Posse Page #2

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Good morning, gentlemen.

Lost our way home, have we?

Out of uniform and AWOL

is no way to end a career, Jessie.

The record will show you all died heroes.

(soldiers laugh)

What about the gold?

Hm. I believe the answer

to that one is "What gold?"

Ha!

(gunshot)

Nice shot, Jessie!

Come on!

Get 'em, Jessie!

Sh*t! Ain't nothing wrong

with getting some free booty!

Yahoo!

- (Jessie) Put the gold in the saddlebags.

- This is amazing!

Just what we need,

an admiration society, Jessie Lee.

You never know, Graham may need

his little houseboy in hell.

(Weezie) Hold on. I'm on your side.

I saved your lives.

You should be thanking me.

- Save the bullet. I can get us out of here.

- You'll have more company soon.

- Out of where?

- Here. Cuba.

I can get you out tomorrow.

Leave everything to me.

Meet the boat that takes the dead bodies

back to the States.

Dead bodies?

Yes. They take them back to the States.

Every fortnight -

that's two weeks - I meet the boat.

You meet the boat, get on the boat

and you're home. Does that sound good?

Now, I'll need a sizeable amount of that

gold to make sure it all runs smoothly.

Jessie, we got to get up outta here.

Maybe not so sizeable.

One, two, three.

(explosions)

He got greedy

but I took care of everything.

Only the purser knows

you're going to be on board.

- Where's the money?

- I changed the gold into cash.

I want all the money.

You piece-of-sh*t weasel.

Wait. You can't just go

meandering out there.

The only live people on this ship

is the captain and me.

Which means everyone else

has to go as cargo.

Cargo?

- You mean dead cargo?

- Did I fail to mention that before?

No, you didn't mention that,

you crazy son of a b*tch.

We ain't got much choice. Either way,

we're going out in one of these boxes.

The choice is if we go out alive

or like our friend Walker here.

- We're gonna do it.

- Hell, no, Jessie. I'd rather swim.

Are you telling me that this big, strong

country ox is claustrophobic?

I don't like tight spaces.

It's nice in here, Obobo.

Real comfortable.

- Can we get the hell outta here?

- Obobo, look here.

See this here? My daddy gave me

this book when I was young.

- I can't read.

- No. Look in the reflection.

He told me if I could see my reflection

in that book, I'd be safe.

- It's not working.

- You keep looking.

In an hour from now you'll be right there.

- It ain't working.

- It's gonna work, Obobo.

(groans)

Seems like

all this war brings home is corpses.

Just let it slip through

your fingers. You try.

That means you're doing it wrong.

"Nicodemus was a slave of African birth."

"He was bought for a bagful of gold."

"He was reckoned

a part of the salt of the earth,

but he died years ago, very old."

"Nicodemus was a prophet,

at least, he was wise,

for he told of battles to come."

"How we trembled with fear

as he turned up his eyes,

and we heeded the shake of his thumb."

"...bought for a bagful of gold."

Remember that.

"He was reckoned

a part of the salt of the earth,

but he died years ago, very old."

"Nicodemus was a prophet,

at least, he was wise,

for he told of battles to come."

"How we trembled with fear

when he rolled up his eyes,

and we heeded the shake of his thumb."

(cheering)

(? "One Night Of Freedom"

by B.B.O. T.I. (Badd Boyz of the Industry))

? God only knows what tomorrow brings

? All I need is one night of freedom

? Gotta let the fun take control of me

? Now it's time for us to come together

? I wish this night would last forever

Oh, yeah, baby!

I got paid. A couple of days ago the man

was gonna kill me, now he pays me.

Jessie Lee, this pocket change is for sh*t.

What about the rest of that there gold?

Spending will attract attention.

I'll give it to you in the morning.

- Hold on just one minute.

- I'll give it to you in the morning.

Can't I hang onto

a couple of them satchels of gold?

You know you can trust me.

I won't spend it until you give me

the word. Let me hang onto them.

In the morning.

Then I'm going out west.

- Where you going?

- I got some unfinished business.

Jessie, you can't do that. We're a posse.

All for one, one for all.

When did you last have a woman?

I know a couple with behinds like...

Jessie, I'm coming with you. Jessie...

- Obobo, listen.

- Let me come with you.

You deserve more than I got to offer.

Take this book. Take the book.

This is good luck.

I want you to hold onto it.

The next time I see you,

I want you to know how to read it. OK?

(whooping and cheering)

(singing)

Mm. Yeah!

(shouting and cheering)

Weezie, they're naked!

Oh, my God! Make me think I've been

in the wrong saddle all these years!

That's Abdul. Hey, Abdul! Beautiful!

You guys need me! This is the one I love.

Hello! Hey, sweetheart!

I told you guys you needed...

Weezie, you little sneaky boy!

You all right with me!

So these are your war hero troops,

Weezie?

Tell me, is he as good a commander

as he is a charmer?

Uh, yes, ma'am. You could say

he's a charming commander.

And mighty good to us too, ma'am.

So he tells us. Come on in

and show us that heavy artillery.

Don't fret. The only colour we care about

is the green of your dollars.

- Yes, ma'am.

- Just what you want.

- (woman shrieks)

- Ooh!

Excuse me, ma'am.

Did I hear you say green?

Yeah, honey. We got lots of green

upstairs. Just follow Big Kate.

We have a special guest tonight.

One of Colonel Graham's boys.

Evening. My name's Jimmy J Teeters.

My friends all call me Little J

on account of I was the youngest.

This is Dimples, Louisiana Slim,

Father Time and Jimmy Love.

Boys, this is a war hero, so take it easy.

Come on in. We like a man

who puts his money where his mouth is.

Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Let me see if I got all these names right.

We got Louisiana Slim,

Dimples, Jimmy Love and Father Time.

How come they call you that?

We could sit here for eternity and a day

and nobody gonna beat Father Time.

- Ain't that right?

- That's right.

Isn't that something? We're gonna

have to see about that, ain't we, boys?

Put your money out there, Little J.

We fought our way up the San Juan Hill

and then fought our way down.

Then up.

They chased us down the other side.

Agh! Angel! It's a man!

Angel, let's get outta here!

What you oughta do is put that milk down

and get you some of that liquor,

and get one of these pretty things

before you end up with that ding-a-ling.

I haven't had a good hand yet.

Your hand looked low, red man,

but I'll take the deed to your teepee.

Try that and I'll scalp your black ass.

I don't know what kinda mojo

you got working on these cards,

but it sure is working.

The game is five-card stud, Mr Teeters.

I'm glad you're close, so I won't

have to reach out for your money.

(Louisiana Slim)

Let's go. Give me some cards.

Deal me in, Father Time.

It's natural progress.

Got to happen sooner or later.

Cutterstown folk won't let us have no land

- even reservation land - without a fight.

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