Into the Lion's Den

**Into the Lion's Den** is the eighth chapter in Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. In it, you take the role of John and his companions as they sneak around Jackson's Villa as they disarm the marshal's guards and head straight to his office.

## Overview

In this level, you have to use all your abilities from all four characters as a way to pacify your opponents without killing them.

## Cinematic

John and his gang ride from Opelousas to El Paso.

## Story

After arriving in El Paso, the team head towards Jackson's Villa, where they hope to meet Marshal Jackson and have a conversation with about the train robberies. Unfortunately, the team finds themselves in a bad situation as they guards at the Villa refuse to let them in. Killing any of the deputies would result in a deadly pursuit from the US Cavalry. With no other option, the four decided to knock out and tie every guard on the premise and make their way to Jackson's office.

## Characters

### Playable Characters

* John Cooper
* Samuel Williams
* Doc McCoy
* Kate O'Hara

### Other Characters

* Guard
* 30  Armed Gunmen

### Animals

* 2  Horses
* 2  Dogs
* 3  Crows
* 6  Chickens

## Items

* 1 Precision Bullets
* 2 Gas Vials
* 1 TNT

## Objectives

* Put all the guards at the hacienda out of action by knocking them out and tying them up!
* Make absolutely sure you don't kill anyone on this mission, even if you get shot at!
* As soon as you've knocked out all the guards, get into the Marshal's office via the steps in the inner courtyard of the ranch!

## Quotes

**Intro**

* ***The four come at the entrance.***
* *What do you want here?* - **Guard**
* *Just get going, all of you!* - **Guard**
* *We want to see Marshal Jackson!* - **John Cooper**
* *Are you deaf?* - **Guard**
* *I told you to get goin’!* - **Guard**
* *The Marshal can’t waste time on you here pack of mules!* - **Guard**
* *Anyway, he ain’t back ‘til tonight!* - **Guard**
* *Listen, horse face, either you…* - **Doc McCoy**
* *Doc!* - **John Cooper**
* *Let’s go, a Marshal that has to rely on deputies like this ain’t no use to us…* - **John Cooper**
* *What do you mean, huh?* - **Guard**
* *You trying to insult me?!* - **Guard**
* *Hey, that was quick thinking, buddy!* - **Samuel Williams**
* ***The four ride away.'***
* *What do we do now? Did we ride all this way for nothing?* - **Samuel Williams**
* *Strange king of Marshal living in a big hacienda, guarded like a fortress.* - **Doc McCoy**
* *Doesn’t exactly suggest courage or self-respect…* - **Kate O'Hara**
* *Well, I never met a Marshal Like that!* - **John Cooper**
* *Well, we can’t let that stop us!* - **John Cooper**
* *We’d better deal with these deputies – one by one!* - **John Cooper**
* *You mean… kill them?* - **Doc McCoy**
* *No, I don’t – we’d have the entire US Cavalry on our heels!* - **John Cooper**
* *We’ll just play with them for a while…* - **John Cooper**
* *The three of us can knock ‘em out – and then Sam can tie ‘em up, so they don’t get in our way when they wake up!* - **John Cooper**
* *No problemo!* - **Samuel Williams**
* ***Cooper turns around.***

## Notes

* Despite not being allowed to kill anyone, Doc can still pick up precision bullets. This may suggest that the original level wanted you to kill them. Or that precision bullets would be used to shoot a balloon carrying a gas tube, causing it to call and incapacitate guards within its area of effect.
* Into the Lion's Den is a reference to the idiom of the same name, which means to be in a hard situation. Similar to the story Daniel in the lions' den, you are forbidden from simply getting rid of an enemy and have to work around slowly which could easily leave you exposed.
* Inside the house, you can shoot the chandelier two knock out the two last remaining guards.
	+ You can keep shooting the chandelier and it will act as if its still attached to the ceiling.