"David L. Robbins - Endworld 04 - The Kalispell Run" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robbins David L)

something of a shock to learn there were thousands of Indians still
residing in Montana, and probably elsewhere as well.

Blade could scarcely believe the sequence of events since they had
returned from the Twin Cities. First, Plato verbally lambasted them for
not complying with their orders. The Family Leader gave them two weeks
to mend and prepare for their next run to the Twin Cities. Before the two
weeks elapsed, however, circumstances conspired to prevent their
departure for Minneapolis and St. Paul. While Alpha Triad was engaged
in its initial trip, with Family member and Empath Joshua and Bertha,
the colorful black woman raised in the Twin Cities, one of the Family had
vanished from the Home. He was an aspiring Warrior, a youth named
Shane, and he had left a sealed note for Hickok. The Family's preeminent
gunfighter read the note, then angrily tore it to shreds. The very next
night, Hickok disappeared from the Home, leaving a letter of his own,
explaining he was going after Shane. Apparently, to impress Hickok, his
hero, the inexperienced Shane had decided to hunt down the Trolls
himself. In his note, Shane told Hickok he would return to the Home with
the location of the Trolls' new headquarters by the time Hickok came back
from the Twin Cities. Hickok, in his own letter, apologized for leaving
without permission, but stressed he could not, in all conscience, leave
Shane away from the Home alone.

Plato hit the proverbial roof!

Blade smiled at the memory. In all the years he'd known his gray-haired
mentor, he could count the number of times he'd seen Plato mad on one
hand. Hickok's abrupt departure disrupted their planned trip to the Twin
Cities. Plato wanted three Warriors, one of the four Warrior Triads, to
make the run, and Alpha Triad was the only one familiar with the SEAL
and experienced in its use. Alpha Triad would be unable to leave until
Hickok returned.

About this time, Geronimo requested a conference with Plato and the
other Elders. Rainbow actually did the talking. She formally expressed her
gratitude to the Family for taking her in after Hickok had saved her from
three men in green uniforms. Rainbow explained her situation and
requested aid. Those men Hickok had killed were part of a much larger
military force attempting to exterminate her people, the Flathead Indians.
These soldiers were based at a place called the Cheyenne Citadel. An army
had attacked the Flathead Indian ReservationтАФas it was designated before
the Big BlastтАФand slaughtered hundreds of the Indians before they could
rally and retreat. The Indians withdrew to Kalispell and were surrounded.
Four Indian warriors, along with Rainbow and Star, managed to escape
the encircling troops, but they were followed, expertly tracked, and the
four braves were shot. Rainbow and Star fled, and were about to be killed
by the patrol sent after them when Hickok intervened and engaged the
patrol in a gunfight, with fatal consequences for the unfortunate men.
During the hundreds of miles of flight, Rainbow had neglected to eat and
rest regularly, wearing herself down, and she had developed pneumonia.