"Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins - Left Behind Series 5 - Apollyon" - читать интересную книгу автора (LaHaye Tim)

тАЬBesides that you refer to me as Supreme Commander, His Excellency asks that you
remain in the cockpit after landing for orders.тАЭ
тАЬWe're not going to Jerusalem?тАЭ Rayford said. Mac stared straight ahead.
тАЬPrecisely,тАЭ Fortunato said. тАЬMuch as we all know you want to be there.тАЭ
Rayford had been certain Carpathia's people would try to follow him to the rest of
the Tribulation Force.
Fortunato left and shut the door, and Rayford said, тАЬI'll take it, Mac.тАЭ
Mac shifted control of the craft, and Rayford immediately exaggerated the angle of
descent while depressing the reverse intercom button. He heard Carpathia and
Mathews asking after Fortunato, who had clearly taken a tumble. Once the plane
was parked, Fortunato burst into the cockpit.
тАЬWhat was that, Officer McCullum?тАЭ
тАЬMy apologies, Commander,тАЭ Mac said. тАЬIt was out of my hands. All due respect,
sir, but you should not have been out of your seat during landing.тАЭ
тАЬListen up, gentlemen,тАЭ Fortunato said, kneeling between them. тАЬHis Excellency
asks that you remain in Tel Aviv, as we are not certain when he might need to return
to New Babylon. We have rented you rooms near the airport. GC personnel will
transport you.тАЭ


Buck Williams sat in the bowels of Teddy Kollek Stadium in Jerusalem with his
pregnant wife, Chloe. He knew she was in no way healed enough from injuries she
had suffered in the great earthquake to have justified the flight from the States, but
she would not be dissuaded. Now she appeared weary. Her bruises and scars were
fading, but Chloe still had a severe limp, and her beauty had been turned into a
strange cuteness by the unique reshaping of her cheekbone and eye socket.
тАЬYou need to help the others, Buck,тАЭ she said. тАЬNow go on. I'll be fine.тАЭ
тАЬI wish you'd go back to the compound,тАЭ he said.
тАЬI'm fine,тАЭ she insisted. тАЬI just need to sit awhile. I'm worried about Hattie. I said I
wouldn't leave her unless she improved or became a believer, and she has done
neither.тАЭ Pregnant, Hattie Durham had been left home fighting for her life against
poison in her system. Dr. Floyd Charles attended her while the rest of the
Tribulation ForceтАФincluding new member Ken Ritz, another pilotтАФhad made the
pilgrimage to Israel.
тАЬFloyd will take good care of her.тАЭ
тАЬI know. Now leave me alone awhile.тАЭ


Rayford and Mac were instructed to wait on the plane as Carpathia, Fortunato, and
Mathews were received with enthusiasm on the tarmac. Fortunato stood dutifully in
the background as Mathews declined to make a public statement but introduced
Carpathia.
тАЬI cannot tell you what a pleasure it is to be back in Israel,тАЭ Carpathia said with a
broad smile. тАЬI am eager to welcome the devotees of Dr. Ben-Judah and to display
the openness of the Global Community to diverse opinion and belief. I am pleased
to reaffirm my guarantee of safety to the rabbi and the thousands of visitors from all
over the world. I will withhold further comment, assuming I will be welcome to
address the honored assemblage within the next few days.тАЭ
The dignitaries were ushered to a helicopter for the hop to Jerusalem, while their
respective entourages boarded an opulent motor coach.