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Carter Nick
Koho: Mokupuni Doomsday
unuhi ʻia e Lev Shklovsky no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kāna keiki ʻo Anton i make
Ka inoa kumu: Target: Doomsday Island
Mokuna mua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo Veronica kona inoa, nāna i hoʻomaopopo iaʻu. ʻAʻole i bapetizo hou ʻia nā kaikamāhine iā Veronica, a ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia kēia i kahi lā i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻumikumamāono. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia i loko o kahi hale hokele ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo; Hiki i kēia mau keiki i kēia lā ke loaʻa i kahi ID hoʻopunipuni e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe i loaʻa ʻole iā lākou. Hoʻokahi ke nānā aku i ka helehelena anu, nā maka hoʻowahāwahā ma lalo o ka lauoho lauoho loloa, a manaʻoʻiʻo paha ka hapa nui o nā kāne iā ia i nā mea āpau. ʻO ka kānalua kekahi o nā mea nui o kaʻu ʻoihana; ʻo ia ka lua o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma hope o nā papa o ka wahaheʻe. Hoʻomaha wau, akā ʻaʻohe mea nui. Nui ka poʻe ma ka honua e makemake e ʻike iā Nick Carter i make e mālama iaʻu i ka makaʻala mau.
Aia au ma Westbush no kekahi mau lā e hoʻomaha ai ma hope o nā hana koʻikoʻi ma ka Hikina Waena. ʻAʻole paʻakikī loa lākou i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mikiona ʻē aʻe aʻu i hana ai, a ʻaʻohe oʻu mau pōkā hou. Akā, ma hope o hoʻokahi mahina ma ka wao nahele, ʻo koʻu makemake i ka hau a me nā mauna maluhia, ʻo ka hui o ka poʻe i lohe ʻole iaʻu ma mua, ua alakaʻi iaʻu i kēia hale hoʻokele ski mamao akā nani ma Vermont. A i kēia manawa ʻo Veronica.
Ua hoʻohana au i ka hapa nui o ka lā ma nā pali ski, ʻaʻole i piha loa ʻoiai ʻo ia ka waena o ka pule. I kēia mau lā, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokuʻu i ka wā e like me kaʻu e makemake ai, akā noho au i ke ʻano a ʻoiai ʻaʻole au e hoʻāʻo e hoʻokūkū i nā poʻokela, hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokō kokoke i nā holo hoʻokūkū. Malia paha e akahele iki; Ua hahau pinepine ʻia au i kaʻu hana no ka leʻaleʻa wale me nā kumulāʻau a me nā pōhaku.
I koʻu hiki ʻana i ke keʻena nui, aia kahi kapuahi hāmama nui ma waenakonu me ka pale keleawe ma luna, ua ʻoluʻolu ke ola. Ua hui pū ka ʻala o nā wōnati puhi me nā ʻala o ka ʻili, ka huluhulu pulu, a me nā ʻala hoʻohihi o nā mea inu wela a Rusty e hui pū nei ma ke keʻena. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā poʻe he ʻōpio a noho a kau ʻia paha i loko o nā hui, aʻo kekahi mau kāne i hoʻohana pono i ka pilikino o nā sofa ʻili hohonu e kau ana i nā paia.
ʻO ka bartender, he keikikāne momona, ʻakaʻaka mau ʻulaʻula, aloha mai iaʻu. Ua ʻike mua ʻo ia i koʻu inoa, no laila ʻaʻole wau i kāhāhā i kāna nīnau ʻana, "He lā maikaʻi ʻoe, e Nick?"
"ʻAʻole hewa," i pane aku ai au, e noho ana ma luna o kahi noho. I kinohi ʻaʻole au i ʻike i ka blonde ʻōpio; e noho ana ma ka hapalua kakini noho, me kona kua ia'u. Akā, i kona lohe ʻana i koʻu inoa, huli mālie ʻo ia, nānā mai iaʻu ma ke aniani ʻeleʻele ma hope o Rusty, a laila huli maila ʻo ia a nānā mai iaʻu.
"No laila ʻo ʻoe ʻo Nick." He mālie kona leo, he haʻahaʻa iki, a ʻoiai ʻo kona ʻōpiopio, ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻohālike. Kuno wau, akahele, ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻOiai i loko o kahi ʻaʻahu ʻeleʻele mānoanoa i hiki i kona pūhaka, ʻike ʻia kona luhi, e like me ka hōkū o kekahi o kēlā mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahakai. Akā, makemake au e ʻike iā lākou i ʻoi aʻe; He kanakolu paha ʻo ia, akā ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i nā hana ʻōpio hou loa, a ke kānalua nei au e hiki ana au i laila. Kūlou ʻo ia i kona poʻo a hāʻule kona lauoho loloa ma luna o kekahi poʻohiwi me he wailele gula lā. A laila kūnoʻo ihola ʻo ia me ka noʻonoʻo. 'ʻAe. Ua like ʻoe me Nick. A laila huli mai ʻo ia i hope iaʻu a nānā aku ma mua o ke kapuahi i kahi lālani o nā puka makani kiʻekiʻe e nānā ana i nā pali hau i hoʻomālamalama ʻia.
"ʻAe, ʻo ia wale nō," noʻonoʻo wau a inu i ka rama pumehana a Rusty.
Ma hope o kekahi manawa, lele mālie ke kaikamahine mai ka noho; ʻoi aku kona lōʻihi ma mua o kona nānā ʻana e noho ana. Nānā koke ʻo ia iaʻu, ʻaʻole ʻo ia kekahi o kēlā mau hiʻohiʻona hoʻopunipuni a nā ʻōpio e hana nei; nahu ʻo ia i kona lehelehe haʻahaʻa a nānā pololei mai koʻu mau maka. I kona hoʻokokoke ʻana mai iaʻu, me ka lewa o kekahi i hoʻoholo paʻakikī. Ua kū ʻokoʻa wau - ʻaʻole ma waho o ka politeness. Ua makemake au e mākaukau no kekahi mea e hiki mai ana.
"ʻO wau ʻo Veronica," wahi āna.
"ʻAe, he inoa maikaʻi kēlā," i koʻu manaʻo. Ua ʻohi paha ʻo ia ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahiko ma ke kīwī. "No laila ua ʻike kāua ma ka inoa," wahi aʻu me ke akahele. Ua kau ke kaikamahine i kona mau lima ma hope o kona kua, a ua manaʻolana wau e hana ana ʻo ia i mea e hōʻike wale ai i kona mau umauma momona.
'ʻAe. I... Ua ʻike mua au iā ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi. ʻO ʻoe wale nō ma ʻaneʻi, ʻaʻole anei?
Kuno wau.
"Ua manaʻo wau pēlā. ʻo wau kekahi".
Nana aku la au iaia iloko o ke keena nui; i kēia manawa ua piha a piʻi ka walaʻau. Ua hoʻomaka kekahi mea hoʻokani pila i kāna kīkā. "Ke manaʻo nei wau e hoʻopau ka hele ʻana me kēia lehulehu o nā kānaka i kou pilikia," ʻakaʻaka wau me ka nānā ʻana iā ia.
Ua minoʻaka iki ʻo ia, a laila hoʻomaka hou ʻo ia e nahu hou i kona lehelehe.
"ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ... ʻo ia, ʻo nā mea a pau ma ʻaneʻi a ʻoi aʻe paha no kēlā me kēia, a ʻaʻole wau makemake e..." Me he mea lā ua paʻakikī ʻo ia e hōʻea i ka manaʻo. I kona hohola ʻana i kona lima, ua hauʻoli au, akā ua wehe wale ʻo ia i kahi lauoho.
Ua hoʻomaka wau e hoʻomaha, he kaikamahine wale nō ia e ʻimi nei i ka hui no ka leʻaleʻa a loaʻa iaʻu. Ma hope o kēlā nīnau ʻo ia inā ua male wau ...
"Ua mare ʻoe, e Nick?"
"ʻAʻole loaʻa iaʻu kēlā leʻaleʻa."
'Ua male au. He mau mahina.'
Ua hoike paha au i ko'u kahaha.
“Ua ʻike au ua like koʻu ʻano me he kamaliʻi lā, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne makua...”
Eia nō ʻoe; Ua ho'āʻo wau ʻaʻole e kuʻu.
"... akā, he iwakāluakūmākahi au, a ʻo ia ka pilikia."
ʻAe, ua hoʻonāukiuki ʻo ia iaʻu i kēia. - 'Pehea kou manaʻo?'
"ʻIke ʻoe, ua male au - ʻo, ua ʻōlelo mua wau. He mau mahina aku nei. ʻAʻole makemake koʻu makuahine i kaʻu kāne, no laila ua noi ʻo ia i koʻu makuakāne e kipaku iā ia, a ke nānā pono nei lākou iaʻu."
"A ʻo ʻoe wale nō ma ʻaneʻi?"
- ʻO koʻu manaʻo ... ma ʻaneʻi. Ma kahi hōkele. Akā he hale ski koʻu ʻohana ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o kēia pali. Kuhi ʻo ia i kahi lālani lōʻihi o nā puka makani. "Ua ʻike paha ʻoe."
Luliluli au i koʻu poʻo akā kū. I kekahi o kaʻu huakaʻi, ʻike wau i kekahi pā kiʻekiʻe lōʻihi e hoʻomau mau ana no nā haneli he nui, a ua ʻoki ʻia nā kumulāʻau a me nā ululāʻau a puni me he hale paʻahao a paʻa paha. Ma hope o laila ua ʻike au i kekahi hale nui me nā kapuahi a me nā kaupaku. hale ski, ʻae! Ua nīnau au iā Veronica inā ʻo ia ka hale āna i manaʻo ai.
"ʻAe, ʻo ia kēlā hale."
"ʻOi aku ka like me ka hale paʻahao."
Kuno ʻo ia. 'Oia'i'o keia. Lawe mai lākou iaʻu i ʻaneʻi e... hoʻomaha iaʻu. ʻAʻole na mākou waiwai; Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Bert - koʻu makuakāne - no ke kau. No ka gangster nui a i ʻole kekahi mea, a aia nā ʻano bele hoʻāla a me nā pahele weliweli ma ka pā."
"He wahi maikaʻi ia e hoʻomaha ai i ka hoʻoilo."
"ʻAe, ke komo ʻoe i loko, he leʻaleʻa."
"Akā ʻo ʻoe wale nō ma ke alanui i kēia manawa."
"ʻAe, ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo ua hoʻopaʻa lākou iaʻu i ka laka a i ʻole kekahi mea. Akā ʻo Māmā lāua ʻo Bert e hoʻopaʻa mau inā inā e launa pū wau me kekahi ma ʻaneʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kahi keikikāne o koʻu mau makahiki, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia."
"Pehea lākou e hana ai i kēia?" Huli koke au a puni, ʻaʻole naʻe au i ʻike i ke kanaka e nānā ana i ke kaikamahine, a ʻike pono au i nā aka. Maikaʻi maikaʻi.
ʻO Henry. Ke kali nei ʻo ia iaʻu i loko o ke keʻena i nā manawa a pau a paʻi mai i ʻaneʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa e nānā iaʻu. "
“Henry,” ʻūhune wau. Hoʻomaka wau e noʻonoʻo he pupule iki kēia kaikamahine.
"ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo kā mākou mea hoʻokele."
ʻOiaʻiʻo. Pehea inā ʻike ʻo ia iā ʻoe e kamaʻilio pū me aʻu i kēia manawa?
"ʻAʻole ʻoe e like me ka mea e makaʻu ai, e Nick."
Kuno aku au i ka lehulehu o ka poe opio. "Pehea ko laila?" Ua like ka lōʻihi o ka lauoho o kekahi o nā keikikāne me nā kaikamahine, akā aia kekahi poʻe i hiki ke pāʻani i ka pāʻani.
"ʻO ka male aʻu i kamaʻilio ai a ʻike ʻo Henry iaʻu i hana. A laila hoʻomaka lākou e haʻalele iaʻu. "
'A laila?'
"Ma hope o Henry ... kamaʻilio me lākou."
"Nau e hoohoka ia'u." Ua hoʻomaka wau e huhū iki; ʻO kēia kaikamahine paha, nāna i haku i kāna moʻolelo ponoʻī, a ʻo Henry paha, inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo kāna ʻōlelo.
"He kaʻa kāu, e Nick?"
'ʻAe.'
"Aia kahi pā ma laila..." Nahu ʻo ia i kona lehelehe. "Ma ke kūlanakauhale e pili ana, a ... ʻike anei ʻoe ʻaʻole wau i hele ma kahi ʻē aʻe ma ʻaneʻi no ʻelua mahina?"
"He aha ke ʻano o ka pā?"
“Ua lohe au ʻo ia ka wahi ʻoi loa o ka ʻāina. Maikaʻi nā mele, nā kānaka ʻakaʻaka. Maopopo iā ʻoe.'
Ua ike au. Ua kokoke au e hoʻoholo ua makemake wale ke kaikamahine e kiʻi ʻia i koʻu ʻike ʻana i kahi helehelena e nānā ana ma ka puka komo. Aia ka maka ma ke poʻo e like me ka nui a me ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka pōpōpō. He laina ʻeleʻele mau kona mau kuʻemaka ma luna aʻe o kona mau maka, huna ʻia i loko o nā ʻāpana ʻili, a ʻo ka ihu i lalo i kona waha hikiwawe. Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i ka ʻaʻahu ski a me nā pālule ʻeleʻele a ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka nui e noʻonoʻo ai ke kanaka mokomoko sumo Kepani.
ʻAʻole koke wau i ʻakaʻaka iā Veronica, hoʻolei aku i kekahi o nā kālā a Rusty ma luna o ka pākaukau a hoʻopaʻa paʻa i ka lima o ke kaikamahine.
"Inā ʻo Henry," wahi aʻu, "he ʻāpana pono paha ia mai kou hale gangster. E hele mai, e Veronica; Makemake au e ʻike i kēia pā! '
I ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana aku i ka puka, ua ʻāwili aʻela ʻo Henry i kona mau maka a hāpai aʻela i kona mau kuʻemaka ʻeleʻele. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Veronica e peʻe ma hope oʻu. Ua hilahila ʻo Henry a ua neʻe kona mau lehelehe palupalu e like me nā ilo hoʻohauʻoli. Ua hoʻopiha ʻia kona ʻūhā nui i ka puka, akā i ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana, hoʻi ʻo ia i hope.
"E kala mai," wahi aʻu me ka ʻoliʻoli.
Ua haʻalele kona mau maka iaʻu a huli i ke kaikamahine. "Miss Veronica..." hoʻomaka ʻo ia me ka leo hoʻoweliweli.
"Ua maikaʻi," hoʻopau wau iā ia. "Aia ʻo ia me aʻu".
ʻAʻole hiki ke maʻalo iā ia, akā hoʻomau wau i ka hele wāwae.
Hoʻi hou ʻo Henry i hope, a laila hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho. ʻIke au i ka lōʻihi e hele ai ʻo ia ma kahi ākea a manaʻo wau he mamao loa ia. He kamaliʻi paha iaʻu, akā ʻaʻole au makemake i ka poʻe hoʻoweliweli i nā keiki.
ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Veronica, "E haʻi aku iā Māmā lāua ʻo Bert e hoʻi wau i ka home i ke aumoe, e Henry." Aia ka leo o ka mana hoʻokiʻekiʻe ma kona leo e hoʻonāukiuki mau iaʻu, akā haʻaheo wau no kona kū ʻana i ia mea.
Nānā maila ʻo Henry iaʻu, ʻaʻole maopopo i ka mea e hana ai. Ua kōkua au iā ia e hoʻoholo i kāna hoʻoholo ʻana ma ke kau mālie ʻana i koʻu lima ma luna o kona ʻōpū barela pia a kaomi ikaika i hiki iā mākou ke hele. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kūʻē, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻohilahila iki iaʻu, akā ua hoʻohiki ka nānā ʻana i kona mau maka "ma hope." Ua hele wikiwiki mākou ma waena o ka lobby a hiki i ka lānai pio ākea. Ua pōʻeleʻele loa i kēia manawa, akā ua hoʻomālamalama nā kukui arc kiʻekiʻe i ke ahiahi. Hele mākou ma ka hau a hiki i kahi kaʻa kaʻa a komo i kaʻu Ford hoʻolimalima uliuli. ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻo Veronica a hiki i koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana i ka ʻenekini.
.'Aloha!' - wahi āna me ka ʻakaʻaka. "ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo i ka mea a Henry e hana ai ma laila!"
"Ua manaʻo ʻoe e hahau mai ʻo ia iaʻu i mua o kēia poʻe a pau?"
Ua ʻānai ʻo ia a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻimi i kāna ʻeke poʻohiwi ʻili nui. "He wahi paka kāu naʻu?" i ninau aku ai oia.