Posse Page #7

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(Papa Joe) Once upon a time you came

and begged me to teach you how to fight.

Now you gotta teach us how to fight,

so we can defend ourselves.

After what you said, me and Papa Joe

broke into his strongbox.

Found a whole mess of blueprints.

This here's one of 'em.

That's a railroad station

in the middle of this "Bates Town".

If you ask me,

it looks a lot like Freemanville.

That goddamn Bates

gonna wipe us right off the map.

I done bought myself out of slavery.

Twice.

That's my inn down there.

I'm gonna fight.

You're talking right, Jessie.

I'm gonna fight too.

Jessie Lee!

Jessie Lee!

Jessie Lee, you should have stayed gone.

Between me and you, Bates.

Nobody needs to get hurt.

- Why don't you let the town be?

- Jessie Lee, Jessie Lee.

You ain't looking at the big picture.

But then, neither did your daddy.

Like father, like son.

You ain't gonna hide

behind that badge today, Sheriff.

I guarantee, Freemanville burn,

Cutterstown gonna burn too.

He's bluffing!

We gonna start with

that nice little office of yours.

Why don't you ask your hard-working man

Two Bears up there?

You know he don't bluff.

That was your office! He wasn't bluffing!

Shut up!

Jessie Lee, you're a dead man!

Here they comes, boys.

Dismount!

- You got it?

- Last one.

Can't we all get along?

Hot damn!

I'll cover.

(gunshot)

Go, Jessie!

Man the Gatling gun!

Move!

Deserter!

(Obobo) Jessie! Jessie!

Jessie!

Cover me.

Sh*t!

You b*tch!

You saved my life!

Yeah, but I should have saved mine and

kept riding. Cos Lady Luck ain't with me.

There won't be no town when this is over.

Damn the town! It don't matter.

I still got the deeds.

Town or not, the land's worth something

when the rail comes.

- I got a wife and kids. I'm outta here.

- Hey!

Look, Jessie didn't kill the mayor.

Bates did. I was there.

I'm getting outta here.

- Carver?

- Lana.

I thought about what Jessie said.

Whoever owns this land will be rich

by selling to Bates or the railroad.

All the deeds are in your name.

You insisted on that.

Baby girl, there's a lot going on here

you don't understand.

So I see.

Lana, white folks in this country

got the power. We gonna lose this town.

Why shouldn't one of us

turn a profit in the process?

Woman, why can't you see?

It's for us, Lana. For you and me.

I'm sick of watching you trying to teach

them poor raggedy kids how to read.

Listen.

I know you was with Jessie last night.

I know how this looks and I know you

confused about a whole lot of things, but...

you gotta trust me...

cos I love you, you see.

Now I can finally do for you like I want.

- Carver, let go of me, please.

- Baby, I can't do that.

Sideburns blocking your hearing, boy?

She said let her go.

Kids! Goddammit!

(screaming)

Get out of here now!

Counting up the goodies?

As I recall, our deal was 50/50...

Our deal didn't say a thing

about last night.

Or about blowing Freemanville to hell.

Sorry I hit you. But as for the town, you

mustn't fret it. It was a dead man's dream.

Sooner or later, people gotta wake up.

King David and Jessie dreamed too much.

Jessie don't understand

about straight business. I do.

Why don't you teach me?

Go ahead, Jessie. Kill him.

Very clever, Jessie Lee.

Come on out.

We all got to go to hell someday.

When you get there,

tell 'em Jessie Lee sent you.

I wouldn't be too hasty.

Put your gun away,

go get my gold and come on over.

Hurry up. Things could get hot.

Jessie Lee, so good of you to come.

You got the gold.

Why don't you let the lady go?

Right, I've got my reward.

But there's a question...

of retribution.

You know... an eye for an eye.

She's got such lovely eyes.

This is between you and me, Graham.

Let the girl go.

Wrong! That's where you're wrong!

You're in no position to question

my strategic command!

Your strategic command was a joke.

Even old walrus here knew that.

Now you talk about being a coward.

You're shooting at an unarmed woman.

You told me once

you could tell a man by his profile.

See, your profile look like

you from the Mo Scar Sir tribe.

No.

(click)

She's such a lucky girl.

You're too late, Jessie.

The place is gonna blow.

(Bates) Come on, Jessie Lee!

(Lana) Jessie, it's gonna explode!

Jessie! Jessie!

(Lana coughs and splutters)

Jessie, your good luck book

stopped the bullet.

Jessie, the book's not hurt.

No way. Not inside.

Don't you worry about that, big brother.

You're gonna be just fine.

(mouths)

What about the town?

Obobo, with all the gold we got, we could

rebuild Freemanville better than ever.

And that's what we're gonna do.

Read to me, Jess.

(Obobo coughs)

OK, listen.

"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."

That sounds so pretty, Jess.

Say right there.

"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."

"Good time coming. Good time coming."

"Long, long time on the way."

"Run, tell Elijah to hurry up Pomp

to meet us under the cottonwood tree..."

"...cottonwood tree in the Great Solomon

Valley at the first break of day."

(click)

Hey, the machine stopped.

So, you were the kid?

Thank you very much, sir.

I think we got it.

Hey!

Not everything.

(? "The Posse (Shoot 'Em Up)"

By Intelligent Hoodlum)

(? "I Think To Myself"

by Top Choice Clique)

(? "Posse Love" by Tone Loc)

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