When the elevator doors slid open, the Christmas decorated apartment hallway was silent. The turkey aroma had vanished-- and so had the warm fuzzy feeling inside Robin. The carpet on the floor was lush and designed as if a king and queen lived in one of the rooms, and the walls had neatly decorations on them with Italian designs and colors.
"Strange. It's like we went from Ghetto town to Hollywood in seconds." said Sakaki.
"Apparently these apartments are only filled for higher class people." replied Amon dully as they walked onto the carpet and down the dimly lighted hallway. He came to a halt in front of the Apartment door with the neatly crested 33 on it. The dark-haired STNJ member pulled out a pick and unlocked it within seconds. Sakaki leaned against the wall on the other side of the door, pulling out his orbo-gun, and nodded to Amon.
"One. Two." Amon gripped his pistol tighter. "Three." He wrenched open the door and the two slid in quickly, but not another sound stirred. Robin followed slowly behind them, Noel close to her feet, a soft growl coming from his chest.
"Noel?" she whispered. "What's wrong?" Amon and Sakaki froze in place when a sudden clatter of pots and pans dropping to the floor in the kitchen was heard.
"She must be in there." muttered Sakaki. Amon nodded, and they cautiously stepped down the small hallway towards the kitchen. Robin followed, but stopped in the living room, looking about her. The place was furnished rather normally, nothing was out of place or astray. Everything was so clean. Painfully clean, almost. Another rattle went off in the kitchen.
"Whoa!" she heard Sakaki shout. "What the hell was that?!"
"Robin! Get in here!" snapped Amon. Robin walked into the kitchen. Another clatter went off, and something went flying from the pots and pans on the floor, and onto Sakaki's back.
"Oh my god, oh my god!" he shouted, nearly in a helpless scream. "Get it off, get it off!" Amon nearly jumped back from his screams for help, and looked to Robin.
"What the hell is that on him? A demon?" Robin smiled and stood behind Sakaki, pulling off a small white animal from his back.
"No, just a very scared cat." she replied, petting the cat softly to soothe it. Sakaki took a deep breath of relief and walked around the apartment.
"Everything's in place." he said, standing in the middle of the living room. Amon walked out of her bedroom afew moments later.
"Though her dresser drawers where closed half-heartedly, that shows she must have been in a hurry for something."
"Perhaps she knew we where coming." suggested Robin, setting the cat down and scuttled around in the kitchen looking for cat food. Amon watched her, thinking to himself for a moment.
"How could she have? We where the first ones to discover she was actually a witch."
"But Michael said something about people having suspicions. Maybe someone got out of hand and she ran away." Sakaki shrugged at his own theory.
"It doesn't matter anymore. We have to track her down. Sakaki, take the second floor and ask around. I'll do this floor. Robin," he looked over at her. "Hand the cat over to a neighbor or something. I want you to check the first floors." She nodded to him, and when the cat had finished eating, she gingerly picked it up and walked out the door with Noel behind her. When she stepped back onto the royal carpet, she felt somewhat strange. The hallway was so quiet.
What did these people know? She blinked. Where was Amon? She paced down to the corner of the hallway, and looked the other way. No Amon. Robin sighed to herself and pulled out her cell phone, dialing Sakaki. No one answered. Robin assured herself not to panic as she dialed Michael, and was relieved to hear him answer.
"Why aren't Amon or Sakaki answering their cells?" he asked.
"I haven't any clue." she replied. "Maybe their cell phone's died."
"At the same time?"
Robin sighed again. "I'll go look around the building." she said, and hung up. Robin felt the cat in her arms get a little restless as she walked to the elevator. "I'm sorry." she murmured to the feline. "I'll have to hang onto you just a little longer until I find them." The doors shot open, and noise filled the halls. Family laughter, clattering of plates, children's shouts. Yet no Amon, or Sakaki. Robin bit her lower lip in cautious fear as she took the stairway down to the lower floor. No one.
"Where could they have gone!?" she asked herself.
"Indeed." murmured a woman's voice behind her. "Where?" Robin's body slowly turned to only be face to face with the witch herself.
(12/14/04: Re-did some things with this Chapter. I fixed some typos as well, cause they where annoying me. : And I fixed some grammatical mistakes. Thank you Yuna for mentioning those. :D. Oh yeah, Amon didn't really jump back, he almost did. Hehe.)
Oooo! Suspense! XD I'm having alot of fun with this. I hope I'm keeping Amon and them all in good character.. and as for you AxR fans, don't worry. Your moment of squee-happiness will arrive soon. -hint hint-.
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