The Search Of A Guilty Woman
- Chapter 2
Unexpected
Robin was sitting at the bar in a pub lowly drinking a cup of coffee. She had been traveling for five days now, and she was exhausted. It was late at night, around 8:00pm. She was sitting inside of a pub in a town called Jobitu. "Hey, you okay there miss?" Robin flung her eyes open and looked up at the bar tender. She had almost fell asleep on the counter. "What, oh, uh yeah I'm fine. Just a little tiered I guess." she replied half – heatedly. "Had a rough day huh?" He took her empty cup and started to wash it. "You could say that." she sighed. It was true, she was having a rough time. She had walked through snow for five days, stopping at every town on the way. She hadn't made any progress at all. Nothing, and it was extremely frustrating. Then again it's not that strange. I mean what was she expecting? That she would go out one day and find her parents the next? No, but she did expect progress at this point, but there she was sitting in a pub drowning her sorrows with Coffee. It felt useless.
"You know, you look like someone who has been beaten by the world," The bar tender continued. " You look awful." He was probably right She must have looked pathetic laying there. "If I were you I'd be sleeping in a bed, not drinking coffee." Robin continued to stay silent. What does it matter anyways. What if she wasn't ready for this? What if she had been wrong? It certainly didn't feel right. "Hey, are you listening to me?"
"yeah, here." she said as she paid for the coffee and dragged herself out the door into the blistering cool night. She had to find an inn that she could stay in for the night. So she continued to drag herself through town.
Robin was so lost in thought that she didn't notice the person running straight towards her. Then all of a sudden she found herself on the ground. "Ow!" She complained as rubbed her head. Robin was not in a very pleasant mood, and she just snapped. "HEY, watch where you're going moron!" She yelled as she got up from the ground, but before she could turn and look at the person she had collided with she was quickly pulled into a dark ally way close by, and held close to a man's body. She could tell it was a man because of who the body felt.
This was crazy. She was being held against her will by a strange man. Then all of a sudden she could her military officials approaching. This gave her some hope, and she tried to scream. "ssh." I heard the man whisper. Did he just shushed her? This was starting to freak Robin out. This just wasn't her day. She tried to escape his grip by squirming around, but it was no use, he was way stronger than she was and was able to keep a tight grip on her.
"I think he went over here, come on!" One of the guards had called out. Wait... he? Were they chasing after the man who was holding her captive? That must mean that he's a criminal. Robin was beyond scared and was now petrified. She was being held captive by a criminal. Who knows what he was going to do her. Robin could hear the sound of the guards footsteps gradually start to disappear. No, they can't leave; they have to find her. Who else is going to save her?
Robin began trashing around as violently as she could in an attempt to escape, But no matter what she tried she couldn't get loose. He would just tighten his grip and tell her to quiet down. Eventually the guard's foot steps had faded out completely, and so had my last chance of escape.
Knowing that the guards were gone The man started to move further down the ally way. Where was he taking her? What was he going to do? Robin couldn't stop shaking with fear, and her mind played through the possible outcome of the situation she was in, kidnap, Rape, Murder. None of which sounded to pleasant to her.
They came to a dead end when they had gone pretty far in. The only thing there was a rusted old dumpster. She hoped that this was the end and that he would let her go. I mean there was nowhere left to run, but once again she was surprised at what he did next. He stuck his foot under the dumpster and quickly and as quietly as he could moved it about a foot forward. Robin was absolutely stunned. This man was very strong, which only worried her more. After that he took one giant leap right over it, keeping me close and unable to move. There wasn't a lot of room behind the old dumpster, and we had to squeeze a little to fit.
He finally plopped down to the ground, still holding me. And in the end I ended up sitting in his lap, cramped together, behind an old rusty dumpster. What a night huh? And it wasn't over yet. She still had to find a way out of this mess.
"I'm sorry." The man finally spoke. Wait, you're sorry? This was either looking really good or really bad. "I'll let you go now, if you promise not to scream." If I promised not to scream?! Was he insane?! He kidnaps her and he wants her to stay quiet and CALM!? "Please, I'm begging you. If they find me they'll take me back to that awful place again. So please Please don't scream. Promise?" Robin was actually a little surprised at this. He sounded so...Sincerer, almost scared. "Promise?" He continued to push, hoping to find a sign of acceptance. 'I hope I'm not making a huge mistake here' She thought as she slowly nodded her head.
He slowly, but cautiously loosened his grip, and finally let her go all together. Robin quickly pulled herself off of the man and turned around, sitting opposite of him. She came face to face with the most beautiful violet eyes she had ever seen. He was very well built, his face was a little rounded, but not chubby, and he had jet black hair that was cut short, but the one thing that she noticed the most was a red tatoo on his forehead. It was hard to explain, but it sort of resembled a dragon. "I'm so sorry for taking you like that. It's just that I didn't have much time, and I couldn't afford direction." He went on trying to explain his situation.
He really did seem like a nice young man, but then why were there gaurds after him? He said that they were going to take him back. Was he running away from something.. "Are you okay miss? I relly am sorry."
"Oh no, it's okay." It's OKAY!? Did she just say that it was okay?! It was not okay this man almost scarred her to death, but Robin couldn't help but to almost pity the man. I mean he looked so frightened, like a lost little puppy. "Are you sure?" He asked, stunned by her forgiving attitude. " Yes, I'm fine, but more importantly who were those guys chasing after you, and why were you trying to get away?" He froze for a second, and then he hung his head downward with so much sorrow that it almost started to effect her. "You see," He started. "I sort of ran away from my master."
"Your master? Are in training for something?"
"No, not exactly. It's more like, well it's hard to explain."
"Well I think you kind of owe it to me to tell me why you kidnapped me."
He sighed in defeat knowing that she wasn't going to leave without an explanation. "Have you ever heard of a Homunculi?" He asked plastering a serious look on his face. "A homunculi? No I don't think so, Why?" I could tell he was in deep thought, probably debating on whether he should tell her or not. "Well, you see. A homonculous is basically an artificially made human. A homonculous is usually created when a certain person feels the need to dispose of a trait or said emotion. So they go through a very complicated process of forcing that trait or emotion out of their mind and body. Which creates an artificially made human or Humonculi, that contains the trait or emotion that you wish to dispose of." Robin's mind was racing around trying to digest what he had just explained to her. artificially made humans? The separation of emotions? This all sounded crazy to her. "So what does this have to do with you?" She asked , now extremely curious as to who this young man was.
He looked up and looked straight into my eyes, keeping a stern and serious look on his face, and simply stated. "I am a homunculous." WHAT...Wait a second, This guy is an artificially made human? Was She dreaming? This couldn't be real, I mean it sounded absolutely ridiculous. This had to be a joke, right? "Wait, so you're telling me that you're an artificially made human with a single trait locked inside of you?" She asked still finding it hard to believe. "Well no, not exactly."
"But, you just said?"
"The truth is, when my master tried to create me, well you see he wasn't exactly the most experienced scientist, and so he accidentally got rid of more than he bargained for." This was getting more confusing by the second. "Wait, so what does that mean?"
"It means...that I have more than just one trait inside of me."
"So...?"
"So, it means that I'm not human, but I'm not a homunculous either."
It made sense, what he was telling her, but it was still completely unbelievable. Then she thought back to why he was running. "So wait, I still don't understand why you were running away." He then looked at her like she was crazy. "You don't think that something so dangerous and insane is legal, do you?"
"It's not?"
"No, of course not, and my master doesn't want it to get out that he committed a crime. So of course he is going to send out his goons to fetch me." His goons? Does that mean that the people who were looking for him wasn't military officials, but in fact thugs? "I never wanna go back there ever again." He began. "That man is out of his mind, hes gone completely insane. So I ran, and I can't stop running unless I want to be caught."
This guy is strong, and he seems quite reliable. Then a most brilliant thought crossed her mind. "Why don't come with me?" Robin blurted out.. She could tell by the stunned look on his face that he couldn't believe what he had just heard. " I mean you're really strong, and you seem like someone who would help anyone in need. And I'm always traveling. So you wouldn't have to stop running." What was she doing, this guy who she just met isn't even human, and shes inviting him to accompany her on her journey. Although it could become quite a challenge to travel on her own. If she had someone there to protect her and keep her company wasn't it worth it?
"You want me to come with you?" He asked still not sure if he was just hearing things. So Robin slowly nodded her head to give him the assurance he was searching for. Then all of a sudden his expression changed from that of a shocked man to an overjoyed one. "That would be just amazing! You're sure you're fine with this?"
"Of course, I could use the company. It gets pretty lonely traveling by yourself." Then she suddenly remembered something. "Oh, wait a second. You never told me what your name was."
"Kevin." He said with a smile, "Just Kevin."
"Robin, Robin Scott." She said holding out her hand. He took her hand and shook it in agreement.. "Know, how are we going to get out of the town without anyone noticing you?" Robin stated. Trying to figure something out." What exactly are they looking for?" She asked him hoping that they could sneak out id they just hid some things. Kevin took his hand and pointed to the tattoo on his forehead. "This." He simply stated. The tattoo? That seems quite vague. Robin thought for a moment, and then an idea came to her. She took her hat off and flung unto his head. "There we go," She said, smiling. "Now no one can see it."
"But aren't you cold now?" He asked a little concerned for her body heat. "It's fine."she replied. Then she grabbed his arm and lifted him up into a standing position. "Now," She began. "First we need to get out from behind this old rusty dumpster." And before she could say anything else she was swept up into his arms and was up in the air, then down on the other side of the dumpster in less then Three seconds. "well," She said as he put her back down. "That's one way of doing it."
They carefully walked to the opening of the ally and looked around making sure that there were no goons in sight, Once they saw that the coast was clear the left the ally and made their way to the edge of town, making sure they moved at a natural pace, so that they wouldn't draw any unessacary attention. And somehow they were able to escape the town without detection.
"So, I guess were camping, huh?" She said sarcastically. He chuckled and replied with a " I guess so"
"Hey, you never told me what trait or emotion you were supposed to be?" Robin asked thinking of all the possible traits and emotions inside of the human soul. He smiled and simply said. "Curiosity."
