rocky would have bled to death long before they could arrive back in washington that was assuming they ever got back to d. c. knowing this she reluctantly accepted his apology , but not before she asked for a couple of favors first she wanted red wolf to ask his father to trade his crucifix for her grandpas pistol , and she further requested red wolf let them use the comanches hot , roaring fire to melt the gold cross into the disc to repair pegasus .