Chapter 18-21 Summary

In Chapter 18, Madrone returns from the Melissa and the beehive to the hillboys' camp. There she is sent on a raid, along with Begood and Littlejohn, into a pharmacy in Hollywood. Along the way, they come to another camp, where one woman and two men are staying. The woman Joan has a bullet wound and again, Madrone struggles with healing what would normally be a minor wound but due to infection and lack of water finds the health of her patients already at a grave level, even before their injury. In preparation for the raid, the others hand Madrone a gun which she refuses to take. In the pharmacy warehouse, Madrone tries to locate the most useful types of drugs and is dismayed when the others in her raid plan to grab boosters. Using a combination of her "bee" skills and...