Chapter Two

'The Past Comes to Haunt Amon'

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Amon sat alone at his desk. He turned on his computer and checked his email. He scanned for the one from Micheal.

Amon,

The witch in question is a total mystery. We do know her powers include telepathy and electricity, but we think there's more. She recently began looking for you. The woman who travels with her is about twenty one or so. Some kind of accident made her mute. She has some burn scars on her neck and hands as well. She is the one we believe is searching for you, Amon.

We think the woman is a witch, but we have never seen her use her powers. The accident may have done more than take her ability to speak. She and the girl kill witches who use thier powers for destruction and murder, but any other witch they find disappears within a few days. We think they are protecting them somehow.

The funny thing is that they use STN meathods in thier hunting. The woman may be a rogue hunter.

Brace yourself for the attatchment. She looks familiar.

Micheal

Amon opened the attatchment and saw the girl he had met earlier, and Robin.

"But Robin is dead," Amon said to himself.

There was a knock at the door. Amon quickly closed the window on the computer.

"Come in," Amon said gruffly.

Preston entered with an aging man in a wheelchair.

"Hello, Amon."

"Zaizan?"

"I take it you do know him then," Preston said somewhat relieved. "He insisted that I bring him to see you right away."

"That will do, Preston. Leave us now. Zaizan and I have some important matters to discuss."

Preston left and shut the door behind him.

"Amon, it's been a few years. How have you been?"

"Cut the crap, Zaizan. You wouldn't have come here unless it was big."

"So blunt, but I would expect nothing less of you. We have been hearing reports that the Devil's Child is alive. She was last seen in Japan but rumors say she is coming to Europe." Zaizan paused. "Amon, you know how vital she was to our Orbo production among other projects. With htis news I have decided to reopen the Factory. I would like the STN-I to work with us."

"I see." Amon studied Zaizan's face for a few moments. "Zaizan, I need to give you something. A collegue of mine a long time ago said it was disgusting. And now that I know the truth I have to say that I agree." Amon removed his Orbo necklace and handed it to Zaizan.

"But Amon be reasonable."

"I want you to leave now and don't come back."

"You can't change the past, Amon. Do you really think that I'm happy having a witch-sympathizer on my team."

"You forget yourself old man," Amon said cooly.

"That was a low blow even for you. I'll come back in twenty-four hours. Think over my offer until then.'

"Take your filthy Orbo with you."

Amon slumped down in his chair.

As Zaizan wheeled himself out the door he whispered, "Even if she did come to you, what makes you think she wouldn't kill you for what you did? I would."

"That's the difference between you. She wouldn't kill someone unless she felt she had to."

"Is that what you wish, or what you truely believe?"

Zaizan left. Amon felt more than unnerved from the conversation, but as was normal with him, he just remained cool and confident.

"At least he doesn't know," Amon said to himself.

Amon stood up and walked around to the front of his desk. He ran his fingers along the underside of the desk searching for abnormalities. Sure enough he found a microphone transmitter.

"I'll see you in hell, Zaizan." With that, Amon threw the device onto the floor and stomped on it until it broke apart.

Amon did another check and once he was satisfied that the room was no longer bugged, he phoned the STN-J.

"Konichiwa. You have reached the offices of STN-J. If you know your party's extension, you may dial it at any time. For head of staff Karasuma, press one, for our technology division expert Micheal, press two..."

Amon pressed two as fast as he could.

"Micheal here. Whatcha' need?"

"I need additional information on that witch you profiled for me. And I need some new information on our old financial backer Zaizan."

"Zaizan? He's been out of the business for quite some time now. His only interest was in finding..."

"Don't finish that sentence."

"Yeah. So do you think it could be her?"

"I'm not sure. But it is highly unlikely."

"So what do you need?"

"I need you to come to Ireland for a while."

"You know I can't."

"Leave it to me. I'll arrange everything."

Amon hung up and began to type a detailed emailrequesting to borrow Micheal for a while. He hoped that Karasuma would be as reasonable as she used to be. At least they did not know the details of Amon's transfer. They would hate him if they knew.

It's complicated now, huh? Some questions will be answered next chapter I promise. All is not as it would seem. This one is coming fast right now. I am working on a new chapter for it now. Two in one day. I so sleepy! Thank you all for your support.