Chapter 29-Kieran

It's been a few days since they had got Jake back. Colt and Charles have been whispering, and some of the gang members have noticed the two. The night before, they had gone to the event that Broute had invited Dutch to. Colt stayed, not wanting to be involved with Broute. Sean and Kieran had left camp earlier to go hunt. Colt was drawing in his journal. He puts the journal back in his bag and gets up. He grabs his hat and walks into the house from the front door. He walks upstairs, where he sees Arthur and Dutch talking. Dutch hears him and looks at him. "Colt, you may be able to help us. We have a job. Could use your help," Dutch says

"What kind of talk we talking about here, Dutch?" Colt asks.

"The trolly station in Saint-Denis. Bronte told me it was loaded with cash. That and the bank we would be set," Dutch says with a smirk on his face.

"The trolly station?" Colt asks. Dutch nods. "Who told you about this Dutch?" Colt asks.

"Bronte," Dutch says. Colt lets out a laugh. "Something funny?" Dutch asks.

"Bronte told you that there is money in the trolly station. Why would he tell you that there is money there? Not that I believe it," Colt says.

"He is a good man if you don't want to help, fine. We'll have Lenny help us," Dutch says. Colt nods. They hear a gunshot and then see a horse riding in. Sean was on the horse and injured Kieran holding him. O'driscoll's follow the two. "O'driscoll's get down!" Dutch yells.

"I'm going down," Colt tells the two, who nods. Colt runs down the stairs. He pulls out his gun and kicks the door open as the horse Sean is riding is shot and killed. Sean and Kieran fall to the ground. Colt shoots and O'driscoll and runs over to the two. Sean gets up and gets behind cover. Colt comes over and pulls Kieran over too. "What the hell happened?" Colt asks.

"They knocked me out and took him. I tracked them and saved Kieran barely," Sean says. Colt nods. He gets out of cover and shoots another O'driscoll in the eye. The gang starts to move back inside. Colt and Sean grab Kieran and help the young man inside the house.

"Is that everybody?" Hosea asks. They then hear a scream.

"That's Sadie," Colt says. Colt walks to the back door. They had blocked it. Colt walks to a window and breaks it as he climbs out. More O'driscolls come out and start to shoot at him. The gang breaks the windows and shoots them. Colt runs out into the grass and over to the broken building. He gets around the building and sees Sadie stabbing an O'driscoll. Colt grabs her arm, and Sadie swings at him and slashes his arm. "Sadie, it's me," Colt says as he grabs his arm.

"Colt. Oh my god. I'm sorry," Sadie says.

"It's okay. Come on, we have to get back to the house," Colt says to Sadie, who nods as more O'driscolls come out. Colt and Sadie get behind cover as they start to shoot the gang. They shoot the last O'driscoll as they get to the front. The doors come open as Dutch and Hosea come out, followed by the others. "Kieran?" Colt asks.

"Miss Grimshaw said he should be fine. These god damn O'driscoll's found us. We don't have much longer until the Pinkertones, too," Dutch says. "Arthur, meet Lenny and me at the Trolly station," Dutch says. Lenny follows Dutch as the two leave camp.

"Go, We'll clean this up," Colt tells his brother, who nods. Arthur walks over to his horse and leaves. Colt walks over to John, and the two start to move bodies.

"What have you and Charles been talking about?" John asks after they had thrown a body in the swamp.

"We're making a plan for when things get back. When this gang falls, and I think that will be soon. We'll have a plan," Colt says to his friend.

"Anybody else know besides you and Charles?" John asks as he looks at his family.

"Arthur," Colt says.

"Count me in," John says before he walks away. Colt nods as he starts to move the bodies again. They move bodies for about an hour. Soon Lenny Dutch and Arthur ride back into camp. Arthur and Lenny help Dutch down.

"What happened?" Hosea asks.

"It was a trap. Everybody get ready. We're going after Bronte," Dutch says as he walks in the house. The gang watches before they start to get ready.

As always, thanks for reading. We're getting to the end of chapter 4. I didn't have much planned for this chapter. I have some things for 5 and 6 and a lot for after those. As always, suggestions are welcomed. Until next time.