After they leave the hospital, Bryon tells Mark that they are going to hustle some pool. He needs to get some money together so he can take Cathy out. To get started, they borrow five dollars from M&M, who only asks that they pay him back by the next day. At the bar, Charlie is in a great mood because the Army wouldn’t take him for the draft on account of his police record. He points out two men from Texas whom he thinks Mark and Bryon can hustle at pool, but warns them to be careful. The boys successfully hustle the men, one of whom calls himself Dirty Dave, and are delighted with their winnings. They leave the bar soon after the Texans, who are waiting in a nearby dark alley with a gun and brass knuckles. Before the men take their vengeance, however, Charlie appears at the other end of the alley with a sawed-off shotgun and orders them to drop their weapons. As the boys turn to leave with Charlie, one of the Texans lunges for his gun and fires a shot. Mark…