A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 2 The Van der Linde Gang
"Miss Gasgill, light up the fire."

Mary Beth Gasgill, Arthur has always felt that Mary was an excellent fraudster, and Hosea and her were the perfect fraud partners. She was always polite when speaking, and there was no doubt that she had a kind heart. A quality that is praised by others in the gang as an excellent deception skill.

"Miss Jones, get all our blankets."

The person who nodded and went to get the blanket was Karen Jones. As a woman, she had a tough character that was not inferior to that of a man.

Arthur remembered clearly that she once waved her revolver and loudly told him that she was good at fraud, robbing banks, robbing rich people and other terrible things, telling him not to underestimate her. Of course, she also said There are many other things that unfortunately everyone can’t remember exactly what was said in the end.

Because, that very night, this frizzy woman almost drank everyone to the point of being drunk, including Arthur.

"Miss Jackson, don't worry about here for now, take little Jack next door to have something to eat."

Ah, Tilly Jackson, the tragic life has been with her since she was born. As a black person, and a black person living in this era, Arthur shook his head. The black people he knew generally grew up in hunger, fear and loneliness. Big ones, only a few are not, and Tilly is obviously no exception.

Of course, none of us are exceptions.

Susan didn't notice Arthur, who was lost in thought, and continued to assign tasks to everyone with his own authority and experience.

Unlike most people who are at a loss at this moment, Susan Grimshaw knows what kind of order a gang needs, especially in the current situation, everyone always needs a parent to comfort and guide them What to do.

"Mr. Pearson, don't be in a daze anymore. Go next door to see if Mr. and Mrs. Adler need help. We should prepare for dinner. By the way, count our food and see what is left. Thank God, Arthur gave us We brought back some supplies, which is good news at least. Otherwise we would all have to eat the navy beer you brought to satisfy our hunger!"

Although Ms. Grimshaw is no longer young, in the face of days of running away and blizzard attacks, she will not fall down despite being exhausted. If it is useful, she will not hesitate to give the damn weather a blow.

Arthur looked at Susan quietly. There was still snow on her body that had not been cleared in time. With one hand holding an oil lamp and the other on her waist, she stood among the crowd, giving instructions one after another in an orderly manner.

The atmosphere in the room was heavy, and the cold wind knocked on the windows from time to time.

"David seems to have stabilized. This medicine is really effective." Abigail looked very happy.

Arthur vaguely remembered in the future?Or in the near future, antibiotics will be the best choice to face this situation. As for what antibiotics are, Arthur tried hard to remember but never figured it out.

"Thank God, everyone's efforts have not been in vain." Pastor Swan was also very happy. It seemed that he didn't have to talk to God today.

"Pastor Swan, if it's convenient, please ask God, what should we do now? Although David has stabilized, he needs more medicine. We may have to stay here for a while, and we need a lot of other supplies." Hosea looked at David on the bed with a sad face.

"Oh, Hosea Qing, forgive me. I am just a pastor who is addicted to worldly pleasures. My connection with God is obviously not that close. I feel that David does not need my help for the time being. Now, I must go and do it for this poor poor man." Let's have a drink." Then he went next door to see the beer Pearson packed into the car.

"Dutch, tell me something, like your new plan." Arthur silently walked up to Dutch and patted him. Hosea was also beside him, waiting for him to come up with a plan like he did in the past.

Dutch put the gold pocket watch in his hand back into his pocket, and said while thinking: "First of all, you all need to stay here...keep yourself as warm as possible, I will have a good plan, there will be, just like in the past Same.

"Now, everyone needs to make sure they don't fall down."

Dutch held his hands and hung them in front of him. Hosea beside him consciously lifted an oil lamp in front of him so that everyone could focus their attention and eyes here.

"I have sent John and Micah to explore the way ahead. Arthur and I will go out now... to see if we can find them." Dutch looked at Arthur, not as if he was asking for his advice.

Hell, in this weather, Arthur is not sure he wants to go out. Even if he wears the thickest windbreaker, this damn weather can freeze someone to death, and he probably knows that Micah and John should be at the Adler family's farm now, Now there is still a group of people from the Kom Gang hiding from the blizzard.

This is not a good job, he has no dead eyes?Facing a group of armed thugs without numerical superiority will cause huge casualties.

Wait, what is dead eye?

"Arthur?" Seeing Arthur in a daze, Dutch shouted: "Let's go back as soon as we go. This is the only choice..." After saying that, he turned to face everyone: "Everyone, listen to what I have to say."

"We've had... a very difficult few days, we've lost some of our mates, Jenny, Sean, Mike...David's been seriously injured, maybe they'll make it through, maybe they won't, if I could just... give my life They come back..."

Dutch pointed forward and looked at everyone.

"I won't hesitate at all! But... we will move on and find the supplies we need! The point is, everyone, we are safe now."

"No one will continue to hunt us in a snowstorm like this."

Everyone below had their arms folded, breathing with their hands and looking absent-minded. Arthur was thinking about another thing and was a little distracted.

Dutch continued his generous speech.

"...And by the time they caught up here...we were already...we were already far away."

"We've been through tougher situations than this! Mr. Pearson, Ms. Grimshaw, I need you to convert this place into a camp. We may need to stay here for a few days," "Now each of you... each Personally..." After saying so much in succession, Daqi wanted to conclude.

"Warm yourself up! Be strong, trust me."

"This is not our end!" After saying that, Dutch turned around, picked up the coal lamp and walked out of the house.

"Hurry up, Arthur, follow me." Dutch was still Dutch, Arthur clapped the cowboy hat in his hand and put it on.

Pushing open the door, the strong wind and snow blew off the hat Arthur had just put on.

Arthur leaned over to pick up the hat and said: "I set out earlier than them. I met the Adlers at the bottom of the mountain. They ran a small farm there. I didn't meet them on the way back. They might Went in the other direction.”

Arthur was not sure whether the Kom gang would come again after he hired the Adlers back, but in any case, it was obviously a good thing to avoid encountering each other in this situation. Bullets don't have eyes.

"Hey, I never got a chance to ask you."

Just as Arthur was about to move forward, Dutch spoke first:
"I heard that your plan was successful?"

Arthur flicked the snow off the brim of his hat and just nodded.

"What happened on the ship at that time?" Everything happened too fast, so fast that it seemed abnormal to Arthur. He didn't want to use his brain to think too much before, and he doesn't want to now, but he can't In no mood.

Although in his heart, he probably already knew what happened on the ship, he still wanted to ask.

From the time they set out to take action to the failure of their plan to escape, the police moved too quickly, as if they were waiting for Dutch and the others on the boat to fall into the trap. Arthur was sure that someone had betrayed them.

He was waiting for Dutch's explanation.

The portable coal lamp gave off a faint light and heat.

"We're missing you, that's all."

When Arthur heard this, he twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled. It was really a sensational and vague answer.

"Let's go."

Charles led two horses towards them from the opposite side and said:
"Hey! I thought you guys needed horses."

Charles wrapped himself tightly, with a layer of cloth wrapped under his cowboy hat. Although the wind and snow blocked his view, Arthur could still see at a glance that Charles's bandaged left hand was pulled by the reins and started to bleed again.

He remembered that Charles was also involved in Dutch's "ingenious" ship-jacking plan.

Damn Micah's great plan.

Taking the reins from Charles, Dutch stopped Charles from wanting to go with him and asked him to go back to the house to recuperate.

"That hand of yours needs some work."

"I'm fine, Dutch."

"Go back to the house, kid."

"We need you to get better Smith." After persuading him, Arthur got on the horse and followed Arthur through the hard ride in the wind and snow.
"I wonder what else we'll find out there, Dutch."

"I don't know. Stay close to me and follow the road as much as possible. This damn weather has been going on for more than two days. It's almost time to end."

Riding horses in the mountains wrapped in wind and snow, the sky and earth are covered in snow except for the howling wind.

After crossing a small bridge across the stream, the horses' hooves carved a path in the snow and moved forward.Not sure if it was too quiet not to say anything while riding, or if talking would make him feel less cold, Dutch said:
"Arthur, I need your help to restore the confidence of others. You are the only one I can rely on now."

Arthur didn't know what to say. Dutch, should you try to save my confidence in you first?

"Daqi..."

"Wait, is someone coming towards us?"

(End of this chapter)