A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 8 John Marston

Arthur and Dutch returned to the Coulter Village camp after dark. Before they even got off their horses, Abigail was already waiting for Arthur at the intersection.

She was very anxious and had been standing here waiting for a long time.

She didn't know what to do or who else to ask for help.

Looking at Arthur who came back, Abigail stepped forward and said anxiously: "Arthur, Arthur, I'm sorry to trouble you again, but it's been two days, and John has been missing for two days."

After being missing for two days in this windy and snowy weather, he was probably trapped.

On the side, Hosea and Javier walked towards Abigail and Arthur.

Hosea also learned that John had been missing for two days. In any case, as a member of the gang, John should have gone out to look for him after he had been missing for two days.

What's more, in Hosea's heart, John was also a child he raised by himself. Even if this child made mistakes, he could not be like Dutch, and he could never blame his child for his choices.

Hosea said to Arthur: "Take Javier with you and look for John. It's dark now. You should pay more attention to the smoke and fire. Although we are all worried about him, don't worry if we don't find him." I’m too anxious, remember to come back first, we can make plans again when it gets bright tomorrow and let more people who are free go out to look for him.”

Javier on the side nodded, mounted his horse and said, "Let's go Arthur, if I were missing, he would also come to find me."

It's surprising that Javier is willing to look for John together. After all, except for Arthur, John's relationship with everyone else doesn't seem to be very good.

Probably because of Hosea.

Abigail kept thanking her from the sidelines.

Arthur didn't say much, turned the horse's head, took the food and shotgun, and set off again with Javier.

While leading the way, Javier told Arthur the information he knew: "Go this way. As far as I know, John is heading upstream of the river."

Javier had already asked others in the camp.

Arthur pressed down his cowboy hat and said, "I only know that he walked north without looking back, but I think we should be able to find him on the snowy mountains."

Javier felt in his heart that John probably left his wife and children and ran away again. After all, this was not the first time.

Although he didn't know why Arthur was so confident that he could find him, Javier didn't think too much and made up his mind to go back after a while and just have an explanation.

The two people walked up the river on this windy and snowy night. The wind and snow along the way limited their sight. If it weren't for the river as a signpost, and only relying on the illumination of the lantern, the two of them would have almost gotten lost in this vast white mountain. .

After riding for a long time, just when Javier was about to give up and return, the smoke column from a campfire not far away attracted his attention. He hurriedly shouted: "Hey, I see smoke, let's go and take a look." look."

Arthur also saw it and said, "Be careful, it might be someone from the Odrisk Gang."

The two continued to move towards the direction of the smoke column, and soon discovered an unoccupied bonfire.

After Javier dismounted and checked, he said: "There is someone here and has left. It must have been a while."

"The traces on the ground are no longer obvious, but you can tell that it went in that direction."

Arthur nodded and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

Looking at the size of the bonfire, there should be only one person, and it was most likely John.

"The traces are in the direction of the river. Let's cross the river first."

Arthur soon found another trace on the other side of the river. Javier looked at it carefully and said, "I'm not sure if it's John yet, but I'm sure it's a horse's hoof print. Well... there are some that look like wolves?" Arthur also The footprints of these beasts were found. Yes, it was John. Arthur had already remembered that John was attacked by a wolf and fell off the cliff, and was then trapped on a platform.

The specific time is not clear, but it was almost two days after the disappearance, so I don’t know if there will be any changes.

So, in order to prove the accuracy of his memory, Arthur was going to ask Javier about the hijacking of the ship. After all, Javier happened to be the group of people on the ship at that time, so he could compare it with what he remembered.

Arthur said: "By the way... Javier, you were also on the ship at the time. What happened on that ship?"

Javier said simply: "At first, everything went smoothly, we got the money, and then, suddenly, enemies poured out from all directions."

Arthur asked: "It's Detective Pinkerton, right?"

Javier didn't feel anything was wrong, nor did he think about why Arthur knew that Pinkerton had ambushed them. He simply replied: "Yes, damn Detective Pinkerton. There are bullets and bullets from all directions. He is going crazy." .”

"The situation was very bad and chaotic. Dutch had no choice but to kill a girl. Although it was cruel, you can't blame him. Everything was in chaos at that time."

Everything was correct, Arthur had a complicated look on his face, and suddenly, he seemed to see something moving around him in a trance, and the horse under his crotch also started to stir.

Javier was in front and didn't notice it. He just continued talking. After all, no one had talked about this in the past few days. It was rare for Arthur to ask. It was a rare opportunity to talk. He unconsciously said more: " David was shot, and so were Mike and John...We didn't even see what happened to Sean, and to be honest, I still don't understand how I escaped."

"By the time you showed up across town to pick us up, we were barely holding on."

Arthur touched Carrot's neck, and whispered comfort in the horse's ear. At this moment, he was no longer listening to what Javier was saying, and was carefully observing the surroundings. The sudden heavy snow made his sight even worse. up.

Arthur spurred his horse forward to align himself with Javier, and said: "We have to hurry up, the traces are almost invisible, and prepare our weapons. There are wild beasts around us."

Wolf, white wolf, Arthur's eyesight was very good, even if the weather was bad, he still saw the wolf, and there was more than one.

After walking some distance further, the horse gradually calmed down, but it was already starting to lose some strength.

Halvey said: "Be careful, the road here has become narrower, there is a deep pit next to it, and the snow is new, be careful not to miss the mark."

When they arrived here, the two could no longer see any footprints. They just searched forward directionlessly. Although he tried to recall, Arthur still couldn't remember exactly where he should have found John.

Fortunately, not long after, under Arthur's deliberate observation, they discovered the body of a horse that had been covered in snow lying on the snow not far away.

Javier dismounted again, pushed aside the snow and looked carefully, and said: "It's a wolf. The horse has been hollowed out. This horse belongs to John. I remember that when he left Blackwater Town, this was the horse he was riding. "

Arthur got off his horse, patted his old buddy, and said, "It's almost here. Let's get off the horse and let them rest for a while, and then make some noise to see if he can hear it."

As he spoke, Arthur took out his revolver and fired two shots into the sky.

Sure enough, as soon as the gun fired, the two heard a loud cry for help not far away.

"Here! Help! I'm here!"

Arthur and Javier quickly led the horses towards the place where the sound came from. They did not dare to leave the horses alone and had to pull them along.

"Is anyone there? I'm here!"

John didn't expect that he could still make a sound, and he didn't expect that he would have hope again after he was prepared to wait here to die.

(End of this chapter)