A few weeks later…

"Alright...I think I did okay." (Y/n) said as she runs her fingers through Arthur’s hair, after having to cut it for him. "Well, you hadn't cut my ear off...so, I guess we're good." Arthur teased and (y/n), playfully, shoves his shoulder. "Shut up." She said and Arthur chuckles then he leans his head back to look at her, as she stands behind him.

She gives him a small smile then leans down and gives him a quick kiss then she stands up. "You know...I have to tell you something." Arthur said and she gives him a look. "Okay..." she said. "I just wanted to say thank you. For saving me...and taking care me. I-I appreciate it." He said. "Of course." (Y/n) said then she gives him a quick kiss again. "Someone had to take care of your grumpy ass." She said and Arthur snorts a laugh at this.

At that moment, Swanson comes up. "I thought I’d be burying you, Mr. Morgan." He said as he walks up to the two. "Not quite yet, Reverend." Arthur said. "Good. How you feeling?" Swanson asked him and Arthur moves his shoulder that was shot but now was healed. "Oh…about the same as you." he said. "I’m sorry to hear that. Well…take care of yourself." Swanson said. "You too." Arthur said and Swanson turns to (y/n).

"Miss (l/n)." He said.

"Reverend." She said, nodding, and Swanson walks away.

"In all honesty, I was afraid you wouldn't make it either." (Y/n) said and Arthur turns to her. "Really?" He asked and she nodded. "I didn't show it but...I was terrified, Arthur. That gunshot wound on your shoulder didn't help especially when Grimshaw and I were able to get a good look at it. I was so scared..." (Y/n) said and Arthur places a hand on her cheek.

"Hey, I ain't going anywhere." He whispers and she gives a small smile to him before she turns he read and kissed the palm of his hand. The two share a look before he leans in and kisses her for a few moments. Then they break the kiss and Arthur gives a soft smile to her and she returns the smile.

"Well, I've gotta go. Charles and I are gonna go out hunting." (Y/n) said and Arthur nods. "Alright, be careful." He said. "I feel I should be saying that to you." (Y/n) teases and he chuckles before he gives her a quick kiss on the lips. Then (y/n) walks away and towards Charles.

Arthur starts to go into the camp and looks around for anything to do. He finally decided on getting hay to the horses when he noticed Annebeth was just sitting on the ground with a stick in her hand. "Hey, Annebeth." Arthur said and the little girl looks up at him. "Hey, Arthur." She greets.

"Whatcha doing?" He asked her as he goes to kneel down to her. She shrugs and mumbles. "Playing." She uses the stick like a pencil and drew randomly in the dirt. "Playing? Well, where’s Jack?" Arthur asked her. "Uncle Hosea and Aunt Abigail are teaching him how to read." She replied. 

"Well, how come you ain't with them?" Arthur asked her. "Oh, I already know how to read. Momma taught me." She replied. "Is that so?" Arthur asked with a smirk and Annebeth nods, enthusiastically. "Well, then no wonder you're so smart!" He compliments and Annebeth giggles.

"Hey, if you want...I was just about to go feed the horses, you wanna help me?" He asked her and her eyes sparkle at this. "Really?" She asked. "Sure." said Arthur and Annebeth smiles as she stands up. "Okay!" She said, excitedly, and Arthur stands up.

Then they start to walk towards the bale of hay when Arthur looks down at Annebeth. "So, I've been meaning to ask you, how do you like it here?" Arthur asked her. "It's nice. I really like the water." Annebeth said. "Oh, you swim?" He asked her. "A little." Annebeth replied then she made a face like she was trying to think of something. "I..I remember Papa teaching me..." she said and Arthur looks down at her.

"Your grandfather?" Arthur asked her and she nods then she frowns a bit at this. "You miss them, don't you?" He asked and she nods, once again. Arthur wasn't for sure how to comfort her, losing a family member was hard especially to someone so young. So he tried to think of something to take her mind off of it.

"Well, did they teach you anything else?" Arthur asked her and she thinks for a moment. "Um...I don't think so. I think I remember mamaw teaching me how to read before momma did." Annebeth replied. "Well, how bout I teach you how to take care of a horse. How's that?" Arthur asked her and she smiles. "Yes, please!" She said as they come up to some bale of hay.

"Alright, think you can help me carry this?" Arthur asked her. "I think so." Annebeth replied and she squats down just as he does. "Be careful. Can be a bit heavy." Arthur warns her. She grabs onto a part of the bale and starts to grunt as she tries to pick it up. Arthur chuckles then kind of acts like he was struggling to pick it up until he picked it up.

"There we go! Good job, Annebeth!" Arthur praised and she smiles. "Now just follow me." He said as they walk over to the horses. She keeps up with his pace as they head over the horses while she holds some loose strands of hay. 

After they fed the horses, Arthur had Annebeth in his arms as he was showing her how to pet a horse, using his horse. "Don't pat too hard. They don't like that." He instructs as she leans over and gently pats the neck of the horse. "He's so soft." Annebeth said and Arthur chuckles. "You wanna feed him?" Arthur asked her as he pulls out an apple from his satchel. "Yeah!" Annebeth said and he hands her the apple.

She takes the apple then holds it out to the horse and Arthur holds her closer to the horse. The horse turns his head then takes the apple out of Annebeth's hand. She squeals at this then pulls her hand away and starts wiping it on her clothes. "Ah! His tongue felt odd." Annebeth squealed and she started to giggle and Arthur laughs along with her just as they hear footsteps behind him.

He turns around and sees that it's Dutch. "Arthur!" He said as he stops in front of him. "Yes, Dutch?" Arthur said. "Arthur, if you feel up to it...Bill's got something cooking with the Gray boys in Rhodes. Sean and Micah are in, I'd like for you to be there too." Dutch said to Arthur and Annebeth gives a worried look towards Arthur. "Sure." Arthur said with a nod.

"And son...I'm sorry. I feel like a fool." Dutch said, apologetically. "I'm alive." Arthur said while Annebeth leans her head on his shoulder. "Well...it seemed like a good opportunity. Micah and I both feel like idiots." Dutch said.

"What happened to ya?" Arthur asked him. "Well, the whole thing...it was...it was odd. We kept waiting for them to jump us but then they all left. So we figured we meet you on the trail back but you never showed up." Dutch explained. "Yeah, well...I was getting the special guest treatment from Colm." said Arthur and Dutch looks down in regret. "I know...I know. I cannot believe what an idiot I was and that happened. I guess forgiveness...there some folks who don't deserve it." Dutch said then he shakes his head.

"Well, I'll leave you to it, then." Dutch said then he leaves and Arthur looks over at Annebeth. "I'm sorry, sweetheart. But I gotta go." Arthur said as Annebeth gives a frown a bit. "Okay..." she said and Arthur gives her a small smile. "Hey...don't pout. I'll be right back, okay?" He said and she looks into his eyes then nods. "Okay." She said then she goes and hugs him. He hugs her back just as she said. "I don't want you to get hurt again."

"Oh, don’t'chu worry about that. I'll br fine and I'll come back." He said and Annebeth pulls back from the hug as she looks at him with her own blue eyes. "You promise?" She asked him. "I promise." He replied and she nods before he walks into the camp grounds and sets her down.

"Now, you stay here within camp, okay?" He said. "Okay, Arthur." Annebeth said and Arthur ruffles her curly blonde hair. "Good girl." He said and he heads over to his horse, mounts it and heads off.

Arthur makes his way to Rhodes and sees Micah, Sean and Bill waiting for him near the general store. "We been waiting for you, Arthur." Micah said. "Well, I’m sorry to have kept you." Arthur said with sarcasm and Micah scoffs as he stands up and starts to walk around the corner. "Come on. Let’s get going." he said and the men follow him.

"What’s the plan?" Arthur asked as they start to walk down the main road of Rhodes. "We’re meeting a couple of the Grays over at the saloon. They spoke to Bill about a job…needing security." Micah explained. "After the farce of stealing the horses for them, why we doing this?" Arthur asked, feeling shocked and confused by all of this. "’Cause we need to stay in with them…and they’re paying." Micah replied.

"So what kinda security they want?" Arthur asked, still keeping his skepticism with him. "We’re about to find out. Now come on." Micah said, a bit impatiently, then Arthur turns to Bill. "This seem legit to you, Bill?" he asked Bill. "Sure." Bill replied with a shrug.

"Dutch said we was to keep on dealing with them until we find this gold." said Micah. "Can we trust them?" Sean asked. "Can we trust anyone?" Arthur asked and Sean nods. "Yeah." he said.

"Let’s just see what they say." Micah said. "They said there was some…big misunderstanding about them horses." Bill said but this made Sean suspicious. "And…what about burning their fields?" Sean asked. "They don’t know we had anything to do with that." Micah assures.

"Oh, that so?" Arthur said, skeptical. "Yeah. They think it was the Braithwaites. Listen, I know these Gray boys a bit now. This is on the level." Bill said, trying to assure him. "We’re stuck in the middle of some ancient feud, but instead of playing both sides, we’re being used by both of them." Arthur said as they start to pass the Sheriff’s office and he stops, he was feeling a bit uneasy about this whole thing.

"They were saying that Catherine Braithwaite…" Bill started to explain but Arthur talks over him. "Hey, hold up. This don’t feel right." he said, which made the men stop walking. "Now it don’t feel right? I could’a told you that-" Sean started to say as he turned to face Arthur but, suddenly, his head exploded as a bullet had entered in his head.

"Shit!" Arthur exclaims

"What the hell…" Bill shouts and they look up to see some of the Grays' on the rooftops firing at them, the boys were lead right into an ambush. "Get down!" Arthur shouts and the three of them take cover as the Grays continued to fire at them.

"Dammit!" Bill growls.

"Sons of bitches." Micah grumbles as he and Arthur fight back. "What the…ahh, dammit! I can’t believe you shot me, you bastards!" Bill shouts with a growl, almost sounding like he was betrayed by a friend. "You okay?" Arthur asked him. "I’m fine!" Bill shouts and he helps Micah and Arthur with the shootout.

Meanwhile, Arthur ducks in cover then looks over at Sean's dead body. "Oh, Sean…" Arthur said, upset, then he turns to Micah and Bill. "...you idiots!" Arthur shouts, angrily, at them. "Is he dead?" Micah asked. "Look at him, of course he’s dead!" Arthur shouts and he gets up and fires a few more rounds at the Grays'.

"How could you not think this was a trap?" Arthur asked Micah. "You sure you wanna talk about this now, Morgan?" Micah asked, annoyed, as they kept on shooting then he noticed a few of them heading into the gunstore.

"The cowards are in the gunstore! I’ll get the front, you take the back!" Micah tells Arthur and Arthur makes his way around the back, Micah goes to the front while Bill just goes all out on the men.

"None of these bastards gonna walk out of here." a man shouted as Arthur makes his way to the back door. "You’re a damn bunch of cowards!" Bill shouts as Arthur kicks the door in and makes his way through the store. One guy comes around the corner to shoot but Arthur was quicker and headshot the man.

He makes it around the corner and ends up behind the counter, only to see two men. They both aim their guns at Arthur but before anyone could react, Micah bursts in and pulls out his dual pistols and shoots both men in the head at the same time.
He looks over at Arthur and chuckles.

"You’re getting sloppy, Morgan." he said and Arthur glares at him. "You see that window in Sean’s skull? Don’t talk to me about sloppy." Arthur growls as he and Micah take cover. "Better in here than out there." Micah said.

"They’re in the gunsmith’s! All of you, pour a broadside into those sons of bitches! I want them dead!" Another man shouts and some of them head over to the gunstore. "You sure about that?" Arthur said, responding to Micah, and they start to fire back.

"So yeah, I’m thinking the Grays might be onto us after all." Micah said and Arthur looks over at him as he reloads his gun. "Now it’s sinking in?" Arthur asked, sarcastically, and they continued to fire and shoot at the men until the survivors start to run off.

"See that? Those cowards are running away." Micah said and Arthur looks out the window. "Looks like most of ’em." Arthur said. "Not all of them." Micah said and he walks out of the store, Arthur following close behind. "Sheriff Gray…" Arthur grumbles as they walk through the town full of dead bodies.

"And what about Bill? Where the hell’s he?" Arthur asked. "We’ll find him later. Come on." Micah said and they make it to the Sheriff’s office. "Sheriff Gray! You need to get a hold on this town, it’s going to hell!" Micah yells. "Who do you think you are? A bunch of two-bit thugs from God knows where? You’re so dumb to think we don’t know what you been doing." Sheriff Gray shouts from his office.

"Come out, Sheriff. It’s over." Micah said, firmly, as him and Arthur stand in front of the office. "We put down far worse than you. A hundred times over. This is the Grays’ town. Always has been, always will be!" Sheriff Gray shouted. "Only Grays I see left around here…is you!" Micah shouts. "You want us to come out? We’ll come out!" the Sheriff said and the door opens with Sheer Gray holding Bill at gunpoint just as Archibald and another man come out.

"Shit…" Bill mutters as he was lead out. "Oh…Bill…" Arthur said, exasperated. "Guns on the ground now. Both of you!" One of them said. "Don’t do it!" Bill begged. "You know we can’t do that." Arthur said and he looks over at Sheriff Gray. "You put the gun down, Sheriff!" He orders. "I’ll blow his brains out!" Sheriff Gray threatens.

"You wanna join your little friend there, do ya?" Archibald asked as he gestures over to Sean. "Either way, you’re a dead man. Morgan?" Micah said and both him and Arthur pull out their guns and, quickly, kill all of the lawmen without harming Bill.

"Shit!" Bill exclaims as Micah and Arthur holsters their guns and Arthur goes over to Sean and squats down. "He was a good kid." Arthur said, shaking his head. "Well, how the hell was I to know?" Bill asked, angrily, and Arthur glares at him. "Let me see…" Arthur growls as he stands up. "....they set us up once before…they didn’t like us…we destroyed their farm…should I go on?!" He yells, angrily.

"Go easy on him, Morgan. He was out trying to find a lead, same as you….same as Hosea. All you do is complain…when things don’t work out. Except when it’s your fault." Micah said and Bill chuckles in agreement. "You don’t know what you’re talking about. You don’t give a damn about nobody but yourself." Arthur growls as he takes a step toward Micah.

"Oh, you act so high and mighty…but you’re no better than the rest of us. I ridden with you boys close on what…six months now?" Micah said as Arthur goes to pick up Sean's body. "And all you ever done was complain. And you can fight…but you can’t think." Micah tells him as he taps his temple with his pointer finger. "You can’t do either." Arthur retorts as he goes over to Bill's horse. "Okay, cowpoke." Micah laughs while Arthur stows Sean's body on Bill's horse.

"Bill, take the boy’s body. Bury him proper someplace quiet. Micah…best you and I don’t speak for a moment." Arthur said and Micah laughs at this. "I’m just so frightened by you…" Micah cackles. "Get outta my sight…" Arthur yells as he mounts his horse and rides away. "...pair of fools." He mutters.

Few hours after that whole mess, Arthur calmed down a bit after writing in his journal then he starts to make his way back to the camp. Once there, he dismounts his horse then noticed that some of the gang were gathered around Dutch’s camp.

"I know you worry." Dutch said then he looks over to see Arthur coming. "Arthur, have you seen the kids?" Dutch asked him and Arthur stopped in his tracks at this. "No." Arthur said as Abigail runs over. "Where’s my damn son? Where is he? Where’s Annebeth? They took them didn’t they? They took the kids!" She exclaims, frantically, and Arthur's heart dropped at this.

"Who took them?" He asked. "We think the Braithwaite woman took them. That Kieran saw a couple of fellers…sound like Braithwaite boys." Hosea replied and Arthur looks around. "Where’s (y/n)? She still out with Charles?" He asked. "As far as I know, yes..." Abigail said then she places her hands on her head while Arthur turns to Dutch.

"I've gotta go find her. She needs to know this." Arthur said as he starts to turn around. "Who needs to know what?" (Y/n)'s voice asked as her and Charles come up to the camp, Arthur stopped in his tracks. His heart thumped hard in his chest, he was now scared to tell her what was happening.

(Y/n) looks around at everyone then she noticed Abigail looked frantic. "What? What's going on?" She asked and Arthur took a deep breath, preparing for it. "(Y/n)...it's about Annebeth..." Arthur said and (y/n)'s face turns to concern. "What about her?" She asked and Arthur swallows as he tries to think of how to explain it while (y/n) starts to worry as she looks between him and the gang.

"Arthur, you're scaring me." She said and Arthur sighs before he said. "We think the Braithwaites have taken her and Jack." 
(Y/n)'s eyes widen at this and she couldn't believe what she was hearing. This had to be a mistake, there was no way Annebeth was gone. She felt her legs turn to jelly and she stumbles and Charles catches her before she falls while Arthur runs over to her and places his hands on her shoulder.

"(Y/n)..." he whispers, worried. "Arthur, please tell me you're joking. Please tell me that what you just said was a lie." She begs but Arthur gives her a look and she could tell he wasn't lying. "No...no...no...no..." she stammers then she buries her head into his chest.

"We will find them, we will bring them back to both of you…" Dutch said as he looks between Abigail and (y/n). "...and we will kill any fool that had the temerity…to touch one hair on their heads. Abigail...(y/n), you two have my word." Dutch said.

"Just get me back my son." Abigail said as (y/n) shakes at this. "And my daughter..." (y/n) said, trying to keep her voice firm. "I will get the children back, so help me God…right now." Dutch said and he starts to walk towards the horses when Bill and Micah show up.

"Dutch, we just heard about Jack and Annebeth. You need some extra guns?" Bill asked. "Yeah, why not? Micah, Kieran, anyone strange turns up…you kill ’em! Rest of you, let’s ride." Dutch ordered and Bill, Charles, John, Hosea and Lenny start to mount up their horses.

Arthur then looks down at (y/n) and raises her head to face him. "I'm gonna go get her, okay?" He said and she bites her lips then shakes her head. "I'm coming with you." She said. "No, you need to stay here." Arthur said, firmly, but (y/n) shakes her head again. "No! I'm going! That's my daughter!" She said, her voice rising.

"I know but I don't need..." Arthur started to explain until (y/n) talks over him. “Arthur, my daughter is out there, probably scared of her wits and wondering if I'm looking for her! She is one of the best things that ever happened me and I’m not going to lose her like how I lost my family! I’m not just gonna sit around and wait for something to happen. I’m not the defenseless woman I used to be, I’m coming with you whether you like it or not.” she said and Arthur looks her over then let's out a small sigh.

That spark is one of the things he both loves and hates about (y/n).

​​​"That you ain't. Fine...but you stick with me, alright?" He said and she nods. "C'mon." He said as he gestures for her to follow him and they head to their horses and mount up. "Okay, let’s go get those kids back." Dutch said and they head out.

"They must’ve figured out what we was up to, Dutch." Hosea said. "Yeah, we just got shot to hell by the Grays in town." Arthur said. "I know, I heard…about Sean too." Dutch said. "What happened to Sean?" (Y/n) asked Arthur and he gives her a look and her eyes widen. "No..." she said, despairingly.

"I don’t wanna even think about that right now. We have to focus on Jack and Annebeth." Dutch said. "I swear, I’ll kill everyone there." John exclaims. "I'm with ya, John." (Y/n) said. "Easy, you two. Try to stay calm." Dutch tells them. "I’m fine." John said, trying to keep the anger from his voice, while (y/n) lowers her head, not saying anything.

"How the hell did they get to them?" Hosea asked. "I don’t know, but we are getting them back and they will pay. I promise you that." Dutch said. "What about the gold?" Bill asked and this pissed (y/n) off. "Who gives a damn about the gold?! They got Jack and Annebeth!" She said, angrily, and Bill looked a bit taken aback by this. She rarely got angry at anyone.

"I hate to break it to you, but…I don’t think there is any gold. Or if there is, it’s hidden somewhere no one knows." Hosea admitted. "What?" Lenny said, shocked. "I’ve turned every stone." Hosea said and this seemed to piss John and (y/n) even more. "For Christ’s sake, Hosea. After all that? Another perfect scam." John yells. "We underestimated them." Hosea said, calmly.

"No, they underestimated us. Enough talk. There’s no point arguing how we got here, this is where we are. And we are going to fix it. So, get your heads right. Nobody makes a move until I say so." Dutch orders as they continue on down the road and towards the Braithwaite manor.

They come up to a long road that had trees on either side of the road, which leads to a large elegant manor. "Alright everyone, dismount and come to me. We’ll go in on foot from here." Dutch said as they make it to the front gate and eveeyone began to dismount their horses.

"First Sean, now Jack and Annebeth. We should have stayed out of all this." Lenny said. "Bit late for that, ain’t it?" Bill asked and Dutch turns to them. "Quiet, we’re going to fix this right now. Come on, let’s get this done." Dutch said and everyone grabs their guns. Everyone gathers towards towards the entrance of the gate before Dutch turns to John and (y/n), who were standing next to each other.

"John...(y/n), you sure you two are okay?" Dutch asked them. "Like I said, I’m fine." John said while (y/n) looks down. Arthur comes up to her and places a hand on her shoulder. She looks back up at him, her lips were pressed in a hard line, and they share a look before she nods then looks over at Dutch. "I'm good, Dutch." She said, trying to keep her voice steady.

​Dutch nods then looks over everyone. "Follow my lead." he said and he goes around the corner of the entrance and walks through the gate, the gang follows suit. "Both these redneck families think they can ruin us? I don’t think so…" Dutch said as they come up to the manor, which is illuminated despite the late hour.

As they walk up, some of the members of the Braithwaites come out. Some of them through the front door and some of them on the top floor balcony. "There they are." Hosea said as the gang walk up, stretching out in a line. "Who steals children?" Dutch asked, angrily, as (y/n) glares at the manor.

"I’m gonna let fly at those sons of bitches." She growls and Dutch looks over at her. "Miss (l/n), I need you to stay calm." he tells her, calmly, and (y/n) takes a deep breath as they make it out on the lawn and a few feet in front of the front door.

"Get down here now! You inbred trash." Dutch screams as one of them, Gareth Braithwaite, walks out towards them. "What the hell do you want?" he asked them. "We’ve come for the kids. You must’ve known we would." Dutch said. "Shouldn’t have messed with our business now, should you?" Gareth sneers.

"Whatever complaint you have with us, alleged…or otherwise…That is a young boy and a young girl. That is not the way you do things. Hand them over." Dutch ordered but none of the Braithwaites move. "Get the hell off our land." Gareth orders and Dutch glares at them before he lets out a heavy sigh.

"If you ain’t gonna be civilized about this…" he said and everyone pulls out their guns and the gunfight begins. "Watch those balconies!" Dutch yelled as everyone ducks for cover then started to fire at the Braithwaite men.

"Bill, Javier, cover left." Dutch said and Bill and Javier head off to the left. "Charles, Lenny, more fire on the right." said Dutch and the two men go to the right. "Arthur, John, (y/n), Hosea, with me. The rest of you, watch out here for any other arrivals." He said and they started to push forward as they kill the men.

Arthur looks over at (y/n) and noticed how focused she looked as she fired her gun and killed some of the Braithwaites. Arthur then began to worry that she could be dead if she lets her head get clouded and get reckless as she continues to fire and kill the Braithwaites. He was afraid that recklessness will get her killed if she doesn’t keep her mind straight.

She never did go take cover as she fired her gun, that is til Arthur pulled her down for cover. "(Y/n)!" He yells as he pulls her down for cover. She looks over at him and he could see anger in her eyes. "What?" She growled.

“Ya need to think straight. The last thing Annabeth needs is to lose her mother." Arthur explained and (y/n)'s eyes soften a bit at this. "Remember, the plan here is to find the kids and bring them home. I’ll handle the rest.” He said and (y/n) looks down, thinking for a moment, then let's out a sigh before she nods at him. Then that's when Dutch and Hosea were able to get to the front door and kicked the door in.

"Get in there! Find Jack and Annebeth! And find that Braithwaite woman!" Dutch shouts and they all run into the manor. "Jack, can you hear me?" John calls out. "Annebeth! You here?" (Y/n) calls out as they look through the rooms. "Where are you?" John calls out as Arthur goes to another room.

"Jack! Annebeth! You two in here?" Arthur called out as he goes to open the door. Once he opens it, a man pops up and aims a gun at him. Quickly, Arthur aims his revolver and shoots the man in the head.

"Arthur, get up here and give us a hand!" Dutch's voice calls out from upstairs and Arthur heads up there as John and (y/n) comes up and follows. They get to the second floor and down the hall and see Hosea and Dutch in front of a door on the right.

"Barricaded…this must be where they’re holed up…There’s something…pushed up against it…" Hosea said as he and Dutch try to open the door. "Open the damn door!" Dutch shouts but then they heard gunshots and they duck down to avoid the bullets.

"Shit! John, Arthur, (y/n), we’ll hold them down here." Dutch said and at that moment they hear Charles shout. "We got more coming in!" John and (y/n) run out the door towards the balcony and begin to fire at the reinforcements, Arthur follows closely behind them.

"Look out, more coming from the right!" John shouts and Arthur goes over to him and shoots as (y/n) stayed at the front and fired at the oncoming threat. 

Few minutes later, the remaining Braithwaites started to get overwhelmed and began running. "Looks like they’re running!" (Y/n) shouts as she goes over to the right and comes up to Arthur and John. "Good. Now, let’s find a way into that room." Arthur said as he and John goes to this door on the right of them.

"One…Two…Three…" John counts down and he and Arthur break down the door while (y/n) had her gun ready. Once the door breaks, they see two men inside and they go to aim and fire but with the combination of John, Arthur and (y/n)'s firepower...these men didn't stand a chance.

They fall over on the floor and Dutch and Hosea were able to break in and walk into this large bedroom. They go over to this closet and open it, revealing Catherine Braithwaite. "You want me to kill you too, old woman?" Dutch asked, threatening, as he pulls her out of the closet and pushes her up against the wall of the room.

"You bastards." She exclaims, angrily. "Where are the children?" Hosea asked her, firmly, as Dutch has his gun aimed under her chin. "We have lived in this house for a hundred and twenty years. We never had no problems ’cept for Yankees." Catherine yells.

"Where's the boy and the girl? Who took them?" Hosea asked again but Catherine wouldn't reply to that question. "You killed my sons." she shouts. "Oh, and I will surely kill the rest of them…unless you start talking." Dutch said and Catherine glares at him. "Oh, I know your type. Common scum." she spat at him and he leans in closer to her in a threatening manner.

"Where are the kids?" Dutch asked in a threatening tone. "You filth." she spat at him and this angers Dutch and also John and (y/n). (Y/n) clenched her fists at this and Arthur took notice of this, he places a hand on her shoulder and shakes his head at her once she looks at up at him.

"Alright, we get her outta here." Dutch said as he grabs Catherine. "And what about them?" Arthur asked as he gestures towards the dying men on the floor. Dutch then turns his gun to the men and shoots them, killing them, which made Catherine scream out in despair and grief.

"Let’s get this hag outside." Dutch said as he drags her out of the room. John and Hosea follow while Arthur and (y/n) share a look before they walk out of the room as well. "Any more of her sons to deal with?" Dutch asked. "Nope, reckon they’re all dead." Arthur replied then Catherine screams out. "Nooo! No!"

She holds onto the railing of the stairs but Dutch yanks her away and drags her down the stairs. "That’s right, burn this dump to the ground!" Dutch said as Hosea and John torches the house. "You boys sure Jack and Annebeth ain’t in here?" Dutch asked as they make it down the stairs.

"We searched everywhere, Dutch." Hosea informs as Dutch throws Catherine on the floor and she crawls on it as the building starts to catch on fire. "I guess that’s the end of the damn cribbage game." Hosea said as Catherine crawls away from Dutch. "Yeah…" Dutch mutters then he turns to Catherine. "...come here…There you go." He said as he grabs her, puts her on his shoulder and carriers her out for the manor. 

"You damn yankee." she yells. "There you go." Dutch said as he puts her on the ground in front of the manor then puts a gun to her head. "I never liked you." Catherine said to Hosea as everyone gathers around her.

"Why’d you take the kids, Mrs. Braithwaite? Boys and girls are off limits." Hosea said and Catherine looks up at them in anger. "You stole my liquor. You stole my horses. Ain’t no rules in war, Mr…"

"Matthews." Hosea said, finishing her sentence. "Yes…yes, that’s it." Catherine grumbles and Hosea kneels down to her. "Where’s the kids?" he asked again and she turns around and sits up, glaring at the gang. "My sons gave them to Angelo Bronte. So my guess is Saint Denis. Either there…or on the boat to Italy." She replied and (y/n)'s heart dropped at this while Hosea stands back up.

"Let’s go." He said and he and John walks off. Dutch starts to walk away while (y/n) looks down at the ground. Arthur places his hands on her shoulder again and she looks at him, her eyes filling with tears. "Arthur, (y/n), come on!" Dutch calls out and Arthur looks down at Catherine, who was sobbing as she looks at her house being engulfed in flames.

"What we doing with her?" Arthur asked as he gestures to the old woman. "Leave her." Dutch said and Arthur takes (y/n)'s hand and leads her away. "I told you she was crazy." Hosea said as they leave Catherine Braithwaite in front of her burning house and the corpses of her sons. Driven mad, she runs back to the mansion as the gang slowly walks away towards their horses.

Minutes later, they make it back to the camp and they dismount their horses and started to walk into the camp to let the others know what happened. But Arthur and (y/n) stay back a bit as Arthur turns to her. "You okay?" Arthur asked (y/n), softly. (Y/n) stops and stands there for a moment then slowly raises her head to him.

Arthur felt his heart break as teardrops fall on her cheeks. "Arthur..." she said, her voice breaking, then she lowers her head and he pulls her into an embrace. She begins to sob and he places a hand on her head and run his fingers through her hair as he tries to calm her.

"It’s okay...it's okay...we'll get her back." Arthur whispers as he holds her. "I just want our baby back." She cries and Arthur was taken aback by this. He was shocked that (y/n) called Annebeth our baby and not her baby. He almost wanted to ask her about that but he didn't think it was appropriate right now.

She was distraught and needed him there for her, so he hugs her tighter as she sobs into his chest. Arthur thinks to himself how he’ll bring Annabeth back even if it’s the last the thing he’ll do and make those who dare lay a hand on her pay.