RIDE THE ELEMENTALS.

THE CON-BEGINNING.

Horses rush to a train as it keeps moving, A man shouted to his subordinates “This is it boys, hya!!”, horses kept on galloping harder as they continued to hit them with whips and with their rowels at the back of their shoes against their croup. They caught up to the train and helped each other as the last men on each side guided the horses back to the rendezvous point. A young man with an intense look like that of a coyote wore a wild rag covering the lower part of his face draws two revolvers ready for action, A man spoke with utter seriousness, “you already know the drill, no backing down, you do this, you get rich for a lifetime….”. Jefferson’s mining company were at it again transporting gold and other minerals to another town for safekeeping before trade. The cargo train belonging to the Jefferson’s mining company got raided by bandits. Information got leaked to the group of outlaws which got them to act first followed by the law enforcers who already have their hands occupied with another case in Loguetown which is being staged by the members belonging to the BLACK COYOTE BANDITS with their leader Jack Stonebeard, said to be the most notorious outlaw to ever lived in the wild west. Stonebeard led the heist on the train, information was relayed to him making it clear that their loot was on the third car. The young man was ordered to pack a bag load full of dynamite and attach to the metal which holds the car dividing it into two. The train coordinator felt the impact of the dynamites as it goes kaboom!!!!!!! With a huge shockwave separating them into two parts, the coordinator then goes for his long rifle but it went to no avail due to his poor shooting skills as they hid themselves on the other side of the train, its speed kept decreasing little by little on its railway. Stonebeard and the rest of the crew took their time and searched the train thoroughly, they cracked on a hole on top of the ceiling of the train and a chest full immediately falls out with strings attached to it. Ed-Slade Jnr, known as the best sniper of his time reached out to claim their loot as he intuitively held on for a while, suspense filling the air, he hurriedly pushed and told them to fall back triggering the defense mechanism in the train in case anybody tried to loot the chest, the third car blows up not knowing the third car of the train was wired with dynamites. The impact was so heavy it attracted so much attention. Stonebeard called out to the young boy who seem to have been spaced out due to the explosion, “Bart, Bart!!!!”. Injuries covered Bart and the rest of the crew, Slade walks up and reaches out to claim their loot but it was fake, nothing more than painted rocks, filled with rage he hurriedly picks up his rifle, mounts on his horse and rushes to the highest peak he could find. Stonebeard said, “go Slade, stop the train” he said with unease. Slade then rushes through the mountains, taking a shortcut and marking the coordinator… all they heard was a shot and he once again lived up to his legend stopping the other train. The train coordinator accidentally falls on the train, slowing it down. Bart immediately wakes up gasping for breath as he turns to Stonebeard, “WE STICK TO THE PLAN”, he said. They rushed to the other pair of the train strongly assured the gold was on the first car which has the exact hole on its ceiling. Slade carefully cuts the wires attached to the chest and lowers it, Moods lighten after a long day of work, Slade then cracks it open and moves away from the train. another defense mechanism in the chest sets off and goes haywire as it kills one of the bandits. Stonebeard infuriated with anger, He calls it off, trying to flee from the site they got rounded up by the Sheriff alongside with other law enforcers ordering them to surrender. Stonebeard boldly disappointed told Bart everything was going to be okay. The Black Coyote Bandits surrendered and pulled down their wild rags from their faces. They took them to their station and charged them for the numerous murders and countless robberies going and the penalty was the death of them all. Mr. Jefferson and only a few of his stakeholders decides where they put the gold and how it is been transported, this time an old man working in Mr. Jefferson butchery in his ranch transported 80% of the gold and will be paid ransomely at the end of the bargain. 20% of the gold were divided into four and kept in sacks which were found at the corners of the fourth car of the train. This was not only to prevent robbery but to bait and kill Jack Stonebeard and the other coyote bandits for their notorious crimes these past few years. Stonebeard together with his subordinates were down on their knees, guns were heavily pointed at them in case of any sudden action. A bandit tried to suddenly change the tide by gaining the upper hand as he tried to reach for the rifle of a law enforcer got pushed back and received numerous shots from the rest of the law enforcers so as to help Stonebeard and the others flee. Stonebeard and his most trusted subordinate kept smiling even in the situation the find themselves in. Stonebeard and the rest were taken into their prison cells to be executed in the next two days, nothing has still changed as he kept on smiling. Bart looked up to the man with this sense of confusion and unease as to what Stonebeard was up to, he literally had nothing but to ride all of his hopes on this man. A thorough search began and several items were confiscated but Jack stood up demanding for just a single piece of item, his pocket watch. The sheriff ordered them to search for the pocket watch and find out what it might contain, at the end of the search, the watch was clean and the Sheriff demanded it to be handed over to him since it is worthless and of no value to them. A law enforcer grabbed the pocket watch as it was been handed over to Stonebeard, fury fully filled, he grabbed him through the bars and bashed his head hard into it as his skull cracks from the impact, blood oozes and spaces out as Stonebeard immediately catches his watch. He said, “be careful the games you play with me boy, ever wished you came to this wild”. The Sheriff ordered them to stand down and keep their eyes on them. Bart recalled Jack’s words saying, “you can’t hold us, you can’t”. Bart’s discouragement kept rising as Stonebeard lay around doing nothing about their escape. Hopes dimmed, they all wondered what their leader was up to. Law enforcers kept them under 24- hour surveillance with the outskirts heavily guarded. Stonebeard had already sent the signal it goes down at dawn, his exact signs were to make sure you get direct physical contact with the one in front. Night sky illuminated as the moon shone bright, his eyes wild like fire alerted Ed-Jnr, “its time”, Slade asked, “Jack, are you within range?”, he kept looking at the watchtower and saw something was off, he said, “break the door when I tell you to Slade, no time to waste”, As it struck 1:30am on the 21st of November 1861, Jack felt awakened and alerted them that it is time. Slade hurtfully pulls a needle out of his skin with his teeth and opened the door, stealthily assassinated the two law enforcers present and he said in a low tone, “its cleared Jack”, moving six steps to the exit of the cells, he stands in front of it and starts chanting in a foreign tongue, suddenly the room turn gloomy and multiple voices like that of the dead filled the dark gloomy room. Slade amazed and scared whispered boldly, “so this is an ember climax…. Scary… legend also says Stonebeard is to single out the voice of one and ask”. Bart together with the other bandits seem scared as it was their first time seeing a real ember climax. Stonebeard hurriedly said to them, “it is time!!!!!!”, enforcers outside with their rifles rushed through the cold wind hurdling around and in shock Stonebeard started fading with a smile which continued on and on, bandits disappearing one after the other. An enforcer barged in and behold his sight literally consumed in fear as legendary tales rides in front of him, in that he made a quick draw on one of the bandits severing the connection. The bandit tried to attain physical contact with the one he followed but it went to no avail as they kept on fading. Bart together with some bandits were left behind, Bart spaced out and they were knocked on the ground and questioned on what just happened. No idea on how to leave the place he waits for what comes next…. Tune in for more.