Land Raiders Page #4

You lie.

Julio, it was an accident.

Stampede!

Move out of the street.

Stampede! Out of the way.

Julio.

You...

Strange.

That's the thanks I get.

Go away.

Paul.

What is it you want?

Paul...

I must talk to you.

Everybody wants to talk to me.

Except Julio.

He was the only one

who did not want to talk.

Paul, you've got to get out of Forge River.

Now. And never come back.

Yesterday you asked me to stay.

Yesterday I thought you could stay.

I thought you and Vince could patch up

whatever difficulty there was between you...

just for Papa's sake.

But I was wrong.

I know that now, after last night.

You are talking to the wrong Cardenas.

It was Vince who killed Julio.

You both killed Julio, you and Vince.

Your hatred of each other,

that's what killed him.

And it's not going to stop there.

It's going to go on and on

until either you kill Vince or Vince kills you.

Paul, you've got to get out of town

for your own sake.

Vince kills and I run.

And this is for my sake, s?

Not for Vince's, not for yours.

It's just for me, huh?

Paul, for all our sakes,

this killing has got to stop.

You're his wife.

You know what he is. You're not blind.

You live in his house, you sleep in his bed.

You get your share of everything he grabs...

and that is why you stay with him!

You are in the same dirt that he is.

You come here and you talk to me

like Mother Superior.

Do you know what you are

under those fancy clothes?

- You're nothing but a whore!

- Paul.

- And I'll show you how we treat whores.

- Paul!

Don't, for God's sake.

Do you hate him that much?

Stop it, Paul. You're hurting me.

All right, Paul, listen to me!

All right, Paul! All right.

All right.

All right. I won't fight you.

Just promise you'll get out of town.

Before it's too late.

Goodbye, Paul.

That will be Evans.

Hold it there.

Hold!

Faster!

Hold it!

Now go!

That's enough, Carney. Let's get out of here.

Is he dead?

Why would anyone want to do

a thing like this?

The coach was carrying nothing of value.

No attempt was made

to rob Evans or the others.

White men.

Could be the three men he saw

were scared off.

By what?

The Apaches who hit the stage.

They could have ridden off

before you saw them.

Without taking the horses or lifting hair?

What kind of Apaches

have you been fighting, Major?

- What do you think, Sheriff?

- You have already told him what he thinks.

You watch your tongue, boy.

Do you understand what this means?

If the Apaches are blamed for this,

there will be no peace.

This territory will be up to its ass in blood.

That is what some people want.

Want it so bad

they would do anything to make it happen.

Now you look.

I asked you to stay for the old man's sake.

Now I'm asking you to go.

To get out and to stay out.

For God's sakes, Mayfield,

do not let this happen.

This is government business.

It's none of mine.

My brother is starting a war.

That is everyone's business.

- Father, listen to him.

- You stay out of this, Kate.

There's nothing I can do. Nothing.

You said your brother runs this town.

You're right.

I'm not gonna buck him.

I fought my last fight a long time ago.

- Everybody, meeting in the saloon!

- Father.

Meeting in the saloon!

- Meeting in the saloon.

- I'm sorry, Kate.

Meeting in the saloon. Let's go.

To the saloon, everybody.

- Paul, what are you going to do?

- Someone has to stop Vince.

Not you.

If he wants a war with the Apaches,

then let him have it.

And if the town is blind enough to follow,

then let them.

There is more to it than that.

And I'm not the only one who's had her.

It's something that has

nothing to do with the Apaches.

It is something between my brother and me.

...and the man the government sent

to talk peace with the Apaches...

was killed by the Apaches.

- That's how much they want peace...

- Now, listen.

You've got three choices.

One:
you can get out.

Just pack up and leave.

Or number two:
you can just sit and wait.

Wait until they attack your ranch.

Until they burn your homes

and your crops to the ground...

until they steal your cattle,

until they murder your wife and children.

Or number three.

Three:
you could do what I'm gonna do...

is you can get after these sons of b*tches

and stay after them...

until there's not one Apache scalp left

in the whole Arizona territory.

Wait, wait a minute. Hold on. Hold on!

What about the army?

Yes, what about the army, Major?

Well, I can send a message

to Gen. Markham...

and get permission

to take action against the Apaches.

And what are we supposed to do?

Just stand up and cheer?

It'll take a week to get an answer.

By that time the Apaches will have

burnt us all to the ground. Now listen...

one United States government man

has been killed.

Our homes and our properties

are being threatened...

and he would like us

to stick around and wait for notice.

- And what else can I do?

- You can damn well do what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna go out after these savages

and teach them a lesson they'll never forget.

And before I'm finished...

I'll have all these walls filled

with Apache hair.

No, you cannot do that! You cannot do that!

It was not the Apaches

that attacked the stage.

It was not the Apaches

that killed a government man!

You ask my brother.

I think my brother

wants to tell you something.

I think my brother wants to tell you that it

wasn't the Apaches who attacked the stage.

I think he wants to tell you

that it was those three white men...

who wanted it to look like Apaches.

And I think my brother

wants to tell you something else.

He wants to tell you that I was in on it.

Wait.

Wait. That I had Evans killed...

because he was coming here to make the

Forge River Valley an Apache reservation.

That's what my brother says.

My brother.

Well, I say that my brother's wrong.

But that's up to you.

You make your own decision.

Who are you going to believe?

Someone who's been with you

through the years...

helping you protect

your family and your property...

and trying to make this

a decent town to live in?

Or this spineless stud...

who pulled up his pants and ran like hell

when he got a little Mexican girl in trouble?

But I don't give a damn.

You do what you want.

I'm going after those Apaches

if I have to do it alone.

What are we waiting for? Let's go!

No. You cannot do this.

No, wait, you must stop. Come back!

I swear they will kill you.

No. We must stop this!

I thought you said

you'd fought your last fight.

We'll talk about that when I get back.

Right, Pete, go on home.

And bring your rifle. We'll need every man

we can get our hands on.

If you go with them

I won't be here when you get back.

I have to go with them.

Because Vince Carden says so?

Yes.

Why?

He owns me.

He owns you?

How do you think I could afford

to keep you in school for four years?

- But you told me that...

- I lied.

I've never made more than $50 a month

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