Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Page #3

Thanks.

When they got out,

Lamb introduced him to Dunlop,

Dunlop's an electronics expert or was.

That's the guy you took

care of in the field.

- Wanna brew?

- Definitely.

The little Orphan Annie-eyed

character's Eddie Goody.

He's a driver.

He's harmless when he's alone.

So, what happened to the money?

Hey, I don't care anything about the money,

you know that.

We're friends, right? I

like you as a friend.

Yeah.

Oh, we hid it in a one-room

schoolhouse in Warsaw, Montana.

A place Lamb went to when he was a kid.

Hid it in the wall

right behind the blackboard.

Half a million dollars-worth.

It's still there.

Schoolhouse?

Right behind the blackboard.

Why?

Well, it was always

Lamb's practice to control the money

till the final split.

We kept in contact with each other

through personals in the newspaper.

Then Lamb had a heart attack and died.

Guess he was just too old for it.

Leary got suspicious

but I wasn't about to tell him

where the hell the money was,

because I knew he'd go straight to it,

heat or no heat.

Well, then the police

released a thing in the press

saying that the money had been found.

Bullshit.

Leary went off his ass.

He got careless

but he couldn't lead them to the money

'cause he didn't know

where the hell it was.

Finally, they arrested

and convicted him on another bank robbery

that took place several years before.

And when he got out

he convinced the others I'd set him up.

I decided best that I should drop out

for a while.

That church was a pretty far-out idea.

Hmm.

About as far out as possible, I thought.

F***!

Are you sure this is the spot?

Yeah.

What? I didn't hear what you said.

I said, yeah, this is it.

Well, what happened to it?

I don't know. Progress.

Have a nice day, boy.

Here, for you.

That's the last of our money.

It's good.

Real good.

Fantastic pistachio.

What do we do now?

Drop your c*cks and reach for your socks.

Don't look at me. I didn't say a word.

- Red?

- Start the car.

Freeze, you son of a b*tch.

The first one of you moves I shoot.

All right, kill the engine.

Hand me the keys and don't turn around.

Now, both of you get out

of Pistachio's side.

No ideas, you'll both

be dead before you hit the ground.

Move it.

Turn around.

The guy's in the car.

That's it, smartass.

Red. Goody.

How's Dunlop?

That's for us to know and you to find out.

Shut up, Goody.

Well, what do you want, Red?

What do I want?

You got balls. I'll say

that for you, Johnny.

I want your ass, that's what I want,

my friend.

Hey, flattery's

not gonna get you guys anywhere.

Who's the comedian?

Name's Lightfoot.

Does he know everything?

- No.

- Yeah.

Lightfoot, huh?

Yeah.

It's a good thing I didn't

hit him in the face.

He'd be dead now.

You always had

a high opinion of yourself, Red.

What have you been preaching lately,

Johnny?

Survival.

- Are you ready?

- I've been counting the days.

That's for the kid.

Now, do you wanna talk

or you wanna play games?

What do you want me to do, Red?

Shut your face.

I can't breathe! I got asthma.

What do you want me to do now, Red?

Kill the son of a b*tch.

Here?

Yes.

Now?

NOW!

Don't ever point a gun at me. Understand?

Not even a twig.

You got it.

You come from the hitters, don't you?

What are you waiting for?

Why don't you kill me?

I would've killed you.

That doesn't make up

for a difference in two years.

I'm gonna kill you anyway.

The money was here, in the schoolhouse.

What's this garbage talking about?

The money was never recovered.

The TV, and the radio,

the papers, everybody was lying.

They were working with the police.

When Lamb died I...

I never came back here.

The money's still here. It's safe.

Here?

Yeah. Lamb went to school here in Warsaw,

a little one-room schoolhouse.

We put the money in the wall,

behind the blackboard.

Where's this one-room schoolhouse?

Gone.

Gone? Gone where?

I wish I knew.

Used to be

right where the new schoolhouse is now.

You expect me to believe all this crap?

It's the sad-ass truth, Red.

Why do you think

I'd come to a dumb town like this?

How the hell do I know?

You're queer for dumb towns.

Half a million dollars

just don't disappear like that.

They should've found

something when they tore the place down.

I wish I had the answer for you.

The sad part is that we got away with it.

It's a sin, that's what it is.

Christ, it's a sin.

Oh.

Boy, I feel old.

What are we gonna do now, Red?

Shut up, Goody.

I got hay fever too.

Why not do it again?

What's he mouthing off about now?

Montana Armored.

We hit the same place, the same way.

- Montana Armored?

- Yeah?

What?

Hey, they'd never expect it.

Not something that big.

It's never been done before, has it?

Oh, that'd really be

something, wouldn't it?

Yeah, it sure would.

Hey, I think that's a great idea.

Let's not get queer about a crackpot idea.

What the hell does the kid know, anyway?

Besides the Lamb is dead

and he wrecked Dunlop.

You don't need the Lamb anymore.

We do it exactly the same way.

You already did it once.

You might have something there.

The blind leading the blind. He's a kid.

He eats pistachio ice cream.

Jesus, you can lead a mule to water,

but you can't make him drink it.

That's a horse, not a mule. It's a horse.

I agree.

- Agree with what?

- With him.

Good grief.

Even if I did agree, which I don't,

what would we use

as a stake to operate with?

Well, we could all get jobs for a while.

Goody, you're better at asking questions

than you are at answering them.

And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb

and the leopard shall

lie down with the kid.

What's that? A poem?

No, it's a prayer.

200. Just 200 for the pot.

200?

Better than letting that piece of junk

run out on the highway.

We got Goody's car still.

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

Where the hell

do you pick up these pearls of wisdom?

Books.

You mean you can actually read?

I read you loud and clear.

You better believe it.

All right, that's enough.

We got to keep it together now.

If you guys can't manage that, then I walk.

I'd like to hit him again

just for the hell of it.

Well, there it is.

That's it?

Sure doesn't look like much, does it?

Doesn't look like much?

You dopey son of a b*tch.

Goody, help me out...

Simple-minded son of a b*tch.

What did you get in my way for?

Love this guy.

We're gonna be

great friends, Red.

You forgot to give me

your Social Security number.

What?

I said that you forgot to give me

your Social Security number.

I've forgotten it.

Forgotten it?

Come on, nobody ever forgets their number.

Where you been working?

Uh, listen, I'm gonna need it for these.

So, if you can bring it to me tomorrow

I'd appreciate it.

Thanks. Hey.

Do you live near?

Man, I'm going crazy.

That drives me wild.

She just does something to me.

Why did you leave like that?

I couldn't wear that stuff. Too

humiliating. And you look ridiculous.

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