Moving On Chapter 15 "NOW WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO, LARABEE? TWO MEN DOWN! ONLY SIX MORE OF YOU TO GO!" yelled Dopper. Chris didn't reply. He just gripped his gun so hard that his knuckles turned white and he gritted his teeth in frustration. "What are we going to do, Chris?" Buck asked softly. Chris sighed. "What do you think, Nathan?" Nathan had just crawled his way back from checking on Brad and crouched down beside Chris. "We need to get Vin and Brad into town. I can't do anything for them out here. As it is, I'm not sure I'll be able to do anything for them in town." "Well," Chris grimly stated, "we have to take down Dopper and his men. No matter what." Buck, JD, Josiah, Nathan, and Ezra were all within hearing distance. "But they're marshals!" exclaimed JD. "Brother JD, Vin and Brad need to get back into town if they are to have a chance. Besides, Dopper and his men are trying to kill us, are they not?" JD sighed but nodded. A bullet whizzed past Buck's head, grazing his cheek. "Son of a..." Buck mumbled as he cocked his pistol, aimed, and fired as accurately as he could. He was a little surprised when he heard a yelp of pain. He hadn't thought that he was close enough to hit Dopper or any of his men. Josiah picked up Vin's rifle and took aim and shot two men in quick succession. One went down with a shot in his shoulder, another went down with a shot to the knee. Josiah had to give them credit though... he had never heard some of the curse words that was spewing from their mouths. Sighting and aiming the rifle again, he caught sight of Dopper standing up. Shaking his head at the man's stupidity, he fired. Dopper went down with a cry of outrage and pain as the bullet entered his upper thigh. Josiah saw Dopper raise his weapon and shot him again, this time in his gun arm. "We must hurry!" he said. "That was some damn good shootin'," smiled Buck. "I must concur with Mister Wilmington, Mister Sanchez," commented Ezra. Quickly, the men worked together and got the two injured men onto their horses, tied down. They hated to move them, in case the bullets moved, but they had no choice. Chris, JD, and Josiah rode in the front, Vin and Brad in between them in case they started to fall. Ezra and Nathan were behind them. As they started riding out, they could hear curses being shouted at them. Bullets were peppering the ground all around them, causing the horses to be startled. "What if they follow us?" asked JD. "Hopefully, we'll be too far ahead by then. They were all shot, so that should slow them down. But we need to get to Four Corners, no matter what," replied Chris. The other men nodded their heads in agreement. Silently, they all made a pledge. Vin and Brad were getting to Four Corners, so Nathan would be able to work on them. And, marshals or no marshals, God help Dopper and his men if they tried to get in the determined men's way. Return to Moving On
Moving On
Chapter 15
"NOW WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO, LARABEE? TWO MEN DOWN! ONLY SIX MORE OF YOU TO GO!" yelled Dopper.
Chris didn't reply. He just gripped his gun so hard that his knuckles turned white and he gritted his teeth in frustration.
"What are we going to do, Chris?" Buck asked softly.
Chris sighed. "What do you think, Nathan?"
Nathan had just crawled his way back from checking on Brad and crouched down beside Chris. "We need to get Vin and Brad into town. I can't do anything for them out here. As it is, I'm not sure I'll be able to do anything for them in town."
"Well," Chris grimly stated, "we have to take down Dopper and his men. No matter what." Buck, JD, Josiah, Nathan, and Ezra were all within hearing distance.
"But they're marshals!" exclaimed JD.
"Brother JD, Vin and Brad need to get back into town if they are to have a chance. Besides, Dopper and his men are trying to kill us, are they not?" JD sighed but nodded.
A bullet whizzed past Buck's head, grazing his cheek. "Son of a..." Buck mumbled as he cocked his pistol, aimed, and fired as accurately as he could.
He was a little surprised when he heard a yelp of pain. He hadn't thought that he was close enough to hit Dopper or any of his men. Josiah picked up Vin's rifle and took aim and shot two men in quick succession. One went down with a shot in his shoulder, another went down with a shot to the knee. Josiah had to give them credit though... he had never heard some of the curse words that was spewing from their mouths.
Sighting and aiming the rifle again, he caught sight of Dopper standing up. Shaking his head at the man's stupidity, he fired. Dopper went down with a cry of outrage and pain as the bullet entered his upper thigh. Josiah saw Dopper raise his weapon and shot him again, this time in his gun arm.
"We must hurry!" he said.
"That was some damn good shootin'," smiled Buck.
"I must concur with Mister Wilmington, Mister Sanchez," commented Ezra.
Quickly, the men worked together and got the two injured men onto their horses, tied down. They hated to move them, in case the bullets moved, but they had no choice. Chris, JD, and Josiah rode in the front, Vin and Brad in between them in case they started to fall. Ezra and Nathan were behind them. As they started riding out, they could hear curses being shouted at them. Bullets were peppering the ground all around them, causing the horses to be startled.
"What if they follow us?" asked JD.
"Hopefully, we'll be too far ahead by then. They were all shot, so that should slow them down. But we need to get to Four Corners, no matter what," replied Chris. The other men nodded their heads in agreement. Silently, they all made a pledge. Vin and Brad were getting to Four Corners, so Nathan would be able to work on them. And, marshals or no marshals, God help Dopper and his men if they tried to get in the determined men's way.
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