"Showdown"~ All about April...in the end

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They were pinned down and they knew it as they found themselve in a dead-end canyon not far from the ranch that T.H.R.U.S.H. had commandeered for their latest satrap.

He and his partner, or rather his partner had managed to throw quite an explosive monkey wrench into the new operation, ostensibly putting it out of business even before it was up and running.That made for quite a few ruffled feathers.

Napoleon ducked his head as another bullet struck just a little too close for comfort off the top of the rock that he was crouching behind.  Illya was five feet away from him in a similar position, but the Russian had a small stream of blood trickling down from is eyelid; it was swollen shut as a chip of rock had ricocheted and struck him.

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