Newly lead Bonner's brother, Lafitte to the middle of Main Street and met Matt like he ordered. "Thank you, Newly," he said with a hardened jaw. "Now, I want you and the rest of the men to stay out of the way. This is between Bonner and me!"

"Yes, sir," Newly said before heading toward the hospital. He didn't like the fact that Matt was out there alone and therefore vulnerable but he had to much respect for the man to undermine his authority or his plan by refusing his orders. So, the Marshal joined the rest of the men in front of the hospital and waited to see what it was Matt had up his sleeve.

"Bonner!" Matt yelled and waited as the echo from his voice reverberated off the empty buildings in Dodge. "I got your brother, Bonner! He's hurt! Bad! And I'm not going to allow anyone to help him until you turn yourself in!"

Kitty watched from a window on the second floor of the hospital as Matt leaned heavily on his staff before slowly moving down the street and pushed Lafitte along as he moved.

"Doc," Kitty said as the physician and Robert came to stand just behind her. "I'm scared."

"Me to," Doc said quietly.

Matt looked around before clinching his jaw in frustration. He knew Bonner had to be watching. He bet that if he cared enough about his younger brother Virgil to terrorize a whole town and kidnap Kitty because he was going to hang, then he had to care what happened to this one as well.

Drawing his pistol from his holster, he decided it was time to up the ante. "I'm not the law here anymore Bonner!" Matt yelled pushing Lafitte forward as he took a few steps back with the help of his staff. "I could put a bullet in his head right now!"

"Would he do that?" Burke asked looking at Newly as the lawman waved him away.

"Hush, now Burke," Newly said keeping his eyes on Matt. "He knows what he's doing!"

"You've got to the count of three to show yourself, Bonner!" Matt yelled pulling the hammer of his gun back before taking aim at the back of Lafitte's head. "One!"

"Jude!" Lafitte whined stumbling forward. "He ain't bluffing!"

"Two!" Matt yelled as Lafitte started to sob.

"Three!" Matt yelled as a voice rang out!

"Stop!"

Matt whirled around as Bonner calmly walked out of the alley between the jail and the Long Branch.

"You want me Dillion!" Bonner said putting his hands on his hips. "I'm here!"

Since Matt had gone up against him last, time and prison had taken its toll on the man's looks but it had little impact on his overall physic and Bonner knew that would be a disadvantage to the retired Marshal.

"You can't even walk without the help of a crutch!" Bonner said snidely looking the ex-lawman up and down before he laughed. "I don't think you got what it takes anymore to take me on!"

"You don't huh!" Matt said throwing his gun away. Moving forward with the help of his staff, he said. "Let's find out!"

Kitty gasped and turned away from the window as Matt and Bonner started to circle each other. "Doc! We have to do something! Matt's not up to a fight! Bonner will kill him!"

"Not necessarily," Robert said with a mischievous grin. "There's something you both should know!"

Matt and Bonner circled each other, each sized up the other and looked for any weaknesses. Matt realized, he could be in for the fight of his life, one that would require every bit of strength that he had. In his mind, he went back to the first fight the two men had. Bonner's weakness, was that he was a showmen, all Matt had to do to win was exploit it.

"C'mon Bonner!" Matt snarled balling up his fists in an attempt to draw the outlaw into a careless punch. "You want me!"

Bonner finally took the bait and swung at the retired Marshal. Only with a lightening quick duck from Matt was he able to evade Bonner's punch.

Dropping the staff and standing on his own two legs, Matt struck back with a left and a right to Bonner's stomach.

As Bonner staggered backward, he realized, Matt wasn't so weak after all.

The men in town began cheering and urging the retired Marshal on as the two men clenched up. Rolling in the dusty street, Matt threw alternating punches at Bonner's face until both men regained their footing but the outlaw was clearly dazed.

As Bonner shook his head to clear it, Matt stepped into a right handed punch that felled the outlaw. It was perhaps, the hardest punch, Matt had ever thrown in his life and Bonner lost consciousness before he even hit the ground.

"He did it!" Burke yelled excitedly as Newly ran over to take Lafitte and Bonner into custody.

"I'd better get down there!" Robert said squeezing Kitty's hand. "And, it was his idea to withhold the fact that he had feeling coming back to that leg."

"I know," Kitty said though tears of happiness. "And I'll be discussing that with him in private!"

Robert grinned as he picked up his bag and headed downstairs.

"Is it really over, Doc?" Kitty said as the older man watched Newly and Sam led Bonner toward the jail.

"I don't know, Kitty," Doc replied still watching as Robert reached Matt. As the larger man leaned on the smaller for support, Doc sighed. "He's still alive after all."