Chapter 010 - Catch Her as She Falls
In the STN-J's basement parking lot, everyone quickly chose their motor vehicle. Amon, Karasuma and Doujima got into the sleek black car, as Haruto mounted his favorite motorcycle. After the incident with Kurata, the never-aging, scarab tattooed witch that caused Haruto to have a LITTLE bike accident, he got a slightly apprehensive feeling whenever he sat in it. However, that was months ago, and now instead of that little twinge of fear, Haruto felt excited. Everyone had decided that the old emerald clock tower would be where Robin was currently held captive, and he knew that with his trusty motorcycle, he could maneuver faster than the car. Taking a deep breath, he inserted the keys and started the bike. Taking another deep breath, he turned the keys again. Another deep breath, and he reinserted the keys and turned them again!
"Haruto, your bike is obviously not functioning properly.", Amon said sharply. "Get in the back with Doujima." As he said this, Haruto sighed and Doujima smirked, tapping her heels on the back of Karasuma's seat.
Haruto stared at the car door for a second too many, and Amon lost his patience again. "Haruto!", he snapped, glaring across the garage. This only made Doujima giggle louder. Haruto sighed again as he got into the car, shutting the door a bit too forcefully. As they drove off, Doujima flipped her hair and laughed. "Amon is uptight cause he's worried about Robin..." (Amon gave her an icy glare from the driver's seat), "...and Haruto is uptight because he has a crush on me and doesn't want to admit it!", Doujima smiled and thought to herself, with a wicked gleam in her eyes. 'Besides the fact that Robin could be in a life and death situation at the moment, this is turning out to be a pretty darn good day!'
'Now that you've captured me, what are you planning on doing?', Robin questioned, as the bird keeper paced along the old, dusty floorboards pensively. "Well, I am not a killer, and I don't have the heart to hand you over to the ones who hired me...", he said with deep concern, frowning. Robin very much doubted his sincerity. "But I can't very well have your friends solving the riddle and ending up in my little aviary, could I?", he stopped pacing and slowly strode towards the cage in which Robin was held captive. "Perhaps I should just, let you go?" The bird keeper pondered this slowly, as though he was giving her a choice in the matter. Robin's heart skipped a beat. Then how would she ever turn back? And she wasn't even sure that she'd know how to fly. "Yes. That sounds like a wonderful idea. Brilliant!", he praised himself, giving a little applause. Picking up her bird cage, he walked out onto the rickety balcony, wind whipping through his hair and suit. Feathers fluttering as fast as her heart, Robin closed her eyes in apprehension. As the bird keeper withdrew a small silver key from his pants pocket, the door banged open and the sound of a few guns being notched could be heard.
The bird keeper frowned, as he turned to face Amon and the gang. "How is it that you arrived hear faster than my pizza?", the bird keeper asked calmly, checking his watch. "I ordered it about forty minutes ago and it is still not here." Before anyone could move, he darted to the edge of the balcony and held the cage out over the streets below. "If any of you try anything, my little Robin will be dropped onto that curb. I suggest that you leave, or suffer the loss."
In a swift movement, before the bird keeper could react, Amon had swept foreword and grabbed the cage out of his hands. 'Ow.', Robin thought as she hit one of the bars. 'Today is definitely not my day.' Laughing madly, the bird keeper grabbed hold of Amon's collar and flung him over the edge as Amon took the bird keeper down with them. Doujima screamed as Karasuma and Haruto ran to the railing, and watched in slow motion as the two... no... the three of them fell towards the pavement, Robin still trapped in her cage.
In the STN-J's basement parking lot, everyone quickly chose their motor vehicle. Amon, Karasuma and Doujima got into the sleek black car, as Haruto mounted his favorite motorcycle. After the incident with Kurata, the never-aging, scarab tattooed witch that caused Haruto to have a LITTLE bike accident, he got a slightly apprehensive feeling whenever he sat in it. However, that was months ago, and now instead of that little twinge of fear, Haruto felt excited. Everyone had decided that the old emerald clock tower would be where Robin was currently held captive, and he knew that with his trusty motorcycle, he could maneuver faster than the car. Taking a deep breath, he inserted the keys and started the bike. Taking another deep breath, he turned the keys again. Another deep breath, and he reinserted the keys and turned them again!
"Haruto, your bike is obviously not functioning properly.", Amon said sharply. "Get in the back with Doujima." As he said this, Haruto sighed and Doujima smirked, tapping her heels on the back of Karasuma's seat.
Haruto stared at the car door for a second too many, and Amon lost his patience again. "Haruto!", he snapped, glaring across the garage. This only made Doujima giggle louder. Haruto sighed again as he got into the car, shutting the door a bit too forcefully. As they drove off, Doujima flipped her hair and laughed. "Amon is uptight cause he's worried about Robin..." (Amon gave her an icy glare from the driver's seat), "...and Haruto is uptight because he has a crush on me and doesn't want to admit it!", Doujima smiled and thought to herself, with a wicked gleam in her eyes. 'Besides the fact that Robin could be in a life and death situation at the moment, this is turning out to be a pretty darn good day!'
'Now that you've captured me, what are you planning on doing?', Robin questioned, as the bird keeper paced along the old, dusty floorboards pensively. "Well, I am not a killer, and I don't have the heart to hand you over to the ones who hired me...", he said with deep concern, frowning. Robin very much doubted his sincerity. "But I can't very well have your friends solving the riddle and ending up in my little aviary, could I?", he stopped pacing and slowly strode towards the cage in which Robin was held captive. "Perhaps I should just, let you go?" The bird keeper pondered this slowly, as though he was giving her a choice in the matter. Robin's heart skipped a beat. Then how would she ever turn back? And she wasn't even sure that she'd know how to fly. "Yes. That sounds like a wonderful idea. Brilliant!", he praised himself, giving a little applause. Picking up her bird cage, he walked out onto the rickety balcony, wind whipping through his hair and suit. Feathers fluttering as fast as her heart, Robin closed her eyes in apprehension. As the bird keeper withdrew a small silver key from his pants pocket, the door banged open and the sound of a few guns being notched could be heard.
The bird keeper frowned, as he turned to face Amon and the gang. "How is it that you arrived hear faster than my pizza?", the bird keeper asked calmly, checking his watch. "I ordered it about forty minutes ago and it is still not here." Before anyone could move, he darted to the edge of the balcony and held the cage out over the streets below. "If any of you try anything, my little Robin will be dropped onto that curb. I suggest that you leave, or suffer the loss."
In a swift movement, before the bird keeper could react, Amon had swept foreword and grabbed the cage out of his hands. 'Ow.', Robin thought as she hit one of the bars. 'Today is definitely not my day.' Laughing madly, the bird keeper grabbed hold of Amon's collar and flung him over the edge as Amon took the bird keeper down with them. Doujima screamed as Karasuma and Haruto ran to the railing, and watched in slow motion as the two... no... the three of them fell towards the pavement, Robin still trapped in her cage.