ELI CRAIGH - HARLAN 

Eli gave a raised brow to Eric as he ran off after Christi. If Raylan was proved right he couldn't blame her for running. Eric taking off was smart as well. There wasn't much the boy could do and if the truth were known, he'd only have gotten in the way. 

Eli took another drag, only find there wasn't much left his cigarette. Exhaling the smoke from his lungs, he dropped it and lit another. If there was ever a day to chain smoke, today easy it. 

Being a smoker Eli, didn't really notice scents. Someone's shampoo or lotion or whatever it was. Most of the time it was just lost in him. He didn't know if Christi or Eric and something like that but the smoke would hopefully cover it. 

Eli drew his weapon, a 45 acp. Ejecting the clip, he looked over the first visible round in the stack. It was a hollow point bullet. Eli felt bad for whomever was gonna take one. It was gonna hurt, thankfully it wasn't gonna hurt long. 

Then the moment came, the voices were getting louder, as did the bumbling sounds footsteps on the forest floor. These dumb fucks expected to find Christi? Whatever they were smoking must have been good stuff. 

As the passed through the brunches, Eli was racking a round in the chamber of his handgun. "Danny... You look like bear shit. Who are you're friends?" Eli said flatly. There were four if them total. If anyone ever wondered where the dumb hillbillies serotype came from, it was these four. Each of them where armed to the teeth like they were going to war. Had they been a smarter bunch, Eli might have been worried.

"I ain't in no fucking mood for your shit Eli. Where's my sister, Imma kill that bitch for what she did." Danny shot back, his speech altered by drugs. 

"You know it's the damnedest thing, I just talked to her not five minutes ago. My guess she's down by the Bear cave. About a mile or down the hill. Where you boys jerk each other off." Eli said with a smile, it was just a thing kids do and grow out of. 

It didn't take long for one to swing his gun towards Eli and take a step forward. "You wanna die, you drunk bastard!" One of them shouted. 

"Naw, I'm good. But I'll tell yah right now, take another step, you die. Go after Christi, you die. I don't think you guys see a pattern here. Go home Danny. I won't tell you again." Eli said with a chuckle. He knew one of them WA gonna try something. He hated it for them but they were warned. 

It was surprising to Eli what they did next. They laughed, so sure in their numbers they couldn't help it. Eli couldn't help but laugh with them. As one them took a step, Eli raised his handgun and shot him in the head. The laughter stop as the gunshot echoed out into the mountains. 

"Now Danny, I really liked your Momma and I'm starting to like Christi." That was all Eli could say before the shock of what happened wore off, another one tried to raise his gun. Eli turned his lights out as well. As the second shot rang out, Eli was tired of of the dealings. 

Eli had already killed two of the four. Why stop there? It was clear they were too stupid to turn around and just leave it alone. Eli quick shot Danny and the other one in the leg.

Eli tried to be nice, but they wouldn't listen. "Now since you two aren't going anywhere. Let's talk for a minute. Yall know anything about what happened to Tillie?" Eli said slowly walking towards the now groaning boys. "Come on now boys. Yeah your gonna have a hitch in your git along. That don't mean you have to die. Just point me in a direction and yall can just... Go." Eli said pacing around them like a hungry shark waiting for the moment to strike. 

Danny's lone friend was quick to point the finger at Danny and one of the dead men. Eli looked at him with rage in his eyes. Eli raise his handgun with the intent of killing his new found informant. What happened next only made Eli smile more. His new found informants leg erupted in flames. It was shocking at first, but Eli deep down enjoyed the man's anguish. 

Eli looked over to one of the dead bodies only to see it go up in flames. Was it him? Was he doing it? It wasn't important right now. Eli kicked Danny in head. "You wanna beat on that poor girl? You wanna rape a girl that ain't  never hurt one? Get your shit apple redneck ass up and try that shit with you stupid bastard." Eli said after kicking Danny a few more times.

"You're  fucken-"Eli quickly unloaded the rest of his bullets into Danny's last living friend. 

"You wanna talk or get you ass down that fucking Hill. You better hope your sister is happy to see you. That so much as flinches I... Will.. Beat... You.. To.. Death."

It seemed like an hour an passed as Eli slowly followed Danny to the cave he thought Christi had ran to. As the time ticked away Eli had every opportunity to detail all the horrible things Eli could do to him. Eli had picked up everything he could from the dead bodies. Whatever was left Eric could fetch. 

As Danny got closer, it was time for him to come to Jesus. "Christi, I got danny." Eli looked at the mangle mess that was Danny. "Come on out so we can all talk this out. Eric I need you to head back to the mine shift and pick up the shit they left behind." Eli shouted as he slowly walked behind Danny.