Chapter 27-The start of the plan
Colt and Sadie were riding back to camp when they see Milton and Ross riding towards them. Colt and Sadie stop as Milton and Ross stop in front of them. "Mr. Morgan. What are you doing here?" Milton asks.
"Just heard about the Brathwraths and Rhodes. Was coming here with Mrs. Adler to look for the Van der Linde gang," Colt says calmly.
"I just had a meeting with them. There over in Clemont's point. Good hiding spots. Too bad, they are savages who only know how to kill. I'll gave them some time. I told them to break and live lives. Stay in this area, near that place. Watch them," Milton says.
"Course. Just have to go to Rhodes quickly have a friend there. Wanted to make sure he's ok," Colt lies. Milton nods.
"Ok, We're heading back to Blackwater. Keep trait of them," Milton says. Milton and Ross turn around and ride back towards Blackwater. Colt and Sadie start to head towards Rhodes but turns back towards camp once they knew the two agents were gone. Colt and Sadie ride into camp and see that they were packing up. They get off their horses.
"Guess who just paided us a visit," Dutch says bitterly as he looks at Colt.
"Milton and Ross. We know we saw them on their way back. Told you attacking Rhodes was a dumb idea," Colt says.
"They knew our location to the teeth," Dutch says.
"Your point. Somebody probably saw you. There was a lot of your," Sadie says.
"Or there's a rat," Micah says as he looks at Colt. The who camped was watching.
"Your not suggesting that Colt is a rat," Bill says.
"That's exactly what I'm saying. They knew we were in Valentine and nowhere. He's supposed to capture is. Maybe this is how he's doing it," Micah says.
"Listen to me, you bastard, if I wanted you guys dead or caught. You would have never made it out of Valentine. I could have found you and brought back fifty men in a day," Colt snarls at Micah.
"Enough. Either way were running out of time. We need a plan," Hosea says.
"We need a lot of money and fast," Lenny says.
"The Saint-Denis bank. That will have all we need," Colt says. Dutch nods.
"A bank job. Not bad," Dutch says. Colt says. It takes another hour, but the gang gets the camp packed up and leave Clemont's point heading for Shady Belle.
They arrive at Shady Belle in an hour. They gang starts to get ready as Arthur and Dutch head into town to look for Jack. The gang start to get tents down. Miss Grimshaw walks over to Colt. "Your brother is in a room inside. He said you could use his tent. So follow me," Miss Grimshaw says. Colt nods as he follows the woman. She leads him to Arthur's tent, which was by itself at the end of the house. "Here you go. Gave you a little privacy," Miss Grimshaw says.
"Thank you, Miss Grimshaw," Colt says. Miss Grimshaw starts to walk away but stops.
"Mr. Morgan," Miss Grimshaw says. Colt turns at the woman. "Anybody with a brain here can tell your loyal to this gang. Nobody thinks your a rat. Mr. Bell is just a snake. We trust you," Miss Grimshaw. Colt lets out a small smile.
"Thank you, Miss Grimshaw," Colt says. Miss Grimshaw nods as she leaves. Colt sits down on the cot and puts his face in his hands.
"You seemed stressed," Charles says. Colt looks up and laughs.
"You have no idea," Colt says.
"I have a question. Can I ask?" Charles asks. Colt nods. "When you took this job. Did you know about Arthur or Sadie?" Charles asks.
"No. I had a suspicion about Arthur. I didn't know about Sadie," Colt says.
"Would you have stilled joined if it wasn't for them?" Charles asks.
"Maybe. I know what it is like to be an outlaw. I do the job because I needed money. I got more taking this job. I got a family. Besides Micah," Colt says. Charles lets out a little laugh.
"This gang is going down. I know it. And so do you. We need to save as many people as possible," Charles says.
"What are you saying?" Colt asks.
"We need to save who we can. Make a plan so when things go to hell, we'll be able to save some of our friends," Charles says.
"We can't save Dutch or Micah," Colt says.
"I know," Charles says. Colt nods as he sits on the cot.
"We need to keep this on the down-low only people we trust. Convince as many as possible," Colt says to Charles, who nods. Charles walks away. Colt lays down to take a nap, knowing the next few days were going to be hard.
Thanks for reading. As always, suggestions are welcomed. Until next time.
