A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die Page #5

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of the Confederate Army...

under the direct order of General Sibley.

You are in trouble, Ward.

- Well, what do you mean, sir?

- What do I mean?

I was sent here to check

on your security.

It is not existent! First I was able

to pass with an elementary trick.

Second:
I was shown at your present,

without checking on my identity.

I could have assassinated you.

Third:

I had access to the powder magazine

and could have blown up the fort.

Fourth,... But why go on?

In all my 20 years of service...

I've never witnessed more flagrant

bleaches of elementary security.

- But Colonel Morrow...

- There is no excuse!

Sorry. I'll report detail

to General Sibley.

I'm tired and sour.

I'm gonna need a few hours sleep

before I leave to Santa Fe.

Sergeant!

You see the Colonel to my quarters.

Then you make sure that he has

everything he wants. Sir!

Thank you.

What are we gonna do now?

- We could...

- Yes?

Morrow can only damage you if

he reports what he has seen.

- That's right. Go on!

- But if he never returns to Santa Fe...

And then he'd never would be able

to make the report. And then?

- An accident?

- Oh no, no, no accident!

Accidents are too risky. Accidents

have a way to be investigated.

Now he came here to check

on our security measures.

- And we showed him how tight it is.

- That's right.

Now he claims to be Colonel Morrow

of the Secret Service.

Sir, I can assure you I have never seen

a Colonel Morrow at Fort Holman.

He is a Yankee saboteur.

That's right out of the nose.

- What do we do with a Yankee saboteur?

- We execute them.

And all they can do is commend us

for being so...

For being so... efficient.

And now, Lieutenant, I want you

to keep him under guard

and then when morning comes you show

him all the southern hospitality.

Let him show you the

cheeks of his ass...

And then you shoot his ass off.

Halt! Who goes there?

Halt, or I will shoot!

Halt!

Emergency alarm! The fort is under attack!

On the double!

Man, at battlement!

- What the hell is going on?

- They're attacking the Pulpit.

- Pembroke. How many are there?

- I don't know, sir.

- But it must be serious. They sounded

the emergency alarm. - The bridge.

Second platoon, follow me!

Piggott, you and the Indian guard

the other end of this gallery.

- Get some men and cover the tunnel!

- You men!

- Bring a machine gun, on the double!

- You must take cover, please sir.

We'll never get out of this

trap by ourselves.

- What are you looking for?

- There is a ventilation shaft behind us.

If we can break through then we can

get right to the top. Find me a pick.

Soldier!

Back to your post!

There's no time for court martial

Execution on the spot!

I've been looking for you, Colonel.

We're almost out of ammunition.

- There is a powder magazine. Take everything

you need. Give him a hand. - Right.

He is dead.

- Are you finished?

- Just about. What are they doing out there?

They are waiting.

They are blocked in the magazine.

Get all guns...

and keep them faced towards the tunnel.

What can we do now, sir?

Well, Napoleon said there is a time

to fight and a time to wait.

So that's what we're gonna do,

sergeant. We're gonna wait.

Call the others.

Against the wall. Stand still!

- Why don't you try thinking of us!

- What's the matter, Brent?

Are you scared?

Go on.

- Sergeant!

- Yes, sir.

- You say you saw that man in the alarm box.

- Yes sir, and he was acting suspicious.

You better take four men and surround

my quarters. He may escape.

You know the prisoner Colonel Morrow...

He's a real spy.

A saboteur. He came in here

in order to make way for the others.

Hey! Down there!

Get on down that machine gun!

Come on!

Ward! It's me, Ward.

I've come to get you!

Get that machine gun over there.

Go on! Help him.

Sergeant!

- Place your men on the wall!

- Let's go up! Come on, men.

Here.

Hold your fire, we surrender!

Hey Brent, are you crazy?

- Stop shooting, they're surrendering!

- Go f*** yourselves!

Good man!

- Somebody has got to stop him.

- Wait!

- He's after Eli!

- Better get there quick, Piggott.

Ward!

It's all over!

Come on out!

You're finished!

Hold it, Pembroke! Now you're gonna

tell me where the gold is hidden!

I didn't risk my hide...

just to make a hero out of you.

You got to pay off, right now!

F***ing...!

Eli... you son-of-a...

Let me remind you, Colonel. There is

a military procedure for surrender.

Congratulations!

He was innocent.

Today I have killed

for the first time.

And it's the last for me.

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