A/N: My story can now legally drink(:
"Boss! Boss!" Charlie yelled, watching Ben and that blasted one-legged rancher jump roof to roof. "Boss, drop! Drop boss, I'm gonna shoot!" Charlie was amazed, Ben was running with Dan. Jealousy then struck him, out of all those years of loyalty to Ben Wade, he was disrespected…with this? The pathetic one-legged man…who kicked him out of line to Ben? Charlie was furious.
Why hasn't anyone hit him yet, He thought.
"What the bloody hell?" Caleb said, waking up to gunfire. It was late evening, he'd had a late night. "And this is not what I call a holiday." He was looking out the back window to his hotel room in Contention. There was at least the whole town firing at two men. He watched the fight scene continue. It looked epic…Were they waiting for something? Because they were held up in the train station. "Aw, hell!" Caleb said, seeing a teenage boy run across the lot to the cattle. "What is he doing?"
The 3:10 to Yuma train was late. But it was finally here. Charlie glared at his way through the corral, he could shoot Dan now, his aim was perfect. But another shot went off, and he instinctively ducked.
"Yah!" William Evans shouted, ready to save his dad's life. The cattle trampled threw the open gate, smothering Charlie Prince.
"Antho-Dad…I'm so tired!" Charlotte complained.
Marcus growled, turning around to face Charlotte, he picked her up, "Now we'll get somewhere!"
They could both see Contention from the top of the hill, they saw the train tracks, and on it, obviously a train. "That's the 3:10 to Yuma."
"Lovely." Charlotte said. "Why do I care?"
"Because you're brother's in Contention."
"How do you know?"
"It's just a sixth sense."
They heard gun fire, they saw cows, and lots of 'em. Charlotte looked up at her father, "Dad, put me down, you have to save Charlie."
For once in her life, Charlotte finally snapped out of it. She finally agreed with her father, she finally saw it. She was following his footsteps, the dark journey through evil, it brought only terror to her life, but now instead having revenge for her brother she wanted to save him. She wanted him to meet their dad. However, she had no problem of thinking about killing Ben Wade. It seemed like they missed only half the story.
Anthony Averies ran towards Contention.
**!
Dan's body lay broken against the ground. The blood smeared against the side of the yellow train, he hit the ground. Barely breathing. Ben Wade glared at Charlie Prince.
Charlie thought he did a good thing, saving the Boss from another hell trip to Yuma.
Truthfully, Ben didn't give a damn about Charlie's pride. Charlie Prince was money to him, he was loyal so it was even better.
In a way to get the gun to Ben, every single one of them touched Ben's gun…
"Careful, that gun's got a curse on it." Ben said to Tucker.
Tucker only laughed.
Tucker died later….
Ben looked at them all, he watched Charlie turn happily on his heel, ready to leave Contention. Charlie waited to her the gravel against Ben's boots to come after him and leave also. But he never heard a sound. He peered over his shoulder, Ben was still glaring at him.
Charlie knew it by then, that he either had to draw fast, or die.
The same time, both of them drew,
Click. Click.
Bang.
Ben was only a bit faster.
Charlie watched the blood pour out of his chest, he watched it, thinking of all the people he killed. He'd seen this seen so many times from above, now he was below it. Watching his own death before him. Ben Wade shot his gun six more times, killing every single person in the outfit. All too shocked to even think about raising a gun towards Ben.
All that was going through their minds was simple; He killed Charlie Prince. Charlie Prince led us to death.
When all the outfit was down, besides Charlie, Ben holstered The Hand of God, and stalked up towards Charlie. No words were spoken. Being he shot seven rounds, his gun was empty, he reached for Charlie's.
Charlie's eyes said everything for him; Why?
Ben only answered with;
Click.
Bang.
He watched Charlie's body hit the ground, hard. He didn't even look at the rest of the outfit, they were no longer his problem. He heard William's shuffling steps come forward to his father. A small reunion afore Dan's death.
William stood up and pointed his loaded gun at Ben. He didn't pull the trigger.
Benjamin Wade wished he had enough heart like William Evans did. Out of all the hatred, disgust, and unruly feelings Will felt for Ben, he still never shot him. Hell, Ben would've done it. William was strong.
By the time Ben was in the jail cell of the 3:10 to Yuma train, he was already planning new ideas for a new outfit.
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Caleb walked outside of the hotel, seeing no one come out; he saw seven dead bodies discarded to the ground. Hell had broken lose. He saw a young boy craning over his father's dead body. He stepped over Charlie Prince's rigid body. Caleb turned to look at him, "You're the man that ruined my life."
"C-caleb?" William's voice broke out.
"William…Will Evans?"
A subtle reunion was held between the cousins.