We Found Wilson

We knew that the Gallam End ruffians were looking for us, but we couldn't work out why they hadn't been to our inn - we'd not been quiet about where we're staying.  We'd eaten quickly and moved out to try and get close to their base in the evening.

We found getting to the bar was quite easy, we'd expected there to be groups heavies.  But there were none.  As we approached the north entrance to the town Elenhugh told us what he'd been thinking - that we'd actually hurt this group badly over the last two days - today we'd done a group of four and another group of six, and at the same time Kenner had done another group of six of their armed heavies.  That's sixteen  of them just during the day.  It was about now that we began thinking that we might not meet as much resistance if we could confront Wilson.

Then we were there; outside Bucks Tavern.  It's quite a large building, and it was very busy inside.  We walked in, unnoticed.  I nodded to a group of Dzarraf sat by the entrance door, and they greeted me, but we had a job to do.  There was only one way into the back room, and Kenner was leading us that way.

A couple of guys tried to stop us going down that corridor, but it was impossible - Kenner pushed them both back, and they tried to square up.  But Barr was there - very discretely pushing the tip of his dagger into the flesh beneath one of the guy's ears.  I clearly hear him say to the guard 'Go home.  Now.'  The guards went pale, and scurried out of the building.  We kept walking.

As we went down the corridor it was clear that there was shouting in the corridor - someone was angry, we guessed it was Wilson, because he was shouting about being too inept to find something that was absolutely obvious.  Kenner flung the door to the room with the shouting, and marched straight in, and we filed in behind him.

There were three of the heavies here and the guy doing the shouting.  It was clear that this was Wilson.  Kenner called him some pretty unpleasant names - I shall not repeat them here - and he tried to use these heavies to defend himself.  Daran, Barr and I just overpowered and sat on the heavies, while Kenner and Mullory lynched Wilson.  They gave him quite a going over, but they didn't kill him.  Elenhugh went through some of the papers on Wilson's desk and selected several to keep.  We left him in a bad way, but we also left the heavies to deal with him.  Then we went out to the bar, where we sat drinking for an hour.  We really expected a visit from the Evans brothers, but it didn't happen.  We concluded that we'd have to go out and find them.

As it happens, Elenhugh and Mullory had been looking at the papers they'd been given and they had spotted an address that came up a couple of times.  This was an address where they'd had equipment and supplies delivered.  We asked one of the locals, and the address was very close to the tavern we were in.  We finished our drinks and went off to find it.

We were disappointed - when we arrived the building was deserted.  The front door wasn't even closed.  Whoever left this place did so in a hurry.  We even asked one of the neighbours, and there were people here this morning.

As it looks like the Evans brothers have fled, we decided to head back to our own inn.  We don't know what damage the brothers will try to cause, and we know nothing about them, of course.  But if they've gone into hiding somewhere, they may well be trying to keep a low profile until we've left town.

Overnight we had no disturbances again, although we kept a watch.  We discussed the issue over breakfast, which for once was at a normal time.  We will struggle, at the moment, to find the Evans brothers.  They've either run away or gone in to hiding.  If they're anywhere close they'll either try to cause us some trouble, maybe try to put us out of the picture, or they may just wait until we move on.  Either of these situations is not acceptable - if we don't deal with them now, they'll be back to causing trouble within a month.

Our plan now is to spent the next couple of days laying low in the town.  We will keep a watch in our suite overnight and we will be vigilant during the day.  If they send someone to attack us, then we want prisoners we can ask questions of, and if they return to their activities we want to catch them in the act. We're going to keep an eye on the empty building and on Wilson's office.  I think Barr is the expert at covert operations, so he'll be doing most of that.