girl rose,half asleep. He shot both between the
eyes before they half realized who he was. He charged into the bedroom
and here, three more died.
90 As he came out of the house, a Oneness soldier came around the
corner with a rifle. Half staggering, he turned towards Screaming Hawk.
The bullet ripped through his heart before he could even bring the
rifle up and as he fell to the ground Screaming Hawk jerked the weapon
from his hands. With it, he moved on.
91 By now, soldiers of The Oneness were beginning to emerge from the
houses that had not already been cleared. The sound of gunfire tends to
clear even a drunken mind. At the next house he reached, Screaming Hawk
fell five of them with the rifle, only one of them managed to return
his fire. On the hillside, on either side of the village, the enemy's
Cannoneer's, who were still at their posts, were taken completely by
surprise.
92 As their comrades in the village tried to reach their weapons, they
were met by air bursts and cluster shot. In moments, the field was
littered with the dead and dying.
93 In the center of the village a few of The Oneness managed to gather,
but The Fighting People of Spirit had no intent they would rally. They
came on them from all sides, weapons blazing.
94 Suddenly, as it had begun, the firing stopped. There was no enemy
left to kill. The moment the last shot was fired, the light that had
shone for them disappeared, and they were plunged into a darkness
deeper than the night before, for their eyes had been used to the
brilliance.
95 "Get this trash out of these houses! " ordered