Chapter 14-Flaco

The next day Colt and Sean woke up and picked up camp. Colt climbs up on his horse as Sean does the same. They had changed into their winter clothes. They start to head up the mountain.

With Arthur

Arthur wakes up and feels Mary-Beth pressed up against him. Slowly he gets out of the bed. He shakes Mary-Beth's shoulder. She opens her eyes slowly and looks up at him. "Come, we have to get back," Arthur tells her. She nods as she stands up. They both walk out of the room and towards Arthur's horse. Arthur helps her up before he climbs up. Arthur then rides out of town, heading back to camp.

Arthur and Mary-Beth ride into camp an hour later. The camp was up, and everybody was moving. Arthur helps Mary-Beth down. Mary-Beth kisses his cheek before she excuses herself to go help the other girls. Arthur smiles. He sees Charles looking at a map. He walks over to the man. "What you looking at, Charles?" Arthur asks. Charles looks up at him.

"I heard about an O'driscoll camp not too far from here. It's up towards Valentine. There's a farm that they have been staying on. I heard that is where they are keeping some money," Charles says. Arthur nods.

"You want some company?" Arthur asks.

"Yeah, I was gonna get Lenny, Sadie, and John," Charles says. Arthur nods.

"I'll grab Sadie and John," Arthur says. Charles nods as Arthur walks over to Sadie, who was sharpening her knife.

"We found out about an O'driscoll camp. If you want to come, you have to keep your head," Arthur says. Sadie frowns,

"I can keep my head, Arthur," Sadie says. Arthur nods.

"Good, remember that this is for money, not for revenge," Arthur says. Sadie nods. Arthur leaves the woman who was arguing with Abigale. "John got a job. You in?" Arthur asks. John nods as Arthur, Sadie, and John meet Charles and Sadie by their horses. "Let's go," Charles says. They leave the camp.

The mountain

Colt and Sean were looking at Flaco's camp from across the lake with binoculars. "There are only a few men there. We should be able to take it out pretty easily. I'll take Flaco. He's probably in the cabin," Colt says. Sean nods as they grab their guns and start to head across the ice. They get close, and one of the men notices. They both dive behind a create as the camp shoots at them. Colt looks up and shoots one of the men in the eye. Sean and Colt slowly pick off the men. Sean shoots the last one in the chest. They both stand up and walk towards the cabin "Men," Flaco says.

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

"Here's your message," Flaco says as he comes out. They both pull out their guns as Flaco dives to the side. They both shoot at the same time. Flaco's bullet hits Colt in the shoulder as Flaco falls to the ground, dead; a bullet in his neck. Colt falls down as Sean comes over.

"You ok?" Sean asks.

"Yeah," Colt says. Sean goes over and grabs Falco's gun. He walks over to Colt and holds out the gun. "Keep it. It's better than yours," Colt says. Sean nods as he holsters the gun. They both walk into the cabin and start to look. Sean opens a chest and finds a map.

"Look at this," Sean says. Sean hands Colt the map. Colt opens the map.

"I know where this is. It's close to Rhodes we can check on it on the way back," Colt says. Sean nods as they whistle for their horses. They get on their horses and start to head back down the mountain.

With Arthur

It's been a few hours since they left camp. They all watch as the camp moves. "You ready?" Charles asks. They all nod. Lenny takes the first shot and kills an O'driscoll. The group starts to shoot at each other. Sadie starts to move towards the camp.

"Sadie, wait," Arthur says. The woman keeps moving forward. Arthur slowly follows her. The O'driscoll's start to fall. Sadie goes into the house. Arthur follows her in. She kills the last O'driscoll. She turns and looks at him. Arthur glares at her. "Find the stash," Arthur tells her. Sadie nods as she starts to look in the house. Arthur walks out. They hear horses and raise their guns. Sean and Colt stop at the front of the camp. "What are you doing here?" John asks.

"We were up in the mountains," Colt tells them.

"Sadie's in the cabin," Arthur says.

"You brought Sadie to an O'driscoll camp?" Colt asks. They nod. Colt pushes past them and walks in the cabin. He sees Sadie sitting down. She looks up and gets up. She comes over and hugs him. "You shouldn't have come here," Colt says. Sadie nods. "Come on," Colt says as he leaves the cabin. They find the cabin in the barn. They leave after heading back for camp.

They ride into camp as the sunset. Dutch and Hosea look up. They give the money to Dutch and head to bed.

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