Snippet #938260

Coast watched as the other girl came around, putting his other shoulder over her arm to help him walk. He was sure he'd be fine but, the friendly attention was nice for once. Most strangers he had met on his travels were people either trying to shoot him, or needed to be shot. He watched as the U.S. Marshall & Frank walk off, smiling in appreciation for Frank calling him "Brave". That man had really pulled Coast's ass out of the fire, and he knew he owed him his life. Still, his eyes went down as the man had told him not to bring any trouble to his town.

Coast had probably brought more trouble than he knew....this thought scared him. He took his arms from around the two women and looked at them. They were friendly, caring for his health and of his wounds. He took a swig of the water that Frank, another man that had looked out for him had given and shook his head. There wasn't anyway he could let those guys come back and do more damage to this town. He needed to go out and track them down. Stop whatever advance or plans they had and make sure that this place didn't see another bullet embedded in it's buildings, or God forbid one of these nice people.

"Ah...Ah need to find my horse." He said as he stepped backwards. He pointed towards Crystal and spoke, trying his best to smile. They would be able to hear the hesitation his voice. He wasn't good at masking what he thought. Probably a side-effect of having been a loner now for these past years. "You said you saw my horse? Where at hon?" He watched as her eyes retraced the flight of the horse and took off in that direction. His arm still hurt, and more than likely he probably should find the doctor, but these people were too good to be ambushed by God knows how many of those crazy confed wannabes.

After running down the road he finally caught sight of the prized horse he had stolen from the men. He went over his pack, removing some more water, ammo, and a custom winchester repeater. He cursed under his breath as he remembered that his other revolver had yet to be found. He slung his rifle over his shoulder and put away some ammo. He also took some money from the back and tried his best to get on the saddle.

The pain in his arm revived immediately....

So he went back to where the two women had been, smiling awkwardly as he spoke out. "So uh...where be that doctor ya'll were talking about?" Coast knew that time was of the essence. But what good could he be if his good shooting arm was shaking and if it was hell to even mount his horse.

"Ya'll got anywhere to feed and hitch whiskey?" He pointed to the horse as he let go of the lead reigns.

Still, he knew for every minuet he remained in this town would be another minuet that those bad folk were riding to hustle plenty more to come back and serve their brand of justice to this place.