In the Eyes of Fire
By: raven612
Chapter 3: Ice Cold Breath
Robin awoke the next morning with a pounding headache.
"Ow." She moaned rubbing her temples; she got herself out of bed and walked slowly to the kitchen to make some hot tea.
"Good morning Robin." Tokou said sitting at the kitchen table sipping some coffee.
"Oh, hello." Robin said getting a kettle out to make some tea.
"How did you sleep I heard you bumping around a few times at night." Tokou said.
"Oh, sorry about that." Robin said shyly.
"Well, look at the time I better get going." Tokou said grabbing her things.
"See you around supper." Robin called as she ran out the door. Robin picked up the dishes and left for work.
She entered and found only Karasuma and Michael in the office.
"Hello Robin." Karasuma greeted setting her cup of coffee on the counter.
"Where are the others?" Robin asked.
"Sakaki and Doujima went to investigate a crime scene and Amon didn't show up yet.
"I see." Robin said feeling a bit jealous.
"I guess you and I could go track down a new witch that killed an entire family last night." Karasuma said handing Robin the file she had in her hand.
"Oh, alright." She said leafing through it.
"Michael if Amon comes in tell him where we went." Karasuma said before she disappeared behind the sliding door.
"You don't know where Amon is do you?" Karasuma asked.
"No he left me early yesterday with Sakaki." Robin said getting into the car.
"He might just be late, or he's already at one of the two crime scenes." Karasuma said.
"Probably." Robin agreed.
"Well, we'll see." She smiled as she took off from the garage.
They arrived a few minutes after they left and found Amon already there.
"I thought you might be here." Karasuma said getting out of her car.
"I went in early this morning and found this case file." He said handing her one that looked a few years older.
"Why do you have this?" She asked.
"It's similar to this case." He said opening the door to the house.
"How?" She asked being followed by Robin.
"The people in it were murdered in almost the same way." He said going upstairs to the little girl's room.
"It's awful that someone would murder an entire family even the little children." Karasuma said feeling a wave of anger, sadness, and confusion wash over her.
"Can you scry this area?" Amon asked.
"I can try." She said putting her hand to the floor and pulling back immediately.
"What wrong?" Amon asked.
"The little girl before she was killed felt... happy." Karasuma whispered a tear welling in her eye.
"What?" Amon and robin asked in unison.
"She just felt this enormous amount of happiness and relief." Karasuma said sinking to her knees.
"It's okay; at least she was happy for the most part." Robin said going to her.
"I just don't under stand someone that dies the way she did hacked up and cut all over, how can you be as happy as she was." Karasuma said looking into the distance a blank look of sadness and disbelief on her face and in her eyes.
"Maybe it's the end she always wanted." Robin said looking around.
"No, this girl was only 7 years old how could this have been the end she was looking for?" Karasuma said angry now.
"Maybe she was a witch also and did some bad things she never wanted people to find out about." Amon said from the corner.
"What makes you say that?" Robin asked.
"This." He said holding up a book of witch symbols and a history of witchcraft.
"What could she have possibly done?" Karasuma asked.
"She killed my brother and my best friend." A voice said form the corner.
"Who's there?" Amon asked pulling out his gun.
"My name is Ricon." The voice answered lighting a cigarette.
"What are you doing here?" Karasuma asked also holding out her gun and on her feet now.
"Settle down; don't make me get mad if there is no need to." He laughed walking out of the shadows.
"You have no right to kill a family." Karasuma said.
"Maybe, but she had to pay for what she did and I had to stop her form going any further." He said his eyes blazing.
"If so that still doesn't justify the means." Robin said.
"Oh. I didn't see you over there." He smiled.
"Stay there, Karasuma Robin and I can handle him call the factory." Amon said advancing on him.
"I don't think so." Ricon said putting out his cigarette.
"Stay there." Amon warned cocking his gun.
"You can't control me." Ricon said laughing hysterically now his mouth wide open.
"Shoot him Amon before he does something to us." Karasuma said hanging up her cell.
"I'm trying to but my gun wont work." He said smacking it against the ground.
"Great." She said. "Robin." Karasuma said looking behind her.
"Right." She whispered putting on her glasses. She looked at him and found she could not start a fire.
"Robin come on." Karasuma said backing up as the man came forward.
"Don't underestimate me." He said backing Karasuma in the corner and running a hand down her face and neck.
"Get off of me you creep." She said kicking him in the groin.
"Bitch." He snapped doubling over and loosing his control he had on the group, just for a second. "It's not enough, I am more powerful than any witch there is." He laughed turning from Karasuma to Robin now.
"Don't even think of touching her." Amon said grabbing him on the shoulder.
"Don't touch me." He seethed putting an energy barrier around Amon and Karasuma.
"How did you become so powerful?" Robin asked.
"I kill only powerful witches and take their powers and make them mine, I make their souls my slaves." He laughed backing her into a wall.
"You're a sick man to have to kill a 7 year old girl only to satisfy yourself and your thirst for power." Robin said calmly.
"Indeed I may be, but I never loose sight for a pretty young girl." He said sliding his hand down her face and grabbing her neck.
"You may want to find one that's not a craft user." She choked flames going across her eyes and watched as the man who once held her backed up screaming in pain, then started to laugh.
"You can't possibly think that a mislay flame is enough to get rid of me." He said walking back to her.
"No but it did make your barriers disappear." Amon said shooting at him.
"What?" Ricon said spinning around just as the bullet caught him in the chest.
Karasuma followed with three more bullets.
"You pathetic humans." He laughed absorbing their bullets and regaining his energy quickly.
"Shit." Amon said pulling out his cell phone.
"Put it away." Ricon said walking up to robin again.
"No." Amon said dialing the factories number, "Bring your best men and best machines." Amon said into the phone an hung up as an energy blast knocked his phone out of his hand and sent him into the wall behind him.
"Amon!" Karasuma and Robin yelled.
"Would you two shut-up." Ricon yelled turning her gaze to the two women who looked unnaturally calm.
"Just listen to me, Ricon." Karasuma said putting her gun to the floor.
"No all I want is to be left alone and a pretty young girl." He smiled pushing Karasuma to the side and going up to Robin once more.
"Leave her alone." Karasuma said leaping on his back.
"Get off of me." He yelled sending her into a wall knocking a shelf on top of her.
"Leave them alone." Robin said angrily and not able to control her power lit the room ablaze. "Oh no." She whispered to herself as she heard Amon screaming for Karasuma, then felt a heavy blow to her head.
"Robin." Amon yelled pushing his way through the flames with Karasuma over his shoulder.
"Robin could hear the faint sounds of the factory trucks out side and a warm stream trickling from her head as she leaned against the wall that was rapidly growing hotter.
"Robin." Amon yelled once more.
"Amon." She whispered reaching her hand up and sinking to the scorching floor. She felt a hand close around her wrist and haul her to her feet.
"Come on." He said putting an arm around her waist.
"Coming." She said closing her eyes in pain then blinking them slowly looking up into the sun. She put her hands out from her sides and felt grass; she slowly rose to a sitting position and caught a wave of dizziness.
"Are you alright?" Amon asked pulling the bandage tighter around her head.
"I'm fine. Did they find the witch?" She asked.
"He jumped out of the window." He said angrily.
"Is Miss. Karasuma okay?" She asked feeling guilty.
"She'll be fine, she suffered slight smoke inhalation and a few cracked ribs, and she'll be back by tomorrow morning." He said helping Robin to her feet.
"How will we be able to stop him the next time we run into him?" She asked.
"I don't know, but he seems to like you." Amon said disgustingly.
"Hopefully he's not as powerful the next time we find him." Robin said but regretted it as soon as she did knowing he'll be stronger the next time they find him.
"He'll be worse." Amon said opening the door to his car for her.
"I know that." She said leaning against the car door.
"We better get back to headquarters." Amon said pulling away from the curb.
"Yeah, maybe Michael will be able to help us." She said watching the scenery pass her by.
"I hope so or else we're in trouble the next time we find him." He said pulling into the parking garage.
Robin noticed Sakaki's bike was back. As Robin walked in she could hear Sakaki and Doujima arguing about who would be better at driving.
"Robin, what happened?" Michael asked looking up from his screen.
"We ran into a very powerful witch." Amon said before Robin could open her mouth.
"Really?" Michael asked looking to his screen again. "What's the name?" He asked.
"Ricon, he said he only kills witches and makes their souls his slave and absorbs their powers." Amon said.
"Found it." Michael said.
Their voices faded from Robin's mind as she took her seat at her computer.
"Are you okay?" Sakaki asked crouching beside her.
"Yeah I'm fine." She whispered staring straight ahead.
"Where's Miss. Karasuma?" He asked placing a hand comfortingly on Robins arm and giving it a squeeze.
"She's in the hospital for observation; she's suffering from smoke inhalation." She said sadly the guilt weighing heavily on her.
"What happened?" He asked.
"I lost control; he just wouldn't stop touching me." She said a tear sliding down her cheek and Sakaki whipped it away.
"It'll be okay." Sakaki tried.
"I don't know; I hope it will be." Robin sighed.
"Well let's just hope he won't show up again." He said getting up and getting Robin some coffee.
"Robin, do you think you can come with me and Doujima to check up on a different witch?" Amon asked walking over to her.
"Sure." She said rising.
"Are you sure you should?" Sakaki asked handing her the coffee.
"I'm okay; it's just a little bump." She smiled sipping her coffee.
"Alright." Sakaki sighed leaning in his chair closing his eyes.
"Sakaki, you and Michael should look up some information on the witch, Ricon." Amon said.
"Alright, do you want me to send you what we find?" Michael asked.
"Yes." Amon said.
"What are we looking for?" Doujima asked as she stepped out of the car and Robin followed.
"Anything you think might be useful." Amon said.
"Okay." She sighed.
Robin walked around back into a dark alley and found some shreds of paper with red writing on it; she picked up the shreds and brought them to Amon.
"Where did you find these?" He asked taking them from him.
"In the corner." She pointed.
"I'll send these to Michael to see if it's written in ink or blood." He said going to the car to call Michael and Sakaki.
"Amon, I found some dead rats and some dead birds in one big pile over here." Doujima yelped clinging to Robin.
"May be they died of natural causes." Sakaki joked.
"I don't thin they would all be piled neatly like this." Amon said kneeling by them.
"What do you think it means?" Sakaki asked.
"It means this witch is just practicing to kill humans." Amon said swiping away the dead animals.
A/N: Okay I realize now that (thanks to everyone that answered me on where Robin lived thanks! :D ) Robin lived in Italy, I think I was thinking Scotland or Ireland because I was reading a nook about a witch who lived in Scotland lol and I also got the parts in the story about absorbing dead witches powers and making their souls the other witches slaves, well thanks for all of the reviews I want lots more!!!!!!!!!!
By: raven612
Chapter 3: Ice Cold Breath
Robin awoke the next morning with a pounding headache.
"Ow." She moaned rubbing her temples; she got herself out of bed and walked slowly to the kitchen to make some hot tea.
"Good morning Robin." Tokou said sitting at the kitchen table sipping some coffee.
"Oh, hello." Robin said getting a kettle out to make some tea.
"How did you sleep I heard you bumping around a few times at night." Tokou said.
"Oh, sorry about that." Robin said shyly.
"Well, look at the time I better get going." Tokou said grabbing her things.
"See you around supper." Robin called as she ran out the door. Robin picked up the dishes and left for work.
She entered and found only Karasuma and Michael in the office.
"Hello Robin." Karasuma greeted setting her cup of coffee on the counter.
"Where are the others?" Robin asked.
"Sakaki and Doujima went to investigate a crime scene and Amon didn't show up yet.
"I see." Robin said feeling a bit jealous.
"I guess you and I could go track down a new witch that killed an entire family last night." Karasuma said handing Robin the file she had in her hand.
"Oh, alright." She said leafing through it.
"Michael if Amon comes in tell him where we went." Karasuma said before she disappeared behind the sliding door.
"You don't know where Amon is do you?" Karasuma asked.
"No he left me early yesterday with Sakaki." Robin said getting into the car.
"He might just be late, or he's already at one of the two crime scenes." Karasuma said.
"Probably." Robin agreed.
"Well, we'll see." She smiled as she took off from the garage.
They arrived a few minutes after they left and found Amon already there.
"I thought you might be here." Karasuma said getting out of her car.
"I went in early this morning and found this case file." He said handing her one that looked a few years older.
"Why do you have this?" She asked.
"It's similar to this case." He said opening the door to the house.
"How?" She asked being followed by Robin.
"The people in it were murdered in almost the same way." He said going upstairs to the little girl's room.
"It's awful that someone would murder an entire family even the little children." Karasuma said feeling a wave of anger, sadness, and confusion wash over her.
"Can you scry this area?" Amon asked.
"I can try." She said putting her hand to the floor and pulling back immediately.
"What wrong?" Amon asked.
"The little girl before she was killed felt... happy." Karasuma whispered a tear welling in her eye.
"What?" Amon and robin asked in unison.
"She just felt this enormous amount of happiness and relief." Karasuma said sinking to her knees.
"It's okay; at least she was happy for the most part." Robin said going to her.
"I just don't under stand someone that dies the way she did hacked up and cut all over, how can you be as happy as she was." Karasuma said looking into the distance a blank look of sadness and disbelief on her face and in her eyes.
"Maybe it's the end she always wanted." Robin said looking around.
"No, this girl was only 7 years old how could this have been the end she was looking for?" Karasuma said angry now.
"Maybe she was a witch also and did some bad things she never wanted people to find out about." Amon said from the corner.
"What makes you say that?" Robin asked.
"This." He said holding up a book of witch symbols and a history of witchcraft.
"What could she have possibly done?" Karasuma asked.
"She killed my brother and my best friend." A voice said form the corner.
"Who's there?" Amon asked pulling out his gun.
"My name is Ricon." The voice answered lighting a cigarette.
"What are you doing here?" Karasuma asked also holding out her gun and on her feet now.
"Settle down; don't make me get mad if there is no need to." He laughed walking out of the shadows.
"You have no right to kill a family." Karasuma said.
"Maybe, but she had to pay for what she did and I had to stop her form going any further." He said his eyes blazing.
"If so that still doesn't justify the means." Robin said.
"Oh. I didn't see you over there." He smiled.
"Stay there, Karasuma Robin and I can handle him call the factory." Amon said advancing on him.
"I don't think so." Ricon said putting out his cigarette.
"Stay there." Amon warned cocking his gun.
"You can't control me." Ricon said laughing hysterically now his mouth wide open.
"Shoot him Amon before he does something to us." Karasuma said hanging up her cell.
"I'm trying to but my gun wont work." He said smacking it against the ground.
"Great." She said. "Robin." Karasuma said looking behind her.
"Right." She whispered putting on her glasses. She looked at him and found she could not start a fire.
"Robin come on." Karasuma said backing up as the man came forward.
"Don't underestimate me." He said backing Karasuma in the corner and running a hand down her face and neck.
"Get off of me you creep." She said kicking him in the groin.
"Bitch." He snapped doubling over and loosing his control he had on the group, just for a second. "It's not enough, I am more powerful than any witch there is." He laughed turning from Karasuma to Robin now.
"Don't even think of touching her." Amon said grabbing him on the shoulder.
"Don't touch me." He seethed putting an energy barrier around Amon and Karasuma.
"How did you become so powerful?" Robin asked.
"I kill only powerful witches and take their powers and make them mine, I make their souls my slaves." He laughed backing her into a wall.
"You're a sick man to have to kill a 7 year old girl only to satisfy yourself and your thirst for power." Robin said calmly.
"Indeed I may be, but I never loose sight for a pretty young girl." He said sliding his hand down her face and grabbing her neck.
"You may want to find one that's not a craft user." She choked flames going across her eyes and watched as the man who once held her backed up screaming in pain, then started to laugh.
"You can't possibly think that a mislay flame is enough to get rid of me." He said walking back to her.
"No but it did make your barriers disappear." Amon said shooting at him.
"What?" Ricon said spinning around just as the bullet caught him in the chest.
Karasuma followed with three more bullets.
"You pathetic humans." He laughed absorbing their bullets and regaining his energy quickly.
"Shit." Amon said pulling out his cell phone.
"Put it away." Ricon said walking up to robin again.
"No." Amon said dialing the factories number, "Bring your best men and best machines." Amon said into the phone an hung up as an energy blast knocked his phone out of his hand and sent him into the wall behind him.
"Amon!" Karasuma and Robin yelled.
"Would you two shut-up." Ricon yelled turning her gaze to the two women who looked unnaturally calm.
"Just listen to me, Ricon." Karasuma said putting her gun to the floor.
"No all I want is to be left alone and a pretty young girl." He smiled pushing Karasuma to the side and going up to Robin once more.
"Leave her alone." Karasuma said leaping on his back.
"Get off of me." He yelled sending her into a wall knocking a shelf on top of her.
"Leave them alone." Robin said angrily and not able to control her power lit the room ablaze. "Oh no." She whispered to herself as she heard Amon screaming for Karasuma, then felt a heavy blow to her head.
"Robin." Amon yelled pushing his way through the flames with Karasuma over his shoulder.
"Robin could hear the faint sounds of the factory trucks out side and a warm stream trickling from her head as she leaned against the wall that was rapidly growing hotter.
"Robin." Amon yelled once more.
"Amon." She whispered reaching her hand up and sinking to the scorching floor. She felt a hand close around her wrist and haul her to her feet.
"Come on." He said putting an arm around her waist.
"Coming." She said closing her eyes in pain then blinking them slowly looking up into the sun. She put her hands out from her sides and felt grass; she slowly rose to a sitting position and caught a wave of dizziness.
"Are you alright?" Amon asked pulling the bandage tighter around her head.
"I'm fine. Did they find the witch?" She asked.
"He jumped out of the window." He said angrily.
"Is Miss. Karasuma okay?" She asked feeling guilty.
"She'll be fine, she suffered slight smoke inhalation and a few cracked ribs, and she'll be back by tomorrow morning." He said helping Robin to her feet.
"How will we be able to stop him the next time we run into him?" She asked.
"I don't know, but he seems to like you." Amon said disgustingly.
"Hopefully he's not as powerful the next time we find him." Robin said but regretted it as soon as she did knowing he'll be stronger the next time they find him.
"He'll be worse." Amon said opening the door to his car for her.
"I know that." She said leaning against the car door.
"We better get back to headquarters." Amon said pulling away from the curb.
"Yeah, maybe Michael will be able to help us." She said watching the scenery pass her by.
"I hope so or else we're in trouble the next time we find him." He said pulling into the parking garage.
Robin noticed Sakaki's bike was back. As Robin walked in she could hear Sakaki and Doujima arguing about who would be better at driving.
"Robin, what happened?" Michael asked looking up from his screen.
"We ran into a very powerful witch." Amon said before Robin could open her mouth.
"Really?" Michael asked looking to his screen again. "What's the name?" He asked.
"Ricon, he said he only kills witches and makes their souls his slave and absorbs their powers." Amon said.
"Found it." Michael said.
Their voices faded from Robin's mind as she took her seat at her computer.
"Are you okay?" Sakaki asked crouching beside her.
"Yeah I'm fine." She whispered staring straight ahead.
"Where's Miss. Karasuma?" He asked placing a hand comfortingly on Robins arm and giving it a squeeze.
"She's in the hospital for observation; she's suffering from smoke inhalation." She said sadly the guilt weighing heavily on her.
"What happened?" He asked.
"I lost control; he just wouldn't stop touching me." She said a tear sliding down her cheek and Sakaki whipped it away.
"It'll be okay." Sakaki tried.
"I don't know; I hope it will be." Robin sighed.
"Well let's just hope he won't show up again." He said getting up and getting Robin some coffee.
"Robin, do you think you can come with me and Doujima to check up on a different witch?" Amon asked walking over to her.
"Sure." She said rising.
"Are you sure you should?" Sakaki asked handing her the coffee.
"I'm okay; it's just a little bump." She smiled sipping her coffee.
"Alright." Sakaki sighed leaning in his chair closing his eyes.
"Sakaki, you and Michael should look up some information on the witch, Ricon." Amon said.
"Alright, do you want me to send you what we find?" Michael asked.
"Yes." Amon said.
"What are we looking for?" Doujima asked as she stepped out of the car and Robin followed.
"Anything you think might be useful." Amon said.
"Okay." She sighed.
Robin walked around back into a dark alley and found some shreds of paper with red writing on it; she picked up the shreds and brought them to Amon.
"Where did you find these?" He asked taking them from him.
"In the corner." She pointed.
"I'll send these to Michael to see if it's written in ink or blood." He said going to the car to call Michael and Sakaki.
"Amon, I found some dead rats and some dead birds in one big pile over here." Doujima yelped clinging to Robin.
"May be they died of natural causes." Sakaki joked.
"I don't thin they would all be piled neatly like this." Amon said kneeling by them.
"What do you think it means?" Sakaki asked.
"It means this witch is just practicing to kill humans." Amon said swiping away the dead animals.
A/N: Okay I realize now that (thanks to everyone that answered me on where Robin lived thanks! :D ) Robin lived in Italy, I think I was thinking Scotland or Ireland because I was reading a nook about a witch who lived in Scotland lol and I also got the parts in the story about absorbing dead witches powers and making their souls the other witches slaves, well thanks for all of the reviews I want lots more!!!!!!!!!!