Tristan exited his little temporary house and trudged through the snow to another building where a conversation was taking place. "He ain't been seen in two days." Selina said to Nial and noticed the scruffy, young outlaw. "Hello Tristan." She said walking up to him. "Selina." He replied and held his hands over the fire to warm them. "I was wondering could you... would you..." "It's little Joe." He said with a small smile. "He ain't been seen in two days." She stated. "That boy has been through a lot worse and ain't nothing gonna change that just because he was out in some snowstorm." He replied. "We're all worried about him Tristan will you please go look for him." Nial asked.

"Alright, alright." Tristan replied with a sigh. "Ethan will you go with him please?" The older man asked. "I'll go." He replied as he gets up. "If the roles were reversed I know he'd do the same for me." The two men exit the building, mount their horses and ride out to find Joe. "You were there Ethan, what really happened on that boat?" Tristan asked. "We had the money everything seemed fine then they were everywhere." The man replied. "Bounty hunters?" He asked. "No pinkertons." Ethan said. "Cody killed a girl in a bad way." "That ain't like him though." The young outlaw replied in disbelief.

"There's smoke over there on that hill." Ethan stated and the two ride to the hill where they find a campsite. "It's still warm if I know Joe and which I do he went....that way." Ethan says pointing to the mountain ahead of them. The two ride to the top of the mountain to see something neither of them wanted to see.
"Jeez, that's Joe's horse." Tristan stated. "He must have been attacked by wolves, lets see if he can hear us." Ethan said and fires three times into the air.

"Over here!" A voice yelled from a distance. "We'll walk from here bring your shotgun." Ethan told Tristan and started making tracks. Tristan pulls his sawn-off double barreled shotgun from his saddle bag and follows. The outlaws trudge through the snow in search for their friend. They got high hopes when Joe's voice grew louder and louder. "Help!" He shouted once they were close enough. "Alright pipe down Buz." Tristan says and walks to the edge where Joe is. The younger outlaw looks up and smiles a bit.
"I've never been so happy to see you Tristan." Joe said. "Yeah, come on." He replied and helps him out. Joe yells in pain and Tristan instantly picks him up and carries him over his shoulder.

"That's a real nasty scar you got there Joe." He stated as he and Ethan walk back to the horses.
"When the wolves attacked one of them got me pretty good." Joe replied. They got close to the horses but immediately ran into trouble. "Up there." Ethan stated as a pack of three wolves appeared. "I'll handle em you get Joe to the horses." Tristan said placing Joe on his feet and Ethan grabbed ahold of him. "Be careful Tristan." Ethan said and heads for the horses with Joe.
Tristan pulls out his shotgun and aims at the first wolf. "Hey over here!" He called out getting their attention. He fired as the wolf got closer instantly killing it, the second wolf grabbed him by the arm and tries to drag him to the ground.

He stumbles but manages to stay standing up right and fires his second shot. The wolf yelped as it fell, the third wolf growls and lunges at him. Tristan drops his spent shotgun and wrestles with the animal. "Hold on I'll see if I can get a shot!" Ethan yelled. "No you could hit Tristan!" Joe yelled.
The young outlaw uses one hand to keep the wolf at bay and grabs his hunting knife with the other.
The wolf bites down on his arm and shakes it's head. "Get off me!" He yells as he stabs the wolf.
The wolf yelps and runs away.

Tristan gets up, puts his knife away and gets onto his horse. "You alright ameigo?" Ethan asked. "I'll be fine." He replied and the three headed back to camp. "Can we get some help here!" Ethan called out as they approached the cabins. "Can we get some help!" Tristan yelled. Selina rushes outside followed by Deadlock and Patrick. "Thank you Tristan, thank you Ethan." She said relieved that Joe was alive. Joe yells in pain as Deadlock pulls him off of Ethan's horse. "Easy Idiota! It's his leg." Ethan stated. Patrick grabs Joe's legs and the two men carry him inside.

"Y'all got anyone else that need saving?" Tristan asked as he looked at his bloodstained arm.
"No but you should have Katelyn take a look at that." Nial told him.
The young outlaw nods and goes to get his wound treated.

A few hours later

Tristan stepped into a small building that the boys were staying in and takes a bottle of whiskey from Deadlock while listening to a conversation that had been going on for a while. "All I'm saying is when I go, I don't want anyone to fret over me." Kraken said. "When you go there will be a party." Lenny replied. Deadlock chuckles out loud because he wasn't all that fond of him either. " You think that's funny eh?" Kraken said as he stood up.

"Heh sure." The one eyed outlaw replied and received a punch to the face. "Maybe I'd like to be more respected!" Kraken yelled. Deadlock yells in anger as he tackles the well dressed outlaw. Tristan jumps up and grabs Deadlock as Lenny does the same. The two separate them just as Cody enters the small building. "That's enough! Y'all are in here punching each other when Anti is out there and he needs punching hard." He stated.
"Come on!" The group of outlaws walk out just as the others join them. "What's going on?" Brad asked. "We are ending a feud that has gone on for far too long." Cody replied. "You always said revenge was never something we could afford." Tristan stated.

"Have you lost hope in me son?" The young gang leader asked. "No Cody it's just that you've never done anything like this before." He replied as he gets on his horse. He pulls out his Lancaster repeater which had a carving of a coyote on the butt of the weapon and his name engraved on the barrel. "Let's ride boys." Cody says and leads the charge.
"I can't believe we're two men down." Deadlock said as they continued to ride for an hour.
"Tristen has a burnt hand and Joebuz being attacked by wolves." "They'll be fine, those two always bounce back." Cody replied.

He slows down when he reaches a cliff. At the bottom was a small mining town filled with thugs working for AntiTristan. "I want everyone to find a place down there and hole up me and Tristan are gonna check out the place then we'll meet up." Cody said getting a affirmative nod from the others. The two get off their horses and use their binoculars to survey the area. "There he is." Cody said as the king thug himself stepped out of a run down shack.

A gang member runs up to him and talks to him. "Who's that he's talking to?" Tristan asked. "I don't know...no, no, no." Cody says as they watch the ruthless gang leader slap his gun for hire and yell at him. The gang member runs, jumps on his horse and rides off. Anti and half of his men get on their horses and ride off in the other direction.
"Let's go." Cody said and puts away his binoculars.
Tristan does the same and follows behind him as they sneak  into the hideout. "Maybe I should take the lead on this one, their gonna be gunning for you." He said to Cody. "It's your call."
Cody replied. "Nah you take the lead on this one." Tristan stated after thinking it through. Cody nods, steps out of hiding and shoots two AntiLight gang members. "It's the Atlanteans!" One of them shouted. Tristan, still behind cover, takes aim and shoots another thug on a water tower.

"Send these boys to their graves!" Cody shouts and takes cover, the rest of the gang rush out and open fire. "Your ride is over!" Deadlock shouts as they overwhelmed the gang members.
Soon the little mining town was quiet and only Cody and the boys were still standing. "If you can shoot without thinking, kill with no remorse and leave no one left alive, your in Anti's gang." Cody said. "There's more coming out of the woods!" Krakenkid shouted. The group take cover and open fire on the AntiLights that were coming back from a hunting trip. "We make our stand here!" Cody yells.

The small group is yet again victorious and start searching for anything they could their hands on. "Found Anti's plans to rob that train." Krakenkid said and handed them to Cody. "I found some dynamite." Deadlock stated and puts it in his saddle bag. "Good. boys let's ride." Cody orders and they all ride back to their but half way there they see someone heading their way.
"Ain't that the feller we saw earlier?" He asked Tristan. "I'll get him." Tristan replied. "Bring him back alive." Cody said. "And I mean in good health." Tristan pulls out his lasso and rides after the man who was now trying to get away.

"Come on girl ya!" Tristan yelled to his horse as he swings the lasso around his head. He throws it when he gets close enough, the lasso goes over the man's head and stops at his torso. The young outlaw pulls the rope yanking the AntiLight off his horse. "Hoo!" He screamed when he was pulled off. Tristan pulls on his reins stopping his horse, jumps down and hog-tied the rival gang member. He picks him up and puts him on the back of his horse and climbs back on. "What's your name boy?" He asked as he rides back to camp. "I don't know." The AntiLight replied in fear. "You don't know your name." Tristan exclaimed. "It's Kieran, Kieran Duffy." The man replied.

"Well Kieran it's a bad day for you." Tristan stated. "Please don't kill me." He begged. "That's not up to me." Tristan replied and rides into camp. "Please no." Kieran begged. "Ah don't worry their real nice." Tristan stated and pulls him off his horse after dismounting. He carries the scared man to one of the cabins.
"So you caught him." Cody said as he watched his right hand man approach him. "Yes sir." Tristan replied and layed him on the ground. He pulls out his knife and cuts the rope around the man's feet. Deadlock and Rasmus step outside and lift the man to his feet. "Boys take our guest somewhere warm and dry." Cody said and looks Kieran in the eyes.
"We have a saying here my friend save a man as need saving, feed them as need feeding and we are going to find out what you need." He said sternly then he chuckled. "I can't believe it an AntiLight in my camp!" He exclaimed. "I'm not a AntiLight Mister!" Kieran cried as the two men take him away. "I hate that feller!" "Get some rest we got work to do Tomorrow." Cody said to Tristan. The young man nods and goes to his cabin.

The next day

Tristan steps out of his cabin and trudges through the snow to see what Cannibalcrab was up to.
Cannibalcrab was a decent sized man with ginger hair, a pot gut and he had a peg leg after losing his leg during his service in the Navy. "We're going to starve Mr. Dodd." He said bluntly. "We're ok."Tristan replied as he peeked into the pot. "All we have is a few vegetables and a rabbit, Deadlock went hunting and found nothing." Cannibalcrab said and hobbled over to the pot where he smacked Tristan's hand when the outlaw tried to taste the stew. "If we don't get food we won't make it." Cannibalcrab stated clearly. "Enough of this." A voice said and the two turn their heads to the origin of the it. Standing there was Tristen, bow in one hand and the reins of his horse in the other. "I'm going hunting Tristan you can come with me." He said and mounted his horse.
"Ok." Tristan replied and got on his horse. The two ride out hoping to find something for the gang to eat. "Thank you for letting me ride Maggie the other day." Tristan said. "She's one of the strong ones." Tristen replied as he pets his horse.

"I never was good with a bow." Tristan stated. "You'll get the hang of it." Tristen replied and the two stop near a river and Tristan grabs his bow. "There's deer here  do you see the tracks?"  Tristen asked. "No." Tristan replied honestly. "Focus." The younger outlaw said. Tristan looks at the snow covered ground and sees the tracks. He crouches down and follows them.
After awhile of hunting the two men returned with two deers for their next meal. "Well Mr. Dodd would you like to help me skin these?" Cannibal asked as he picks up one of them and hangs it up so he could gut it. "Do I get to skin you?" Tristan asked. Cannibal chuckles and picks up one of his knives. Tristan pulls out his hunting knife and skins the second deer. "They told me you was a butcher." Cannibal stated as he watched. "Yeah my pa was a big game hunter so I picked it up from him." Tristan replied. "This'll be some good eaten."
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Chapter two is done I hope you all enjoy reading it, chapter three will be out later also there will be some cursing and swearing because the characters will tend to get *cough* carried away *cough* so be warned.