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You rode into town, your mind buzzing with thoughts. Since your conversation with Dutch, you have picked up on more and more weird behavior from him, just like Arthur said. You tried to think about what could have changed in him, and when it happened. You thought about the failed trolly robbery, and how hard he hit his head. He never went to get it checked out.

You then thought about Hosea. Him and Dutch built the gang together, and they were best friends. The death hit him harder than anyone else. Charles said he noticed something changed in Dutch as soon as Hosea got shot. your heart ached as you thought of Hosea again. You missed his help reasoning with Dutch.

Also since the conversation with Dutch, Arthur and Charles had gone out and found another camp. It was called Beaver Hollow and was up by Annesburg. They cleared out the locals and saved a woman who was trapped there. Ever since the move, everyone in camp was on edge. You hopped getting John back would help, but who knows how Dutch will react.

You arrived at the saloon Sadie told you to meet her. You hitched Anastasia and walked in. You saw Sadie standing at the bar with a drink in hand. You walked up and asked the bartender for a drink.

"So what's your plan here?" you asked leaning against the bar.

She smiled. "I told you, hot air balloon."

"I didn't think you were serious!" you said choking on your drink a bit. "Where did you even find one?"

"I have my ways." she said taking another swig of her drink. The doors of the saloon swung open and Arthur walked in.

"Ladies." he greeted you with a cough.

"Any problems coming in?" Sadie asked.

"Nah." Arthur responded.

"Guess they know now we ain't in the city." Sadie said with a chuckle.

"Theres been patrols every since you boys left the city." you explained. "Well, at least you aint dead."

"Not yet." Arthur responded.

The three of you started to walk out of the saloon and to your horses. Arthur and Sadie talked about everything that happened, while you sat back quietly. Your mind was focused on finding John.

"So, what's the plan here?" Arthur asked.

"I figured before we do anything, we need to make sure Johns even still at this prison." Sadie explained.

"And how do we do that?" Arthur continued asking questions.

"We need to get up high enough to get a proper look at the place." Sadie continued.

"What? Its on an island aint it? Unless your planning on learning to fly..." Arthur chuckled.

"Thats exactly what were gonna do. I found us a hot air balloon." Sadie responded.

"Your not serious." He said shocked at the plan. His head turned to face you. "She's not serious is she?" He asked. You just looked at him and shrugged your shoulders. You kept riding out of town to meet the man with the balloon. Sadie explained to Arthur what the plan would be. Go up in the balloon and fly over the prison to see John, easy enough.

"Mr Bullard?" Sadie called while hopping off her horse. The mans head popped up from inside the balloon. You and Arthur got off your horses cautiously. "Ah Mrs. Adler. Its good to see you." the man replied while stepping out of the balloon.

"These are my friends I told you about." Sadie said turning to you and Arthur. "Mr. Morgan and Miss. l/n"

"Ah yes. Arturo Bullard at your service, sir, ma'am." The man said with a bow. The man put his had on Arthurs shoulder and led him to the balloon. "Hop in Mr. Morgan."

Arthur turned to you and Sadie. "Ain't they coming?" He asked.

"Oh, women can't fly sir, are you insane?" the man laughed.

"They can't?" Arthur asked confused.

"No sir, it does terrible things to them. To their vapors. I thought everyone knew about that." The man explained. You and Sadie shared a laugh. "Are you sure about this?" Arthur asked, looking more worried.

"Certain sir, quite certain. Ladies, wish us luck!" the man said as he readied the balloon.

"Have fun Arthur!" you said with a laugh. He furrowed his eyebrows at you but smiled slightly. You watched as the balloon took off and disappeared into the clouds. "That guy was..." you started.

"A hot mess, I know." Sadie finished your sentence. "But we need him to help John."

"What should we do while we wait?" you asked Sadie.

"We can ride into town, grab another drink." She said getting back on her horse. You both rode back to town, laughing over what you thought was going through Arthurs mind at the moment. As you approached the road into town, you noticed three men sitting on their horses blocking the road. You slowly made your way up to them, not sure what they were doing.

"What are two pretty ladies like yourself doing out here all on your own?" A man with a thick Irish accent said. You looked down to his clothes to see a green vest. O'Driscolls. You look over to Sadie, who has also identified the men. She looked like she was about to explode from all the anger built up.

"We are just trying to head into town, not trying to cause any problems sir." you explained trying to ride by them.

"You killed my husband." you heard Sadie say quietly from behind you. You turned to look at her, trying to tell her that right now wasn't the time.

"What you say lass?" The man said riding up to her.

"You killed my husband!" She yelled as she quickly pulled out her gun and shot the man in the chest.

"Sadie what the hell are you doing!" you yelled at her.

"They need to pay!" She yelled knocking down the other two men. She let out a few breaths, trying to calm herself down, as you heard more horses riding towards you.

"Shit!" you yelled as you saw a large group of O'Driscolls riding towards you. "We need to get out of here!" you yelled to Sadie. You both rode off towards Annesburg, with the men following closely behind. You both were shooting down men over your shoulders. Bullets came in your direction, but they all missed. You continued to ride as more and more men kept showing up.

"Hey! Sadie, y/n, up here!" you heard a voice yell. You looked up to see Arthur in the balloon, shooting down some of the men chasing you.

"Just in time!" Sadie yelled back to him. Bullets kept flying as you rode along the train tracks. You looked up to see Mr. Bullard fall out of the balloon. Arthur looked around franticly for a moment. He picked up a rope and threw it over the side of the balloon. "y/n, Sadie, grab the rope!" he yelled.

Arthur lowered the balloon so Sadie could grab the rope. Once she was on, you grabbed it, climbing up to meet Arthur. He grabbed your arm and helped pull you in. Just as you got up, the balloon started to head towards the ground. "Uh I think were gonna crash." Arthur said.

"You have made a real habit of stating the obvious Arthur." Sadie responded.

"Hold on!" you yelled as you crashed into the water. The balloon skidded for a moment before falling over and you, Arthur, and Sadie tumbled out. You all took a moment to get up, making sure no one was hurt.

"Damnit there's more of them on the other side." Sadie spoke up. You all grabbed your guns and hid behind the rocks. Arthur and Sadie started arguing over the situation, while you kept your eyes on all the men pouring in. Everyone kept shooting, men falling down left and right.

"More behind us!" you shouted.

You started to make your way into the tree line, taking down all the men you saw. Sadie and Arthur eventually joined you, finishing off the rest of the O'Driscolls. The gunfire stopped, and you sat down to catch your breath. Arthur and Sadie argued agin over the situation. Sadie told Arthur that she heard some of the men shouting about the police having Colm, and that they were going to hang him. Sadie demanded you guys go to the hanging, to make sure he didn't escape like before.

After all the arguing, Sadie told you and Arthur to meet her at Copperhead landing, to go get John. She rode off while you stayed back with Arthur.

"I tried to keep her from starting something with them." you explained.

"She's angry, I get it." He responded.

"So do you really think we can get John out?" you asked.

Arthur sighed. "I don't know, but we have to try."

You nodded in agreement. There was silence for a few moments before Arthur spoke up again. "Hey y/n, there's uh, something I want to talk to you about."

You raised an eyebrow at him. "Is everything okay?" you asked.

"Lets go for a ride."