The Manson Family Page #5

Hed be running it

fifty yards from the house

and taking the

money right back.

Thats not a f***ing front.

Hey look hes not gonna

change his rules for me.

Now do you want this or not,

because I dont care.

We can go right now.

Cmon Lotsapoppa.

Give me the money.

Ill be back in a flash.

I dont like this.

Lotsapoppa called the

ranch madder than hell,

and Charlie took the call.

Who is it.

Its Charlie, man.

And Charlie, talked to him,

soothed him out, cooled him.

And said dont come down here,

Ill come over there

and well settle this thing.

Where you going?

Hey baby, whats your name?

Get the f*** off of me!

You poor child,

you must be Rosina.

Hey man!

Im talking to you!

Get over here!

Marnie, would you untie

this poor girls hands?

Where you going?

Look motherf***er,

you keep her tied up!

Aw, come on man,

this little woman

couldnt out muscle you.

Alright motherf***er, get up!

Get up!

And put that f***ing

gun on the table!

Easy!

Easy its going.

I said easy!

Its going easy.

Oh the race war was something

we believed in totally.

It wasnt the

reason for the murders,

but the belief that there was

going the be a great race war

was something that

hung in the atmosphere

and drove us crazy.

Charlie thought Lotsapoppa

was a Black Panther.

Nothing has changed since

we talked on the phone man.

And if Tex aint got every

last cent of that money,

hes wasted.

Im gonna kill him.

Hes gonna be wiped

out, you dig it?

Thats not necessary.

Take it as a gift from me.

Gift?

Please.

OK.

And here you are.

Kill me.

My life in exchange

for my brother.

Shoot me.

Amen Charlie.

Hes whatever a person

wants to make of him.

Hes a mirror, actually,

a reflection of yourself.

Get up.

Theyll both be right

here when you get back.

If we dont fuckem to death.

Ill get Tex for you.

Marnie, Ill be back soon.

Now you making

sense little man.

What are you gonna do?

Shoot me?

How could I shoot you

with an empty gun?

There are no

bullets in it man.

Alright you little f***.

[Gunshot]

[Scream]

Drop it.

In everything thats

ever been written,

people always overlook how

important that shooting was,

and the impact that

it had on the future.

Charlie was terrified

that the Black Panthers

would come down on us

for shooting Lotsapoppa.

Thats a really nice shirt

youre wearing there.

I like it, I really do.

Could I have it?

I sure would like to have it.

I remember hearing

about the cop who shot the

sixteen year old black kid.

We had the race

riots in Watts,

the Black Panthers

in San Francisco,

Martin Luther King had

just been assassinated.

So Charlies rap didnt

seem too far out at all.

It didnt seem

like it was going to

happen a month from now,

it was happening right now.

Right now.

I love you.

I do.

I think thats really the

crux of the entire story here.

That, that was the springboard

for these killings.

That was the first

domino to tip over,

and it, it lead to the rest.

Its gone man.

Here, pack him

some more in there.

You f***ing guys geeking.

I aint geeking

on nothing, man.

I mean, I guess not,

this sh*t f***ing sucks.

I can hardly geek

off of it myself.

Give me some more.

Hey man you

want one of these?

It feels good and everything,

but I dont need

it or anything.

Well, who does?

You guys take too big of hits.

Jesus Christ!

You f***ing whine so much man.

Why dont you take your turn?

Thank you, finally.

I thought I said

it was f***ing empty

last time you handed it to me.

He is god!

Why do you think

theyre sending him

to the gas chamber?

[Gunshot]

Now you try.

Squeeze the trigger.

Youre pulling.

Dont put it in your mouth.

Squeeze.

Stop it.

I want to talk to you

and your people Charlie.

Never point a gun at anyone.

You tell me what

happened to Simi!

Simi who?

We opened up her mind.

She split.

Her parents called.

She hasnt been

home for five days.

Goddamn hippies better

be straight with me.

You better watch what

youre saying Shorty.

Or Im gonna have

your head in a box.

Snitches?

Snitches will

be taken care of.

Chief its, its 6:00.

Already?

It sure is.

You know, not

everybody in the worlds

a workaholic like

you happen to be.

And Annettes

had the day off,

and Ill bet ya,

when I get home,

I just might have a couple

of steaks on the grill,

and maybe a cheap

bottle of wine waiting.

Well, I think Im

going to hang around

for about another

hour or so, anyway.

A lot to do.

Well, Ill see you about

nine in the morning, OK?

Alright, sounds good.

Say hi to Annette for me.

Sure will.

See you tomorrow.

Goodnight.

People, [unintelligible]

[Indian noises and voices.]

[Unintelligible]

Lets be dignified.

If you dont tell

them their dying

we might be able to stop

some of this nonsense.

Charlies the only

complete man Ive ever met.

He wont let any woman

talk him into anything.

He wont take any

back talk or whining.

Ahhhh!

Tex!

Oh, weve missed you,

Charlies missed you

Where the hell have you been?

Are you staying?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Whats that?

Youve got a lot

of catching up to do.

He never really gave orders.

He was so evil

he would just scare us to

death with his preachings.

Every night hed tell us

that there was going

to be a race war,

and that whitey and the blacks

were going to go to war,

and it was going

to he the worst war

the world had ever seen.

And he said that

we had to be ready

to save the children

and rescue the

homeless babies,

and carry them off into

the desert to safety.

And he said we had to start

collecting dune buggies,

and guns and supplies

and all these other

things to help us survive.

And then he would just calmly

pull out this buck knife

and he said I dont know

about the rest of you,

but Im going to

start carrying a knife.

Theres no good or no

evil, there just is.

Did you have any idea

you were going to be

one of the apostles?

Hmm?

An Apostle?

What the hell is that

supposed to mean?

Cmon Tex, why else would

you and I be here right now?

Why would any of us be here?

Oh.

Charlie.

Thats right.

Cmon Patty.

Tex...

Well, you know

who he is dont you?

Its all true Tex!

I know about these things,

I know its all true!

I used to teach Sunday School.

I was studying to be a

nun before I met Charlie.

The Gospel

according to Charlie

is all you girls know.

Youre absolutely

f***ing right Tex,

because Charlie is Christ

and Christ is love,

and Charlie is love.

That makes Charlie

and Christ one.

The Beatles laid it all

out on the White Album.

The four angels

with the faces of men

and the hair of women,

thats the Beatles.

And the Breastplates of Fire.

Thats their

electric guitars, see?

You know who the fifth

angel is, dont you?

Dont you?

Im just so sick of this

mind-f***ing bullshit.

You better be ready.

Two weeks everybodys

carrying a knife,

and Charlies teaching us

the best way to slit

a persons throat.

Just like theres no

past and no future.

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