Planning

“Sheriff your back!” I nodded and opening the door for the others spoke, “Yes Deputy Walters; from what I can put together from the other states is they are on the run, they have robbed banks and anything else they can achieve the problem is their bounties were high and now it’s even higher with them having nowhere to go. Unless they get a boat or they come on through hear and head on over to the over districts!” I put the map down and holding it down spoke, “They were in Ambarino the North West part meaning if they head South they will be coming on through here!” Charles nodded before putting his knife there spoke, “If they are anyway it will be old abandoned shacks they once spent!” I nodded before seeing the Deputy stare at them I spoke, “I brought in some extra man and woman power for this, plus it means you can get home earlier to the wife! This is Lenny, he is probably the smartest of us all, he also spent a few mouths travelling with them in their early days for this exact moment, this is Charles get tracker and quiet, Sadie is a bounty hunter and has the best shot out of us all, the others are friends, Mary my fiancé with her sister Karen, Abigail is one of the gangs victims and Tilly...she is Lenny’s friend; I want them brought up to my house for now!” “Of course, Darcy make sure they settle in!” the woman nodded before kissing Mary saw her smile as she left us to plan, “What’s the plan James?” I looked down causing me to say, “We divert their Journey to go through the town; the Skinner Brothers will defend the one free space and the Del Lobo’s the other space, this is why I made deals with them and haven’t killed them yet” Charles nodded as he pointed, “We block it off and **** them to go to the town centre then ambush them we block the other places exits off and pin them down!” Walters looked down before saying, “If three of us stay down low we could have one sniper on each rooftop!” I nodded before studying it spoke, “Kill the others but try and capture Dutch, John is to be captured as well, he has a child with one of the victims he is to have one chance to talk to her if he says no to raising the child it’s the rope, if he agrees and runs it’s a bullet in the back and if he shoots at you put a bullet in his arm or something!” “Agreed, so do we start now?” Sadie shook her head before saying, “Charles and you will go to the Skinners to check up on everything, Lenny and I the Del Lobo, James will make sure scouts are set up to watch and if they move in this direction we get ready for them” and thoughtfully Lenny stater, “I just had a thought...why not have the Skinners ambush them and follow them to just before the square **** their hand!” I nodded before saying, “Agreed, now go and I will see to the blockades being set up!”

Days passed and sitting down in my office with Mary on my lap kissing me muttering sweat sayings into my ear when the door opened, “James town folk have seen them on the hill!” I nodded and kissing Mary grabbed my shotgun and rifle before pulling my hood to walk out, “Get Charles and the rest on the roofs, Abigail the window to the bakery, Haytham you take the street, to the right and use that gun spot, I will take the left!” he nodded grabbing more ammo and barking the orders out we waited whilst Mary took Tilly to safety and Karen ignoring them grabbed her own rifle, “If there is to be shooting at those traitorous bastards then I’m in!” I nodded before telling her to take the building to mirror Abigail’s position waited for their arrival. “Dutch, what do we do now?” Micah snapped looking around, “We can’t go back! We can’t go around it, we have to go back to Blackwater!” Bill barked loading his revolver, “Will he be expecting us?” Cleet barked from the back grabbing his rifle, “Of course James will be, Skinner Brothers and the Del Lobo gangs aren’t just either side of the town for no reason!” Pearson barked, Dutch nodded before smiling spoke, “You know what to do... we just ride all in guns holstered and act calm; stay near crowds and hopefully we will make it! If one falls leave them!” and looking at John and Pearson turned back around holstering his gun, “Come on let’s ride!”

We waited and it was clear in the gangs eyes that something was up, every street was blocked off and Dutch knowing this held an explosive charge in his hand to blow an exit if required, “I don’t like this Dutch, it’s too quiet!” “Shut up Javier and act normal!” Dutch growled following the path and seeing the blocked off square they were met by gunshots from the rooftops and looking back saw Cleet and Joe hit the floor and seeing the face of Saddie and the annoyed face of Lenny looked over to see Charles shoot Pearson in the shoulder and looking over Javier was shot in the arm, chest and legs and falling weak on his horse clung on with his non-wounded arm, Dutch threw the charge and blowing an hole in the blockade saw Micah grab Dutch's hand as his horse fell wounded over, John looked over and seeing Abigail fire at them watched as James shot Bill in his leg causing and the horse to fall over, "John we are out of here!" John looked back yelling, "We have to save him, he knows too much!" "We have to keep moving" and looking back he saw once more as Abigail took a shot at Dutch's horse and James shooting Bill in his other leg, "Four down Dutch maybe five" Micah barked and following him John yelled, "All of them...Abigail, Karen, Lenny, Charles and James; we have fucked up big this time!" Dutch stopped the horse and seeing the town not bother to give chase pondered, "Why not chase after us?" John laughed before saying, "Why would they? Cleet, Joe is dead Bill and Pearson will be hung and Javier could die from his wounds, this is his ultimatum leave and never come back or die!" Dutch lit and Cigar and looking around nodded, "We need to treat Javier, John find a campsite! Micah get Javier!"

Bill looked up clutching his legs and looking up saw me with the shotgun on my shoulder and Haytham with the noose hanging on his shoulder and seeing the doors open rifles in hand out walked Karen, Sadie, Abigail, Charles and Lenny before the others came out with Mary hugging me and crouching down I stated, "'ello Bill, it's been a while!" he looked down at the wounds on his legs and crying barked, "What do you want?" I shook my head before saying, "Nothing, we are just waiting for the gallows to be readied!" "My trial!" I laughed before handing him a beer spoke, "Don't need one... we know you are guilty and have witness statements, physical evidence among other things!" he looked over to see the others look down before getting "the idea" stated, "Alright, let's cut the deal!" I looked around and picking him up with Charles he heard Sadie snap, "We are here to watch you hand nothing else!" "I can tell you where the others are!" and tightening the noose he cried, "Money? I got it!" and looked over to the others before pulling out the charge sheet read whilst Haytham cuffed Bills hands, "Bill is found guilty of robbery, multiple counts of ****, breaking the peace, avoiding arrest, multiple accounts **** and literally 40 other charges including him fucking a cat apparently, anyway..." I looked over to the group and nodding Sadie walked up and pulled the lever to let the man hang, "You know what to do!" Haytham nodded watching the hanging and looking down at the bleeding Pearson spoke, "Taking him to the cell!"