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Episode Five concluded with:
Max slowly approached the cave entrance. He
could hear Lila’s voice. She sounded upset, but he couldn’t hear what she was
saying. He moved closer to the entrance.
Cold iron pressed against the back of his neck,
followed by a low whisper, “Say anything and you’re dead.” A gag was tied
around Thompson’s mouth. Another whisper followed. “Move. No tricks, or you
die.”
Max couldn’t shake the feeling that he was about
to die, no matter what.
Episode Six
The
lawman proceeded down the hill, silently cursing himself. He had been captured
by members of the gang he was supposed to be stalking. Max listened carefully.
From the footsteps, he thought there were five men walking behind him. One of
them was now pressing the barrel of a gun into his back.
Thompson
breathed heavily and kept his fear under wraps. He had always known that a
lawman’s slightest error could cost him his life. He hadn’t given a thought to
checking the area around the cave before moving in. It looked like that misstep
was going to be deadly.
His
lawman’s instincts remained strong. The jasper who whispered the orders to him
seemed to be trying to disguise his voice.
Thompson
was forced into a grove of trees. The gag was removed from his mouth and this
time the captor who gave the orders made no attempt to change his voice. He
spoke in an almost jocular manner as he yanked off his hood. “I’ll give you a
moment to make peace with your creator, Sheriff. I always liked you. Sorry it’s
come to this.”
“I’m
already at peace with my creator.” Max Thompson turned around. He had been
right. There were five outlaws: four were still wearing hoods. The talkative
one was wearing a sneer. Max shook his head at the man who had a hood in his
left hand and a six shooter in his right. “I never woulda guessed. You had me
fooled. I must be gettin’ old.”
The
unmasked outlaw laughed. “Gettin’ old is a problem you’re not gonna have, Max.”
Monday: Episode
Seven of Night Riders
