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"Why can't you see past those white gloves of yours, Captain?" Katherine sneered and moved away from the doorway. "How do you think we got the water?"
"You little fool, you don't even know if he'll come back. So he got us water. That doesn't absolve him of murder. He'd get a trial, first. This way, he'll just die. I know the Comanche," he answered. "We needed him in here."
"I'm sure he'd oblige, if he could, Captain," Lee chuckled sourly from the doorway.
"Well then, reckon he won't be comin' back," Hawks snikckered, his eyes wilder now as he glanced around the room, curiously.
Katherine barely had time to even notice Hawks, but before she could blink Hawks moved around the room.
The Captain bent to look out the window. He moved about, trying to get a fix on Chase.
"Of course he'll come back…" Katherine announced, her attention returning to the men in the room suddenly.
The Captain peered out the crack in the door.
Katherine watched too, she saw the bushes move. They were out there, waiting to pick them off one by one.
"Damn fool."
"Well, this is as good a time as any," Hawks said and with that, he knocked the Captain out with the butt of his gun. Lee reached for his gun, but Hawks shot Lee and grabbed Katherine to him.
Katherine saw the blood oozing from Lee's side and shrieked aloud.
Jesse watched silently, his eyes rounding on Hawks in surprise. For a moment, Jesse seemed unable to move, as though he didn't quite believe what happened.
"What are you doing?" Jesse moved to block him, as he noticed the men in the room were all on the floor now.
"C'mon we're getting' out of here," Hawks cried, grabbing Katherine around the waist and pushing her into the front room.
"What? We can't leave…" Katherine protested, hitting him on the shoulder with no results.
"We shore as hell ain't stayin' here. We're leavin'. That breed gave us just the right amount of distraction. He'll keep 'em busy long enough for us to get away," Hawks said before she realized what was happening.
"But you can't just leave him out th…"
"The hell we can't. He's a breed girl, wake up. Not one you should trouble yourself over."
Hawks and the brothers were gathering their horses, throwing her behind one and speeding off as arrows began to whiz by her. Horse sweat and leather created a strange odor she couldn't ignore, as her fingernails tore into Hawks side. At that moment she knew what it was like to want to kill someone.
It seemed like a nightmare. Katherine couldn't believe Hawks would leave Chase out there alone. Not only that, but on foot, for Hawks took all the horses and water.
And what of her brother?
"Where are we going?" she asked holding on to Hawks' waist, her fingernails clawing at him there.
"Back to the station of course," Hawks replied, his hand reached to pry her loose from his side. "That'll do you no good girl, you are comin' with me. The breed's as good as dead. And so is your brother. I'm the only one that can save you now."
Jesse heard him and reined his horse. "Hey Hawks, we aren't going to no station. It's burnt to the ground. There is nothing there. I thought we'd head west."
"You thought wrong," Hawks laughed, and shot Jesse before he could reach for his gun. Hawks hadn't hesitated a second in shooting the startled Jesse.
"Jesse?" Katherine shrieked.
Jesse stared with unseeing eyes as he dangled lifelessly against the horse then slowly slid almost to the ground, his horse dragging him.
Hawks grabbed the reins and pulled the horse with them. Eventually Jesse's foot let go of the stirrups and he slumped
to the ground.
