Second Chances

Chapter 2- Gotta Catch That Train

That next morning at 6am Dutch gathers the men saying "Good morning gentlemen! We have business to do today, there's talk about the O'Driscolls robbing a train so we're gonna go find out what's goin on so we can beat em to it!"

I walk in "what's going on?" Dutch says "fixin to kill some O'Driscolls" "can I join?" Micah says "hell no, you're a woman, you ain't got no damn skill"

Charles says "she's got the background for it Dutch" Dutch says "what can you do?" I say "I'm great at sneaking up on people, I've had to fend people off of me my whole life, I'm no weakling"

Dutch says "I'm goin to regret this but you can join us, but you listen to every word Arthur, Micah or myself says" I say "yes sir"

So I pack up everything and hop on a spare horse since all the men besides John were gonna be with us, once we're along the trail Dutch says "alright gang, we're gonna be stealthy, they don't need to know we're here"

It's complete silence on the ride so I felt uncomfortable, once we get there Dutch says "alright here is their hideout, Arthur come with me, Micah, take Bill and y/n, everyone else follow close behind Micah"

Arthur gives me a be-careful look and I just smile, once we're all down there Dutch says "alright Arthur, are you taking the lead or am I?" He says "I'll take the lead" and gets in position, but when he does that an enemy pops around the corner about to shoot at Arthur so I get my gun and shoot him.

Everyone starts shooting at this point, all O'Driscolls are down, so we thought, so we loot the place and get on the horses to leave but then I see a few men coming down the mountain so I yell "SOME ARE A'COMIN DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN OVER THERE!"

So we all start shooting again, once all that ruckus is over with we begin back towards the camp, I see a man running on a horse so I yell "HEY YOU BASTARD! GET OVER HERE!" I add "Arthur, imma get the man, I'll bring him back to camp" and runs off with my lasso.

Arthur's POV-

Dutch shouts "ARTHUR, go get her she's gonna fail and let him go" so I take off after her, I was apparently too late because after a few moments of running, I saw her riding towards me with a man stowed on the back of her horse.

I say "I guess you didn't need me after all" chuckling, y/n says "Mr. Morgan, why do you have such little faith?" I say "It wasn't me, it was Dutch, he didn't think you could fend for yourself"

She then says "I highly think that he does not like me, at all" I say "Dutch is a difficult man to understand, but once you've been around for a bit he'll respect you as long as you respect him, that's how Dutch works"

She says "That's great, love that" I say "So, born and raised in Blackwater you said?" "Mmhmm" she says, I say "I was too, unfortunately, I had to leave there quite abruptly"

She says "Why?" "I was a wanted man" I said, she says "for what? Sorry if I'm asking too much, just trying to understand you better" and smiles.

I say "After the clumsy ferry heist, Dutch and the rest of us were forced to flee Blackwater, we attempted to cross the mountains west to evade law enforcement but ended up here in Colter, been up here ever since"

She says "The ferry?" He catches himself and says "Yeah, The Blackwater massacre was a deadly shootout, it was us, the Blackwater Police Department, the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and supposedly the famous gunslinger Landon Ricketts, which took place in the town of Blackwater in May 1899. during the robbery on the ferry near the shootout, there was innocent bloodshed, I never want to relive those moments ever again" lookin' down.

She says "My parents died that day, I was there, I saw it, a man had helped me up, dont know who it was but I fled on a horse" still lookin' down.

Arthur says "I'm really sorry about your parents, a lot happened that day, I knew it was a setup, I'm mad at myself for not convincing Dutch to not go through with it but he's Dutch and he never listens..."