𝓕𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭•Charles Smith X Reader

4: 'Join us'

"Quit." The man says while dragging me, I try latching new feet to anything I can. But he keeps pushing and pushing. I finally give up until we get to the tree.

They hold me up to the tree, but every time I slump down in a sitting position. They finally just tie me like that, then go get my horse.

"D-Did you see that Cougar to?" Mr.Smith says. Looking around for any sign of Levi. "Yeah, if you see it kill it-" "No! P-Please!" I interrupt.

The man walks up to me. "What's so good about that wild animal?" "H-He's my pet..." I grin. A woman comes up to. Old, wrinkly with puffy grey and brown hair. She looks to the man with slick black hair.

"What're you doing to that poor young lady?" She about to untie me until the man says. "She's a Bounty Hunter." "Who's she after?" He shrugs.

"Ch-" I get interrupted by a loud roar, being muffled. Then a dirty blonde man, pinning Levi down while Mr.Smith ties his mouth shut. I want to scream. But I know I have to stay strong right now, show them I'm not afraid.

They soon pull Levi to me then tie her beside me. Levi immediately starts pacing in front of me, protecting me.

I whisper to him, "Sit." He does so, right in front of me.

"Now, who sent you?" "The law, duh... Who else?" I make a witty come back. The woman slaps me. "Watch you manners young lady! I'll shoot you right now." I start getting angry. "Wow, threatening someone who's hand are tied behind them... Coward!" I yell at her, the man with slick black hair finding this amusing.

"Dutch," the woman says to the man. "I suggest we starve her like the O'driscoll. Maybe she'll get some manners then." 'Dutch' nods.

I groan then look at Levi, "What are we gonna do..." he looks at me with a sad look. "Sorry buddy, but we're gonna be here for a while."

(A couple hours later)

I wake to a stick poking me, then a tiny pebble hitting me in the chest. I flutter my eyes open to a little boy looking at me confused.

"Hi!" He waves then puts down the stick. I look him up and down. He's probably 5-6. "What's that?" He points to Levi. "This is a cougar, his names Levi." His faces turns from confused to excited.

"Cool! Can I pet him?" I nod then tap a sleeping Levi with my foot. He wakes up to the boy petting his head instead. Levi gets a little hesitant but then gets calm when he realizes how small he is.

The boy starts giggling when Levi turns on his back, showing his belly. "What's your name?" He looks to me. "I'm Y/N L/N, what's yours?" "I'm Jack!" He then gives Levi some belly rubs.

"Jack? Jack! Get away from her! That's dangerous!" A woman with black hair comes running. "Don't worry mom, its really nice! See?" He pets Levi some more. She grabs him away from Levi and walks away.

I chuckle when he gets sad.

*An hour or two later*

I'm still stuck at the tree, these people watching my every move. I know I could get away if only they looked away. Knifes stuffed in almost every pocket of mine, I guess I'll have to wait until night. Maybe I can still get Mr.Smith...

I look to upcoming foot steps, Dutch with a different man beside him. The dirty blonde haired man, who hurt Levi...

"Alright miss, what's your name?" They lean over looking straight at me. "Y/N, Y/N L/N." they look to each other. "We've heard of you from the saloon... The 'Crazy cat lady'." They chuckle for a moment. "They seem to be right."

My nerves already boiling, If my hands weren't tied... I'd be hitting these two first. I thought, imagining me slamming my fist right in there face. Maybe even a broken nose would look nice on them right now.

Dutch grabs my chin and rotates my face around, so he can look at me better. I whip my face away from his hand, showing him I'm ready to fight.

"We've caught a wild animal here Arthur!" He puts his hand away. 'Arthur'? "Sorry Ms.L/N... Your gonna be stuck here for a long while." I groan as they walk away. Will this torturous day end?

(Another couple hours later)

The day soon turned to night, everyone walking into tents. Going to bed, as soon as I thought everyone was sleeping. I peeked over the tree behind me. The person on guard duty, the orange haired man sleeping. Easy escape.

The feeling of eyes on me soon fade away as I grab a knife from my back pocket, cutting the ropes. As soon as it's loose enough I pull myself out, then cut Levi loose. He know to stay quiet now.

We both creep by the orange haired guy, about to run for it when yet again. A lasso goes around me. "Almost." A deep voice says, Mr.Smith... "Mr.Smith," I yank the lasso away from his hands when he caught off guard.

"Come with me, you're being taken in." I try staying quiet. He pulls out his gun, pointing it at me. I grab my throwing knifes, then go in a motion where I can throw it. Both of us ready to take each other out any second. He looks surprised about my amount of knifes, he finally sees them.

He shoots up in the air, alerting everyone. I know if I kill him, they'd all be after me. I slowly back up. Knife still trained at his head. Dutch and Arthur come running. "How'd she...?" Dutch looks to Arthur and Mr.Smith.

They shrug, but this time Dutch doesn't have the look when someone's about to kill someone.... He looks more passionate about something.

"Ms.L/N...." He takes his hand away from his gun. They all do, "I see... Great potential in you." The men beside him look shocked at his words, same as me. "Please, join us."