Hazel Sharp

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Peter Sharp (Younger brother)

## Early Life

Hazel was born on June 17th in Savannah, Georgia to Ruth and Walter Sharp. They were a lower class, crop farming family and although the Sharps didn’t have much in the way of money, they were a loving family. Hazel grew up a cheerful and curious child, always managing to get herself into some kind of mischief. When she was 7, her brother Peter was born and she was ecstatic to be an older sister. The Sharp parents were very protective over their children and wanted to make sure they could grow up to have a better life than they had been born into. Their little family worked hard together to make ends meet but Ruth and Walter did their best to make sure their children were well taken care of.

## A Fateful Encounter

When Hazel was 16, she met a boy named Wesley Cain who would change everything. One day whilst she was heading into town to pick up supplies for the farm, she saw an injured, emaciated young man on the side of the road. She rushed to his aid and helped him get into town to see a doctor. While they were walking, they began getting to know each other. Wes explained that he was 16 years old like her and he had been wandering on his own ever since he had run away from an orphanage. He had been trying to make his way into a town to look for work when he had been shot in an attempted robbery. Hazel’s heart broke for Wes and she paid the doctor what little money she had out of her own pocket to get Wes treated. She had to go back home because her family was expecting her but she promised she would come back to check on him the next day. Hazel snuck out of the house everyday afterwards to see Wes at the doctors. After he recovered, they continued to see each other and Hazel began sneaking food from the family’s home to give to him. One day when Hazel was heading into town, she saw a wanted poster for a robbery with Wes’ face on it. She confronted him and Wes admitted to Hazel that he hadn’t been shot because he was being robbed, but rather because he had been attempting to rob someone. Hazel was taken back at first but Wes explained that he had done it out of desperation because he was starving. Her demeanor softened and she understood that he was doing what was necessary to survive. She agreed to help Wes hide and she would continue to give him supplies. As they spent more and more time together, the two teenagers fell in love.

After several months, the family’s food supply was becoming strangely low. Hazel’s theft was discovered and her parents were furious with her. She confessed to everything and begged them to let Wes stay with them. Her parents were shocked and horrified at what their daughter had been doing. The family was already struggling to put food on the table as it was and she had been giving it away to a criminal. They screamed at Wes to get out and to stay away from their daughter or they would turn him in. Hazel was heartbroken and pleaded with her parents to reconsider but their minds had been made up. Wes and Hazel were adamant not to lose each other so they agreed to run away together. That night, Hazel packed as much food as she could carry, kissed parents and her brother goodbye in their sleep, and slipped off into the night with Wes. The two teenagers were young and in love with no limitations. They traveled around the state together in bliss. However this honeymoon phase ended when they began running out of food.

## On the Run

Neither of them possessed the proper life skills to make an honest living. Once the food ran out completely, they were starving and desperate. The two came up with a plan; Hazel would walk into a general store and distract the owner as Wes came in shortly after and shoplifted supplies. Hazel's hands were shaking the first time they tried their scam but to both of their surprise, it went off without a hitch. The couple was thrilled and in disbelief that it was so easy to meet their needs simply through deception.

They continued this con for several months without incident. This was until one day when one of the store owners noticed Wes pocketing food. The owner pulled a gun and aimed it at Wes; in a state of panic, Hazel grabbed for the gun and in the struggle, the owner was shot dead. Hazel stood in shock holding the gun, staring at the body of the man she had just killed. Wes jumped into action, opening the register and emptying its contents into their bags. They quickly fled the town, Hazel still clutching the gun. Once they found a place to lay low at, the couple looked over what they had stolen. They had gotten enough food and money to last them a few weeks. Even though they were still shaken from the shooting, they were relieved they wouldn’t have to worry about providing for themselves for the time being. The couple moved towns and stayed in a nice inn, ate well, and lived extravagantly on the money they had obtained. The money depleted quickly and soon enough, they were in need of more supplies. Having had a taste of living well, Hazel and Wes made a decision. They were no longer going to eat stolen scraps; they were going to get what they deserved by any means necessary.

## In Full Swing

Using the gun Hazel held onto, the couple began holding up store owners rather than trying to con them. Eventually, as their confidence grew, small time general stores weren’t enough. The two of them found a thrill in getting away with the robberies and they wanted more. They decided to plan their first bank heist; there was a roof access that Hazel would sneak through to get to the vault while Wes held up the teller. While Hazel was climbing the ladder to the roof, a rung broke and she slammed head first into the hitching post below. Patrons of the bank and passersby heard Hazel’s screams and rushed to see what was happening. While she was being tended to, Wes was able to hold up the teller with no problems. The townspeople took Hazel to the doctor, none the wiser to why she had been near the bank. She ended up needing surgery and she lost function of her left eye.

Even after Hazel’s accident, the couple continued to escalate their activities. They tore through the state; robbing whatever and whomever they pleased. They felt invincible and were exhilarated by with bounties on their heads. But of course, their luck had to run out eventually.

While holding up a bank, Hazel and Wes were negotiating with the lawmen who were outside. One of the lawmen took a shot through the window at them. The bullet struck Wes in the chest and he began bleeding out. Hazel stood in shock, staring at the face of the lawman that had shot. Yelling from outside snapped her out of it and she dragged him out of the back of the bank to her waiting horse. Hazel rode them to where they had been hiding out. She was in denial, putting pressure on the wound and reassuring Wes that he’d be alright. Despite her words, he knew that without the ability to go to a doctor, he had no chance of survival. Hazel held Wes in her arms as the light behind his eyes faded.

## Retribution

After burying Wes in an unmarked grave, Hazel was completely lost. She took his hat and his gun belt, wearing them so he could remain with her in some way. The stark reality of her situation hit her in the days following Wes’ death. She was a 17 year old outlaw with a bounty on her head with nowhere to turn. Hazel and Wes had been pushing so hard since they had run away, she hadn’t had any time to stop and think. Now all she had was time. Hazel realized she could never go home, never see her family again, and never have a normal life again. Though these thoughts saddened her, Hazel didn’t regret falling in love with Wes. The more she thought, the more anger built up inside of her. Wes had been her whole world and it had been taken away by a single bullet. It wasn't fair that she had to be alone and she was going to make everyone else pay for it. Hazel didn't want to sit and grieve; she wanted to inflict the pain she was feeling onto others. With a brutal and reckless resolve, Hazel continued the trail of torment the couple had been set on. She continued to rob, steal, and murder without restrain. With little regard for her life or anyone else’s, Hazel was going to wrack up her bounty until she was stopped.

Hazel continued running herself into the ground until she came upon a man that would either be her savior or her damnation. That day, she saw an older man riding along the road and she came up behind him, holding him up. Once he turned around, Hazel lowered her weapon. The man was Hawthorne West, one of the most notorious outlaws in Georgia. She had heard stories of him as a kid; the resident boogeyman who was infamous for his brutality. Hazel expected that moment to be her last, but much to her surprise, Hawthorne took an interest in her. Despite their unconventional meeting, the two of them started riding together. She found out he was in Georgia again temporarily to move his family’s graves and recover from a shooting. As Hazel grew more comfortable with Hawthorne, she slowly opened up about why she’d been riding solo and eventually about Wes. She didn’t realize how alone she’d been until she had someone to talk to again. For the first time in a long time, Hazel felt like she had a reason to keep pushing on. After a month had passed, Hawthorne told her he would be returning back to where he’d come from for some jobs and asked her to accompany him. Hazel agreed without a second thought, having nothing left tying her to Georgia. And so, two embarked on a boat towards Odessa.

## Unlikely Allies

Upon setting foot in Odessa, Hazel was wary and a bit cautious of what was to come. She immediately met Callie and Sylvester, who were Hawthorne's two other adopted "children". Needless to say, she did not get off on the right foot with Sylvester after he made a patronizing comment towards her. They were told by Sylvester that a woman named Judith had broken into the safe house that he had set up for them. The group decided to plan to kidnap Judith, sending Sylvester to find her. When he was unable to, the group decided to celebrate Hawthorne's return to state by robbing Saint Denis bank. From the bank manager's office, Hawthorne stole a journal with the details to a money transport that would be taking place in the next coming week. To their surprise, no law showed up to apprehend them; so high off their successful job, the group continued towards Valentine. On the way, they robbed a woman named Lena and outside of the town the robbed another woman named Elizabeth. Once in Valentine, Hawthorne was attempting to rob a native man that began running away so they shot him dead. A man named Jesse was in town and seemed to be friendly with Callie, meeting the rest of the group. In the mist of all the chaos, another gang called the Del Lobos rode into town. There was a strange tension between the two groups but they rode out of town before anything transpired. After leaving Valentine, the group rode to Blackwater to get a drink at the saloon. The Del Lobos rode into town and surrounded the Blackwater saloon, pointing guns at the group. After a small back and forth between Hawthorne and the Lobo leader, Coyote, a shootout commenced. Hawthorne, Callie, and Hazel were shot down with Sylvester being held at gunpoint. Without being tended to properly, Hazel began bleeding out and she began panicking, beginning to actually feel her life slipping away. Eventually her heart stopped, so one of the women from the Del Lobos named Araña began to attempt to revive Hazel, breaking her ribs in the process but restarting her heart. Once everyone was in a somewhat stable state, the Lobos left the group to recover in Blackwater.

Barely picking themselves up, Hawthorne, Callie, Hazel, and Sylvester made their way towards to the safehouse in the plains near Blackwater. Hawthorne and Hazel stayed recovering at the house while Callie and Sylvester snuck back into the town to buy a lock for the house. Hawthorne spotted a deputy spying on them from a nearby hill, but then Callie and Sylvester knocked him over while speeding over the hill on the wagon. They told him to walk back into town because they had just shot down another deputy that had tried to get the jump on them. The group realized that the area around Blackwater was no longer safe, so they began riding towards the East. Callie got a letter from Jesse so the group went to meet up with him and discuss how he would fit in with them all. Hawthorne came to an understanding with Jesse that if he rode with the group and proved himself, Hawthorne would approve of Callie and his relationship. After the meeting, Callie, Sylvester, Hazel, and Hawthorne made their way to Sylvester's old house up past Annesburg to rest and recover.

## All Aboard

After thoroughly reading through the journal they had obtained from Saint Denis, the group discovered that there was to be a large transport of money from Saint Denis bank to Blackwater bank. Callie sent a letter to Jesse to meet them in Van Horn, where they began to plan an ambush. They planned an elaborate scheme to stop the train on the tracks, take those onboard hostage, and obtain the money in a silent, nonviolent way. The group spent hours planning out the details when they realized there was two possible tracks the train might take towards Blackwater. Frustrated and exhausted, the group headed towards Saint Denis to formulate an entirely new plan. Once they rode into Saint Denis, they came upon the sheriff of Saint Denis, Cedric Worth. They took him hostage and tortured him for information on the train transport. Cedric attempted to conceal the information but after getting both knees shot out, he told them the route and number of deputies that had been organized for the transport. They stopped Cedric from bleeding out and left him unconscious in an abandoned fort to eventually find his own way back to town. Now feeling confident in their plan, the group moved up into the snowy mountains to hide out until the day of the transport.

The day of the transport came and the group made their way towards Annesburg to change their clothes, running into a hostile woman that would not let them in to the changing rooms. After a long confrontation, they were able to get the woman to leave and change their clothes, but the interaction had severally delayed them. Rushing towards Van Horn, the group began to hear the noises of an oncoming train. As the train approached, a deputy began firing upon the group from the back of the train. A firefight ensued in which several deputies were shot down and the group was able to board the train, taking the law officers that were still standing as hostages. While Hawthorne was attempting to get the bank manager to unlock the safe, she pulled a gun and shot at him. Hawthorne shot her down, killing her, and warned those who remained to not try anything stupid. One of the deputies that was taken hostage was named Al and he had a past with both Callie and Hawthorne. The train conductor tried to handoff a gun to Al, but he threw it into the aisle and Hawthorne shot down the train conductor for trying to pass the gun. The group parked the train on top of Bacchus bridge and threw the bodies of the bank manager and the train conductor off the bridge. There were three deputies that were unconscious with severe injuries and two remaining deputies were still unharmed, Al and a deputy name Vince. Hawthorne told Al and Vince to each choose one of the unconscious deputies to carry back to Saint Denis and leave the remaining man. After the men had made their choice, Hawthorne picked up the remaining man and told Al and Vince to follow him to the front of the train. Hawthorne told the men this was their decision and proceeded to throw the deputy off his shoulder and into the water below. Vince began walking towards the nearest town with the injured deputy on his back but Al stayed behind to talk to the group. Al said that he wanted to be on the winning side and that he wanted to join the gang. Hawthorne made it clear that there was no leader or objective of the group, they weren't just robbing and killing for the thrill of it. Each of the members of the group were all people that symbolized the ghosts of the wild west; people that refused to conform to the industrialization of the modern world. They were the Dead West.

Al seemed to be moved by his speech and offered to prove his loyalty, whatever it took. Hawthorne said the first step in him joining the Dead West would be if Al threw the deputy, a man named Xander, over Bacchus. Al agreed and threw Xander into the water below, which was witnessed by Vince who had attempted to come back to save Xander. The whole talk with Al and the subsequent delays had left them on the bridge for far too long so Callie told Al that they would send him a letter to further talk to him about the offer to join them. With money filling their pockets and a sense of accomplishment, the Dead West headed into the snow to lay low for the time being.

## Run of Luck

After taking a few weeks to celebrate and recuperate, the money they had earned from the train heist slowly began dwindling. The Dead West decided to go out and start up their spree again. They were also wanting to leave due to being wary of staying in one place for too long. This was only exasperated by them seeing a woman lurking in the snow around where they were staying. They had found a bone carving of a ram outside of their house with blood surrounding the area. After seeing the woman several times in the tree line, the group quickly gathered their things and prepared to leave. Initially, they were concerned it was a bounty hunter, but upon seeing her dressed in an animal head and skins, their worry lessened. Hazel had pocketed the carving, finding the detailing fascinating and beautiful. As the Dead West began riding out, they witnessed the woman kick several wolves to death. They approached her to see if she had been injured, but the woman appeared unharmed. Hazel offered the woman the carving back but the woman gestured for her to keep it. Though the woman didn’t speak, she seemed to understand English. After running into another pack of wolves, the woman was pushed to the ground and knocked unconscious. The group carried her to shelter and left her by a campfire. They searched around the area before leaving the snow for good and Hazel found several more bone carvings that she took. They descended the mountain and took up residence in a remote house in the woods.

Jesse had received word of a letter in Valentine for him so after settling in, the Dead West set off towards Valentine. After realizing the letter wasn't of importance, they decided to rob Valentine bank to curb their boredom. Unfortunately, only one bond was given from the teller, which further frustrated the group. While they were robbing the bank, the group heard a commotion coming from the saloon so they went to the check who it was. Three members of the Del Lobos emerged from the saloon and began talking to the Dead West. The Del Lobos were drunk and upset that the Dead West had robbed the bank because apparently, they had planned to do the same. Hawthorne offered the bond to the Lobos as a peace offering, which got them to back down. While the two groups had been talking, several people tried to escape from the back of the Valentine saloon. Xander and a woman named Winona were taken hostage and placed on top of a mountain outside of Valentine. After questioning them and relieving them of their valuables, Xander informed them that Al was on the run because he had robbed Blackwater bank. Hawthorne pushed Xander down the mountainside and Winona was told to walk back to town with her hands still tied. Callie sent Al a letter to contact them if he was still interested in joining the Dead West.

While making their way back towards the cave they had been staying in out East, they stopped in Saint Denis. Hawthorne began having a coughing fit and passed out off the back of his horse in the middle of town. Callie rushed to find anyone to help and ran into the Lobos again. The Lobos agreed to help with Hawthorne and were able to alleviate some of his symptoms. The two groups went to the cave together and came to a truce. They all agreed to basically stay out of each other's way and remain neutral in regards to one another.

## Double-Dealing

After laying low for a few days in the cave, Callie received a letter back from Al that led the group to the desert. They found Al half-dead, dehydrated, and starving in the middle of nowhere so they took him to the safe house up in the mountains. They gave him supplies to recover and told him they would come back for him in a few days so that he could ride with them for the first time once he was feeling better. After leaving Al, the Dead West rode around looking for a new camp to stay at as they no longer wanted to stay in the cave. They found a small, abandoned camp off the main trail that they started making camp at. Sylvester and Hazel's arguing had begun to worsen over the weeks and Hawthorne attempted to sit them down to talk it out. In the middle of the talk, Callie heard someone rustling in the nearby forest. The group quickly packed their things and headed back towards the cave, taking a long path around to make sure they were not being followed. On the outskirts of the Heartlands, they ran into Xander, who had been the one spying on them from afar. Hawthorne offered a fair duel him but Xander declined, stating that he didn't believe that the rest of the Dead West would honor the terms. Hawthorne relented, and asked if Xander would continue to try to hunt the group down. Xander said that he was not going to currently try anything, but admitted that he would continue to try bringing them in because it was his job as a deputy. Upon hearing this, Hawthorne emptied his gun into Xander's chest. Hazel went and picked up Xander's body and the group rode into Valentine. Cedric was at the Valentine sheriff's office when they dropped off Xander at the doctor. He was still recovering from the injuries the Dead West had given him previously, but Cedric promised them that he would one day bring them to justice. The group rode out of town and made their way back to the cave once more.

After about a week passed, the Dead West prepared to take Al out for his first ride with them. Before they went to the cabin Al was hiding in, Callie had received a letter in Van Horn so they went to retrieve it. The letter was from the Del Lobos and it said that Al was a rat sent by the law of West Elizabeth to infiltrate them. Hawthorne told them all to act as if they were unaware of Al's plan and that he knew how to deal with this. They met up with Al at the cabin and took him to Strawberry, looking for Sheriff Charles Hudson of West Elizabeth. When they were unable to find the sheriff, the Dead West took Al with them to rob the Blackwater bank. Since they had not run into any law out west, the group headed towards Valentine. There they found several law officers, including Sheriff Hudson.

Hawthorne stood Al in front of Sheriff Hudson and proceeded to shoot Al in the head, killing him. Hawthorne taunted Hudson, telling him it would’ve been a good plan if they hadn’t been so reckless with Al’s life. Hudson was furious and Hawthorne asked him if they were going to do anything about it. Hudson agreed to a fair duel between himself and Hawthorne. The duel was counted down and Hawthorne got a few shots in before Hudson knocked his gun away and started a fistfight. The two men fought without the law or the Dead West interfering. In the midst of the fight, several people rode into town, including the Del Lobos. After the two men had been fighting for some time, Hawthorne began weaken so he pulled out a knife and stabbed Hudson. After Hudson was down, Hawthorne walked up to his body and shot him in the head. A Del Lobo named Bobby walked up behind Hawthorne and shot him down. Pandemonium erupted as both the law and the Dead West rushed to the two men’s aid. Hawthorne and Hudson were treated in the Valentine doctor’s office side by side. The Lobos left town and as soon as he was stable enough to move, the Dead West rode out with Hawthorne. When they made it back to the cave, the five of them agreed to have nothing to do with the Del Lobos. The Lobos had been the ones to inform them about Al being a rat as a “peace offering” but in the same day, shot down Hawthorne. The members of the Dead West were many things, but they were not people to double cross fellow outlaws. Once they were certain Hawthorne was stable, they all relaxed a bit and were able to rest.

## Malice Aforethought

Even with the setback from Hawthorne getting shot, the Dead West began to feel cocky considering the law hadn’t manage to arrest them after all this time. They had robbed almost every bank in state, kidnapped, and murdered several people without any real consequence. The five of them decided that they wanted to plan something big to taunt the law and prove how incompetent they were. Taking over a town and occupying it seemed like the most logical next step.

Hazel and Sylvester were sent out as scouts to begin planning exactly how they were to take over the town. On their way back to the cave, the two of them passed by Emerald Ranch and saw a man waiting by the station. They went over to rob him, but to their surprise, the man remained very calm and was kind to them. He introduced himself as Danny and said he understood how difficult it must be for them to get around with bounties on their heads. He offered his ammunition to them and they let him go without further incident. That was far from the last time the two of them would see Danny, running into him again in Blackwater several night later when they were checking out the town again. He rode with them back out East and gave them his P.O. in case they ever needed anything. Hazel and Sylvester went out on several more outings, ironing out the details of the Blackwater takeover. One night, the two went Saint Denis and ran into Danny at a pub with a woman. Her name was Siobhán and she was the owner of the pub. Much to their surprise, Siobhán also offered them kindness and aid if they needed it. The four of them quickly fell into a routine of seeing each other and blowing off steam. Siobhán began giving them supplies for the Dead West and feeding them information about the goings-on in Odessa. One of the things she told them was that the lawman Xander had let slip that he had feelings for Hazel in front of Siobhán. Confused and mostly sure that it was just a joke, Hazel brushed off the comment. Hazel began exchanging letters with Siobhán and Danny often. She carved them both animal statuettes of animal’s she felt best represented them and was given moonshine from Danny and hand-knitted gloves from Siobhán as gifts in return. Hazel began to feel like her small world of just her and Hawthorne against everyone else began to expand a bit.

Once Hawthorne was recovered for the most part, the Dead West was ready to become active again. Hazel realized that her 20th birthday had passed during their time hiding in the cave, so the group agreed they go out to celebrate. They first went to Saint Denis to visit Siobhán’s pub. Danny and Siobhán were both inside and accompanied them to get ice cream downtown. They pretended to take Siobhán hostage in case anyone were to run into them. Hazel was overjoyed to introduce the two of them to Hawthorne, even if he was being a bit overprotective. They all enjoyed their time together but eventually, the Dead West decided they wanted to go and find people to rob. Siobhán said she couldn’t risk her reputation by being seeing with them so Danny rode out with them instead.

The six of them rode through Rhodes and towards Blackwater, running into only one man with nothing worth robbing off of him. Once in Blackwater, Danny began feeling ill so he stayed behind to sleep. After dropping off Danny, the Dead West headed into Strawberry but could not find anyone there either. Their boredom began kicking in and so they decided to leave a note in the sheriff’s office that read “We came by to turn ourselves in but no one was here so contact Hazel at 1595 to get in touch. -Love The Dead West". After leaving Strawberry, they went to Valentine but still no one was to be found. They found their way to Rhodes where they finally found 3 deputies; Winona, Ilyanna, and Thyra. The Dead West decided to leave Winona with her valuables because they had already robbed her previously, so they just took money and ammunition from the other two women. The deputies were then tied up and left on the gunsmith porch with a stick of dynamite next to them. The group passed through Saint Denis, running into a single deputy who they sent on his way to go save the women in Rhodes. While riding through Saint Denis, Hazel got word that she had a letter in Van Horn. The letter was from Xander who had a proposition for Hazel, but only Hazel. He offered her a way out of the charges that were hanging over the Dead West's heads, in exchange for information leading to the other member's arrests. Callie suggested that they should use this to their advantage in their Blackwater plan by taking Xander hostage. It was Hazel's job to convince Xander to trust her and organize a meeting between them so that the Dead West could ambush him. And so, Hazel began sent letters back and forth with Xander and she was surprised at how receptive he was towards her. Xander quickly agreed to meet with Hazel and the date was set.

## Forsaken

The day came to meet with Xander, and so the Dead West made their way to Flatneck Station where Hazel had told him to meet. Xander showed up and began talking to Hazel about taking her out West to a safe house. She pulled a gun, holding him up, and the rest the Dead West emerged. They took him hostage with little problem and rode to Blackwater, blocking the paths into town with carriages. They secured the town, murdering countless civilians in the process, and put Xander up in the saloon to be guarded. They sent off a letter to the law to taunt them with the fact that Xander was now their hostage. More and more time passed without any word from the law and they were beginning to think that no one was going to come at all. Hawthorne and Hazel were on a patrol around the town when they hear a voice coming from behind them. Cedric was standing there pointing a gun at Hawthorne and warned them of the two deputies that were on the rooftop behind them. Hawthorne and Cedric had a standoff, with Cedric attempting to get them to surrender, but Hawthorne stayed true to form and went out shooting. After a firefight, one of the deputies on the rooftop shot down Hazel with several bullets to the chest. As she laid there bleeding out, she looked over to see Hawthorne on the ground across the street. One of the deputies picked her up and placed her next to Hawthorne where she realized he was dead. Hazel felt her world come down around her, she felt completely alone again since she lost Wes. Her vision started going black as she held onto Hawthorne's lifeless hand and she felt her life slip away.

Hazel woke up in an immense amount of pain and several people standing over her. She watched as Xander took away Hawthorne's body and a woman told Hazel she was about to be taken into surgery to treat her wounds. At first, Hazel refused to be treated because she was in shock from losing the only person she had left in the world. They bargained with her and agreed that she could say goodbye to Hawthorne's body if she got treated. Hazel finally agreed and was taken to surgery. She heard in passing that Sylvester had escaped but Callie and Jesse had been taken into custody. After she woke up from surgery, Hazel was taken to Hawthorne's body and she was able to say her goodbyes. After, she was taken to the cells and awaited transport with Callie and Jesse. The three of them heard a gunshot and explosion in the distance and the deputies let slip that they had just burned Hawthorne's body. Hazel was furious and resented how smug the law treated them but in her weak state, there wasn't much she could do. The law began to transport them to the fort when a rider came up behind the wagon with a gun out. It was Sylvester with a deputy as hostage trying to attempt a break out. One of the deputies that was helping with the transport shot down Sylvester and told the wagon to go faster towards the fort. The violent movement tore open Hazel's stitches and the doctor had to rush to treat both her and Sylvester. After they were both stabilized, they were searched for their personal belongings and Hazel's letters from Xander were confiscated. The Dead West was sentenced to 60 years and given $500 fine for their crimes.

After a few days passed, Hazel began feeling sick and her wound began turning red and leaking pus. The days began blending together as her fever made her go in and out of consciousness. She woke up to Xander in the fort in stripes, which she was almost positive was a hallucination, but he told her that because of the letters that had been taken away from her, he had been charged with accessory to the Dead West's crimes. Xander contacted the fort guards to send for a doctor because Hazel's infection was worsening. A doctor from Saint Denis came up and treated Hazel, giving her what she would need to fend off the infection. Once the rest of the Dead West found out Xander was brought into the fort, they were skeptical that Xander was being sent in as a rat just like the law had attempted to with Al. Xander said he was going to be in there for half of their sentence so they could believe what they want, but no one would volunteer to do that. They slowly acclimated to having Xander in there with them over time and settled into a routine of living in the fort. Deputies from all offices would come every so often to take them out for community service to go towards their fines. On one such outing, Hazel and Callie were taken to harvest crops. While handling the sickle, Hazel cut her hand several times pretty severely and had to be rushed to the doctor in Valentine. While she was being treated, Danny walked into the doctor's office and she felt like she'd seen a ghost. The deputies quickly rushed him out but later on, she was able to see him through a window and say goodbye.