Bucktown Page #6

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T STAR THAT FIGHT LIKE THEY

SAID YOU DID.

I DON'T RIGHTLY

REMEMBER, ARETHA.

I DO KNOW WE...

WE WAS ALL IN THE BAR

THERE, DRINKIN'.

I WAS TELLIN' 'EM

HOW...

I WAS THE STAR:

OF THAT GAME.

AND THEY SAID:

I WAS A LIAR.

YOU KNOW:

SOMETHIN'?

THEY SAY...

IT TOOK 45 STITCHES

TO SEW--SEW ME UP.

THAT'S SOME KIND

OF RECORD, AIN'T IT?

YEAH, HARLEY, THAT'S

SOME KIND OF RECORD.

I'M SORRY,

ARETHA.

I FEEL LIKE:

A STOMPED DOWN FOOL.

OH, HARLEY.

YOU MY NUMBER ONE.

[Mayor]

LOOKS LIKE YOUR FRIEND ROY

IS BUILDING UP AN ARMY.

POOR OLD BUCKTOWN.

THINGS WERE BAD ENOUGH

UNDER THE OLD CHIEF,

BUT NOW...

THEY'RE

THERE'S NO WAY THA WE CAN FIGHT 'EM.

NO WAY. NO WAY.

CAN I BUY YOU:

A DRINK, LADY?

SUIT YOURSELF.

WHERE'S

YOUR MAN?

NOT HERE.

HE'S AT THE HOSPITAL

LOOKIN' IN ON HARLEY.

HOW IS HARLEY?

HE'S MAKIN' IT.

NO THANKS TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

MAYBE YOU COULD DO

YOURSELF AND YOUR MAN

A BIG FAVOR,

IF YOU, UH, WOULD.

LIKE HOW?

GET HIM TO:

LEAVE TOWN NOW.

HUH. WHY SHOULD

HE LEAVE TOWN?

WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF

BIG REASONS:

DOWN IN THAT VAUL AT CITY HALL.

HIS CU OF THE PIE.

YOU 2 COULD LIVE

REAL HIGH:

ON HIS SHARE:

OF THE MONEY, HUH?

FINE DIAMONDS.

JEWELRY.

HIGH LIVING.

SUPPOSE:

I WANT TO STAY.

WELL, YOU GO A PRETTY NICE CHOICE

ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT.

IF YOU GO,

YOU GOT DUKE AND ALL

THAT HEAVY BREAD.

AND IF YOU DECIDE

TO STAY ON HERE:

IN BUCKTOWN,

I'D BE WILLING TO, UH,

MAKE YOU A VERY SWEE PROPOSITION.

I MEAN,

SERIOUSLY.

WHAT IF WE BOTH:

DECIDE TO STAY?

ME AND DUKE?

I DON'T THINK THAT'D

BE TOO PLEASANT.

[T.J.]

MAN, OH, MAN,

I'M GONNA ENJOY THIS.

NOW,

YOU'RE GOING ABOUT I THE WRONG WAY, T.J.

OH, MAN. DUKE'LL THINK

ROY SET IT ALL UP.

YOU WAIT HERE.

LA LA LA LA LA:

AAH!

UGH!

FIRST, I'M GONNA

BREAK YOUR ARMS.

THEN I'M GONNA

BREAK YOUR LEGS.

UGH!

I'M GONNA STAR ON YOUR FACE.

UGH!

UGH!

DUKE, BABY.

WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS.

WE COME DOWN HERE

TO HELP YOU OUT.

YEAH, JOSH,

YOU CAN HELP.

YOU GET THIS IDIO OUT OF HERE

BEFORE I BLOW:

HIS BRAINS OUT.

OH...

THIS IS JUS BETWEEN ME AND YOU.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, MAN.

WHAT'S WRONG?

SIT DOWN.

I WAN YOUR FULL:

ATTENTION.

ALL RIGHT, MAN,

YOU'VE GOT IT.

I CALLED YOU HERE

TO DO ME A FAVOR,

AND YOU TAKE OVER

THE WHOLE GODDAMN TOWN!

YOU HAD BRIGHT IDEAS

RIGHT FROM THE START,

DIDN'T YOU,

OLD BUDDY?

AND I FELL:

FOR ALL THAT CRAP

ABOUT YOU, UH,

NOT LEANIN' HARD

ON THE TOWN.

BUT IT'S WORSE NOW

THAN IT EVER WAS, MAN,

BECAUSE NOW:

IT'S BROTHERS DOIN' IT!

SO WHAT GOOD DID IT DO

BRINGING YOU HERE

IN THE FIRST PLACE?

WELL, GO ON, MAN.

DON'T STOP TALKIN'.

I'M LISTENIN'.

YOU SEND YOUR PUNKS

TO BEAT HARLEY UP.

THEN YOU SEND THEM

AFTER ARETHA.

I DID WHAT?

NOW, YOU LISTEN,

'CAUSE I'M ONLY

GONNA SAY IT ONCE, ROY.

I WAN YOUR PUNKS GONE!

OUT OF TOWN!

OR I SWEAR, MAN,

I'LL PLANT THEM

IN THEIR OWN STINK.

LET ME TELL YOU:

SOMETHING.

EVER SINCE WE HELPED YOU

GET RID OF THAT CHIEF

AND THEM:

GODDAMN REDNECKS,

YOU'VE BEEN ACTING

LIKE A GODDAMN FOOL.

YOU WON'T DO THIS,

YOU WON'T DO THAT.

YOU WON'T EVEN TAKE

ANY OF THE MONEY

WE'RE TRYIN' TO GIVE YOU.

AND NOW YOU:

BUST IN MY PLACE

AND ACCUSE ME:

OF PULLIN' ALL KINDS

OF WEIRD SH*T!

WELL,

I AM TIRED OF IT,

AND I AIN'T GONNA STAND

FOR NO MORE OF IT.

NOW, JUST GET THIS--

GET THIS IN THA HEAD OF YOURS.

I AM RUNNIN' THIS TOWN!

I'M RUNNIN' IT!

AND I GOT THE MAYOR

AND EVERYBODY ELSE

RIGHT BY THE BALLS

INCLUDIN' YOU.

AND IF ANYBODY'S

GONNA LEAVE,

IT AIN'T GONNA BE

OLD ROY.

IT'S GONNA BE YOU.

YOU DIG?

YEAH.

THAT'S THE WAY

IT IS, HUH?

YOU CALLED IT.

ALL RIGHT...BUDDY.

ALL BETS:

ARE OFF.

GIVE ME:

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

T.J., THIS IS ROY.

YOU WANTED ME TO SE AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS TOWN.

FROM NOW ON,

EVERYBODY PAYS,

SO LEAN ON HIM.

HEY, HEY, HEY!

EVERYBODY HAVE A DRINK

AND BE SOMEBODY:

MAKE GODDAMN SURE

YOU PAY FOR IT.

LOOKIT, WE GOT SOME

WHITE PEOPLE IN THE JOINT.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME,

ALL RIGHT?

WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

IT SURE IS GOOD:

TO BE HOME, BOY.

HEY, ARETHA.

HOW YOU DOIN'?

THE DOCTOR SAID YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO BE RESTIN'.

AW, SH*T,

I'M TIRED OF RESTIN'.

I WANNA BE HERE:

WITH MY FRIENDS.

RIGHT ON, MAN!

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT GONNA

ARGUE ABOUT IT.

SAY,

WHERE'S THE DUKE?

UH...HE'S TAKIN'

CARE OF BUSINESS.

WE'RE LOOKIN'

FOR THE BIG SHOT.

HE AIN'T HERE.

WE CAME EARLY.

T.J.?

YEAH?

JOSH?

YEAH.

WE GOT A SPECIAL

MESSAGE FOR HIM.

GO GET WORD:

TO DUKE.

WHERE IS HE?

[Hambone]

SHOW 'EM WHAT WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT, T.J.

IT ONLY TAKES:

ONE LITTLE MATCH.

YOU BASTARDS!

YOU CAN' WITHOUT A FIGHT!

AHH!

UGH!

IMAGINE THAT.

ASSAULTIN' A LAWMAN.

TAKE HIM IN.

HARLEY!

[Harley]

HEY, DON'T LET THEM!

HANG ON! YOU'LL GET OU SOON ENOUGH!

HEY, SOMEBODY!

HELP ME!

HARLEY!

DON'T LET 'EM

TAKE ME!

HEY, SOMEBODY!

HARLEY!

HARLEY!

WHAT THE HECK:

ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?

ARETHA SENT ME.

T.J., HAMBONE,

AND JOSH ARE OVER

AT THE CLUB ALABAM.

COME ON,

SHE NEEDS YOU.

HOW MANY OUT FRONT?

ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

HEY, KID.

HOLD IT.

UGH!

UGH!

OH, THANK GOD

YOU'RE HERE.

WHAT'S HAPPENED

HERE?

ROY'S 3 HOODS

CAME IN HERE,

AND THEY TRIED:

TO BURN THE PLACE DOWN.

HARLEY TRIED TO STOP THEM

AND THEY DRAGGED HIM OUT.

DRAGGED HIM WHERE?

TO JAIL!

YOU GOTTA TALK TO ROY.

MAKE HIM LET HARLEY GO.

ROY'S YOUR FRIEND.

NO, HE'S GONE

TOO FAR NOW.

IT'S TOO LATE

TO TALK.

NO, YOU CAN' FIGHT THEM ALONE.

THERE'LL BE 5 OR 6

OF THEM AT THE JAIL.

I'VE GOT A PLAN THAT SHOULD

EVEN UP THE ODDS A LITTLE BIT.

BUT, DUKE, WHAT GOOD

IS IT GONNA DO HARLEY

GETTING YOURSELF KILLED?

DUKE!

STEVIE, YOU KNOW THAT ARMORY

YOU WAS TELLIN' ME ABOU ACROSS THE RIVER?

YOU KNOW WHERE:

IT IS?

YEAH,

I CAN FIND IT.

COME ON,

LET'S GO.

ROY, I WANNA

TALK TO YOU.

PLEASE, ROY,

IT'S IMPORTANT.

GO AHEAD.

I'M LISTENING.

I'M ASKIN' YOU

TO LET HARLEY GO.

IT WASN' HIS FAULT.

HE JUST GO:

T A LITTLE CRAZY

WHEN YOUR BOYS:

CAME IN THE BAR:

AND TRIED:

TO BURN IT DOWN.

WELL, MAYBE YOU OUGHTA

BLAME DUKE FOR THAT, NOT ME.

WELL, DON'T TAKE I OUT ON HARLEY

BECAUSE OF YOUR FEELINGS

FOR DUKE.

WELL, SINCE

YOU'RE POINTIN' FINGERS

FOR WHAT HAPPENED, WOMAN,

IT WASN'T MY CHOICE.

IT WAS HIS.

I MEAN, DUKE'S GOT HIS HEAD

IN A WEIRD KIND OF PLACE.

NO, NO. HE DOES NO

T WANNA GO AGAINST YOU.

HE SAYS:

YOU'RE HIS FRIEND.

BUT, WE'VE

BEEN TIGHT.

BUT THAT COMES:

WITH RESPECT,

AND RESPECT COMES

FROM KNOWIN' HOW IT IS

IN THE STREETS,

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO

TO GET BY AND DOIN' I

AND DOIN' IT WELL,

DAMN WELL.

THAT'S WHA IT'S ALL ABOUT.

BUT IT DOESN' MAKE ANY SENSE!

IT'S JUST YOUR DAMN EGO!

EGO?

NO.

IT'S HOW YOU SURVIVE.

WELL, I WANT DUKE

TO SURVIVE.

I WANNA LOVE THAT MAN.

I DON'T WANNA BURY HIM.

YOU JUS DON'T GIVE A DAMN

ABOUT ANYBODY, DO YOU?

YOU LISTEN, ARETHA.

YOU SHOW ME ANYBODY

WHO GIVES A DAMN

ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE,

AND I'LL SHOW YOU A FOOL,

A DAMN FOOL,

WHO'LL GO THROUGH LIFE

WITH THEIR HANDS OUT BEGGIN'

INSTEAD OF GRABBIN'.

DO YOU THINK ANYBODY

HERE IN THIS TOWN

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