A/N: Yes...I know some of you really like Nagira...but...it seemed like a good idea to have him get hurt. ALSO, I got a review that said my characters were to ooc. WELL, this IS my story, I CAN make the characters do and say WHAT I want, and NO it doesn't have to be EXACTLY like the series.
THIS CHAPTER IS MONTH TWO FOR ROBIN'S PREGNANCY!!!
Chapter 20: The Book
Amon was the first to wake up. He got out of bed, and slowly walked to the kitchen. He opened the fridge. Nothing looked appetizing. Amon closed the fridge. He walked back into the bedroom. Robin wasn't in bed. He walked back out. The bathroom door was closed. Amon rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe he was going to freak out because Robin wasn't there.
Robin got out of the bathroom. The bedroom door was closed so she went to the kitchen and got a yogurt. She sat down and ate it. Thoughts were racing through her mind. Nagira, The Orbitannica, everything. She hated it that she couldn't go to the STN-J and hunt witches like old times.
Amon walked out of the bedroom and into the living room to grab his cell phone.
"Hi." Robin said flatly. She handed him keys to the apartment.
Amon was shocked. Robin was acting all snappy. His thoughts turned back to the fact about pregnant woman and mood swings.
"What's wrong with you?" Amon asked, his voice flat too.
"Nothing." Robin snapped.
Amon shrugged. He grabbed his cell phone, gave Robin a kiss, and walked out the door.
Robin felt moody. She knew she was getting moody. She decided that she wasn't going to go out unless she had to. But what was there to do here?
Robin looked down at her swollen stomach. She suddenly remembered that there was an extra room in the apartment. She couldn't remember which door it was, but if she could find it, she could clean it up. That could be the baby's room.
Robin got up and walked towards her room. She opened a door. It was a closet that was completely empty. She turned around and stepped towards the next door on the other side of the hall. She opened it. It was a room. There were boxes inside of it, and the place was filthy because of the dust. Robin walked inside. She opened a few boxes and found nothing inside of them. Then, she found a blue box, and opened it. It had all sorts of books in it. Robin picked up a book. The cover said: A True Love. Robin thought she should look through the box after she was finished trying to clean up the room. She carried the box outside of the room, and set it down.
She walked back into the room. The empty boxes she used to but any loose things in. The other boxes she either dragged or carried out of the room. When the room was cleared, Robin walked to the back of it, and saw that there was a window. Of course, it was behind some raggedy, and dusty curtains. She pulled the curtains back and looked out the window. The view was ok. The window was pretty. It had a white border, and didn't look old at all. She tore the curtains down and walked out the room. She threw them away.
Robin then walked back to the boxes. She looked in each one. There was one with candle holders and all sorts of metal objects, and another one that has a whole bunch of jewelry. When she was done looking through all the boxes, she carried the box of books out to the living room. She started looking at books that were love stories. Then, there were some books that looked like they belonged to children. Robin guessed that some of these books came from Touko's child hood. Robin set the older books in a neat pile. At the bottom, there was a book with a leather cover. Encrusted in the leather were the words: The Orbitannica Crystal, Crystal Of The Good And The Bad.
Robin was stunned. This book could tell her all about the Orbitannica. She opened the book and scanned through the pages. She stopped at a picture of a witch that held up an Orbitannica. Below the picture, it said, "One of the first Orbitannica's, which was a good one. This one was in India."
Robin set the book down. She wanted to look at it when she was done cleaning up the room. She walked back and got a broom and dustpan. Then she went into the room. She couldn't even see the floor because of the dust. She started sweeping. Apparently, the floor was a wooden floor, much like her bedroom's floor. Robin finished sweeping and then put the broom and dust pan away. The floor was nice. There wasn't a broken floorboard, or anything. Robin walked into the kitchen and got the cleaner spray, and a towel. She walked back into the room and started cleaning off the walls. They turned out to be white. The only problem with them is that they had a smudge of black on them. Robin tried to get it off, but stopped. She would just have to get the walls re-painted.
When the room looked completely clean, Robin looked at the ceiling. There was a nice light setting. The light bulbs were still there, and there were three of them. Robin walked to the entrance of the room and flipped the switch on.
Only two of the bulbs flickered on. The light made the room look great.
Robin walked out of the room, and shut the door. She cleaned the door off. Then, she put the cleaner and towel away and went to call Touko.
Robin picked the phone up and dialed her cell phone number.
"Hello?" Touko asked.
"Hi, it's Robin." Robin said politely.
"Oh Robin! How are you?"
"Fine, how are you, and your dad?"
"Oh, I'm fine, and my dad is getting better. He bought me an apartment. So, when he gets completely better, I can move into it."
"Oh, good for you."
"So, what's up?"
"I found the room with all the boxes in it. I was going to use it as the baby's room."
"Ok, what are you going to do with the boxes?"
"That's why I called you. I don't know if you want some of the stuff."
"Well," Touko paused for a moment, "Not really, I mean, I bet you can sell some of it for reasonable prices. You can keep the baby books."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Ok then, I guess I'll talk to you later."
"Bye."
The two of them hung up. Robin looked at all the stuff. The only thing she really wanted to keep was the Orbitannica book.
"Well, I guess I can keep the baby books." Robin decided to herself.
Robin took the rest of the boxes, or what she could, out to her car.
She put them in the back of her car. Now what? Robin thought a moment of where to take these boxes. She could take them to the orphanage.
'I'm sure the kids would love to have books, and jewelry to play with.' She thought to herself.
She hopped in her car and drove off to the orphanage. There were many kids there. Robin was sad to see so many kids. She brought the boxes up to the front desk.
"I would like to donate these things to the orphanage." Robin said politely.
"Ok, is this all of it?" The woman asked.
"Yes."
"Ok." The woman took the boxes from Robin and set them behind the desk.
"Thank you for the donation."
Robin nodded and left. She got in her car.
"God, now what should I do?" Robin asked herself.
She decided to go to a café.
Robin ordered a cappuccino, and a bagel. She sat in her car, listening to music, eating away.
Robin was bored to death. She had no clue as to what to do. She went home.
When she got in, the message machine on her phone was blinking. She pushed the new message button.
"Robin," It, for some reason, was Doujima's voice, "I was wondering, do you want to go out and have lunch. I left early because there weren't anymore good witches to hunt. Call me on my cell."
Robin thought it was a good idea. She picked the phone up and called Doujima.
"Hi, it's me." Robin said after Doujima answered.
"Oh hi! So do you want to go out for lunch?" Doujima asked cheerfully.
"Ok. What time?"
"Maybe around twelve-thirty? That good for you?"
"It's fine. Where should we go?"
"There is a new restaurant that is open. We can meet at the park and I can lead you there."
"Ok." Robin couldn't wait to surprise Doujima when she showed up in a car.
"See you then." Doujima hung up.
Robin looked at the clock. Eleven-Thirty. Robin sat down and began to read the Orbitannica book.
The Crystal that gives the witch powers like no other. The Orbitannica is a powerful crystal with many powers. Combine two evil crystals together, and you will have a strong, dark witch. Combine two good crystals together, and they will have the ability to heal not only the witch who carries it, but others as well. It's powers become greater than before. Only a human can poison a good Orbitannica to make it evil.
Anyone who tries to take the crystal away from its owner will be destroyed. A witch who is gifted will only get the crystal when the time is right. Also, when the time is right, the Orbitannica will allow the Witch to control all or certain bits of its powers.
This crystal is more powerful than a witch, and can kill a witch with one beam. The witch who made this crystal used his soul. The witch is dead, obviously, but his soul still lives in the crystal. If, which is practically impossible, the crystal is broken, the powers along with the soul are released and can cause horrible things to happen.
Robin laid the book down so she could keep reading it later. She looked at the clock. Twelve O' Clock. Robin got up and got dressed in a gray dress, and then put her coat on. She was tempted to read the book some more, but she didn't.
She walked out her apartment, locked the door, and walked to the elevator. She pushed the down button and waited for the elevator to come up. When the door opened, Amon walked out.
"What are you doing?" Amon asked quietly.
"Doujima invited me to lunch." Robin said.
"Oh. Have a good lunch." Amon said sarcastically.
Robin nodded and walked in the elevator. When it stopped, she got out and walked to her car. She got in, and left. On her drive to the park, she thought about how much she missed working.
She parked her car behind Doujima's car when she got to the park.
Doujima was leaning on her car, and when she saw Robin get out of the car, a confused expression crossed her face.
"I got a car." Robin said. She smiled at Doujima, who smiled back.
"It's nice." Doujima said. "Shall we go?"
Robin nodded and got back in. Doujima got in her car and they left for the restaurant.
----Back At The Apartment----
Amon sat down on the couch. It had been a hard day, but at least they hunted the worst witches. He looked at the table. He saw the leather covered book, with the words on it that said: The Orbitannica Crystal, Crystal Of The Good And The Bad.
He picked it up. He put is index finger where Robin's place was and then scanned through the book.
'Where did she get this?' Amon thought to himself. 'This book could reveal probably about most of the secrets about the Orbitannica.'
Amon started to read it. The more he read, the more he understood why the crystal ended up with Robin.
----At The Restaurant Place...Thingy...----
Robin and Doujima found an outside table. They were given menus. Robin ordered a salad, and Doujima ordered a fancy soup with all sorts of vegetables and meats.
(A/N: Doesn't that make you hungry? Made me hungry. Go on, go get something to eat.)
While the friends ate, they discussed the room Robin found that she was going to use as the baby's room. Doujima offered to help decorate it. Robin was glad some one was ok with this.
Robin wasn't sure what Amon was going to think about the room.
'He'll probably think it's stupid.' Robin thought to herself.
"So, what color are you going to make it?" Doijima asked.
"I haven't decided. Not pink. Maybe green. I don't know." Robin dazed off for a second.
"Who is going to help you with the baby?"
"I don't quite know." Robin didn't know if Amon was going to help. She knew Doujima loved kids and could help anytime.
The two girls finished eating, and Doujima paid the check. Robin and Doujima walked to their cars.
"We should do that again." Doujima said.
Robin nodded. They said their good byes and left. Robin drove to her apartment, thinking about what color to make the baby's room. She kept telling herself that she didn't need to think about that until about two months from now.
She parked her car in the garage and took the elevator up. When she got into the apartment, Amon was in the living room, reading the book she found.
"Ah, I thought you were going to see that and start reading it." Robin said casually.
Amon looked up from the book.
"You are the one who should be reading it."
Robin nodded.
"I know. Can I show you something though?"
Amon set the book down and followed Robin to the room she found. She opened the door. Her and Amon stepped inside.
"I found this room. The book was in it. I want this room to be the baby's room. What do you think?" Robin smiled slightly.
"Uhhh....it'll work. But you found the book here?" Amon looked around the room.
"Yes. There were many boxes that were in here, and all the stuff was Touko's. I called her and asked her what to do with the stuff and she said sell it."
"What did you do with it?"
"I gave it to the orphanage."
Amon rolled his eyes. Robin was always so soft hearted.
"Did you ask her about the book?"
"No."
Robin and Amon walked out the room. She closed the door.
"You know you should call her and ask her about the book." Amon said in a serious tone.
Robin nodded and walked to the phone.
"Hello?" Touko answered the phone.
"Hi, it's Robin again."
"Oh hi Robin."
"Umm, I came across a book about the Orbitannica Crystal....I was wondering where you got it."
"Oh that book? I think I got it from a friend of mine who recently passed away."
"Ok."
"Why?"
"I have a Orbitannica crystal."
Touko took in a sharp breath of air.
"You do?"
"Yes....why?"
"I....just....never mind. But yes, that book will help you with the crystal."
Robin heard coughing in the back round of Touko's phone.
"Robin I have to go...good luck with the crystal." Touko hung up.
Robin set the phone down.
"Well?" Amon asked.
"A friend of her who recently passed away gave it to her." Robin looked at her crystal.
"We should see if we can find any names in the book."
"Why are you so interested in who it use to belong to?"
"I want to see if who ever gave you the crystal gave Touko the book. If this was all set up for you."
Robin nodded. Her eyes were wide. Amon had a point. If it was all set up for her, then what next?
Robin sat next to Amon on the couch. She leaned on him. He flipped through pages. On the back cover of the book, there was a note.
My dear Friend Touko,
I give you this book due to the fact that a friend of yours will need it some time soon. You will have to find out who the friend is your self. Good luck to you and your friend.
Sincerely,
Hoko
Robin and Amon looked at each other. Robin nodded. It was the same person who gave Robin the crystal.
"This was completely set up for you." Amon said.
"Then, now that I have the book and the crystal...what next?" Robin's voice was a little shaky.
Amon shook his head.
"I don't know. We need to research this more. I'll get Michael to help...I think he might know what to do."
Robin nodded. "Yes. I can read the entire book to look for clues." Robin said, then added, "And to learn more about the crystal."
Well, I hope you liked this chapter. Dang, I am really depressed because school starts tomarrow. It hurts. School is a drag.
Raven
