Sam raised his gun as the door of the store open, his heart plummeting when he saw Wynonna in front of the Revenant, a gun to her head. In between the two Revenants was not only Champ, but Shorty?

"You have shot?" Sam asked Nedly who was standing next to him, his rifle raised.

"Jesus, Jones, I've got a human shield." Nedly snapped.

Sam decided to try something else. "OK, I can offer you safe passage in return for the hostages." He probably had some old hunting contacts who could take care of them once he had Wynonna and the others safe.

"Here's our safe passage!" The head Revenant replied, referring to Wynonna and the others, "Anyone with a badge follows us, they die!"

"Wynonna, did they find what they were looking for?!" Sam called out to her.

"Yeah." Wynonna replied, being forced towards the van, "Loveless heart. But don't sweat it, I'm gonna kill these sons of bitches with my bare hands."

At least Wynonna seem defiant as ever.

"Can I at least shoot out the Goddman tires?" Nedly requested.

"Only if you want them to die now." Sam replied, "As much as I hate to say this, these guys have the upper hand at moment."

"Tell Crazy Eyes not to hurt them." Wynonna said, as she was forced into the driver seat and her friends were forced into the back.

"Not though without Wyatt's gun, eh?" Sam taunted her, "'With bare hands'. That's cute."

As the car began to drive up, Nicole marched up to her superiors. "We're just letting them go?"

"No." Sam replied.

And yet all they did was watch helplessly as they drive away.

"You two clear the scene." Sam ordered, running to the driver's side of his van.

"What are you doing?!" Nedly demanded as Sam slamed the driver door in his face.

"Getting Wynonna her gun back." Sam whispered, putting a hand on Peacemaker as he backed out.

When they got to a clearing they stopped the vehicle. Apparently, the captives weren't moving fast enough for Marty's liking as he slamed Champ against the side of the van, sending him to the ground with Shorty. "Let's go!" The Revenant demanded.

"You really think you solved the riddle, a way to break out?" Wynonna asked from the doorway of the van. As Sam walked her out she continued, "When my daddy wanted to scare us, he'd describe the brutal things that happened to Revenants if they try to escape the Triangle." Sam forced her down on the other side of Shorty, "Ow!"

"Bet he didn't do it justice, which is why we went to all this trouble." Sam said, going over to a ring of stones. Taking the lid off an ancient-looking pot in its center, he continued, "The vessel. Right where she'd said it'd be. Woman of her word."

"Who?" Wynonna teased, "Your girlfriend? Not with that beard. Your mom. Definitely a Mama's boy, right?"

Sam ignored her, continuing his monolog as he removed the ingredients from a bag. "I tried to be patient, like Bobo said, but if the heir puts us down, where are we? Back to Hell again. You know Marty here's been put down three times?"

Mary cracked his neck, as if some kind of confirmation.

"Third-generation Revenant?" Wynonna quipped.

"Three times down south, you'd go a little psychotic too." Sam finally acknowledged her, "So if we owe the Stone Witch big time in exchange for safe passage across the bounty, I can live with that."

"Stone Witch?" Wynonna asked. This was a name she had never heard before, but whoever this was it didn't sound good.

That was when Wynonna felt something in her hair. She started feeling out it until she pulled out what looked like some sort of microchip. "So that's what that was." She thought.

Champ, somewhat understandably, was starting to panic. "They're gonna sacrifice us. " He said, looking around, "They're gonna eat us."

"We won't let that happen." Wynonna said, "I just need to get my gun back." To herself she murmured, "Come on, Sam."

Sam, meanwhile was on a nearby hill, looking for the situation with a pair of binoculars. He just needed the Revenants to get in one place, far enough away from the hostages that they couldn't get to them before Sam could act.

Also, somebody needed to shut up.

"Here were again Sam." Charlie, or at least Sam's hallucination of her said, pacing behind him, "Wynonna's in danger again, from Revenants, and now with two of her friends. I mean, Champ wouldn't exactly be a lost-on humanity, but Shorty's a great guy. One of the few people in town Wynonna's actually friends with, and old friends at that. And now they're all going to die because you choked just short of the finish line."

Sam wasn't sure what she was talking about that time, but he wasn't going to ask. He needed to focus on what he was doing.

In the clearing Shorty started moaning.

"Shorty?" Wynonna asked, realizing something was wrong.

"They got me, Wynonna." Shorty got out, pulling his hand from his jacket, revealing it was covered with blood.

"You do not give up, do you hear me?" Wynonna urged.

"Your Uncle Citrus was right." Shorty continued, "Always talking about monsters among us when he had a few. There's always been something unnatural about this place. Still I'll miss it."

Wynonna could bear it no longer. She stood up, not sure what she was going to do, but knowing she needed to do something.

"Don't try anything!" Marty threatened.

"If I do it'll be the last thing you ever see." Wynonna shot back.

"Sit!" Mary ordered.

Sam watched the scene from the ridge, and saw Marty pull out his knife and walk Wynonna away from the group.

"Screw it." Sam though, pulling out the Colt and creeping towards them.

"Can I finish him off?" Marty requested, referring to Shorty.

"I told you, no!" Sam snapped, "You need him!"

Marty realized what that meant. "No way! I call dibs on the big rough rider, you have the..." Before Marty could finished to bullets entered him, delivered by the Revenant Sam.

"Ugh, saved my last bullet for him." The last Revenant standing said, "Been waiting to do that for a long time."

"So have I." Wynonna said, watching the convulsing Revenant.

"The old man's not gonna make it." Sam continued, "Cowboy's the only good one left. "

"That's why you need Champ's body?" Wynonna responded, "For some sort of, like, possession?"

"What?" Champ spoke up, "In my body?! Wynonna, I don't even put glutton in this!"

"Then you can walk across the line in human form." Wynonna finished, not paying Champ any heed.

"When I'm finally free of this place..." Revenant Sam began, "You know what I'm gonna do to the first perfect family I come across? Hm? It involves power tools, pain." The Revenant's eyes turned a demonic red, "And days of pleading. But it'll be nothing compared to what I'll do to the second, or the third..."

"I got it." Wynonna said, hiding her disgust.

"Then you'll stay put, or I'll kill you next." Sam replied, going back to the ritual. "Let every bond he loosened." He chanted so softly it was hard to hear, "Let all walls crumble."

Seeing no way out, Wynonna did the only thing she could think of. "Take me." Wynonna said, walking towards the circle, "Leave the others. Think about it. You can walk out of here, break the curse, get your freedom in the Earp heir. Wouldn't that be payback?"

By that point she had reached the circle. Sam ignored her, continuing, "For I am a severent of stone."

"Take me!" Wynonna insisted,

Sam just kept going. "Every bond be weakened, every force fail."

Wynonna walked back over to the others, crouching. "I don't think I can save us all." She admitted, "Run. Now."

Champ didn't have to be told twice. After he made if a few inches he turned back around and asked, "Just me, or...?"

"For Waverly." Wynonna informed him, "Go!"

Shorty looked up at her. "You go too."

"Shorty, if these monsters escape, I'm the only one who can stop him." Wynonna replied.

"I always told Gus and your sister you'd come back." Shorty said. Turning to the boy he added, "Go on Champ."

Champ started to run again then turned back. "I'll get help, I swear."

Suddenly a shot rang out. Wynonna and Shorty turned around to see Sam holding his shoulder, looking off in the direction the shot came from, as steam rolled from the spot. "Whoever you are, you're too late!" He called out, "I'm just a few seconds from-" His voice trailed off as he started to convulse. Smoke started to come from his mouth, then he fell to the ground.

Then the smoke went straight for Wynonna.

"OK, I got this." Wynonna told herself out loud, "Fight him once he's inside me. This is not the sort of penetration I'm used to."