Ch 8
Tom, Bill, and ole Earl were waiting to make their move.
"Bill, walk around an get closer. Go to the tree line. When we jump on them, run out fast like you hear."
"Why me Tom?" Asked Bill.
"Because I said so damnit. Earl your with me. Let's go."
Bill walks way out and comes up behind Jimmy and Buck using the trees for cover. He gets closer. He gets too close. Bill steps on a stick. Crack !
"You hear that Buck?" whispers Jimmy.
"Yeah there's a fat guy behind us. Two more coming up on your other side." says Buck.
Bill freezes in place. Tom and Earl are making their way up on Jimmy. Jimmy is laying with his hands on his guns. Buck has his shiny gun in one hand and his knife that his father made for him in the other hand.
"On me." Jimmy whispers.
"You ready ole boy?"
"I was born ready." Jimmy said.
"I'm going for the one in the woods. You turn and burn them two down." Bucks tells Jimmy.
With that, Buck jumped up letting out a warrior's cry, running to the wood line. Jimmy spins around guns cocked. He finds Tom and Earl in his sights. Stupid bastards he thinks as his arm extends. Jimmy fires killing Tom, hitting him between the eyes. Earl loses his nerve. He turns and runs tripping and stumbling as he ran. Jimmy shows no mercy taking aim with both his pistols. Emptying his revolvers, he killed Earl dead. He replaced his colt cylinders as he listens to the screaming coming from the woods. That's sure not Buck screaming like that he thinks as he walks to the wood line. Jimmy finds a large blood trail. As he walks, he finds blood all over the trees and all on the ground. There's fucking blood everywhere. What the fuck, he thinks as he starts laughing and walking . Further down the path, he finds what looks to be human guts on the ground.
"Oh shit."
The screams get louder.
"Tom! Help me Tom!"
That's not Buck Jimmy laughs.
Jimmy finds the source of the screaming. It's a fat white man. Buck is standing over him kinda zoned out. Jimmy sees the man's been ripped open from his waist to his chest. His guts were everywhere from him rolling around. Buck is standing there holding a large wad of what looks to be bloody hair.
"Buck? Fuck man you ok?"Jimmy asked as he starts laughing at the sight.
"Yes I'm fine Jimmy."
"Damn Buck, what happened here? Did you go full blown wild man?"
"Sumbitch called me a half breed Jimmy."
Jimmy grabs the man by the ear.
"Sit up fucker."
The man screams louder.
"Tom! Please help me!" the crying the man begs for his life.
"Tom ain't coming fat man." Jimmy says, "I fucking killed him. Say your sorry fat man!" Jimmy screamed.
"Say it now!" Jimmy screamed louder.
"Say it!" Jimmy screams.
"Help me Tom!" The dying man screams.
Jimmy put his gun in the man's ear. He pulls the trigger and blows his fucking brains out all over the trees. Buck threw the fat man's bloody hair down on the ground and walked away.
"Let's go Buck. "We will follow the river til sun down." Jimmy says.
Buck searches their bodies. He takes their guns and ammo belts. Jimmy shoots their horses. Buck laces the new guns to his saddle. They packed up their shit and rode to the south.
Jimmy looks at Buck with his black hat and black coat. He smiled
"Buck." Jimmy said.
Buck looks at Jimmy.
"Yeah brother?"
"You a bad motherfucker you know that." Jimmy says as Buck grins.
" I just want to be like you Jimmy."
Jimmy looks down and smiles.
"Buck, when we find a place to stash our money an kill Kid, I want to buy me a thousand acres in Montana."
"Jimmy I want to have a thousand head of cows on my land. I think there's a life for me in the beef business." Buck told Jimmy.
"Me to." Jimmy said.
They laughed and talked about it til they found a nice place to make camp. Darkness fell fast. They sat by the fire thinking about their life to be.
"Hey Jimmy. I'm not going to ride with the express when all this is said an done."
Jimmy chimes right in. "The hell with that. I'm with you Buck. I'm going to take my money an start a new life."
"Jimmy let's do it together." Buck said.
Jimmy looks at Buck with a look on his face as serious as a heart attack.
"Buck I would not have it any other way, it's me an you til the end my friend."
Buck smiles and lays back against his saddle.