I awake to a gunshot. One, two, three. My head jerks up as I look all around me. Billy is gone, and so are the rest of the guys. The fire is still blazing in the night. I scramble for my gun and hold one of my throwing knifes as I scamper around still dazed from sleep. Where did that come from? Where is everyone? I look to see the horses, all are gone except for my own.Did they abandon me without telling me? Billy wouldn't drag me all the way out here to just leave me would he? Then again, what if it is not that at all? What if something bad has happened? I run up to Thunder, unhitch him, and start riding until I find someone. There is not a soul in sight. There is not any other sounds except for the thundering of hooves, the ringing of my ears from the gun shots, and my pounding heart.
The night is cold and the moon shines bright enough that I can see just about everything I need to. Another gun shot sounds and it is further off into the distance. I stop my horse. I sit there for a minute as the shot echos once again in my ears. I step off my horse and lower myself to the Earth. My hand floats on top of the ground, I slowly lower it until I feel the cold hard soil. There is vibrations that I can feel. Continuous, yet light. They coarse through my hand. I put both hands on the ground. The vibrations are coming from the East. I get back on my horse and start heading that direction. The wind blowing against my bare face, chilling my hands on the reigns.
After a long time of riding, I see a light in the distance, almost like a fire. I make my horse go faster in that direction. Maybe I can ask them if they have seen anyone pass by, or heard the shots. But as I get closer, I notice they are all asleep. All seven of them, and all seven horses. I get off my horse and grab him by the reigns to follow close to me. The fire blazes, lighting everyone's face up.The heat feels amazing against my frozen skin. I walk up close to one of the men, and when I get around to his face I gasp in shock. Its Doc. I look at the man laid beside him, and see that its Charlie. I begin to panic. What is going on? They aren't dead are they? I go to the other men. I see Chip, Dick,...Chavez..and Billy. I squat beside Billy to check for his pulse. Its still there. A sigh of relief washes over me. Then the person laying beside Billy shifts in their sleep. I look up to see a woman. The woman is me.
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Native Outlaw
AdventurePreface I watched my grandpa hang his bloody brass knuckles up by the wooden door. He made his way to the gun safe and put the house riffle away. My grandpa stood there for a long time, hands on his hips and the gun safe standing wide open. He star...
