Retribution

Redemption

Several weeks later...

   The camp had all but fallen apart. It was only a matter of time, seconds even. Micah had brought in two goons that he used to ride with, about two weeks ago. No one liked them. No one wanted them there. They were creeps. Reverend had left, Trelawney long before him. Uncle had left, Mary-Beth as well.

   Our plan worked to get them out. Karen on the other hand went missing. Sadie and I tried to search for her but we really had no idea what had happened. Karen's drinking problem had gotten god awful since Kieran died. There really wasn't a moment she was sober.

   So, Sadie and I came to the conclusion that she was more than likely dead... or that she managed to run away somehow. We both tried to stay optimistic about that but I think we both knew what had happened. There really weren't many people left.

Dutch had us all ready to go on a train robbery job. "I don't feel like things are going to go well" Sadie said to me. "Be ready" She nodded. I nodded back, grabbing her hand and giving it a quick squeeze. We had made a plan. We were to help Abigail, John, Jack and Tilly.

Arthur was supposed to run with Sadie and I... and we were going to hide out, and stay low with the money the three of us had left. Arthur was going to live out the last little bit of time he had left with us. We had it all planned out.

Tilly was going to come with us until she had enough money to go and find Mary-Beth. Abigail, John and Jack were going to run off to the Yukon in Canada, in search of gold. Then when things settled down and they had money, they were going to come back.

That was the plan. We had a goddamn plan. That was until it all went to shit... ironically because of Dutch who didn't have a goddamn plan at all. The train robbery went all over the place. We got SOME money out of it but we barely escaped dying.

John fell off the train at one point. Dutch came to say he was dead, which Sadie and I both reckoned was bullshit but we had to get out of there quick. We would come back for him later or he'd find us. Then, when we got back, all hell had broke loose there too.

Abigail got taken by the Pinkerton's. Dutch refused to go get her, so it was up to me, Sadie and Arthur. Sadie talked Arthur into covering us from the lighthouse. He fought about it for a little bit but I think he knew it was for the best.

Then, all of Annesburg got shot to hell (by us). Sadie and I got captured by the Pinkerton's and tied up with Abigail. Arthur came down and saved us though. He really was such a hero. In every way.

Long story short, Abigail got loose and shot Agent Milton dead. We booked it out of there as well, Arthur on the back of my horse and Abigail on the back of Sadie's. Finally when we lost the rest of the Pinkerton's, Arthur had us stop.

"Arthur, there's no time" Sadie said, as he got off my horse. "There's time" he said. Abigail didn't know about John being dead (at that time we didn't know if it were true or not, just what we were told). "What happened to John?" Abigail asked. Arthur helped her off the horse first. "Where's John?!?" She asked again. "I-I I don't... I think" he searched for the right words.

"Arthur..." she said. "He uh, he..." Arthur searched for the words or rather the courage to speak them. "He got killed or he got captured" he said out right. "No... no..." she said, falling apart. Sadie got down off her horse, and held her as she cried.

"I'm really sorry Abigail. I'm...I was on the train and I didn't see it" he said. "Neither did these two ladies" he added. "No" she sobbed, into Sadie's shoulder. "Listen...We got Jack. He's safe" he assured. "Mrs. Adler will take you to him... and Y/N" he gestured. I nodded to him on my horse.