Well if I have any fans left after last chapter here you go...
Elsa didn't say a word as they boarded the train, left Colby and rode to Middleton. Nobody dared try to say a word to her either. They knew that she that needed time to morn over Jack. After all that she had been through with Jack, Elsa had became more than close to Jack. And now that he is gone Elsa felt like she had lost a part of her. Sure Jack had willingly sacrificed his life to save her and the rest of the team but that still didn't make the pain Elsa was feeling any less painful. So for the next three hours as the train rode from Colby to Middleton all Elsa did was cry and stare out of the window.
As she did stare out the window she couldn't help but wonder who those name were on the list Jack gave her and what was the connection that they had with him. Jack had said that they could help her stop Pitch but he didn't say how or even where to find them except that they were somewhere in Middleton. As Elsa took out the list that Jack gave her and looked at the five names written down she knew that even though she might not know who they were or how Jack knew them, she had to find them. For they may be her last hope of saving her ranch and city.
After a long three hour ride the train finally came to stop at the Middleton train station and Elsa and the others wasted no time piling out.
"Ok why did Jack send us here?" Anna asked as she stared at the city that resembled a dump heap, with litter all around the place and smelled like a junk yard.
"He said that we could find some people here that could help us stop Pitch." Elsa said "The problam is I have no idea where to look."
"Let me see that list." Reid asked. When Elsa gave Reid the list he stared down at the list of five names. The names where Hiccup, Astrid, Merida, Tonto, and Woody. The last name on the list Woody caught his eye.
"Guys take a look at the last name on the list." Ried said pointing at Woody's name. As the group stared Elsa's eyes widened. She thought that name sounded familier but it wasn't till Reid pointed it out that she thought it sounded familier.
"Wasn't Woody the former sherrif of Colby?" Rapunzel asked
"Sure was." Reid said
"He was also a bounty hunter before that." Elsa said "He was the one that tracked down the men who killed Jack's parents. He also inspired Jack to become a bounty hunter."
"I thought Woody was dead though?" Mayor North said "The whole reason Nottinghman was elected sheriff was because Woody was assumed dead?"
"Well apparently he is alive." Reid said "The question is why would he let the city believe he is dead?" "And how and why does Jack know about it but not tell anybody but now?" Elsa asked. Even in death Jack seemed to be full of mysteries.
"Well there is only one way to find out." Reid said "Find Woody and ask for ourselves.
"How are we going to find him though?" Kristoff asked. "We don't even know where to start looking."
"Kristoff if there is one thing I learned about bounty hunters from Jack is that there is one place they always love to hang out," Ried said "the bar. Seems like a good place to start looking to me." Then with that Reid started asking around for the town bar and Elsa and the others followed suit.
After asking over twenty people they finally found the bar in Middleton which was called the snuggly duckling.
When they arrived to the bar they couldn't help but wonder just why the hell they called it the snuggly duckling. The environment didn't match the cute cudly name that the name of the bar gave, it was filled with the toughest and lowest of lifeforms, some missing teeth and/or boby limbs and smelled like they hadn't showered in nearly a year.
"Oh I am not liking this place." Rapunzel said as she looked around the bar.
"Let's just focus on finding Woody," Reid said "Then we can get out of here." Reid walked up to the front counter where the bar tender, who had a hook for a hand was washing out a glass.
"Excuse me but we are looking for a man known as Woody, have you scene him around here?" Reid asked.
"Yeah he is in this bar right now." The man said "But you will have to buy something before I tell you where he is."
"Find give me a straight shot of vodka then." Reid said not in the mood to play games.
"What type?" The bar tender asked
"I don't know, any type, I'm not really in the mood to be pataint." Reid said The bartender then took out a glass and poured him a shot of Smirnoff vodka. Once Reid paid for the vodka the Bartender pointed to a man on the far left side of the bar, sitting at a table by himself in a Cowboy hat, yellow checkered shirt, brown coat and blue jeans and brown cowboy boots.
"That's Woody over there." The man said "Although it is safe to warn you he is sort of known for being a little cranky."
"Aren't we all Reid said taking the glass of alchohol and carrying it toward Woody's table. The rest of the group followed after him and all gathered around the table where Woody sat downing a bottle of whisky.
"Table seems a bit crowded don't you think?" Woody said once Reid and the others sat down at his table, not even looking up at Reid or the others as he stared at his bottle of whisky.
"Hello Sheriff Woody." Reid said
"Haven't gone by that title in a while." Woody said taking another sip, Woody's hair was a lot more grey then Reid had remembered and had grown a thick shaggy beard. But Reid knew that the old Woody he once knew still had to be in there somewhere. "How did you find me?"
"We where sent here to find you?" Elsa said
"Really," Woody said finally looking at his sudden company, "By who?"
"Jack Frost." Elsa said
"Hmm..." Woody said before taking another sip of whisky. "That lad was never good at keeping secrets. So where is the old boy anyway?"
"Dead." Elsa said "He sacrificed himself to save us. He didn't make it."
"That's ashame." Woody said "So why did he send you to me?"
"Said you could help us stop a man called Pitch Black," Elsa said. Woody's eyes then widened and he put his right index finger over Elsa's mouth silencing her.
"Shh..." Woody said "We can't talk here."
"Why not?" Reid asked
"Pitch has eyes everywhere." Woody whispered. "Follow me back to base. I will tell you anything you need to know then."
The others slowly nodded and followed him outside the bar where Woody's horse was waiting for him.
"Hold on a second we didn't bring our horses with us, how our we supposed to follow you." Anna asked. It was right then that five men on horseback came riding pass them. Woody then took out his gun and pointed it at the five men causing them to pause and put there hands up in defense.
"Good day sirs please let my new friends have your horses." Woody said, guns drawn at the men. The men nodded and got off and ran in the opposite direction on foot allowing Elsa and the rest of the crew to get on the horses Anna and Kristoff had to each get on a horse together as well as Elsa and Rapunzel on another horse in order for them all to all have a ride considering there was only five horses.
"Now that we got that problem settled," Woody said turning to his own horse "Ride like the wind Bullseye." Woody's horse Bullseye then took off at top speed forcing Elsa and the others to struggle to keep up. After a good thirty minutes though they finally stopped at a cabin deep in the woods away from the rest of civilization.
"Man you former bounty hunters sure love your privacy." Elsa said when they got to Woody's cabin.
"Well you never know who might want to put a bullet in your forehead," Woody said. Then Woody knocked on the door and a young man with thick brown hair opened the door just a crack to see who it was.
"Hiccup it's Woody, please open the door so I can come in." Woody said. Elsa's eyes widened a bit when she heard that name. Hiccup was on the list too, so they were all connected somehow.
Hiccup opened the door but paused when he saw the others with Woody.
"Woody, who are these people?" Hiccup asked
"They our some new friends I met and they need our help." Woody said "They were sent here by Jack."
"How come?" Hiccup asked
"Apparently they have gotten in trouble with Pitch."
The mention of Pitch's name was enough to get Hiccup's attention as his eyes widened and lead them inside.
Once inside he had them all sit at the dining room table to talk. Their was three other people in the house as well that Elsa assumed was the remaining three names on the list. One was a blond girl close to the same age as Hiccup, another was a Indian with white face paint and a dead bird on his head and dressed in classic Indian attire that Elsa assumed was probably Tonto, and the third was a young girl with red curly hair who also had white face paint and dressed in simular Indian attire like Tonto and was sitting in the middle of the floor meditating. The thing that caught Elsa's attention about this girl was unlike Tonto her skin was pale and not the familiar color of regular Indians.
"Whose that girl right there?" Elsa asked Hiccup, pointing to the red haired girl on the floor.
"Oh that's Merida." Hiccup said "She was adopted by Tonto and the Comanche Indian tribe as a baby after she was discovered alone and abandoned. Even though she's not a full blooded Comanche she was raised and treated like one of their own.
Elsa was fascinated by that fact and walked over to try to talk to the young red haired woman.
"Excuse me, Merida..." Elsa said but Merida who didn't even open her eyes or break from her meditation form raised one finger up to her, cutting her off.
"I know why you are here." Merida said, still completely focused on her meditation.
"You do, how?" Elsa asked
"The moon spirits told me everything about you when you arrived." Merida said "When you walked in I quickly opened one eye to scan you then I asked the moon spirits why you are here and if you could be trusted."
"Moon spirits?" Elsa asked
"Yes everything has a spirit Elsa, ranging from the tiniest blade of grass to the moon in the skies. We Comanche's call on them when we need imformation. When you walked in here the moon told me you are here for help, Pitch's men took your ranch away and you teamed up with Jack to take him down. Now Jack Frost's spirit has left him and you came to us for help. You can be trusted."
"You found all that out about me from the moon?" Elsa asked
"The moon sees all and knows all. He can tell me anything I want about anybody if I only ask."
Elsa was fascinated at how Merida got her information, she didn't know much about the culture of the native tribes but she couldn't argue that their culture and the way they worked was a fascinating one.
Merida finally ended her meditation session when she heard Woody call her and the others for a group meeting.
They all gathered at the table as Woody broke the news to them.
"Jack Frost has been murdered." Woody told the other four.
"What?" The blonde girl that Elsa now figured was Astrid said
"He has sent these seven here for our help to stop Pitch once and for all."
"That is tragic, Jack Frost was a good man." Tonto said
"Yes he was which is why the noble thing to do is honor him by helping these people take down Pitch for good."
"One thing though I don't understand." Elsa asked "Who our you people exactly and what is your connection to Jack?"
"Yeah and why did you fake your death all those years ago?" North asked Woody.
"When Pitch's men was just starting to take control of Colby, I found out that I was one of their targets." Woody said "Pitch had already had my deputy killed and put Hades in his place. I knew from the start Hades was working with Pitch and what Pitch was up to but I also knew Pitch was to powerful to stop on my own. Once I found out that I was the next target on Pitch's hit list I knew I needed Jack's help. But before I could reach Jack I got a message from Pitch and Nottingham. Pitch told me that if I didn't willingly resign my position as sheriff that he would come after everybody that I ever cared for. Pitch has the biggest and most ruthless gang in all of Texas, I knew that I couldn't take him by myself just like I knew that my rangers were not powerful enough to stop them either. My rangers were good but I have seen what pitch can do and he is on a completely different level. When I finally confronted Jack and told him everything he suggested the safest thing to do is ride as far away as possible and let the world believe I was dead until we could find a way to take Pitch down."
"That is where we come in." Hiccup said entering the conversation. "All five of us our either current or former bounty hunters and the five toughest men and women Jack knows. He trusted us to work up a plan to take Pitch down."
"Well I hate to break it to you but we don't have much time left to work up a plan." North said "Pitch is planning to take over Colby as we speak and could be on the verge of doing it right now."
"We know." Tonto said "Which is why we will help you. For Jack Frost. Don't worry we will bring the bad man down."
Elsa was honored that these five was willing to help them take out Pitch, she only hoped though that they were enough.
Next chapter Pitch takes control of Colby. And you don't want to miss what happens.