Magnificent Eight (Red Harvest ff, Magnificent seven)

C. 7

No ones pov

"Well, this is quite the welcome party." Faraday comments looking at Chisolm, making Alice smirk at his sarcastic remark.

"Where is everybody?" Vasques questions while looking around.

"I think we killed 'em all." Faraday looks at him with no sympathy. Beside Red Harvest, Alice grabs a black bandanna and begins to wrap it around her arm. Seeing her silently struggle Red Harvest gently takes it from her and ties it around her arm. Looking at him she gives him a small grateful smile making him nod and goes back to listening and watching everyone.

Billy and Goodnight make eye contact and give a knowing smirk after watching their interaction. Then go back to watching.

"No, they're here. They just want to make sure their candle is lit before they blow out the match." Goodnight states while looking down one of the streets. Hearing the sounds of hoofbeats approaching they all turn to look in direction of the burnt church. Seeing Emma Cullen and Teddy Q galloping towards the group.

"Everyone! Come on! Come out! Come out!" Emma shouts while riding towards them, trying to get the towns people to come out.

"Come on out, everybody!" Teddy Q tries to help out Emma with calling. "What's the matter with y'all? Don't you see what they just did?" Emma dismounts her horse and jogs towards the road, to which Teddy follow in suit.

"Come on! Come out!" As Emma and Teddy call people out, they begin to walk outside to see what happened. The group of 8 watch people look at them in shock at how they survived with only them. They decide to stand on the sheriffs porch since they fired him. Walking over Alice glances at the dead bodies on the street frowning at the memories they bring up but quickly glancing to where she is walking, not wanting to trip.

Red Harvest along with Billy and Goodnight noticed her frown but said nothing knowing this isn't the time nor their business.

"These men are here to help us! Come on!" Alice smirks at Emma's statement knowing she means no disrespect calling her within the group of men.

"Well, look at that." Alice glancing over at Jack Horne to see him holding a bottle of liquor from one of the dead men. Smirking at his statement she goes back to watching people slowly approach.

Several towns people jog, but most of them walk to where the group is. A boy around the age of 10 or 12 runs over to a dead body in amazement asking his mother if he's dead but she only tells him to stay away and come along. Faraday and Vasques chuckle at the boys reaction while Alice shakes her head.

"Really?" All of the men on the porch look to Alice, but Alice is only making a 'are-you-kidding-me-look' face towards Faraday while he's holding the sheriffs star messing with it.

"What?" Faraday gives her one of his winning smirks. She only gives him a playful glare then waves him off only to go back to watching towns people.

"Don't be afraid!" As more people begin to crowd in a half circle Emma begins to explain what has happened. "I have assembled these men and women,  and offered fair pay." A man who looks like a banker glares at her and quickly cuts her off.

"Who picked you to deal on our behalf?"

"Seems I was the only one with balls enough to do so." Several of the members of the 8 chuckle at her blunt response while others just smirk. "So I did. As I said, these men and women are here to help us. Mr. Chisolm." He gives a small nervous laugh but nods his head.

Many of the people including several children stare at Red Harvest along with Alice. Red harvest since he is a native and Alice due to her jewelry and not exactly dressed as a women should.