Hell's Belles Page #4

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- You might as well.

I'll be right back.

Everybody up.

Let's go!

Come on, let's go!

What's the big idea?

We're gonna hold a war council,

and I want everyone to listen.

Gippo ain't back yet.

He's probably lost and wandering

around the old camp.

- Maybe the cowboy got him.

- Shut up.

If Gippo was gonna come back,

he'd have been here by now.

We can't hold a war council

without everybody here.

As soon as we eat, we're going

back to the old camp and find him.

- No.

- That's exactly what we're gonna do!

Any of you got

any difference of opinion,

step out here,

and we'll argue the point.

Cathy!

We've been waiting

for you, cowboy.

Let her go.

We're gonna go down

and see Tampa.

I got you both,

and he's gonna be real proud of me.

He wants you bad.

Not half as bad as I want him.

- Just start marching.

- Or what?

Or I'll slit her throat from...

from ear to ear.

Well, that's no concern of mine.

Go ahead, she's one of yours

anyway, isn't she?

Well, I might just do that.

But you'd still have

to fight me, wouldn't you?

Why don't you get out from behind

that slut, and let's get it on, huh?

Or is she protecting you?

I don't need no protecting!

You don't?

You had to have two guys

hold me down last time.

Think you can do

better without them?

Don't be scared.

You still got the knife

and the whore.

I ain't scared!

Then fight me,

you big son of a b*tch!

I'm bit!

I'm bit!

It bit me!

- What's he up to now?

- I don't know.

Get him!

Oh, Gip...

Why did you let him

do it to you?

Look at his face.

Hey, show yourself!

I'm gonna kill you!

Tampa!

It was an accident!

He was killed by a rattlesnake!

Look at him!

He's right. Look here.

I ain't looking at nothing except

that cowboy's face when I kill him.

Call the whole thing off

before something else happens!

No way!

You're a dead man, you know that?!

That's the way it'll be then.

Hey! Here's your damn bike!

Take it back!

What the hell's gotten into you?

Give it up, Tampa!

The damn thing's

been nothing but misery!

I ain't giving nothing up!

It's mine!

We gotta pay him back for Gippo!

He got himself killed,

because of your stubbornness

over this damn lousy bike!

Cathy, look at this.

All hell's breaking loose down there.

Don't go blaming that on me!

It was him that done it, nobody else!

You're crazy, Tampa.

You're crazy.

You change your mind?!

You better keep quiet out there,

because your turn's next!

What's wrong?

Is he gonna

give your bike back?

I think they're

gonna make him, yeah.

If that's what you want.

What is it?

Just thinking about

what happened with Gippo.

That was an accident,

you know that.

No, I mean what

you said about me.

Well, I... I had to bluff him out,

or he'd have cut you up for sure.

I'm sorry about that, Cathy.

Oh, Dan...

...let's go.

Turn your back on this mess,

and let's get out of here.

No one's gonna make him

give that bike back.

Wait a minute... you trying

to protect Tampa or me?

Oh, Dan...

...let's start from scratch together

and get out of here.

I'm too close, and I've been through

too much to just walk away.

Then you get your bike.

Okay, so we leave

the bike here.

We make like we're going,

only we don't.

We wait for him to come down

from the hill, and when he does,

we got him.

Just where are you going

to hide in this flat land?

The only place we can hide

is the hill we just came from.

Forget it. I don't know about

anybody else, but I'm leaving.

- Yeah, I've had it.

- Me, too, Tampa. This is dumb.

Let's just go, honey.

Go on, you worthless

bunch of cowards.

You call us what you want.

We're still leaving.

But he owes us for Gip.

No matter who gets who,

Gip's still dead.

I ain't getting killed

over no lousy bike of yours.

Cherry, you going?

Cherry.

Tampa, come with us.

Cherry, you going or staying?

Good-bye, Tampa.

They're leaving him.

We'll wait here a while.

Could be a trick.

Go on, run off with your tails

between your legs.

Who needs you?

Well, Gip, it looks like

it's just you and me again,

just like always.

Remember that time

last year in San Angelo

when we got drunk

and busted up that joint,

and while you were holding

them off, I cleaned out the till?

And the cops arrested one of those

waitresses and blamed her for it.

Those were good times.

You can't hear me, can you?

I'm sorry, Gip.

I'm really sorry, man.

Hey, cowboy,

you come for this?

It's yours if you can kill me!

Up to now,

we've been fighting on your terms.

Now it's my style!

Pick it up!

I'll be waiting for you!

Winner gets the bike!

And we might as well

throw in old Cathy there, too!

Seems there'll only be

one of us left.

No sense wasting her.

Get off the bike, Cathy.

You're not going

through with this?

I said get off the bike!

Dan, don't do it!

Don't do it!

Please!

Come on,

let's get out of here.

What about him?

He's hurt.

That's his problem.

Cathy... I...

I think I done it.

I'm busted up pretty good.

I think I broke my shoulder.

- Come on, Cathy.

- You can't just leave him.

He can have my old bike.

That'll get him to town.

- But he can't ride.

- He can if he wants to bad enough.

You ain't gonna run

out on me, are you, baby?

I need you.

You can help me into town.

Please.

Sure he needs you...

for now. He's alone!

How long is he gonna

keep you around this time?

Don't listen to him.

It's gonna be you and me,

just like before.

I was a fool listening

to that lying Cherry.

I know now

I done you wrong.

But I'm big enough to be

asking your forgiveness.

I love you, baby.

Cathy, I'm hurting.

Don't leave me here.

Please, baby, I love you.

I love you, baby.

Cathy, don't leave!

Cathy, please!

Please, Cathy!

I wouldn't do it to you, baby!

Come on, Cathy,

it's gonna be different now!

I swear to you!

Cathy, I'm all busted up.

Don't leave me, baby, please!

Cathy?

I love you!

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