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Belor, you have lost.

The circle is complete.

No, Belor, no!

The Nidus, source of all my powers, has split into five parts.

Belor will be seeking the pieces too. We must find them before she does.

You will see them only in reflection.

One piece is ours and Helen wears it on her necklace.

Find the other four pieces of the nidus and bring them to me.

There. Roscoe? I don't know. He scared me. Well, go back and see.

You can, not me.

Look, there's a light down there. Perhaps if we go there, we can find out

we are. I'd rather do that.

On you go. I'll check upon that Indian.

Be careful, Phil.

I will. Don't worry.

Could I come in and have a powwow with you?

No. Why not?

Door locked.

Standing bison held hostage by white men for good behaviour of other Indians.

Why you?

Standing bison very important medicine man. You mean standing bison is Rothko?

Who Rothko?

He's the heap biggest medicine man around. And you're him.

Rothko, not Indian name.

That's because Rothko isn't usually an Indian.

No medicine greater than red man's medicine.

All you need to do is point at the door and it'll open.

Didn't work.

Door not open. God's not want door open.

Rothko.

Where'd you spring from?

Back there.

How'd you get back in there?

We, uh... The Holy Brothers quit the women and children. That's unpardonable,

Jim. But understandable, baby.

Over the last few days, a lot of folk have come to the Alamo mission.

We gather together and take them to safety.

But if they get two children, Jim... Ah, there were orphans in the mission.

What are your names?

I'm Helen. And I'm Terry.

This gentleman here is Senator Davy Crockett. Davy Crockett?

Uh -huh.

Where's your coonskin hat?

I changed that for this one a long time ago.

Now, this here is my friend, Colonel Jim Bowie. Jim Bowie? You heard of me?

Bowie Knight.

I don't suppose you'd change that for any fancy clothes, eh, Jim?

Excuse me, sir.

Another stray, Colonel Jim.

More.

Howdy, ma 'am. My respects, ma 'am. Good day to you, gentlemen.

Ma 'am, the wagon train for Saniak Hintzoo pulled out of here at sundown

yesterday. I only just found out about the danger.

I've been homesteading on my own some 25 miles due northeast of here since my

good ma 'am was killed by engines some two years back.

Well, ma 'am, we got to get you and these youngsters out of here in three

because General Santa Anna's army, 5 ,000 strong, has given us till sundown

surrender.

There's 187 of us, and it'll be a fight to the death.

There won't be no fight, Jim.

That's why I came here this morning.

To negotiate a peaceful settlement with Santa Ana.

Davy, he sees our breaking away to set up a republic as rebellion.

Santa Ana won't parley.

I've been in politics most of my life, Jim.

I reckon he'll come to terms.

Don't know that he will.

He's part of Mexico.

declaring Texas a republic is mighty sour apple jack for him to swallow.

I thought Texas was one of the United States.

How old are you, son?

Fourteen, sir.

And you think that Texas is one of the United American states?

Yes, sir.

Then allow me, young man, to straighten you out. Texas, having cast off the

Mexican yoke, is now the Lone Star Republic.

You're politicking again, Davey.

Forgive me for saying, but I'm a mite hungry.

Are there any vittles to hand so I can ruffle up some chum? That's a good idea,

ma 'am.

Where's the kitchen?

Along there.

Girl, you come along with me and lend a hand. Yes, ma 'am.

Although you probably won't be here for the signing, young man, you can always

say that you were at the Alamo Mission on the 24th day of February in the year

of our Lord, 1836.

Mexico recognizes sovereignty of Texas.

I hope you're right there, Davey.

I surely do.

Those bones are no good. They can't get you out of there.

God's not one standing bison out of here.

All right.

Ask your bones where the night is.

They're the same shape as before.

That's the only way they're falling.

Gods want them to fall like that.

The shape looks a bit like a knife.

Anyone got a knife here?

Colonel Bowie.

He have knife.

Bowie? Bowie knife?

Is Jim Bowie here?

Hmm.

I his prisoner.

Maybe the knight is in his knife.

Oh, come on, Rothko. Get yourself out of there.

Gods not want me out.

Forget Red Man's medicine.

You're Rothko.

Time is short for Red Man.

I, Standing Bison, see this.

Must keep Red Man's medicine alive. Teach our children.

Pass on stories of great ones.

Red Man's medicine comes from the earth.

Trees in the forest.

Rivers. Grass plains.

Always a secret.

Must not be lost.

Light the fire, Charles.

Yes, ma 'am.

How clever you are, my child.

I deny you that, child.

I deny you the nidus.

How can I convince you?

All you need to do is point your finger like that at the door, and it'll open.

Like that, you mean?

Put a bit of that in it.

That bit?

Here.

White man's medicine no good.

Well, it should have worked.

Helen's got the piece of nidus, so one of us must be able to open a door.

I'll be back.

What you doing, my little bucko?

Santa Ana's messenger should be here by now.

How much time we got left?

Just about enough.

And what if he don't show, Davey?

What's this, Andy?

About them skulking around the engine cell, Colonel Jim.

Escape slave, son?

Slave? Well, he can help out.

Looks fit enough.

This is a day of battle and destruction.

A day I shall enjoy.

The smell of that, you tricked up a real treat, man.

There are plates, knives, and forks in there, son.

Give me a hand, Terry.

The Indian's Rothko. What? The Nidus. I think it's in Bowie's knife.

Oh, no knife for me, Terry.

I use my own.

Mexican comrade at his back, Colonel Jim.

Send him in, Andy.

What did the general say?

For you to lay down your arms.

I told you so, Davey. The Alamo is surrounded, and you are outnumbered at

30 to 1.

Be a mighty fine Turkish, you... General Santa Ana.

He does not want unnecessary bloodshed. Well, is this woman, the boy, the young

girl, and the darkie here in the mission?

Will you grant them safe conduct if they leave at once?

That is a decision for General Santorana to make.

My orders were to tell you to surrender.

Now, with no conditions, or you will all die.

Please escort me to your general. As a member of the Senate, I want to talk to

him. You're wasting your time, Davy, and risking your life. I have to try, Jim.

You have my word, as a Mexican officer, that your flag of truce will be

respected. Right.

Let's go, Commandante.

Mighty sorry about the vittles, ma 'am.

Now, boy, I'm going to need you.

Can you shoot? No, sir.

I'll find something for you to do.

What the... Colonel. Ma 'am, this ain't exactly the time for jam.

You eat now. You won't have time later.

I guess you're right. Sure smells good.

Sit yourselves down.

Keep on praying.

My neck!

He's been stunned.

Got her on the back of the neck.

Boy, get some water.

Terry, get the phone out the window.

How did you get out of that cell?

Red man's medicine very powerful.

Ma 'am, he's been stung by a scorpion.

You better try some of your medicine on her.

No, not him.

Send him away.

She's bellow. Where's Helen? She went to the kitchen with.

I'm going to have to get that poison out of her.

I mean using the knife.

Not the knife!

I'll be as gentle as I can, ma 'am.

Bello's done this to her. Wake up, Helen.

Phil, the piece of knife, it's gone.

Oh, no.

We need Roscoe.

Grab the other.

Now then, concentrate.

I hear you.

What is it, children?

I see.

Helen has lost the first piece of the nighters.

Belor must have put her in this trance.

Awaken, Helen.

Awaken, I command it.

Oh, Rothko.

She seems... Such a nice old lady.

I just didn't suspect.

No blame attached to you, child, but you must always be on your guard.

As long as your will is strong, she cannot touch the knight.

Now then, have you found me in that time?

Well, I think so. But he's denying that he's Rothko. You.

He calls himself Standing Bison.

Oh.

Oh, yes.

Yes, that is me. Never fear.

Then why does he keep saying he isn't?

I'm afraid your standing bison is far too proud to acknowledge any magic for

own. But he is helping.

You can be sure of that.

With Red Man's medicine?

Oh, there are many ways to achieve the same ends.

Now go.

Helen is free from the spell. You must find the next piece of the nidus before

Bello does.

And trust your Indian friend.

Let's look at it in front of Rothko. You'll see it reflected in something,

then zap, off it goes.

Probably a soldier.

He wasn't wearing what I'd call a uniform.

Here it is.

How?

How?

Where's the lady, sir?

Rusted in one of the cells.

Took her there herself.

She's weak, but she'll recover.

That's a fine knife you've got there, sir.

None of the like it in the world, son.

Just plump fell out of the sky.

How could it do that, sir?

Meats you right, missy. Hunk of meats you right that add fashion to this

And it's harder and stronger than any metal known to man.

May I hold it, sir?

Oh, sure grieves me to disappoint you, Terry, but ever since the day it was

shaped, no other humans touched it.

The nidus is in the knife.

We must get it before the Mexicans attack.

The Alamo is destroyed, you know.

Where are you going?

Stand in base and go call on powerful medicine of gods to defend Alamo. Hey,

hang on there. Not gone long. Back like that.

You three wait here.

I'll just go and see how that poor woman is.

I asked him to help us. Told him where the Nidus was, and he ignored me. It's

all this red man's medicine stuff.

But he's got the advantage over Bellow, and he's throwing us away.

Now, ma 'am, don't you worry about a thing.

You're going to be just fine.

What's that?

Did you hear that scream?

What are you staying around for?

We can get away together, right?

Don't any of you move.

Stand stock still.

How could that happen?

Ain't missed not once in 20 years.

Give me the knife, boy.

Sorry, Colonel.

Scott. You didn't take any of the magic away, Ben.

I lost it with that throw.

Guards say they help Colonel Bowie resist against Mexican armies.

Mighty applies to them, Standing Bison, but I prefer to rely on solid defenses.

And I checked them myself.

Standing Bison, go with you.

Then if Crockett comes back, tell him I won't be long. Yes, sir.

Look, it's not the nidus. The knife?

No, there's no shiny reflection in Helen's eye.

Well, back in the cell, every time Standing Bison threw down his bones,

took the same shape. What else would you say it looks like? I've seen the shape

before. Where?

On a Christmas card.

The Star of Bethlehem. You know, the one pointing down to the manger.

What was it Davy Crockett said?

The Lone Star.

Where's Colonel Bowie?

Checking on his fences, sir. He said he wouldn't be long.

Right. Now, you three and the homesteader lady be ready to leave here

you can.

Fencer?

Can we talk to you about the Lone Star Republic?

No time for that now, young lady.

Colonel Bowie, not here, sir.

No,

it's not wrong.

No, sir. I just want to report that every man was in position on the walls.

there's one in the tunnel back there.

It can't be, son. They're all accounted for.

But we saw one in there.

To reach the mission walls, he'd have to come through here if no one has.

You show me, son.

I see you, Colonel. Pass on your message.

Thank you, sir.

Now, lead the way, son.

How are we going to find the piece of Nidus, Phil?

Well... No soldier here, son. But I saw one, I promise.

What's this?

An old well.

The mission used to draw water from that years ago.

Why would he want to do that, son?

I don't know.

Listen.

Long way down to hide.

Colonel, have you seen Senator Crockett? He's back, is he? Very anxious to see

you. Didn't work out, huh? From his man, I don't think so, sir.

Reporting all our men in battle positions, Colonel Jim.

Thank you, Andy.

We've checked the defenses.

Ain't no way in for a Junebug, let alone a Mexican.

Well, Youngster here says he saw one of our men down the tunnel back there, but

we checked it out, and there was no one. Hang on there.

I saw one, too.

When you screamed, Missy, it was down by the cells.

Told him to follow me, but it didn't. No one's been detailed to the cells,

Colonel. He was there, Andy. I saw him.

Now, where was yours, Terry? In the tunnel that leads to the old well.

There's another dried -up well in the tunnel beyond the cells.

Where was source of water for these wells?

Outside the mission.

There's a water course. Runs right under the mission that supplied them. And

when no more water flowed, the water course was sealed off. Where?

I don't know.

At the source, I guess.

Outside mission, where Mexicans are.

You mean when we're fighting on the walls, they'll be using the water course

get into the mission?

Red man's medicine solved white man's problem.

Show me to the wells.

What are you going to do now?

You'll see.

You know this wasn't in Colonel Bowie's knife. We don't know where it is.

Standing by is in no need of white man's medicine.

I show you power of mind.

You're going to put the wells in the water course? How?

What with?

Water.

You should never underestimate a woman's power of recovery, baby.

Some of us got secret resources, Colonel.

I got powers you never dreamed of.

You feel strong enough to travel, ma 'am?

Fine, Senator, just fine.

Yeah, well, we've got no time to lose to you.

The Indian was a scout.

He'll be able to see you safely through the Mexican lines.

When you're ready, ma 'am.

Nice. You managed to fill in those wells?

Gods fill both wells and watercourses. Alamo able to withstand long siege,

Colonel Bowie. Great.

I'm sending you with Stanley Bison.

You're to go to San Jacinto and tell the governor the Alamo never surrendered.

The Lone Star Republic will always remember the Alamo.

Senator, just before we leave, will you explain the Lone Star to us?

Yes, we've got a minute or two.

It's a piece of silver in the shape of a star.

And it was found by an old prospector out there in the desert.

He gave it to me when I was made senator.

I had it with me always.

Although it rightly belongs to the Republic of Texas.

May I hold it, please, then, sir? You can do more than that, young lady.

I'm going to entrust this to you to take to San Yukinto.

Beautiful.

Not the NIDA. No?

No. Senator Crockett. Yeah?

Time to begin journey.

We can't. Not yet.

Not without that. You must go now. It's almost sundown.

Send a flaming arrow against this pale -faced woman.

Go now.

And remember Alamo.

You all right, ma 'am?

Come on, Davey. Turkey shoots for that.

You too, red man.

But, Ruckus, once again you've dispatched your powers from this time.

The standing Bison will die at the Alamo with all the rest.

Then it is will of God.