rides out of their camp. The gang leaves behind him. Colt rides into Valentine about a half an hour later. Colt gets off his horse and sees all the bodies.

"Mr. Morgan, this is what the Van der Linde gang does. They leave bodies wherever they go," Mr. Milton says. Colt nods as he walks over to the Pinkerton agent.

"I think I found their hideout," Colt tells him.

"They would have left by now. Mr. Van der Linde is smart. My guess is that they headed south. Where is this camp?" Mr. Milton asks.

"Horseshoe Overlook," Colt tells him.

"Ok, we'll check it out. Head down towards Rhodes. Look around. We're getting closer to Mr. Morgan, I can feel it," Mr. Milton tells Colt, who nods as he leaves. It was night when Colt got to Clement's point. He rides in and sees that most of the tents were set up. He gets off Thea and walks over to Dutch.

"They sent me down here. We have to be careful, Dutch," Colt tells Dutch, who looks up at him and nods.

"We will," Dutch tells Colt, who nods. Miss Grimshaw walks over to them.

"Mr. Morgan, your tent. I'll show you," Miss Grimshaw says. Colt nods as he walks over to his tent, which was towards the back of the camp. Colt sits down on his cot.

"Thank you, Miss Grimshaw," Colt says. Miss Grimshaw nods as she walks away.

One week later

Colt was sitting in his tent, looking at pictures he had gotten from a writer in Valentine. Sean comes over. "What are you looking at, Mr. Morgan?" Sean asks. Colt looks up at him.

"I got some pictures from a writer in Valentine a few weeks ago. They are of famous gunslingers. He wants pictures of them for a book," Colt tells him.

"You want some help?" Sean asks.

"I don't need any, but you can tag along if you want to," Colt tells him. Sean smiles as he goes over to his tent and grabs his gun. Arthur walks over to him.

"Do you know anywhere nice to take a woman on a date?" Arthur asks and Colt smiles.

"The saloon in Rhodes is nice. They make pretty good food," Colt tells his brother, who nods.

"Thank you. Make sure Sean doesn't do anything stupid. He's better than Micah, but sometimes he can lose his head," Arthur tells Colt, who nods.

"I'll make sure he's ok. Good luck," Colt says to his brother as he walks over to his horse. Sean comes over to him.

"You ready, mate?" Sean asks.

"Yeah, remember Sean, you follow my lead," Colt tells Sean, who nods. Colt waves at Sadie, who waves back with a smile. Colt and Sean climb on their horses. They both leave camp and head for the first man, Emmet Granger. They arrive at his house around noon. He looks up at them. "You Emmet Granger?" Colt asks.

"Yeah," Emmet says.

"I want to talk to you about Jim Boy Calloway," Colt says.

"You clean this pin. I'll talk," Emmet says. Colt and Sean nod as they start to clean the pin. Emmet talks about how he hurt folk back in the day. They finish and dumb out the shit.

"I did your job. Now about Jim Boy Calloway," Colt says.

"They should be writing a book about me," Emmet says.

"Just give me a quote," Colt says. Emmet does nothing, so Colt grabs a dynamite stick and walks over to the pile of shit.

"No, don't," Emmet says. Colt puts the dynamite down as Sean walks to the tree. Colt lights the dynamite and stands with Sean. The stick blows up and covers Emmet Granger in shit.

"You just took yourself a shit shower Mr. Granger," Colt says.

"You just earned yourself a killing boy. Draw," Emmet says. Colt nods. Emmet grabs a knife. Colt pulls out a revolver and shoots Emmet in the chest. Emmet drops his knife and falls on his knees before he falls to the ground dead. Colt walks over to Emmet and flips him, so his face is facing the sky. Colt grabs Emmet's revolver. He grabs out his Relveroler and throws it to Sean, who catches it.

"Put that on my horse," Colt tells him. Sean nods. Colt holsters Emmet's gun and takes the picture. He walks over to Sean. "We still have three more. The next one is in the mountains, so we have got a ride ahead of us," Colt tells him. Sean nods as they leave Emmet's house and start to head for the mountains.

Here is the next chapter. Next time we should get to some more gunslingers and maybe a date. I haven't decided yet. I hope you guys enjoy it. Suggestions are always welcomed. Until next time.