It is now Spring, the Sun is shining and the flowers are blooming. The weather's clear and so is the sky. All in all, it's a beautiful morning. The camp remains near Valentine, hidden away from civilization. As usual, Pearson is already up, preparing the meal for them. All the while the rest of the gang is still sleeping, except for Micah, because he's already out there, doing some honest work for the camp.
A couple hours pass, the camp members gradually begin to wake up and not soon after everyone's awake, Micah returns, holding something shiny in his hands.
As Dutch stands under his tent, he notices Micah walking towards him with a big, wide yet almost devilish smile on his face.
"What you got there, Micah?" -he curiously asks as his eyes light up.
"These are two huge gold bars I found." -he says all the while extending his hands out for Dutch to give him the gold bars. Dutch's eyes widen in surprise as he accepts the bars. "This is all for the camp." -Micah adds as he rubs his hands together with that grin on his face.
"This is...all that we could ever ask for! We can move on from this wretched place and start our life anew!" -Dutch said, excitement filling his voice. He was loud enough to attract some attention and Arthur joined in on the conversation.
"What's the matter, Dutch?" -he questions as he makes his way over to the both of them.
Then Dutch shows Arthur the two gold bars. Arthur could barely believe his eyes, it was gold!
"How did you find these?!" -he questioned with a surprised look on his face.
"It wasn't me you silly! It was Micah." -Dutch explained.
'Micah? Nah, nah, nah, you gotta be kidding me. I'm sure as hell he murdered a family for this! Or worse...'
Arthur thought to herself the moment Dutch said Micah found these gold bars.
"You sure you found them, and not killed an entire horde of O'Driscolls for all this?" -Arthur questioned in a doubting tone as he crossed his arms. Dutch looked back and forth between them for a moment.
"Micah, if you've done what Arthur just have said..." -he turned to Micah and lowered his voice. "Then you've doomed us all." -he added.
"Come on now, I've done no such thing! There was this treasure hunter that I'd stolen the map off of, followed the clues to find the treasure and now I've brought it to you. For the camp." -Micah explained.
(Adding this here for context: He's referring to the Jack Hall treasure reward here.)
'I don't like the sound of this. I'm almost certain he's not telling the truth.'
Arthur thought to himself.
"Well, doesn't matter how you got it. Now it's ours, and we are going to exchange this for money! Come with me to Emerald Ranch, Micah." -Dutch explained as he was about to go and hop on his horse.
"Dutch, do you actually believe this shit?" -Arthur asked as he followed them to their horses.
"Doesn't matter what I believe if it will soon come to reality!" -he responded as he hopped up on his horse. "Now, you coming with us or staying in camp?" -he asked Arthur.
"Fine..." -Arthur rolls his eyes before continuing. "I'll come, but just to make sure things go the way they should and not end up shooting down half of the population of that town." -he explains as he narrows his eyes while looking at Micah, then back at Dutch. Then off they go to Emerald Ranch's fence.
Charlotte wanted to go after them, but John interfered.
"Good morning! Where you off to?" -he curiously asked.
"Oh um...nothing! Actually, I was just going to clean my horse." -she explained as she scratched the back of her head.
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Guns and Flames (RDR2)
Fanfic❝Charlotte is a strong woman who's not afraid of death. She's been taught how to fight properly and doesn't hesitate to protect those who she loves. But something changes when she moves into the village in the valley... The cold mountains have had a...
