Durga withdrew the Winchester from her saddle, cocked it, and very
rapidly fired off four rounds. A nearby bush lost four of its
limbs.
"They certainly do seem to work efficiently!" she agreed.
"Something's really, really wrong here!" The Ancient
One sighed,
"And I don't like it, I don't like it at all! And the sooner we
find out what it is and deal with it, the happier I'll be, if we can
deal with it!"
"Woo!" The Ax Man sighed, "When you worry we can't
deal with
something that really makes me nervous!"
"Saddle up!" The Ancient One ordered, "There's high
ground up
there. We should be able to get a pretty good look at the area
from there."
They quickly mounted and made their way to the ridge. When
they got
there they could see a cloud of dust approaching from the
east. The Ancient One took a spyglass from his saddlebag
and studied the
approaching cloud.
"What is it?" The Ax Man asked.
"It's a column of mounted cavalry," The Ancient One
answered, "probably
about 600 men. They're headed this way. But they won't be for long. In
a few minutes they'll split into three columns and begin to approach
that encampment down there. I know where we are, but we can't be here!"
"Where are we?" The Ax Man asked in frustration.
"We're in the valley of The Little Big Horn," The Ancient
One
answered. "That column of men approaching down there is the
seventh cavalry, under the command of Col. George Armstrong
Custer. But they couldn't be here, I could not be here!"
"Why?" The Ax Man asked, "Why couldn't you be here?"
"Simple!" The Ancient One answered. "This is a
form I had
many years ago, a living form. Durga is my wife, when I had this
form. You are my closest friend. But this form died years
before the battle of The Little Big Horn occurred so I could not be
here! This simply could not be happening!"
"You are fond of saying," came another voice, "what could
be, and what
is is very often two different things. What is happening here is
definite proof of that."
The Ancient One and his companions turned to see a
pleasant looking
older man in long robes standing by them. "Who in the hell are
you?" The Ancient One asked.
The man smiled. "Oh," he answered, 'I'm God."
The Ancient One and his companions stared at each other,
then The
Ancient One looked back to the stranger. "You're God?" he asked.
