Timmy's stories
Jul. 11, 2008
wagon train part three
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please excuse any mistakes i may have missed. horsegal Part three Amber wasn't sure how many hours had passed she almost hope that they would stop soon. She was hot and tired, Jacob had pushed the wagons far today, and the sun had already started to set. She rode up to the front wagon. "When were your plans to stop?" She asked. "If we keep moving-" "We can't!" "Why?!" "Do you have any idea how hard it will be to travel after dark? There are many night animals and they are not friendly, take if from someone who has come face to face with a panther while trying to travel after dark. Let me tell you, they will try their best to get you down, and there is a native reserve around here," she stop for a breath. "Oh, well we will pull up here." Jacob said, "Stop the wagons!" The wagons slowly came to a stop. Amber pulled up her horse, turning him towards the back she moved him into a faster pase. "Hey, things good back here?" she asked coming to a stop infront of Andy, "Where is James?" "He went to check something out, he left about ten minutes ago." "Why didn't you tell me?!" "He said that it wasn't any big worry." "Which way did he go?" "He headed south, are you going after him?" Amber nodded, "tell Chis I should be back by sun down, if I'm not don't come looking for me I will be able to find you guys and catch up." "Ok." Amber turn her horse south and moved off. She glanced to the ground looking for a sign of hoof prints moving away from the wagons. After riding for about twenty minutes, she seen tracks heading off, frowning she moved into a faster pace, sundown was coming and the last thing she wanted was to run into a panther. Fallowing the tracks into the bush she came upon a camp the had been abandon this morning she was sure of it. Amber glanced down and seen tracks where James had gotten off and looked around, Amber grinned as she seen tracks of the horse taking off and James had ran after it. Then she frowned, now she was going to have to find him that much faster, before something got him. Suddenly the trees moved beside her, the horse side steped quickly, "whoa!" Amber pulled her gun and aimed at the bush, "Alright who ever is in there come on out." James pushed the bush aside and came walking out. "Would you please not point that thing at me?" "James?!" Amber put her gun away, "what are you doing here? I thought you went after your horse." "Who told you that?" "Your tracks." " I went after him, but I couldn't keep up, so I came back here, because I knew you would come looking for me." "Well your lucky I did." Amber said, "Get on," she reached her hand down and helped James get on behind her, "you better hope that Jacob can lend you a horse or your riding in the wagon." "Yea, but on to something more inportant, did you see the camp? That means someone is following us." "No it means that they are ahead of us...by atleast a day. The camp had been left this moring, so they are trying to get to the land first." "Great and I was hoping that no one would try to bother us." "The hard part about it is that we don't know how many there are. So we'll have to keep better watch. And not leave without telling anyone!" "OK ok!" As they came upon the camp Amber see a few extra horses standing on the out skirts of the wagon circle, " looks like they beat us here," she murmerd, she turned the horse back to the bush. Stopping him, she swung off the horse James tied it to a tree. "Go around the left side, don't get caught." "Right," he said as he moved off. Amber pulled her gun and moved towards the right side of the wagons, when she got to the wagon, seeing the fire in the middle with three men sitting around it, Andy and Chris where off to the side their hands behind their back, Amber wondered were the people were. But that wasn't what she needed to worry about now. One of the men started to talk. "When is Peter coming?" One said, "he said he would be here, I sure don't want to be around when the other two get back, they won't be happy." "Well thats why we are going to keep an eye out for them," said the second. Amber aimed her gun at the fire knowing if she hit it just so, the flames would explode giving her and James a chance to move in. She fired, instantly the flames exploded. She heard the shouts of the three men as they tried to get out of the way of the flames. Amber ran over to Chris and Andy. "Glad your here," said Chris, as she untied him ,"they came up on us fast, there were about five two left." "Took us by sirprise," added Andy. "They shouldn't have," Amber said as she finished freeing Chris, "why do you think that Jacob hired us? To protect them. We aren't doing a very good job!" "OK, your right we weren't paying attention, but atleast we have em now, they will have to answer our questions," Andy said. "Hey, guys!" James came running up, "they got away I couldn't catch them. And I found my horse at the edge of the camp." Amber glanced towards Andy, he shrugged. "Where are the people?" She asked James. "Hiding in the wagons." "No one was hurt?" "Nope, oh look here comes Jacob." Jacob came stalking over. "Where were you when they came?!" He bellowed. "I was out looking for-" "You should have been here!" He yelled, "someone could have been hurt!" "I know and I'm sorry! It won't happen again!" "Your right it won't! I'm firing you!" " Look I know your mad, but thats not the best idea," Amber spoke slowly in order to hold her temper. " Oh? and why not?" "Because you have no idea how to survive here, you won't last long." "We will do fine." Amber reached for her reins, "I'm sorry it had to come to this," she mounted with the men in tow, and they headed back to town. (part four on the way) |
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