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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4405565" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Twenty, “Do you people want to continue being stupid or do you want to get out of here?”, 1:15 A.M., Thursday, June 15, 1882 – Canon City Colorado</strong></p><p></p><p>Sally looks up at Angus, Shamus and Mongo and says “I’m gonna guess that you all didn’t know the plan.” Mongo says, “There was plan?” Pamela screams “Of course there was a plan! What were you thinking!” She points to the unconscious Rex and says, “We were playing that boy like putty!” Angus says, “You weren’t playing that boy very good then Lassie. Because he came down here two days ago and he just shot Pinto dead.” Sally starts to cry.</p><p></p><p>Pamela says to Angus, “Look, I have no idea what to do, this plan is so messed up now.” Mongo and Shamus just stand around looking confused. The prisoners in the other cells are now all awake and are yelling to be let out. Angus smiles and softly says to Pamela “Cannon Fodder.” “Huh?” Pamela replies. Angus reaches down and picks up Rex’s keys stating, “They all want out, we’ll let them out.” He heads over to the first next occupied cell to unlock it. </p><p></p><p>Pamela heads over to the stairs and sees the unconscious guard who Buckskin Bennett had plowed over, also noticing the guard’s gun lying on the stairs. She quickly scurries down to that step to retrieve it. Mongo and Shamus assist Angus with unlocking and releasing all of the second floor prisoners, who immediately hurry downstairs. This results in yells from the first floor prisoners to be released too. </p><p></p><p>While this is going on Sally kneels down beside Rex, lifting his head and lying it beside her leg. He begins to stir. His eyes start to open and he looks up to see Sally above him. He mutters her name “Sally….what?” She replies, “Rex, you shouldn’t have killed Pinto.” Before he can fully comprehend exactly what she is saying Sally places the barrel of Rex’s gun to his forehead and fires. Mongo walks over to Sally and looks down at Rex’s dead body. He asks, “What did Rex do?” Sally looks up at the big man and says, “He killed Pinto Joe.”</p><p></p><p>As Angus and Shamus return to the others Pamela raises her voice and says “Do you people want to continue being stupid or do you want to get out of here?” They then hear gunshots, shouts as well as the sounds of several fist fights from downstairs towards the front. Angus hands Shamus the keys and says, “Take Mongo and go downstairs, let as many of the other prisoners out of their cells as you can, but stay clear of the fighting.” They head off. </p><p></p><p>“How do we get out of here?” Pamela asks Angus. He says, “There’s only one exit from the building, the front door, which is where the melee is going on. We’ll have to wait until that clears out enough to get by.” “Only if the prisoners win,” Sally replies. Angus says, “That’s why we’re now sending them prisoner reinforcements.” Pamela smiles and tells Angus, “Smart man. You stick with us okay?” They cautiously make their way down the stairs to see what is going on.</p><p></p><p>It is hard to make out exactly what is going on due to all of the firearms smoke. As their eyes adjust to the smoke they see ten prisoners lying near the doorway, some dead, some wounded. Two prisoners are wrestling with a guard near the doorway. Outside, there are three guards with guns, firing in. One of the wrestling prisoners is shot but the other manages to smash the guard’s head into the doorway and takes his gun. The prisoner then fires point blank into the other guards, one of which falls and the other two pull back. </p><p></p><p>The absence of guards immediately at the doorway prompts the released prisoners to charge out. Rifles fire from several guard towers and several prisoners fall but over a dozen others begin to scatter. A pistol and rifle from the fallen guard are picked up by a pair of prisoners who start to fire back while charging in the direction of the towers. </p><p></p><p>Angus says, “Now’s the time, while they are all busy shooting at each other.” Gathering the women, Mongo and Shamus to them Angus leads the group out the door and around the side wall of the building to get out of the line of fire from the smoke-filled area. More of the escaped prisoners make their way out the front door, running in all directions, making themselves targets for the guards. </p><p></p><p>Firefights are now going on at both the east and west gates of the prison. The guards at the south gate do not appear to be engaged in battle. Pamela suggests that she and Mongo go get the horses. Sally says that she will go find the place on the wall where Rex had set the dynamite. Angus agrees, finding a place for him and Shamus to hide until they have the horses. The two former rustlers reach the stables and find that Rex had readied the mounts. </p><p></p><p>They bring them over to the doorway. Pamela sees movement in the nearby south guardhouse but the rifles aren’t firing as there are no escaping prisoners near that area. Pamela telling Mongo “Too dangerous to try exiting now. We wait until we hear the big boom.” Meanwhile Sally manages to find the fuse, lights it, and moves back behind some cover. </p><p></p><p>There is a loud explosion while the wooden side wall disintegrates where a twelve-foot wide section had been. Pamela and Mongo waste no time in darting from the stable while the guards in the south guard post are still disoriented. There are a few rifle shots at them before they are out of range which all miss. They stop very briefly to pick up Angus and Shamus. They then make a beeline towards the wall. </p><p></p><p>Sally sees the horses approaching and moves out from her cover. She motions for them to keep moving and not stop, using her rustler talents to successfully mount one of the saddled horses while it is still moving. As they make their way through the walls a few more shots ring out at them from the east guard post, one shot hitting a saddlebag on Mongo’s horse, the only casualty being a metal canteen. </p><p></p><p>They stick together heading towards the hills where they see Buckskin Bennet walking away on foot. Realizing that they might need his backwoodsman skills Pamela insists that they stop for him. The six outlaws ride off as fast as they can, leaving the Colorado State Prison well behind them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4405565, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Twenty, “Do you people want to continue being stupid or do you want to get out of here?”, 1:15 A.M., Thursday, June 15, 1882 – Canon City Colorado[/B] Sally looks up at Angus, Shamus and Mongo and says “I’m gonna guess that you all didn’t know the plan.” Mongo says, “There was plan?” Pamela screams “Of course there was a plan! What were you thinking!” She points to the unconscious Rex and says, “We were playing that boy like putty!” Angus says, “You weren’t playing that boy very good then Lassie. Because he came down here two days ago and he just shot Pinto dead.” Sally starts to cry. Pamela says to Angus, “Look, I have no idea what to do, this plan is so messed up now.” Mongo and Shamus just stand around looking confused. The prisoners in the other cells are now all awake and are yelling to be let out. Angus smiles and softly says to Pamela “Cannon Fodder.” “Huh?” Pamela replies. Angus reaches down and picks up Rex’s keys stating, “They all want out, we’ll let them out.” He heads over to the first next occupied cell to unlock it. Pamela heads over to the stairs and sees the unconscious guard who Buckskin Bennett had plowed over, also noticing the guard’s gun lying on the stairs. She quickly scurries down to that step to retrieve it. Mongo and Shamus assist Angus with unlocking and releasing all of the second floor prisoners, who immediately hurry downstairs. This results in yells from the first floor prisoners to be released too. While this is going on Sally kneels down beside Rex, lifting his head and lying it beside her leg. He begins to stir. His eyes start to open and he looks up to see Sally above him. He mutters her name “Sally….what?” She replies, “Rex, you shouldn’t have killed Pinto.” Before he can fully comprehend exactly what she is saying Sally places the barrel of Rex’s gun to his forehead and fires. Mongo walks over to Sally and looks down at Rex’s dead body. He asks, “What did Rex do?” Sally looks up at the big man and says, “He killed Pinto Joe.” As Angus and Shamus return to the others Pamela raises her voice and says “Do you people want to continue being stupid or do you want to get out of here?” They then hear gunshots, shouts as well as the sounds of several fist fights from downstairs towards the front. Angus hands Shamus the keys and says, “Take Mongo and go downstairs, let as many of the other prisoners out of their cells as you can, but stay clear of the fighting.” They head off. “How do we get out of here?” Pamela asks Angus. He says, “There’s only one exit from the building, the front door, which is where the melee is going on. We’ll have to wait until that clears out enough to get by.” “Only if the prisoners win,” Sally replies. Angus says, “That’s why we’re now sending them prisoner reinforcements.” Pamela smiles and tells Angus, “Smart man. You stick with us okay?” They cautiously make their way down the stairs to see what is going on. It is hard to make out exactly what is going on due to all of the firearms smoke. As their eyes adjust to the smoke they see ten prisoners lying near the doorway, some dead, some wounded. Two prisoners are wrestling with a guard near the doorway. Outside, there are three guards with guns, firing in. One of the wrestling prisoners is shot but the other manages to smash the guard’s head into the doorway and takes his gun. The prisoner then fires point blank into the other guards, one of which falls and the other two pull back. The absence of guards immediately at the doorway prompts the released prisoners to charge out. Rifles fire from several guard towers and several prisoners fall but over a dozen others begin to scatter. A pistol and rifle from the fallen guard are picked up by a pair of prisoners who start to fire back while charging in the direction of the towers. Angus says, “Now’s the time, while they are all busy shooting at each other.” Gathering the women, Mongo and Shamus to them Angus leads the group out the door and around the side wall of the building to get out of the line of fire from the smoke-filled area. More of the escaped prisoners make their way out the front door, running in all directions, making themselves targets for the guards. Firefights are now going on at both the east and west gates of the prison. The guards at the south gate do not appear to be engaged in battle. Pamela suggests that she and Mongo go get the horses. Sally says that she will go find the place on the wall where Rex had set the dynamite. Angus agrees, finding a place for him and Shamus to hide until they have the horses. The two former rustlers reach the stables and find that Rex had readied the mounts. They bring them over to the doorway. Pamela sees movement in the nearby south guardhouse but the rifles aren’t firing as there are no escaping prisoners near that area. Pamela telling Mongo “Too dangerous to try exiting now. We wait until we hear the big boom.” Meanwhile Sally manages to find the fuse, lights it, and moves back behind some cover. There is a loud explosion while the wooden side wall disintegrates where a twelve-foot wide section had been. Pamela and Mongo waste no time in darting from the stable while the guards in the south guard post are still disoriented. There are a few rifle shots at them before they are out of range which all miss. They stop very briefly to pick up Angus and Shamus. They then make a beeline towards the wall. Sally sees the horses approaching and moves out from her cover. She motions for them to keep moving and not stop, using her rustler talents to successfully mount one of the saddled horses while it is still moving. As they make their way through the walls a few more shots ring out at them from the east guard post, one shot hitting a saddlebag on Mongo’s horse, the only casualty being a metal canteen. They stick together heading towards the hills where they see Buckskin Bennet walking away on foot. Realizing that they might need his backwoodsman skills Pamela insists that they stop for him. The six outlaws ride off as fast as they can, leaving the Colorado State Prison well behind them. [/QUOTE]
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