Anarchist Knight:Apprentice

"The Mayor then asked what the Council of Elders would like to have happen. I said the Council of Elders would like to ensure the safety of the villagers and Howling Wolf. They would like communication between the village and the city so they could monitor and address any abuses that were happening.

I mentioned this could be done by opening communication lines to the city from the base in the mountain where we were stationed. I concluded by saying this was a matter for the Elders of the village, the City Council and our own Council of Elders and there were many things that needed to be discussed and brought out into the open. We also wanted the rogue attacks to stop and whoever was responsible for them to be punished."

Ellen continued her story. "The Mayor looked pretty grim and told us the City Council would need to do it's own research and find out what was going on. They also needed to hear from the Federation and he looked pointedly at the uncomfortable man in uniform. He suggested they adjourn until the next month and set a time to meet again here in the city and asked for a vote from the City Council. All voted in approval.

He then asked if the City Council approved a direct communication line to be opened so the Council of Elders could contact them and keep them informed of developments. Again all voted in approval. At that the Mayor asked the uniformed person if it would be possible for the Federation to open a communication channel for the Council of Elders or whether the City Council needed to do it He saluted and said the Federation would provide the link."

" I think it's bugged", Ellen continued, but it's more than we had before."

She continued, "Then the Mayor adjourned the meeting and escorted us back to our air sleds. He told me we had done a very brave thing coming into the city and they would look into our story and be looking forward to our meeting next month."

Ellen completed her story and looked at the others.

"So it seems things are happening. Hopefully next month we will know more about what is going on."

They talked a bit more and asked more questions until they reached the point where they just needed to leave things and process them later. The talk shifted to other things.

The big news was Rafe had gotten his sixth chevron and would be leaving with Ellen after the party to get his Master's initiation. With all that was going on he was eager to get his own air sled and do some snooping around on his own even though Ellen was warning him not to.

The meeting broke up and most of them went back to the dance. Tobal spent a little more time in his farewells with Becca. After a final kiss and hug he took his pack and left in the pouring rain.

Tobal was getting impatient. It had been almost one year and he wanted to move on into the Journeyman degree. After Tyrone soloed this month he would have five chevrons. He only needed one more newbie to train. He was no fool. After talking with the others he knew at least eleven of them were wanting newbies to train and they would be lucky if five showed up. He left immediately in the rain heading for sanctuary. He had not been the only one with that idea. Kevin and Zee were already there ahead of him when he finally got there a few days later.

April rolled around and spring was in the air. Tyrone was on his solo and Tobal was at sanctuary waiting for a newbie to show up. There had already been three and it was not likely there would be any more this month but he was determined to hold his place in line and get it over with. Kevin and Zee and some others had already taken their newbies and left. This would be his last trainee and then he would be ready for the 2nd degree. He wondered about his last student and who it would be.

Would it be a boy or a girl, somehow it didn't matter. The skills they needed were all the same. He thought about his last five newbies. Some like Melanie, and Crow he had grown very close to. Others like Nick, he hadn't hit it off with and didn't see very often. Sarah and Tyrone were fun to hang around with and he loved doing things with them but they weren't really that deep and sometimes he missed the serious side of life.

Still, he wasn't prepared when Lanna walked through the door for the first time and claimed sanctuary. He did a double take as he saw a fierce native American warrior dressed in soft decorative buckskin with a claw necklace around her neck and tattoos on her face.

She was tall and good looking with straight ebony hair like Zee's. She was about his age, older than most of the newbies and from the village. She was Crow's older sister. He remembered Crow had a sister but hadn't thought he would meet her here. He was shocked at how little he really knew of Crow and his family. She had been training with Howling Wolf since she was a little girl.

"I can't train you", he said in dismay.

"Why not?", she looked at him pointedly.

"I already went through this with Crow", he protested. "You already know more than I do. I can't teach you anything you don't already know. It would be wrong to take credit for teaching you when I didn't."

She relaxed a little. "Is that all that's bothering you?"

He nodded glumly.

"Let me ask you something", she said quietly. "Do you have any doubt in your ability to train newbies in survival skills? Any doubt at all? Even the smallest?"

"No I don't", he said.

"Why not?"

"Last fall I had to give additional training to three of my newbies so they would be ready for winter. I thought they were trained well enough and then realized they weren't so I took extra time and gave them more training."

She nodded. "Nobody made you do that did they?"

"No."

"What does the Council of Elders think of your training?"

"I'm one of the better trainers."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because the newbies I train are happier and healthier than a lot of the others. They also seem to make good trainers themselves and are mostly willing to train through the winter."

She smiled at him. "Your parents created this program to bring people up to a certain skill level in both knowledge and demonstrated ability. Do you believe you have reached that skill level and are ready to move on to the next?"

"Yes I do."

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