[I thought World War III in canon Left Behind was over, but apparently Jenkins can't be bothered to give it a definitive ending so, executive decision, I'm going with my original impression which is that it ended before Cameron went to retrieve Tsion and that is how Skewed Slightly to the Left shall be forever more. (Unless I change my mind.)]
"How went the treason?" Chloe asked. She was waiting on the tarmac, balanced on her crutches with ease in what looked to Cameron like an extremely precarious position.
"The treason went," Cameron said. This was Chicago. There was no need to hide anything here. Let people know that you were a wanted fugitive with a price on your head and a shoot on sight order against you and they'd probably buy you drinks.
The war might be over, Nicolae might have won, but there wasn't a GC loyal soul to be found in the city. In the ongoing rescue and recovery operations GC forces, the defeated militia, and the underground networks worked together openly, not as a result of Nicolae's reconciliation policy, but because the bomb had incinerated their differences.
They'd all lost someone, and they all knew who was to blame. Chicago would never be loyal to Nicolae's Global Community.
Cameron looked around and said, "It's nice to be back in the smoldering remains of home."
"The test results hold up: no radiation," Chloe said.
"Still not sure if we have God or the Devil to thank for that little miracle?" Cameron asked.
"We probably never will be."
"And how are you holding up?"
"I'm great. Once you get the hang of these things," she lifted her crutches a bit, "you're faster than someone with a sprained ankle has any right to be."
Cameron shot her a look.
"I'm serious. The hard part is moving slowly."
Tsion and Jane had finished talking, and came to join Chloe and Cameron's conversation.
"Do you have a place to stay, rabbi?" Chloe asked.
"I do. This young woman is remarkable."
Jane blushed.
"She is," Cameron and Chloe said at the same time.
"Well, thanks, but this remarkable young woman has to leave now to try to help Loretta work out the best way to hold a funeral for an entire city," Jane said.
She returned to her car, while Chloe lead Cameron and Tsion to her own.
"I don't envy her," Chloe said.
"How many faiths is Loretta working with?" Cameron asked.
"I don't know how many sub-sects, but I know that there are at least twelve major sects meeting now along with representatives from atheist and agnostic groups."
"Even when everyone acts in good faith, planning interfaith services can be extremely difficult," Tsion said. "I just hope that they can work things out so that your city can begin to heal soon."
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It seems to me that in a climate of "all non-EBOWF religion is illegal" it's not so much an interfaith meeting (i.e. with religious content) as a meeting between people of different faiths (i.e. "OK, we're all being called terrorists, what do we do next").
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