Wednesday, February 24, 2016

April 4, 1901

Goldfield. 

I walked through Goldfield and talked with Chris about how I was waiting for a telegram to come. We talked about catching up with the payroll and I rode to Pearce. 

Pearce. 

As I rode over, I noticed a huge crowd in the clinic. Nim, Angeles, Suzy and Seth were all patients as far as I could see and a woman named Vicky offered to help and I looked around. “Seth, Suzy, what happened? Who shot whom?” 

“Nim and Rikki here keepin’ us from getting paid,” Seth told me. 

“They fell off their horses,” Rikki said with a shrug. 

“Uh huh, with a little help?” I asked, rolling my eyes. 

“All I know is I got backside wounds and my leg got shot while I was trying to head to the fort,” Seth said. 

“I got hit by some wood splinters from the vegetable crates when someone shot at me,” Rikki announced. 

“Cuff nim to the table to go call for more docs,” Amara ordered. “Where is the telegraph office, Tully?” 

“Suzy grazed me with a shot, near knocked me out,” Nim said and pointed to the side of her head. 

“Dear are you Ok???” A man asked and I realized I didn’t know him. 

“I am fine Love, just trying to help the doc,Vicky told the man. 

“Nim, never buy bullets from that chinaman at China Mary’s, they misfire,” Rikki told her. 

“Okay, I figured you had things under control Rikki, after I took out a few,” Nim said.

“Can you help this soldier down so one of the others can get on the bed?” Vicki asked the man. 

“My guns jammed and wouldn’t fire.” Rikki muttered. 

“Angeles, do you need my help at all?” I asked. 

“Just watch this both ladies... Sir please grab a the General Suzy at the table,” Angeles said. I nodded and walked over to look at Nim and Rikki. Seth was trying to get up and almost collapsed as I walked over to him. “Here, let me help you get him to the table, Vicky. I’m Trin,” I introduced myself to her. 

“Pleased to meet you Miss Trin, I heard about you, you are a singer ain’t you?” Vicky asked as we worked on getting Seth onto the table. Vicky put a pad of bandages on Seth’s rear end and told him to hold on tightly. 

“Who has Rikki and Nim’s guns?” I asked, putting on my gloves. 

“Amara took mine,” Nim announced. 

“I’d like both Nim and Rikki’s guns to gather evidence,” I told Angeles. “Assuming they were both shooting?” 

“You must need wait for Amara Trin,” Angeles told me. 

“I don’t think Rikki’s shot, that was our problem this morning Trin, we would not be here had they done so,” Nim said. 

I walked outside when I saw Amara and asked her, “Amara, could I please see Nim’s gun?” I knew I needed to get the evidence for future evidence. 

“Amara, you going to release Nimbrel? Her and I were just innocent bystanders,” Rikki said from inside. 

“So they all just fell off their horses with bullet wounds in them?” I rolled my eyes at Rikki. 

“Sure looked to me like Nim shot Seth,” Suzy said. 

“Yeah, must be a sniper out there. He got me and Nimbrel too,” Rikki said. 

“I think it was that miss Paisley,” Nim said. 

I laughed at that and asked, “Amara?” 

“Don’t any of you think it strange she was all the way out here in Pearce this morning?” Nim asked. 

“Could say the same about both you. It’s a long way from Ghenna.” I shrugged. 
“I don’t live in Ghenna anymore, Rikki evicted me for being to wholesome.” 

“This gun stays with me and the calvary until she goes to court,” Amara said. 

“Amara, I will give you the gun back but I’d like to collect fingerprints and bullet samples all the same,” I told her. “If that’s alright with you, of course.” 

“Hmm… I wonder if Miss Paisley was in it with the engineer,” Rikki suggested. 

“Sounds like what I was thinking Rikki,” Nim said. 

“Did they get the money box too?” Rikki asked. 

“Trin you are not law you get it when we are done with it,” Amara said, making me blink. 

“Fine then, don’t expect me to help you with any cases in the future, Amara. I’ll get my own damn evidence,” I said and walked out of the clinic angrily. I couldn’t believe how Amara was acting towards me. It was no secret that Pinkertons needed guns to get evidence. I rode back to town frustrated and annoyed. 

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