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The Untamed ( Katy1008 & CrimsonMaster )

Jimmy took a few steps forward towards JP........his knife in hand and ready ti end the Marshall's life. Jimmy did so enjoy making people suffer before killing them and although JP had suffered much today......Jimmy planned on making his final minutes on earth very painful ones. JP was sure that the end was near......he had failed in his mission. This was the first time that had ever happened......but that didn't bother him as much as failing Katie. JP closed his eyes waiting for Jimmy's knife to dig into his body and let his blood flow onto the floor. Then a shot rang out......followed by another.....then another and another! Jimmy's body jerked hard as the bullets ripped through his body then striking the wall on the far side of the shack.

Jimmy looked down at the open wounds on his chest......he should feel pain....some kind of pain......but yet he didn't. All Jimmy felt was a growing cold spreading threw his body......his blood pumping from the bullet holes as he slowly turned seeing Katie. That same sick smile that he had when Jimmy tormented Martin was still on his face. It was the same smile that he wore when he raped JP and Katie.......taking them both in the ass. " I'll see you in HELL! " Jimmy said as he raised the knife to throw it at Katie but his strength was gone and when he threw the knife it hit the floor at Katie's feet. The sick smile slowly slipped from Jimmy's face as he dropped down to his knees......then he fell face down onto the floor with a hard thud! Jimmy laid still as his life slipped away........ending his rein of torture & torment.
 
Katie was breathing hard as she watched Jimmy turn. For a moment she thought about firing the last two shoots into him. But something told her there was no need. Even as he lifted the knife...she knew. She didn't even move out of the way when he evtually did throw it. She just stood and watched him die...slowly. She enjoyed watching him die. A part of her thought that in just some small way she had gotten some revenge for what he did two years ago. She wished she could have made him suffer more...like he had made Martin suffer. But it was something.

She took a breath and then moved quickly stepping over the body in front of her. She moved round in front of JP. She could see that his pants were down but his shirt tails maintained some of his modesty...and for his benefit she was glad about that. She moved round in front of him. His head was down. She lifted her hands, hesitated for a moment and Undid the gag, gently removing it. Then brought her hands equally gently to his cheeks.

"JP...Marsall...his dead...the others are gone" She spoke softly and gently lifted his head. As she brought his face up, she leaned forward and kissed him softly on the mouth, but he didn't respond. "JP...Jimmy's dead...but the other two...they're in town. I'm gonna untie you and the go out and maybe find you a horse, otherwise we're sharing... Because I could do with your help... " her hands cradled and caressed his face, her voice soothed. She knew there was much more than physical damage now. But she wasn't going to be able to heal that right now. She just needed to get him out of here. She leaned forward and kissed him softly again and then moved behind him and undid the rope around his wrists. Then she moved away.

"I'll wait for you outside Marshall" she walked out hoping that JP wasn't going to be too far behind her.
 
JP wasn't sure why......but he didn't open his eyes too see who was shooting....or who even made the loud thud on the floor. He knew that sound well....it was the same sound JP had heard many times over the years....that thud was the sound of a body hitting the wooden floor. JP kept his eyes closed tightly even as Katie came up......removed the gag from his mouth then touched his cheeks. He could tell from the soften of Katie's hands that it wasn't a man......yet after the assault JP had gone through.....fear still gripped his soul. JP could heard what Katie was saying......but no words could be formed. He felt the warmth of the kisses that she gave to him.....but again JP couldn't bring himself to return the sweet offering.

Katie had freed JP before leaving the shack......it had been hours since he had last moved. JP slipped from the table dropping to his knees.....his body shaking from a mix of fear & anger. He could see that Jimmy was in fact dead....laying on the floor just a few feet away from where JP was kneeling. There had never been a time in his life where JP had felt so helpless.....he felt so dirty and in many ways JP would have welcomed death....for that would have been an escape from these troubling feelings that he was having. It would have been easy to just stay here and give up.......but even though JP was having trouble dealing with what happened here......he couldn't let Katie down. JP pulled himself up to his feet.....he reached down pulling up his pants. It was then that JP noticed how badly his hands were shaking......was this from the fear that he was feeling....or something else? JP was on the edge of a major melt down.....yet he had to keep himself together long enough too help Katie.

JP looked around for his gun.....it took a few minutes but he found it...then with his hands still shaking.....JP wrapped the gun belt around his waist. He fixed his clothes which had become wrinkled while laying on the table. JP pulled his pistol from the holster then checked it to make sure it was loaded. While looking at his gun JP thought of how easy it would to end his pain once and for all. Just place the barrel into your mouth then pulled trigger.....it would be over in less then a second. But Katie needed him.....he couldn't let her down.....not now......there would be time for this later when Katie troubles had ended then JP could bring an ended to his own pain. JP grabbed his hat placing it onto his head then he stepped over Jimmy's body on his way out of the cabin. He came out the door then stopped looking around for Katie.
 
Katie appeared from behind the shack leading an unsaddled horse. She smiled a little, more to herself that anything, when she saw JP step out into the twilight. When his gaze met hers, her smile broadened.

"Glad you decided to join me, Marshall. You take my horse. I'll pull a blanket from inside in place of the saddle... JP..."

She secured the horse to the hitching post in front of the shack and stepped up to where JP was standing. She could see he was in shock. What was she supposed to say to him? She knew from her own experiences that he wasnt going to simply get over what she knew must have been a brutal attack. She reached out and put her hand softly on his arm.

"Don't let him redefine you JP. Dont you let him."
 
Even when his eyes met with Katie and he could see the smile on her face....there was no smile on his. JP was beyond such things now.....smiling seemed like a waste of time....and being happy......forget it.....JP was planning his own death after this was all over. There was a chance that he could die during the fight with who ever was left back in town. JP could easily make himself a target for anyone with a gun.


JP moved towards Katie's horse......silent as death it's self. He mounted the horse's back then waited for Katie to join him. He pulled on the reins of the horse Katie had been using......it turned around then JP moved it towards the trail where he waited.
 
Her heart sank a little as she watched him look at her. His look was vacant and she wasn't even that sure he even saw her. She let him brush past her and watched as he mounted her horse. She disappeared in side the shack for a moment and came back out with a blanket which she threw over the back of the horse she had found that Jimmy and his men had left behind. Using the horse's mane and a help, she half lept, halp scrambled up onto the horses back and then sat herself up. It had been a long time since she had riden without a saddle and she hoped that she still had enough basic horsemanship skills within her to make it to town.

As she sat up and looked at JP, he was on the trail waiting for her, looking back over his shoulders. As soon as she was up and ready, he looked forward and kicked for town. Katie sighed and felt the pain in her heart deepen a little more. She couldn't help thinking that JP was truly lost. That there was nothing she could do to save him from himself. She kicked her horse and followed in his wake trying to think how she could pull JP back. But she had to ready herself for whatever was waiting in town. Jimmy was gone. Victor and Jack were still breathing... and she wanted to change that.
 
In the town of Victorville Victor & jack where hold up at the whorehouse.....this was where they would make a final stand....if one came at all. Victor had 10 men who came with him from the ranch....the others had either died or had fled from Calvera.....leaving Victor far behind. Marshall Blackwell along with the Madam of the whorehouse had joined Victor & Jack....the Deputy Marshall had died long before he was able to escape the killing zone of the Crenshaw Ranch.

Calvera & his men ransacked the once big beautiful house the Crenshaw's called home. Lilly used this time wisely.....she moved around Victor's office looking through the drawers of his desk. She was hoping to find something that would prove that Victor & the others in his family were murderers and thieves. Lilly found not like that in Victor's office....she went to the upstairs bedrooms searching all until she found a diary written by Jimmy. Her eyes danced over the pages reading the words that Jimmy had placed down with his own hand. He told the tail of how they forced Katie into giving up her land and how she was raped by them. But she wasn't the only person who the Crenshaw's had wronged.....every dirty deed the Crenshaw's did was placed down in ink on the pages of this book. Jimmy had named names of those who took part in each crime and those who helped cover them up.

By the time Lilly left the house Calvera & his men had left for town. Calvera wanted to make sure that Victor & Jack were finished once and for all. Lilly found her horse then she grabbed Katie's.....she headed off for town moving quickly. She reached the outskirts of town where she stopped....the sounds of gun shots could be heard coming from the center of town. Lilly kicked her horse moving forward until she found a place where she could tie up both horses then Lilly ran towards the sound of gun fire.
 
JP said nothing for the entire ride into town. In some respects it was hardly surprising; they weren't exactly out for an gentle evening ride. They were both on a mission in every sense of the phrase. They were both out two kill two men and right then it was probably debatable as to who hated them more. In the last 24hours, what had been a job... part of his professional responsibilities ... had suddenly become personal for JP. Katie didn't know whether anything in JP's performance of his duties had ever been personal. For Him, the wound was fresh. Open. Raw. Painful. Katie's wound had scabbed over many times. It had been picked at so many times that it had become a scar. It was not fresh and raw but it was deep seated. Well nurtured. To a large extent it defined who she was now...what she had become. Two very different types of pain but both with the same cause. And both Katie and JP were out now for vengeance as much as justice.

As they entered the main thoroughfare, JP slowed his horse to a walk and Katie followed suit. They could hear the gunfight further up main street. Both of them knew the whorehouse was where Victor and Jack would be held up. Katie felt her heart pounding. She slipped silently down from the horse and checked her weapon. She moved up onto the sidewalk and continued quietly...ready but hoping that her hand and her eye would serve her well. Equally she prayed silently that in his rush for revenge, JP wouldn't forget the skills he had acquired and which had kept him alive this far.
 
Pain was nothing new to JP.....he had been shot many times over the years. During the Civil War when JP was a young cavalry officer he was shot & stabbed with a sword at the Battle of Brandy Station. Brandy Station was one of the biggest cavalry battles that took place during the war between the states. After becoming a United States Marshall JP had tasted more pain from other guns & knives....one time JP even had an Indian arrow stuck into his shoulder.

Yet with all of this physical pain nothing had prepared JP for the mental pain of being raped. The long lasting reminder that someone forced you to do something against your will. 4 times JP was raped by those men.....4 times he was made to clean their cocks with his mouth.....forced to taste their cum and no matter how many times he spit.......JP couldn't get that taste out of his mouth. During the ride towards town many thoughts passed through JP's mind. Thoughts of what happened at the shack.....thoughts of killing the Crenshaw's and their men.....yet JP had thoughts of Katie and how she came to terms over what those same men did too her 2 years ago. Her scars ran deep......much deeper then those given to JP by Jimmy and the other three men. She to had been raped by 4 men....but she was made to perform in front of her dying husband as if she was part of some sick play.

Even though nothing was spoken about what happened at the shack....JP could tell that Katie already knew about the incident. JP had stayed in his saddle when Katie dismounted then started walking up the sidewalk towards the whorehouse and the gun fire. A moment later JP finally stepped down from his horse. He carefully tied his horse to a rail in front of one the stores. JP pulled his double barreled shotgun from his saddle then turned and started walking straight up the middle of the street. His black suit coat had been pulled back to expose his pistol which he carried on his right hip.......his shotgun was held tightly in his left hand. Gun fire was coming from inside the whorehouse which sat on the left side of the street. Calvera & his men were on the right side of the street taking cover behind wagon's......boxes........troughs......anything that they could hide behind while shooting back at the whorehouse.

Lilly had joined Calvera......from where she was Lilly could see Katie coming up the sidewalk. A huge smile came over her face to see Katie again.....she had been so worried about her. Then her eyes caught JP who was walking up the middle of the street. " What the hell is he doing? " Lilly had never met...nor seen JP before.....yet she had a feeling that this was the Marshall Katie talked about.....but he must be crazy or totally pissed off....or maybe both. " Who the hell is that? " Calvera said as the sight of this tall powerful looking man came into view. Lilly turned her head slightly towards Calvera and told him that man was Katie's friend....the one she went to help out.
 
Katie saw Lily first on the opposite side of the street. Almost immediately after that she saw Calvera. She was relieved that both of them still seemed upright and in one piece. No obvious bullet holes visible from this distance. No lines of pain etched in their faces.

She looked back towards JP, watching him walk purposefully, single-mindedly up the centre of the street. This could end very very quickly with JP as an unavenged bloody mess on the floor. But then it hit her. jP didn't care. Of course he wanted The Crenshaw's dead, but his actions seemed to indicate that he thought his own death to be an acceptable alternative option.

She looked back to Lily and Calvera. She had to speak to them. She paused for a moment, then back tracked a little before charging across the street. She smiled as she approached her friends. Silently nodded a hello.

"You gotta look after that man!" she pointed to JP. "No matter what... He needs to stay alive. He might not realise it yet, but... He does!"
 
Calvera was glad too see Katie was well.....he had been worried about her since the attack on the Crenshaw Ranch. None of Calvera's men who had made it to town had seen Katie.....there was no sign of her at the ranch and it wasn't until now that Lilly had seen her. Calvera raised his hands into the air signaling for his men to stop shooting.....this happened just as JP stopped in front of where they were. JP then turned facing the whorehouse this caused them to stop shooting....but only for a moment then the guns opened up again. Even with all the lead flying towards JP.....nothing hit him.....he stood tall in front of the whorehouse holding his shotgun in his left hand staring at the building.

JP could hear the bullets whizzing past his head.....the dirt at his feet was flying from the bullets hitting there....but still nothing touched him. " Katie?.......what is your friend doing? " Calvera asked in great confusion as he watched this tall man staring at the face of death. At no time in Calvera's life had he ever seen anyone so brave. Then without warning JP charged the whorehouse.....breaking through the front doors! Once JP was inside a thunderous sound was heard then another...this was JP's shotgun bring fired. Then the sounds of pistol fire could be heard coming from inside....it sounded like the 4th of July inside the whorehouse until the air grew still. No more sounds were heard coming from inside the whorehouse....it seemed to all over.

When JP broke through the door Victor.....Jack & Marshal Blackwell were in Victor's office in the back of the whorehouse. Victor was packing the money kept there into a black leather bag. He....Jack & Blackwell had planned on making an escape from this place with as much money as they could carry. But now with the leather bag filled Victor and the others were trapped with JP standing into the middle of the main floor. JP slowly looked around at all the dead bodies....some where killed by Calvera & his men....the rest by JP when he crashed through the door. JP had gunned everyone down who pointed a gun at him....even the house Madam was laying dead on the floor.

There was no escaping from Victor's office....it had no windows and the back door was about 30 feet from the office door. Jack raised his pistol....he was just about to shoot JP in the back when he heard people shouting in the street....those shouts were coming closer to the whorehouse....someone was coming inside.
 
Katie watched somewhat in horror as JP strode into the whorehouse, disappearing from view. The reports of the rifle... The pistols in return... But the silence which emerged was worse. That was when Katie really felt the cold chill of fear gripping her heart. Was everyone dead? If someone was still standing, was it JP or...or Victor...or Jack. She looked wide-eyed at Calvera then back to the door of the whorehouse. She took a breath, closed her eyes for a moment, forcing herself to work out what to do. She took another breath. In her mind she tried to picture the interior of he whorehouse...where the bar was...the lay out of the tables... The office. The office. All logic said that that is where Victor would have gone. Maybe Jack too. She opened her eyes and looked to Calvera.

"Go in the front. Go slow and call out. If the Marshall is still alive he'll shoot first and then ask questions I think right now." she pulled her own pistol up and reloaded it. "I'm going to head around the back. If... If the Crenshaw's are still in there then one of us should... Hopefully"

She didn't give Calvera a chance to stop her or argue. She stood up and quickly headed across the street and into the alleyway. She waited until she heard Caldera and his men noisily moving towards the front door. As quietly as she could she crept into through the rear door. It was darker than usual... Most of the lamps having been shot out. She quietly crept forward trying to work out who might be left alive, if anyone, in the main bar.
 
Lilly yelled out that they were coming into the whorehouse and that they were friends of Katie's. She & Calvera entered the whorehouse along with his men trailing just behind them. Once inside they looked around.....JP was still standing in the middle of the room. His empty shotgun was laying on the floor at his feet......in his hand was his pistol which still had smoke rolling out from the end of the barrel. Everyone else in the room was laying dead on the floor.....so had been killed by Calvera & his men the rest by JP who even killed the house Madam when she pointed a rile at him.

Lilly walked slowly up to JP not wishing to bother him since she really didn't know him. She was just looking him over seeing if he had been hit....but just like outside nothing touched him. " IT'S SAFE KATIE!!!.....YOU CAN COME IN NOW!! " Lilly yelled out knowing that Katie needed too see this for herself. Jack who was going to shoot JP until he heard someone coming into the whorehouse had pulled back into the office. He.....Victor & Marshal Blackwell were stuck inside the office.....they were the only ones left. Jack grinned when he heard Lilly call out to Katie. He would use her to get free from here....he would give her one more chance to join with him....then they could leave together...or so it would seem.
 
Katie hesitated for a moment and then stepped out of the shadows. Her own pistol was in her hand as she looked around the bodies on the floor making sure there was no-one lying their either playing dead or reaching for a weapon in their dying moments. As she stepped more into the room, her gaze fell on JP who seemed to be stood, stunned, rooted to the spot. There was no expression on his face and his eyes were... they were dead. He didnt really seem to be seeing anything. Katie moved a little closer but she was still perhaps 10ft away and for a moment, her concern was only with JP. She steppped in front of the closed door of the office. She wasnt even aware of where she was moving and at that moment she wasnt thinking about Victor or Jack.

"JP. Its ok" She let a slight smile begin to appear. "I dont know how you did it Marshall but apparently bullets are not attracted to you."
 
JP who seemed to be lost in a daze and didn't notice when Lilly and the others came into the whorehouse. Yet when JP heard Katie's voice he turned to look at her. JP started to reload his pistol when he saw a shadow moving inside the office. Jack who was hiding just inside the doorway.....when Katie moved in front of the door he saw his chance. Moving out of the offices Jack grabbed Katie wrapping his arms around her upper body. His left hand snaked it's way down inside her pants. Jack's fingers quickly found Katie's pussy......his fingers started rubbing at her sweet area. " DON'T MOVE!! " Jack yelled out as he held Katie right in front of him.....his gun was pointed towards the group which stood in the middle of the floor. JP's gun was now loaded but he wasn't quick enough to keep Jack from using Katie as a shield.

" Katie....you know that no one makes you feel the way I do. " Jack whispered softly as his fingers rubbed at her pussy. " I know that I can't make up for the past......but I can make your future better.....I can make you feel great every night. " Jack continued as his fingers where trying to make Katie cum while the others watched. Everyone on the other side of the room.....they were helpless with Katie wrapped in Jack's arms.
 
Katie squealed in surprise and her pistol dropped to the floor. Jack's move was so quick, so determined that no matter how much squirming and wriggling she did, Jack's grip became tighter. As she moved left and right so Jack moved with her. As she clawed at his arms and bent forward and back so did he. And once his hand was firmly inside her clothes, the more she moved the more stimulation his fingers provided. Finally she told herself to try and stay still, one hand reaching behind and gripping the tail of Jack's coat, the other over the top of his hand buried inside her pants.

She panted a little, short sharp gasps, her eyes closed, chewing ocassionally on her lower lip, trying to silence her whimpers. She felt Jack's breath hot on her neck and she closed her eyes tighter. She couldnt deny it. She couldnt. For whatever reason... whatever it was about him... whatever it was inside of her... he was right when he said no-one made her feel the way he did. Since that very first afternoon... the abuse at his hands... she had tried again and again to deny it to herself but she always knew she was lying. She wanted to be used... humiliated... degraded... by him... by Jack Crenshaw. And here he was offering that to her every night. She moaned and her hips moved a little, pressing herself down on his fingers. Could the two of them have a future?
 
Jack's fingers skillfully worked over Katie's pussy.....he could feel her body almost melt into his arms. " Your friends will let us go if you say so......we can live together without anyone else. " Jack again whispered into Katie's shell like ear. " Every night will be filled with pleasure......I can give you this bliss.......I can make your body feel this good every night......just join me Katie......tell your friends to let us go. " Jack's words whispered so that only Katie could heard what he was saying. His finger had moved then slipped inside of Katie's pussy. Jack's wanted Katie to cum....he wanted her friends too see that only he could bring her such joy. He knew that by giving Katie an orgasm that this was his biggest Allie.....if she was going to join him it would be because she couldn't live without ever feeling this great again.

Tears rolled down Lilly's face as she watched Katie enjoying what Jack was doing. Lilly had fallen in love with Katie even though she was hiding that fact...she wanted them to be together. She knew that they would always enjoy being with men.....but Lilly wanted to become Katie's wife. Still seeing Katie in Jack's arms broke her heart. Lilly wanted Katie so much and yet she felt rejected when Katie didn't want to sleep with her the night before. " Let her go Jack! " JP said as his voice broke the silence which had fallen over the room. " We have some business between the two of us.....which doesn't include Katie. " JP added as Jack's finger was fucking Katie's wet pussy with such speed that anyone could see her pants bulging out with the movement of his hand.
 
As every second passed, Katie was losing herself once again in Jack's touch... in his voice and his very presence. Everything around her disappeared. It was just her and Jack. Would JP let them both just walk away? Could every night be... Katie moaned as she felt Jack push a finger inside her the palm of his hand now covering her mound. She moved her hips again and she started to fuck herself against his hand. She pushed her ass back a little, wanting to feel Jack's cock hard against her ass. Every night... just her... and Jack... or her and whoever Jack wanted her fuck?

And then she heard JP's voice. It was somewhere in the distance at first. JP had made her feel good too. And who was going to save JP from himself if she didn't... Business between them. Was this how JP was going to end it all. Let Jack kill him. No. Never. Her knew thoughts were interupted again and she groaned as Jack's finger pushed deeper.
 
Sure JP knew that if Jack killed him the pain of having been raped by four men would be gone. He wouldn't have to deal with it anymore....it would be all over with. " You can walk free if you beat me Jack. " JP said as he slipped his pistol back into the holster on his hip. Calvera saw this move then he started waving his men to move back. They did as Calvera wanted then as he started moving Calvera noticed that Lilly who was staring at Katie wasn't moving away from JP. Calvera moved towards Lilly grabbing her then pulling her away leaving JP the only person standing in the middle of the room.

Jack looked at JP......all he had to do was kill the Marshal then he could walk out freely. He kept Katie in front of him while his finger was still fucking her pussy. Jack could tell from the way her body was acting that she was almost ready to cum for him again. He could easily just shoot JP right now....there was nothing to stop him. " If I beat you I take Katie with me! " Jack boldly said as his fingers never stopped work over Katie's wet snatch. " NO! " Lilly screamed out. " YOU CAN'T HAVE HER!! " Lilly again yelled out as he struggled against Calvera who was holding her back.
 
Lilly's screams was sharp... shrill and it snapped Katie's attention fully back to the room. Almost. God Jack's fingers felt so good. She looked at JP. At Lilly and Calvera. Then back to JP fighting against the orgasm she was sure was not far away.

"Take... the deal... Marshall... You lose and I'll .... go with him." Katie forced the words out hoping that it might give JP a little more desire to actually win. A large part of Katie really didn't want Jack dead. A large part of Katie wanted Jack alive... using her... just like he was now. But the hatred was just a little more than the lust. She wanted to be with the people who had saved her life... not the man who had ruined it. She kept telling herself that over and over in her head, fighting against what Jack's fingers were doing. God it felt so good... but she stared at JP. Willing him to fight. And to win.
 
JP didn't hear what Katie had said.....he couldn't hear anything....his mind was fighting against the pain which gripped his soul. He was focused on Jack and his movements. Lilly heard Katie's words......she couldn't believe that Katie would willing go with Jack. " NO KATIE!!! " Lilly's voice echoed out through the room.....it was a mix of pain and anger of what was happening. A smile came over Jack's face when he heard Katie say that she would go with him if he won. Just hearing Katie say that was in it's self a victory......one that was oh so sweet. Jack knew that by killing JP he would become with out a doubt the fastest man alive. He kept Katie tightly against him while his fingers continued fucking her pussy. Jack slipped his pistol into the holster on his hip.....he leaned in giving Katie a soft kiss on her neck. " I love you Katie......once this is over we'll leave and find a place where we can be alone.....then I'll make love too you like only I can. " Jack whispered softly in between the soft kisses.

" Okay Marshal......I win I walk with Katie. " Jack said as he pulled his hand from between Katie's legs. His fingers were coated with the wetness from her pussy. He raised his fingers to Katie's mouth slipping them inside so she could clean her own pussy juice from his thick fingers. Then Jack pushed Katie away.....his hand hung low just over his pistol. JP stared at Jack while Jack stared at JP. It would be easy for JP to just let Jack kill him.....but that wouldn't help Katie out. Right now it was skill against skill....reaction time against reaction time. The room was dead silent while these two men faced off. Then when a gun shot rang out Lilly let out a scream. Both Jack & JP had pulled their pistols at the same time.....but only one gun fired. Jack started to laugh then his gun dropped from his hand hitting the wooden floor. His body went limp then he too dropped down hitting the floor leaving JP standing like a rock.

Before anyone knew it Marshal Blackwell appeared from the office firing his pistol wildly. Calvera pulled his pistol shooting and killing Blackwell before he could make his way towards the back door. Then while hiding behind the door Victor pointed a pistol at JP. He was hidden well enough that no one who was standing where JP was could see him. There was only one person who could clearly see Victor and what he was doing and that was Katie.
 
Katie half looked across at Lilly... her breathing soft and short. God Jack's fingers felt so good. But she wanted Lilly to try and understand. JP had to fight and maybe he might not think that fighting for himself was enough at that moment. Her attention was brought back to Jack as he kissed her. She groaned a little; she didn't believe that Jack knew what it was to love anyone except himself. She didn't believe that Jack knew how to make love... but then if the truth be told of course she didn't want Jack to make love to her. She wanted him to fuck her. Instinctively, she sucked on his fingers as he eased them into her mouth.

As he pushed her away, she squealed. She hadn't been expecting it and she landed in a heap practically at Jack's feet.

And then chaos broke out. Katie saw Blackwell but then almost as soon as she spotted him, she saw his face crease in pain as the shot ran out. She watched as a red stain began to emerge and then spread across the front of his dirty white shirt. Then his knees collapsed and he crumpled onto the floor in the doorway. Only then did she see Victor. Her mind flashed to JP but she kept her gaze on Victor. He was watching JP; he was waiting. Katie looked up at Jack, looked at his hand hovering a few inches away from the stock of his own pistol as it rested in the holster. Then Katie noticed her own gun, lying where it had come to rest when she had dropped it. It was a few inches away from her hand. The only question was whether she could reach it and aim it at Victor and then shoot him in time to stop him shooting JP. If she called out, would JP hear her? Would he understand the hidden danger? No. That would only give Victor the chance to shoot.

She took a breath. By sheer coincidence she moved at exactly the same time as Jack did but she wasn't really conscious of Jack's movements at that moment. She only focused on reaching her own weapon, on picking it up smoothly and quickly, letting her fingers slide into the appropriate positions without catching on anything. As she brought the barrel up she leaned backwards, looked towards Victor and pulled the trigger.

The noise was louder than she expected... but then it wasn't just her gun that had fired. There had been four shots with less than a second between them all. She didn't know who hit the ground first, but she saw Victor starting to fall first and then she was aware of Jack hitting the ground. She turned her head and stared wide-eyed
 
From where Lilly was standing with Calvera she could see Katie going for her gun. She couldn't see that Victor was hiding behind the doorway to his office with a gun ready to kill JP. From Lilly's point of view it was clear that Katie was reaching for her gun but who was she planning shooting? Had Jack gotten into her mind to the point where she was going to kill JP? Lilly had no answers....all she could do was pray that Katie came out of this unharmed.

Calvera stepped forwards slightly.......he could see Katie pointing her pistol towards the office then a body could be heard hitting the floor. Lilly went running for Katie when Calvera let her go. She dropped to her knees wrapping her arms around Katie's neck. Lilly was have sobbing and half laughing as she kissed Katie's cheek. " It's over......it's finally all over. " Lilly said as she laid her head upon Katie's shoulder then Calvera yelled out that it was time to party! His men moved over towards the bar....Lilly wiped the tears from her face then she helped Katie stand up. Lilly took Katie by the hand as everyone moved over to the bar. JP joined them waiting for a drink...he just stared into the mirror looking at his reflection. " We'll get the drinks! " Lilly said with great pride as she pulled Katie behind the bar with her. Bottles of whiskey & tequila were placed up onto the bar......it was a short time later that the girls who worked at the whorehouse and who were hiding upstairs joined in. JP grabbed two bottles of whiskey then without anyone seeing him JP slipped away.

News of the Crenshaw's deaths spread through the town of Victorville like a wild fire. Everyone had heard the great news.....their town was now free and parties were breaking out all over town. The Mayor of Victorville had fled since he was a willing member of Victor's payroll. Once everyone was drinking and the party was in full swing Lilly pulled Katie aside then pulled out Jimmy's diary which would get Katie's land back too her. " Every dirty thing the Crenshaw's did is in here......including the details of how they took your land from you. " Lilly said then she handed it over to Katie.
 
Katie grunted as she was suddenly hit by a charging Lilly. Her arms instinctively wrapped around the young woman but it was JP she really wanted to see. She needed to know he wasnt hurt... shot. As she stood up and found herself being partially carried towards the bar on the wave of eurphoria. She watched JP as he stared at himself and then felt herself being pulled. Lilly dragged her behind the bar and shoved a bottle in her hand. The bodies were cleared away. What furniture was still in tact was righted. The laughter and cheering quickly filled the room as more and more people seemed to crowd in front of the bar. Someone started playing a badly tuned piano and a spontaneous round of singing started. Katie simply couldn't keep her attention on JP.

When Lilly pulled her to one side a little later and gave her the book, she stared at it, her fingers drawing slowly over the old leather. Everything the Crenshaw's had done. A small smile appeared on her lips. "Your family's farm too?". Her smile broadened as Lilly nodded. Katie handed the book back to her. "Keep this safe. We'll go through it tomorrow. Take stock of what's here... if there's anything left after that lot out there have finished. But... right now... I have to find JP. I have to talk the Marshall."

Katie stepped out into the darkness. She looked up and down the street but it seemed that the whole town was inside the whorehouse. She walked quickly to the stables. JPs horse was still there. Then she headed back up the street but instead of going back into the whorehouse, Katie went into the hotel opposite and headed up to the room he had stayed in before. She raised a hand to knock but then saw that the door was ajar. She pushed it open slowly. The room was almost dark. As she stepped in, she saw JP sitting at the table, the lamp in the middle turned down low.

"Marshall." She whsipered softly as she stepped closer. She reached out and placed her hand lightly on his shoulder. "JP"
 
Sometime had passed in between the time that JP left the growing celebration in the whorehouse and when Katie finally tracked him down at his hotel room. JP who had taken two bottles of whiskey from the bar at the whorehouse had already finished one. His coat......vest.....tie and hat were tossed onto the floor. His pistol belt was also laying on the pile while his pistol was sitting on the table in front of JP. His eyes locked onto the cocked weapon as one whiskey body laid empty on it's side. In the darkness of his room JP had finally broken down. Marks on his face clear showed even in the dim light that he had been crying.

JP was working up to picking his pistol up and using it on himself. He had helped Katie out......there was nothing else to do now but end the pain. Katie had walked into his room speaking.....JP hardly notice her until she placed a hand onto his shoulder. " You should be with your friends Katie. " JP said as he took a shot of whiskey straight from the bottle. The bottle was place back down on the table as JP was staring into the flicker light from the dimly light lamp.
 
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