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Chapter Three: What do we do now?
Amon walked up the stairs to the second floor of the motel carring a plasic bag with food wearing his usual clothes. As he walked down to his room, he pulled out the keys to open the door.
Robin, inside the motel room, lied down on the bed still wearing her black dress without her shoes or socks. She had her hair untied and head resting on a pillow with her body turned to one side placing her hands under the pillow. She stared looking with her eyes at nothing thinking and wondering about how Amon and her had escaped the fall of the factory.
"Robin! C'mon!" Amon cried back to Robin as they both ran back down the hall.
Amon and Robin ran down the hall until they reached the large room they had gone through. There was no other way to get out except back. Everything shook and pieces of the roof began to fall as well. They both continued running avoiding getting hit as more piece began to fall, but finally, Amon decided to run towards a wall as Robin followed right behind him.
"Amon! Watch out!" Robin cried out as she looked up and saw a large piece of roof about to fall on him, but Amon quickly reacted, jumped and rolled himself to his right avoiding the debris. Robin noticed another piece about to land on Amon, but this time Robin used her powers and disintegrated it. Amon got himself up and they started to run again, but this time Robin, using her powers, destroyed anything that would fall on them.
Once they reached the side of the wall, they stopped and caught their breath. Amon then looked around trying to think of what they could do to save themselves, but nothing came to his mind.
"Amon, what do we do now?" Robin asked frightened.
Amon didn't say anything back and kept silent trying to figure a way out. Robin, trembling in fear, opened her arms to hug Amon tightly. Robin became scared and tears began to come out of her eyes. Amon, noticing her crying, looked down at her in to her eyes seeing her fear and, also, began to hug her firmly to comfort her.
Finally, Amon spoke out, "Robin maybe…", but as he tried to tell Robin, they raised their heads looking up hearing some of the roof top cables break. They knew that the roof would eventually fall.
Amon and Robin looked at each other's eyes for a moment knowing what was going to happen. They kneeled down slowly towards the floor until they sat down accepting what was about to happen. They kept hugging each other and now even more tightly. Robin placed her head on Amon's chest as Amon comforted her putting his hand on her head. They closed their eyes and became silent, blocking out the noise of falling debris around them taking comfort in each other.
At last, the remanding cables broke and the main roof fell straight down on them. Robin hugged Amon as tight as she could believing it would be the last time she could.
Before Robin could remember anything else, Amon opened the door and came in the room. Robin came out of her thoughts blinking and lifted her self up placing her feet on the floor. She smiled and was glad that Amon had come back.
"Robin, I brought some food." Amon said plainly as he laid down the bag on the bed.
"Thank you, Amon." Robin replied.
Amon didn't take anything to eat and instead walked to a window and stared outside. Robin turned towards him and asked, "Amon, is something, bothering you?"
After a moment, Amon replied, "No. It's nothing." Amon said still staring out the window.
"Why don't you come and have some food?" Robin told Amon.
Amon turned and walked back to the bed to sit down. Amon and Robin took their own food and began to eat. Amon looked down at his food using his chopsticks to eat his rice and noodles, but Robin ate staring at him. The same question kept going around in Robin's head. How did they escape the fall of the factory?
When they were done eating, Robin asked Amon about that day, "Amon, I know you already answered my question before, but how did we get out of factory? Is there something that you know that I don't?"
Amon looked back at Robin and answered, "I told you that I don't know. I know as much as you do so I can't tell you how we got out."
"I know something happened in the factory. Perhaps the witches…" Robin paused for a moment, "It's as if we weren't meant to die that day." Robin said sharing her thoughts.
Robin began to remember what had happed next. Amon and Robin hugged having their last moment of peace, but just as the roof was about to fall on them, Robin could feel a craft unknown to her and everything blacked out.
The next thing Robin knew was that a cold wind came over them. Robin woke up still hugging Amon. Amon had woken up as well. Robin looked at Amon and realized that they weren't dead. Amon and Robin slowly let go of each other and lifted themselves up sitting down still. Then, another cold breeze passed over them and they realized they were outside lying down on top some grass next to the side of a hill. From where they sat, they could see the smoke and the factory from far away.
"Amon." Robin asked, "What just happed?"
"I, I don't know. I all I know is that I felt a craft and I must have blacked out." Amon replied.
"I also felt that same thing." Robin said back to Amon.
Robin looked around and up at the night sky and said, "We're outside. But how did we get out this far?"
"I don't know what happened in there, but the fact is that we're alive and we have a second chance." Amon said as he got himself up, "We better leave. Solomon is still looking for you and this could be our chance to escape."
Robin stood up and asked worried, "But what about the others?"
"Robin, there isn't anything that we can do for them now, besides if we made it out, then it's more likely that they did as well." Amon said.
Robin looked towards the factory worried, but Amon was right. They couldn't do anything for their friends now. Robin and Amon started and walked down to the bottom of the hill and disappeared in to the woods.
Amon interrupted, "I wish I knew what really happen, but I don't."
"It's alright. I was just wondering." Robin said as she got up and took the trash out.
When she returned, Amon asked Robin, "Robin, how do you feel here?"
Robin was a little surprised at the question, but she answered, "I'm alright. It's just that I've been in this motel room for these past few days and wish I could just go outside. I know it's for my own protection."
"Robin, I've been thinking. I should buy some new clothes for us tomorrow since we've been wearing the same ones for the past few days. This way, Solomon might not recognize us as easily and we could go out without worrying." Amon said explaining his idea.
"New clothes?" Robin thought to her self. She had never really worn different clothing before other then her black dress and nun outfit.
"We can't go back with Nagira either. It's too dangerous for us and for him as well. Any form of transportation could risk us being spotted as well." Amon added.
"But are you sure that you'll have enough money?" Robin asked.
"I took out money out of my account when I came from Solomon headquarters in Europe. I was investigating before I met up with you. I knew I might have been hunted if I didn't follow orders right away, but I had to know the truth first so I took out a lot. I also had more in other places. It's more than enough to last us at a month." Amon replied.
Robin's face turned sad as she said, "We can't run away from them forever. They will find us."
For a moment, they paused and finally Amon spoke out, "It's true, but I'm not going to let them hunt you."
Robin felt a little better, but not completely safe. That night she slept in the bed as Amon slept in the floor. Robin thought of all the events that had happened that lead up to this point, but she hoped that maybe things would turn out well in the end. Finally, her eyes became heavy and she went to sleep.
The following day, Amon went out to get them clothes as Robin waited trying to be patient. Once Amon returned with some bags of clothes, he told Robin, "Here, put these on. It's a little more contemporary and it won't make you stand out so much." Amon then added, "It would be better if you didn't wear those ribbons either."
"Oh." Robin said and untied them, "Alright." Robin replied as she took the clothes and went into the bathroom.
After a few minutes, when she came out, Amon looked at Robin and her new clothes and was surprised to see how she looked. She wore black low cut pants and a white shirt with long black sleeves and a black two-digit number printed on it. Instead of wearing her boots, she wore black low cut sneakers.
Robin looked at her self and smiled saying, "I really like these clothes. Thank you Amon."
"I chose them because I though you would like them." Amon said, "just to be safe." Amon said handing a pair of sunglasses to Robin as she took them.
"What did you buy for yourself Amon?" Robin then asked.
"You'll see." Amon replied.
Amon then walked with a bag and changed in the bathroom. After a few minutes, Amon came out. When Amon came out, he was wearing a gray long sleeve button shirt and black jeans and shoes.
"Amon, you look really good." Robin said smiling complementing him.
"This way we won't be recognized so easily. Robin, remember that you must be careful. Even though we might be able to go out, we can't have the others know about us. If Solomon finds you, they will most likely try to hunt you and I don't know what they'll do with the others."
"I know Amon." Robin said sighing because she wouldn't be able to talk to her teammates at the STN-J.
That afternoon, Robin went out and walked anywhere she wanted. Her mood changed and she was glad to be able to walk and breathe some fresh air. Robin knew that she couldn't be seen near the STN-J, but she couldn't help herself and thought, "Maybe I'll just walk by the STN-J at the other side of the park."
When Robin arrived at the park, the sun had barely set. She saw children still playing around with a soccer ball laughing and running. She smiled looking at them play, but then turned her attention to the STN-J building remembering her friends Michael, Dojima, Karasuma, Sakaki and even the Chief. Robin remembered all the times she had with them and wished that things could go back to the way they were. Just then, Michael came out of the front door and was coming towards the front gate.
"What? Is that Michael?" Robin thought to her self surprised, "I thought he wasn't allowed to leave the building. Perhaps he is allowed to leave now. I better go."
Just then Michael stopped at the gate and looked at Robin's direction seeing how a person was looking at him, "Hum, who is that and why is she staring at me? Wait a minute. She looks like Robin or am I just seeing things?"
Robin then quickly put on her sunglasses and ran off. "I'm sorry Michael," Robin thought in her mind, "but I can't have you see me."
"No! Wait!" Michael cried out, but Robin had already left.
Robin stopped where she knew she was far enough and rested for a minute. Then Robin decided walk back to the motel. As she walked to get to the motel, Robin was hungry so she got some food for dinner. Once Robin got some food, she headed off again. "It's dark already. I must have lost track of time." Robin told herself.
Robin was close to the motel, but before reaching it she had to walk a long street. "It's strange. No one is here. Everything seems too quiet." Robin thought to herself as she walked down the darkened street without anyone in sight.
Just as Robin walked pass an alley, she heard a voice speaking to her from the far back of it. "I know who you are." The voice said.
"What? Who said that? Who are you?" Robin asked as she looked down the darkened alley trying to spot the person.
Before the strange person answered, a small wind blew behind Robin pushing some small trash down the alley. But the wind grew and it made Robin's hair blow in front of her. Robin turned back trying to find out where all the wind was coming from, but the wind became too strong for Robin to handle and made her stumble and loose balance. The strong gust of wind eventually pushed Robin slowly into the alley making her drop her food .
Once she was close to the back, the wind stopped and Robin regained her balance and could finally see a guy standing in the middle. Wearing a trench coat, he seemed to be still in his early twenty's with short black hair and clothes all in black,
"Excise me for the rude introduction," the guy said, "but I couldn't have people seeing us in the open."
"Who are you and what do you mean that you know who I am?" Robin asked.
"My name is Yoshiaki. I mean that I know you're a witch. It isn't too hard to find that out. We witches can almost tell who is a witch and who isn't." Yoshiaki said as Robin listened suspiciously
"Why do you look so suspicious at me? I'm didn't come here to harm you." He said smiling.
"If you're a witch, then what is it that you want from me?" Robin asked.
"You don't come out that often do you?" He said, "Not until today you did. I've noticed that you've been hiding in that motel for the past few days with that other guy. I can offer you something."
"There isn't anything that you can offer me." Robin said as she turned and walked back.
"I know I can." Yoshiaki said getting angry, "We witches have been hiding for centuries trying to avoid humans and their murdering of our kind! It angers me that we have to live this way, but your not alone. Join me and…" Yoshiaki said, but was interrupted.
Robin turned back mid way through the alley, "I'm not joining you or anything that will cause harm to others."
"Is that how you really feel?!" Yoshiaki asked angry.
"Yes. I really don't want to harm anyone anymore." Robin replied.
"I was hoping you wouldn't say that. I can't have you go now if you won't join with me." Yoshiaki raised his voice, "I don't like killing other witch, but I will have to destroy you!"
Robin put herself on guard and prepared for an attack as she took out her glasses and placed them in front of her eyes. The witch began to use his telekinetic powers and lifted some trash off the ground shooting it straight at Robin. Robin reacted quickly and burned the trash in front of her as it came.
"Your craft is fire. I didn't know that." Yoshiaki said griming.
"He was just testing me." Robin thought as she was getting upset.
A few wooden boxes lay next to the witch's sides. The witch slowly lifted the boxes from the ground into midair and threw them swiftly at Robin. All the boxed burned as Robin used her craft on them making them fall, but one behind the burning others came too fast for Robin. She dodged the box moving to one side of the alley wall as fast as she could. As the box passed beside to her, she locked her eyes on it and burned it causing it to fall on the ground still burning. Once again, Robin put herself in the middle and waited for another attack.
"Your a lot harder to kill than I thought." the witch said impatient, as he opened his trench coat.
Robin could see that his coat was filled from top to bottom with small, but very sharp numerous knifes. With his powers, he took them out starting from the top aiming the blades at Robin and shooting them at her. Robin, with her craft, made a wall in front of her disintegrating any knife that came at her. Robin slowly walked towards the witch, destroying the blades as they came. The witch, nearly running out of blades using the bottom ones of his coat, got frustrated and back up to the end of the alley. He used up all his knifes in his coat.
"You could destroy me if you wanted to, couldn't you?" the witch said to Robin.
Robin then answered, "I said I didn't want to hurt anyone one anymore."
"But I attacked you! Aren't you going to attack me?" the witch asked.
Robin answered clearly, "No. All I want is for you to leave."
The witch didn't say a word after that and instead looked behind Robin. He hoped to find at least one blade that wasn't destroyed which he usually hid from his opponents. Once he found it, he spoke again assured saying, "All right. I'll leave you alone. I can see you're not interested. You won't ever see me again."
The witch carefully walked straight towards Robin and smiled. He looked behind her and used his craft lifting the blade up swiftly, but silent in the air. The blade reached at Robin's level and the witch thought, "I'll get her behind her neck and she'll bleed to death."
The tip of the blade pointed at Robin's neck and slowly approached stopping a few feet behind her.
Robin could feel that Yoshiaki was hiding something. She closed her eyes and felt around. Robin could tell that he was using his craft behind her. She opened her eyes and saw him coming close straight at her.
"It's unfortunate that we won't have you." the witch said as he thought about how Robin would die in front of him.
Yoshiaki used his craft making the blade shoot at Robin, but Robin jumped to her side as the blade passed through her hair barely missing only scratching her. Robin landed on the ground and she looked back at Yoshiaki. The blade had stabled him on his chest. He fell to his knees coughing up blood. Robin got herself up and looked at him with pity. She wanted to approach him, but as she was about to, Yoshiaki burned in an instant turning into ashes.
Robin didn't know what had happened and left the alley running out, "Huh? How did that happen? But I…" Robin asked herself startled as she looked around searching for an answer.
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