Mag7/"Into the West" crossover unfinished

[tigriswolf]

This was started after I watched the Abe Wheeler(Christian Kane) scenes of "Into the West".  It would have ended up Abe/Vin, with a side of Chris/Vin.

 

 

            He rides into town at dusk, horse dark with sweat. Chris watches him come, intent for any sign of threat, but there’s none—just a worn-out rider at the end of his trail. He nods to Chris as he passes, steers his horse to the livery. He swings out of the saddle like a man accustomed to horses.

            “Rides like a Lakota,” Vin observes from behind him, appearing out of nowhere. Chris startles, shooting a glare over his shoulder.

            “Thought I told ya not to do that,” he growls and Vin chuckles.

            Vin continues, “Lakota are a dyin’ breed.   Heard from an old one that he had a vision’a their end.” With one last assessing glance at the newcomer, Vin turns back to the saloon. “Comin’, Cowboy?”

            Chris rolls his eyes and follows.

 

 

            The newcomer is dressed like an Indian, wearing his brown hair in long braids. He moves smoothly, like a fighter—like Vin, Chris realizes. He orders whiskey at the bar and takes his drink into a corner, sits alone. 

Buck shoots a glance at Chris, cocks an eyebrow; Chris shakes his head. JD’s chattering on about something again and Buck listens avidly; Ezra interjects a comment here and there, mocking everyone and everything. JD either doesn’t catch the sarcasm or doesn’t care—Chris never can tell with that boy.

Josiah and Nathan are discussing something, either the spiritual journey to Nirvana or the medical practices of a remote tribal group. Chris isn’t sure, and isn’t sure he wants to be.

Vin pushes out of his chair and pads over to the stranger. Stranger looks up and Vin cants his head; Stranger shrugs. Vin slips down across from him and pushes over a shot of whiskey. Stranger smiles and nods, picks up the glass and salutes Vin, then drinks it down.

Gunshots come from the edge of town, so Chris heads off to find out what’s going on, JD and Nathan just behind him.

For the first time in a long time, Vin doesn’t follow—and Chris isn’t sure what to make of that.

 

By the time they get back to the saloon, Vin and Stranger are gone. Chris looks to Buck and his oldest friend explains, “They rode east.”

“Newcomer’s horse was too worn-out for that,” Chris says.

Buck shrugs. “He had a horse.”