Stay Strong
The boys had packed their bed rolls and were sitting in the father's study looking at the map of the Ponderosa and Virginia City. "There are a lot of places she could be that is if she's still in Nevada" said Adam feeling discourage.
"C'mon Adam we have to hope that she's somewhere in the territory maybe somewhere on the Ponderosa like in one of the line shacks" suggested Joe.
"That's a possibility little brother but why would kidnappers hold her on our property?" asked Adam.
Before Joe could answer they heard someone walk through the front door. They got up to see who it was and were beyond relieved when they saw their father.
"Pa thank goodness you're here" said Joe full of relief as he throws his arms around his father. "It's alright son everything is gonna be alright" said Ben comforting his son.
He looks over to his two eldest sons and saw the belief in their eyes.
Amelia was sitting on a dusty dirty floor her hands bound to a chair leg. She was going in and out of consciousness. Her vision was blurry and unclear; her mouth was gagged.
Her head was hurting and she couldn't move her legs because they were also bound. The bullet wound on her leg was burning and was bleeding.
Her captors put a cloth around it to stop the bleeding but her blood was soaking through it. She was afraid that she was gonna die.
Once her eye sight became clearer she looks around her surroundings. Seeing the room that she was in Amelia concluded that she was in one of the deserted cabins not far from the Ponderosa.
Amelia hoped and prayed that her family knew what happen and were looking for her. She had no doubt in her mind that they wouldn't stop looking for her until they find her.
Her captors walk in. Amelia could see that there were five of them and she recognized them but couldn't remember how she knew them.
"Well Cartwright I hope you're comfortable" said Snyder coldly in a sarcastic tone. "Well then you won't be feeling that way for long because you'll be dead" Snyder laughs evilly as he and the other men walk out of the room.
At that moment Amelia started to worry and panic. She didn't know what to do but knew that she had to stay strong for her family especially for her Pa.
She wasn't gonna let him or her brothers lose her; she was gonna fight with everything in her to stay alive. She started to relax more and calmly began to think of a way to escape.
Little did she know that that was gonna be easier said than done.