Return of the Seven Page #4

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nothing will change.

There'll always be someone like Lorca,...

.. someone to push men around like cattle.

I've seen enough of fear,...

.. running, hiding.

When this is over,

I'm heading north across the border.

I made my living with a gun once.

I can do it again.

What about Petra?

Man runs out on his own people, doesn't

leave a wife a whole lot to be proud of.

She'll understand.

Will she?

Chief Lpez

went to the hacienda.

Tomorrow he'll bring 400 guns.

If he does,

this will soon be over.

t- The sooner, the better.

- I agree.

You'll get that old bird drunk,

you don't watch out.

No entiendo.

T hacer ese pjaro borracho.

Hey, hello, Chris. Uh,...

.. Manuel here, he's got somethin'

he wants to tell ya.

Go on, Manuel. Tell him.

Todo este tiempo...

No, no, no. You tell him what I taught ya.

Hable en ingls.

For a long time...

No, compadre.

What he's tryin'

to tell you, Chris, is that...

.. for a lotta years now he's been knockin'

around from one village to another.

He ain't got no folks

that he can remember.

He don't even know how old he is

except he's young and, uh,...

.. he's been called Manuel ever since

he was knee-high to a grasshopper.

Another thing he remembers is that

he always felt kinda lost and lonely.

- But he don't no more. Know why?

- No. Why?

Because when I was out there stompin'

around in the rain last night,...

.. I come across a sign with the name of

the village on it. Something "Del Norte".

- First part of it had been burned off.

- So?

So, Manuel was always

lookin' for some place to come from,...

.. some place he can belong to,

be proud of. Now he can.

Village ain't got no people,

he ain't got no village.

- So from now on they can call him...

- Manuel from Something Del Norte.

Yeah! It's got a nice ring to it, ain't it?

Yeah.

Uh, Chris. Um...

Anyhow, uh... Think we oughta

get him outta here safe?

You know, he ain't

a whole lot with a gun, and, uh,...

.. they keep comin' at us

that way, he's gonna get hurt.

Maybe we could

send him off somewheres.

If we did, I'd sure feel a whole lot better.

What about him?

How'd he feel?

Now that he's finally

got something to belong to.

Yep...

Frank was right.

I talk too damn much.

It's Frank!

- You all right?

- Just a crease.

Were you tryin' to get

your head blowed off?

It's my head.

You get yourself killed,

it won't do anybody any good.

Depends how you look at it.

What's eatin' him?

I saw you up there

on the wall this morning.

Now this.

- Why?

- None of your damn business.

Chris.

You never knew my wife, did you?

We had us a place in West Texas.

Wasn't much, just gettin' started. Had

a herd to build, wire to string and such.

One night some Comanches got drunk,...

.. jumped the reservation,

lit out, killin', burnin'...

We woke up, they was all

around the cabin - 14, 15 of 'em.

I held 'em off as long as I could

till I only had one shell left.

Ellie screamed at me

not to let 'em take her alive.

She'd... seen what they'd done to others.

She kept beggin' me, beggin'...

So I...

The Comanches saw what I'd done.

I thought they'd kill me too,

but they didn't. They just rode off.

Next morning I started trackin' 'em.

Killed 'em one at a time,

all the while hopin' they'd kill me.

Five years, I've been tryin'

to get the job done.

But it don't look like

I have to wait much longer.

I heard 'em talkin' out there.

Lorca sent for help.

Come tomorrow he's gonna

have 200 guns, maybe more.

And he's not gonna

settle for just us, Chris.

He wants 'em all dead.

Every last one of 'em.

Seor...

The others, they have

asked me to talk to you.

They don't want you

to die here because of them.

Go.

While there is still time.

They will not kill us all.

Those who are left

will return to the village,...

.. begin again.

If we are strong like you...

But we are not. We are weak.

- Too weak to fight.

- You fight every day of your lives.

You fight the land to grow crops.

You fight to keep a roof over your heads,

clothes on your back.

- That is not the same.

- The hell it's not.

We are cowards, seor.

We are afraid of everyone, of everything.

Our whole life is one of fear.

We are born with it.

We die with it.

It is our way. It will always be our way.

Please, seor.

We beg you.

Before it is too late.

Go... please.

You ain't thinkin'

of runnin', are you, Chris?

He may be right.

I knew a fella once.

He was loud, always braggin'.

Inside he was afraid of his own shadow.

Never woulda got over it either,

if this other fella hadn't come along.

I'm talkin' about that night in Texas...

.. when you made me stand

alongside you in the street.

I remember you had to

knock me down four times...

.. before I'd go against them guns.

We got to do the same for them, Chris.

We got to stand alongside of 'em

so that someday they can stand alone.

I thought all you did

was think about women, Colbee.

I used to be afraid of them too.

We ain't gonna run, are we, Chris?

Hell, no.

Orate, frates.

If you're thinkin' about goin' out there,

we'd better get at it.

Those others get here,

the hills are gonna get higher to climb.

How many men does he have left?

I counted 30.

We could circle high around

and come at 'em from behind.

One chance in hell.

That's better than none at all.

Saddle the horses.

I already did.

T qudate aqui.

Ain't you gonna take him with us?

- He'll cover us from the bell tower.

- We'll need all the help we can get.

He stays behind.

- For luck?

- For luck.

- Kyrie eleison.

- Kyrie eleison.

- Kyrie eleison.

- Kyrie eleison.

Chris!

Hey! Come on!

Chris!

Keep going.

Ya! Giddap! Ya!

Chris!

Alto el fuego! Alto!

Vmonos.

I got it done, Chris.

I finally...

Chris.

Kill them. Kill them.

Don't stop. Kill them.

Kill them.

It was Chico's idea

to finish building the church,...

.. to bring all three villages here

and make them into one.

- I thought you were heading north.

- I changed my mind.

- I'm ready to go, Chico.

- Go where?

- Well, back to get the rest of the women.

- He volunteered.

- So long, Colbee.

- So long, Chris.

Too bad the others

couldn't have seen this.

We'll remember them in our prayers.

- Goodbye, Chico.

- Chris.

So long, Padre, Chico.

- Adios.

- God bless you.

I'll be damned.

I doubt that.

I doubt that very much.

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