Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Chapter 22A-Howling Wolf and the City Council
Green grass was starting to show in places and the melting snow made tiny rivulets of water running down toward the lower foothills. The weather was beautiful and it was warm in the afternoon.
Tobal watched as Angel acted as High Priestess. Tobal was surprised to see Dirk in red robes training as High Priest for the circle. It felt good and comfortable to see people he knew and trusted advancing into these positions.
He found Tyrone and asked him about his solo. Tyrone laughed and said it had gone well except for the wolves howling everytime he played the fiddle. He had gotten lonesome for company though and was looking forward to training a newbie of his own.
The big news at camp was that Sarah, Anne, Derdre, Seth and Crow had all returned from the village and been waiting at sanctuary for newbies. Since they had been waiting for two weeks it was unlikely there would be enough newbies to go around. Several members had gone to sanctuary only to find a large line of people waiting for newbies. Zee was pissed, Kevin was pissed, Mike and Butch were pissed, Tara and Nick were pissed, Wayne and his student were pissed, Char and her student were pissed. They had all been hoping for newbies. Now Becca, Melanie and Nikki were going to be looking for newbies too!
Zee and Kevin, had decided to stay at sanctuary with Crow and his group. The others had come to circle steaming mad and needing to vent. They were glad the kids had come back from the village but it struck them wrong that Crow and the others could spend a cozy winter in the village and then just waltz back here and get newbies in the spring. Tobal's sympathies were with Crow and his friends. They had been at sanctuary when the newbies were and that was what mattered. He had camped out more than once waiting for newbies.
He hardly saw Becca at all. She was there to proclaim her newbie ready to solo and then came up and kissed him.
"I'm going to sanctuary", she said simply. "If I leave right now I can be in line ahead of these others."
He pulled her into his arms and held her against him. "I'm sorry it has to be this way. You've only got two more newbies to train. Then we can be together all we want."
Her green eyes flashed as she smiled at him. "I'm going to hold you to that. You better really mean it."
"I mean it", he whispered. "Now you'd better go so you'll beat Nikki and Melanie. You know they will be right on your tail."
Becca laughed, "We're all going together. If we need to we will draw straws to see who goes first."
He gave her a final hug and kiss and then watched as she headed toward where Nikki and Melanie were waiting for her at the edge of the gathering spot. He waved at them and they waved back. He missed Becca and didn't really feel like talking to anyone else so he kept to himself during circle and the initiations.
Later it was only Ellen and Rafe that were there to talk about what had been going on between the Circle of Elders, the village and the City Council. The others were probably on their way to sanctuary to try for newbies. Tobal simply felt fortunate he was done with all of it. Ellen told her version of what had happened the past week when they had gone back to meet with the City Council.
"This time we were expected and warmly welcomed. They even had a conference room set up with seating for everyone, not just the City Council. The Mayor welcomed us and then introduced a Federation officer named general Grant."
Ellen looked at Tobal and Rafe but neither had heard of him before. She continued. "General Grant addressed the room and reported there was classified research taking place within the mountain complex that he was not at liberty to discuss. He said several members of the city were involved in this research and knew of it. I saw several City Council members glance at each other nodding. In fact, the general continued, they recruited heavily from the city itself for people to be involved in the project due to the unique training each of them had been given before being granted citizenship."
"Again there were several nods around the room and I was able to tell that none of this was new to the members of the City Council" Ellen said. " Then the general categorically denied that the classified project had anything at all to do with the lake or what had happened there. The military complex in the mountain had nothing to do with rogue attacks on clansmen and the village had nothing to fear from them. He was deeply hurt at the unfounded allegations and hoped improved communication would prevent further misunderstandings."
Ellen's eyes flashed. "I asked why we had been ordered to keep Crow and his group from the village and what made the general think they had the right to order us to do anything . The general reddened and said a mistake had been made. We were civilians and should not have been ordered to do anything like that. They should have sent a military unit."
"When the City Council asked why it had been so important to keep Crow and the others away from the village the general said it had been considered important to preserve the integrity of the training itself and not compromise the intent of the requirements of citizenship. Open communication with the village would jeopardize the quality of the training the Apprentices were receiving and complicate the duties of the medics."
Ellen stopped a moment before continuing. Her eyes were flashing in anger. "The general went on to assure the room there had been no bad intent and the interests of the city had been foremost in all of these activities. The mayor seemed content with this and asked the City Council and any of the circle members if they had anything to add before adjourning. I was furious at the general's denial of military involvement and the City Council's apparent acceptance of his explanation. But I knew when I was outclassed. There was simply nothing more that I could do."
She continued, "The mayor was about to adjourn the meeting when something impossible happened. Howling Wolf appeared in the middle of the room out of nowhere. He simply appeared out of thin air and addressed all of us."
"He told us that General Grant was telling lies. Then he said he would tell us the true story. He said that thirty years ago Ron and Rachel Kane were citizens of Heliopolis and involved in the creation of the social experiment we are all familiar with called Sanctuary. Their main circle and gathering spot for the Apprentice degree was located at the lake by the waterfall. The Journeyman and the Master locations are the same today as they were then."
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