Ain't No Rest For The Wicked

Chapter 4

"To you, maybe. To me, I wouldn't have hesitated to shoot her right then and there. You know what, why don't we just shoot her right now. We don't need any extra baggage." The bandit, whose name you now knew as Rodriguez, suggested. You tried to hide it, but you did tense up a bit at his statement. You had just had a gun pressed into your jaw, you didn't want another one pointed at your head so soon after escaping that predicament.

"Aw, c'mon there Rodriguez, now you went and scared her. Listen, we don't wanna hurt ya. Don't think we won't, cause we will if we gotta. But if you just sit still and look pretty like we tell you to, then consider yourself safe. Your fate is in your hands." The blonde reassured you, but it didn't exactly help. Your fate was in your own hands?

Yeah, right.

You just kept your mouth shut for a moment as Rodriguez began speaking again.

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry. But, I make a fair point. We could've just started running like usual, I mean, why'd you gotta go through all the trouble of taking some poor girl, and now get us stuck with her. All she is is extra baggage. So you better explain yourself, before I get rid of her myself." Rodriguez explained his line of thinking.

You guessed he kind of made sense, but since it was your life on the line you didn't want to agree with him.

"Oh, Jones, you poor misguided soul, you can never see the bigger picture can you?" You could hear the smirk in the blonde's voice. Jones, you assumed, was Rodriguez's first name.

"What do you mean, the bigger picture? I thought the bigger picture was us stealin' money and gettin' rich!" Jones exclaimed. You could tell his main goal was to get rich, have a big house, nice things. A very materialistic man, you thought to yourself.

"I mean the bigger picture in which this will get us even more money." The man behind you said. The way he talked about money, it was something he was clearly passionate about. You, too, were a little curious as to what this whole 'bigger picture' nonsense was, and what his actual plan to do with you was.

Jones just deadpanned at the man, confused and annoyed.

The blonde sighed, "Oh, Rodriguez, you hopeless fool. Don't you get it? The longer we have her, the more money we get. With a hostage, we have even more power over other people than before. They aren't gonna risk her life over some cash. We'll be able to demand as much money as we want"

Jones gave a look that told him to continue, and you glanced back at him too.

"Didn't you hear? That gingerbread man and this little lady know each other. If anything, they seem to know each other well. What are ya, married or something?" The blonde suddenly started questioning you and your relationship with the sheriff.

"Me and James? Oh god no! We grew up together!" You practically shouted, embarrassed that your captor would even ask such a personal question. You couldn't help but feel slightly offended at his poking and prodding, and implying something between you and James that was more than what you are.

"See? They know each other. That sheriff is definitely not going to risk his little girlfriend's life, and he'll probably send notices out to other sheriffs to watch out for her and make sure not to hurt her. And, as a bonus, they aren't even official! This means this pretty little face doesn't belong to anyone but us. She's single!" He shouted that last part with more enthusiasm than you would have preferred, and you certainly weren't about to get with the likes of him.

Jones scoffed and rolled his eyes at the last part as well. It seemed this was probably regular behavior for him. You couldn't help but shake your head slightly at the man as well, furrowing your brow.

"Oh, come on, Jones you aren't even a little excited that she's not taken? I mean look at her! We really scored with this one! Would you have preferred I grabbed an old bat?" The blonde exclaimed, trying to hype Jones up. He just deadpanned and looked straight ahead again.

"No, of course not. You're right, she's a looker, but she's still a woman with standards, which you probably don't meet. She's a human with emotions, thoughts, and opinions, just like you, Rhodes." Jones explained his own reasoning. You couldn't help but feel impressed with Jones' view on the matter. You felt respected, which was a nice change from the majority of the men in town who tried and failed many times to get ahold of you.

"Yeah, yeah, okay Jones, your right. She's a lady, and ladies need to be treated with respect. Then again, she's still our hostage, and she has to do whatever we tell her to do." He said. You could hear that smirk in his voice again, this time more apparent. You scoffed and shook your head, trying your hardest not to turn around and sock him in the face right then and there.

"I'd never get in bed with the likes of you two bandits." You spat, making sure he got the point. While he did ultimately have the power over your life, you knew you would be able to get away with some backtalk. Like he said, he didn't necessarily want to shoot you.

"Woah there, she's got an attitude to go with it! Y'know, I like my ladies with a bit of fire in 'em." He smirked behind you. "And we have names, y'know."

You paused for a moment waiting for him to say them.

"....And they are?"

"Rhodes. Rhodes McCoy." The blonde smirked behind you once again, the blonde which now had a name.

"And that there is Jones Rodriguez." Rhodes introduced the man, which you had figured his name out already, but at least now you had somewhat of a proper introduction.

As the ride kept going, you kept their names in your head.

Rhodes McCoy and Jones Rodriguez.

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Author's note:

Thanks again for reading! I figured we should probably give names to these fun little bandits, since it seems you might be spending a little more time with them ;)

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Once again, thanks for reading :)

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