Chapter 5

(I'm quick to updating. :D Yay! School is out too! More fan-fic writing for me!)

Robin slowly made her way down the black creaky spiraling stairway into the basement. Her heart was pounding wildly. What if Miya got to them? What if she hurt them? When she slowly hit the bottom step and landed on the cement floor, she was relieved to hear Amon and Sakaki say, "Robin?" in unison.

"Thank goodness." she murmured to herself as she felt around the walls for a light-switch.

"Where is the witch?" asked Amon as she tried to pull off his rope bindings after turning on the lights.

"I.. don't know." she replied, as she tugged against the robe with all her strength. On fire, probably. She thought. With one last hard tug, the rope's all went loose, and Robin fell backwards onto the cement.

"Ow." she muttered to herself, rubbing her side. Amon flipped out the knife from his boot, cut off Sakaki's bindings. She looked up at Amon when Sakaki was caught free. "I can't stand up."

"Did Miya..?"

"Yes, my ankle." she replied in a murmur. Sakaki clenched his fists.

"I'll go find her!" the rookie shouted, running from sight.

"Sakaki,.."

"We'll catch up to him." replied Amon in his usual monotonous voice as he held out a hand to her. She took it, and he pulled with a surprising strength, rising her to her feet. Their bodies nearly touched. Neither spoke for a long moment. Robin could hear her heart pounding in her ears. She wanted to say something... anything...

Though her ankle began to spike up with reminding pain, and she broke the silence, sitting down on a cement block. Amon watched her. She had a certain threshold for pain, but this was just getting unbearable.

"I'll get you to the hospital." his voice seemed more gentle, more unlike Amon. He pulled out his cell with his free hand to dial Michael for help. Robin watched his finger dial, then froze.

"No! Wait! Noel! The Cat!" she said. "I have to find them!" Amon watched her for a long moment.

"How do you expect to do that? You can't even walk." There was a silent moment of thought. Robin looked at Amon when an idea hit her. He returned her gaze.

"...No. I'm not going to carry you. Out of the question."

Several moments later, Amon carried Robin up the stairsteps. He quickly put her down when they reached the top, and returned back to his dark, demanding self.

"Call Michael. We need the cameras turned back on to find Miya." he said, back into his monotonous voice. Robin pulled out her cell from her pocket and dialed Michael's number. His heavy metal music blared in the background as he answered.

"Sakaki searched the bottom floor, there was no sign of her. He also said someone called the police. They're all over the place, so be careful. And I just got the cameras all back online." he said inbetween chewing, which Robin asssumed he was eating potato chips. She thanked him, hung up, then looked over at Amon who was glancing down the hallways for any signs of people.
"He turned on the cameras, but he said there's police around the complex." she told him. He didn't reply, and she knew by the look on his face he was thinking. She decided to stop talkng.

When the two reached the lobby (they had to walk a little slow so Robin wouldn't hurt her ankle too much), they took the elevator back up to the third floors. They would have to start searching for her from scratch yet again. When the doors slid open on the third floor, Noel came running down the hallway like a torpedo, and made an olympic jump onto Robin's arms.

"Noel!" she pet the furry animal in relief. "But, where's the cat..?" Amon motioned Robin to sit down by the Elevator onto a bench.

"I'll go find it." he told her, and walked briskly down the hallway. Robin watched him curiously. He was either irritated and embarrased that he had to carry her up the stairs, or mad that he was wasting his time looking for two animals he cared nothing about. Or perhaps both. Amon was the hardest person to understand, to Robin. She wondered if she would ever keep up to his expectations.

Fifteen minutes later, Amon still hadn't come back. Robin was beginning to worry, and Noel was close to falling asleep Her cellphone began to ring.

"Yes?" she answered.

"Robin. Get in here." said Amon's voice. It had that strange, urgent ring about it that got Robin onto her feet.

"Where are you?"

"Miya's apartment. Now." she hung up, clung to Noel's leash, and limped down the hallway.

Robin opened the door, finding Sakaki crouched down infront of something, and Amon standing beside him. They both turned their heads to her.

"Sakaki almost walked on this." he explained to her. "What is it?"

Robin limped over, and peeked over Sakaki's crouching body. It was a symbol made with sand and stray white locks of hair. The symbol was a shakily made X shape with a semi-circle enclosed around it.

"Well?" Amon waited.

"It's a death wish of some sort. Hmm.." Robin pondered for another moment. "It's..."

She kneeled beside Sakaki and leaned down closer to the symbol. The hair. The hair matched the Cat!

"The cat...This spell was meant only for her cat!" exclaimed Robin.

(Hmmm. This one seemed a little slow to me.. but, hey, there was a little Robin x Amon part there. . Hehehe I loved it when reviewers asked "What happened to Noel?" in the last chapter. I'm so glad people are getting into the story! It's getting very fun! Tell me what you think!)