Guns and Flames (RDR2)

19 - Stay calm!

"Jesus Christ!" -John said as he arrived at her and looked at her wolf. After a moment of silence, she slowly got up from the ground.
"I will end whoever did this to my beloved wolf..." -she whispered under her breath as her hair covered half of her face. Then she pulled out the knife John gave her. Then they got shot at, but she diverted the bullet using the knife.

"You don't know who you're messing with." -she said as all of her anger started to boil up inside her.
"We have to get out of plain sight! Come on!" -John grabbed a hold of her but she pulled herself away and made a run for the last O'Driscoll hiding behind a tree.
"Charlotte! What on Earth are you doing?!" -John yelled after her before following her hastily.

Charlotte didn't pay any attention to what was happening around her, all that mattered was that last O'Driscoll man, and she was determined to kill him.
Javier noticed her running towards the last guy.
"Charlotte get out of there! You're gonna get shot!" -he tried to warn her but she didn't even bother heeding the warning Javier gave her.

She rushed to the last guy standing and tackled him, to which he fell on his back with his arms spread out. Charlotte stepped on the gun the O'Driscoll guy was holding and looked down at him, absolutely no emotion on her face.
"You want your gun back, hmm? Too bad!" -she asked with a grin on her face before kicking the gun away. The guy was so confused about what just happened that he didn't even have time to react. "This is what you get for killing my wolf!" -she added before she threw the knife into that guy's chest so hard that it punctured his skin, reaching his heart and killing him instantly.

(You read it right, she threw the knife into him, not stabbed him.)

Charlotte bent down to get the knife out of the body before standing up again. By now John has caught up to her. The others were still a little far away from the both of them.
As John was trying to catch his breath, Charlotte without a word grabbed his revolver and fired four shots to the O'Driscoll guy's head.
"The hell-" -John shrieked and jumped in surprise.
"...making sure he's never getting up again." -she whispered under her breath as she extended her arm out for John to give him back his revolver. John looked at her with a shocked expression on his face before he took back his gun.

Charlotte glanced at the knife she was holding and saw the blood dripping down from the end of the blade. She bent down to clear the blade with the snow.
"Colm...got away..." -Dutch said as he approached John and Charlotte.
Before anyone could say a thing, Arthur interjected.
"Christ alive, what did you do to that feller?! I mean, he must've deserved it but that's...brutal." -he said with a shocked look on his face.

Charlotte then quickly glanced at Javier before looking at Arthur for a couple of seconds. Javier had no words to add to the situation, he was silent. Then Micah came forward and stood beside Dutch.

"You seem rather troubled, I wonder what happened." -Micah said in a sarcastic tone.
"...don't say it was you who caused this fucking distraction only to let Colm escape!" -she took some steps toward Micah before she stopped a few feet in front of him. The gang members stayed silent.
"Not my fault someone wasn't fast enough to catch up with him." -he laughed. Charlotte grunted angrily as she crossed her arms.
"She's got a point, Micah. Why did you make such a fuss when we were just inches away from capturing him?" -Dutch questioned him.