A/N: This chapter is REALLY long...sry...but yeah...just a warning.
Chapter 7: The Conference And The Hunt
"Hi Doujima, how are you today?" Robin handed her usually late friend a cup of coffee.
"Oh, I'm really tired, I didn't get much sleep last night, and I got a call that my mother is quite ill." Doujima's eyes were a little bagged and it didn't look like she did a very good job on brushing her hair.
"Oh, I'm so sorry." Robin quietly said. She looked down into the coffee in her cup.
"Well, anyways, we shouldn't just waste life by thinking about sick relatives. Who do we have to hunt today?"
"I don't know." Robin looked up from her cup, "Michael or Amon haven't said anything."
As if on cue, Mister Kosaka walked into the room and said in a boss-like voice,
"Ok everyone, Michael is in the conference room pulling up information on your targets for today."
He made a motion with his hand, signaling that they should walk into the conference room.
The hunters walked in and took their normal seats. Robin looked at Amon. He looked different. He too looked like he hadn't had much sleep.
'I'll ask him why he looks so tired when we leave.' She thought to herself.
"Ok, people," Michael said, interrupting Robin's thoughts, "We have two witches that we want you to go on with your partners," He looked up at Sakaki, "You will go with Robin and Amon, and the last witch, we want you to all go on. This one will be a tough one and we don't want what happened last time." He looked at Amon and then Karasuma.
"Well, let's get going." Sakaki said simply. He went to stand up when micheal stopped him.
"Wait, you need the information on these two witches. Here is the one you, Robin, and Amon will hunt. Doujima, Karasuma, here is the one you two will be hunting."
Once everyone was done looking at the information, and discussing it, Michael pulled up the information about the witch they would all go after.
Robin's eyes widened when she saw the information. She had met this person, well, now she knew it was a witch, before and didn't suspect a thing.
Amon noticed her reaction. He looked over her features, and asked coldly,
"Something wrong?"
Robin looked at Amon, her eyes were normal. She nodded and quietly sad,
"I'll tell you in the car."
Amon nodded and continued looking over the information. Robin knew he was thinking of battle plans. She looked at Sakaki. He noticed she was looking at him and smiled.
"Well, this should be an interesting day." Sakaki's voice was almost overjoyed. Robin guessed he had been bored while they were waiting for Karasuma and Amon to finally heal up, and be able to go on a hunt.
Robin nodded at his comment.
Michael looked up at everyone.
"Ok, maybe we want to get started. Just don't forget about earphones. And, makesure your cellphone is on." Michael looked up at Doujima. Doijima looked offended.
"What? YOU think I would leave my cell phone off? As if." Doujima smiled at her reaction.
"Well," Michael rolled his eyes, "Let's get started."
Everyone exited the conference room. Amon turned around to his partners.
"Robin, you'll go in the car with me, Sakaki, take your Motorcycle." Amon's voice was cold, as usual.
Sakaki smiled at the thought of being able to take his bike instead of riding in the car with Amon.
Robin grabbed her glasses before they left. She noticed that Amon and Sakaki were already walking towards the elevator. She ran to catch up.
Sakaki looked at Robin.
"You sure like to take your time grabbing your glasses."
Robin blushed a little, but it wasn't noticeable. She quietly said,
"Sorry."
Amon turned his earphone on when they reached the underground parking lot. Sakaki and Robin did the same.
Sakaki walked over and prepared himself for his ride, and Robin sat in Amon's car. She looked over. Amon was still standing outside is car.
"Sakaki, follow us. But, if you must, you can go first." The hunter's cold voice sent a light shiver down Sakaki's spine.
"You can go first." He put his helmet on and revved p his bike.
Amon got into the car and started it. After they drove past the STN-J gates, Amon looked at Robin. He was going to talk, but stopped. He reached up, and turned his speaker off. Robin got the hint and turned off hers, too.
"Now," Amon said in his leader-like voice, "What was wrong back there?"
"Well, that witch we need to hunt as a team, I met him."
Amon raised an eyebrow. "Go on."
"I didn't suspect a thing that he was a craft user, and he seemed really nice. We became friends. Then, he suddenly disappeared, and now I know why."
Robin looked down at her hands.
Amon was silent for a second, then said,
"Well, let me guess, you don't really want to hunt him?"
Robin nodded. Her eyes still on her hands.
"Well, as I have said many times before, a witch is a witch, when we are assigned to hunt some one who we like as a friend, we must. That is just how it is."
Robin looked up. She studied Amon's features. She was amazed at his words of wisdom, which hardly showed their selves. She then remembered the question she was going to ask him.
"Amon, why do you look so tired? Doujima was the same way, but worse than you." Robin's words faltered a little.
"I myself couldn't sleep. I don't know what it was, But.....I'd shut my eyes, and they would pop open again."
"Oh and Amon, Touko knows we are together."
Amon did a side-glance at Robin.
"How'd she find out?"
"She realized it herself."
"Uhuh, she was always smart in that category."
The rest of the drive towards the witch's located was silent. Robin would do side glances at Amon, and Amon would do the same. Robin finally quit and looked out the window. She looked at the outside mirror. Sakaki was driving happily on his bike. She then remembered about her microphone. She quickly turned it on.
'I'm actually surprised that Amon didn't remember it.' Robin looked at her partner.
He didn't see her movement. She reached up and clicked his microphone on. Amon looked at her. He managed to mumble a little "Thanks".
When they reached the spot, Amon and Robin stayed in the car while Sakaki walked over to Amon's side. Amon rolled down his window, and him and Sakaki mumbled things Robin couldn't hear.
When Sakaki left and got something from his bike, Robin looked at Amon.
"What did you say?" She was quite curious.
"Nothing of importance to you." Amon said simply.
"Should we get going?" Robin asked her partner.
"Yeah. Sakaki," He spoke into his mini microphone, "Robin and I are going inside the building, Follow us and check hallways and behind doors."
"Right," Sakkaki's voice rang through their ears. "I'll call you I there is anything."
Amon looked at Robin and nodded. They both stepped out of the car. Robin put her glasses on and walked towards the old abandoned building. She wasn't going to wait for Amon, who had to run after her.
"Don't walk off like that." Amon said coldly.
Robin sighed and, equally cold, said, "You do it all the time to me. It's about time you get a taste of your own medicine, Amon."
Amon looked at his partner in surprise. She had never snapped back like that.
'What brought THAT on?' He thought to himself. But then, he shook the thought out of his head. 'I have to focus on the task at hand.'
Robin and Amon walked into the building. Not long after, Sakaki, his orbo gun out and ready, walked in.
A piece of roof fell. It was about to crash onto Amon and Robin when it burst into flames. Amon looked at Robin. She hadn't even looked up.
'Her powers are getting more and more precise. I wonder exactly HOW they are though.' Amon pushed the though away. His Fatigue was making him think such stupid thoughts.
"Amon, this building is so old, I am afraid it is going to collapse." Robin said quietly.
"Yes, that worries me a little too." Amon spoke into his microphone, "Sakaki, be carful with what you move or do. This building is too old to be hunting in."
"Ok," Sakaki's cool voice rang in their earphones, "But one thing, there is someone down here, I don't see him quite clearly, but I believe it's him."
Amon pulled out his cell phone and located were Sakaki was. He shut it with a little "Snap" .
"Let's go." Amon started to walk fast, Robin caught up with him easily. Amon took out his Orbo gun.
Once they reached Sakaki, Amon looked around. Down a hallway was a figure. He looked like he was walking around, like he was nervous about something.
He was mumbling something that the hunters couldn't quite understand.
Amon kneeled down. Robin and Sakaki did too.
"Ok, Sakaki, you go in first, then I'll go. Robin, you cover us. I know what ever he throws at us you can block. Once we get close enough, Sakaki, try shooting him. If there is another hallways connecting to that one, we can cover ourselves by getting into it. Robin, no matter what, try and block everything he pitches at us."
Sakaki and Robin nodded, and they started.
(A/N: Imagine having cool music in the back round ok? That will make this more interesting.)
Sakaki quietly slipped down the hallway. All hunters were trying to go unnoticed. They were, until Robin slipped on the broken up ground.
The witch immediately used his powers to fly a hunk of the crumbling walls at the hunters. About ten feet away, it burst into flames. The witch gasped, and he tried again. Every piece he thrust at them missed or burst into flames.
Sakaki noticed a hallway and ran towards it, with Amon and Robin following close behind. When they entered the hallway, Amon looked back.
Robin wasn't behind him but instead standing about a yard away from the hallway. She was being stopped constantly because the witch was throwing numerous objects at her. She quickly did a side glance at Amon.
She was distracting the witch so Sakaki and Amon could fire orbo at it.
Robin noticed the witch was looking at where Amon and Sakaki were. She was going to have to distract him further. She sent flames around him, to scare him and make his attention focus back on her. Every five seconds, a flame would burst around the witch. And while distraction him, she had to either dodge or fire at the pieces of building that were being thrown at her.
Sakaki and Amon took their aim. Sakaki shot first at the witch, but missed by just a little bit. Amon quickly shot at the witch. He managed to get a couple of orbo's into the witch, but it looked like the witch would need more than just too shots.
Robin singed the witch's coat. She was doing good at distraction him. Sakaki and Amon shot two more orbos into the witch, making him sink to his knees. Amon fired two more, and the witch collapsed. Sakaki pulled out his cell phone, and called Michael to send a factory van.
Sakaki and Amon walked over to the unconscious witch, and grabbed his coat.
Robin had a questioning look on her face.
Sakaki noticed it and said,
"Well, we don't want the building falling on the STN-J workers."
Robin nodded and led the way out of the building.
The hunters waited until the STN-J factory van left. Sakaki looked at Robin, and then Amon.
"Well, that was one of the best hunts I've been on. Nice job." Sakaki walked over to his bike, put his helmet on, and left.
Amon and Robin slowly got into the car. Robin was pretty tired from using her craft almost to its limit.
Amon looked at Robin. His eyes had a hint of proud in them.
"Nice work." His voice was lighter than normal.
"Umm, thanks." Robin stammered a little bit. Amon almost never complemented her.
Amon turned on the car and they drove back to the STN-J.
----Later On----
"Well done everyone." Michael's voice rang out as everyone was sitting on the couch, or getting something to eat or drink.
Doujima moaned. Sakaki mumbles something under his breath. Everyone else just looked at each other.
Amon and Robin were talking about something. Michael turned around. He looked at Robin.
"Well, I heard you did an excellent job at your hunt." Michael smiled. "You look a little tired. Are you up to going on the next hunt? You don't have to."
Robin thought a moment. She looked Michael straight in the eye.
"I'm going." She said.
Amon looked at Robin.
"Everyone seems to be happy with your breakthroughs."
Robin looked at Amon, her eyebrow raised.
"Well, I guess."
Around two O'clock, Michael went over the witches information with everyone again. He said that Amon, of course, would lead this hunt. When Michael left to do something on his computer, everyone looked at Amon.
"Well?" Doujima asked expectantly to Amon. "Your plans are?"
Amon typed something up on the screen. A 3-D model of where the witch was came up. A red dot was blinking in the building.
"The red dot is where we believe the Witch is located. This building is a new one, but abandoned. I guess it wasn't quite finished. I don't know how stable it is, but we must be careful where we step."
He typed again on the screen. A yellow arrow pointed towards the bottom of the building.
"This is the entrance." Amon started typing while he spoke. The arrow moved.
"Doijima and Sakaki will go left."
The arrow pointed down a hallway.
"Karasuma and Robin will go right."
The arrow pointed down another hallway.
"I will go up to the next floor. I am going to get into the air conditioning system and I will make sure the witch is in the right location. I will then call you all to come in and begin the plan. If anything goes wrong, make sure you have a place to take cover."
Amon looked around at everyone. They all nodded in understanding.
"Ok then, let's get a move on." Amon said in a low, cold voice.
Everyone filed out of the room. Michael gave everyone the thumbs up and said,
"Good luck."
"Oh, and one more thing." Amon said before everyone left.
"Make sure you turn you microphones and earphones on when we get to the location."
And with that, the hunters of the STN-J left.
Everyone went in their regular cars (and bikes).
While driving to the location, Robin and Amon kept talking about the past two weeks. They still didn't have an answer to weather that one night was an accident or not.
They also talked about the hunts that they had to save each other on.
"Did you catch on to what kind of craft this witch has, Robin?" Amon said suddenly.
Robin thought a moment, then said,
"I didn't understand it."
Amon blinked. He then said,
"Well, this witch had the power to put other people into trances so they think they are in a different place. Most of the time, when it occurs to people, they faint. The witch then kills his victims."
Amon smiled slightly, but it was barely noticeable.
"Don't make me save you again."
Robin glared at Amon for a second.
"Don't make ME save YOU."
The rest of the ride was silent. Each hunter in his or her own thoughts.
When they reached the location, everyone turned on their microphones and earphones.
Amon instructed everyone to wait outside until he gave the orders to proceed.
Robin and Karasuma stood together and chatted for a minute.
Sakaki and Doujima had their backs to each other, and their arms crossed over their chests.
"What's with those too?" Robin asked, pointing to Sakaki and Doujima.
"Why ask me? I don't have the slightest clue." Karasuma laughed a little bit.
Suddenly, Amon's voice rang into their ears.
"Ok, the witch is there, go on with the plan."
Karasuma and Robin walked by Sakaki and Doujima.
"You two better get along. We might have to shoot more than the witch." Karasuma said, her voice low.
Sakaki and Doujima turned pale. They both nodded their heads.
The hunters (except Robin who put her glasses on) Took out their Orbo guns.
They went the ways they were told to.
After about three minutes of walking, they all spotted the witch. Of course, he didn't spot them yet.
Robin went to speak in her microphone.
"Amon...we see him and we have him surrounded." Robin waited for an answer. "Amon?"
Everyone else heard Robin.
Karasuma spoke into her microphone.
"Amon? You there?"
Doujima and Sakaki looked at each other. All the hunters were trying to contact Amon, but still no response.
Then, Robin looked around. She noticed the witch was bending over. She then looked up. There was a part in the ceiling that was hanging down.
And then it all clicked into place.
Robin spoke franticly into her microphone.
"Everyone, look! Amon! The witch has Amon! He will kill him!"
Everyone directed their attention to The witch. Robin was right. Amon was lying on the ground. The witch had something in his hand. A Knife!
Karasuma turned to Robin.
"Robin, you must burn the knife out of that witches hand before he kills Amon!"
Robin nodded, and stepped sideways to get a better view of the witch, and Amon.
The witch raised the knife, and was about to bring it down, (Robin heard everyone gasp in her earphone.) when it burst info flames.
He quickly threw it out of his grasp. (Robin heard sighs in herearphone.) The witch looked up. He only saw partn of Robin but he tried to put her in a trance. Her powers were to great so he couldn't.
Doujima, Karasuma, and Sakaki quickly stepped out and tried shooting at the witch. When they noticed that only one orbo had hit him, they all ducked back to reload their guns. Robin sent flames around the witch. He was about to try an trance her again, but stopped.
"R-Robin?" The witch asked.
Robin nodded.
"What are you doing here?"
"I am here to hunt you." Robin said in a cold voice, much like Amon's.
"B-But I thought we were friends?"
"You tried to kill my comrade." Robin wasn't about to say Amon was a friend in front of EVERYONE.
"I-I didn't know. I'm sorry."
"I am sorry Hatya, but it is my job to hunt you. You are a witch. I am a witch hunter."
Hatya looked at Robin's comrades, whos guns were pointing directly at his chest. He immediately tried to put them into trances. The orbo pendants they wore protected them. Suddenly, Doujima collapsed onto the ground. About a minute later, Sakaki collapsed. Karasuma was trying hard to fight the trance, but then she too, collapsed. Robin was the only one of the hunters who was standing.
'Shouldn't the orbo have worked?' Robin looked at Hatya, who was laughing.
He seemed to have her mind.
"Orbo barely works on me. Usually it takes a lot of orbo to bring me down." He laughed again.
"So, why did you decide to become evil? You were so nice when I met you."
Hatya stopped laughing. "You stupid girl!" He spat, "I was just playing mister innocent back then. I didn't want you to suspect anything! I had a feeling you were a witch. I also knew that I would be chased in a matter of time. So I just wanted to have fun before I had to go."
"Killing people is fun? Sending people into trances of all sorts is fun? I don't understand."
"Robin, you don't need to. Not anymore anyways." And with that, he tried to send Robin into a trance. It didn't work. He tried harder.
"What the-"Hatya was confused at to why he couldn't get into Robin's head.
Robin tipped her head forward. Flames shot all around him. She was careful to avoid hitting Amon with a flame. She tried to make it so that Hatya would move away from Amon.
Suddenly, there was a huge burst of flames. When it died down, Hatya was on the floor, unconscious.
Robin walked over to each of her comrades, and tried to wake them up. She then realized that they would snap out of it in a little while.
She walked over to Amon. She searched his coat for his cell phone. There!
She called Michael.
"You guys manage to get him?" Michael's voice sounded a little worried.
"Everyone, except me collapsed. The orbo didn't do its job. I don't understang that. But also, we need a factory van, and some help to get everyone back to the STN-J." Robin's voice kept faltering. She was shaking a little.
"Right away. Drive someone's car back, and try to get who ever you can in it."
"Ok."
Robin managed to drag Amon, and Doujima to the car (Amon's car.).
She laid Doujima in the back, and put Amon up front. She pulled the seat back so he was laying down too. She got into the drivers side of the car, and bent over to grab the keys from Amon's jacket pocket.
Just then, a factory van pulled up. Mister Kosaka's car followed it. He stepped out. When he spotted Robin, he walked over and leaned on the car window.
"So is everyone like that?" he pointed to the unconscious hunters.
Robin nodded. "Karasuma's car and Sakaki's bike need to be taken back."
"Well, it's a good thing I brought three people with me. I'll see you back at the STN-J. Oh, and nice work."
Robin nodded, started the car, and drove back to the STN-J.
----During The Ride-----
Amon opened his eyes. He looked sideways. He was moving. He looked up at the ceiling and around.
'This is my car.' He looked over the other way. Robin was just turning into the underground parking lot.
Amon pulled his seat up. Robin looked at him, and smiled.
"You're awake. I hope you don't mind me driving your car back. I didn't really have a choice." Robin looked back at Doujima. She was still unconscious.
"Tell me what happened." Amon said flatly.
"You gave us the orders to go in. We went in. The witch was there. I talked to you through my microphone. You didn't answer. Everyone else tried it too. We were all worried. Then I spotted you on the ground. The witch was going to kill you."
Amon gave a sharp intake of breath. "And then?"
"Karasuma told me to save you, so I did. The witch put everyone, except for me, into a trance. I just don't get it though. The orbo should have worked, but it didn't. It didn't seem to work with you either. What do you remember?"
"Well, I told you guys to go in, maybe a little too loudly because the next thing I know, I am on my back and the witch was staring deep into my eyes. Then I blacked out."
"Well, the orbo didn't work. That worries me. But after words, I called Michael and told him the usual stuff, except I told him to send some people to take everyone back. I managed to drag you and Doujima into your car. Mister Kosaka and three workers were there to help. So I left. And here we are."
The hunters heard Sakaki'smotercycle. Robin was surprised to see who was driving it.
"Sakaki woke up." Robin whispered mainly to herself.
Then, Karasuma's car drove through the driveway. Some worker was driving it, but Karasuma was awake. Mister Kosaka drove into the parking lot then. It was just him, and a worker.
Then, Doujima woke up. She looked around and was startled to see Robin and Amon looking at her. She was even more startled when she noticed she was in Amon's car.
"Well, hello." Robin said cheerfully.
Whew! LONG chapter! It was good thought wasn't it? Plz R&R for this chapter! I would be much obliged to see how this chapter was for you.
Raven
P.S. Sry about the thing about Touko...I was givin wrong information for characters names. They spelt Doujima Dojima, but I fixed that, and I didn't know about Touko. Plz forgive me!