When Mr. Hobson arrived back at Four Corners without JD, Nathan was the first to notice. His eyes narrowed as he watched Mr. Hobson head straight to a private parlor at the back of the Saloon. He knew that there were two other Englishmen back there who had tried to slip in unnoticed hours before. However strangers never went unnoticed in Four Corners. And Nathan had kept a suspicious eye on Mr. Hobson and as much of his dealings as he could since his arrival. The Englishman had rubbed him the wrong way from day one--and the feeling had only increased since then.

Nathan knew a bit more about JD's past then any of the others. Not a lot more--but a bit. For one, he knew that JD was really a female. After all that was fact that was near impossible to conceal from the town's only doctor. He remembered how scared JD was when he had found out her secret. She had confessed that there were people looking for her--people that she didn't want finding her which was why she went to such great lengths to conceal her identity. She had begged him not to tell anybody and he had agreed to keep her secret. He had never felt the need to press for any other details.

When Mr. Hobson had come to town, he suspected that he was one of the ones she had been hiding from. He had offered his help to JD if she had need of it but she had refused. She'd said that she could handle it--but now he wasn't so sure. Something just didn't feel right about the situation.

He had positioned himself at the back of the Saloon and so he was just able to make out the three words Mr. Hobson spoke as he entered the room: "It has begun."

Then the door swung shut behind him closing off any replies that might have been made to that statement and Nathan was filled with a cold feeling of dread.

He stepped outside to gather his thoughts and figure out what to do next. He feared that time was of the essence and wondered if he should take the time to gather the rest of The Seven or confront the Englishmen on his own. Then his eyes fell on Vin who was a little ways away studying what appeared to be hoof prints in the ground. Their eyes met and a decision was reached. He quickly made his way over to the tracker.

Meanwhile, JD was making her way carefully around the darkened building looking for another exit. She had yet to run into what ever was in there with her which made her nervous. She had long since grabbed up a piece of broken board to use as a make-shift stake and of course had her trusty knife strapped to her ankle. Guns, she knew were near useless. Carefully, she walked towards a staircase hoping to find a window on the next floor.

"Going somewhere, Slayer?" a voice hissed behind her as she reached out to grab the railing.

Quickly turning around, she saw her opponent for the first time. It was a vampire--near six feet tall with a wiry build and a crazed look in his yellow eyes. JD swore. She knew she should have kept her back against the wall.

After following the tracks for awhile, Nathan and Vin came upon the ghost town. There was no need to guess where JD might be as they spotted two men standing guard outside of one of the buildings.

"Reckon that's it?" Nathan asked.

"You take short and stocky on the right and I'll take tall and twitchy on the left," Vin said quietly as they dismounted.

"Howdy," Vin called out as they approached the two.

Twitchy gave a start and grabbed at his gun. Stocky narrowed his eyes, pointed his gun steadily and told them to leave.

"Can't do that."

"This is no business of yours."

"See, we think it is."

Stocky fired his gun at Vin who ducked out of the way and fired back. Meanwhile, Nathan had easily disarmed Twitchy--who it appeared had never actually handled a shotgun before. He tied him up and went to help Vin when a loud banging had all four turning to stare at the door.

"Open the damn door!"

Vin quickly knocked out Stocky and went to help Nathan unlock the door.
They finally got the door open to reveal a very pissed off JD looking the worst for wear. She was covered in dust, her sleeve was torn, a large bruise was forming on her face, she had the beginnings of a black eye, and had a slight limp.

"Are you alright?"

"Get me back to town," JD responded through gritted teeth.

When they finally reached Four Corners JD wasted no time in heading straight for the Saloon--Nathan and Vin following silently behind her. When the three entered the rest of The Seven stood up in alarm, but JD took no notice. She had only one goal in mind.