{I wrote this story while dreaming about four nights ago so I decided to post it. I really need some feedback before I write a part two to this tale . Tell me what you think about it and if I really should write a continuation. Besides , I'm doing this for your enjoyment! So....enjoy !! ~Oni-Li~ =^.^=}
[Real info:Robin Sena returns to the STN-J to reminisce on old times and find out what's new with others. Her reunion is cut short when she finds out that a bigger part of her past is back to seek revenge on some residents for a reason that is unstated yet. Will Robin actually help the others in hunting the witch down? Or does Robin have strong connect with this person, strong enough to betray the others? The battle between trust and betrayal is commenced when Nostalgia meets treachery.]
~~~~~~~~~Nostalgia and treachery ~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 1)
"Yes, this is Michael, what's new?.....Right I see. Is she dead? .....Hmm, I'm guessing the police are dealing with it now. What a weird case this one was. Even her killings were pretty odd. Oh well, keep me posted." Michael hung up the phone then quickly placed his headphones in the place they usually were. A sudden knock was heard at the door of the office. "What? Its open." he said with a bewilder tone to his voice.
"Michael? Oh, its you." A small voice called from the other side of the door as it opened up.
"Robin? Is that you? Its been two years since you left and the..." his voice drew in a pause. "accident...Hold on! Everyone said you were killed by the debris! You and Amon actually made it out?"
"Yes, Amon broke his arm and I walked away with a few minor cuts. Just before the building collapsed , I used my craft to burn a hole through an exit on the other side of the building. Miss.Karasuma was with us at the time of our flight but after a wall collapsed, we lost her through the cloud of smoke. It was a close call, but we made it. Oh right ! I brought you something, like old times." She placed a large box of doughnuts on the table, then sat down beside him. " I thought we could eat these as we caught up. But wait , where are the others?"
" The others? Oh right! I just got off the phone with Dojima . We were just finishing up a case that was about a month long. It was pretty weird if you ask me. Well it ended with a disappearance then the body showing up dead five days later. Oh well , enough of that. How's Amon and why did you leave without a trace?"
Robin placed a smile upon her face as she headed over to the window behind them both. "Simply to get away from it all. "
"Get away? Explain ?! I thought we were like family, and that you would come to us in times of need?"
" Oh Michael , you wouldn't understand. For all seventeen years of my life , I've been running away from the lies that have surrounded my birth. Amon and I decided that it would be the best to just stay out of the STN-J's eye from now on. Besides, all the lies that surrounded the be comings of the hunted witches in the factory have caused me to never want to hunt again. I betrayed my own kind for a false hope. From that day of my disappearance till now , I've been living with Amon . I don't have to fear anymore or hide myself away. I like the way things are now. Of course I miss hunting with you guys , but with my new found life , I have time to do things people my age do . Amon has shown me how to live a real life."
"Wow. So you two seem pretty close. Are you an item now?"
"No, of course not. Amon has pledged his life to me as my guardian. If I were to suddenly go irrational with my craft, Amon has sworn to obliterate me with his own hands."
Michael chuckled with his eyes slanted and a doughnut in his left hand. "Do you honestly believe he could do such a thing? Amon has always been fond of you from the beginning and will continue to be."
"Amon shows no affectionate feelings towards me. We are partners and have always been but I do not believe he conceives me as such or even has. Yes, we have spent two years together hiding and covering our tracks, but it wasn't by testament. He has done this to protect the innocent from the destruction I may cause one day.
He began to lay back in his chair with both eyes closed , taking in the familiar taste of the doughnuts he once enjoyed eating with Robin at late nights." I suppose you won't see that side yet. Perhaps it would take an intimate moment between you two to trigger such an event. No, if the day comes, when your craft consumes you. The day he will decided to kill you with no regret or join you in the arms death. That will be the moment where you'll truly understand how much he wanted you by his side."
"I didn't think you could express your feelings like that , Michael? Things have changed a great deal here."
" I guess, then again, you never asked?" He smirked. "Even you have changed. You still have that innocent appeal to your face , but its pretty obvious that you're not our little Robin anymore." Robin blushed a reddish tint as she examined her body from her position.
" I guess I have grown in places.". Michael smiled then agreed with her.
Suddenly, the phone rang with the button marked "urgent" flashing. " Hm...this is weird? What could be so important?". He placed his doughnut beside the computer and headphones as he situated the phone to his face."Hello, what's wrong?......Yes, what about her?...WHAT!!??". His face turned a pale white color from the news. " Are you kidding?? ......I don't know what to say now? What should we do?...Ok, I will. Please tell me if something else happens.". He placed the phone down slowly and seemed to be frozen in that position. Robin peered over at him with a look of confusion.
" Talk to me Michael. What's going on.?"
"Remember the case that I said that was about a month long?"
"Mhm..?"
" Well, its not over yet. They found a body that they thought was her's but , it turns out that she just killed another victim, making that casualty number fourteen . Her spree has been really irregular. I have never seen anything like this before. She has been known to be the carrier of death and destruction , Black Rose .Before she murders someone, she utters the words " Altus lex ".
" Black.....Rose." Robin's voice seemed to have a quiver to it." Do you have a picture of her? The name sounds so familiar to me.". Michael pulled out a picture of the witch from the files in his computer.
Cloak
" Here is a recent picture her walking down the street". The young woman seemed to look like any other another in the area. She was a medium built woman with a slender figure. Her hair was of a brown hue with parts of red gracing the edges. Her skin was the color of cinnamon and her dress sense was more a bohemian taste, like Robin's. She wore a long skirt that covered her feet and a sleeveless turtleneck that were both of a dark color . A golden cross pendent graced the nape of her neck and her eyes were a soft reddish brown color.
Robin closed her eyes and murmured the named of the stranger " Alexia Vertello , of the Roman monastery."
"What??!! You know this girl? She's almost as dangerous as yourself!"
"The name Black Rose was given to her by Father Louis. She was his inorganic, impure angel, like a black rose. I've known her since I was a child .She was taught Latin and the phase means " The higher rule", I'm guessing she means witches are the higher rule over humans. Alexia , like me, grew up in a monastery with the same morals and rules . She was on the northen side of Italy and I of the west . At times when the Fathers would gather for meetings of the district , we would listen, pray, and play together. She was a very tranquil girl, like myself, and also an enchantress. Father Louis was the one who took her in as a child when her mother left her in the sanctuary. She was born as a wanderer, and at five months, her mother abandoned her on the steps of the monastery. Eventually, her mother died from Lymphoma at a young age. Father believes she most likely knew about her illness and wanted Alexia to grow up with a strong figure in her life. Father Louis said she started to show witch tendencies after four years, so he did everything within his power to keep that cloaked . She was very tacit about her abilities , but I could sense she was powerful . Unlike me , she is a natural witch and usually when one is so powerful with her talents, diseases form on the body . I'm not sure why , but the body can't handle such a harvested power. Forty years ago, the Italy branch of the factory had a break out. They say about four-hundred witches escaped from the factory to never be discovered. They tested on the witches for orbo purposes but , the sides effects after cause a remarkable amount of witches to develop "Multi competency syndrom".
" And that is?"
" A syndrom that allows witches to develop more than one craft at once. It's really queer , even Toto had been researching about this phenomenon while creating project "Robin" . Alexia's parents acquired the syndrom then pass it on genetically. The disease itself causes a stress to the brain making it hard for her to control her gift properly. She now suffers from this and will never be cured from it. Maybe that's a reason to her killing sprees. Perhaps she can't control her powers now, so they go out of restrain. I'm not sure really, but then again...."
"What? You shouldn't keep things hidden like that."
" A month before I left for Japan to work for the STN-J , the Roman monastery was set on fire once they found out she was a witch. They found it to be impure for a witch to live in a place of god. To them , we are inferior animals who will never have a place in this world. Father Louis slipped Alexia through the underground passageway as a last effort to save her, causing his death, but they said she died from the fumes. Father Louis knew she was powerful and so did the people , I suppose they wanted to kill her before she became to powerful . That became one of the reasons why I left Italy , maybe that's a reason why father wrote that note. I want to help Michael, I want to find out why . I refuse to hunt her but I will make an effort to find out why she's doing this. In return , I won't help her evasion."
" I suppose that sounds fair both ways, but clearly isn't. You and I both know she posses the syndrom craft "element" which allows her to control any element such as water ,lighting , wind and your favorite, fire. But I respect the fact that she is a childhood friend and you wouldn't hunt her the way we wouldn't with you. I hope we can find out why she's doing this , for your sake more than ours. I'll tell the others your game with this so, don't let your emotions kick in Robin .Be strong for her."
She sighed lightly while looking up towards the ceiling. " I'll try , but Alexia means so much to me." An awkward pause flourished throughout the room as the two began to think. Robin's eyes quickly adjusted onto Michael's frame as she jumped up to recover a missing fact to the case.
" Michael , call the others back quickly !!"
" Why? What's so important"
" Tell me this , when you guys started to hunt Alexia, how close did you actually get to her?"
"Well, not to close. When the others were hunting her down, she was too fast to for them to shoot at or for the orbo to protect them."
"Michael , I just realized something but you mustn't tell the others or else they may use another method in keeping Alexia captive, a more violent method."
" You can trust me, but I really need to know before something really bad happens on both sides."
" What I'm about to tell you may effect the way you hunt a witch with Alexia's syndrom down from now on...."
{To be continued}
[Real info:Robin Sena returns to the STN-J to reminisce on old times and find out what's new with others. Her reunion is cut short when she finds out that a bigger part of her past is back to seek revenge on some residents for a reason that is unstated yet. Will Robin actually help the others in hunting the witch down? Or does Robin have strong connect with this person, strong enough to betray the others? The battle between trust and betrayal is commenced when Nostalgia meets treachery.]
~~~~~~~~~Nostalgia and treachery ~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 1)
"Yes, this is Michael, what's new?.....Right I see. Is she dead? .....Hmm, I'm guessing the police are dealing with it now. What a weird case this one was. Even her killings were pretty odd. Oh well, keep me posted." Michael hung up the phone then quickly placed his headphones in the place they usually were. A sudden knock was heard at the door of the office. "What? Its open." he said with a bewilder tone to his voice.
"Michael? Oh, its you." A small voice called from the other side of the door as it opened up.
"Robin? Is that you? Its been two years since you left and the..." his voice drew in a pause. "accident...Hold on! Everyone said you were killed by the debris! You and Amon actually made it out?"
"Yes, Amon broke his arm and I walked away with a few minor cuts. Just before the building collapsed , I used my craft to burn a hole through an exit on the other side of the building. Miss.Karasuma was with us at the time of our flight but after a wall collapsed, we lost her through the cloud of smoke. It was a close call, but we made it. Oh right ! I brought you something, like old times." She placed a large box of doughnuts on the table, then sat down beside him. " I thought we could eat these as we caught up. But wait , where are the others?"
" The others? Oh right! I just got off the phone with Dojima . We were just finishing up a case that was about a month long. It was pretty weird if you ask me. Well it ended with a disappearance then the body showing up dead five days later. Oh well , enough of that. How's Amon and why did you leave without a trace?"
Robin placed a smile upon her face as she headed over to the window behind them both. "Simply to get away from it all. "
"Get away? Explain ?! I thought we were like family, and that you would come to us in times of need?"
" Oh Michael , you wouldn't understand. For all seventeen years of my life , I've been running away from the lies that have surrounded my birth. Amon and I decided that it would be the best to just stay out of the STN-J's eye from now on. Besides, all the lies that surrounded the be comings of the hunted witches in the factory have caused me to never want to hunt again. I betrayed my own kind for a false hope. From that day of my disappearance till now , I've been living with Amon . I don't have to fear anymore or hide myself away. I like the way things are now. Of course I miss hunting with you guys , but with my new found life , I have time to do things people my age do . Amon has shown me how to live a real life."
"Wow. So you two seem pretty close. Are you an item now?"
"No, of course not. Amon has pledged his life to me as my guardian. If I were to suddenly go irrational with my craft, Amon has sworn to obliterate me with his own hands."
Michael chuckled with his eyes slanted and a doughnut in his left hand. "Do you honestly believe he could do such a thing? Amon has always been fond of you from the beginning and will continue to be."
"Amon shows no affectionate feelings towards me. We are partners and have always been but I do not believe he conceives me as such or even has. Yes, we have spent two years together hiding and covering our tracks, but it wasn't by testament. He has done this to protect the innocent from the destruction I may cause one day.
He began to lay back in his chair with both eyes closed , taking in the familiar taste of the doughnuts he once enjoyed eating with Robin at late nights." I suppose you won't see that side yet. Perhaps it would take an intimate moment between you two to trigger such an event. No, if the day comes, when your craft consumes you. The day he will decided to kill you with no regret or join you in the arms death. That will be the moment where you'll truly understand how much he wanted you by his side."
"I didn't think you could express your feelings like that , Michael? Things have changed a great deal here."
" I guess, then again, you never asked?" He smirked. "Even you have changed. You still have that innocent appeal to your face , but its pretty obvious that you're not our little Robin anymore." Robin blushed a reddish tint as she examined her body from her position.
" I guess I have grown in places.". Michael smiled then agreed with her.
Suddenly, the phone rang with the button marked "urgent" flashing. " Hm...this is weird? What could be so important?". He placed his doughnut beside the computer and headphones as he situated the phone to his face."Hello, what's wrong?......Yes, what about her?...WHAT!!??". His face turned a pale white color from the news. " Are you kidding?? ......I don't know what to say now? What should we do?...Ok, I will. Please tell me if something else happens.". He placed the phone down slowly and seemed to be frozen in that position. Robin peered over at him with a look of confusion.
" Talk to me Michael. What's going on.?"
"Remember the case that I said that was about a month long?"
"Mhm..?"
" Well, its not over yet. They found a body that they thought was her's but , it turns out that she just killed another victim, making that casualty number fourteen . Her spree has been really irregular. I have never seen anything like this before. She has been known to be the carrier of death and destruction , Black Rose .Before she murders someone, she utters the words " Altus lex ".
" Black.....Rose." Robin's voice seemed to have a quiver to it." Do you have a picture of her? The name sounds so familiar to me.". Michael pulled out a picture of the witch from the files in his computer.
Cloak
" Here is a recent picture her walking down the street". The young woman seemed to look like any other another in the area. She was a medium built woman with a slender figure. Her hair was of a brown hue with parts of red gracing the edges. Her skin was the color of cinnamon and her dress sense was more a bohemian taste, like Robin's. She wore a long skirt that covered her feet and a sleeveless turtleneck that were both of a dark color . A golden cross pendent graced the nape of her neck and her eyes were a soft reddish brown color.
Robin closed her eyes and murmured the named of the stranger " Alexia Vertello , of the Roman monastery."
"What??!! You know this girl? She's almost as dangerous as yourself!"
"The name Black Rose was given to her by Father Louis. She was his inorganic, impure angel, like a black rose. I've known her since I was a child .She was taught Latin and the phase means " The higher rule", I'm guessing she means witches are the higher rule over humans. Alexia , like me, grew up in a monastery with the same morals and rules . She was on the northen side of Italy and I of the west . At times when the Fathers would gather for meetings of the district , we would listen, pray, and play together. She was a very tranquil girl, like myself, and also an enchantress. Father Louis was the one who took her in as a child when her mother left her in the sanctuary. She was born as a wanderer, and at five months, her mother abandoned her on the steps of the monastery. Eventually, her mother died from Lymphoma at a young age. Father believes she most likely knew about her illness and wanted Alexia to grow up with a strong figure in her life. Father Louis said she started to show witch tendencies after four years, so he did everything within his power to keep that cloaked . She was very tacit about her abilities , but I could sense she was powerful . Unlike me , she is a natural witch and usually when one is so powerful with her talents, diseases form on the body . I'm not sure why , but the body can't handle such a harvested power. Forty years ago, the Italy branch of the factory had a break out. They say about four-hundred witches escaped from the factory to never be discovered. They tested on the witches for orbo purposes but , the sides effects after cause a remarkable amount of witches to develop "Multi competency syndrom".
" And that is?"
" A syndrom that allows witches to develop more than one craft at once. It's really queer , even Toto had been researching about this phenomenon while creating project "Robin" . Alexia's parents acquired the syndrom then pass it on genetically. The disease itself causes a stress to the brain making it hard for her to control her gift properly. She now suffers from this and will never be cured from it. Maybe that's a reason to her killing sprees. Perhaps she can't control her powers now, so they go out of restrain. I'm not sure really, but then again...."
"What? You shouldn't keep things hidden like that."
" A month before I left for Japan to work for the STN-J , the Roman monastery was set on fire once they found out she was a witch. They found it to be impure for a witch to live in a place of god. To them , we are inferior animals who will never have a place in this world. Father Louis slipped Alexia through the underground passageway as a last effort to save her, causing his death, but they said she died from the fumes. Father Louis knew she was powerful and so did the people , I suppose they wanted to kill her before she became to powerful . That became one of the reasons why I left Italy , maybe that's a reason why father wrote that note. I want to help Michael, I want to find out why . I refuse to hunt her but I will make an effort to find out why she's doing this. In return , I won't help her evasion."
" I suppose that sounds fair both ways, but clearly isn't. You and I both know she posses the syndrom craft "element" which allows her to control any element such as water ,lighting , wind and your favorite, fire. But I respect the fact that she is a childhood friend and you wouldn't hunt her the way we wouldn't with you. I hope we can find out why she's doing this , for your sake more than ours. I'll tell the others your game with this so, don't let your emotions kick in Robin .Be strong for her."
She sighed lightly while looking up towards the ceiling. " I'll try , but Alexia means so much to me." An awkward pause flourished throughout the room as the two began to think. Robin's eyes quickly adjusted onto Michael's frame as she jumped up to recover a missing fact to the case.
" Michael , call the others back quickly !!"
" Why? What's so important"
" Tell me this , when you guys started to hunt Alexia, how close did you actually get to her?"
"Well, not to close. When the others were hunting her down, she was too fast to for them to shoot at or for the orbo to protect them."
"Michael , I just realized something but you mustn't tell the others or else they may use another method in keeping Alexia captive, a more violent method."
" You can trust me, but I really need to know before something really bad happens on both sides."
" What I'm about to tell you may effect the way you hunt a witch with Alexia's syndrom down from now on...."
{To be continued}