The Time Tunnel s01e22 Episode Script
Billy the Kid
Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages during the first experiments on Americas greatest and most secret project- the Time Tunnel.
Tony ewman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new, fantastic adventure somewhere along the infinite corridors of time.
- Whats goin on out there? - Evenin - Those men- - Saturday night.
Just the Triple X boys comin into town.
Into what town? We didnt notice the name as we came in.
Lincoln.
Pride of Lincoln County and of the great territory of New Mexico.
Youll never guess whoss under that hat.
Reckon you never seen his face.
Not many folks have.
I got the drop on him last night.
Evenin, Deputy Hayes.
Evenin Billy.
Yeah, youre gettin all prettied up, ainttt ya? Oh.
This yours? I think you need a little more soap.
Maybe a little bit there.
I beg your pardon.
The keys.
Oh, Billy.
- Hello, Billy.
- Good to see ya, boys.
May I? Mighty sorry you interrupted me last night, Deputy.
You a friend of his? I never saw him before.
Then why did you try to save him? Cause I dontt like to see anybody murdered.
And I dont like anybody puttin a hand on me.
Well, maybe you dont know who I am.
No, I dont.
The names Bonney.
William Bonney.
- Billy the Kid? - The same.
Billy? Shouldnt we get outta here? No hurry.
First I gotta settle with these dudes here.
Bring im over.
- Look, you dont understand.
- Oh, I understand.
You two are friends.
Look at the clothes theyre wearin.
.
Is that what theyre wearin back East these days? Huh? Ooh.
Very sporty.
They look sweet.
You all right in there, Hayes? Kid, we got visitors.
Heh.
Tell you what, sport.
Turn around.
Maybe you can make it to them horses out there before some vigilante puts a slug in ya, huh? Go on now.
Im givin ya a sportin chance.
Like you gave that deputy? I dont like that kinda talk, dude.
- ow move.
- Its your move.
Youvve got the gun.
I haventtt.
Maybe youd like to do a little dance for the boys.
Huh? All right.
! Drop it.
! Drop your guns over there.
Drop em.
! Tony! Ho! Ha! Get outta here! Well, go after em! Go on! The Time Tunnel.
Hes dead.
- Oh, hey, Billy.
- Here.
Billy the Kid.
And Dougs killed him.
I dont understand.
Weve never before changed any recorded event in history.
Billy the Kid was killed by a sheriff, a Pat something.
- A famous gunfighter.
- Garrett? There has to be a mistake somewhere.
Ann, whats your time fix? late in April.
Spatial coordinates? Longitude.
Latitude.
Thank you.
Hmm.
Well, it seems to be somewhere in the Southwest- Arizona, New Mexico.
- How long can you hold the fix? - Its slipping a little now.
Same pattern it usually follows.
Well probably lose contact for a few hours and then pick them up again.
- Ann, get a research report on Billy the Kid right away.
- Yes, sir.
And particularly the time and place of his death.
I understand.
Keep whatever contact you can, Ray.
Im gonna verify these spatial coordinates.
Boys, we cant let the Kid stay here.
Chuck, give me a hand.
Bi-Billy.
Billy, youre alive.
Boys, the Kids alive.
Dontt move.
- Wait till we find out where youre hurt.
- I already know.
Right in the belt buckle.
Knocked me cold.
Gee, you lucky- The dudes hightailed out of town.
We got a couple horses out back.
- We can still catch em.
- You and the boys stay out of this.
- Ill pick up his trail alone.
- But, Billy- You heard him.
Go get your horses and get outta town.
Hey, Kid.
I been thinking.
We dont know who this dude is.
He might be some real hotshot from up north.
- Could be.
- He handled that gun like he knew his business.
Maybe hes workin for Pat Garrett.
- What are you gettin at? - Imm goin with ya.
Not this trip.
Suppose this dude is a big gun from somewheres.
I dont plan to share him with anybody.
- Now, Kid, I- - Not even you.
Hyah.
! Okay.
I dont think we should stop.
We cant go on riding blindly in the dark.
Besides, weve got to get some rest.
Maybe we can hole up in here.
What about that shack? There might be somebody inside.
Ill take a look.
Its empty.
That settles it.
At least well be out of this wind.
You killed a man back there.
You can bet theyll be coming after us.
Wed better get these horses out of sight.
- Anything? - Im getting indications of the fix again.
- We should be establishing contact soon.
- Good.
- I checked out the spatial coordinates.
- Where are they exactly? The town of Lincoln, county seat of Lincoln County, territory of New Mexico.
Yeah, well, that checks out with the biographical data.
Billy the Kid spent his last years in and around Lincoln.
- What else do you have on him? - Some of its not too reliable.
There were so many legends about him, its hard to dig out the facts.
- Seems he was born on the Lower East Side of New York City.
- I never realized that.
And his name originally seems to have been William H.
McCarty.
I thought it was William Bonney.
He took the name William Bonney when he drifted into Lincoln County.
By that time, he had killed nearly a dozen men and he was known throughout the Southwest as Billy the Kid.
What about his death? Thats the information I really want.
We should be making contact any moment now.
Lets see.
Death.
HHe was shot to death by Sheriff Pat Garrett during the night ofjuly 23, 1881.
According to our fix, thats a good three months from now.
Yet we saw Doug shoot him right in that jail less than 12 hours ago.
Ann, does your research give you the names of the men he killed? Yes.
Lets see.
Number of known killings: 21.
- And here are the names of all but two.
- All but two? He killed two strangers.
Those are the words used here.
Two strangers near Lincoln sometime in April 1881.
Oh.
I know what youre thinking.
But if Billy the Kid is already dead Doug and Tony dont have any worries on that score.
We cant be sure hess dead.
And if he isnt, wedd better try to move Tony and Doug out of there fast as we can.
- I agree.
The sooner, the better.
- Were getting an image.
Well, at least well have light.
- Id just as soon not draw a crowd.
- Hey, yourre right.
Here.
Throw this saddle blanket on the window.
Okay.
Anything to eat in those saddle bags? Not unless you like raw leather.
Thats no joke.
It may come to that.
Its almost as cold in here as it is outside.
Maybe we can get a fire going.
No, wait.
They might spot the smoke.
Besides, well be moving out at daybreak.
I dont know if thatss a good idea.
The more we move around, the harder it is for the Time Tunnel to get a fix on us.
- Well, well see.
- Tony? What did history have to say about the death of Billy the Kid? There are so many different legends about him, its hard to say.
Im grateful to him for this coat anyway.
- Go ahead.
Switch them.
- Im trying.
Nothingss happening.
- No, its no use.
I was afraid of this.
- Afraid of what? The draw on our power supply has been too heavy.
- How long will it take to recharge? - Several hours at best.
I wonder how far it is to the next town.
Could be two miles or 200 miles.
Either way, we cant stay here.
The Kids gang will be hunting for us.
The more miles we can put between us and Lincoln, the better.
Besides I could sure use some vittles, partner.
You still look like a tenderfoot, son.
- I just cant get used to it, Tony.
- To what? That I killed him.
You did it to save my life.
Remember when he called us dudes? Maybe he was just trying to scare us.
Doug, Billy the Kid was a cold-blooded killer.
Now shake out of it.
Okay.
Saddle up for me, will you? Ill get the rest of the stuff.
Hello, dude.
Nice mornin, aintt it? You look almost happy to see me.
In a way, I am.
Youre not makin sense, mister.
I shouldve known I couldntt kill you.
Youd have cut me half in two if it werentt for my buckle.
No.
With a buckle or without.
- My bullet couldnt kill you.
- Keep talkin.
.
Well, this isnt gonna make much sense to you, but, uh I couldnt kill a man who died before I was born.
Nobody really knows what time is about or how it operates, but, uh- Im actually alive in this time now, but- I wont be born for 50 years yet.
Nobody pulls my leg, mister.
Youll never stay alive with a wild story like that.
- Whats your power input? - Itss far too low, General.
Itllll be hours yet.
Hes going to kill Doug any minute.
Cantt we do something? Without power, what can we do? What about a voice transmission? Ray, what do you think? We might have enough power for a short transmission, but only a few words.
- It might be enough to save his life.
- But I warn you- It will delay our trying to switch them.
Whats the good of saving power if one or both of them are dead? Right.
Well try the transmission.
- Can you arrange a hookup for me quickly, Ray? - Yeah, we can.
Ill do it.
You ready to tell me the truth now? I have told you the truth.
I always figured a man oughtnt to die with a lie in his mouth.
- Get on over there with your friend.
- I thought you were- I was dead? Youll wish I was.
Now move.
Now, tell me.
Did Pat Garrett send you to get me? - We dont know any Pat Garrett.
- Thatss what I told him.
Well, Pat and me has been friends a long time.
Close friends.
Now hes sheriff, hess out to get me.
He wouldnt be above hirinaa couple of guns from outside the territory to do it either.
I reckon, if I was in his shoes, Id do the same.
Anyway, I gotta kill ya both.
I can only give you a second or two, General.
Itll have to do.
Give me a signal when yourre ready.
If all this talk about time travel is true you wont feel this bullet for half a century or so.
- Right here.
- Now.
Billy the Kid.
! Weve got you surrounded.
Come out with your hands up.
! Whos there? ¿Quién es? Get that rope.
Dont make the same mistake I did, mister.
Blaze away.
Well take care of you our way.
- That was Kirks voice.
- Yeah, I know.
Is that another one of Pats boys? How many you got out there? Theres nobody out there, Billy.
That was a voice from the future.
There you go with that time talk again.
With his gang on the loose, wed never get him into town.
Maybe I should bring Garrett here.
I think youre right.
Take this.
Wait a minute.
Dont forget.
Everybody in town saw us ride out last night after the killing.
- They might just shoot first and ask questions later.
- Ill watch it.
Wear this.
Youll attract less attention.
Yeah.
Nobodyll give ya a second look.
How much power did we consume? Nearly all our reserve, Im afraid.
- Weve spent all that we were building up? - And more.
It couldnt be helped.
Switch off the image area.
- Weve got to try and save all we can.
- Right.
Itll be hours now before we can try a switch.
But with Billy the Kid under control, they should be safe enough.
- Mister? - Yeah? Im lookin for Pat Garrett.
Im sorry, mister.
Imm busy.
That stranger up theres lookin for Pat Garrett.
Hes got a gun full of notches.
Its the Kid.
Poe! - Whats the matter? - Itss Billy the Kid.
Huh? Yeah.
Thats the Kid all right.
Id recognize that hat anywhere.
Whats he wanna come back here for, especially after a killin? Hes gunnin for Pat Garret.
He came right out and said so.
Yeah? Here.
Thats nine shot in each barrel.
Between the two of us, thats 36 buckshot.
I reckon thats enough to stop anybody, even Billy the Kid.
All right.
Lets get out of sight.
Dont take another step.
- Are you Pat Garrett? - You know Pat Garrett as good as I do.
Another move like that, and youre dead.
Now,just raise those hands up nice and high in the air.
Come on.
- Whats all this? - No mistake.
Nineteen notches.
- Look, I wanna talk to Pat Garrett.
- Oh, I just bet you do.
Well, Pats away, and Imm in charge here.
Im john Poe.
Imm his deputy.
- In that case, I can tell you.
- You cant tell me nothin William H.
Bonney.
- Alias Billy the Kid.
- What? In the name of Lincoln County, the territory of New Mexico I hereby arrest you for the willful murder of Deputy Hayes.
Youll be given a fair trial, and, in less than a week youre gonna be hangin by the neck until yourrre dead.
Now wait a minute! Hey, dude.
I got a powerful thirst.
So have I.
Theres a water tank out back.
Were big boys.
Letss try to hold out.
I want some water, and Im gonna get it! Come on! Shoot me! Shoot! Huh? Come on! Do it! Look, Im not Billy the Kid.
Kid, I never thought youd be the kind to deny yourself.
Look, Pat Garrett can tell you Im not.
- Whens he comin back? - Donttt matter even if he doesntttt.
You mean youd try me without- without someone to swear who I am? Oh, Ill swear who you are.
So will old McKinney here.
Neither of you ever met Billy the Kid in your lives.
We got your hat.
We got your gun.
We got you.
You cant convict a man on that kind of evidence.
McKinney! You got Billy the Kid in there.
We want im.
! Kid, you might never even get to a trial.
Thats ours.
One of thems still here.
Take a look around.
Wilson? That you, Wilson? - Billy.
- Get me outta this.
I warned you about that dude.
- Is he still here? - Well, I saw his horse.
Hyah.
! Its the dude.
Go after him.
Come on.
Billy, come on.
Didnt ya hear? Itss the dude.
Oh, cant be.
Hess not even gonna be born for another 50 years.
Billy, you all right? Come on.
I know Just where hes headed.
- Hows the power input now? - Itss still low, General.
Itll still take several hours at least.
We used up so much on that voice transmission.
Theyd be dead now if we hadntt.
If there was just some way to speed up the recharging.
I know, Ann, but were straining now to the ability of the complex.
Yeah.
We all feel the same way, Ann.
Well shift them the moment we can.
Yeah.
Come on! Come on, McKinney.
! Get him out here.
! - Throw him out here! - The sheriff.
Pat Garrett! Hey, Garrett.
We got Billy the Kid.
Its Pat.
Hess back.
Pat Garrett? Thats right, Kid.
Your old friend.
Youll be glad to see him, aintt ya? Now youll find out Imm tellin the truth.
Immmm no more Billy the Kid than you are.
springin their friend the Kid outta jail.
Theyre gonna hold him in there now.
All right, all right! Pat, we got the surprise of your life in that jail.
We sure got us a prisoner.
Hes a friend of yours.
Billy the Kid.
Of course, he keeps denyin that hess the Kid, but hesss the Kid all right.
Pat, you know he had the gall enough to walk right in here as big as life.
Heres his gun.
Take a look at all them notches.
- ineteen.
Right, McKinney? - Thats right.
McKinney, you should be over there on that door.
How about that hat? Huh? Now, if that aint the Kidss hat, Illll eat it.
There he is.
Yes, sir, we got him dead to rights.
Go on.
Tell them.
Have you ever seen me before? Hello, Billy.
I dont know why yourre lyin about me.
Well, son of a gun.
He still denies it.
Ha! Bet hes planning his defense.
Come on, Sheriff!.
Let us have him! - Yeah.
! Bring him out here.
! - McKinney, go out there and see if you cant slow them down.
What are we waitinfor? Take it easy, men.
The sheriff Just got here.
Give him a chance.
We wanna invite him to a party- a necktie party.
- The sheriff knows what hes doin.
.
Take it easy, men.
Take off his cuffs.
- You sure thats what you want me to do? - Yeah.
All right.
Pat.
Theyre gettin mean out there.
Canttt hold eeeem.
Open up the cell and let him out.
- Pat, are you outta your mind? - No, I aint outta my mind.
Just open up the cell.
Look, youre the boss here.
You can have my badge anytime you want.
But I aint gonna let him out- not Billy the Kid.
Now, come over here and take a look at him.
- What are you talkin about? - Come over here and take a look at his neck.
Yeah.
I see what you mean.
That neck aint seen much of New Mexico sun, has it? Take another look at him.
Well, now that you mention it- Hes got Billyss clothes on, but they donttt set good on him, do they? Thats because he aintt Billy the Kid.
- Then why did you say- - I seen his hat, and I seen his gun.
I thought Billy might be up to some of his old tricks.
Sheriff.
- We got Billy the Kid.
- Hows that? My friend has him tied up in a shack not too far from here.
Well, I think youre outta your mind, son, but you hold that thought.
- Men.
- Hey, Sheriff!.
We want the Kid.
! Bring him out.
! Were gonna string him up, Sheriff!.
We want the Kid.
! Bring him out.
! Turn him over to us, and nobodyll get hurt.
All right, men.
Men! - Men, you all know me.
- Yeah, we know ya.
- Turn over the Kid, Garrett! - Thats right.
! You know me.
You know I never turned a prisoner over to a mob in my life.
Just cause hess your pal donttt mean you can save him.
- We want the Kid.
! - Now you listen to me and pay me some heed! Even if the man I got inside was the Kid, I wouldnt turn him over to no rope.
And you know it, but he aint the Kid.
- You expect us to buy that? - What about the hat? - You just listen to me.
- And that gun with all them notches on it.
! Just listen to me and give me a chance to explain.
Get inside.
Looks like somebodys gonna get killed before this is over.
Pat, they aint gonna wait to look at that young fellass neck.
They gonna stretch it.
You could be right.
But I got an idea how we can stop that mob.
How you gonna stop that mob? They want blood.
I figure on usin another mob to do it.
- What are you talkinabout? - When I was comin into town I passed the Murphy boys roundin up some of their stock.
About 200 or 300 head, I reckon.
Poe, you think you could ride out and stampede them animals through town with the help of the Murphy boys? - You mean into town? - Right through the mob.
I dont figure theydd stand around and ask questions.
Do you? Well, now.
If that aint the doggonedest thing I ever heard.
I hate to ask you to play yellow but thats the only way yourre gonna get through out there.
You want me to walk through that crowd with my gun in my holster? Yeah.
All right, Pat.
Ill do it for you.
And youre gonna see the doggonedest stampede you ever saw in your life.
Where is he, Poe? Bring him out.
Tell Garret we dont care if the Kid is his pal.
Boys, Im with you.
Im givin Pat back his badge.
But Ill tell ya one thing.
Youdd better think twice before you go rushin in there.
Those shotguns make pretty big holes.
McKinney, save your neck while you can.
You might have a chance, son, but its all ridin on that stampede.
Lets get that desk over here.
Whered you get that hat and gun? I told you.
We captured him.
My friends got him.
- How many men you got guardin him? - just my friend.
Im sorry to hear that, son.
Not for Billy, you understand.
For your friend.
Better get down if you wanna stay alive.
Wont they listen to reason? This aint a reasonable town, son.
Well, Dougs all right.
- Can you get a fix on Tony? - Im trying now.
Signalss fairly strong.
Ray? How long before we can switch them? Were getting there.
Less than an hour now.
Good.
Now, ifTonys all right- Hyah! - Whats happened to your deputy? - I dontt know.
But if he dont hurry up, it sure aintt gonna matter much.
Come on, Sheriff!.
Youve had enough! Give him up! - Come in and get him! - Well, lets go! Get over there and hold em off as long as you can.
- Stampede! - Stampede! Here comes your stampede.
Its workin.
.
Its workinjjust fine.
Lets get out of here while we still got time.
You think you could lead me to where your friends keepin Billy? - Sure.
- Okay.
The Kid and the sheriff- Theyre gettin away! - I reckon we lost em.
- Looks like it.
- Which way now? - Down there.
Whoa! Somethings wrong.
What makes you say that? I dont know.
Dougs horse is gone.
We had him tied up.
Suppose you just hand that gun over nice and easylike.
- Why? - Do it, mister.
- Whats the idea? - Thatss my question.
Just what kind of wild goose chase you takin me on, huh? The Kid was here.
My friend was guarding him.
- One man guardin the Kid? - We had him tied up in this chair.
Looks to me like your friend made a mistake, son.
My guess would be its the last one hess ever gonna make.
Catchin an outlaw like Billy aintt no business for amateurs.
Wait a minute.
If he did ambush Doug, he wouldve killed him, wouldntt he? Quicker than you can spit.
- And he certainly wouldnt stop to bury him.
- Not Billy.
Theres no blood on the floor.
Your friend might just have gotten lucky.
If Doug got away, hed head back to town lookin for me.
And Billyd head for town lookin for him.
- Im going back there.
- They want your neck in Lincoln.
I gotta find Doug.
Youre gonna need a caretaker, son.
Well, I reckon Im elected.
Anybody here? - Hey, Kid.
I saw him.
- Which one? - The dude- the one who tried to kill ya.
- Is that a fact? Yeah.
Oh, I coulda plugged him myself, but, uh- Well, I figured you wanted to.
Wilson you figured right.
In another minute, hell go back on that street.
And when he does- - How long, Ray? - Not until we have full power, General.
It wont do us any good to try to switch them a moment before.
But exactly how long? Five minutes and 16 seconds.
That may be too late.
When he steps into the street, that outlaw will kill him.
Theres nothing we can do now but wait for the power charge.
Right in the sheriff s office.
Hey, dude.
Start walkin, dude.
When you think youre close enough to hit anything draw.
Billy.
Stay outta this, Pat.
Draw.
- Howdy, Pat.
- Billy.
Heres another one for you, Sheriff.
Much obliged, son.
Lets march on down to the office, shall we, gentlemen? You hit? I guess not.
But I sure thought I was gonna be.
Pat.
Look.
Those dudes- They disappeared.
Now, you dont expect me to fall for an old trick like that, do you, Billy? Move on, men.
Tony.
- A pack of cowardly wolves preying on unarmed ships.
- Youre a brave man, Captain.
Youre also a stupid one when you talk too much! Shall we say you talked yourself to death? Hampton, get him out of my sight.
All right.
Whos next? I got a couple of strange-looking ones here, Captain.
You heard him.
Move! - If he wont walk, drag iim over here! - Leave him alone! Aint you the brave one? I oughta cut your ears off and use em for fish bait.
ow, what have we got here, huh? Lets see your hands.
No calluses.
Give me your hands.
Youre not seamen.
A couple of rich young gentlemen perhaps? Youve made a mistake, Captain.
We haventt got any money.
Dont lie to me! Must be someone willin to pay a ransom for your release.
I have some relatives in Philadelphia.
Only trouble is they havent been born yet.
No money and no friends.
A very sad and dangerous situation for you.
All right, Hampton.
! Take these scum away and shoot em.
Tony ewman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new, fantastic adventure somewhere along the infinite corridors of time.
- Whats goin on out there? - Evenin - Those men- - Saturday night.
Just the Triple X boys comin into town.
Into what town? We didnt notice the name as we came in.
Lincoln.
Pride of Lincoln County and of the great territory of New Mexico.
Youll never guess whoss under that hat.
Reckon you never seen his face.
Not many folks have.
I got the drop on him last night.
Evenin, Deputy Hayes.
Evenin Billy.
Yeah, youre gettin all prettied up, ainttt ya? Oh.
This yours? I think you need a little more soap.
Maybe a little bit there.
I beg your pardon.
The keys.
Oh, Billy.
- Hello, Billy.
- Good to see ya, boys.
May I? Mighty sorry you interrupted me last night, Deputy.
You a friend of his? I never saw him before.
Then why did you try to save him? Cause I dontt like to see anybody murdered.
And I dont like anybody puttin a hand on me.
Well, maybe you dont know who I am.
No, I dont.
The names Bonney.
William Bonney.
- Billy the Kid? - The same.
Billy? Shouldnt we get outta here? No hurry.
First I gotta settle with these dudes here.
Bring im over.
- Look, you dont understand.
- Oh, I understand.
You two are friends.
Look at the clothes theyre wearin.
.
Is that what theyre wearin back East these days? Huh? Ooh.
Very sporty.
They look sweet.
You all right in there, Hayes? Kid, we got visitors.
Heh.
Tell you what, sport.
Turn around.
Maybe you can make it to them horses out there before some vigilante puts a slug in ya, huh? Go on now.
Im givin ya a sportin chance.
Like you gave that deputy? I dont like that kinda talk, dude.
- ow move.
- Its your move.
Youvve got the gun.
I haventtt.
Maybe youd like to do a little dance for the boys.
Huh? All right.
! Drop it.
! Drop your guns over there.
Drop em.
! Tony! Ho! Ha! Get outta here! Well, go after em! Go on! The Time Tunnel.
Hes dead.
- Oh, hey, Billy.
- Here.
Billy the Kid.
And Dougs killed him.
I dont understand.
Weve never before changed any recorded event in history.
Billy the Kid was killed by a sheriff, a Pat something.
- A famous gunfighter.
- Garrett? There has to be a mistake somewhere.
Ann, whats your time fix? late in April.
Spatial coordinates? Longitude.
Latitude.
Thank you.
Hmm.
Well, it seems to be somewhere in the Southwest- Arizona, New Mexico.
- How long can you hold the fix? - Its slipping a little now.
Same pattern it usually follows.
Well probably lose contact for a few hours and then pick them up again.
- Ann, get a research report on Billy the Kid right away.
- Yes, sir.
And particularly the time and place of his death.
I understand.
Keep whatever contact you can, Ray.
Im gonna verify these spatial coordinates.
Boys, we cant let the Kid stay here.
Chuck, give me a hand.
Bi-Billy.
Billy, youre alive.
Boys, the Kids alive.
Dontt move.
- Wait till we find out where youre hurt.
- I already know.
Right in the belt buckle.
Knocked me cold.
Gee, you lucky- The dudes hightailed out of town.
We got a couple horses out back.
- We can still catch em.
- You and the boys stay out of this.
- Ill pick up his trail alone.
- But, Billy- You heard him.
Go get your horses and get outta town.
Hey, Kid.
I been thinking.
We dont know who this dude is.
He might be some real hotshot from up north.
- Could be.
- He handled that gun like he knew his business.
Maybe hes workin for Pat Garrett.
- What are you gettin at? - Imm goin with ya.
Not this trip.
Suppose this dude is a big gun from somewheres.
I dont plan to share him with anybody.
- Now, Kid, I- - Not even you.
Hyah.
! Okay.
I dont think we should stop.
We cant go on riding blindly in the dark.
Besides, weve got to get some rest.
Maybe we can hole up in here.
What about that shack? There might be somebody inside.
Ill take a look.
Its empty.
That settles it.
At least well be out of this wind.
You killed a man back there.
You can bet theyll be coming after us.
Wed better get these horses out of sight.
- Anything? - Im getting indications of the fix again.
- We should be establishing contact soon.
- Good.
- I checked out the spatial coordinates.
- Where are they exactly? The town of Lincoln, county seat of Lincoln County, territory of New Mexico.
Yeah, well, that checks out with the biographical data.
Billy the Kid spent his last years in and around Lincoln.
- What else do you have on him? - Some of its not too reliable.
There were so many legends about him, its hard to dig out the facts.
- Seems he was born on the Lower East Side of New York City.
- I never realized that.
And his name originally seems to have been William H.
McCarty.
I thought it was William Bonney.
He took the name William Bonney when he drifted into Lincoln County.
By that time, he had killed nearly a dozen men and he was known throughout the Southwest as Billy the Kid.
What about his death? Thats the information I really want.
We should be making contact any moment now.
Lets see.
Death.
HHe was shot to death by Sheriff Pat Garrett during the night ofjuly 23, 1881.
According to our fix, thats a good three months from now.
Yet we saw Doug shoot him right in that jail less than 12 hours ago.
Ann, does your research give you the names of the men he killed? Yes.
Lets see.
Number of known killings: 21.
- And here are the names of all but two.
- All but two? He killed two strangers.
Those are the words used here.
Two strangers near Lincoln sometime in April 1881.
Oh.
I know what youre thinking.
But if Billy the Kid is already dead Doug and Tony dont have any worries on that score.
We cant be sure hess dead.
And if he isnt, wedd better try to move Tony and Doug out of there fast as we can.
- I agree.
The sooner, the better.
- Were getting an image.
Well, at least well have light.
- Id just as soon not draw a crowd.
- Hey, yourre right.
Here.
Throw this saddle blanket on the window.
Okay.
Anything to eat in those saddle bags? Not unless you like raw leather.
Thats no joke.
It may come to that.
Its almost as cold in here as it is outside.
Maybe we can get a fire going.
No, wait.
They might spot the smoke.
Besides, well be moving out at daybreak.
I dont know if thatss a good idea.
The more we move around, the harder it is for the Time Tunnel to get a fix on us.
- Well, well see.
- Tony? What did history have to say about the death of Billy the Kid? There are so many different legends about him, its hard to say.
Im grateful to him for this coat anyway.
- Go ahead.
Switch them.
- Im trying.
Nothingss happening.
- No, its no use.
I was afraid of this.
- Afraid of what? The draw on our power supply has been too heavy.
- How long will it take to recharge? - Several hours at best.
I wonder how far it is to the next town.
Could be two miles or 200 miles.
Either way, we cant stay here.
The Kids gang will be hunting for us.
The more miles we can put between us and Lincoln, the better.
Besides I could sure use some vittles, partner.
You still look like a tenderfoot, son.
- I just cant get used to it, Tony.
- To what? That I killed him.
You did it to save my life.
Remember when he called us dudes? Maybe he was just trying to scare us.
Doug, Billy the Kid was a cold-blooded killer.
Now shake out of it.
Okay.
Saddle up for me, will you? Ill get the rest of the stuff.
Hello, dude.
Nice mornin, aintt it? You look almost happy to see me.
In a way, I am.
Youre not makin sense, mister.
I shouldve known I couldntt kill you.
Youd have cut me half in two if it werentt for my buckle.
No.
With a buckle or without.
- My bullet couldnt kill you.
- Keep talkin.
.
Well, this isnt gonna make much sense to you, but, uh I couldnt kill a man who died before I was born.
Nobody really knows what time is about or how it operates, but, uh- Im actually alive in this time now, but- I wont be born for 50 years yet.
Nobody pulls my leg, mister.
Youll never stay alive with a wild story like that.
- Whats your power input? - Itss far too low, General.
Itllll be hours yet.
Hes going to kill Doug any minute.
Cantt we do something? Without power, what can we do? What about a voice transmission? Ray, what do you think? We might have enough power for a short transmission, but only a few words.
- It might be enough to save his life.
- But I warn you- It will delay our trying to switch them.
Whats the good of saving power if one or both of them are dead? Right.
Well try the transmission.
- Can you arrange a hookup for me quickly, Ray? - Yeah, we can.
Ill do it.
You ready to tell me the truth now? I have told you the truth.
I always figured a man oughtnt to die with a lie in his mouth.
- Get on over there with your friend.
- I thought you were- I was dead? Youll wish I was.
Now move.
Now, tell me.
Did Pat Garrett send you to get me? - We dont know any Pat Garrett.
- Thatss what I told him.
Well, Pat and me has been friends a long time.
Close friends.
Now hes sheriff, hess out to get me.
He wouldnt be above hirinaa couple of guns from outside the territory to do it either.
I reckon, if I was in his shoes, Id do the same.
Anyway, I gotta kill ya both.
I can only give you a second or two, General.
Itll have to do.
Give me a signal when yourre ready.
If all this talk about time travel is true you wont feel this bullet for half a century or so.
- Right here.
- Now.
Billy the Kid.
! Weve got you surrounded.
Come out with your hands up.
! Whos there? ¿Quién es? Get that rope.
Dont make the same mistake I did, mister.
Blaze away.
Well take care of you our way.
- That was Kirks voice.
- Yeah, I know.
Is that another one of Pats boys? How many you got out there? Theres nobody out there, Billy.
That was a voice from the future.
There you go with that time talk again.
With his gang on the loose, wed never get him into town.
Maybe I should bring Garrett here.
I think youre right.
Take this.
Wait a minute.
Dont forget.
Everybody in town saw us ride out last night after the killing.
- They might just shoot first and ask questions later.
- Ill watch it.
Wear this.
Youll attract less attention.
Yeah.
Nobodyll give ya a second look.
How much power did we consume? Nearly all our reserve, Im afraid.
- Weve spent all that we were building up? - And more.
It couldnt be helped.
Switch off the image area.
- Weve got to try and save all we can.
- Right.
Itll be hours now before we can try a switch.
But with Billy the Kid under control, they should be safe enough.
- Mister? - Yeah? Im lookin for Pat Garrett.
Im sorry, mister.
Imm busy.
That stranger up theres lookin for Pat Garrett.
Hes got a gun full of notches.
Its the Kid.
Poe! - Whats the matter? - Itss Billy the Kid.
Huh? Yeah.
Thats the Kid all right.
Id recognize that hat anywhere.
Whats he wanna come back here for, especially after a killin? Hes gunnin for Pat Garret.
He came right out and said so.
Yeah? Here.
Thats nine shot in each barrel.
Between the two of us, thats 36 buckshot.
I reckon thats enough to stop anybody, even Billy the Kid.
All right.
Lets get out of sight.
Dont take another step.
- Are you Pat Garrett? - You know Pat Garrett as good as I do.
Another move like that, and youre dead.
Now,just raise those hands up nice and high in the air.
Come on.
- Whats all this? - No mistake.
Nineteen notches.
- Look, I wanna talk to Pat Garrett.
- Oh, I just bet you do.
Well, Pats away, and Imm in charge here.
Im john Poe.
Imm his deputy.
- In that case, I can tell you.
- You cant tell me nothin William H.
Bonney.
- Alias Billy the Kid.
- What? In the name of Lincoln County, the territory of New Mexico I hereby arrest you for the willful murder of Deputy Hayes.
Youll be given a fair trial, and, in less than a week youre gonna be hangin by the neck until yourrre dead.
Now wait a minute! Hey, dude.
I got a powerful thirst.
So have I.
Theres a water tank out back.
Were big boys.
Letss try to hold out.
I want some water, and Im gonna get it! Come on! Shoot me! Shoot! Huh? Come on! Do it! Look, Im not Billy the Kid.
Kid, I never thought youd be the kind to deny yourself.
Look, Pat Garrett can tell you Im not.
- Whens he comin back? - Donttt matter even if he doesntttt.
You mean youd try me without- without someone to swear who I am? Oh, Ill swear who you are.
So will old McKinney here.
Neither of you ever met Billy the Kid in your lives.
We got your hat.
We got your gun.
We got you.
You cant convict a man on that kind of evidence.
McKinney! You got Billy the Kid in there.
We want im.
! Kid, you might never even get to a trial.
Thats ours.
One of thems still here.
Take a look around.
Wilson? That you, Wilson? - Billy.
- Get me outta this.
I warned you about that dude.
- Is he still here? - Well, I saw his horse.
Hyah.
! Its the dude.
Go after him.
Come on.
Billy, come on.
Didnt ya hear? Itss the dude.
Oh, cant be.
Hess not even gonna be born for another 50 years.
Billy, you all right? Come on.
I know Just where hes headed.
- Hows the power input now? - Itss still low, General.
Itll still take several hours at least.
We used up so much on that voice transmission.
Theyd be dead now if we hadntt.
If there was just some way to speed up the recharging.
I know, Ann, but were straining now to the ability of the complex.
Yeah.
We all feel the same way, Ann.
Well shift them the moment we can.
Yeah.
Come on! Come on, McKinney.
! Get him out here.
! - Throw him out here! - The sheriff.
Pat Garrett! Hey, Garrett.
We got Billy the Kid.
Its Pat.
Hess back.
Pat Garrett? Thats right, Kid.
Your old friend.
Youll be glad to see him, aintt ya? Now youll find out Imm tellin the truth.
Immmm no more Billy the Kid than you are.
springin their friend the Kid outta jail.
Theyre gonna hold him in there now.
All right, all right! Pat, we got the surprise of your life in that jail.
We sure got us a prisoner.
Hes a friend of yours.
Billy the Kid.
Of course, he keeps denyin that hess the Kid, but hesss the Kid all right.
Pat, you know he had the gall enough to walk right in here as big as life.
Heres his gun.
Take a look at all them notches.
- ineteen.
Right, McKinney? - Thats right.
McKinney, you should be over there on that door.
How about that hat? Huh? Now, if that aint the Kidss hat, Illll eat it.
There he is.
Yes, sir, we got him dead to rights.
Go on.
Tell them.
Have you ever seen me before? Hello, Billy.
I dont know why yourre lyin about me.
Well, son of a gun.
He still denies it.
Ha! Bet hes planning his defense.
Come on, Sheriff!.
Let us have him! - Yeah.
! Bring him out here.
! - McKinney, go out there and see if you cant slow them down.
What are we waitinfor? Take it easy, men.
The sheriff Just got here.
Give him a chance.
We wanna invite him to a party- a necktie party.
- The sheriff knows what hes doin.
.
Take it easy, men.
Take off his cuffs.
- You sure thats what you want me to do? - Yeah.
All right.
Pat.
Theyre gettin mean out there.
Canttt hold eeeem.
Open up the cell and let him out.
- Pat, are you outta your mind? - No, I aint outta my mind.
Just open up the cell.
Look, youre the boss here.
You can have my badge anytime you want.
But I aint gonna let him out- not Billy the Kid.
Now, come over here and take a look at him.
- What are you talkin about? - Come over here and take a look at his neck.
Yeah.
I see what you mean.
That neck aint seen much of New Mexico sun, has it? Take another look at him.
Well, now that you mention it- Hes got Billyss clothes on, but they donttt set good on him, do they? Thats because he aintt Billy the Kid.
- Then why did you say- - I seen his hat, and I seen his gun.
I thought Billy might be up to some of his old tricks.
Sheriff.
- We got Billy the Kid.
- Hows that? My friend has him tied up in a shack not too far from here.
Well, I think youre outta your mind, son, but you hold that thought.
- Men.
- Hey, Sheriff!.
We want the Kid.
! Bring him out.
! Were gonna string him up, Sheriff!.
We want the Kid.
! Bring him out.
! Turn him over to us, and nobodyll get hurt.
All right, men.
Men! - Men, you all know me.
- Yeah, we know ya.
- Turn over the Kid, Garrett! - Thats right.
! You know me.
You know I never turned a prisoner over to a mob in my life.
Just cause hess your pal donttt mean you can save him.
- We want the Kid.
! - Now you listen to me and pay me some heed! Even if the man I got inside was the Kid, I wouldnt turn him over to no rope.
And you know it, but he aint the Kid.
- You expect us to buy that? - What about the hat? - You just listen to me.
- And that gun with all them notches on it.
! Just listen to me and give me a chance to explain.
Get inside.
Looks like somebodys gonna get killed before this is over.
Pat, they aint gonna wait to look at that young fellass neck.
They gonna stretch it.
You could be right.
But I got an idea how we can stop that mob.
How you gonna stop that mob? They want blood.
I figure on usin another mob to do it.
- What are you talkinabout? - When I was comin into town I passed the Murphy boys roundin up some of their stock.
About 200 or 300 head, I reckon.
Poe, you think you could ride out and stampede them animals through town with the help of the Murphy boys? - You mean into town? - Right through the mob.
I dont figure theydd stand around and ask questions.
Do you? Well, now.
If that aint the doggonedest thing I ever heard.
I hate to ask you to play yellow but thats the only way yourre gonna get through out there.
You want me to walk through that crowd with my gun in my holster? Yeah.
All right, Pat.
Ill do it for you.
And youre gonna see the doggonedest stampede you ever saw in your life.
Where is he, Poe? Bring him out.
Tell Garret we dont care if the Kid is his pal.
Boys, Im with you.
Im givin Pat back his badge.
But Ill tell ya one thing.
Youdd better think twice before you go rushin in there.
Those shotguns make pretty big holes.
McKinney, save your neck while you can.
You might have a chance, son, but its all ridin on that stampede.
Lets get that desk over here.
Whered you get that hat and gun? I told you.
We captured him.
My friends got him.
- How many men you got guardin him? - just my friend.
Im sorry to hear that, son.
Not for Billy, you understand.
For your friend.
Better get down if you wanna stay alive.
Wont they listen to reason? This aint a reasonable town, son.
Well, Dougs all right.
- Can you get a fix on Tony? - Im trying now.
Signalss fairly strong.
Ray? How long before we can switch them? Were getting there.
Less than an hour now.
Good.
Now, ifTonys all right- Hyah! - Whats happened to your deputy? - I dontt know.
But if he dont hurry up, it sure aintt gonna matter much.
Come on, Sheriff!.
Youve had enough! Give him up! - Come in and get him! - Well, lets go! Get over there and hold em off as long as you can.
- Stampede! - Stampede! Here comes your stampede.
Its workin.
.
Its workinjjust fine.
Lets get out of here while we still got time.
You think you could lead me to where your friends keepin Billy? - Sure.
- Okay.
The Kid and the sheriff- Theyre gettin away! - I reckon we lost em.
- Looks like it.
- Which way now? - Down there.
Whoa! Somethings wrong.
What makes you say that? I dont know.
Dougs horse is gone.
We had him tied up.
Suppose you just hand that gun over nice and easylike.
- Why? - Do it, mister.
- Whats the idea? - Thatss my question.
Just what kind of wild goose chase you takin me on, huh? The Kid was here.
My friend was guarding him.
- One man guardin the Kid? - We had him tied up in this chair.
Looks to me like your friend made a mistake, son.
My guess would be its the last one hess ever gonna make.
Catchin an outlaw like Billy aintt no business for amateurs.
Wait a minute.
If he did ambush Doug, he wouldve killed him, wouldntt he? Quicker than you can spit.
- And he certainly wouldnt stop to bury him.
- Not Billy.
Theres no blood on the floor.
Your friend might just have gotten lucky.
If Doug got away, hed head back to town lookin for me.
And Billyd head for town lookin for him.
- Im going back there.
- They want your neck in Lincoln.
I gotta find Doug.
Youre gonna need a caretaker, son.
Well, I reckon Im elected.
Anybody here? - Hey, Kid.
I saw him.
- Which one? - The dude- the one who tried to kill ya.
- Is that a fact? Yeah.
Oh, I coulda plugged him myself, but, uh- Well, I figured you wanted to.
Wilson you figured right.
In another minute, hell go back on that street.
And when he does- - How long, Ray? - Not until we have full power, General.
It wont do us any good to try to switch them a moment before.
But exactly how long? Five minutes and 16 seconds.
That may be too late.
When he steps into the street, that outlaw will kill him.
Theres nothing we can do now but wait for the power charge.
Right in the sheriff s office.
Hey, dude.
Start walkin, dude.
When you think youre close enough to hit anything draw.
Billy.
Stay outta this, Pat.
Draw.
- Howdy, Pat.
- Billy.
Heres another one for you, Sheriff.
Much obliged, son.
Lets march on down to the office, shall we, gentlemen? You hit? I guess not.
But I sure thought I was gonna be.
Pat.
Look.
Those dudes- They disappeared.
Now, you dont expect me to fall for an old trick like that, do you, Billy? Move on, men.
Tony.
- A pack of cowardly wolves preying on unarmed ships.
- Youre a brave man, Captain.
Youre also a stupid one when you talk too much! Shall we say you talked yourself to death? Hampton, get him out of my sight.
All right.
Whos next? I got a couple of strange-looking ones here, Captain.
You heard him.
Move! - If he wont walk, drag iim over here! - Leave him alone! Aint you the brave one? I oughta cut your ears off and use em for fish bait.
ow, what have we got here, huh? Lets see your hands.
No calluses.
Give me your hands.
Youre not seamen.
A couple of rich young gentlemen perhaps? Youve made a mistake, Captain.
We haventt got any money.
Dont lie to me! Must be someone willin to pay a ransom for your release.
I have some relatives in Philadelphia.
Only trouble is they havent been born yet.
No money and no friends.
A very sad and dangerous situation for you.
All right, Hampton.
! Take these scum away and shoot em.