8. Arthur's crumbling

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Dutch was told by Pearson that Colm O'Driscoll wanted to meet with him so Dutch brought Arthur and Micah along with him for back up if anything went down. I sat at the girls wagon sewing up a dress Sara had ripped when i heard her and jack having a conversation.

"Sara you'll always be my best friend, till the day i die you're my number one" jack said making sara giggle.

"Aw jack" she hugged jack as they fell over onto the ground.

A smile grew on my face, it would be wonderful to see them grow up together but that could change at any point.

Two horses rode back into camp. It was dutch and Micah. But Arthur was no where to be seen.

"Where is Arthur?" I asked walking towards dutch.

"I think he's taking another way into camp, he'll show up at sone point" Dutch disregarded.

"Shouldn't someone go looking for him?"

"He's fine baby, why you so worried about him anyways" Micah said throwing his arm around my shoulders.

"He's apart of this gang, he's family corse I'm worried"

"He's fine"

Micah led me towards the fire making me sit down. I was so confused on why no one cared where Arthur was, especially since they had just paid a visit to Colm O'Driscoll. I couldn't sit around and wait for him to return. Standing up from the log I hurried towards trudy hoisting myself up and kicking my mounts sides as he hurried out of camp and towards the location the men had met. I didn't stop for anything, I got to the heartlands in a fast amount of time as I scouted the area for tracks finding sone atop a cliff. Following them There were hove prints leading a long ways from the meeting spot.
I had rode all the way to West Elizabeth where i was lead to a large O'Driscoll camp just outside blackwater.
I stopped trudy a far ways from camp and carried on, on foot. the camp had a few shacks and a door leading underground. That must of been where he was keeping Arthur.
I snuck around a few O'Driscoll's hiding against a shack a few inches from the door.
Looking around no one was paying attention so I hurried towards the door quickly opening it up and shutting it as quietly as I could. Running down the stairs I saw Arthur hung from the roof with a ripped bag on his head.

"Arthur?" I whispered.

Arthur opened his eyes and smiled seeing a familiar face.

"Baby"

"Im gonna get you out of here" I promised grabbing the knife placed on the table as I cut him down. Arthur thudded against the ground.
"You okay?"

"Just dandy" he groaned as i helped him up off the ground catching a glimpse of the bullet wound on his shoulder.

"You better hold onto that bullet wound" I suggest putting Arthur's arm around my neck and helped him up the wooden stairs. I counted in my head before throwing the doors open and sprinting away. The men shot at us as I shot back killing half the men. I whistled for Trudy who came speeding over. I placed Arthur onto the back of Trudy as i hoisted myself into the saddle kicking the mounts sides as we sped off towards camp.

Arthur had slouched over resting his head on my shoulder as he doused in and out of cautiousness.

"Arthur stay with me brother, you ain't dying on me today" I said kicking trudy to go faster.

"I ain't gonna die" Arthur groaned before passing out again. I knew he was being cocky but it scared me knowing that could happen if I don't get him back in time.

Another hour went by and I finally arrived in Rhodes as I rushed to camp tapping Arthur's leg to keep him awake.

"We're almost there Arthur hold on" I said as we gained closer to camp. The fire came into view and then the wagons.

"Help!" I shouted pulling back on Trudy's reins dismounting the saddle and pulling Arthur down as he dropped to the ground limp as a doll.

"Somebody get over here!" I cried out as i saw miss Grimshaw running towards us.

"Arthur! He's hurt!"

"Oh no, Arthur!" Miss Grimshaw gasped grabbing onto his torso helping me lift him up. We carried him towards his wagon placing him on his cot as miss Grimshaw ordered the girls that were awake to grab the medical supplies.

I was worried sick looking at Arthur's sick body, he was so pale and beaten up he was almost unrecognizable how swollen his face was. I held onto his hand and he groaned in pain as the bullet was removed from his shoulder and the bruises and cuts were bandaged and treated.

I had stayed up with him making sure he made it through the night. Throughout the few years i was with the Van Der Linde gang I never thought one of our own would be this seriously injured, yes there was death but I had never watched someone so dear to me come so close to death through some selfish man.
Arthur was such a good man, as much as i love Micah I knew he could of put up more of a fight than Arthur why didn't Colm grab him.  Arthur was sick we all could tell by the obsessive coughing up blood or him not being able to eat as much as he used to making him a bit slimmer. There was something wrong and this is why I dreaded this new location. Something bad is going to happen.

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