Kirk Carter@ Chew Bear Productions@ Copyright 2015
MYSTIC TRAILS (2)
The Heist
Tomei's bedroom at Madam Ellis's Bordello-1 month Later
As Tomei was busily studying her new book of spells, she starts practicing her skills with some of the working girls who worked for Madam Ellis.
Sitting on her bed with one girl Melinda.
Melinda
Tomei, I don't want to be doing this for the rest of my life...when will I find the right man?
Tomei shuffles her cards, and then spreads them out, pulling one at a time and placing it on a serving tray.
Tomei
"This one...it's the sign of romance (pulling another), this one is for devotion, and this one is for honor."
Melinda
"What does it all mean?"
Tomei
"I don't know, I'm still learning...looks good though, sounds like something goods coming your way...stay positive!"
Melinda
"Thank you so much Tomei, that makes me feel so much better..."
Tomei
"Anytime...good luck!"
Narrator
"Days would go by as Tomei improved her skills, not only as a card reader, but also her psychic abilities. It wasn't long till Melinda found the right man and Tomei was invited to the little wedding. Word soon got out about her skills and proficiency. She may have still been young, but out here in the wild country, she shined like a star.
The Sheriff would call on her now and then, to see how she was doing, and she promised to contact him if she sensed anything suspicious.
One night, Tomei woke up after a violent nightmare. She pulled on a gown and slippers and ran down stairs, banging on Madam Ellis's door."
Tomei
"Madam Ellis, wake up...I must talk to you!"
Madam Ellis was with a suitor at the time, but she still stuck her head out the door to see what the child wanted.
Madam Ellis
"What is it girl...do you know what time it is?
Tomei
"I know, but it's important...I need to go talk to the Sheriff!"
Ellis
"Can't this wait till in the morning, I'm trying to run a business here...now go back to sleep!", slamming the door in her face.
Frustrated, she ran back upstairs and got dressed, snuck out the second floor window, and climbed down the fire escape. Off to the Sheriff's sleeping quarters above the jail, banging on his door, the Sheriff answering with a gun in his hand.
Sheriff Bill
"Who is that, what do you want?"
Tomei
"It's just me Tomei...I saw something tonight, need to talk about it!"
Sheriff
"What did you see, where was it?"
Tomei
"In my dreams, I saw something happen!"
Sheriff
"Girl, please don't wake me about something you saw in your dreams, I don't have time for your games, go back to bed!", slamming the door. Tomei stood for a second, then just started giving the details through the door.
Tomei
"Well, it involves some men, some men I think you know...they are planning to heist the 4:30 Wells Fargo on Wednesday...it's a shipment of gold bars, diamonds, and some blank stock certificates for the railroad..."
She paused, as the Sheriff slowly opened the door
"The 4:30 huh, so I know these men?"
Tomei
"It's the same men that play cards at the Bordello...I see them all the time looking downstairs."
Sheriff
"How would you know who they are?"
Tomei
"I see their Aura's, like around the skin, like an outline, they are grey, real sinister looking...I feel coldness when I pass by them..."
Sheriff
How am I suppose to just walk up and accuse someone for being cold, or having a grey Aura for something they haven't even did yet?"
Tomei
"Yet...so, I'm not sure either, but how does one deal with a prospective crime...you are the law, so you must have had suspicions on someone in the past?"
Sheriff
"I have, but if your hunch is right, I guess I could call up a look out party, sort of watch over the trail and things...maybe get some of the boys in the morning...ah, tell ya what, you go back to bed young lady, and in the morning we'll see if we can work something out!"
Tomei
"Okay Sheriff, Sheriff Bill...good night."
(Scene Switch)
Sheriff's Office-8 a.m.
Sheriff talking to deputies
"Just wanted to let you guys know that this stake-out that I'm calling up is based on a pretty reliable source, some inside information concerning a heist on the 4:30 Wells Fargo...so be prepared for some possible action when all this supposedly comes down!"
Deputy #1
"So, Sheriff...has this heist been planned for a while?"
Sheriff looking at deputy's face
"I don't know the timeline here, surely don't...so I'm asking all of you, has anybody heard of anything, you tell me?"
Deputy #2
"Well sir, I was playing cards at the Ellis house and I did hear some talk about bank control, something about fixing some bad loans, but no one in particular comes to mind..."
Sheriff
"Well, if that's connected to this, that would at least establish a motive...but what loans...way to early to be finger pointing..."
Deputy #3 holding hand up
"Ah sir, can I be excused, got some chores to tend over at the blacksmith's?"
Sheriff
"Okay Jeff, but check back with me at noon...got to post positions and stuff!"
Deputy #3
"Okay Sheriff, good enough!"
Sheriff noticing that Jeff was leaving in a rush
"And there goes a boy that we need to keep our eyes on...might be a stooly...hey Mike (Deputy #2), could I get you to follow him along, kind of see if he makes it to the blacksmith's?"
Mike quickly changing his shirt
"No problem Sheriff, be right back!"
Mike walks outside and gets on horse. Already see's risen dust telling the direction of where Jeff went. Following the trail, he follows it to the back of a row of buildings, where he see's his horse tied behind the Dolson Bank. Mike takes note and doubles back.
(Scene Switch)
On the inside of the Dolson Bank, Jeff walked in the rear door with only a clerk setting up for 9 o'clock.
Jeff walks up to him
"Where's Mister Dolson, really need to talk with him?"
Clerk
"Won't be in till 9, what's you rush?"
Jeff
"Look, I'll wait out in the back, just tell him that something's up!"
(Scene Switch)
Tomei is doing chants out of her spell book.
Moving a crystal hanging by a thread over a pentagram.
Tomei
"Oh mystic one, show your power divine...be aware of the bad spirits among us...it's presiding with greed and savagery...block those spirits from causing harm and keep those away who willfully break God's laws from practicing their evil...in faith may the spirits of good prevail...ah ov wa toma glee ano wite cah la vka..."
Moving the crystals around, you could see it start to spin on it's own, lining up with markings on the board below.
Tomei smiled
"Well, that should help a little..."
(Scene Switch)
Dolson Bank-President Dolson coming in. Clerk informs him of Jeff waiting in the back.
John Dolson
"I don't have time for chit chat, we have a meeting this afternoon, and it can't wait...tell him to come back tomorrow!", storming off outside and getting in his luxury surrey, yanking the reins hard, and taking off.
Narrator
15 minutes later, Dolson shows up where all his cronies are on the side of a creek bed just off the Oregon Trail. He prepares the men for their positions and strategy.
Dolson
"Well, is everybody ready for some action...
Outlaw #1
"Well boss, we had to chase off a few Indians that were snooping around earlier...but don't worry, this will be easier than shooting fish in a barrel..."
Dolson
"Just remember, no hesitation, clean shots, get them down, get the trunks, no witnesses!"
(Scene Switch)
Narrator
"Sheriff Bill and the deputies set up a look out on a ridge just above the Oregon Trail, about a mile out of town. Looking down through a mono scope the lead deputy starts looking for any signs of activity. He spots some dust rising, but it's too far of a distance to get a good read. Suddenly, off in the distance he spots what appears to be Dolson's gang, but he still couldn't confirm that it was them."
Deputy #2
"Sheriff, got something here...can't quite make it out, but I was thinking it don't make sense that I saw that Jeff guy over behind the Dolson bank earlier...been bugging me, what you figure is going on?"
Sheriff
"Well Mike, he was either checking to make sure the stage was on time or just seeing if...wait a minute...the stage comes to that bank directly...first stop, wonder if something sneaky is going on, like swindling the loot before it makes it to the bank?"
Deputy #2
"Why would someone want to do that?"
Sheriff
"Insurance scam maybe, too early to tell, but you can bet I got that in back of my mind!"
Narrator
"Now, Mister Dolson was no fool. He had the boys change horses, handkerchiefs over their faces, and completely different guns and rifles, every detail methodical. Dolson himself would not be participating in the actual heist. He would stay back at the bank and act surprised at the bad news! With Dolson's men in place, and a couple of sniper's up in the rocks, it looked like easy pickings. The Sheriff had no clue where the gang was set up and it was nearing 4 o'clock."
(Scene Switch)
Tomei's bedroom-4 p.m.
Narrator
"Tomei was working still another spell, reading from her book, she had already sensed the impeding drama and decided that a more precise spell needed to be employed. She decided that only the true friends of nature would be able to help out. So, she went about with the crystal, spinning it by a thread."
Tomei
"Oh, Mystic one, I implore that you summon the animals of nature to find purpose, find their place, and help thwart the bad things that destiny holds for the innocent...see to it that their plans are blocked in only the ways you deem necessary...Aui Goya Emo Grandes, Oploy!"
Narrator
"As the crystal locked up, she could really smile, knowing that this time good would prevail!"
(Scene Switch)
Narrator
"Now the Sheriff had positioned his men about a mile out east of Dolson on the trail. It was 10 minutes after 4, and if the Wells Fargo stage was running on time, it should be passing them any moment now. Dolson's men, the two perched up in the hills with rifles, and the other 6 scattered about, were waiting, too!
It was almost 4:20 and out of the vastness here comes the Wells Fargo with it's Mother lode of gold, diamonds, and blank stock certificates. The driver and the shotgun guard were feeling pretty confidant, as this was an over night layover. Both were looking forward to a hot bath, good food, and some real sleep when they got into Dolson.
As the coach got within range of one of Dolson's snipers, something strange begin to happen. You could hear screeches from the hawks overhead as they circled the stagecoach in full gallop. As the sniper put the gun sight to his eye and centered, he started to squeeze off the shot which would take out the guard. As he started to squeeze the trigger, out of no where several Prairie Dogs scurried out of their hole and attacked the sniper's ankles. As he looked down he couldn't believe what he was seeing. They had chewed clean through his leather boots. As he dropped the gun, he lost his balance and fell to the ground bleeding and in excruciating pain, about a dozen more Prairie Dogs came out the hole biting into his neck, as the sniper slowly bled to death.
The stage was coming within range of the second sniper when suddenly as he went to take a shot at the guard he heard the distinct rattle of a Rattlesnake just behind him. As he turned around and tried to take bead on the reptile, the snake uncoiled almost vertically for the strike, catching the sniper right in the neck. With the venom injected so close to his brain, he died instantly!
Now, Dolson's crew on the trail we're puzzled as the snipers hadn't performed their duties, so they started riding toward the stage which was bearing down on them. The shotgun guard picked one rider off with one blast from the shotgun. Before he could get off another shot at another outlaw, out of the blue sky a hawk appeared, screaming downward, projecting his beak into the back of his neck, as his talons folded around the front of his face, scratching his eyes out. The outlaw lost his balance on his horse, fell off, his head slamming into a rock!
Another shotgun rider decided to turn around and not take on the raging stage heading right for him. Within seconds the stage was almost on top of him, and as the shotgun guard went to shoot him in the back, a cloud of Hornets came seemingly out of no where, attacking the outlaw, paralyzing him instantly as his horse ejected him into a near by tree, with the limbs decapitating his head!
At that point the Sheriff had pinpointed the last outlaw and sent his men over to surround him. He instead attempted to dash behind some rocks, trying earnestly to shoot in all directions as the men encircled him. With the Sheriff's men all around him, they had no choice but to return fire, death by posse'!
As the sun was going down, with Dolson's men scattered all over the place, Sheriff Bill decided to call the men in for the night. They would come back in the morning to pick up the carcasses.
Now it's true, the Sheriff avoided certain tragedy, but now the bigger questions remained...how could he ever prove who was behind this and what prompted all that wildlife to come to action like that?
As the Wells Fargo stage showed up at the Dolson Bank with the Sheriff and deputies in tow, Mister Dolson walked out on the porch expecting the bad news about the heist."
Sheriff Bill
"Here you go Mister Dolson, everything's all here...had a little trouble from some no-gooders back there on the trail, but we made it...everything intact!
Narrator
"When Mister Dolson realized that all the gold, diamonds, and certificates had actually made it to his bank, he suddenly looked panic stricken, looked like he was gasping for air, then passed out, and fainted, hitting the front porch hard!
The Sheriff ushered for the Doc, as the bank clerk, completely without knowledge of the attempted heist started checking in the cargo."
Sheriff Bill
"Hey clerk...if you don't mind, make me a copy of that inventory and have it on my desk in the morning?"
The Clerk looking up smiling
"Of course Sheriff, of course..."
(Scene Close)
As Tomei was busily studying her new book of spells, she starts practicing her skills with some of the working girls who worked for Madam Ellis.
Sitting on her bed with one girl Melinda.
Melinda
Tomei, I don't want to be doing this for the rest of my life...when will I find the right man?
Tomei shuffles her cards, and then spreads them out, pulling one at a time and placing it on a serving tray.
Tomei
"This one...it's the sign of romance (pulling another), this one is for devotion, and this one is for honor."
Melinda
"What does it all mean?"
Tomei
"I don't know, I'm still learning...looks good though, sounds like something goods coming your way...stay positive!"
Melinda
"Thank you so much Tomei, that makes me feel so much better..."
Tomei
"Anytime...good luck!"
Narrator
"Days would go by as Tomei improved her skills, not only as a card reader, but also her psychic abilities. It wasn't long till Melinda found the right man and Tomei was invited to the little wedding. Word soon got out about her skills and proficiency. She may have still been young, but out here in the wild country, she shined like a star.
The Sheriff would call on her now and then, to see how she was doing, and she promised to contact him if she sensed anything suspicious.
One night, Tomei woke up after a violent nightmare. She pulled on a gown and slippers and ran down stairs, banging on Madam Ellis's door."
Tomei
"Madam Ellis, wake up...I must talk to you!"
Madam Ellis was with a suitor at the time, but she still stuck her head out the door to see what the child wanted.
Madam Ellis
"What is it girl...do you know what time it is?
Tomei
"I know, but it's important...I need to go talk to the Sheriff!"
Ellis
"Can't this wait till in the morning, I'm trying to run a business here...now go back to sleep!", slamming the door in her face.
Frustrated, she ran back upstairs and got dressed, snuck out the second floor window, and climbed down the fire escape. Off to the Sheriff's sleeping quarters above the jail, banging on his door, the Sheriff answering with a gun in his hand.
Sheriff Bill
"Who is that, what do you want?"
Tomei
"It's just me Tomei...I saw something tonight, need to talk about it!"
Sheriff
"What did you see, where was it?"
Tomei
"In my dreams, I saw something happen!"
Sheriff
"Girl, please don't wake me about something you saw in your dreams, I don't have time for your games, go back to bed!", slamming the door. Tomei stood for a second, then just started giving the details through the door.
Tomei
"Well, it involves some men, some men I think you know...they are planning to heist the 4:30 Wells Fargo on Wednesday...it's a shipment of gold bars, diamonds, and some blank stock certificates for the railroad..."
She paused, as the Sheriff slowly opened the door
"The 4:30 huh, so I know these men?"
Tomei
"It's the same men that play cards at the Bordello...I see them all the time looking downstairs."
Sheriff
"How would you know who they are?"
Tomei
"I see their Aura's, like around the skin, like an outline, they are grey, real sinister looking...I feel coldness when I pass by them..."
Sheriff
How am I suppose to just walk up and accuse someone for being cold, or having a grey Aura for something they haven't even did yet?"
Tomei
"Yet...so, I'm not sure either, but how does one deal with a prospective crime...you are the law, so you must have had suspicions on someone in the past?"
Sheriff
"I have, but if your hunch is right, I guess I could call up a look out party, sort of watch over the trail and things...maybe get some of the boys in the morning...ah, tell ya what, you go back to bed young lady, and in the morning we'll see if we can work something out!"
Tomei
"Okay Sheriff, Sheriff Bill...good night."
(Scene Switch)
Sheriff's Office-8 a.m.
Sheriff talking to deputies
"Just wanted to let you guys know that this stake-out that I'm calling up is based on a pretty reliable source, some inside information concerning a heist on the 4:30 Wells Fargo...so be prepared for some possible action when all this supposedly comes down!"
Deputy #1
"So, Sheriff...has this heist been planned for a while?"
Sheriff looking at deputy's face
"I don't know the timeline here, surely don't...so I'm asking all of you, has anybody heard of anything, you tell me?"
Deputy #2
"Well sir, I was playing cards at the Ellis house and I did hear some talk about bank control, something about fixing some bad loans, but no one in particular comes to mind..."
Sheriff
"Well, if that's connected to this, that would at least establish a motive...but what loans...way to early to be finger pointing..."
Deputy #3 holding hand up
"Ah sir, can I be excused, got some chores to tend over at the blacksmith's?"
Sheriff
"Okay Jeff, but check back with me at noon...got to post positions and stuff!"
Deputy #3
"Okay Sheriff, good enough!"
Sheriff noticing that Jeff was leaving in a rush
"And there goes a boy that we need to keep our eyes on...might be a stooly...hey Mike (Deputy #2), could I get you to follow him along, kind of see if he makes it to the blacksmith's?"
Mike quickly changing his shirt
"No problem Sheriff, be right back!"
Mike walks outside and gets on horse. Already see's risen dust telling the direction of where Jeff went. Following the trail, he follows it to the back of a row of buildings, where he see's his horse tied behind the Dolson Bank. Mike takes note and doubles back.
(Scene Switch)
On the inside of the Dolson Bank, Jeff walked in the rear door with only a clerk setting up for 9 o'clock.
Jeff walks up to him
"Where's Mister Dolson, really need to talk with him?"
Clerk
"Won't be in till 9, what's you rush?"
Jeff
"Look, I'll wait out in the back, just tell him that something's up!"
(Scene Switch)
Tomei is doing chants out of her spell book.
Moving a crystal hanging by a thread over a pentagram.
Tomei
"Oh mystic one, show your power divine...be aware of the bad spirits among us...it's presiding with greed and savagery...block those spirits from causing harm and keep those away who willfully break God's laws from practicing their evil...in faith may the spirits of good prevail...ah ov wa toma glee ano wite cah la vka..."
Moving the crystals around, you could see it start to spin on it's own, lining up with markings on the board below.
Tomei smiled
"Well, that should help a little..."
(Scene Switch)
Dolson Bank-President Dolson coming in. Clerk informs him of Jeff waiting in the back.
John Dolson
"I don't have time for chit chat, we have a meeting this afternoon, and it can't wait...tell him to come back tomorrow!", storming off outside and getting in his luxury surrey, yanking the reins hard, and taking off.
Narrator
15 minutes later, Dolson shows up where all his cronies are on the side of a creek bed just off the Oregon Trail. He prepares the men for their positions and strategy.
Dolson
"Well, is everybody ready for some action...
Outlaw #1
"Well boss, we had to chase off a few Indians that were snooping around earlier...but don't worry, this will be easier than shooting fish in a barrel..."
Dolson
"Just remember, no hesitation, clean shots, get them down, get the trunks, no witnesses!"
(Scene Switch)
Narrator
"Sheriff Bill and the deputies set up a look out on a ridge just above the Oregon Trail, about a mile out of town. Looking down through a mono scope the lead deputy starts looking for any signs of activity. He spots some dust rising, but it's too far of a distance to get a good read. Suddenly, off in the distance he spots what appears to be Dolson's gang, but he still couldn't confirm that it was them."
Deputy #2
"Sheriff, got something here...can't quite make it out, but I was thinking it don't make sense that I saw that Jeff guy over behind the Dolson bank earlier...been bugging me, what you figure is going on?"
Sheriff
"Well Mike, he was either checking to make sure the stage was on time or just seeing if...wait a minute...the stage comes to that bank directly...first stop, wonder if something sneaky is going on, like swindling the loot before it makes it to the bank?"
Deputy #2
"Why would someone want to do that?"
Sheriff
"Insurance scam maybe, too early to tell, but you can bet I got that in back of my mind!"
Narrator
"Now, Mister Dolson was no fool. He had the boys change horses, handkerchiefs over their faces, and completely different guns and rifles, every detail methodical. Dolson himself would not be participating in the actual heist. He would stay back at the bank and act surprised at the bad news! With Dolson's men in place, and a couple of sniper's up in the rocks, it looked like easy pickings. The Sheriff had no clue where the gang was set up and it was nearing 4 o'clock."
(Scene Switch)
Tomei's bedroom-4 p.m.
Narrator
"Tomei was working still another spell, reading from her book, she had already sensed the impeding drama and decided that a more precise spell needed to be employed. She decided that only the true friends of nature would be able to help out. So, she went about with the crystal, spinning it by a thread."
Tomei
"Oh, Mystic one, I implore that you summon the animals of nature to find purpose, find their place, and help thwart the bad things that destiny holds for the innocent...see to it that their plans are blocked in only the ways you deem necessary...Aui Goya Emo Grandes, Oploy!"
Narrator
"As the crystal locked up, she could really smile, knowing that this time good would prevail!"
(Scene Switch)
Narrator
"Now the Sheriff had positioned his men about a mile out east of Dolson on the trail. It was 10 minutes after 4, and if the Wells Fargo stage was running on time, it should be passing them any moment now. Dolson's men, the two perched up in the hills with rifles, and the other 6 scattered about, were waiting, too!
It was almost 4:20 and out of the vastness here comes the Wells Fargo with it's Mother lode of gold, diamonds, and blank stock certificates. The driver and the shotgun guard were feeling pretty confidant, as this was an over night layover. Both were looking forward to a hot bath, good food, and some real sleep when they got into Dolson.
As the coach got within range of one of Dolson's snipers, something strange begin to happen. You could hear screeches from the hawks overhead as they circled the stagecoach in full gallop. As the sniper put the gun sight to his eye and centered, he started to squeeze off the shot which would take out the guard. As he started to squeeze the trigger, out of no where several Prairie Dogs scurried out of their hole and attacked the sniper's ankles. As he looked down he couldn't believe what he was seeing. They had chewed clean through his leather boots. As he dropped the gun, he lost his balance and fell to the ground bleeding and in excruciating pain, about a dozen more Prairie Dogs came out the hole biting into his neck, as the sniper slowly bled to death.
The stage was coming within range of the second sniper when suddenly as he went to take a shot at the guard he heard the distinct rattle of a Rattlesnake just behind him. As he turned around and tried to take bead on the reptile, the snake uncoiled almost vertically for the strike, catching the sniper right in the neck. With the venom injected so close to his brain, he died instantly!
Now, Dolson's crew on the trail we're puzzled as the snipers hadn't performed their duties, so they started riding toward the stage which was bearing down on them. The shotgun guard picked one rider off with one blast from the shotgun. Before he could get off another shot at another outlaw, out of the blue sky a hawk appeared, screaming downward, projecting his beak into the back of his neck, as his talons folded around the front of his face, scratching his eyes out. The outlaw lost his balance on his horse, fell off, his head slamming into a rock!
Another shotgun rider decided to turn around and not take on the raging stage heading right for him. Within seconds the stage was almost on top of him, and as the shotgun guard went to shoot him in the back, a cloud of Hornets came seemingly out of no where, attacking the outlaw, paralyzing him instantly as his horse ejected him into a near by tree, with the limbs decapitating his head!
At that point the Sheriff had pinpointed the last outlaw and sent his men over to surround him. He instead attempted to dash behind some rocks, trying earnestly to shoot in all directions as the men encircled him. With the Sheriff's men all around him, they had no choice but to return fire, death by posse'!
As the sun was going down, with Dolson's men scattered all over the place, Sheriff Bill decided to call the men in for the night. They would come back in the morning to pick up the carcasses.
Now it's true, the Sheriff avoided certain tragedy, but now the bigger questions remained...how could he ever prove who was behind this and what prompted all that wildlife to come to action like that?
As the Wells Fargo stage showed up at the Dolson Bank with the Sheriff and deputies in tow, Mister Dolson walked out on the porch expecting the bad news about the heist."
Sheriff Bill
"Here you go Mister Dolson, everything's all here...had a little trouble from some no-gooders back there on the trail, but we made it...everything intact!
Narrator
"When Mister Dolson realized that all the gold, diamonds, and certificates had actually made it to his bank, he suddenly looked panic stricken, looked like he was gasping for air, then passed out, and fainted, hitting the front porch hard!
The Sheriff ushered for the Doc, as the bank clerk, completely without knowledge of the attempted heist started checking in the cargo."
Sheriff Bill
"Hey clerk...if you don't mind, make me a copy of that inventory and have it on my desk in the morning?"
The Clerk looking up smiling
"Of course Sheriff, of course..."
(Scene Close)
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