Chapter 14: Crystal Of The Witches

Robin woke up. She was in Amon's apartment. She sat up. There was a note on the table.

Robin,

Lock the door on your way out. I am at work already. Your Vespa is outside.

Amon

Robin was happy with the thought that Amon would go and get her Vespa, and be all nice to her.

She did as she was told. When she saw her Vespa, she was worried that Amon forgot her helmet. She walked up to it.

"Oh, My keys..." Without thinking, Robin put her hand in her pocket. Her keys usual home. They were there. She smiled. She found her helmet on the other side of her Vespa.

Robin first drove over and got a bagel. She sat at a table and ate that. She thought of last night. Then, while driving to work, she thought of Amon.

'He can be pretty nice sometimes. Maybe he accepts the fact that he is going to be a father.' Robin started worrying about the fact that Amon still didn't think it was going to be his kid to.

When she walked into the office doors, everyone was gone. Mr. Kosaka noticed she had walked in.

"Ahh, Robin, Amon told me what happened with that witch last night." Mister Kosaka smiled slightly. "I am glad you're ok." He noticed that Robin was confused at to why everyone was gone. "Oh, they all went out on a hunt. Michael is even out. I don't know why, but he is. He ran some scans on your pendant."

Mister Kosaka held out her pendant. Robin gingerly took it out of his hand.

"That thing is all craft. It holds a lot of power you have yet to discover. You only discovered the first part of it. The pendant is pretty much a part of you. You say you got it at an orphanage? As a gift? Well, who ever gave it to you knew it would come in handy for you."

Robin was surprised. She had no clue that they had been told so much. She guessed it was valuable information to Michael if he was going to figure the pendant out. She nodded, and went to get some coffee.

Mister Kosaka walked back into his office. Robin waited until everyone got back. She slowly sipped on her coffee. Thoughts, and questions raced through her mind. She was startled when she heard the loud racket of the elevator doors open. Not long after, Doujima, Sakaki, Karasuma, and Amon walked in. Doujima was the first to notice Robin. She walked over to her.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Doujima asked. Karasuma and Sakaki walked over to her too. Robin stood up.

"We all heard of last night." Sakaki said.

Robin nodded. "I'm fine."

Karasuma raised an eyebrow. "We also heard about your pendant. Amazing stuff."

Robin nodded. "It's a little strange to me. I didn't even know that it held a power until last night. I still don't know what other powers it holds."

They all heard the elevator doors. Michael then walked into the office. He saw Robin.

"Oh, hi Robin! Here, let me show you what I found in your pendant." Michael sat down and opened something on his computer. Robin walked over. She leaned over to see the screen. Something caught the corner of her eye. Amon had walked over and stood on the other side of Michael.

"Ok," Michael began. He pointed to a picture of a crystal that was on the screen. "This, it what you pendant is. A crystal that only witchesare allowed to have. If humans get their hands on it and try to use its powers, the human becomes cursed. I still haven't found the name of it. Inside, it is almost hollow. The magic and other things are inside. If you try and crack it open, you will have a hard time. No one has ever been able to open one. No matter how hard they have tried."

Michael typed for a moment, and another picture popped up.

"One witch even tried to open it with his powers. The crystal killed him." Michael looked at Robin and Amon. The confused expressions on their faces made him go further into the story. "The crystal is almost alive. Any betrayal, and the crystal punishes the traitor." Michael pointed to the crystal on the screen, a witch was holding it. His eyes were narrow. "This crystal turned him into a statue. The crystal turned him into a metal statue. This guy was found in Italy. The crystal was taken by another witch."

Another picture popped up. Robin gasped lightly.

"This witch was the one who gave the pendant to you....right?" Michael and Amon looked at Robin. She nodded.

"So, if you betray the crystal, you will be condemned to death. I know you would never. You even have yet to discover what it holds. But, with time, you will." Michael looked at Robin. She was shaking a little. Michael guessed that Robin just had to have some time to take in all that information on what she thought was just a worthless crystal.

"Oh, and one more thing." Michael said quietly, "If any witch tries to take it from you, the crystal will immediately kill the witch. Once you have found all the powers of the crystal, and learned to control it, the crystal has no choice but to obey you. But just don't be in any hurry to learn the magic. If you learn it to fats, or in the wrong way, who knows what will happen."

Robin turned around and walked away. She walked into the conference room. She sat down in her spot.

'What is happening to me?' She thought, 'I don't know if I will even be able to figure out any of the magic. I know there is one...but what about the other ones?'

Robin closed here eyes. She was deep in thought. When she opened them, Amon was sitting across from her.

"Robin, I know that you don't think you will be able to figure out the crystal. It may take years." Amon stared at her, his gaze was steady,

"But.....I don't know if I can even do it. Last night...when that witch told me that someday I will find it better to work against humans other than working with them.....it scared me." Robin looked down at her hands.

"Don't worry about that. If you like to work with us, then you will keep working with us. If you didn't, we would be hunting you."

Robin looked up. It was true. She couldn't bare the thought of having any of her comrades shooting her down.

Amon couldn't bare the thought of having to hunt Robin.

"You like to hunt. I know it. The crystal will help you......over time of course." Amon's gaze was still the same.

"I don't know how I am going to do it though. I just don't know. If worst comes to worst, you'll help me right?"

Amon nodded. He got up. Before he turned to leave, Robin stopped him.

"Wait, umm, thanks for last night, and for everything."

Amon's eyes got soft for a split second, then he left.

Robin got up and stepped outside the room.

Amon was working on a computer. Doujima and Sakaki were having a little fiht about something. Karasuma was talking with Mister Kosaka. When they noticed Robin, Mister Kosaka called her into his office.

"Robin," Mister Kosaka began, "Karasuma and I are worried about your well being at the moment. We know that since you're pregnant, you should take it easy. So, you will go on paid leave as soon as you are told by a doctor to."

"But," Robin objected, "What about everyone else?"

Mister Kosaka chuckled.

"Well, I don't think it will hurt us is we loose one of our best hunters for a few months. We still have Amon and Karasuma. Sakaki is getting better too."

Robin started to object when Karasuma interrupted.

"We'll be fine! You just need to take it easy." Karasuma smiled.

Mister Kosaka dismissed both of them.

Ok, I know, the chapters are going the opposite from long. They WILL get longer though! I PROMISE YOU! They will. Anyways, I know that on the actual series of Witch Hunter Robin, the pendant of Robin's doesn't actually have powers....but this isn't the series is it? It's my story. So there. Heh.

Raven