Cowboys And Angels

Chapter 21

John had been gone for another two months, he was getting more and more nervous as the time seemed to fly. Bonnie had to be nearing her delivery soon and he could only pray that she was still alright. He had to gain the trust of these people and over the course of the two months that he was gone, he had actually grown to like the people he was living with currently. Over the first few weeks, he was spat at and cursed at, now most of the people had accepted that he was here to stay, some of the people were even nice to him, offering him food and other things. He helped them with breaking horses, and showed inexperienced people how to section meat of animals that he had hunted. However his time frame was quickly closing, he needed to be there when Bonnie gave birth and she needed to be home.

Approaching Hassun and Chogan that morning as he usually did he was greeted with warm smiles, it was nice to be surrounded by people who were (mostly) nice to him. He was so used to people trying to kill him, that it was almost uncomfortable to be welcome.

"Morning brother." Hassun grinned.

"Morning..." John muttered distantly as he looked towards the horizon.

"Something bothering you John?" Chogan questioned.

"I just... I'm just thinking about Bonnie." He replied.

"Is that the woman whose pregnant?" Hassun asked curiously.

"Yeah... She's probably ready to give birth soon, I'm worried about her... I need to take out Archer and Ross soon." He said matter-of-factly and both Hassun and Chogan looked to one another.

"You're right... We'll help you." Hassun stated seriously and John gawked at them for a moment. "Believe it or not, you've done us many of great services, showing the inexperienced kids how to break horses and hunt properly, you're showing us how to survive... A lot of us know how to do it but a lot of the young men don't have fathers to teach them anymore... You've helped us a lot. We'll do whatever we can to convince the others to fight at your side... All we need is a plan to do it."

"... Thank you." John sighed in relief, he might actually stand a chance. "I have an idea of what to do but it'll require some effort... I'm a high priority target so if there is a tip on where I'm at, they'll probably send an army to make sure I'm dead... But I don't want them to know I have numbers, I want it to be an ambush, hopefully, if they think it's just me they won't send as many people as they did last time." He sighed.

"Last time?" Chogan asked.

"They held me hostage for a while, that's why I had to hunt down my old friends and then they tried hunting me like a dog..." John explained, feeling his blood boil.

"All lawmen are evil... The first thing we need to do is get support." Hassun said and motioned John to follow him.

Nervous was an understatement...

"P-Please, Bonnie, let me help you!" Nigel cooed as Bonnie got down from his carriage after they went shopping at Manzanita Post.

"Honestly, Nigel, I'm fine." Bonnie chuckled and shooed his hand away as she groaned once she teetered onto her feet.

Her stomach was so distended she was always top heavy. She could feel the kicking and Nigel's company was amazing, he was so attentive, sometimes like John, it was overbearing but most of the time she appreciated it. She missed John dearly, but he wondered why he talked so poorly of the older man, he was such a help to her pregnancy, and he never complained about sleeping on the sofa or cooking when Bonnie didn't have the energy.