Bounty Hunter

You are a bounty hunter on the trail of two brothers, Jeremiah and Smithy, who are wanted dead or alive for murder, there is a larger reward on the brothers if they are brought back alive. You have tracked the brothers across the country to a cave where they had hoped to hide from the law but you have found them. You ride up towards the cave at the crest of the hill, the cave dips into darkness. <img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H8O6CNTRzmo/hqdefault.jpg"> [[Enter the cave.->Inside Cave]] [[Take a look at yourself.->inspectself]]

You enter the cave and are met with a corridor of darkness. You can light your lantern to cut through the darkness, or press on incognito but at the mercy of the dark. <img src="https://ak.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/1044425707/thumb/1.jpg"> [[Press on into the darkness without your lantern->NoLantern]] [[Light up your lantern to be able to see to way ahead.->Lantern]]

You look down at your self and see that you are equipped with a revolver pistol and plenty of ammo packed into your gunbelt. <img src="https://static0.gamerantimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/red-dead-2-navy-revolver-inspect.jpg"> [[Enter the cave->Inside Cave]](if:$_HasDied is true)[You feel like you have done this before.]

You continue down the dark tunnel, running your hand along the wall for guidance, until you see a light further on, you see the wanted brothers sitting around a campfire. You move closer to get the drop on them but in your haste you run into a noise trap, alerting them of your presence. Upon hearing the noise the two brothers jump up and split off into different tunnels. One brother ,Jeremiah, going north and the second, Smithy, going east. You notice a trail of blood leading down the East path, he must have cut himself on something attempting to quickly run. <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/f7/36/10f7365ae3a83129b412f4aeb2ba0b0d.jpg"> [[Inspect the room.->InspectRoom]]

You continue down the tunnel with your lantern lit, you begin to see a light towards the end of the tunnel, as you approach the light, you hear scrambling before you are able to see the source of the light.You run in an attempt to see the brothers running, tripping a noise trap on your way in. Arriving in the small cave clearing you see a fire in the middle with two vacant chairs beside. You also spy three tunnels leading North, East and West from your position. Tracks lead in and out of each tunnel. Down the West tunnel you see another source of light, the other two tunnels are as dark as the tunnel you first traversed. <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/f7/36/10f7365ae3a83129b412f4aeb2ba0b0d.jpg"> [[Go down the North tunnel.->NorthBrother]] [[Go down the East Tunnel.->EastBrother]] [[Go down the West Tunnel towards the light source.->WestTunnel]]

You follow down the west tunnel, finding another fire in a deadend room. You notice a glint reflecting off of the fire on the other side of the room [[Investigate the glint.->Investigate]] [[Go back.->Back To Main Room]]

As you walk towards the glint your boot catches on something on the ground. [[Pull your foot through and continue towards the object.->Death]] [[Attempt to regain balance and place your foot back down where it was.->Safe]]

[[You return to the main room->Lantern]]

Upon pulling your foot through, you hear the very recognisable sound of a fuse being lit. The explosion is quick and brief as you are swallowed by rock and shrapnel. <img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kiCMx4prx4g/maxresdefault.jpg"> [[Return->inspectself]](set: _HasDied to true)

You manage to regain your balance and place your foot back to it's original position, you investigate the object your foot was caught on and see that it's another trip wire, like the noise trap you ran through earlier. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/uqldfcl.jpeg"> [[Retreat from the room back to the clearing.->Lantern]] [[Investigate the object while avoiding further trip wires.->PolishedPlate]]

The object turns out to simply be a polished plate placed to catch the eye of anyone entering the room and presumable lure them into the placed trap.You curse your stupidity under your breath. [[Return to the cave clearing room.->Lantern]]

You inspect the room and see the fire the brothers were sitting around, you also notice that towards the east tunnel there is a trail of blood, one of them seems to have cut themselves in his scramble to escape. [[Pursue Smithy East.->EastBrother]] [[Pursue Jeremiah up North.->NorthBrother]]

Following the East tunnel, you come upon a small room with stalagmites dotting the room. As you approach the entrance to the room you hear a voice shout out from behind one of the stone pillars. It's Smithy. "Bounty hunter!, what'll it take for you to leave us the hell alone huh? If I don't get out of here soon I'm dead so I don't got anything to lose, but we can work this out. They're paying you 500 for me alive right? I'll give you double if you let me go right now, to hell with my brother, I only tolerated him. What do you say!?" <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2018/08/iStock_000016701835_Large-50c506c.jpg?quality=90&resize=768,574"> [[Take the money and let him leave.->TakenMoney]] [[Refuse money.->RefusedMoney]]

unfinished route sorry, pls go back and choose other option.

"OK, we have a deal. Now let me out of here." As the brother reveals him self he throws a wad of cash at your feet and drops his gun belt on the ground beneath him. The brother is heavily bleeding now and is limping towards you. He begins to pass you and has his back towards you. [[Shoot him in the back.->Shotinback]] [[Let him go.->Letgo]]

"I thought as much. Well, let's get this over with." As he says this he draws his pistol and charges straight towards you, but he is heavily wounded and misses his initial shots. [[Shoot as he charges.->ShotBrother]]

As Smithy passes you, you draw your pistol and shoot him in the back. As he slumps to the floor, you feel immense guilt but this world is harsh, and you need all the money you can get. [[You decide to return to the main room to go after Jeremiah.->BrotherDeadMainRoom]]

Letting Smithy leave, you can't help feel guilty about letting a murderer go free but this is a harsh world and you need all the money you can get. You follow him into the main room to ensure that he keeps his end of the bargain.He leaves as promised and you are free to pursue his brother. [[You return to the main room to finish the job.->BacktoMainRoom]]

As Smithy charges and fires at you, you quickly draw your own pistol and fire back, the brother being wounded affects his aim and he shoots wide allowing you to fire a pinpoint shot straight into his chest. As soon as this shot hits, Smithy clutches at his chest and falls slump to the ground, dead. [[Dealing with Smithy, you return to the main room to go after Jeremiah.->BrotherDeadMainRoom]]

You return to the Main cavern and your only option now is to pursue Jeremiah up the north tunnel. [[Go into the north tunnel.->JeremiahTunnel]]

Arriving back in the main room after dealing with Smithy, your only option now is to pursue Jeremiah down the north tunnel. [[Go through the north tunnel.->NorthTunnelDeadBro]]

As you arrive at the end of the north tunnel, Jeremiah shouts to you "I heard the shouts but no shooting. You either have my brother captured or you let him go. Either way my only way out is through you and I don't plan on dying in here." Jeremiah begins shooting toward your position, timing the shots in your head, you prepare your pistol and swing out to return fire. Luck being on your side, you manage to land a shot on Jeremiah's gun hand, effectively disabling him. "Damn you bounty hunter!" he clutches at his hand. [[Capture Jeremiah->JeremiahCaptured]]

As you arrive at the end of the north tunnel, a shot rings past close to your head, Jeremiah was waiting for you, pistol already drawn and aimed towards your only way in. "I heard that shot bounty hunter, and you arrived, means my brother is dead. I don't got nothing to lose now and my only way out is through you." He begins to walk towards where you are taking cover and unloads his pistol, timing between shots you pop out of cover and shoot straight at his head, killing him instantly. The body falls to the floor. Having fulfilled your bounty you gather up the bodies required for proof and head back out to the entrance of the cave. You strap the two bodies to the back of your horse and head off back to the closest town to cash in your bounty. <img src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/fs4QvIrWnuxtAEMNo4Rwtn-mn64=/0x0:1920x1080/1200x800/filters:focal(807x387:1113x693)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/62414983/Red_Dead_Redemption_2_20181127141722.0.jpg"> [[The end. Thanks for playing.->TheEnd]]

Thanks!

You approach Jeremiah, He attempts to fight back but is too weak to overpower you. You put him on the floor and hogtie him up. You bring him out and chuck him onto the back of your horse. You set off to hand in Jeremiah to the nearest town. You feel slightly guilty about letting his brother run free but you still have the money as if you handed him in which lightens the guilt somewhat. [[The End!->TheEnd]]