Chapter 4: Dusty & Ranger Jones' Family Meet, Again
Dusty awoke & seen Austin still asleep. He climbed on his horse & rode off right at the crack of dawn. He continued riding into Indian Territory. A land run was about to take place & Ranger Jones was on duty as Dusty came riding up. Orders were to shoot who ever was a "sooner". Taylor's first instinct was to shoot. Dusty fell off his horse. Taylor rode over & recognized him immediately.
'What have I done!' Taylor thought, she jumped down off her horse & picked up Dusty & placed him on her horse & rode him all the way to her home where she worked on him & stayed by his side all through the night.
"Where the heck am I?" Dusty asked.
"You're alright. You're at my place." Taylor said.
"I'm in Texas?" Dusty asked.
"No. Ya wouldn't have lived if I took ya all the way to Texas. This is actually my dad's home." Taylor said.
"Your dad's place?" Indy asked.
"Yo Tay, how's... Rock out, my dawg! He's alive, dudes!" Alfred said.
"Yes, dad he's alive." Taylor said.
"What's up, yo!" Alfred greeted. "Howdy." Dusty greeted.
"Where ya from, dude?" Alfred asked.
"Indian Territory." Dusty answered.
"Rock out, my dawg! Well, I'm gonna jet. Later, dudes!" Alfred said as he walked out.
"So, ya gonna tell me your name, now?" Taylor asked. "Dusty." Dusty answered.
"Dusty?" Taylor asked. "Yep." Dusty answered.
"Alrighty. Dusty. Tomorrow, I'll escort ya to Indian Territory, personally." Taylor replied.
"Alrighty. I'll do whatever ya say." Dusty said.
"Good. I'll go make ya somethin' to eat. You look like ya haven't eaten in days." Taylor said. Dusty laid there looking up at the ceiling and waited for Taylor's return. She soon returned with a tray of food for Dusty.
Dusty looked over at her, "Howdy again." he greeted.
"Howdy. I got ya some stew & cornbread figured that would be better on ya than anythin' else." Taylor said.
"Alrighty." Dusty said as Taylor placed the tray over him, Dusty looked at it for a moment.
"Somethin' wrong, partner?" Taylor asked.
"Um. What is stew exactly?" Dusty asked.
"Well, it's kinda like a soup, I guess. What ya never had anything like this before?" Taylor asked. Dusty shook his head "no". "Wow. So, I'm curious how old are ya, Dusty?" Taylor asked.
"Sixteen." Dusty said.
"Sixteen, huh? Made yourself quite the outlaw at such a young age." Taylor said. Dusty nodded. Taylor grinned,
"Well, get some rest, Dusty. We've got a long journey ahead of us in the mornin'." She said.
"Alrighty." Dusty replied.
"Rise and shine kiddo! We got a long journey ahead of us." Taylor said as she entered Dusty's room. Dusty pulled the blanket over his face & rolled over then let out a moan.
"Oh, come on sleepy head it's only four o'clock in the mornin'." Taylor said.
"I don't get up before the sun rises." Dusty muttered under his blanket.
Taylor smirked then pulled the blanket off of him. Dusty turned around & glared at her. "Come on, I made ya some breakfast & it's gonna get cold if ya don't hurry up." Taylor said with a smile. Dusty rolled his eyes then finally rolled out of bed. He followed Taylor to the kitchen but stopped when he noticed a picture of Taylor & her family.
'She has a lot of people in her family don't she?' Dusty thought.
"That picture is of my dad & siblings." Taylor said startling Dusty as he jumped. She giggled, "There's a total of 45 of us." Taylor said.
"F... Forty-five?!" Dusty asked.
"Yep. Dad took us all in. We're all American states too. So, Dusty. Have you met any of my siblings, yet?" Taylor asked.
"Tay... Hey, lookie here! If it isn't good ol' Dusty!" Austin exclaimed.
"Austin, keep your voice down ya don't wanna wake up..."
"Shut up, Austin! Some people are still sleep at 4 AM!" Kenny snapped with a rifle in his hands.
"Yipe!" Austin yelped as he began to run down the stairs with Kenny shooting at him with his rifle. Austin was running down the stairs.
"Austin, you idiot don't run down..." Taylor snapped as he accidentally slammed into both Taylor & Dusty. Kenny was about to shoot again, until a lasso wrapped around him.
"Kenny, stop shootin' at Austin for once in your life." Tessie said as she hog tied him.
"Aw, thanks Tess, ya saved me, again." Austin exclaimed.
"You idiot! You coulda killed us!" Taylor snapped grabbing Austin's shirt collar.
"Well I uh..." Austin stammered as Dusty was trying to keep himself from getting noticed by Tessie and Kenny.
"Wait a sec. I know you. You're the strange wanderer." Tessie said recognizing Dusty.
'Uh-oh.' Dusty thought.
"Huh? Y'all have met before?" Taylor asked.
"Yeah. He and I ran into each other a couple of days ago." Tessie said.
"Ya ran into him a couple of days ago, huh? You little liar. I knew something was different about you the moment I laid my eyes on ya. You're that no good outlaw I'm after. Tessie, come here and untie me I'm taking him back to Kentucky & throwin' him in the slammer!" Kenny said. Dusty jumped up & ran out.
"Wait a sec, Dusty!" Taylor exclaimed running after him, by the time she made it outside he was gone. She looked in the barn and Dusty's horse was gone as well. Taylor sighed as Kenny ran out of the house.
"Where'd he go?" Kenny asked.
"Don't know. You find him!" Taylor snapped as she stormed inside.
"Fine. I will. What's got her all upset?" Kenny wondered. Taylor snuck out of the house and grabbed her horse & went out to search for him.
"What exactly did he do, Tessie?" Austin asked.
"He killed another outlaw in a gun fight." Tessie answered.
"Well wouldn't that make him a hero then?" Austin asked.
"He did it out of cold blood, Austin. At least from my perspective." Tessie said.
"Oh." Austin said as he & Tessie watched as Taylor.
By the way I forgot to put this on Chapter 2, but Tessie doesn't belong to me she belongs to Nina luvs Iceland. And my disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia I only wish I did. Please leave a review, but no flames please.