The Seven Guns team has tried to tell the world that they had no part in John Horus' assassination of the President, but to no avail. The army has surrounded Tom Noir as the team answers his call for assistance. In the process of extracting Tom, the army takes dozens of casualties, rendering the team's pleas useless. The team pulls back to a supposedly secret base, but the army closes in on them as they fight over a strategy of how to proceed.