(Arthur x Marry) RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 Arthur's Paradox

Marston and Morgan's hunt.

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John marston sat on a log sharpening his knife when Arthur approached him and sat down.

"Marston." Arthur said.

"Oh hey Arthur, what's with the fancy get up? You a banker now, seeing as you just came from the city." John said putting his knife away.

"Ain't nothing like that, I just got back from the seeing mary." Arthur said.

"Ah hence the get up. How is she? Thought you two was done?" John said.

"Yeah. Well remember when we's back in valentine, her and I met up and had a night of passion and now she's expecting our child." Arthur said.

"Sounds like one of dutch's books. Well I'm happy for you partner." John said patting Arthur's back.

Arthur looked him in the eyes "John, I dont know what to do. This whole thing with dutch, the pinkertons, the rest of the gang dependin' on me."

"Listen arthur, you are my brother and I'll do what I can for you. Let's just do this last bank job dutch is planning. You know he always finds  way. In the mean time why dont we go huntin'? Bring back something nice for the camp to life their spirits?" John Said.

"Sure why not, just let me change out of this." Arthur said.

Arthur put on his typical summer outfit and mounted up. Marston and him rode and talked for a time till they got to Tall Trees and set up camp.

"You know the elk up have the most tender of meat." Marston said.

Arthur drew his bow from his horse, Tennese Hustle.

"Two of them should feed us awhile, you track one and I track one?" Arthur said.

"Yeah let's not stay too far from each other, bad critters roam around here too." John said while loading his Springfield rifle.

Arthur slowly tracked an elk, it lead him up through a brush into the mountains. A few minutes pass and Arthur has sight of his elk, large one nice and fat. He breathes in and steadies his bow for a neck shot before he was about to realise the bow string he heard the roar of a grizzle bear to his left. He turned to see it, 4x times the size of any grizzle, it stood on it's two legs and quickly hit the ground and spread towards Arthur who put an arrow in but it did not phase it. It pounced on Arthur ripping at his chest aggressively until arthur stuck it good with his bowie knife which pissed it off more and backed off arthur. That gave him a minute to grab his pistol and plug six shots into which didnt kill but made even angrier. It stood on it's two legs and was about to pouche on arthur but suddenly half its head exploded and it hit the ground like a sack of potatoes and marston came running up.

"ARTHUR!" john said kneeling next to him.

Arthur was on the ground swaying from side to side in pain "M-Marston it got me good. "Cough"."

"Yeah it did, Nows its your turn to get all the scars. The wounds are deep, you need a doctor." John said rummaging through his bag.

"N-No shit, you was always state the obvious M-M-Mar-." He was cut off but coughing up blood.

John pulled a vial of liquid and gave it to arthur and then wrapped his wounds best he could "This medicine should keep you a little longer and I got yours wounds patched up pretty well, nearest doctor is in valentine."

Arthur was slipping to sleep and mumbled to john "Mmhmmhmm MarstondontLet me die..."

"Dont worry brother I wont, just hang in there." John said mounting his horse.

John rode as fast as he could to tilt he reached the front porch of the doctors office who was closing up and about to lock the door until john caught him.

"Doctor my friends hurt! Please help him!" John asked while carrying arthur.

The doctor examined arthur and recognized him as the man who robbed him a few months ago "Absolutely not! This vagabond tried to rob and kill me." The doctor said hastily locking his door.

John pulled his pistol out and pushed it against the doctors neck "I'll do worse than rob ya' if you dont fix my friend."

The doctor could feel the cold steel against his neck and said "Sure son sure, J-Just let me unlock the door and lay him on one of the beds." The doctor said while unlocking the door.

John gently picked up Arthur who let out a slight wence and put him down on the doctors bed.

"Listen son, I'm gonna need space working on him so just give me some? Could you wait back in the front?" The doctor inquired.

"Yeah but any funny business and I'll repaint the wall with your blood mister." John said getting up and  going to the next room.

Hours pass and everyone and then john will hear arthur scream, eventually the doctor came from the room covered in blood and wiping his hands with a rag.

"Listen son your thief friend in there is going to be ok but he's gonna need a lot of rest, he ain't concious yet but it may be awhile before he is." The doctor told john.

"Thanks mister, Here take this, its twenty dollars for your help." John said handing him cash.

"Thanks. By the way that tourniquet work you did was impressive you saved his life." The doctor said while counting the money.

John carried arthur to the train station and Rode to the nearest station and the rode his horse with athur lying on the back all the way to camp.

"Dutch! Dutch! John is back with arthur." Bill Williamson screamed as he saw john approaching.

Dutch walked up to John's horse "where have you two been- Is arthur ok?" Dutch cut himself off mid sentence.

"He got mangled by a bear while we was hunting and I got him to a doctor. The doctor said he'll be ok but it may be awhile before he wakes up, if he even does." John said dismounting.

Dutch took Arthur off john horse and carried him bridle style to his bed and pulled a blank over him. Dutch leaned close to Arthur "Listen son I know you haven't been believing in me lately but I need you to get through this, I cant do this without you arthur.".

"Aghhmhmm." Arthur mumbled.

"Rest up son and soon we'll be free." Dutch said and left.