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We're Bad People. There's No Changing That.

I didn't realize until someone pointed it out that I had missed spelled the title so gratefully sorry for that! But I do hope this fixes this but I do hope you enjoy reading this. Also please go eat something and drink some water, and get a good night's rest! Also, this is not looked over by a beta reader so sorry for the miss spellings. But with that, I do hope you enjoy reading this!

When I was younger I lost my daddy, and now It seems I'm going to lose every father I'll ever have. 

" Dutch! " I shouted as the cold started setting in, with the blizzard making me unable to see 10 feet in front of me.  

" Scarlet Over here!", " Where!? I can't see ten feet in front of me!", We shouted back and forth until I saw the light of one of the wagons. I rode up a bit and started riding beside Dutch and Hosea as Reverend came up beside me and told us that, Abigail said Davey was dying and we got to stop soon before turning around and going back to the wagon with Abigail and Davey. 

" If we don't stop soon we'll all be dying, This whether it's May, I'm just hoping the law got as lost as we did" Hosea started before dutch cut him off as the three of us saw Arthur through the snow on Charles's horse. 

" Arthur! Any luck?" Dutch's voice cut through the harsh winds. 

" I found a place where we can get some shelter." Arthur's text voice cutting through the wind brought me a little hope that we could get through this. Arthur rode towards us while saying " Let Davey rest while he... you know" stopping in front of us 

" An old mining town, abandoned, it ain't far. Come on," he said as he turned around to bring us to this place he found. And with that, we all started on our way to this old mining town 

We rode a little way, finally coming to a stop,

Hosea grabbed a lantern and started walking to what looked to be the main building of this place, as everybody unloaded from the wagons

"  Bring him in here," Hosea spoke looking at the group as the women went in first, Bill and Arthur brought in a frozen Davey and set him on the table as everybody else goes into the place, I stopped my horse getting off him as I calmed him down before hooking him to a post and walking to the cabin, to warm up and get away from the harsh winds and snow. My boots crunched against the snow, and I pushed the cabin door open to hear, Abigail announce that Davey died. I walked over and stood beside Arthur. As people started to speak before Dutch cut in.

" Well, First of all, you're gonna stay here. And you are gonna get yourself warm" Dutch said, before moving on " Now, I sent John and Micah scouting out ahead," 

Arthur and I shared a quick nod at each other before Dutch continued " Arthur, Scarlet, and I, we're gonna ride out see if we can find one of 'em" Dutch said as Arthur was quick to say something 

" In this?" Arthur replied pointing to the door, " Just for a short bit, I don't see what other choice we have" Dutch asserted before turning to the group and starting a speech  to try and keep everyone's hopes up a little bit I looked at Arthur, before looking out from in front of Arthur at Dutch

" Listen... listen to me all of you, for a moment. Now, we've had well, a bad couple of days." Dutch paused for a moment before carrying on, " I loved Davey... Jenny... Sean... Mac... they may be okay, we don't know." Dutch stated, then started speaking again, 

"But we lost some folks. Now, if I could... throw myself in the ground in their steed, I'd do it gladly. But we're gonna ride out and we're gonna find some food. Everybody, we're safe now. There ain't nobody following us through a storm like this one, and by the time they get here well we're gonna be... we're gonna be long gone, we've been through worse than this before. Mr. Pearson Miss Grimshaw, I need you to turn this place into a camp. We may be here for a few days. Now all of you all of you... get yourselves warm. Stay strong. Stay with me. We ain't done yet!" Dutch finished as he, Arthur, and I turned and walked out the door to stand there for a minute as Dutch spoke 

" Well, we ain't run into them yet. So they both must have headed down the hill. 

" Sure, Hey, I ain't had time to ask... What really went down back there on that boat?" Arthur questioned

" We missed you, that's what happened" Dutch answered as Charles came down the path with our horses,

" Hey! You need horses?"  Charles questioned 

" Oh yeah, and Mr. Smith, get yourself indoors." Dutch ordered as we all got on our horses " You need to rest that hand." Dutch said, 

" I'll live," Charles said

" Get inside son!" Dutch ordered before we three headed off into the storm to try to find either John, Micah, or food cause the gods know if we don't find food soon we all won't be around much longer. 

We started off getting out of the old mining town and went across a small bridge us three talked back and forth before seeing a lantern glow cut there the harsh snow, as I reached for my gun as Dutch started trying to speak with the person up ahead. 

" You, up ahead! Who's there?" Dutch asked as the figure came clear to for us three to see Micah bell. 

" Micah." Dutch breathed out as he rode closer to us, as I put my gun back in its belt 

" Gentlemen, and lady," Micah said as dutch asked if he had found anything yet which Miach replied 

" I think so. Found a little homestead down thataway." Micah replied 

" Okay. Anybody home?" Dutch questioned 

" Sure. The place is blazing with light and noise. Sounded like a party." Micah told Dutch before Dutch said we're gonna go see so Micah turned around and started leading us to this "Party of a place he found" 

Arthur and Micah turned off their lanterns as we go closer we could hear laughter, nonsense, and a lot of other things over the harsh winds, I mean it was true the place looked like a party was going on inside maybe things were changing for the better for all of us. My thoughts got cut short as we approached the hitching post to Dutch, Micah, And Arthur, we hitched up the horses and started walking towards the cabin. 

" Let me handle this, we don't want to spook these fine people," Dutch stated as we walked to the house 

"Someone having fun in there," Miach announced like we couldn't tell

" Thank you for telling us something we can clearly tell for ourselves," I scoffed we got closer but before we could all go up dutch spoke

" You three, get yourself out of sight, One lonely man is a lot less intimidating than four nasty-looking degenerates," Dutch commanded 

" Micah, hide behind that wagon, Arthur, Scarlet you guys take that old shed on the left. And stay low all of you." Dutch told us what to do

I walked over to the shed tucking behind the small wall of the old shed closer to the left side while Arthur took the right side so we had a different but similar view. I could hear the music coming from inside as I sighed and just listened to what Dutch was saying to these folks.

" Hello?" Now announcing his presents to the folk inside. I could hear some communication coming from inside the tiny house. 

" Excuse me? Hello?" Dutch still trying to get a person out here I heard the door open

" Oh well, Hello friend. " Dutch greeted the men as I peaked over the side of the wall of the shed trying to get a better look

" What you want?" The man questioned the Irish accent thick on him

": I am very sorry to disturb you. Uh, my friends and I, well got into some... trouble up the way. Lost in the storm" He pipped as the man came down the stairs getting closer to Dutch as another one came out. Micah and Arthur started talking. I turned my attention to Micah now drowning out the sound of Dutch and the other men.

" Arthur, Scarlet, we got a problem," Micah whispered while peeling back the sheet covering whatever was in that wagon  

" There's a corpse right here" Micah whispered as I and Arthur looked at one another 

" Scarlet, Arthur There's a body in the wagon" He spoke as he pulled out his guns me and Arthur gave each other a look and pulled out our guns before Arthur spoke back to Micah

" Yeah, we hear you, just keep your eyes on Dutch," Arthur ordered as we put our focus back on Dutch and the men 

" I think you should go now buddy" The Irish one spoke 

" Now, friend I ain't asking for much" Dutch replied 

" Please I'm kinda desperate," Dutch begged as the man raised his lantern  closer to Dutch trying to get a better look at him

" Hey... I don't believe it. Come here, partner. Come here!" The man shouted Dutch walked forward a bit more 

" It's goddamn Dutch van der Linde you morons! Colm is gonna shit his pants." The man announced to the rest of the men

Arthur popped out from behind the shed wall and popped the man holding the lantern in the head as his body fell to the ground I peeked over as well and popped the man standing next to him in the head as Dutch ran behind the outhouse. As we started firing at the house,

I saw the dude up in the upstairs window so I took the chance as he was focused on Micah and shot him in the side of the head. Arthur killed another two while Micah killed one, and Dutch killed another one before one ran away Arthur shot him, in result killing him before we all grouped up outside the house.  

"  Goddamn O'Driscoll boys here? Why?" Dutch questioned 

" I don't know, maybe the same reason as us," Micah replied 

" Micah, go bring the horses closer to the house. Arthur, Scarlet let's go check the cabin" He commanded as we walked up the steps into the house,

It was small but cozy with a small kitchen to the left of me a fireplace on the right-hand wall, A table in the middle of what looked to be a bathroom on the left back-hand side, with a bed in the back right-hand side with a small overhand above. I walked over to the fireplace and grabbed a picture of a man and woman on what happens to look like their wedding day. I put it back before going up the ladder and grabbing everything I could up there before heading back down and meeting back up with everyone outside. 

"Arthur go see if there's anything in that barn. Micah, you search the cabin, and see what we missed." Dutch Odered, as me and him, stood by the horses before he walked away to go check on Arthur. I started to run my fingers through my horse's hair before I heard a scream come from inside the cabin I stopped the act and grabbed my gun as I ran into the Cabin with Arthur behind me. 

I ran through the door to see skinny blond women going around the table throwing bottles at Micah while he tried to get to her, 

" Leave her alone!" Dutch told Micah what to do but he didn't seem to listen 

" I wasn't doing nothing, she's one of them O'Driscolls," Micah said as the women picked a knife off the table 

" No she ain't, Micah, look at her." Dutch spoke trying to get him to leave the poor woman alone as he just laughed

" Miss, Miss, are you-" Dutch tried to talk to the women before Micah flipped the table onto its side knocking the lantern over starting a fire as he walked over to her

" Oh, you fool, Micah!" Dutch shouted as the women went to stab him dutch got walked over and pushed him away from the startled women pushing him over to I pushed him away and then Arthur pushed him,  away as we walked over.

" Miss, now it's gonna be okay. We mean you no harm" Dutch said trying to calm the women down as I and Arthur looked as the fire spread quickly 

Dutch moved closer pushing the women's hand away with the knife while one hand grabbed her shoulder " Miss! Miss. Come on it'll be okay." He said as we started to walk toward the door

" We need to get out of here and quick! Come on now" Dutch piped as the fire spread across the house we all got out. We walked down the steps

" You okay miss?" Dutch asked with concern in his voice for the women 

" They came three days ago, and my husband they... " The women sounded startled I walked away mounting my horse waiting for everybody to saddle up 

" Okay, Miss. You're safe now and you can't stay here." Dutch spoke softly as they looked back at the burning house 

" You come with us, Arthur" Dutch spoke handing the lantern he took off one of the horses to Arthur as he mounted up 

" Miss, it's okay alright? We're bad men, but we ain't them, so it's okay. Get on"  he said handing Dutch the lantern as he put the woman on the back of the horse

" We'll keep you safe until you figure out what you wanna do." He said before walking away and mounting up his own horse we started riding away from the burning house. 

" What's your name, Miss? Miss?" Dutch questioned  

" Adler." The women replied 

" Adler?" Dutch questioned

" Sadie Alder. Mrs. .. I.. he.. he was my husband" Sadie responded we rode away but I looked back and saw it crack and collapsed in on itself poor Mrs. Adler barely know her but already feel bad for her, she or her husband didn't deserve those things.

We rood into camp we heard Lenny shout as people started coming out to the sight of us being back I heard Hosea ask how we got on up ahead 

" Micah found a homestead. but we weren't the first. Colm O'Driscoll and his scum, they beat us to it." Dutch announced as we all got off our horses and Hoesea helped down Miss Alder from Dutch's horse 

" We found some of them there but there is more apparently scouting a train, thank you," Dutch announced

" That's the last thing we need right now, Dutch," Hosea responded 

" Well, it is what it is, but we found some supplies, some blankets, a little bit of food, and this poor soul, Miss Adler, Miss Tilly, Miss Karen, would you warm her up, give her a drink of something. He told as Tilly and Karen helped Miss Adler away from us to help warm her up and get her something while the rest of us stood around 

" And Mrs. Adler it's gonna be okay, you're safe now." He announced to her as she and the girl walked away from the rest of us. he looked towards his sweetheart and told her that she was turned into a widow by them before turning back to the rest of us.

" I need some rest, I haven't slept in three days." He spoke, while Miss. Grimshaw came over

" You're over here Miss O'Shea will show you the way. Mr. Morgan, Miss Miller we put you two in your own room over here." She announced 

" Thank you, Miss Grimshaw" Me and Arthur spoke

" Mr. Bell you're with the feller over there." Miss Grimshaw told as we started to walk to our rooms with her while Micah looked offended 

" How come Arthur And Scarlett get a room and I get a bunk next to Bill Williamson and a bunch of darkies?" He rudely questioned as we stopped in our tracks turning back to look at him before going back to walking to the place 

" Get yourself to bed," Hosea told him we walked up the steps shutting the door behind me, 

" Now you too get some rest if you need anything you know where to find me goodnight you too" Miss Grimshaw spoke, before leaving us alone shutting the door behind herself. I looked up and saw Arthur, 

" Goodnight Arthur get some sleep I'll see you tomorrow if you don't freeze" I laughed before turning to walk into my room

" Haha, But goodnight Scarlet sleep well" he spoke as we went into our different rooms. I walked over and sat on the bed banging my boots off before, pulling off my satchel and putting it on the bedside table before lying down. in the bed and shutting my eyes drifting asleep.