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Get Gone : Burn,baby, burn - Part 2
The bullets seemed to stop as cotton clouds stood in mid air. Robin uncovered her ears and glanced around the arm of the couch. Shooting had stopped, but only because the crew had run out of bullets. Robin searched the room for another exit, and finally found another door leading to the elevator she had entered upon. She waited for the crew to move closer before throwing a coffee mug at the button, rolling out the door, and running straight into the elevator. She squeezed herself into a corner, her arm and side being grazed by the angry bullets. Thankfully, the elevator doors closed. But it wasn't over yet.
She stuck out a piece of plaster that had fallen in the elevator with her outside. When the material wasn't shot at, Robin limped out of the tiny compartment, her eyes adjusting to the bright light. For a moment, she thought she had died back there, and that she was just walking towards the heavens. But when she saw a dark figure standing in front of her, she came back to reality. She paced herself to move more slowly, hoping that the figure could help her. Blood from a cut unknown to her on her temple, flooded her vision, causing the figure ahead to blur like a bad dream. Robin could feel her leg go numb and her body giving up. She reached out to the figure and spoke the one name that hadn't left her mind since she had walked into the halls of STN-J for the first time. "Amon..." She felt her body finally give as she met the floor with a loud thud.
The passerby almost felt sorry for the girl as he picked her up and lifted her inside his car. She was bleeding badly, and judging by the wounds that were inflicted upon her, he would lose her if he didn't act fast. He wiped away the trail of crimson liquid running down the side of her head and patted her cheek lightly. The girl moaned, most likely from the pain. But the man could tell that she had been through one hell of an ordeal in the past day.
"Lady.....can you hear me? I'm Charlie. Do you have a name?" Robin could barely make out the man's voice but tried her best to focus on him and not Amon or the shooting that had just taken place.
"Robin...", she finally choked out.
"Ok Robin. I called an ambulance and they're on their way. You just have to hang on for me. Can you do that?" Robin winced as the interior of the vehicle he had placed her in rubbed against her wounds. She yelped in pain as Charlie tried to move her. He quickly apologized and sat back, wondering if he was too late in finding the mysterious woman.
Audrey's silver eyes returned to their original color as she smiled from her latest triumph. Just as she bounced off the bed, Amon entered the hotel room, his face crunched up in puzzlement. Audrey skipped over to him and helped him with the various sacks. He gently pulled on her arm, studying every moevement she made.
"Did you scream a few minutes ago."
"Of course not. Why?"
"It was strange but...." He paused as he noticed a tiny flicker in the Craft-user's eyes. He focused a bit more on them, expecting the same emerald eyes he had grown accustomed to these past few years. Instead he found a vendictive grey peering back him. He let go of whom he thought was Robin, obviously proven wrong. "Nothing. It was nothing." He laid down the remaining bags and headed towards the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower. Knock if you need anything." The stranger nodded and headed back to the bed.
Amon locked the door begind him and let his body drop to the tile floor beside the bath tub. He ran his fingers through his ebony locks, confused by what had just taken place. Those eyes weren't Robin's. They were cold and empty, the complete opposite of Robin's. He tugged a bit at his bottom lip; the same lip that had been graced by that stranger. He mentally cursed himself for pushing himself to believe that the kiss had been real. His head popped up at his new realization. Robin was somewhere out there, in another person's body. She could be hurt and she could've even tried to contact him, only to be shunned away as a drifter. I let her down, he thought. I was supposed to protect her. He stood up, knowing where he had to go. The scream from earlier had come from STN-J. It was a gut feeling he had, but it was haunch that he was willing to take.
Robin awoke to the soft song of a whale. It hurt to move, not that she could move, for a billion cords and patches were hooked up to her, monitoring every little gesture her body made. She frowned at the fact that she was indeed in a hospital bed, but thankful that it was a hospital and not a casket. She could hear Nagira's deep voice filling the hospital halls, demanding answer to what had happened to his messenger girl. Master's voice accompanied Nagira's but was more calmer. He knew that the commotion wasn't helping the other patients.
"So you're finally awake." Robin glanced over at whom she guessed was Charlie, the man who had saved her life. He didn't look like a man at all. He was terribly skinny, ear length brown hair shadowing his kelly eyes. He was tall and lanky, almost like Sakaki but more mature. He held a gentle smile that made his eyes crinkle up every time he made the expression. He wore nothing more than a white t-shirt, which was now stained with blood, and a pair of jeans. He swept a hand through his long hair and held out a large hand. "I'm Charlie." Robin tried her best to raise her own hand to meet his, but cringed as a plastic cord rubbed against one of many cuts. Charlie pushed her arm back down. "Don't hurt yourself now. I don't think I can handle saving your life again." Robin grinned. He was definetly a kind person. She cleared her throat to speak to the young man.
"Thank you." Charlie rubbed at his neck from embarrassment. He wasn't used to running into bleeding girls and rescuing them from certain death.
"It was no biggie. I was on my way to the store anyway." Robin simpered once more. Charlie was a fresh breath of air that she had needed a long time ago. Nagira and Master entered the room, both wearing satisfied smiles. The lawyer threw his fur coat to the side and pulled up a chair beside her.
"The next time you decide to become bullet ridden - warn me first." Robin glanced over at Charlie who occupied the nearest corner.
"Nagira, Master....this is Charlie. He is the one you should be thanking." Charlie managed a shy wave before Master pulled him to the door.
"You're too skinny. Have you been eating right?" Charlie peered over his shoulder, his eyes asking Robin if this man really intended to feed him. He was, afterall, famished.
"It's okay. Master has the best food in all of Japan. He'll fatten you up in no time at all." The man's hip bumped the side of the door as he walked out with the kind older man, causing a black object to pop out of his back pocket. Nagira quirked an eyebrow and picked up the wallet, his neck arching through the doorway.
"They already left. I'll have to return this to him later." He sat the wallet on the side table beside Robin. "I'm dying for a soda. I'll be back in a minute." Robin watched her friend leave the room in search of a pop like it was some forbidden treasure that only Nagira could aquire. Robin stared at the wallet for some time before flipping through its contents. Inside, she found pictures of old girlfriends, a picture of a golden retriever that seemed to outnumber the pictures of girls, and numerous credit cards. In the back lay a crumpled and worn photo of two people. Robin pulled it out of the slit it was in, careful to not tear it. she gasped as she scanned the picture. A man and woman were captured for a moment in time, the woman being blonde and with green eyes.....just like Robin.
"Sorry to barge in but I forgot.....well I see you found it." Robin blushed as he grabbed for his wallet.
"Who are those people in that picture?"
"Why?"
"The man and woman....who are they?!" Robin was now sitting upright in her bed, her nails digging into the frail piece of paper. Nagira rushed in, a soda in his hands.
"Their my parents."
"What are their names?!"
"Maria....Maria and Toudou..." Robin released the photo, letting the information sink in.
Amon walked through STN-J headquarters, wondering what the hell had taken place. Bullet holes covered the entire break room, most of them aimed at a defenseless couch. He shoved a couple of cushions out of his path and surveyed the area. Had STN-J been attacked again? A low groan was heard by Amon's ears and walked over to a bloodied Micheal. Doujima, Karasuma, and Sakaki all lay unconcious around him.
"Micheal? Can you hear me?"
"Amon..."
"Yes it's me... What happened here?"
"Robin..."
"Robin was with me..."
"No....not Robin....Audrey."
"Audrey?"
"Yea....took over....minds.....took....Robin's body. Find Audrey's body......find Robin...."
"Micheal!" Amon shook the young hacker before dialing for an ambulance to help his former compatriots. A shadow lingered over the former hunter as he placed the communicator back in his pocket. He turned to find his companion, or what he thought was Robin, glaring down at him. "What did you do with Robin?!" Audrey kneeled down before the object of her infatuation, a pale hand reaching towards him.
"You just don't understand. I had to get rid of Robin. You'll get used to me....I promise."
"Bring back Robin!!" The soft expression that Audrey tried to keep on faded into anger.
"She's gone!!! And you'll learn to live with that!!" Her silver orbs began to glow a deadly red, sending Amon into a dark oblivion.
Christian took another swig at his beer. A few older men sat beside him, drinking away their sanity. Christian smirked to himself. At least he didn't have any sanity to drink away. His mind wandered back to what Audrey had said before, about her having other plans. He grunted at her poor planning. She was never good at sketching her ideas out before acting upon them.
~Flashback~
"Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Silver eyes pleaded with Christian's youthful chocolate ones. He placed a warm hand over her's.
"Audrey, Maria wouldn't steer me wrong. She's like a mother to me, and her son, like a brother. She believes this child to be the Hope for all Witches. So one day, people like you and me can llive in peace." Audrey folded her arms and pouted.
"I don't trust them, Christian."
"I do."
"And how can that damn child be like a brother to you. He's only a few years old."
"He looks up to me.....like a little brother would."
"Hmph."
~Toudou's Lab~
A thick needle pierced Christian's skin. He hoped that the side effects that the scientist had explained to him wouldn't take effect immediately. Toudou stored the blood taken and bandaged up Christian's arm.
"Now as I said before....there might be some..." He watched as Christian doubled over in pain, his skin turning into a leathery surface. Grey hair replaced his ebony locks.
"What have you done to me?!", Christian screamed. Toudou backed up against his lab table, his fingers stumbling over the security button.
"The fragment of wisdom....your mother gave it to you....and you, you gave it to my child."
"What?"
"That is what kept you young....now that the fragment is gone, you do not know the secret to longevity."
~End Flashback~
Christian lowered his head upon the bar. He would get it back, even if it killed him. He would get back Audrey, too, who had despised him long after the incident. Her attraction fled to someone else, someone who reminded her of his youth. Amon.
"Why did she want to know about my parents?" Charlie was still being pushed out by Nagira. Robin remained in a daze on her bed, studying the old photo.
"Don't worry about it right now, kid. Just go eat and go home. Get some rest. I can only imagine what you've been through today." Charlie looked at Robin once more before giving up and walking out the hospital with Master at his side. Nagira sighed and shut the wood and glass door.
"Nagira....that boy, you knw who is?"
"I think you already know the answer to that one." Robin squinted at the picture, trying to determine what was going on through her parents minds when they created her, knowing they already had one healthy child.
"I think....no, I know....Charlie is my brother..."
Next chapter: Questions answered
Get Gone : Burn,baby, burn - Part 2
The bullets seemed to stop as cotton clouds stood in mid air. Robin uncovered her ears and glanced around the arm of the couch. Shooting had stopped, but only because the crew had run out of bullets. Robin searched the room for another exit, and finally found another door leading to the elevator she had entered upon. She waited for the crew to move closer before throwing a coffee mug at the button, rolling out the door, and running straight into the elevator. She squeezed herself into a corner, her arm and side being grazed by the angry bullets. Thankfully, the elevator doors closed. But it wasn't over yet.
She stuck out a piece of plaster that had fallen in the elevator with her outside. When the material wasn't shot at, Robin limped out of the tiny compartment, her eyes adjusting to the bright light. For a moment, she thought she had died back there, and that she was just walking towards the heavens. But when she saw a dark figure standing in front of her, she came back to reality. She paced herself to move more slowly, hoping that the figure could help her. Blood from a cut unknown to her on her temple, flooded her vision, causing the figure ahead to blur like a bad dream. Robin could feel her leg go numb and her body giving up. She reached out to the figure and spoke the one name that hadn't left her mind since she had walked into the halls of STN-J for the first time. "Amon..." She felt her body finally give as she met the floor with a loud thud.
The passerby almost felt sorry for the girl as he picked her up and lifted her inside his car. She was bleeding badly, and judging by the wounds that were inflicted upon her, he would lose her if he didn't act fast. He wiped away the trail of crimson liquid running down the side of her head and patted her cheek lightly. The girl moaned, most likely from the pain. But the man could tell that she had been through one hell of an ordeal in the past day.
"Lady.....can you hear me? I'm Charlie. Do you have a name?" Robin could barely make out the man's voice but tried her best to focus on him and not Amon or the shooting that had just taken place.
"Robin...", she finally choked out.
"Ok Robin. I called an ambulance and they're on their way. You just have to hang on for me. Can you do that?" Robin winced as the interior of the vehicle he had placed her in rubbed against her wounds. She yelped in pain as Charlie tried to move her. He quickly apologized and sat back, wondering if he was too late in finding the mysterious woman.
Audrey's silver eyes returned to their original color as she smiled from her latest triumph. Just as she bounced off the bed, Amon entered the hotel room, his face crunched up in puzzlement. Audrey skipped over to him and helped him with the various sacks. He gently pulled on her arm, studying every moevement she made.
"Did you scream a few minutes ago."
"Of course not. Why?"
"It was strange but...." He paused as he noticed a tiny flicker in the Craft-user's eyes. He focused a bit more on them, expecting the same emerald eyes he had grown accustomed to these past few years. Instead he found a vendictive grey peering back him. He let go of whom he thought was Robin, obviously proven wrong. "Nothing. It was nothing." He laid down the remaining bags and headed towards the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower. Knock if you need anything." The stranger nodded and headed back to the bed.
Amon locked the door begind him and let his body drop to the tile floor beside the bath tub. He ran his fingers through his ebony locks, confused by what had just taken place. Those eyes weren't Robin's. They were cold and empty, the complete opposite of Robin's. He tugged a bit at his bottom lip; the same lip that had been graced by that stranger. He mentally cursed himself for pushing himself to believe that the kiss had been real. His head popped up at his new realization. Robin was somewhere out there, in another person's body. She could be hurt and she could've even tried to contact him, only to be shunned away as a drifter. I let her down, he thought. I was supposed to protect her. He stood up, knowing where he had to go. The scream from earlier had come from STN-J. It was a gut feeling he had, but it was haunch that he was willing to take.
Robin awoke to the soft song of a whale. It hurt to move, not that she could move, for a billion cords and patches were hooked up to her, monitoring every little gesture her body made. She frowned at the fact that she was indeed in a hospital bed, but thankful that it was a hospital and not a casket. She could hear Nagira's deep voice filling the hospital halls, demanding answer to what had happened to his messenger girl. Master's voice accompanied Nagira's but was more calmer. He knew that the commotion wasn't helping the other patients.
"So you're finally awake." Robin glanced over at whom she guessed was Charlie, the man who had saved her life. He didn't look like a man at all. He was terribly skinny, ear length brown hair shadowing his kelly eyes. He was tall and lanky, almost like Sakaki but more mature. He held a gentle smile that made his eyes crinkle up every time he made the expression. He wore nothing more than a white t-shirt, which was now stained with blood, and a pair of jeans. He swept a hand through his long hair and held out a large hand. "I'm Charlie." Robin tried her best to raise her own hand to meet his, but cringed as a plastic cord rubbed against one of many cuts. Charlie pushed her arm back down. "Don't hurt yourself now. I don't think I can handle saving your life again." Robin grinned. He was definetly a kind person. She cleared her throat to speak to the young man.
"Thank you." Charlie rubbed at his neck from embarrassment. He wasn't used to running into bleeding girls and rescuing them from certain death.
"It was no biggie. I was on my way to the store anyway." Robin simpered once more. Charlie was a fresh breath of air that she had needed a long time ago. Nagira and Master entered the room, both wearing satisfied smiles. The lawyer threw his fur coat to the side and pulled up a chair beside her.
"The next time you decide to become bullet ridden - warn me first." Robin glanced over at Charlie who occupied the nearest corner.
"Nagira, Master....this is Charlie. He is the one you should be thanking." Charlie managed a shy wave before Master pulled him to the door.
"You're too skinny. Have you been eating right?" Charlie peered over his shoulder, his eyes asking Robin if this man really intended to feed him. He was, afterall, famished.
"It's okay. Master has the best food in all of Japan. He'll fatten you up in no time at all." The man's hip bumped the side of the door as he walked out with the kind older man, causing a black object to pop out of his back pocket. Nagira quirked an eyebrow and picked up the wallet, his neck arching through the doorway.
"They already left. I'll have to return this to him later." He sat the wallet on the side table beside Robin. "I'm dying for a soda. I'll be back in a minute." Robin watched her friend leave the room in search of a pop like it was some forbidden treasure that only Nagira could aquire. Robin stared at the wallet for some time before flipping through its contents. Inside, she found pictures of old girlfriends, a picture of a golden retriever that seemed to outnumber the pictures of girls, and numerous credit cards. In the back lay a crumpled and worn photo of two people. Robin pulled it out of the slit it was in, careful to not tear it. she gasped as she scanned the picture. A man and woman were captured for a moment in time, the woman being blonde and with green eyes.....just like Robin.
"Sorry to barge in but I forgot.....well I see you found it." Robin blushed as he grabbed for his wallet.
"Who are those people in that picture?"
"Why?"
"The man and woman....who are they?!" Robin was now sitting upright in her bed, her nails digging into the frail piece of paper. Nagira rushed in, a soda in his hands.
"Their my parents."
"What are their names?!"
"Maria....Maria and Toudou..." Robin released the photo, letting the information sink in.
Amon walked through STN-J headquarters, wondering what the hell had taken place. Bullet holes covered the entire break room, most of them aimed at a defenseless couch. He shoved a couple of cushions out of his path and surveyed the area. Had STN-J been attacked again? A low groan was heard by Amon's ears and walked over to a bloodied Micheal. Doujima, Karasuma, and Sakaki all lay unconcious around him.
"Micheal? Can you hear me?"
"Amon..."
"Yes it's me... What happened here?"
"Robin..."
"Robin was with me..."
"No....not Robin....Audrey."
"Audrey?"
"Yea....took over....minds.....took....Robin's body. Find Audrey's body......find Robin...."
"Micheal!" Amon shook the young hacker before dialing for an ambulance to help his former compatriots. A shadow lingered over the former hunter as he placed the communicator back in his pocket. He turned to find his companion, or what he thought was Robin, glaring down at him. "What did you do with Robin?!" Audrey kneeled down before the object of her infatuation, a pale hand reaching towards him.
"You just don't understand. I had to get rid of Robin. You'll get used to me....I promise."
"Bring back Robin!!" The soft expression that Audrey tried to keep on faded into anger.
"She's gone!!! And you'll learn to live with that!!" Her silver orbs began to glow a deadly red, sending Amon into a dark oblivion.
Christian took another swig at his beer. A few older men sat beside him, drinking away their sanity. Christian smirked to himself. At least he didn't have any sanity to drink away. His mind wandered back to what Audrey had said before, about her having other plans. He grunted at her poor planning. She was never good at sketching her ideas out before acting upon them.
~Flashback~
"Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Silver eyes pleaded with Christian's youthful chocolate ones. He placed a warm hand over her's.
"Audrey, Maria wouldn't steer me wrong. She's like a mother to me, and her son, like a brother. She believes this child to be the Hope for all Witches. So one day, people like you and me can llive in peace." Audrey folded her arms and pouted.
"I don't trust them, Christian."
"I do."
"And how can that damn child be like a brother to you. He's only a few years old."
"He looks up to me.....like a little brother would."
"Hmph."
~Toudou's Lab~
A thick needle pierced Christian's skin. He hoped that the side effects that the scientist had explained to him wouldn't take effect immediately. Toudou stored the blood taken and bandaged up Christian's arm.
"Now as I said before....there might be some..." He watched as Christian doubled over in pain, his skin turning into a leathery surface. Grey hair replaced his ebony locks.
"What have you done to me?!", Christian screamed. Toudou backed up against his lab table, his fingers stumbling over the security button.
"The fragment of wisdom....your mother gave it to you....and you, you gave it to my child."
"What?"
"That is what kept you young....now that the fragment is gone, you do not know the secret to longevity."
~End Flashback~
Christian lowered his head upon the bar. He would get it back, even if it killed him. He would get back Audrey, too, who had despised him long after the incident. Her attraction fled to someone else, someone who reminded her of his youth. Amon.
"Why did she want to know about my parents?" Charlie was still being pushed out by Nagira. Robin remained in a daze on her bed, studying the old photo.
"Don't worry about it right now, kid. Just go eat and go home. Get some rest. I can only imagine what you've been through today." Charlie looked at Robin once more before giving up and walking out the hospital with Master at his side. Nagira sighed and shut the wood and glass door.
"Nagira....that boy, you knw who is?"
"I think you already know the answer to that one." Robin squinted at the picture, trying to determine what was going on through her parents minds when they created her, knowing they already had one healthy child.
"I think....no, I know....Charlie is my brother..."
Next chapter: Questions answered
