Vigilante Force Page #4

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It's the first I heard of this.

Let me ask chief about it.

Better yet.

Just tell him to come and see me.

Paul tells me you saved his ass

last night at the Petroluem Gulch.

Somebody opened up the old road house?

Yeah.

I think your buddy got a little hostile.

- What about the roadhouse?

- What about it?

You gonna close it down?

As soon as I close one of

them down another pops up.

I was thinking if we held up on this one,

we might be able to bust a few behind it.

Hell, to tell you the truth, Aaron,

this is kind of an official visit anyhow.

How so?

Well, I'm helping out with

the 4th of July parade this year.

You're gonna be the

Man of the Year for Elk Hills.

We all thought maybe you might

like to be the Grand Marshall.

- Kid?

- This makes it official.

You are amazing.

You know that, don't you?

You still planning on

fixing this place up?

Pretty soon. Thanks

to Homer Arno.

You know, I still don't understand why

he was so upset about that loan.

I guess I was a little impatient.

You know how I can be.

Oh, don't I.

Little Dee, this is my brother Ben.

This is Little Dee.

- Hi.

- Haven't we met?

Wichita, Future Homemakers

of America convention, 1961.

You remembered.

Think about that

Grand Marshall offer, huh.

- Your brother is funnier than you are.

- Shut up.

I didn't think that was possible.

I'm getting complaints about you boys.

Well I thought he was in on it.

I lied. I said I wanted to

do this without screw-ups.

Keep it quiet.

Aaron, it's hard to do

without somebody bitching.

Well, lean harder.

If they're scared to death, they

ain't going to do nothing but pay us.

Boys, I've got some

real money here that said...

you don't know the difference

between... a rooster or a duck.

- Ladies?

- Why spoil a beautiful clay?

Anybody having that good a time is

gotta be breaking the law. Let's bust them.

You're all under arrest.

You'll ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

And on Sunday. I want all the money

you're holding in a pile. Right now.

You boys want to do a little

gambling, you want to get a bet down,

I think you know where you can be.

And you know where you can go.

What was that, friend?

Alright, who's next?

We're tired of you shoving us around.

Alright, killer. You and your

partner just pick up all this trash here

and give it to me.

Is that what you're here for?

You're right.

Grenades.

Automatic rifles?

Bazooka?

The hell. Band uniforms.

We ain't getting

in the parade.

I mean we got the

band uniforms, right?

What do you say? I haven't

been in a parade since high school.

No wonder you're a cop, Harry.

You make a lousy crook.

I could see your flashlight

all the way up down highway.

You're under arrest.

No, I'm giving myself up.

The big time knows, huh.

There goes our 4th of July cover.

- We ain't blowing nothing.

- Everything's cool outside.

We got it covered in here.

Okay.

What the hell you gonna do with

all that stuff? Hijack the oilfields?

Wrap some, a little easier to carry off.

I'm gonna give you a chance, old man.

I'm gonna let you go for your gun.

You go for it.

No, no, Aaron.

No, no.

Go on. Go for it!

No, I'm not going to.

I know he's your brother,

but he's not even playing cop anymore.

He walks into a place with

one thing in mind: Destroy!

It sounds like the war. You know,

when some guy goes crazy.

Start shooting at everything that

weren't wearing the American flag.

Are we gonna just sit back and watch?

Ben! Oh Ben.

- Hey Ben. You got a minute?

- No.

Half a minute.

By the way, Ben. Did you get Aaron

to commit to the Grand Marshall honour?

He said he'd think about it.

Maybe he got a better offer.

You know anything about what

happened at the oilfields on Sunday?

I haven't heard a thing. You know, I

usually have breakfast with the Chief.

But Harry didn't show up this morning.

Probably overslept. I'm on my

way over to his house right now.

Why Ben? What happened?

What happened? What's going on?

What's this all about?

- What the hell have you been doing?

- What's the matter, Ben?

What happened to that damn cockfight?

I closed down an

illegal gambling operation.

And you let that casino stay open?

I told you about that.

What is this crap?

What about killing Andre Majors and

taking all those people's money, huh?

Correction. Confiscated evidence.

Aaron, I have friends here

who are accusing me

of being part of whatever

the hell is going on.

That's some friends.

Now you listen to me. I

didn't volunteer for this.

And when you good people hired me

to come take care of the garbage,

nobody was there telling

me how to do the job.

Nobody wanted to know.

Now you don't like it?

You tell them, fine

civilians from me, brother,

that it's a little late to be

wanting to get involved.

I'm the one that brought you here, and

I'm the one that's going to run you out.

Could you give me a lift into town, Ben?

Where the hell are you going?

My sentence here is up.

Get your ass back into the house!

Get in the truck.

We gonna fight over another girl, Ben?

You know, it's always been me

against the rest of them.

Ever since I've been born. But I

thought that you were on my side.

I always was.

And you will be again.

- Happy .

- Whoa, whoa... easy, easy.

I was afraid he was gonna

kill me if I try to leave before.

He's crazy, you know?

The craziest crazy.

Where you wanna me to drop you?

Bus stop.

How did your wife die?

Aaron talks about her all the time.

She died when my daughter was born.

Aaron didn't have nothing to do with it.

He killed somebody yesterday.

I heard one of those

oil workers tried to hit him.

No.

I meant at the ranch last night.

I think it was that cop. Lee?

Lee?

They dumped him in the creek bed.

Why did he kill him?

To stay on top of the feeling.

I've never saw anyone like him before.

He's going to do something

terrible to all of you.

I'm sorry.

When is the next bus out of here?

Oh! No.

Ben, we're forming a search posse.

It seems Harry is still missing.

Harry... My God!

I want his killer.

- You know, some things you ought to know.

- Now don't tell me. Tell him.

Aaron, I'm appointing you interim

chief of police. I want Lee's killer.

Then we gonna start with you.

What does that mean?

Little Dee said she saw Lee

out at your place late last night.

That's right. He was a little concerned

about the way we busted up the picnic.

- So you had to kill him?

- I get it.

Did she tell you that before

or after I threw her ass out?

Now hold it, Ben.

Aaron gets the job done.

Like the job he's doing on us?

Come on, Bradford. Wake up!

Now, you forget this family squabbling.

I got a town to run. A town under attack.

Aaron, you're on your own.

I like this town.

Whoever did this we'll find out.

Hope I can count on you for your help.

He's got Bradford in his pocket.

Dear Lord...

we give thanks for...

for...

Thanks for nothing. Amen.

And Boots, things

aren't all that bad.

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