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Dan glances aside at Doc Potter...

...he’s staring at Dan from under his BLANKET.

After a moment, Dan lowers his rifle. His hands are shaking.

His breath calming. Wade watches him cautiously.

Tucker has also woken up, picking up his own rifle.

TUCKER:

Okay... It’s my watch.

(CONTINUED)

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Dan finds a place to sleep as far from Wade as he can get...

...as he turns away, we see McElroy under his blanket quietly

putting the safety on his SHOTGUN. Butterfield sleeps.

79 EXT. CAMP #1, CATTLE TRAIL - NIGHT

Everyone’s asleep now except for Tucker who is sitting near

Wade, his RIFLE leveled at him as he sings to himself...

TUCKER:

...yes, they’re gonna hang me in

the morning, before this night is

done. They’re gonna hang me in the

morning and I’ll never see the sun.

...and Wade just glares at him lethally.

WADE:

I suppose it’s too much to ask for

a little quiet.

TUCKER:

I’d be asleep in my bed if it

weren’t for you. So if I got to be

up, you’re damn well gonna be up

with me, Ben Wade.

(singing)

I wanna warn you fellas, tell you

one by one -- what makes a gallows

rope to swing is a woman and a gun.

Wade rolls over, simmering. We see him discreetly remove the

length of COPPER WIRING from his jacket, twisting it tightly

around both his hands like a shiv...

80 EXT. CAMP #1, CATTLE TRAIL - DAWN

...a strange GURGLING NOISE wakes Dan an hour later in the

dawn light. He focuses on the noise to see Wade kneeling over

Tucker. Dan scrambles.

DAN:

Jesus!

In the next moment, McElroy lunges at Wade from out of

nowhere with the butt of his shotgun. Wade falls off Tucker.

Dropping the COPPER SHIV.

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The others begin to stir now, reacting with shock and horror

to what Wade’s done. Tucker’s throat has been cut. Doc Potter

rushes over and searches for a pulse...

...he doesn’t find one. His hands close Tucker’s eyes.

SMACK! McElroy boots Wade savagely in the face. The outlaw

tumbles. And now McElroy starts to beat Wade, his vigorous

movements re-opening his own wounds.

Butterfield and Doc Potter hurry to pull McElroy back.

Wade notices Dan deliberately hanging back...

...and a grin creases his bloody, battered face. That spurs

Dan forward, pulling McElroy back with sudden force.

DAN (CONT'D)

That’s enough, Mister McElroy.

McElroy stops, if only because he’s exhausted and weak...

...he returns to Tucker and retrieves the HAND CUFFS KEY as

Wade sits up, nursing his wounds and staring at Dan.

DOC POTTER:

(re:
Tucker)

We have to bury him.

MCELROY:

You take the time to dig one grave,

you might as well dig two.

And with that, the group reluctantly saddles up. Wade returns

to his horse, whispering to it soothingly. Reclaiming it.

81 EXT. FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA - DAWN

An AMERICAN FLAG droops over the sprawling army barracks at

Fort Huachuca. The dawn sun glinting over the still sleeping

town. About a mile away, we find...

...a SMALL SPECK racing through a canyon towards the town.

82 INT./EXT. PRISON WAGON, CANYON - DAY

It’s the prison wagon. Marshal Weathers looks exhausted as he

sits on top, whipping his TEAM OF HORSES through the canyon.

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Crawley keeps a frightened eye out through the PRISON BARS of

the wagon. A weary smile creasing his face when he spots Fort

Huachuca in the distance.

The marshal reaches for his WATER CAN...

...BANG! The shot almost takes his head off.

Marshal Weathers tumbles from the PRISON WAGON, falling right

past Crawley’s eyes as he smashes lifelessly into a CACTUS.

ANGLE ON:
CAMPOS retracting his SNIPER RIFLE from his perch

behind a LARGE BOULDER. Charlie Prince pats him on the back,

watching as the PRISON WAGON HORSES slow to a grateful halt.

ANGLE ON:
CRAWLEY trapped inside the PRISON WAGON. His PISTOL

drawn as he peers out the PRISON BARS either side of him...

...the gang materializes out of the rocks and canyon crevices

now (PRINCE, CAMPOS, SUTHERLAND, JACKSON). Swarming around

the PRISON WAGON like bees on a hive. It seems they’re still

unaware of the switch.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

Get you outta there in a second,

boss. Don’t you worry.

Jackson grabs the PADLOCK KEY off the MARSHAL’S BELT, giving

it to Charlie Prince who then goes to open the PADLOCK...

...BANG! Crawley catches Charlie Prince with a taut shot. The

outlaw stumbles backwards. Bleeding from his neck. The bullet

just scraping him.

The other outlaws spot Crawley inside...

...they draw their guns, ready to finish him.

CHARLIE PRINCE (CONT'D)

Wait.

He gives a nod to Sutherland who quickly frees the horses

from the wagon. Now Sutherland sets the PRISON WAGON on

fire...

...the smoke and flames swiftly engulf the old wooden WAGON.

Charlie Prince stays close. Eyes on Crawley who starts to

panic inside.

CRAWLEY:

Oh, Jesus... Oh, no.

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Charlie lunges and grabs Wades’ black hat off his head.

He dusts it off as the flames rise in the coach.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

Where is he.

CRAWLEY:

Open the door. Let me out of here,

goddammit.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

Where’d they take him.

CRAWLEY:

I don’t know.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

Mister, you better tell me where

they took him or you will burn.

The smoke is choking Crawley now...

...the flames rising higher every second.

CRAWLEY:

Contention... All right. They took

him to Contention. Gonna catch the

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CHARLIE PRINCE:

You ain’t lying now.

CRAWLEY:

I ain’t lying. I swear to God. Now

let me out of here.

The gang watches Charlie Prince carefully... He turns his

back on Crawley in the burning coach.

JACKSON:

Contention’s eighty miles back the

other way.

SUTHERLAND:

We’d have to about kill our horses.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

So we’ll buy new ones.

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JACKSON:

Charlie. It was his own fault he

got caught. He made a mistake. He

was weak.

Charlie turns red faced toward Crawley, still moaning from

the burning coach. BANG-- BANG. He fires two shots, silencing

Crawley, then turns back to Jackson.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

...You think you could do a better

job leading this crew? Do you?

JACKSON:

Maybe. Yeah.

Charlie Prince lunges quickly at Jackson, smashing his face

with his pistol, knocking him to the ground, straddling him.

He levels his two SCHOFIELDS in Jackson’s face. Glancing at

the others. Nez steps to his side.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

You forgotten what you were before

Ben Wade come along. You forgotten

what he did for us.

(pause)

We’re going to Contention.

And with that, Charlie Prince remounts his horse...

...and GALLOPS back the other way. The others follow in ones

and twos. Jackson goes last, not liking this.

83 EXT. RACING ACROSS THE RANGE-- DAY

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