24 hours later
Robin came around, Nagira had changed the licenses plate on the car, they were now on the ship off to a better life, a new life, Robin slowly sat up and found herself in the backseat of the car, her leg was bandaged, and everything came flooding back to her, she gasped,
"Amon," Robin seeing the last moments with him flash before her eyes, she started shaking uncontrollably, she still had the glasses that he had given her, he had helped her, she had remembered all those times that hunts were called on her, he had saved her from every one of them, and she saw where it had gotten him. She saw the bruises on his cheek, and saw the way he moved the day after the attack at Touko's, he had gotten beaten for not taking her out when he was ordered too.
"You did everything to protect me, I couldn't do anything to protect you, I didn't ask you to do that for me, you should have killed me, maybe you wouldn't be dead now," Robin's mouth creating more tears to fall down her now clean face. The car door opened,
"Hey, how you feeling?" Nagira softly, Robin stared at him,
"I did it for your own protection, if you get run down and get weak, Amon would never forgive me, you will need your strength in cause you have to fight," Nagira strongly, Robin's bright green eyes were dull, everything she held in her was gone, the love, the strength she had at one time, all died with Amon.
"Let them come, I will not fight them," Robin harshly, she felt no fear, no love for the man that was helping her, all she felt was numb, anger, no pain came to her, not even pain she should be feeling from her leg, but she knew pain would come, she was in shock from everything happening. She couldn't believe what she had seen, she wouldn't believe it, to her, Amon would join them later at wherever they were heading, that he just had to take care of a few things and yes she would lie to herself about it because if she believed the truth, she wouldn't be able to live, to live with herself because it was her fault that he was dead.
"Amon is going to be coming and joining us later, please make that a reality for me right now, because if I believe my eyes I will not make it, not right now, I will fall apart and I cant fall apart," Robin strongly, he nodded silently,
"Yeah, he's just picking up some extra stuff for his traveling, he'll be there later, he knows the address," Nagira smiling softly. Robin gave him a fake smile, it would have to do, she didn't like this feeling at all, being numb, and sooner or later the pain of reality would hit her, the reality that Amon was never coming back to protect her. A couple of hours later Nagira went over the procedures with her and the paperwork of their new life, their new names, her name was Aurora Connor, Nagira's name was Ryan Connor, he was her step father, their past was nothing to be dealt with, if asked they came from Canada, and of course Nagira had the background of humane resources at a child's development center, helping children who came from bad families, trying to place them with loving homes, which it was a lot like what he used to do, and he had arranged for his old secretary to answer the phone and lie to whoever called to check his references, so things were good to go, they had everything that they needed. By the time nightfall came, they were off the ship and on land in America, Nagira headed to the house that was all set up for them, they would be renting for a while. Robin laid down and tried to sleep some more since the drug and left her feeling more exhausted. Two hours later they were pulling into their new garage at their new house, Robin started screaming, she had been dreaming about the whole incident, Nagira turned the car off, he got out and opened the back door, he leaned over her,
"Aurora, honey, wake up," Nagira gently shaking her. She jerked up and collided heads with Nagira, she groaned,
"Hey kid, we are home," Nagira gently trying to help her out, she pushed him away,
"I got it," Robin bit out, she slid out and tried to stand and she let go of the door and almost fell, Nagira caught her,
"I am alright dad," Robin strongly. He slowly let her go, she made her way around the door and Nagira got the door unlocked for her, she went in and sat down on the couch, she was jetlagged from the trip, from everything happening so fast was making her head spin. After Nagira had everything in the house and had locked up the garage and turned on the alarm system he checked on Robin,
"Hey, why don't you go take one of those long baths you used to enjoy, get that leg cleaned," Nagira softly,
"Yeah, do you know where the bathroom is?" Robin questioned, Nagira walked around and checked everything out, he found the bathroom and the washer and dryer,
"Follow my voice," Nagira shouted, Robin wobbled and limped to the hallway, she found Nagira sitting her bag on the sink,
"Thanks," Robin mumbled.
"I am happy to help you any way I can Robin, we can do this," Nagira rubbing her arms, Robin gave him a weak smile, Nagira kissed her forehead,
"Listen, in a couple of days we will get you checked into school, and if you want, we can go around town and check it out, I need to get some resumes out there too, but if you want you can get a job too, as long as you can handle your school work too, just to get your mind off things," Nagira suggested, Robin nodded,
"Yeah, it would be nice, to actually have a little money, hey when are you talking to Amon again?" Robin asked, Nagira scratched his head, he didn't like this game of lying to her, but if it would help her he would do it,
"I don't know, if he doesn't contact me I'll call him later tonight," Nagira lying.
"Tell him I miss him, to hurry up and get his ugly ass here," Robin laughing a little, Nagira smiled,
"Yeah, I will, you just relax and I will put a light under his sorry ass to get him moving," Nagira smiling little. Robin nodded, she sat down on the side of the tub and started running her bath,
"Well, I'm going to go take care of some stuff, after your bath we should go out and get something to eat, we will get some groceries tomorrow," Nagira explained.
"Good plan," Robin softly, Nagira stared at her,
"Okay, well, I'm going now, if you need me I'll be out there in the house somewhere," Nagira backing out of the house, Robin saw the look in his eyes,
"Nagira I am fine," Robin smiling,
"Yeah, alright," Nagira shutting the door. Robin sighed, she stared at the water, she shook her head, she couldn't let her thoughts get the best of her, slowly she removed her tattered clothes that she had been wearing since the factory collapse and stepped into her bath, she sat down as she let the water seep through the tape that held her bandage on, then she slowly slipped it off, then she laid it in the floor and looked at the damage, she felt of the bone and she knew it was broken, she would have to go to the doctor with it. She laid back and closed her eyes. After a few minutes she saw Amon,
"Amon, oh my god, I missed you, you left me," Robin starting to talk to him,
"I am sorry, I wanted to protect you, you have a purpose, you are hope for this world," Amon explained as he held her arms,
"I cant do this, not without you, I couldn't protect you, I was your partner, and I couldn't protect you, I didn't deserve you as a partner, I never protected you once," Robin panicked, Amon pushed her hair out of the way,
"Robin listen to me, you had my back on hunts, you had my back the first hunt you came to, don't you remember, you were a good partner, just because you couldn't save me, does not make you a bad partner, you tried your damnedest to get us out, you survived, and I am here with you, I am right here, you can see me anytime," Amon strongly. Robin laid her head on his chest, her arms wrapped around his waist, he wrapped his arms around her and almost crushed her to his muscular frame.
"Do something for me, let Nagira help you through this, go to school, have friends, get a job, focus on life, its what I want for you, you deserve this," Amon strongly.
"There's only one thing that I want….I want you," Robin staring in his eyes, Amon's eyes sparkled, she thought she saw unshedded tears in them,
"You always have me, but now its time for you to wake up," Amon whispered in her ear. Robin's eyes fluttered open and she started coughing up some water, she found Nagira hovering over her,
"God damn it kid, you cant do this to me," Nagira getting her up and drying her off.
"My leg is broken," Robin explained,
"Um, okay, well before we go to the hospital we need to cut your hair and dye it," Nagira explained, Robin stared at him,
"We will cut it to your shoulders and dye it auburn red, it's the color that Amon picked out for you, also I have some contacts for you that he picked out, they will change your eye color to blue," Nagira explained.
"Okay, well, go ahead I guess," Robin shrugged, she held the towel around her small framed body as he got the clippers,
~Amon isn't here to see any of this, it was the plan, he was supposed to be going through this with me, not his drunken ass brother.~ Robin thought,
~Plans change Aurora, he was weak, he didn't have anything to live for, get used to disappointment.~ a voice explained.
~All you got is me, stick with me and you wont fall apart.~ the voice explained again. Robin noticed Nagira cutting her hair, Robin knew it had to be done, so she let him cut it and dye it auburn red and then let him take her to the hospital.
At the hospital
Nagira carried her into the hospital,
"Can I help you?" the nurse behind the desk asked,
"Yeah, my kid here fell off the roof today and I think she has a broken leg," Nagira explained,
"I'll need you to fill out some information and I'll tell the doctor," the nurse explained as she gave him a clipboard with some paperwork on it to be filled out. Nagira grabbed it and mumbled curses at the woman,
"Dad, all hospital's have some kind of paperwork to fill out, its okay, its numb so I don't really feel any pain," Robin explained. Robin got her leg looked at and the doctor explained to them that she would have to stay a couple nights because they would have to do laser surgery on the leg since the bone was crushed they would have to put some tiny pins in it and mend the bone back together. Once it was all over Robin was asleep in a room, Nagira stayed by her side, once she woke up, she stared at the dark corner of her room,
"Amon," Robin whispered. Nagira slowly woke up,
"Hey kid, you feeling okay?" Nagira coming and sitting on her bed, she gave a glance to Nagira,
"Hey dad, I feel tired…I just …saw Amon," Robin looking back at the corner of the room, he was gone just as if he had never been there.
"He is gone now," Robin softly, Nagira gently pushed her hair back,
"He will always be with us," Nagira softly, trying to give her a smile. The doctor cleared his throat, Nagira turned,
"Oh hey doc, so are we ready to get out of here or what?" Nagira asked the doctor.
"Actually I was wanting to talk with you about something," the doctor explained,
"Aurora I'll be right outside, just sit tight," Nagira following the doctor out.
"Something wrong doctor?" Nagira confused,
"The extent of the damage to her leg, there's no way that she could have crushed her leg bone like that just by falling off the roof of a house," the doctor eying Nagira for answers.
"Well, actually she didn't hurt her leg in a fall, she and her boyfriend had a wreck on his motorcycle, it's a touchy subject for her, she lost him in the wreck, he wasn't wearing a helmet, so its left her in shock and she hasn't let me bring her to the hospital till now, she said she didn't feel any kind of pain," Nagira explained.
"And now she is hallucinating and seeing him in her room?" the doctor explained.
"Listen, my daughter was in love with that man, it just about killed her when she lost her mother a couple of weeks before this ever happened, and the guy she loved had his brains splattered all over the road, I don't know if I'll be able to get her back, but all we have is each other now, and I am doing all that I can to help her so just back off alright," Nagira finally losing it, and letting the unshed tears pour out. The doctor nodded,
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize how bad the situation was, death of loved ones are rough," the doctor putting a hand on Nagira's shoulder,
"Can I sign her out now or do we need to stay longer?" Nagira asked,
"Yeah, here are the release forms, I'll bring some crutches for her to use, after the bone is healed she will have to go through some therapy classes to get that leg back to normal," the doctor explained. Nagira had took out his handkerchief and wiped his face and straightened up the best he could for Robin's sake. He signed the papers,
"When do we need to come back for a checkup?" Nagira asked,
"I'd like to see her in a month to make sure everything is healing properly, help her dress and I'll get those crutches for you," the doctor turning and walking down the hall. Nagira leaned against the wall, staring at the door,
"Damn you Amon," Nagira pounding on the wall, he leaned his forehead against the wall,
"I can't do this…by myself," Nagira groaned as he closed his eyes, he was barely holding on, but he was the last hope for the little bird, and he had taken care of her before, it wasn't hard. Slowly he entered Robin's room,
"Hey kid, you ready to put some clothes on and get the hell out of here?" Nagira giving her the best smile he could fake. She nodded as she looked at the dark corner again…empty,
"Well come on, lets get your dress on, I'll untie you and slip the dress over your head and you can undress under your dress, don't think you should wear your boots though, I think there are some shoes for you at home, we'll get out of here and get some real food, think you can handle that?" Nagira asked as he slipped her dress over her head.
"Real food sounds good," Robin softly, the doctor and a nurse came back in, the doctor having the crutches in hand,
"Alright Aurora, I need you to lean against your dad here, we need to adjust these crutches for you, it will be hard going, but you have each other and you both will be fine," the doctor explained. Robin looked at Nagira,
"Come on hon," Nagira getting her up to her good leg, the doctor adjusted the crutches and the nurse pushed the wheelchair over to her and Nagira sat her down in it.
"Ah, lets go home," Nagira smiling and sighing, the nurse followed him out to the car and helped him with Robin and the crutches,
"Thank you," Robin mumbled quietly, the nurse smiled,
"You two take care of each other," the nurse patting Robin's shoulder,
"We will," Robin softly, the nurse could see the sadness in her eyes.
"Thank you for the help, is there any way I could take you out to dinner sometime?" Nagira kissing her hand, she blushed,
"Ah, I would like that, but I am sorry I have to decline, for now anyways," the nurse shyly. Nagira gave her a small smile,
"Well, don't work too hard," Nagira walking around the car and getting in and leaving.
"What a sad and pleasant man," the nurse smiling a little and walking back inside.