Anarchist Knight:Apprentice

He tried joking and asking about their month but nothing worked. He was actually relieved when Nikki came over to join them. If Nikki noticed that anything was wrong she didn't mention it and soon all three girls were laughing and telling stories between initiations.

They were however, very curious and envious of his new decorative clothing. He told them Crow had taught him. He opened his fur coat and showed the beautiful beadwork and porcupine needles stitched carefully and decoratively on the comfortable buckskin clothing he was wearing.

"How does Crow know these things?", Becca asked curiously. "I thought you were supposed to be training him. Not he training you?"

The girls laughed and Tobal blushed. "I just got lucky", he said. "Tobal grew up in a village about two hundred miles west of here." He instantly wished he hadn't said anything about the village.

"You mean the rogue village?", Nikki asked.

"You really need to talk with Crow about that", he said. "I'd really like to stay and chat", he said. "But I've got to talk with Rafe and Ellen right now."

"You are always talking with Rafe or Ellen", Nikki pouted. "You spend more time talking with them then you do with us. What's that about anyway? Are you too good for us?"

That last comment had a little bite to it and Melanie and Becca looked at each other. Tobal didn't like to leave things that way. It just didn't seem right. He sighed.

"It's about increased rogue activity", he said. "I'll tell you about it later if you are really interested."

"You promise?", Melanie asked suddenly suspicious. "There's something going on that you are not telling us. You can't lie worth a damn Tobal. No one is in danger are they?"

"We don't really know", he pleaded. "I've got to go. I'll talk later ok?"

Then he stood up and left before they stopped him or asked if they could come with. He went around to the other side of the fire circle and waited, painfully aware that Nikki, Melanie, and Becca were not leaving the fire circle either. They were going to watch the meeting from across the fire.

Rafe was the first to join and then Crow. Ellen came last. She had changed out of her robe into furs. She smiled at Tobal.

"I almost took you up on that offer", she said shivering. "I was freezing on one side and roasting on the other side all night. You were right. I should have worn my furs. I didn't really need the robe."

She looked at the others, "Are we ready?"

Tobal cleared his throat hesitantly, "We might have a problem."

All three turned to look at him expectantly.

"Becca, Melanie and Nikki are on to us. They know something is up and want to know about it. They are sitting across the fire from us now."

Crow, Ellen and Rafe turned and looked across the fire and the three girls smiled and waved at them.

Ellen sighed, "I still don't think we should tell any more people than we need to about this. This could be very dangerous and I don't even want you talking to any of the other medics about it. Please?"

Reluctantly they all agreed and turned back toward the issue at hand with Ellen taking the leadership role.

"There are still many tracks around the lake area", she told them. "I continue to patrol it every other day but never see anyone. I am convinced they know when I am coming because of my med-alert bracelet. They know I am coming and hide."

"It gets worse", she said. "There is a growing rumor the rogues are from the primitive village west of here. There is another rumor that the city is planning an attack on the village to make the area safe for all those that are claiming sanctuary.

"They are planning to attack my village!", Crow demanded. "Why? We have no technology to track people like you say the rogues do. We do not even have med-alert bracelets. I need to leave immediately and warn my grandfather." He got up to leave but Tobal stopped him.

"You said your grandfather, Howling Wolf has trained you in the ways of the shaman?"

Crow nodded in the affirmative, his dark eyes flashing. "Yes, that is true."

"Well", Tobal suggested. "Can you get a spirit message to your grandfather instead so you don't have to travel there physcially?"

Crow pondered the question and Tobal could see he was visibly relaxing. "Yes, I can send a message to him that way. I will do it tonight after this meeting."

"Good", he said. "That means you can use next month to complete your solo. It would be a shame to not finish your solo since you have worked so hard at it."

"I will ask Grandfather", Crow said stiffly. "I will do as he suggests. My own parents were massacred and buried in a mass grave. I don't want my grandfather or my village to suffer the same fate."

The mention of Howing Wolf jarred something loose inside Tobal's mind and he tried fitting things together. Howling Wolf just knew too much and was in the center of too many things. He had trained his parents in bi-location and hand fasted them together. He had built the cairn over the mass grave by the waterfall. He was somehow in contact with Sarah's father. Perhaps it was Howling Wolf the rogues were interested in and not the village itself.

"Maybe they are interested in Howling Wolf and not the village?"

"That would mean I and my sister would be in even greater danger", Crow told him.

Rafe said, "We need to know more about the village and the city of Heliopolis. We also need to know more about the sanctuary program." He looked at Ellen. "Is there anyway you can research some local history on the computer and find out what the official story line is on all this stuff? I’m getting so many versions that my head is going to split."

Ellen nodded, "That's a good idea. I'll see what I can dig up for our next meeting."

"Now", she turned to Crow, "Can you fill me in on what you've told Tobal."

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