II. "Anger"

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Wilson now a 23 year old man was also caring, like he always was, they were a happy family, Edwina...clementine and colt...it just matched so perfectly, this was all they ever wished for and more, but as of one day wilson went to go get supplies for the house in the nearby general store, greeting Peter as usual, he has kind of a pact with him, now not forced to pay for any food he wanted when at his store but Wilson chose to get little food, not wanting to strip off all his belongings even though they were free of charge, Wilson exited the store, putting the items on his saddlebag, mounting his horse back again and riding back home, when on the way he saw two men riding quickly past him, not even bothering to pay attention to Wilson, he didn't think much of it..maybe they were busy men, everyone had problems of thier own.

Just as he trailed to his home he saw steam suddenly fill the sky, the source was coming from his house!, he quickly urged his horse forward and stopped just a few feet away from his house. He saw...

a bright flaming view of his house burning, terrible screams came from the house, he dismounted his horse quickly and came running to save his family but then spotted two familiar men riding away their horses from the house, an immediate thought came, they burned it, they burned his house, he shook away the thought and continued pushing and pulling at the door to get his family out, he saw his daughter inside and screamed for her to reach her arm so he could grap and save her, he pushed he pulled... and got her out, but the rest...he couldn't save them, he ran as the house collapsed away with his son and wife inside. Devastated he put his daughter on his horse and ran far far away...

Not that far away actually.

It was tough but they managed to find a new place to stay low for a while.
They knew the law were hunting them

They made a small camp at the edge of calibans seat,
Some months passed or maybe years? Wilson couldn't keep count, him and his daughter didn't talk much after the incident, clementine was always was out hunting, she spent most of her nights out of home in the woods,

one night Wilson woke up to seeing clementine packing her clothes and stashing food in her bag, he got up and asked "what's all this about?, you going somewhere?" Wilson muttered "It's none of your damn business" Clementine shot back almost in an angry tone "Okk then.., see you soon?..."
Clementine didnt respond to that,morning rose and it was quiet, then night came and it was silent, days, weeks and months passed in silence, only Wilson and himself now, he misses his daughter, he doesn't understand what happend to her, he thought maybe it was the sudden change in her life?, with all the burning houses and limited supplies, he tried sticking with that reason but he knows it's not it,he knows he did something wrong, but he denies it.

He lost everything.

He wants his payback for those who ruined his life.
He will hunt them, one by one

Wilson stayed undercover as a man named "Trevor roden"
He needed to hide his identity to make sure no law would suspect him, he seeked jobs around any nearby town, he found one as a bartender in the saloon, he served drinks for hours a day, sometimes he would spend a full day at the saloon, he was exhausted, he made enough money to get him a proper gun and clean himself up, he was ready for revenge, he chose his first victim, An ex-outlaw who chose rules over freedom, Simon Kelly.
He had basic information that Simon over here worked for a company specialized in hunting outlaws and whatnot, and that company was the exact one that is hunting him down, he's sure of it.
But...He needed a plan, one that won't fail.

If it wasn't for the education Edwinas family provided when he was younger he'd be lost, but thankfully he thought of a plan, a plan so basic it was almost unnoticeable for people of stupidity, for people that know how outlaws plan, he headed south to countine the plan, he stopped at emerald ranch, a small yet known place, he surely couldn't just look for simon and shoot him, there would be witnesses and loads of laws,
so he gathered information from the people in the town that know about him first, they said he would come up in the sheriffs office every evening either for bounty hunting or a chit chat, he thought maybe he could earn Simon's trust and work with him, that's actually a great idea!, He thanked the town folk for the information and headed to the sheriff,the door was locked so he went to a hotel and slept till sunrise, he checked out and went to the sheriff,it was open this time, he went in and saw the sheriff and a couple of men beside him, he went and asked "excuse me, I am looking for the sheriff" "here I am, need something?" The sheriff said gruffly "Uh yes!, I need a job, may I work here? But I'm bit of new around here so..?" wilson says awkwardly "Yeah sure whatever, but you'll need training, you wanna start today?" The sheriff says, his tone almost bored "Yes sir" wilson answered "good now go get him trained fellers" the sheriff said to the police officers beside him, the officers took him far away from the town and into an abandoned house, the officers set a few empty bottles on some tables and trees, "Ok, so first take this gun and ai-" one officer tried explaining but got cut off "I know how to use a gun" wilson said quickly and aimed the gun at the bottles "... ookk go ahead" Wilson shot bottle after bottle till the sun set, they returned back to the sheriffs office, "they told me you did well, you sure your just an average citizen?" the sheriff said with a cigar between his lips "Uh yeah um I am eh-" wilson sighed quielty "I'm joking with you take it easy, go get some rest will ya, I got a spare guest room upstairs you can sleep there for a while, oh and your qualified" wilson saluted internally, well it was time to rest, and soon morning rose, he got ready and went downstairs to the sheriffs office, he saw a familiar face, Simon! Those newspaper articles really did handy, he was talking to the sheriff about some new bounty hunter, that was the least of his worries now, he went up to Simon, "hello sir,You must be simon?" Wilson said casually "Oh! yes that's me, are you new here? I haven't seen you around" simon asked "Uh yes I am" wilson smiled slightly "It's great seeing new faces around here, say...the sheriff told me you were a new recruit...well I have a request if you don't mind" simon said, his hands in his pocket " not at all sir,what's the matter?" Wilson responded "Well I need a sharpshooter for this bounty I'm hunting,and sheriff told me you were the right man for the job hm?" Simon said, tilting his head slightly "Well my thanks to the sheriff for the first impression, nonetheless ill try my best for this job" wilson nodded "Oh great! Come on now we don't wanna lose track of this bounty"

Wilson hopped on a train to riggs station,he got of the train with a stagecoach waiting infront of him, he got on and went to Diablo ridge, simon stopped the stagecoach and said "we better go on foot from here, to avoid scaring them off" "ok"
They went on foot till they found smoke coming from a few meters far, "HOLD IT....there they are, here take this rifle and shoot when i tell you and shoot who i tell you, got it?" Simon said lowly "On it" Wilson slowly walked backwards, backwards enough to stun Simon, as Simon watched slowly on his binoculars Wilson put the rifle on the ground quietly, grapped his knife from his pocket and stabbed Simon in his neck, right in a vein that killed him immediately,
mission successful.
Wilson searched simons pockets till he found a business information card, a Pinkertons information card, oh Pinkertons, the ones that ruined his life are getting payback, Wilson never really knew who was the leader of the Pinkertons but he knew their members, now with the info card and the prestigious urge to dress and go undercover as him but Simon was bald and he is not, Wilson added to his plan. Well atleast he got money from him.

He hopped on the stagecoach, headed towards blackwater, where Pinkertons were crowded.

He stopped by a hotel to rest, after all he's been on this trip since morning and now it's night already, he took a sleep, woke up and sweeped away to the general store, then to the tailor, with all the money he got from simon he was good to go for a while but he seeked revenge, not pleasure,
he overheard one of the citizens talking about a party that's gonna happen in a few days, and the party included the Pinkertons, perfect, he just had to wait now, a day passes, posters are hanged up about the party in 3 days, Wilson practices talking infront of his mirror for a good first impression,
2 days till the party, Wilson goes walking around town searching for some activities to do while waiting, he goes to a local saloon, he introduced himself as Trevor roden and made some new partners,

... it's late at night now, he's walking back home drunk and dizzy, he reaches the hotel but suddenly..
he got dragged backwards, he hit his head so hard he passed out...what felt like three seconds turned to three people staring at Wilson as he opened his eyes...

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