This chapter is rated M for sexual content.

Chapter 71: The Oil Field

Lilly woke up next to her husband in the tent. It was morning and they were both naked. Lilly giggled. They'd had a lot of sex and she was almost worried that she wore her husband out when he woke up and yanked her down. Lilly laughed as he started kissing her deeply.

"Mmm, good mornin', my wife," he said.

"Good mornin', my husband," she responded with. Arthur took a hand and opened her legs. "My my, Mr. Morgan. Someone is still a little frisky."

Arthur chuckled deeply as he gazed into her eyes. "I'm a lot frisky, m'lady. Now open up your legs more so I can have sex with you."

Lilly laughed and did as he asked. He hovered between her legs before sliding himself in and Lilly grunted. She put her legs around his waist as he pumped into her. Just then they heard Sean outside.

"Hey, lazy bones! C'mon, we got a ranch of cockroaches to clear out!" Sean shouted.

Arthur chuckled into her mouth. "Just...just a few minutes, Sean!" he yelled.

"Oh great, are you twos at it again?"

"Yes!" the couple shouted with laughter.

"Well hurry it up!" Sadie barked.

Arthur pulled out and got on his knees. "On your hands and knees."

Lilly turned around and did as she was told. Arthur grabbed her hips and plunged into her so fiercely it made her yelp loudly. "Arthur!"

Laughter escaped from him as he pumped into her roughly and quickly. "What? She told us to hurry it up!"

Lilly grabbed a pillow and yelled into it as Arthur fucked her hard. It didn't take very long for her to reach orgasm, however Arthur showed no signs of stopping any time soon.

Arthur walked out of the tent with a smile on his face, in his gunslinger outfit, and approached the two bemused gang members. "Fine mornin' for a killin'," he said enthusiastically as he gave Brian and James a quick scratch. "Glad you boys showed up."

Sean giggled at Arthur. "Where's Lilly?"

Arthur looked back at the tent, then over at Sean and Sadie. "Well, ahem, she may have to sit this one out. She's a bit tired."

Sadie crossed her arms. "Tired?"

Arthur reached into his satchel and pulled out an apple. "Well, that's how I left her, anyway."

Sean's signature giggle came out. "You seriously have a lot of stamina for someone who, you know...speakin' of, I thought The Morrigan was supposed to heal you?"

Arthur sighed. "Way to put a dimper in my good mood, Sean." Arthur flicked Sean's hat off and looked at Sadie as he motioned towards their target. "You seen anythin' down there?" Sean picked up his hat and brushed the dirt off of it.

"Yeah, I think there's a bunch of them down there, and mostly drunk," she replied as she looked over at the ranch. "But one of them, he's a fat fella with a beard. Him...he's mine."

Arthur rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "Okay."

The three Van der Linde gang members started ambling over to Hanging Dog Ranch.

Lilly curled up in her tent like a full kitten and grinned. Man, that Arthur sure knew how to please her. She sat up and stretched, then got dressed and reached for her pipe. She made sure the shaman's stuff was in it then lit it and took a puff. One puff was all it took as she shut her eyes.

Men on horses. A buck drinking from a stream. Eagle Flies and other Indians in war paint. Oil fields on fire. A train. An black orb in a cave. John falling off something. Eagle Flies getting shot by Colonel Favours. Susan getting shot. Micah and Arthur fist fighting.

Lilly finds herself in Tír na nÓg, but instead of the sparkling rivers, the green grass and the plentiful trees, everything looks ashened and dead. Lilly gasps and holds her mouth. What happened here? Lilly starts calling out for people.

"Morrigan?! Badb?! Macha?! Nemain?! Anyone?! Where are you?!"

A loud screech invades her ears and she covers them. She falls on her knees and looks up at some sort of gangly creature. It looks like a tree, but it's ashen and has limbs and a face full of sharp teeth and skeletal eye sockets. Lilly gets pulled away from the creature just as it is about to strike.

"Lilly!" Arthur said, shaking her shoulders. Lilly was trembling and sweating, but she was back inside the tent. She stared at Arthur with wide and scared eyes. "Lilly, what were you doin'?"

Lilly gasped and grabbed ahold of Arthur. "I saw Tír na nÓg...it looks awful! There was a...there was a thing that came after me."

Arthur held her face. "What happened to it? How did you get a vision? You weren't even asleep."

Lilly pointed to her pipe. "Hawk Eye. He gave me something to help with my visions. Arthur, Eagle Flies is gonna get shot by Colonel Favours. The oil fields are gonna be burning and...oh, I need to write this down."

Lilly reached into her satchel for her journal. "I thought you decided to keep that at home?"

"I changed my mind. I ain't gettin' captured ever again." Lilly opened the journal and tried to write but her hands wouldn't stop shaking.

Arthur took the book from her and held her hands. "Just breathe, mo ghrá. Breathe."

Lilly took some slow, deep breaths. "I...if I tell you what I saw, will you write it down for me?"

"Sure, darlin'."

Arthur picked up the journal and started writing as Lilly talked. When she got to the part about the tree creature, Arthur asked her to describe it. As she did, Lilly saw Arthur was sketching it. He showed her on occasion to make sure he was getting it right.

"It's head...it had small, twisted branches on top...like a crown, almost. But no base to it. Um...yes, like that."

Arthur showed her the finished artwork. "Was it like this?"

Lilly pressed a fingertip to the sketch and nodded shakily. "Yes."

Arthur looked at it and chuckled. "That is one ugly fuckin' tree. Scary as hell, though." He shut the journal and kissed her cheek. "You okay?"

"Yes."

"What happened to Tír na nÓg?" he asked her.

"I...I don't know, but I think whoever is doin' it is the same one manipulatin'...Da, and Micah."

The group of four and Lilly's brothers were strolling down a path when they got to Cumberland Falls. There were two men standing at the waterfall's edge and Arthur burst out laughing. "Oh, it's them boys with the strange names, uh...Proetus and Acrisius. I wonder what they're up to now."

"What boys?" Sean asked him.

"Oh, these guys asked me to shoot bottles off their heads and to beat them to impress, uh, that girl there," Arthur replied as he pointed to a woman near the water's edge. "Let's go have a look."

Arthur dismounted and started wading through the water. "You are a fool amd a nuisance, brother!" Proetus yelled.

"Helen, is this creepy little toad bothering you again?" Acrisius belted out. "Shall I throw him off?"

"This is gettin' quite outta hand," Helen shouted.

"Hands? Oh, he doesn't have hands. He's a troll...that's why we foind him here! He escaped from his bridge!" Acrisius said.

"Would you tell your talking monkey to go home please, Helen? He was amusing at first, but now he's really quite tiring!" Proetus snapped. "Plus I do wish they had shaved his palms as well as his face!"

"Be quiet, you hobgoblin!"

"His bottom is bright red and he mostly eats bananas!"

"You two!" Helen shouted at them again.

Proetus turned and looked at Arthur. "Oh, Arthur, how are you?"

"Never better," he replied, looking over at Lilly who joined him. "Uh, this is my wife, Lilly."

"A pleasure to meet you, sirs," she said.

"Oh, such a beauty! My name is Proetus!"

"And I am Acrisius!" Acrisius said.

Arthur chuckled. "I see you two haven't changed much," Arthur said to the two brothers.

"No, he's still a lizard," Proetus said.

"Coward," Acrisius said.

"Gerbil."

"Mommy's boy."

"Manatee."

"Effluent."

"Discharge."

"Milksop!"

"You already said that!"

Acrisius pointed at Proetus. "I did not...you're a milksop."

"Well, you are all chatter and no testes, dear Brother!" Proetus snapped and pointed to Helen and walked towards her. "Helen, I will make you love me if it is the last thing I do, and," Acrisius, Arthur amd Lilly followed him," to prove how suitable I am, to make a happy and stable life with," the brothers approached two barrels," I shall throw myself over the waterfall in just a barrel."

Acrisius pointed to Proetus as the brother in the blue coat climbed in. "And so shall I, just to demonstrate how little your," Acrisius climbed into his own, "feeble gestures mean, you homunculus!"

"Arthur, please, come do the honors, and make sure we uh..."

"Oh, you silly little tapeworm of a man," Acrisius proclaimed as Arthur put the top on Proetus' barrel.

"Follow me."

"Follow you?" Acrisius stood up. "I was born first!" He got back down. Helen, I love you." Arthur secured the other top. "And Brother, you're living proof of God's remarkable sense of humor!"

"Oh Arthur," Lilly said. "Don't tell me you're goin' to allow this! They'll be killed!"

Arthur laughed. "They'll ne fine. Sean, you wanna push the other one in?" Sean giggled, spit on his hands, and shoved Acrisius in. Proteus was pushed by Arthur and both the barrels went towards the waterfall. "Good luck, crazy bastards..."

Helen and the rest ran to the cliff overlooking the waterfall as the barrels went down. "Oh my Lord!" Helen cried out, holding her head. "The fools! The silly fools! I cannot believe they've done this!"

Lilly shook her head. "What a bunch of clout heads," she uttered.

"Come on," said Arthur. "Let's go try and find them." Arthur mounted up. "Okay, get on your horses, guys."

The rest got on their horses and Helen stared at Brian and James. Lilly laughed. "No need to worry, miss. They're perfectly safe to be around. Brian, James, search."

The boys went running down the trail and everyone followed. "Do you think they're alright?" Helen asked.

"I'm sure they're fine, Miss Helen," Sean said.

"You want 'em to be alright?" Arthur asked her.

"Of course! Whatever do you mean?" Helen asked Arthur with a little squeal in her voice.

"I was just thinkin'...it might be easier for you if...if only one of 'em was...you catch my meanin'?"

"Sir, that is a terrible thing to say."

"You got a favorite?" Lilly chuckled and smacked her husband's arm lightly. "Ow," Arthur said playfully. "What?"

"That is a terrible thing to say," she giggled.

Sadie and Sean laughed. "I like them both...equally," Helen said.

"Eh, them maybe fate might help you out," Arthur said with a shrug.

"It is not like that, mister. Not like that at all."

"Sure," Arthur said with a disbelieving tone.

Lilly giggled and smacked Arthur again. "Tá tú chomh dona." [You are so bad.]

Arthur let out a deep chuckle. "Is breá leat é nuair atá mé dona." [You love it when I'm bad.]

Lilly eyed him affectionately. "I do."

They both leaned and gave each other quick pecks. Brian and James barked and Arthur went over to t hem with the rest to find Proetus and Acrisius soaked and laying on the shore. Brian and James were nuzzling them both. "Here you are."

Helen got off and ran to them. "Acrisius! Proetus! What have you done?" she scolded them both.

Acrisius coughed. "Brother, are you there?" he asked as Arthur went to him

"Acri, is that you?" Proetus asked with a high pitched voice. "I've had the wind knocked out of me."

Acrisius got on his knees and pointed. "I thought you were a goner."

"It's a miracle we're alive."

"Silly, silly boys!" Helen scolded once more as Acrisius slowly crawled to his brother. "You nearly died! For me!"

"She's right," Acrisius said meekly. "Dear brother what fools we have been!"

Proetus pointed at Acri. "You're the fool...but a brave one."

Acri pointed again. "You might be dense, but you are the noblest man I know!"

Proetus sat up, still pointing. "You are a lion!"

"Giant!"

"You're an earth shaker!"

Acrisius threw up his arms. "World conqueror!"

Proetus went on his knees, his arms wide out. "Let's not let anything come between us again!"

"Never!" They both hugged.

"Boys?" Helen said.

"Good lady, adieu," Acri said as they both helped each other up.

"Bewitch some other milksops...we will have none of it," Proetus said.

"But, I-I thought that..." Helen stammered.

"Buh!" Acrisius interrupted. "Before this siren calls us to the rocks again, let us away from here."

"You lead the way, brother," Proetus motioned. "The West awaits!"

"Boys!" Helen called out as they left. "Boys!" She sighed softly.

Lilly and Sean ould barely hold in their laughter as Arthur walked over to Helen's side. "That is quite sone suitors you've picked there," Arthur said with a small chuckle.

"I was tryin' to stop 'em from killin' themselves. They won't last a week without me," Helen complained.

"Hmm, probably not." He faced her. "But you'll have an easier time."

"I guess I will. So long," she said as she headed to her horse. Arthur and the rest went in the direction of their horses. "Oh, I wasn't tryin' to lead 'em on, you know? It was just...excitin'." Helen grabbed her mount and turned it around. "The smartest men I knew with positively the least sense," Helen said as she climbed on.

"Heh, that's usually the way it works." Arthur gave her a lazy salute. "Good luck."

Once Helen had rode away, Lilly and Sean fell down laughing. "Oh good God, that was funnier than that...that trio of misfits goin' to Saint Denis for a show!" Sean laughed.

Lilly nodded as Arthur cackled and Sadie giggled. "Oh, I wish you had seen Mr. Châtenay's art show, though! You would have died laughing at the crowd."

Arthur shook his head. "I'm kinda glad he didn't though."

"Why?" Sean asked as he helped his deirfiúr up.

"Well, that's because..." Lilly went to her husband. "Arthur and I got our portrait done by the man."

Arthur rolled his eyes. "Seriously, Lilly? I told you not to tell anyone that.".

"Oops. I forgot. Sorry," Lilly said with a cringe.

"What's so bad about gettin' painted?" Sadie asked.

Arthur started to blush. "Well...we, uh..." he sighed. "We was naked," he mumbled under his breath.

"You was what?"

Sean grinned evily. "Oh boy...you're blushin', Englishman. Was you both nude?"

"...Yes," Arthur replied.

Sean and Sadie started laughing hysterically. "Oh my God! Lilly, how did you convince him to be painted naked?!" Sean asked delightfully.

Lilly beamed at her husband. "With my smile, of course."

The four of them and the wolves made it back to camp after another day of riding. Lilly was now well into her twenty-first week of pregnancy. And of course, as soon as they got back, her Braxton Hicks started up. Arthur insisted she rest up before doing anything particularly strenuous or sneaky, and she agreed to a power nap. As she fell asleep, Arthur was beside her as she slept and he trailed his fingers along her belly. The babies inside started moving around and he saw the fleetest of movements in her belly. He chuckled and kissed it a few times.

"Hey there, Aoífe and Arthur Jr. It's me, your daddy. I um...ahem, look, more than likely, I won't get to meet you two, but I want you to know that, well, I love you both very much. And so does your mother. Your mother wanted babies more than she realized, I think, and I'm happy to have given her you both. Now, I got three things to tell you. One, don't give your momma too much trouble. Two..." Arthur let out a shaky breath. "Tell your momma you love her every day. And three...for god sake's, please don't make your momma mad. She has the scariest shout I've ever heard in my life."

Not that he'd ever been scared of her or her shout, of course. He gave Lilly's pregnant stomach one last kiss before leaving Lilly to rest. He walked out of the tent and look around, seeing Dutch surrounded by the "rat pack" at his tent. He needed to have a chat with him and it couldn't wait.

"So why are these two still here?" Arthur asked Dutch, direction a hand to Cleet and Joe.

"Old pals of Micah's," Dutch replied.

"They're gettin' real comfortable."

"We need guns for what's comin'. Cleet and Joe know how to fight. It's lucky I bumped into 'em."

Arthur chuckled. "We already got guns. We got Sean, Lenny, Charles, Bill, Javier, John...how many more guns do we need? What is goin' on, Dutch? What is happenin' to us?" Arthur pointed at Dutch briefly. "What's happenin' to you?"

Micah closed in on Arthur. "You show him some respect."

"Excuse me?" Arthur asked of Micah.

"Mr. Van der Linde! Mr. Morgan! Charles!" Eagle Flies came riding into camp with a whole bunch of other Indians dressed in war paint. Everyone started making their way to the group. "They tried to kill my people for oil! For oil! Today we ride once more! Ride with me, ride with us! Ride with us against the factory!"

"I love your courage, son." Dutch sayd, outstretching his arms with a smile. "It is a thing of great beauty!"

"Stop!" Rains Fall came riding up to the group. "Everyone stop!" He halted his horse and walked to Eagle Flies. "My son, my last son...don't. When I was your age, I fought. I saw death. I have killed. The men I knew were slain. My first born, your brother, had his head smashed in my a drunken soldier. My wife had her throat slit. We made peace. I knew not to trust, yet I had no choice."

"What's goin' on?" Lilly asked Arthur, running up to his side.

"Well, looks like one of your visions is about to play out," he replied.

"Maybe you were right," Rains Fall continued. "Maybe the slow death is worse than a fast one. Maybe none of these men are good. Maybe a world in which they came to us is a world that we cannot endure. But endure we must."

"Father, you are tired," Eagle Flies remarked.

"Do not die for pride, my son. We have suffered too much on this trick. The earth, the water, they have no pride. They endure, and we must endure. My only boy...my precious boy...do not mistake my strength for weakness. As your chief, I implore you."

Eagle Flies glared at Rains Fall. "Your words mean nothing to me, Father."

"Don't..."

Lilly ran up to Eagle Flies. "Eagle Flies, please heed your father! This is not going to end well for you or your men!"

Eagle Flies ignored her. "Ride with me! Now."

"Stop!" Rains Fall begged as his natives began to ride away. "Please...stop." Rains Fall looked at Lilly. "Please, Mrs. Morgan. After you and your husband helped me, after we spoke, this is just a trap. My son, my people, will all die."

"You both helped this fella, Lilly?" Dutch asked her as he neared her.

"Please."

"Yes, we did," Lilly said. "Is that a problem?" she asked, crossing her arms.

"What else you two been doin' behind Dutch's back?" Micah asked her.

"What?!" Lilly snapped. "It wasn't like that, you asshole. Watch your fucking mouth!"

"The wars are over," Rains Fall said and Arthur looked at him. "We have lost. These young men will be annihilated. Please."

Lilly put a hand on Rains Fall's shoulder. "I'm gonna head there now, and I'll do my best to make sure your son or your people don't die." Lilly was surrounded by white light and Adair came out. "You have my word." Adair's wings flapped and she flew up above the ground. She turned and flew away.

Arthur watched her and chuckled, then looked at Rains Fall. "I'll see what I can do." He glanced at Charles. "Charles?" He nodded. "Who else will come with me?" Arthur barked as he walked to Rose.

"Oh, I'll ride, Arthur," Dutch said. "Who knows what other secrets I'll learn about. Who else?"

"I will," Sadie said.

"And me," said John.

"Us too!" Lenny and Sean both said.

"Me too," said Javier.

"Agh, and me, I guess," Bill snarled.

They all got on their horses. "Alright, let's ride out," Dutch shouted. "What else have you and Lilly been doin' behind my back, Arthur?"

"I was tryin' to stop this mess from gettin' any worse. Lilly just wanted to help people."

"Why the hell would they attack the oil fields?" John asked.

"What do you mean? It's perfect," Dutch claimed.

Arthur gaped at Dutch. "This was your idea?!" he growled angrily.

"Partly. The arny, the government, the industrialists, they've taken everything from these people. Wouldn't you wanna fight back?"

"You've handed them a death sentence! Eagle Flies is gonna get shot! Lilly saw it happen!"

Dutch looked over his shoulder at Arthur. "She did?"

"Yes! By Colonel Favours!"

"He's gonna be there at the oil fields?"

"Yes!"

Adair landed on a cliff nearby the burning oil fields and stared at it. "What do we do here, Lilly?" she asked her other half.

"Help them fight. Make sure Eagle Flies doesn't get killed," Lilly replied.

"Well, we cannot have my future lover be killed."

"Shut up." Adair laughed and flew towards the oil fields. She landed in and started attacking all the soldiers in her way. She eventually sa Eagle Flies and paused for a moment to admire him and his form. "Adair, keep fighting!"

"But he is so-" Adair was interrupted by someone hitting her from behind. She turned and swiped the man attacking her out of the way into the fiery oil. Adair heard him scream in pain and looked back at Eagle Flies. "Handsome."

"Let's just make sure he stays alive."

"Of course." Adair pulled out her bow and started shooting the soldiers down. There were many to kill but that didn't deter Adair from her quest. After shooting another man, Adair appeared behind her mission subject. "Eagle Flies."

He turned and looked at Adair with a bloodthirsty smile. "Glad you could make it."

"It's...not as bad as I thought it would be," Charles said, looking through his binoculars.

Arthur looked through his own. "We gotta help these men," Dutch exclaimed.

"Can anyone see Eagle Flies?" Arthur asked.

"There, going across the walkway with Adair," Charles replied. "She's been doin' most of the work, I bet."

Arthur saw the walkway as both Eagle Flies and Adair were taking down men. "You got what you wanted, Dutch."

"You comin', Arthur?" Dutch asked him.

While Arthur was fairly certain Adair had Eagle Flies covered, there was the fact that his wife, Lilly, was down there too. He lowered his binoculars and looked at Dutch. "I'm gonna go help out Adair and Eagle Flies. If you go," he pointed to the factory," and distract the army and let me get to them."

"...Have it your way. The rest of you, ride with me. Let's meet up at the factory. Let's ride! Hyah!"

Dutch and most of the gang took off, except for Sean, Sadie and Charles. "Go with him, try and help there," Arthur said to Charles, Sadie, and Sean. "I'm better off alone."

Charles unholstered his gun. "We're riding with you."

"Yes, that's my sister down there," Sean said.

"Come on, then. Hyah!" Arthur said. Him and the rest of the gang, along with some braves, headed down the hill towards the factory.

Adair sliced off a man's head as she stood behind Eagle Flies. "There are not too many enemies left, but I fear reinforcements may be coming. Are you up to the task, Eagle Flies?"

Eagle Flies looked at her. "Why are you guarding me?"

"Becausr Lilly had a vision of you being shot by Colonel Favours here." Adair went and stabbed another man in the chest, yanking him off her sword as he died.

"Oh. Well, you have my thanks, Lilly."

"You're welcome."

"She says you are welcome."

Adair and Eagle Flies killed a few more men and ran inside a shack. "We're surrounded!" Eagle Flies yelled.

"You stay here. I got this," Adair ordered. Adair opened the door and slammed it shut behind her as more soldiers showed up and shot at her. "Alright, which one of you boys is next?" she asked, holding her sword on her arm and crouching.

Arthur shot some men on the tower as he closed in. He killed a few more on the walkway and ran toward it. He ran across the bridge just as Eagle Flies came charging out of a building with an army man on him. Arthur fired and a bullet went into the soldier's head. Eagle Flies tossed the dead body off his own and saw his savior. "Arthur," he said.

"Get up," Arthur said.

"Thank you, all of you." Eagle Flies stopd with a rifle in his hands.

"We need to go," Charles implored.

"Where are my men? Where did Adair go?"

"We saw some fighting by the factory. That's where Dutch has gone," Charles pointed out.

Just then some more men appeared in the catwalk but Adair came flying in and knocked two of them off. She sliced through another and twisted around, kicking a fourth victim on their back and stabbing him in the chest. She stood and shoved her sword into another man's stomach, and then she pulled the sword out and pushed the military soldier off the wooden bridge. Adair rested the sword on her shoulder and smiled at Arthur. "Did you miss me?" she asked him.

"Of course."

"Any men we see, we must save them." Eagle Flies smiled up at Adair. "You're not bad...for a woman," he said jokingly.

Adair laughed and jumped off the bridge. More soldiers came up behind her and she turned with a flap of her wings. She knocked some of them down with the force of it and threw some knives at the ones who fell. Each weapon hit their mark perfectly. She stabbed one in the gut, then pivoted around and decapitated another. One man grabbed her but she shoved him off and he went flying towards Arthur who shot and killed him. Adair disappeared around the corner as more shots were fired. Two soldiers went flying into view and all the men, and Sadie shot them down. They pursued and shot and fought as Adair led them through battle, and a train came charging in on the tracks.

"Army train, look out!" Eagle flies yelled.

Arthur and the rest continued the onslaught of bloodshed, though Adair took the bulk of the army down. The train stopped and Arthur heard the sound of a Gatling gun being fired, but he watched in awe as Adair walked on by, the bullets only seeming to tickle her. She laughed maniacally, jumped up, flew along, and landed in front of the gun. The soldier manning it screeched as Adair grabbed him by the head and tossed him away like garbage. Adair then smashed the gun into oblivion and Arthur laughed as he saw Adair go back to fighting. He made more headshots by the seconds, and soon the only enemies left were over by the factory and coming down from the hill. Arthur saw Paytah being assaulted and so he fired and hit the soldier in the head.

"Thank you," Paytah said gratefully.

They moved up and the battle kept going. Eventually the enemy had been defeated and Arthur went over to Dutch. "I don't see none of them standin' no more!" Bill shouted happily.

"So good of you to join us," Dutch said to Arthur as they squatted down behind some barrels. Eagle Flies and Adair came running and they crouched down. "Hello, son. Hello, Adair."

"Hey," Eagle Flies responded.

"Hello, Dutch," said Adair.

"Saved your life?" Dutch asked Eagle Flies.

"They both did," Eagle Flies replied.

"You're quite the hero, Arthur. Ain't you?"

"Just a regular good guy. Same as always," Arthur responded knowingly.

"What is it with you, Arthur? What is it?"

"I don't get you. I don't get you no more."

"Ah the doubting, the doubting." Dutch sighed. "Come on! Get him out of here! All of you!" Dutch yelled, standing up and looking at Arthur before walking to the factory. "Come on. Let's go finish things."

"Finish what?" Arthur asked as he got up.

"Ah, the doubts! You know why I wanted them to attack this place?"

"I have no idea," Arthur replied as he followed Dutch.

"Javier, you get them and go."

"Until I find all my men, I'm not leaving," Eagle Flies said.

"As you wish. Rest of you, get outta here!"

"I'm staying with you," Charles said to Eagle Flies.

"As am I," Adair said, helping Eagle Flies up. "I shall help you find your men."

Dutch shot a lock on the door. "We're gettin' our ticket outta here." He kicked the door in and Arthur went in behind him.

"Thank you, Adair," Eagle Flies said. "Thank you, Charles."

Sean came running up. "Do you need help?"

Adair studied Sean for a moment. "No, you should leave with the rest. Charles, Eagle Flies and I have this task in hand." Adair put a hand on his shoulder. "You fought well today, Sean. Your wife will be pleased."

Sean giggled. "I hope so."

Adair smiled then looked back at Eagle Flies with a smirk as Sean went running. "And you, Eagle Flies. You were not bad...for a human."

Eagle Flies laughed and closed in on her. "I appreciate that."

Adair looked into his eyes. They were a beautiful chocolate brown and Adair found she could get lost in them if she looked long enough.

"Ugh, Adair..." Lilly said.

Adair sighed. "Well, shall we go find your men?" Adair asked Eagle Flies.

Charles chuckled and left the two of them alone to go look. Eagle Flies stared back into her blue eyes and smiled. "Do I still smell like summer grass?"

Adair leaned in and inhaled his scent. "No. You smell like a man who has just finished a battle. Sweat and blood and...euphoria."

Eagle Flies leaned in close. "You smell like that too. I like it."

Adair giggled and sighed. "You are a bold man, to be this close to a goddess. Do you know how old I am, young man?"

"I can imagine. Too old for me?"

"Definitely not, unless you think being five thousand years old is too old."

"I think you look fantastic for your age. You must know a lot of things."

Adair chuckled and kissed his cheek. "Let us go find your men, hmm? Then perhaps I can show you just how much I know...in a particularly carnal way."

"I'd like that."

Adair stepped away from him with a smirk. "If you're goin' to have sex with him, please make sure I'm not awake."

Adair laughed as she looked around for fallen braves. "Ní féidir liom gealltanas a thabhairt sin." [I can't promise that.]

"Fine, but keep your hormones in for now. If he gets shot, you won't have the chance to show him how much carnal knowledge you have."

She joined in with Paytah and Eagle Flies, looking for the fallen and the living. Luckily, barely any of the Indians had died in the raid, but the ones who did pained Eagle Flies all the same. Some had been wounded, but the wounds would heal in time. Night was falling on them as Adair helped the hurt men get on their horses. When that was done, she looked around for Eagle Flies bit couldn't find him. Uh oh.

"We need to go, Arthur!" Dutch yelled as soldier shot at them both from outside the factory. Arthur went running through and almost fell down as a soldier tried to tackle him but Arthur shot him. "We gotta get the hell outta here!"

Dutch was waiting for Arthur by the back door. Arthur went to him but a bullet hit a pipe above him and hot steam went into his face. It made Arthur fall down and he groaned from the pain. Three soldiers came running in. "We got one! A white one!"

"Uh! Dutch," Arthur moaned out meekly. One of the soldiers got on top if him and held a knife above him. "I need help!"

Arthur saw Dutch leave out of the corner of his eye. Did his mentor just walk out on him? Abandon him? Leave him to die? Arthue held the arms of his assailant up, but he was losing strength. Suddenly shots were fired and Eagle Flies came running in with a gun. He shot the man on top of Arthur down and looked around for other enemies. He went to go help Arthur up when another shot sounded. Eagle Flies looked behind him and Arthur saw Adair with a gun aimed. She had just shot Colonel Favours dead. Eagle Flies was safe. Arthur rested his head on the floor. Adair kept the gun and looked them both over.

"I could get used to this weapon. Are you both alright?"

Arthur nodded as Eagle Flies helped him up. "Yes. Thanks, Eagle Flies."

"You saved my life more than once. And you," Eagle Flies looked at Adair, "you just saved mine. How can I repay you?"

Adair gave him a seductive smile and walked to him. "I expect a good, hmm...Lilly, are you sure "fucking" is the appropriate word?"

Arthur guffawed and Eagle Flies' eyes went wide. "Holy shit," Arthur said and all three left through the back door.