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"Seven Outlaws in Search of a Bank" Sidewinder Recoiled - Game 5
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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4336826" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Nineteen, “Getting out of the cells”, Thursday, June 15, 1882 – Canon City Colorado</strong></p><p></p><p>It is well into the night and soon approaching midnight. Shamus and Mongo appear to both be sleeping. Angus and Bennett are staying up late talking. Bennett says, “Shame that Pinto guy went and got shot. Guess it was just mean to be though.” “Fouls up my plans,” Angus states. Bennet says, “About getting out you mean? Yeah, looks like we’re stuck here.” Angus comments, “Are you familiar with engineering and things like that?” Bennett says, “A little…why?” Angus gets out his lock pick and works the door of his cell until it opens. </p><p></p><p>Bennett appears only mildly surprised by this and says, “You could have done that all along?” Angus replies, “Yes, but I wanted Pinto to lead me to the money. That isn’t going to happen now.” Bennett replies, “Well, that Mongo guy may know where it’s at.” Angus replies, “I suppose you want a cut of that too?” Bennett answers, “No, not particularly, I just want to get out of here.” Angus heads over to Bennett’s cell and says, “We may need the fighter” as he starts to work the lock. Bennett wakes up his cellmate Shamus, gesturing for him to keep quiet. </p><p></p><p>Pamela’s player comments “Do not tell Sally that we could have gotten out without Rex. Do not. That would be bad.” </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Rex returns upstairs to the cell with the women and appears unsure of what he will do next. Pamela says, “You know Rex, she dreamed about you the other night.” “Pamela!” Sally exclaims. Pamela continues “Well, you did.” Sally is uncertain of where this made-up story is going and says, “Can’t we keep some of this just girl talk?” Pamela says, “She just said that she dreamed of the two of you riding in California, the way you described it, free, the two of you together.” </p><p></p><p>Sally comments, “There were big pine trees, rivers and stuff.” “And how she had a gold band on her finger, isn’t that right?” Pamela adds. Sally states, “Pamela, I ain’t telling you anything ever, ever again.” Rex asks, “Would you Sally?” “Would I what?” she asks. “Would you let me make an honest woman of you?” Rex states. Pamela mutters softly to herself “That would take some doing.”</p><p></p><p>Downstairs, Angus has managed to unlock Bennett and Shamus’s cell. He starts to work the lock on Mongo’s cell but tells the others that they will have to be careful waking up the large man so that he doesn’t make a lot of noise and ruin things. He is unable to get the cell open. They then hear some noises upstairs, as Rex has accidentally kicked a bucket over while pacing in anticipation of a reply from Sally to his proposal. Upon hearing the sound of the bucket the three temporarily freed men on the second floor decide to wait, each heading back into their own cells and shutting but not locking the doors to them. </p><p> </p><p>Sally is uncertain of what to say. Pamela interjects, “Sally this is just like in your dream. You’ll have a husband and be able to start a family together.” Sally gives Pamela a look of disgust, which Rex thankfully misses. Turning back to Rex, Pamela says, “And she dreamed that the two of you kissed.” Sally exclaims, “I can’t tell you anything.”</p><p></p><p>Rex says, “I can’t have a woman who’s going to be my wife remain behind bars a minute longer than I have to. Sally, I love you.” She quickly and insincerely replies, “I love you to.” Rex doesn’t catch the monotone of her voice, being elated just to hear her say those words. “I’ll be back soon,” he states, as he then heads downstairs. </p><p></p><p>He approaches Angus, Shamus, Mongo and Bennett’s cells, noting that three of the four are awake, and asks them if they are ready. Angus says "As ready as we need to be.” Bennett comments, “Absolutely, to me it feels as if we’ve already been given a slight taste of freedom.” Rex says, “Give me a chance to make sure that everything is set. I’ll be back for you soon.”</p><p></p><p>Rex heads downstairs and tells the other guard that he is heading to the outhouse, and that he is feeling poorly so might be there for a while. He does as he said and then walks around a bit to clear his head, stopping by the stable to make sure that horses, saddles, tack and harness are all set. He gets his own horse saddled up and rechecks the saddlebags to make sure that the provisions are all ready. He then gets five more horses all saddled up. There are two more horses in the barn, and Rex also gets them ready to ride. </p><p></p><p>Rex next heads over to the hardware shed to check on the dynamite. He has to be very carefully to get over there without being seen from the guard towers. Once there he gets several sticks ready as well as the blasting caps and fuses. He heads over to the best spot along the outer wall and sets up the dynamite for what he guesses would be the maximum effort. He manages to sneak back without being seen. </p><p></p><p>He heads back inside, saying hello to the other guard on the first floor, and then makes his way up the staircase to the top floor. Sally asks him “Is everything alright?” He replies, “Couldn’t be better.” He then tells them about the preparations that he has made. He unlocks Sally’s cell and lets her out. They have a short embrace until Pamela clears her through, at which point he unlocks her cell too. </p><p></p><p>Rex, Sally and Pamela make their way down to the second floor and approach the cells with the men. Rex goes to unlock Angus’s cell. Angus holds the cell door shut so that Rex doesn’t realize that it is already unlocked. Meanwhile, Pamela speaks softly to Mongo to wake him up. He appears to be pleasantly surprised to see her. Rex heads over to unlock Mongo’s cell. </p><p></p><p>He then heads over to the third cell to unlock Shamus and Bennett. As they exit the cells Shamus decides that the last thing they need is a guard so slugs Rex across chin in an attempt to knock him unconscious. Rex is surprised but remains standing. Shamus then slugs Rex in the stomach. Angus moves in to grapple Rex as Pamela urges Mongo to exit his cell. Shamus’s fighting skills are superb and he gets in another bare-knuckled punch causing Rex to falter. </p><p></p><p>Bennett decides to use his ‘bull-rush’ skill to knock both Shamus and Rex over towards the stairwell. They are pushed backwards, being bashed between the stairs and wall. Rex appears to now be barely conscious. While this going on Sally whispers to Angus “What really happened between Rex and Pinto?” Angus replies, “Rodgers shot him down in cold blood, took Pinto totally by surprise.” </p><p></p><p>While Rex still has some where-with-all to think he calls over to Pamela, Sally and Angus “Ladies, Angus, quick, back to your cells. The other guards don’t need to know.” He then draws his gun and takes a shot at Shamus. The bullet goes through Shamus’s right arm, not hitting any muscle or bone. “Damn!” Pamela exclaims, realizing that the sound of the gunshot will alert all of the guards at the prison. </p><p></p><p>Sally sends Mongo over to the stairs to the first floor, realizing that is the direction that the other guard in the cellblock will soon be coming from. Pamela rushes forward to put herself between Shamus and Rex stating “Cut it out you morons! You’re going to get us all killed.” Rex starts to back up rather than fire. The alarm bells haven’t sounded yet but they all assume that other guards are coming to investigate. </p><p></p><p>Rex still has his gun in hand, trying to see if he can get a shot at Shamus without endangering Pamela. Rex again urges the women to return to their cells. Pamela tells Rex, “No, come on, let’s go. Mongo will knock out the other guard when he comes up the stairs and we’ll leave.” Rex exclaims, “We can’t get to the gates now. There’s going to be too many people on alert.” Pamela says, “We got this far, we can’t quit now.”</p><p></p><p>Bennett decides to just get away from this chaos as fast as his feet will carry him. He charges down the dark staircase, colliding with the other guard who is now nearing the top. Bennett lets out a yelp as he plows into the man, knocking him down the staircase. In the process the guard drops his revolver, it landing on a middle stair. Bennett keeps going. </p><p></p><p>Pamela mutters, “This isn’t going to work. We’d just be running around in the prison yard until they shoot us. Maybe we should go back to our cells.” Sally moves over towards Pamela and says, “We’re not going back.” Sally then punches Pamela in the side of the face stating “That is for the dream!” Pamela and Sally both move back towards the stairwell up to the third floor but stay on the second, ready to head back to their cells if they decide to. With Pamela no longer between them Shamus charges Rex and slugs him with a knockout punch, leaving him unconscious on the stairs. Sally reaches down and picks up Rex’s gun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4336826, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Nineteen, “Getting out of the cells”, Thursday, June 15, 1882 – Canon City Colorado[/B] It is well into the night and soon approaching midnight. Shamus and Mongo appear to both be sleeping. Angus and Bennett are staying up late talking. Bennett says, “Shame that Pinto guy went and got shot. Guess it was just mean to be though.” “Fouls up my plans,” Angus states. Bennet says, “About getting out you mean? Yeah, looks like we’re stuck here.” Angus comments, “Are you familiar with engineering and things like that?” Bennett says, “A little…why?” Angus gets out his lock pick and works the door of his cell until it opens. Bennett appears only mildly surprised by this and says, “You could have done that all along?” Angus replies, “Yes, but I wanted Pinto to lead me to the money. That isn’t going to happen now.” Bennett replies, “Well, that Mongo guy may know where it’s at.” Angus replies, “I suppose you want a cut of that too?” Bennett answers, “No, not particularly, I just want to get out of here.” Angus heads over to Bennett’s cell and says, “We may need the fighter” as he starts to work the lock. Bennett wakes up his cellmate Shamus, gesturing for him to keep quiet. Pamela’s player comments “Do not tell Sally that we could have gotten out without Rex. Do not. That would be bad.” Meanwhile, Rex returns upstairs to the cell with the women and appears unsure of what he will do next. Pamela says, “You know Rex, she dreamed about you the other night.” “Pamela!” Sally exclaims. Pamela continues “Well, you did.” Sally is uncertain of where this made-up story is going and says, “Can’t we keep some of this just girl talk?” Pamela says, “She just said that she dreamed of the two of you riding in California, the way you described it, free, the two of you together.” Sally comments, “There were big pine trees, rivers and stuff.” “And how she had a gold band on her finger, isn’t that right?” Pamela adds. Sally states, “Pamela, I ain’t telling you anything ever, ever again.” Rex asks, “Would you Sally?” “Would I what?” she asks. “Would you let me make an honest woman of you?” Rex states. Pamela mutters softly to herself “That would take some doing.” Downstairs, Angus has managed to unlock Bennett and Shamus’s cell. He starts to work the lock on Mongo’s cell but tells the others that they will have to be careful waking up the large man so that he doesn’t make a lot of noise and ruin things. He is unable to get the cell open. They then hear some noises upstairs, as Rex has accidentally kicked a bucket over while pacing in anticipation of a reply from Sally to his proposal. Upon hearing the sound of the bucket the three temporarily freed men on the second floor decide to wait, each heading back into their own cells and shutting but not locking the doors to them. Sally is uncertain of what to say. Pamela interjects, “Sally this is just like in your dream. You’ll have a husband and be able to start a family together.” Sally gives Pamela a look of disgust, which Rex thankfully misses. Turning back to Rex, Pamela says, “And she dreamed that the two of you kissed.” Sally exclaims, “I can’t tell you anything.” Rex says, “I can’t have a woman who’s going to be my wife remain behind bars a minute longer than I have to. Sally, I love you.” She quickly and insincerely replies, “I love you to.” Rex doesn’t catch the monotone of her voice, being elated just to hear her say those words. “I’ll be back soon,” he states, as he then heads downstairs. He approaches Angus, Shamus, Mongo and Bennett’s cells, noting that three of the four are awake, and asks them if they are ready. Angus says "As ready as we need to be.” Bennett comments, “Absolutely, to me it feels as if we’ve already been given a slight taste of freedom.” Rex says, “Give me a chance to make sure that everything is set. I’ll be back for you soon.” Rex heads downstairs and tells the other guard that he is heading to the outhouse, and that he is feeling poorly so might be there for a while. He does as he said and then walks around a bit to clear his head, stopping by the stable to make sure that horses, saddles, tack and harness are all set. He gets his own horse saddled up and rechecks the saddlebags to make sure that the provisions are all ready. He then gets five more horses all saddled up. There are two more horses in the barn, and Rex also gets them ready to ride. Rex next heads over to the hardware shed to check on the dynamite. He has to be very carefully to get over there without being seen from the guard towers. Once there he gets several sticks ready as well as the blasting caps and fuses. He heads over to the best spot along the outer wall and sets up the dynamite for what he guesses would be the maximum effort. He manages to sneak back without being seen. He heads back inside, saying hello to the other guard on the first floor, and then makes his way up the staircase to the top floor. Sally asks him “Is everything alright?” He replies, “Couldn’t be better.” He then tells them about the preparations that he has made. He unlocks Sally’s cell and lets her out. They have a short embrace until Pamela clears her through, at which point he unlocks her cell too. Rex, Sally and Pamela make their way down to the second floor and approach the cells with the men. Rex goes to unlock Angus’s cell. Angus holds the cell door shut so that Rex doesn’t realize that it is already unlocked. Meanwhile, Pamela speaks softly to Mongo to wake him up. He appears to be pleasantly surprised to see her. Rex heads over to unlock Mongo’s cell. He then heads over to the third cell to unlock Shamus and Bennett. As they exit the cells Shamus decides that the last thing they need is a guard so slugs Rex across chin in an attempt to knock him unconscious. Rex is surprised but remains standing. Shamus then slugs Rex in the stomach. Angus moves in to grapple Rex as Pamela urges Mongo to exit his cell. Shamus’s fighting skills are superb and he gets in another bare-knuckled punch causing Rex to falter. Bennett decides to use his ‘bull-rush’ skill to knock both Shamus and Rex over towards the stairwell. They are pushed backwards, being bashed between the stairs and wall. Rex appears to now be barely conscious. While this going on Sally whispers to Angus “What really happened between Rex and Pinto?” Angus replies, “Rodgers shot him down in cold blood, took Pinto totally by surprise.” While Rex still has some where-with-all to think he calls over to Pamela, Sally and Angus “Ladies, Angus, quick, back to your cells. The other guards don’t need to know.” He then draws his gun and takes a shot at Shamus. The bullet goes through Shamus’s right arm, not hitting any muscle or bone. “Damn!” Pamela exclaims, realizing that the sound of the gunshot will alert all of the guards at the prison. Sally sends Mongo over to the stairs to the first floor, realizing that is the direction that the other guard in the cellblock will soon be coming from. Pamela rushes forward to put herself between Shamus and Rex stating “Cut it out you morons! You’re going to get us all killed.” Rex starts to back up rather than fire. The alarm bells haven’t sounded yet but they all assume that other guards are coming to investigate. Rex still has his gun in hand, trying to see if he can get a shot at Shamus without endangering Pamela. Rex again urges the women to return to their cells. Pamela tells Rex, “No, come on, let’s go. Mongo will knock out the other guard when he comes up the stairs and we’ll leave.” Rex exclaims, “We can’t get to the gates now. There’s going to be too many people on alert.” Pamela says, “We got this far, we can’t quit now.” Bennett decides to just get away from this chaos as fast as his feet will carry him. He charges down the dark staircase, colliding with the other guard who is now nearing the top. Bennett lets out a yelp as he plows into the man, knocking him down the staircase. In the process the guard drops his revolver, it landing on a middle stair. Bennett keeps going. Pamela mutters, “This isn’t going to work. We’d just be running around in the prison yard until they shoot us. Maybe we should go back to our cells.” Sally moves over towards Pamela and says, “We’re not going back.” Sally then punches Pamela in the side of the face stating “That is for the dream!” Pamela and Sally both move back towards the stairwell up to the third floor but stay on the second, ready to head back to their cells if they decide to. With Pamela no longer between them Shamus charges Rex and slugs him with a knockout punch, leaving him unconscious on the stairs. Sally reaches down and picks up Rex’s gun. [/QUOTE]
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