Chapter 16 - Chapter 16: some familiar faces

Fives y do I not have my guns or my saddlebags I asked and y are we naked Layla asked glancing at me but then quickly looking away Fives answered shaking his main that to easy cuz all those things are either already in someone else's hands or haven't been made yet the only reason y I am still here is cuz I tacitly don't exist in a normal way for example Layla's sword is still with her even though in this time it hasn't been make yet but it's still her they same guess for your Bident and sickle sword Hunter you can't bring things back to the passed that would change the timeline your clothes are an example if that but let's say you have something from the past the item you gave will disappear cuz there can't be two of the same thing in the timeline Hunters Guns are an example of that o so that would man wild bill has his guns good I always wanted to see them be used in his hands but first step get clothes and I am looking at a perfect way to get some clothes or at least some valuables and I looked back to the battle that was happening Layla was shocked saying you want to rob the dead ant that bad luck I chuckled saying they don't need it but we will leave two coins on them if they got any Layla shook her head saying I worry about you some days I shrugged getting off Fives saying it's about dark the battle will end soon probably till thin we should wait Layla was blushing a little looking at me I gave her a smile saying see something you like and just to show how shameless I was I started to do the helicopter she looked say saying not of you say it like that I checked stopping I heard a stick break behind me I reached up to my necklace which had my switchblade hanging on the chain I took my knife off my reckless pushing the button and my sickle sword formed in my hands Daisy turned around on the saddle and started to grall in the detection I heard the stick brake and stepping out from the trees was a group of man all of them had on a grey coat and pants and some of them had a gray hat that had two gold sabers crossed on it there was 10 of them and all of them had there rifles lowered at us they were on a line stepping slowly at us in the middle of this firing squad was a man holding a saber in his hand pointing a pistol at us he had yellow leather gloves on and this man stepped ahead of his man saying what do we got here boys a tan scanned with a white lady naked in the woods how strange is that his man laughed some gave Layla a perverted look but many of them just waited for there captions order the man got closer to us still not lowering his gun the closer he got the Angerer I got for some reason so y are you out here tan boy and y do you have that girl I smiled at him saying y am I hear it's simple I was told that you needed help you see we are guns for hire plus I also heard that you boys have had problems with the dead walking again this man who tank of blood looked at he and in his eyes was a familiar blood red fire when the man heard my words and seen my black eye he seem to understand he lowered his pistol saying you're a child of Hela right I shrugged saying your half right the man seems to understand my meaning as he nodded and looked to Layla saying and you're a child of ares like me she nodded good we can use some good fights my name is James Butler Hickok and this is only a small part of my unit he head out his hand to me I put away my sword putting it back on my neckless and took his hand saying Hunter Nekros and this is Layla Nekros it's a pleasure Hickok nodded saying good to meet you Nekros my man call Wild Bill but if you don't mind me asking y are you two naked riding on a horse with a weird looking hell hound and how did you get those and he looked at me tattoos I shrugged saying are clothes got covered in Ghoul guts so they left them behind and washed the sent off so they didn't follow us as for the hell hound he is mine his name is Daisy and as for these I looked down to my tattoos saying I got these with hard work but it's getting dark and my golden joules don't like it so can we get moving Bill laughed saying yea y not follow us to our camp I nodded I took Fives by the rains saying lead the way my good man and I followed Wild Bill and his man back to his camp I didn't ask Wild Bill many questions I didn't want him to think we was spies we walked for a hour through the woods and cricks the water was so clear but I seen something shining in the water wall everyone wasn't looking I picked it up it was a small gold rock I bit it to see if it was real gold and holy damn it was I looked back to the crick my eyes shined thinking of money but I didn't tell anyone I just kept it in my hand so no one could see it after a bit more walking we hit a little clearing in the woods where I seen probably 30 tents I seen horses strong over them in the trees was rope so the horses could move and eat bushes next to trees Bill looked to me saying you can ty your horse with the rest of them I will see what spare clothes we have much obliged I said walking over to the other horses saying to Fives behave your self Fives huffed at me and pushed its head against me like a child throwing a fit I pat its head Layla jumped off Fives and picked up Daisy off Fives and put him on the ground I looked back to the camp to see them same man looking at Layla but they was with there body's so they also started to I rolled my eyes saying to my self don't kill them Hunter don't kill them Layla looked to me peting Fives head and Fives moved in front of her blocking the view of the camp those man glared at Five and one said damn horse I smiled and looked to Layla saying thank you dear Layla nodded saying in a low voice so we are married know I shrugged saying y not it will keep most man away from you and it won't be odd to see husband and wife moving around together what do you not want to be my wife I said grinning Layla smiled at me saying sound like a hand full and like a lot of fun y not I chuckled saying good can't wait as we was talking a younger man ran up to us saying caption told me to give these to you and he held out two uniforms for us I took them thank you lad he nodded saying my pleasure sir and he ran back into the camp I passed Layla her clothes and we put on the gray uniforms I just got done pulling on my shoes standing up I put my switchblade in my pocket as Layla and I walked into the camp people started at us for a few seconds they want back to whatever they were doing we walked to the tent that had wood flooring I knocked on the wood pole holding the tent up come in when I heard that Layla and I walked into the tent inside the tent wasn't to fancy in the middle of the tent was a table behind it placed on the left side was a chest and wash and shave bull and on the right side was a cot bed at the end if it was another chest resting on on the chest was a belt that had a cavalry saber on it plus a holster on it and in the back of the tent was a small wood stove sitting at a table was wild Bill he had papers in front of him he was writing something down sit he said not looking up we did we waited for him to finish what he was writing after a few minutes he said done putting his pin down he looked it over and apparently he didn't find anything wrong with it he passed two papers in front of us saying these are for you to sine I looked over the paper it was a contract it basically said me and my partner would join Wild Bill unit as hired guns if he had a mission for us we had the fight to refuse but we wouldn't get paid then for every mission completed we would get paid $10 and if we killed a monster every head would be $1 and if we engaged the enemy and killed there commander we would get paid $5 in return Hunter and Layla follow Wild Bills orders and if that means we join the main force in battle we follow orders and help our side so it basically means we are just a sub unit under Wild Bill we are part if his army and in return we can get paid more for completing missions I like it the last sentence said this contract expires at the end of the war or if we break the contract or if Bill doesn't hold up his side of the contract I looked to Layla saying what do you think she smiled saying this sounds like fun what do you think I smiled crazily it doesn't sound that bad where do you want us to sine Bill smiled happily and should us where he want us to sine we did we passed back the contract to him and he rolled them up and put them in a leather toob and put it in his chest which he locked he looked back to us saying ok Nekros Slade is already preparing your tent for you sorry but you will have to outfit yourself's I don't care how you do it as long as I don't ever see or hear about it got it yes sir we said Bill nodded saying good a nock came from outside the tent Bill said come in and walking in was that same young boy that gave Layla and I are clothes the boy walk in and stood at attention, saying tent ready sir Bill nodded saying good job Slade please lead Hunter and Layla to their tent Slade saluted saying yes sir Layla and I got up and did the same saying we will take are leave now sir Bill nodded saying good Slade lead walked out of the tent we followed him I looked at this young Slade he was about my age a bit younger I smiled saying thank you pup I have an offer for you Slade slowed down and walked next to me asking what is it newbie I chuckled and whispered to him saying pup do you want to come with us tonight Slade razed an eyebrow and whispered back where are you going tonight I smiled and said Layla and I are plan on going to the battlefield and picking up some things do you want to come whatever you find you can keep Slade hesitated Layla looked over to him saying come on where's your sense of adventure Slade side saying fine but we can't get cot I laughed saying of course Pup, of course, we are here Slade said stopping in front of a tent my tent is across from you so if you need anything just asked he said turning around thank you I said and pat his shoulder saying meet us by the horses when the moon is highest in the sky he nodded and walked off Layla looked to me saying was that a good idea I shrugged saying it's slowly coming together and I undid the tent straps keeping it shut and I walked in there were two cots on both the right and left sides of the tent with a chest at the end of both there was a small stand that had a vase with water in it with a tail hanged on top if it I walked over to my cheat and opened it there was a two sets of spare clothes and a razer and a small mear with two cups and a few plats and a fork, spoon and a knife there was also a oil lamp with spare oil with it and matches next to it but also next to it was flint and steel and there was one pot and pan and a over fire grill there were a few rations like hardtack and jerky and the last thing in there was coffee means and a metal pitcher to brew coffee or boil water Layla looked through her chest too and she had the same under our cots was a second pair of shoes I sat down in my cot saying by the look of all this the rebels haven't lost to much ground if I had to guess we are in the southwest somewhere Layla shut the tent flaps and ty it shut after that she sat down next to me I through a arm over her and she rested her head on my chest she nodded saying that seems about right also what was that you picked up in the river I smiled and showed her the small gold piece she smiled seeing that so there's gold in the river of course I nodded saying if we find a map we will have to mark out that river cuz right know we are dead broke and us doing this we will definitely make some good money off it but we got to live here for 5 years so good to know where some gold is just in case she nodded saying this will be a fun five years I smiled nodding saying indeed there will be some hard moment but we will pull throw it makes sense how Slade knew my powers when he offered me that mission the pieces are slowly making sense Layla nodded and how he knew the best way to train me in only two days it does make sense she said I nodded saying well we will see how strong he is tonight we might have to train him up cuz he will live a hard life she nodded but let's get some sleep I said pulling off my shoes and laying down Layla did the same and she laid down next to me we cuddle together and feel a sleep like that but my dreams was filled with visions of battle and death I would see out of one person's eye and move on to the next person when they died but the scary part was I felt all their emotions and pain like bayonet bayonet I seem one man get his leg blown off from a cannonball and he bled out screaming and trying desperately to live another person was shot in the chest and I could feel the bullet enter my body and destroy anything in its path it burned I feel to the ground holding my chest just to look up and get a bayonet in the throat I didn't wake up from this hell of death and suffering I could not tell you how long passed or how many times I had died and just moved to the next body but I woke up by Layla shaking me awake I was sweating she looked concerned Hunter are ok I sat up and looked down to my hands which was shaking and I had a flashback to see my hands covered in blood but I blinked and everything was normal and my hands stopped shaking and something weird happened I started to remember things that I had never done like one memory my father showed me how to Hunt and ride a horse another memory my uncle and grandpa was teaching me how to rope and ride and how to heard cattle another memory my mother was teaching me how to read and write and not only did I start learning from these memories but I also learned different languages like a memory where my mother was teaching me how to speak Indian and that wasn't the only language I got I also learned Egyptian, Spanish, that was it I crouched my head from the ear-splitting headache Layla grabbed my shoulder saying Hunter but as fast as it came it was gone I looked up to her saying that was fucking odd Layla looked at me concerned saying what just happened I shrugged saying I ant shore my self Duke y do I have a feeling this has something to do with you and appearing in front of us was Duke he looked at me and I heard her voice in my head you would be right about that Father your mother made me and my siblings with a little piece of your soul that's how we are connected but I am also a portal to the after like you are to so when I am in your shadow you might get visions like the ones you had but since this was your first time your mind learned all them things but it won't happen again cuz your mind can't handle any more info in it so all you will have to worry about is the dreams nothing more I was shocked I explained it to Layla she was shocked like I was o yea one other thing the more souls we exzorb the stronger we will get but it will take time I modded to her saying you can go rest in my shadow again she nodded and sank back into the shadows I pulled on my shoes saying it's about time to meet go Layla nodded and pulled on her shoes to I looked to Dais saying go to Fives he nodded and walked out of the tent I looked to Layla saying you ready she nodded I grabbed her and shadow walked where Fives was it was laying down next to a tree its eyes weren't shining but when we appeared next to it there eyes started to glow Five stood up and I heard it's voice in my head saying about time Rider I glared at it but didn't say anything Daisy ran up to us Layla picked him up and got on Fives whispering I will need my own ride sooner or later I smiled at her shrugging I heard someone walking behind me I turned around to see Slade walking up to us good pup you're came do you have a horse I whispered Slade nodded and pointed to the only black horse well I thought it was a horse till he moved it to us this horse was very small and two little wings flapped next to it Slade pat his nose and whispered to me saying this is Ezra and don't let his small look fool you he can keep up I nodded and whispered follow quietly he nodded and we slowly walked out of the camp when we was fair enough we settled up and started to run I remembered the way and it didn't talk us long to reach where Wild Bill and them found us I looked down the hill and I saw two huge camps one on the left side and one on the right but they wasn't in view of each other and the battlefield from earlier was still littered with bodies equipment and a lot of blood I looked to Slade saying pup remember whatever you find is yours and Five ran down the hill Slade hesitated but followed we got to the bottom of the hill and I jumped off Fives my eyes glowing green and I saw every valuable on this battlefield Layla got off Fives and took out her pin but didn't push the button I did the same with my switchblade as for Slade he clutched a bowie knife but he didn't take it out I started to loot the body's I found weapons, ammo, some hardtack that was it I picked up a nice leather satchel where I stored all the ammo in it as for the weapons I had my pick from rifles, to pistols hell even what how big of a bayonet I wanted and that's if I wanted one I picked up a Henry M1860 repeating rifle and put it on the tarp to take I also picked up a Sparks m1863 and put it on the tarp the next thing I looked for was a Volcanic M1855 repeating rifle and gods it took me a bit but I finally it was covered in dirt and mud but I didn't mine I would just clean it I put it on the tarp as I was doing this Layla was walking around putting weapons and stuff on her tarp Slade was doing the same but he was more careful I was pulling off gun belt and seeing what was in there holsters and I found many pistols I would simple empty them the ammo out of it and if I didn't want it I would show it to the side if the belt was nice or the holster was nice I wouldn't I would just put them on the tarp I put 1 lemat on the term with 2 Colt M1851 Navy revolvers I also put 2 colt single action revolvers down but right then I saw something I wanted on a belt and when I reached for it an undead hand snatched my arm and wouldn't let go and this body started to move so did many of the others I smiled seeing all the zombie rise up with my other hand I took the pistol I wanted off this zombie belt as I did this zombie looked up into my glowing green eyes when he started into my eyes it's body started to relax and it released my arm I pat his head saying good boy and I walked back to my tarp the zombies would turn around and look into me eyes and there bodies would also slump like the other one as I was walking by one zombie I looked to it saying I like your hat thanks and I took it off him and put it on my head as I walked by it was a black cowboy hat I got to my tarp and put down the gun I wanted it was a Volcanic M1855 repeating pistol this pistol always looked so much to learn how to shoot it Layla walked over to me she held two double barrel shotguns resting on her shoulder she throw me one I cot it and looked it over saying mmm what's this a double barrel 12 gauge beautiful and I put it on my tarp that was the last thing I wanted here I said rolling up my tarp with all my weapons in it I ty my tarp to one side of Five Layla did the same to the other side with hers as for Slade he mostly licked up ammo and a few rarer weapons like the spark Fives saddle bags was filled with spare ammo some food but the rest was rare metal be it silver, brass, gold there was even some celestial bronze and Imperial Gold but there was only a few things like a knife made from Imperail gold or a necklace or a bracelet made from celestial bronze I hoped onto Fives and I reached down to help Layla up she took my hand I helped her get on behind me I looked over to Slade who was staring at the zombies with confusion pup we are moving out you coming Slade quickly nodded and rolled up his tarp and ty it to his peguses after he mounted up I nodded saying well let's go Fives walked passed Slade but he said wait Fives stopped I looked back to him saying what about them he asked looking back to the zombies o yea I said and I snapped my fingers and all the zombies feel to the floor Slade was shocked saying so you are a necromancer I shrugged Fives walking again I am a lot of things pup know come we should head back Slade side and followed we got back to the camp with ease I tied up Fives I looked over to Slade I waved to him saying good knight pup I looked down to Daisy and whispering see you back in the tent Daisy nodded and jumped off Fives I picked up my tart and saddle bags and Layla picked up hers I touched her and we shadow walked back into are tent I put down my tarp under my cot I picked out of my shoes and took off my shirt I was still tired so I wanted to sleep move Layla put her tarp under her cot and she took off her shoes and laid down next to me and we both feel asleep.