Okay, this little thought had popped into my head while I was waking up this morning. Please read with a sense of humor!
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"Amon," I said, surprised.
"Robin," Amon said.
"Sakaki," I said.
"Jordan," Amon said.
"Robin," Jordan said.
"Sakaki," said Amon.
"Donkey!" said Donkey, walking in from the back.
(A.N – I had to put that in. I'm sorry! I just couldn't help it.)
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(A.N – Here's the real chapter)
I turned around to make sure that the reflection was real. Unfortunately, it was. There was Amon standing next to Sakaki, who looked as shocked to see me as I was to them. (A.N- did that make sense? Meh.)
"Robin," Jordan said, quietly, "is everything okay?"
"No," I whispered, "it's not." Amon still had his eyes on me, so I turned towards him, "What are you two doing here?"
"What are you doing here?" Sakaki asked.
"Visiting." I said quickly.
Amon then came up to me without warning, grabbed my arm, and pulled me outside. When the door had shut behind me, my partner came very close to me. It was as though he was trying to intimidate me into something, but what was it?
"What is this about?" I asked, taking a step back. My partner continued to get closer, but I could do nothing. I was frozen to the spot.
Soon, I felt Amon's breath on my face. His eyes weren't the same cold ones I was used to. This time, they looked empty. As though he wasn't himself, then that's when it hit me. The witch must be controlling him too, but from where? And what is it that she was going to make him do? Curiosity nagged at me, then again, fear did too.
I looked to the side and I spotted Sakaki talking with Jordan. Good thing neither of them saw us, otherwise there would be a little trouble. Then, I felt a hand touching my waist and pulling me closer. Was this going to be another kiss? No, I couldn't let it happen. If Amon ever kissed me, I wanted him to mean it, not just to be controlled into doing it. Still, I couldn't fight back. Just being held by him made me knees slightly weaker. All I really could do was squirm in his grasp and get myself free.
"Amon," I said, once I was a safe distance from him, "are you okay? Please…say something to me. Tell me it's really you." But, at that moment, just to be sure, I slipped on my glasses.
He stopped for a minute and leaned against the wall. To me, he looked as though he had just gotten out of a battle, but there was no blood. My partner looked up at me, startled to see that I had my glasses on. Amon really looked completely out of it and was about to collapse, so I pulled him off the wall and helped him to his car. As I did, it was more than obvious that he didn't appreciate my help.
"Robin," he said, pulling his arm away from me, "I still need to talk to you."
"Okay," I replied, "then tell me what you just tried to do back there."
"That wasn't my fault." Amon stood against his car and pulled out his keys, "This witch, she has an accomplice with her and it is making things slightly complicated."
"Who is it?"
"The same person you were talking to a minute ago."
"Jordan?" I was shocked. He was too nice to be helping a person who put my job at jeopardy, "No, he can't be."
"Don't let your emotions get in the way of investigations." He turned to face me, "Robin, he might be working with the witch to get to us through you. What I wanted to talk to you about was us having you get to the witch through him."
"What?"
"There are some things a computer can't find on a specific person, so we're going to need you for that."
I stood there for a minute, trying to comprehend what my partner was telling me, but there would be no time for it. Sakaki had already come out of the shop with a bouquet of flowers, interrupting our conversation.
"Fine," I said lastly, "I'll contact you later then." With that, Amon got into his car and Sakaki got on his motorcycle. The rookie waved to me as he left, but Amon just drove off, once again, leaving me with little knowledge of what to do. How could I get to the witch without giving off suspicions? Too bad Amon had left that little part out of our talk. I guess I might as well try to start off by going inside.
I reached for the door handle, but was stopped when I heard a voice from inside. Through the window, I saw Jordan talking into a cell phone. Luckily his back was turned towards me, so he didn't know I was listening in.
"Don't worry about her right now," I heard Jordan say, "I have that all taken care of."
There was a pause from him.
"They were hunters? How did you know?" Another pause, then he hung the phone up. I finally opened the door completely, pretending to have not heard the conversation. Jordan only looked back at me and smiled.
"Who were they?" he asked, as I walked towards the side.
"Friends of mine." I answered, stopping to look at a flower.
"Well then, I'm just glad I got a customer." Jordan came from across the counter and leaned against it, watching me.
"Okay," I said, "I think I should be leaving soon. No sleep in several hours, so…" I began to walk closer to the counter to pick up my things, but I had forgotten about the spilt coffee. As my foot began to slide on the coffee, I was worried about what it would be that I could hit on my way. I shut my eyes tightly and prepared for the worst, only it never came. Once again, I was in someone's embrace. Jordan had quickly managed to catch me as I fell.
My eyes opened slowly to see him holding me. Soon, I felt heat rushing to my face. Quickly, I pushed myself away from him and onto my feet. Jordan than stood up, but he didn't look at me, or anything.
"Anyway, Jordan," I attempted to say again, "I'll be going now. See you later." My hand reached for the door, however, Jordan had snuck up behind me and put his hand on mine.
"Robin," he said, closing the gap between us, "I would like to see you again."
What was it with everyone getting closer to me today? But I have to remember about what Amon wants me to do. I can't leave Jordan.
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heeeey, one day!! Starting a record here! BTW, sorry if I'm leaving things a bit spotty. It's late, I need to sleep soon, and I gots to go pick up my class schedule tomorrow…I mean, this afternoon.