A/N: Than you for all the Reviews....I actually got more than I expected. Umm, if you don't mind, plz review after like about four chapters.....I logged on and checked my mail, and I had 10 emails saying I got reviews...and I was only on CH.5! So...calm down. (Maybe I should talk to myself...as I write this, a monster storm is above my house...cool eh?)
Chapter 13: Silence
Doujima walked into the STN-J office. She looked around. Michael was doing his regular thing. Sakaki was eating something. Karasuma was talking with Mister Kosaka. Robin, and Amon were sitting with their backs to each other. It looked like they were talking.
'Well, at least I might have slapped some sense into him.' Doujima smirked at the thought. She, also slapped the most cold hunter in the STN-J. She felt some pride grow in her. When Amon looked over, and saw her, he quickly looked away.
'Ah, maybe I intimidated him a little.' Doujima smirked again. She set her things down, and went to get some coffee.
"Oh hello Miss Doujima." Michael said. "I didn't see you come in." He leaned over and whispered into Doujima's ear, "Isn't it nice that Amon and Robin are finally talking again? I was starting to get worried."
Doujima nodded. She smirked again. Michael caught the smirk.
"What's that all about?" He asked.
"Oh," Doujima leaned over and whispered into Michael's ear, "I paid Amon a visit. When he opened his door, my hand said "Hello" to his face. Then I left. He caught me at the elevator, and asked me what that was all about. So, I told him Robin was getting worried about him. I also accidentally told him about Robin's powers. He was almost in a daze when I left."
"So the tin man has a heart after all." Michael and Doujima snickered at the thought.
"Robin, I was told about how you lost a good amount of your power." Amon didn't look at Robin, even though he knew she was looking at him.
"Y-Yes." Robin didn't know what to say.
"How did you end up loosing it?"
"I craft user, who had the power to use water, surround me in a weird kind of water. Michael made a test on the water. I don't quite remember what he said about what was in the water, but he said that I will have to practice being good at using my powers again. If I stayed in that water any longer, I wouldn't be a craft user anymore."
This time, Amon glanced at Robin. She was looking at her glasses. Her skin was a light shade of white.
Amon got up, and walked over to Michael.
"Do you still have the test results for that water that Robin was soaked in?" Amon asked in a serious voice.
"Uh, yeah, here, let me print it." Michael clicked around for a moment, and a piece of paper shot out of the printer. Amon took it and looked at it. He walked over to Robin.
"The water, it has some ingredients that you would find in Orbo's. I believe that those ingredients are what caused your power loss." Amon looked at Robin.
She nodded.
"I might be able to....well....with time, reverse the ingredients, and Robin will have her powers at one-hundred percent again." Michael was leaning on the back of his chair.
Robbin nodded, and Amon walked over to Michael to get more information. Robin didn't bother trying to listen to their conversation.
"Well, I'm happy to see you and Amon back, and talking, and stuff." Doujima walked over to Robin. She noticed the look on the craft user's face.
"Are you ok?" Doujima looked concerned.
"I.....I just want my powers back. I feel week and vulnerable. If I get caught and nobody can help me, I might get into trouble." Robin put her face in her hands.
"Oh, don't say that! You have more of a chance of surviving than us humans!" Doujima smiled. Robin looked up.
'Doujima always has a way to make people happy again.' Robin smiled slightly.
----Later----
Robin hid behind a dumpster.
"I see the witch." She said into her microphone.
"Ok," Amon said. He signaled to Sakaki that they were going to move ahead.
"Doujima, Karasuma, go in behind the witch, that way we'll have him cornered."
"Ok." Karasuma and Doujima moved silently around to get behind the witch.
"Robin, stay where you are until I tell you to move. Cover Sakaki and I." Amon said quietly. He loaded his gun with Orbo.
Sakaki spoke into his microphone. "Cover us if anything happens though."
"Ok." Robin kept her eye on the witch.
"Robin," Amon said coolly, "Do you see Sakaki and I?"
Robin looked around. "Yes, I do. I'll keep my eye on you. I also see Karasuma and Doujima."
Amon bent around the corner. The witch was burying something small, and shiney. He had his back to Amon and Sakaki.
Sakaki moved so he was next to Amon. The two hunters took aim and fired. The witch screamed, and fell over. Doujima and Karasuma came out from the shadows. They walked over to the Witch.
"Well, that was almost too easy." Doujima said. "Let's-"She was cut off.
The witch was starting to get up.
Karasuma and Doujima fired their Orbo guns at him. He dropped down again.
"Make sure he's completely out until you come up to him. Got it?" Sakaki's voice was strong.
Doujima blushed a little.
Karasuma called Michael.
The hunters returned to their vehicles and drove off to the STN-J.
When they got back, Amon and Robin talked about her powers. They went down and into the practice room.
Sakaki was scolding Doujima for walking up to the witch without checking if he was out. Karasuma and Michael were looking into more witches.
----Down At The Practice Room----
"Robin, try and make all the candles on that row light up." Amon pointed to a small row that consisted of about ten candles.
Robin put her half moon spectacles on. She concentrated, and the row lit up.
Amon pointed to a row that was just a little bigger.
Robin lit it all up.
They kept going on until they hit a row that had at least one hundred candles in it.
Robin tried, but a little more than half of the candles lit up.
Amon looked around. What else was there to burn? Then, he spotted the torches.
"Robin, let's try this with the torches." He pointed over there and they walked over.
Robin lit about fifty large torches, until she only lit up more, or just half of the torches.
Amon spoke into his microphone. "Michael, you better have taken notes on that." He had his usual cold voice.
"Don't worry." Michael said in a timid voice, "I got everything."
Amon looked at Robin.
"We're done for today."
When Robin and Amon got up to floor five, everyone was crowded around Michael's computer. Nobody was paying attention to either of the hunters.
Robin walked over and looked at what everyone was looking at. Michael kept playing and replaying what Robin was doing down in the practice room.
"Her power has seemed to improve only by ten percent." Michael said. "I might be able to reverse the ingredients that was in the water in about two weeks."
Robin smiled. She was pretty happy that she could be back to normal in at least two weeks. She walked over and made some tea. When she put the tea bag in, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around. It was Amon.
"It's a good thing you will have your craft back soon." He said in a low voice. "We need to get back on track. Most of these witches that we will be hunting use telepathic powers to move things. I know you are good at handling those things."
"Yes, I am excited." Robin smiled slightly. "I want to get my powers back."
Amon looked her in the eye. "Good." He said coldly.
It was the end of the day. Everyone went home. Robin was about to get onto her vespa when Amon came up to her.
"Do you want to come out to dinner with me?" He asked. His voice was low because the other hunters were just getting in their cars.
"Ok." Robin smiled. "What time do you want to pick me up?"
"What time is good for you?"
"Umm.....is seven ok for you?"
Amon nodded, then stalked off to his car. Robin smiled. Then, she went home.
----At Robin And Touko's apartment ----
"Hi Robin...want something to eat?" Touko didn't have anything ready for herself. "I have to go out tonight, but I can make you something."
"Umm, I have to go out tonight too, so, no, it's ok." Robin hoped that Touko would ask why.
"Ok, then I'm off!" Touko rushed out the door.
Robin breathed a sigh of relief.
She took her coat off, and went to take a shower. When she was done with that, she found one of the nicest black dresses she could find, and put it on. She fixed her hair up and sat and watched TV for a while. She looked at the kitchen clock.
Six-forty.
She had a little while.
She got up and got something to drink.
At Six Fifty-five, there was a knock on the door. Robin got her coat on, and opened the door. Amon was standing there.
"You're early." Robin said jokingly.
Amon held out his hand and they went down to his car. When they got in the car, Robin looked at Amon. He was wearing black of course, but it wasn't a Tux. It was a nice suit that looked a little like his hunting suit, but it was fancier.
"You look nice." Robin said pleasantly.
Amon did a side-glance at Robin.
"Same to you."
When they got to the restaurant, Robin couldn't help but admire the park that was next to it.
When they stepped inside, the sweet scent of foods of all sorts filled Robin's nostrils.
"How many?" The waiter asked them.
"Two." Amon said coldly. He glared at the waiter.
The waiter led the hunters to a nice table. She gave them the menus and then left quickly, trying to avoid Amon's glare.
"Why do you do that?" Robin asked, her voice was low but cold.
Amon looked at her with a cold glare. Robin copied it and did the same. She looked down at the menu.
All through dinner, they talked about certain crafts either one of them didn't understand, or they just talked about random things. Robin was surprised when Amon talked about his mother. He never talked about his mother, seeing she was a witch and all.
"Amon," Robin began, "Before you worked at the STN-J, were you.......close to your mother?"
Amon seemed to stare into space for a moment, then said, "I don't quite know if you can call it close, but we got along well. Nagira wasn't close to her. He loved his dad. I hated my dad."
Robin had a sad expression on her face. "Oh, I wish I knew my mother or father. I grew up in Italy. I was in an orphanage. I didn't discover my craft until Solomon took me and told me. Then, I just had to see if I could work with it."
----After Dinner----
Amon and Robin walked in the park. They talked about family, or about having a family.
When it started raining, they just kept walking. Amon led Robin into a café and they ordered some cappuccinos. The rain had stopped. As they were walking back across the park, they were silent. The only sounds they made were the light sipping of their cappuccinos.
When they got to Amon's car, Robin looked around. Something didn't seem right. Everything was quiet, Not like when they had left to go for a walk. She looked over and to the restaurant. The lights were on, but she didn't see any movements going on inside.
"Amon," Robin looked over. Amon had noticed this too. He grabbed his orbo gun. Robin instinctively put her glasses on. They walked silently to the door. Amon opened it. All they saw was a bloody mess. Robin looked around. She didn't see anybody who was alive. Everybody who was in the resturant was dead.
"Robin, let's go." Amon walked around dead bodies. He wanted to get to the bottom of this.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash. The hunters looked over to a doorway. A figure emerged from it. He was tall, and gruff looking. The figure made a slight hissing sound.
"Who are you? Show your self!" Amon yelled in a dark voice.
"Who am I?" The figure started walking towards them. He then stopped. "Who are you?"
"Tell me first." Amon didn't have his gun ready. He just stared at the form.
Robin gasped when the form turned into a large snake.
"I," The now snake said, "I am Forium. Witch of all sssssnakesss. You DARE messs with me, you will sssssuffer a sssslow and painful death. Now...." The Forium slithered towards them. A Burst of flame shot out in front of him.
The snake turned back into a human form.
"Who dare...." Forium wasn't looking at Amon or Robin. He was looking around. When he looked at Amon and Robin, he charged towards them.
Another flame burst out.
"Don't come any closer!" Robin yelled. She shivered a little when the witch looked at her, then smiled.
"Why are you working with human's. You could work with other craft users such as myself. Just tell me." Forium waited. Amon looked at Robin. Robin just glared at Forium.
When the witch got tired of waiting, he walked towards Robin. Robin stayed still, and didn't use her craft. Forium grabbed her neck. He lifted her off the ground. Amon was going to shoot Forium when Robin said,
"Amon, don't. You will die if you shoot him."
Amon lowered his gun. Robin sighed. She raised her hands to try and take Forium's hands off her neck.
"Stop! Don't!" Robin choked on her words.
"Then TELL ME!" Forium screamed into Robins face. He started shaking her. Robin closed her eyes as if she wanted to try and escape.
Foruim kept on shaking Robin. Amon didn't know what to do. He looked around. He just had no idea at all. He looked at Robin again.
Robin opened her eyes. A Huge burst of light erupted around Foruim. He let go of Robin. She dropped to the floor. When she got up, she sent more bursts of flames towards Foruim. He turned into a snake again. It was no use. Robin's fire had over whelmed him.
"You will ssssssee how nice it isss to work againssssst humansssss! TRUSSSSST ME!!!" Foruim disintegrated in the flames.
Amon couldn't see Robin. She was inside the flames too. All he saw was a figure. Then, there was a blinding light. Amon closed his eyes and used his arm as a shield. When he opened his eyes and put his arm down, the fire was gone. Robin was lying on the floor. Her necklace was in her hand. The chain was dangling on the floor. Amon pulled out his cell phone. He knew Michael was still at head quarters.
"Hello?" Michael was surprised to have someone call him so late at night.
"Michael," It was Amon's voice. "We need to have some workers over here to do some tests. A witch had hit a diner and Robin blew him up. Everybody in the diner is dead. Don't get the police into this yet."
Amon hung up. Michael located where they were. He called Solomon.
Amon walked over to Robin. He bent down and shook her shoulder. Robin didn't stir or anything. He looked over to her hand. The necklace was glowing. Amon didn't touch it. He was afraid that the necklace would do something to Robin, or himself. He picked up Robin, and walked to his car. When he started his car, he looked at Robin. She had woke up.
'That was unusually fast. Is it her pendant?' Amon thought. He looked over at Robin again.
She was putting her necklace back on. The glow it had made was gone. When she was done, she looked over to Amon.
"I....I don't know how.....but my pendant, it, it called me back to being conscious. I don't know how." Robin's eyes started to water.
"You were unconscious. When I looked over, the pendant was glowing. Is there something about that pendant you have failed to tell me...or anyone else?" Amon looked away. The Solomon workers had arrived.
"I....I just thought that this pendant was just a gift. I got it in Italy, when I was in the orphanage. I had no clue it would posses such a power." She looked down at it. Then, she started to cry.
Amon leaned over and put his arms around her. Robin turned around and cried into his coat. They sat there for a moment. When Robin's tears died down, Amon let go of her. They drove out of the parking lot. Robin had fallen asleep.
There was something different about her. Other than the pendant and it's secret power, Robin seemed to have a little more power. He remembered back at the restaurant, when she blew that witch up.
'She seemed to have more power than before.' Amon looked straight forward. 'I wonder if the pendant has some sort of healing power.'
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