Anarchist Knight:Apprentice

Tobal returned from the village in plenty of time for circle. There was a light drizzle of rain making everyone damp and irritable. It was late morning and he looked around for Becca but didn't see her,Melanie or Nikki anywhere around and wondered if they were still waiting for newbies at Sanctuary. He saw Zee and Kevin and asked them if they had seen the girls.

It was Zee that answered sourly, "They dumped them off this morning to be initiated and proclaimed them ready to solo. Then all three of them left for sanctuary again. They didn't even have the decency to stay for the initiations."

"It's not right", Kevin told him. "People are concerned more about getting Journeyman than they are about giving the newbies the training they need. Just rushing through the training and not even being there for the initiation is not right."

"I've thought a lot about this myself", Tobal looked at both of them. "I've been to every initiation since I came here. Not just those for my own newbies. I believe it is very important to be here and give each other all the support and encouragement we can."

Then he shrugged. "I still don't know how much training a person really needs. I felt I needed to go back and prepare Nick, Melanie and Sarah for winter and spent an extra month doing that. Still Tyrone and Crow didn't need the two months of training they got and Llana certainly didn't need more than a month."

"If I had to say where I thought the problem was, I'd say it was in having us train six newbies before moving on. We could probably get by with training four or five instead." Then he grinned at Zee and Kevin. "Still, that's because we are good trainers. There are some people out here that still struggle to survive after two years. I would hate to train with them. I guess the bottom line is if you can survive out here for a year you must know what you are doing."

"You have always done a good job training newbies", Zee told him. "No one has ever complained about your training."

"I don't think anyone has ever complained about Becca, Melanie or Nikki either", he reminded her. I guess the best thing is to trust the Council of Elders to make these decisions for us."

He looked at Zee, "I have heard you are the most thorough trainer out here. You teach things many of us don't even think about."

She blushed and looked pleased. "Thank you Tobal. That was a very nice thing to say."

Kevin nodded and gave her a squeeze. "We'd better get going. I want to get out of this rain."

They laughed and with a final wave headed toward one of the shelters.

Sarah's, Anne's, Derdre's, Seth's and Crow's newbies were all going to be initiated along with Zee's, Kevin's, Melanie's, Becca's and Nikki's. That was ten initiations and it was going to be a long night Tobal thought as he watched and listened to the Council of Elders.

Crow had proclaimed his newbie ready to solo but the Elders had not approved demanding one more month of training. Crow was pretty upset at this and it took quite a while before he was calmed down. He felt he was being picked on because he was so young and from the village. Some of the others pointed out this was his first newbie and the Elders just wanted to be careful. Tobal felt Crow had gotten a bad break and sympathized with him. Still it was true. No one else really knew him yet.

At circle Llana made quite an impression with her wolf cubs. She strolled in with the two cubs trailing at her heels. Tobal had not even been sure she would show up or that he would get his chevron. He hadn't seen her since she had left to give her grandfather the message. The cubs were nervous and kept very close to her. He was glad to see her for several different reasons.

Tobal was officially recognised and given his 6th chevron along with the secret location where he was to be initiated into the 2nd degree in two weeks during the new moon. As soon as he could he moved over to where Llana was tying the cubs to a tree and kneeled down to scratch one of the pups behind the ears and smiled as it recognised him.

"Is your grandfather ok?", he asked.

She smiled , "Hi Tobal" and gave him a kiss and a hug. "Grandfather is doing fine. He was very excited to hear about Adam Gardener, Sarah's father, and agreed that Adam was in serious danger so he left right away to talk with him."

Then her face got very serious. "Someone broke into the store while they were talking and they needed to bi-locate to escape. Neither one of them has been back to the store since. That was how close it was. They didn't see who it was but they are assuming it was some of General Grant's men. They also believe it is too dangerous to go back."

She looked at him, "I gave your wand to my grandfather since I thought he might need it. I hope that is ok?"

Tobal nodded, "I couldn't take it with me to the Journeyman place anyway. It would not be safe there. Someone might discover it."

"Tobal", she said. "There has been a change in my plans. Grandfather and Adam have agreed to train both Crow and me in time travel to the locations that are open to us. We feel it is better to have four of us able to time travel than just two in case something happens to one of us."

He swallowed a bitter lump in his throat. "That means you are going to quit the program?"

She nodded quietly. "We're counting on you to stay in the program. I can meet you once or twice a month and continue your training so you will be ready to time travel as soon as possible. Without med-alert bracelets we will have much more freedom to come and go and meet with people."

"How soon will that be", he asked somewhat bitterly. "How soon will I be able to time travel?"

She sensed his disappointment and put her right hand gently on his shoulder. "You have learned a lot", she told him quietly. "But there is still a lot to learn. Perhaps by the time you are a medic you will be ready. The ability to bi-locate is the key to the entire process. When you have learned how to do that you will be ready. In the meantime you will continue within the program itself. As Ron and Rachel's son they will be watching you in the hopes that you will have the same abilities that your parents did. They will give you as much training as possible before they attempt to use you. It is almost certain you will be chosen to be trained for Federation time travel."

"Do I need to join those people?"

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