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Jesse looked at the basement door; he remembered that he had two prisoners there that he had to take care of. He took the food that his wife left in the kitchen and went to the basement. He opened the door and went in. He first entered the small room. Then he went to the main door and opened it, and entered the corridor. The lamps were on as always, and Jesse felt alive by looking at them. Just as he was reaching the end of the corridor, suddenly, the lamps behind him turned off. Jesse James turned his face and looked at them and saw that the lamps were going out one by one, and the darkness was coming towards him like a scary monster . Jesse James was terrified and reached the end of the corridor. He saw Mr. Graham, who was turning off the lamps. Jesse James shouted angrily: What are you doing??!

"I'm sorry, but I have to go back to my family". Graham said this and turned off the last lamp above their heads. Everything went dark; Jessie sat down on the ground with fear and terror, he started to say strange and incomprehensible sentences as if he was reciting a prayer or a spell. John located Jesse by his sound and looked for the keys to the basement in Jesse's pockets. Jesse's sound became more anxious, and his prayer became faster as if he was paralyzed without light.

"Did you find the key"? Graham said.

"Yes, yes, wait, I'll take the knife as well" John said.

- For God sake , John, we don't have time for this; we have to go quickly.

John smiled happily when he realized that his hand had touched the knife and had taken it.

- Very well, we can go now, Mr. Graham.

Graham took a lamp with him and went to the exit with John.

"You will pay for this, be sure that I will catch you and scalp you, you did a very bad thing, Graham"! Jesse said these words to them as they were running away. After hearing these words from Jesse, Graham became anxious and turned to look at Jesse in the dark. He could not see anything, but he could recognize Jesse James's frightened and fearful eyes, which were looking at him, and fear gripped Graham.

- What are you doing? Are you coming, or are you just going to stare into the darkness?john said.

Graham regained his composure and hurried to the door.

They locked the door. Then they went out of the small door, but there they stood for a sudden ; Jesse's wife was standing scared and looking at them; she understood from their eyes that they have used Jesse's only weakness against him. Graham and John looked at each other and went to the exit door of Jesse James's house and took the room keys with them. Jesse James's wife quickly picked up a lantern and went to the basement, but the room was locked, but they had a spare key for it, so she quickly went upstairs to get it.

John and Graham were running as fast as they could away from Jesse James's house. Graham asked John to wait so that he could rest a bit. He had never run so far, and now his body could not handle it. John agreed; it was dark everywhere, the only lamp that Graham had with him was on, and it was not clear where they were; Jesse's house was far from the city and far away from the time machine; they sat there behind a rock to catch their breath.

When they were running away, John emptied Jesse's basket of apples into his bag. It had been a long time since they had eaten anything. He took out two apples and gave one to Graham. As if the appearance of Jesse's apples was very seductive, everyone around them rushed toward them. Speaking of apples, Graham asked John if he was sure about the location of that tree and if he could find it. John pondered and said he is not sure, but he remembered it was a few steps after passing the city.

Jesse was freed from the basement by his wife, sitting angrily on a chair and looking at his empty fruit basket.

- Do you want to follow them now? His wife told him.

- I can go with a lantern, right!?

- Yeah, you can, but it is better to chase them in the morning; they have no place to run away.»

Jesse, who was waiting to hear such a thing, easily accepted to chasing them in the morning ; only his wife, Zerelda was knowing about his weakness, she had no problem with Jesse's business , and she was always supportive. Also, Jesse was always kind and gentle with her. Jesse could not sleep; he was only thinking about what Graham and John did to him and was angry inside .

Graham and John continued on their way in the darkness of the night, and they reached the vicinity of the city from a distance; they could see bright lanterns inside the city, hiding in a corner to see the situation and if the situation was favorable, they could pass from inside the city, inside and outside the police station was bright, and a tall, armed man guarded, they could not easily pass by him. They had to look for a solution. They waited there and watched him until there might be a change in the situation, and they could pass, but the guard was still on his feet. Sometimes he would sit for a while, but then he would stand up again. A cold wind began to blow, and some soil went through Graham'nose and he sneezed. The guard was scared by his sneeze and took out his gun and aimed at the direction where the sneeze came from.

-who is there?! Put your hands above your head and come out slowly».

No one came out; the guard took a lantern with him and slowly moved to the sound; Graham turned off his lamp. Everywhere was dark, and when the guard got closer, he did not find anything; suddenly, the guard fell to the ground by a hit from behind his head, and his body was pulled to a corner by four hands! . Graham and John reviewed the situation again; now another guard noticed his absence; they had to hurry; they quickly but quietly entered the city and continued to move. The hissing sound of their shoes was still heard on the sand. Graham's attention attracted to the corpse of Wesley, who is still there. He said in his heart, "so they finally finished it".

They were slowly reaching the end of the city. At the same time, the second guard came out and followed another, and he saw the shadow of Graham and John leaving the city; he felt that he had seen a ghost and did not follow them.

It was at 3 am that Graham and John were looking for an old tree, the same tree where John had hidden the time machine on his first arrival in the wild West world.

Jesse stared at the ceiling of the room and waited for the dark monster to go away quickly to seek the two men who mocked him and stole his family inheritance which was inherited from his father. Jesse pushed the blanket and hurried downstairs; Zerelda raised her head and looked at him, then returned to her sleep and pulled the blanket on herself . She was waiting for this to happen because she knew that Jesse was not a patient person and that he would not sleep until he finished his half-finished work.

Jesse picked up his largest lanterns to be his assistant in the dark of night, wearing his clothes, and took his gun and put it in a new leather bag. As he was about to leave the house, he stopped, and then he went back into the house and went toward the large suitcase inside the kitchen, took out his key from his coat, and opened it. There was a small box inside it which was also locked, and the key was inside the same suitcase. He opened it and took a cloth that had something hidden inside it, he opened the cloth slowly, and he took out a silver gun. That gun was polished so much that Jesse's image was reflected inside it; the initials of Jesse James' name and family were engraved on it. That is two words (J), a gun that he only kills certain people with it. The same old legend that was wrongly told, and it was called gold instead of silver, this gun was given to him by his paternal uncle. His father and paternal uncle were gold and silver miners . Jesse was not interested in their work and wealth because he had everything he wanted from his own ways, and he didn't need jewelry. From his mother, that she was a gardener he was inherited two apple seeds , and he had planted both seedlings next to his house. And his mother had planted one away from the city when Jesse was born, wich no one had the right to eat or disrespect it, it was dearer to him than everything, the same tree that John hides the time machine under it. Jesse opened his house door. And the only thing that he saw was the darkness; he lingered a little; he had to push himself in the darkness; he took the lantern higher and went out, and he got on his horse and rode. With a lantern in his hand, it was like a comet that cut the dark sky of the night.

John and Graham were still looking for a tree, but it was darker than they could find it easily; Jesse reached the city. The air had reached its darkest limit, which announce the sunrise. Jesse's horse speed slowed, and he entered the city, he saw the sheriff and a few guards outside, and one of them was sitting on the ground. They were all surprised to see Jesse on this night. They had never seen him at night. Jesse got out of his horse and was aware of the story. He asked that guard if he know where they went. The guard said that he saw a shadow that had left the city and was not sure it was human. Jesse was now assured that they were his preys and that the guard's superstition did not doubt him, so he got on his horse and continued on his way.