Read the ongoing story about loyalty, hate and love....
FAMILY AFFAIRS
by nesciri © 1999
This story can also be read at Back In Business! This story is rated PG13 for US readers.
When Red Bear seeks his brother's help, Buck readily agrees to help him. But his assistence creates unexpected involvments for the riders in something that was simply a family affair...
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Buck
gets a message from his brother, who's desperate for his help...
Kid intervenes, creating a chasm between him and Buck...
Buck
returns with his new charge...and
the riders are in for a surprise...
The
burden Buck is faced with does nothing to help his relation with Kid...
Rachel
decides to take some time off....
Buck
is alone at the station when he gets unwelcomed visitors...
Cody
comes to Buck's rescue, but who's going to save Rachel...
The
others return to the station only to find Buck hurt and Rachel gone...
Rachel
is saved, but when she learns who her saviour is, she is faced with a
new dilemma...
Rachel
returns safely back at the station, but how is Buck doing...
Buck
gets worse and Teaspoon and Ike are forced to take him into town...
Buck
is staying in town while the others decide to trace the attackers of the
station....
Rachel
decides to sneak out in the middle of the night and have a very special
meeting...
The
events during the night stirs up emotions - not only at the station...
Another
day for the riders to start tracking down the horse thieves as Rachel
is keeping a secret from them...
A
tease about Cody's interest in a girl leads to a friendly argument among
the riders...
Rachel
have another secret meeting...
Lou
and Kid takes Winnie to see Buck, while Red Bear confess what he's been
up to for his old friend....
Taking
Winnie to see Buck turns out not be such a good idea...
Jimmy's
is missing and tracking him the other riders realize that he's caught
by Indians....
Buck
hears the rumours in town and tries to get back to the station when he
meets trouble...
Buck
ends up in jail and Teaspoon has to get him out...
Jimmy
endures his first night as captive while Rachel learns something about
Indians...
Teaspoon
has come up with a plan and a meeting takes place...
The
army pays a visit to the station and Teaspoon makes dangerous decision...
Cody
gets a date and Teaspoon meet Jimmy, while Kid makes a decision and tells
Lou...
Jimmy
faces a series of test as the army is keeping watch over the station while
Rachel has a visitor...
Jimmy's
stuck in the desert when he gets unexpected help. Cody goes on his date
while others think about their future...
The
station is being attacked by Indians with devastating results...
Rachel
and Ellen finds themselves captives....
The
situation gets worse as Kid anf Buck confront each other...
Doubts
and fears hunts the riders as Teaspoon tried to cope with the situation
in his own way...
Kid
has to deal with his feelings as the hunt for the horse thieves begin...
Buck
makes a decision as the others begin to feel the effect of Rachel missing.
In the Kiowa village Rachel and Ellen slowly try to adjust...
Cody
and Kid starts to look for the Kiowa with the help of the army. Ellen
makes a bold decision as Rachel comes to terms with her sitaution.
Buck
thinks back on his life as he slowly starts to track the moving Kiowa...
Kid
is in deep trouble, while Cody decides to take off on his own...
Buck
and Kid tries to find a way out of their situation, when something disturbs
their plan...
A
marriage is agreed upon as Rachel begins having second thoughts...
Cody
and Ellen slowly finds their way home while Jimmy and Noah try to handle
the home front...
Buck
and Kid are saved from the desert, but the rescue brings unexpected tragedy...
Rachel
receives disturbing news as Kid and Buck reach the army camp...
Kid
is separeted from his friend - and there's nothing he can do about it...
Life
continues in the Kiowa village - and everything is just as it use to be
- or is it?
The
riders unite in the Army camp while Cody goes to a dinner...
Rachel
wants to know more about the man she loves...
Red
Bear asked Rachel to marry him - but what will her answer be?
The
uncertainty in their situations are tiring - for everybody...