Turkay Shoot 3

Face looked at the others. "What do you think he meant by that? Do
you think he's one of the good guys?"



Hannibal smiled as he puffed on his cigar. " You're guess is good as
mine. Come on let's get over the sheriff's office and see what's up."



The rest nodded as they followed Hannibal towards the sheriff's
office. When they walked in Sheriff Masters was just hanging up the
phone. He looked up when he heard then enter. "That was the hospital,
Miss Chance is ready to tell me what happened." He grabbed his hat
off the rack. "You better come too."



"Face and I will come with you." Hannibal replied. He turned to
Murdock and BA. "I want you two to check out our new friends we met
today, I saw then heading for the bar."



"You mean saloon, Hannibal " Murdock corrected his leader.



BA grabbed Murdock tightly by his collar. "He means bar fool. This is
not the old west."



Murdock struggled to get loose while at the same time trying to talk;
but BA's grip was too strong. Face looked over at Hannibal expecting
the Colonel to do something.



"Let go of Murdock, BA. That is a bit silly to be getting mad about.
Now release him." Hannibal said firmly.

BA growled but he let Murdock go. Murdock moved away from him. "One
of these days you're going to go too far and that will be the end of
me."



"Fool if I wanted to do that you would have been dead long ago." BA
said calmly.

Murdock stared at his but decided to say nothing.



"You two get going, and BA, just ignore Murdock." Hannibal said. BA
only shook his head as he walked away, Murdock soon followed.



Once they were gone, Hannibal turned back to Simon Masters. "Okay
let's go."



"The hospital is about three miles from here, we'll take my car."
They all walked over to a white 1979 Pinto. Simon got into the driver
seat. "One of you will have to sit in the back."



Face looked at Hannibal hoping he would get in the back, but his
hopes were dashed as his commander pulled back the front seat and
waited for him to get in. Face climbed into the back and Hannibal got
in the front with Sheriff Masters. It only took about ten minutes to
get there. Once there and parked, Simon headed inside and went
straight to Dawn Chance's room. The twenty two year old woman was
sitting in a wheelchair facing the window. Bandages covered her head.
Simon walked over to her then slowly turned the wheelchair around.
She let out a scream.



'Dawn?" he said quietly. "It's me calm down"



It took Dawn a few minutes to register who it was, but once she did
she fell into his arms sobbing. "Oh Simon. They told me my father's
dead. How can this be? Who would hurt him? He was a good man."



Simon patted her on the back. "That's why we're here Dawn. We need
you to tell us what happened."



"Us?" Dawn asked.



Simon motioned for Hannibal and Face to come over. "Dawn, these two
men, along with two others, have come to help. Now are you up to
telling us what happened?"



Dawn stared at the white haired older man and the young blond haired
man, then she turned back to Simon. "I want to help Simon I do. But I
don't remember the accident. The last thing I can remember was that
… " she paused for a moment. "We were on our way into town to get
supplies. We were laughing and Dad was excited about the soybean
crop. He told me there was enough to keep the farm going and for me
to go to college." She stopped again to wipe her eyes. "Dad always
wanted me to go, but until now he was never able to afford it and now
he's gone." She hung her head.



Hannibal placed his hand on her shoulder and she looked up at
him. "Miss Chance. I know this is hard, but it really would help if
you could remember."



"Don't you think I've been trying? My father is dead and I can't
remember how it happened." Dawn cried her voice now rising.



Face stepped forward. "Miss Chance, do you remember if your father
had any trouble with Russell Miller and his boys?"



Dawn's eyes flared, and when she spoke there was anger in her
tone. "Miller is a son of bitch! He wouldn't leave Dad alone. He
wanted to buy father's land so he could expand his land, but Dad
wouldn't sell. Do you think they had something to do with what
happened?"



Simon took her hand. "We're not sure, I was hoping you could tell us.
But without your testimony I can't arrest them."



Dawn lowered her head, "I'm so sorry I can't remember, Simon."



"I know Dawn. I 'm sorry but I can't do anything. My hands are tied."



"Well ours aren't. We will get the proof or die trying. Come on Face.
It was nice meeting you Miss." Hannibal left with Face right behind
him.



"What did you mean by 'die trying'?"



"Face. It's just a figure of speech. Now come on I got a plan."



"Plan? What plan?"



"Patience Lt. Come on I'll tell you when we get back with BA and
Murdock."