A Soul's Search
ch 1
"Is everyone in position?" Michael asked as he was studying the profile of their latest hunt.
"We're all set here. Is the factory ready?" Amon asked back as he took a quick look around.
"Yeah, they should be there soon." Michael replied as he typed away on his keyboard.
"Good," Amon said as he switched frequencies. "Sakaki..."
"Yeah Amon, Ms. Karasuma and I are all set to go." Sakaki replied with a nod as he and Karasuma kept an eye out for their target.
"Amon, do you think that the witch will try something with all these people?" Robin asked curiously.
"Let's hope not, but if he's desperate enough, I wouldn't put it past him." Amon replied in his usually cold manner.
At the same time, a girl wearing jeans, ankle high flat black boots, black shirt with small Asian characters running vertically on the front, along with a Siberian tiger on the right and an Asian dragon on the left; as well as a black leather jacket that went down to her knees. Her blonde hair french braided all the way down to almost her waist. She pulled out a small business card from her pocket. Flipped it over, with her gray eyes she read the words Raven's Flat, and then put it back in her pocket.
Just then her cell phone rang. "Ms. Simona, did you make it to Japan alright?" the voice on the other end asked.
"Yes sir, made it in one piece." she replied, "I was hoping that I could take in the sights since I'm here."
"Ms. Carina Simona, you were not assigned there to sight see, you're to..." the voice said in annoyance.
"I know sir, I was just on my way now." Carina replied as she closed communications with him. "So much for that, I guess I'd better...No way, Robin?" To say the least, Carina was surprised to see Robin at the airport. She quickly got over her shock when she felt a power signature of a witch. Her silver talisman that looked like a cylinder with Asian writing on it swung back and forth like a pendulum. Carina got a hold of it as she looked around the terminal. 'A witch, but where?'
"Sakaki, over there." Karasuma said as she spotted their target.
"Alright, here we go." Sakaki replied with a smirk. "Hey you, hold it STNJ!" The witch looked over towards Sakaki and Karasuma, his eyes narrowed angrily as he saw the orbos, and then he took off like a shot.
"Amon, he's on the move." Karasuma reported as they ran after him. Carina looked around trying to get a better lock on the witch's location. Before she could do so, the witch saw her and turned to run in a different direction.
"Do you see him yet? He should be running past you soon." Michael asked as he was wondering what the hold up could be.
"We see him." Amon replied as he and Robin intercepted him. The witch stopped dead in his tracks, he knew that he was surrounded when Sakaki and Karasuma finally cut him off from behind. He began to panic, his breathing started to labor, sweat poured down his face. His eyes went wide as his powers pulsed out towards Amon and Robin. Amon dove for her, knocking Robin out of the way. Sakaki and Karasuma shot twice at the witch making him fall to the ground.
'Looks like they have everything well in hand.' Carina mused as she watched them from where she was. 'It's time for me to go.'
As she turned to leave, Robin looked up and over towards her direction. "Carina?"
"Robin, you alright?" Sakaki asked as Karasuma and Amon were watching over the factory as they took away the witch.
"Yes, I'm alright." Robin replied with a nod.
"Robin, how come you didn't use your powers?" Sakaki asked curiously.
Amon heard what Sakaki asked, "it was too risky, too many people around." Robin frowned slightly at his answer, she knew as well as everyone else that she had better control now, verses back when she started working with them.
"Hey listen up, I just got a call from Doujima." Karasuma announced as she was trying to get their attention.
"Oh? And what did she have to say?" Sakaki asked in slight amusement as he leaned back onto the wall.
"She said that we're suppose to get back ASAP." Karasuma replied as she looked towards him.
"Did she say why?" Amon asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"No, she just said that we're suppose to get back and that's it. To be honest, I don't even think that she knows why, she was just told to call us in." Karasuma explained.
Robin frowned, "I wonder..."
"Robin?" Amon asked as they all looked towards her now.
"It's nothing." Robin replied as she shook her head.
"Are you sure?" Karasuma asked with a slight frown, she had a feeling that Robin was hiding something, but wasn't sure about it exactly.
"I'm sure." Robin replied quietly.
Amon nodded, "alright then, let's go and report in." No one really objected, so they left the airport and left for Raben's Flat.
Nearby someone dressed totally in black stood by watching them in the shadows. His blood red hair shimmered, his eyes flared red for a split second as his shades covered his eyes once again. "We'll meet again, and this time you'll know what real pain feels like."
About an hour later....
"So, what's going on? We've been waiting here for a while." Sakaki asked as he was starting to get a little annoyed.
"The chief said that he'll be right down with some news from headquarters." Doujima replied nonchalantly as she sat down.
"Headquarters? What could they possibly want now?" Michael asked with interest as he looked up from his computer.
"Good, you're all here." the chief replied as he looked around the room.
"Yep, all here and accounted for, so what's the big news anyway chief? Sakaki asked as he sat back in his chair and put his feet up on the desk.
"Everyone, Robin, I believe that you'll know this person once she comes out." the chief replied as the same girl that was at the airport finally came into view. Robin's eyes grew wide in recognition and then she smiled as the girl smiled back. "Hey Robin, long time." Carina greeted.
"Carina Simona, is that really you?" Robin asked as she got up from her chair.
"Yeah, it's me." Carina replied with a smile.
"Carina!" Robin exclaimed happily as she embraced her.
"It's good to see you too Robin." Carina replied as they pulled apart.
"Ah Robin who's she?" Sakaki asked as he almost fell backwards.
"Sorry, everybody this is my friend Carina Simona. We worked together in Italy hunting witches." Robin replied as she tried not to laugh at his surprised look.
"So then, you're a craft user?" Amon asked as he looked her over.
"In a way, you see, I have predictions of what's going to happen or could happen, as well as feel the power signature of a witch, my talisman swings back and forth after I've picked up a witch's power with my mind. When I pick up a new power or a very powerful witch, sometimes I get these headaches that last a while that's why I have my talisman, in a way it helps with them." Carina explained as she was watching their expressions.
"How does your talisman help with these headaches?" Michael asked curiously.
"I'm not exactly sure, but I hope to find out someday. I know it's not much of an explanation." Carina replied with a small smile.
"Carina, I don't remember you telling me about your headaches before. How long have you been getting them?" Robin asked in concern.
"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you Robin. I just didn't want you to worry about me." Carina replied as she was trying to reassure her.
"I have a question." Doujima said as she looked at her talisman.
"Yeah?" Carina asked as she noticed that she was looking at it.
"How and where did you get your talisman?" Doujima asked curiously.
"That's the strange part, I don't know. Actually, to be honest I didn't find it, it found me." Carina replied with a small smile.
"What do you mean, it found you?" Amon asked as he looked at her skeptically.
"Just what I said, one day on a hunt, after I picked up a new power signature, one of my headaches cranked on big time, and then I fell to the ground. When I opened my eyes, there was this talisman around my neck." Carina explained as she played with it in her hand. Then she looked up towards him, "I know that you don't trust me, I don't expect you to right away. It doesn't bother me, but I will prove my trust to you, count on it. If you want, you can pull a background check on me to see if my story checks out, if it'll ease your conscious."
"Alright, I'll do that," Amon replied with a nod. "Michael.."
"On it Amon." Michael said as he started to check into it.
"If you wouldn't mind another test, just to make sure?" Amon asked as he watched for her reaction.
"No, do whatever test you need, I don't want to hide anything from anyone." Carina replied with no objections.
"Alright hand over your shades to Karasuma, she's a psychic, she'll be able to see for herself if you're telling the truth or not." Amon suggested. Carina gave no objection as she took off her shades and handed them to her. Karasuma took them and then closed her eyes and concentrated.
A few minutes later, "she's telling the truth from what I can see." Karasuma replied as she handed back Carina's shades.
"Her background checks out too." Micheal reported with a nod as he looked up from his computer.
"Satisfied?" Carina asked as she looked over towards Amon.
"For now, but I'd have to wait to see how you are out in the field before I can make any judgments." Amon replied as he walked out of the room.
"Is he always like that?" Carina asked as she looked around at the others.
"Don't worry about him, he was like that when Robin came on too." Doujima replied with a smirk as she was going to leave.
"He was?" Carina asked as she looked over towards her friend. Robin just nodded her head, "I see, no problem."
"Carina, let's go over to Harry's." Robin suggested.
"Harry's what's that?" Carina asked curiously.
"It's a place that we go to when we're not working." Robin replied as she lead the way.
"I see, a place to unwind from a day of witch hunting." Carina said in realization as she smiled.
"Yes, I'll tell you more when we're there. Working for the STNJ here is much different than working back in Italy." Robin started to explain as they were walking.
"Oh, and how's that?" Carina asked curiously.
"They don't kill the witches." Robin replied as she glanced over towards her.
"What?!" Carina asked as she was taken back in surprise. "Then what do they do with them?"
ch 1
"Is everyone in position?" Michael asked as he was studying the profile of their latest hunt.
"We're all set here. Is the factory ready?" Amon asked back as he took a quick look around.
"Yeah, they should be there soon." Michael replied as he typed away on his keyboard.
"Good," Amon said as he switched frequencies. "Sakaki..."
"Yeah Amon, Ms. Karasuma and I are all set to go." Sakaki replied with a nod as he and Karasuma kept an eye out for their target.
"Amon, do you think that the witch will try something with all these people?" Robin asked curiously.
"Let's hope not, but if he's desperate enough, I wouldn't put it past him." Amon replied in his usually cold manner.
At the same time, a girl wearing jeans, ankle high flat black boots, black shirt with small Asian characters running vertically on the front, along with a Siberian tiger on the right and an Asian dragon on the left; as well as a black leather jacket that went down to her knees. Her blonde hair french braided all the way down to almost her waist. She pulled out a small business card from her pocket. Flipped it over, with her gray eyes she read the words Raven's Flat, and then put it back in her pocket.
Just then her cell phone rang. "Ms. Simona, did you make it to Japan alright?" the voice on the other end asked.
"Yes sir, made it in one piece." she replied, "I was hoping that I could take in the sights since I'm here."
"Ms. Carina Simona, you were not assigned there to sight see, you're to..." the voice said in annoyance.
"I know sir, I was just on my way now." Carina replied as she closed communications with him. "So much for that, I guess I'd better...No way, Robin?" To say the least, Carina was surprised to see Robin at the airport. She quickly got over her shock when she felt a power signature of a witch. Her silver talisman that looked like a cylinder with Asian writing on it swung back and forth like a pendulum. Carina got a hold of it as she looked around the terminal. 'A witch, but where?'
"Sakaki, over there." Karasuma said as she spotted their target.
"Alright, here we go." Sakaki replied with a smirk. "Hey you, hold it STNJ!" The witch looked over towards Sakaki and Karasuma, his eyes narrowed angrily as he saw the orbos, and then he took off like a shot.
"Amon, he's on the move." Karasuma reported as they ran after him. Carina looked around trying to get a better lock on the witch's location. Before she could do so, the witch saw her and turned to run in a different direction.
"Do you see him yet? He should be running past you soon." Michael asked as he was wondering what the hold up could be.
"We see him." Amon replied as he and Robin intercepted him. The witch stopped dead in his tracks, he knew that he was surrounded when Sakaki and Karasuma finally cut him off from behind. He began to panic, his breathing started to labor, sweat poured down his face. His eyes went wide as his powers pulsed out towards Amon and Robin. Amon dove for her, knocking Robin out of the way. Sakaki and Karasuma shot twice at the witch making him fall to the ground.
'Looks like they have everything well in hand.' Carina mused as she watched them from where she was. 'It's time for me to go.'
As she turned to leave, Robin looked up and over towards her direction. "Carina?"
"Robin, you alright?" Sakaki asked as Karasuma and Amon were watching over the factory as they took away the witch.
"Yes, I'm alright." Robin replied with a nod.
"Robin, how come you didn't use your powers?" Sakaki asked curiously.
Amon heard what Sakaki asked, "it was too risky, too many people around." Robin frowned slightly at his answer, she knew as well as everyone else that she had better control now, verses back when she started working with them.
"Hey listen up, I just got a call from Doujima." Karasuma announced as she was trying to get their attention.
"Oh? And what did she have to say?" Sakaki asked in slight amusement as he leaned back onto the wall.
"She said that we're suppose to get back ASAP." Karasuma replied as she looked towards him.
"Did she say why?" Amon asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"No, she just said that we're suppose to get back and that's it. To be honest, I don't even think that she knows why, she was just told to call us in." Karasuma explained.
Robin frowned, "I wonder..."
"Robin?" Amon asked as they all looked towards her now.
"It's nothing." Robin replied as she shook her head.
"Are you sure?" Karasuma asked with a slight frown, she had a feeling that Robin was hiding something, but wasn't sure about it exactly.
"I'm sure." Robin replied quietly.
Amon nodded, "alright then, let's go and report in." No one really objected, so they left the airport and left for Raben's Flat.
Nearby someone dressed totally in black stood by watching them in the shadows. His blood red hair shimmered, his eyes flared red for a split second as his shades covered his eyes once again. "We'll meet again, and this time you'll know what real pain feels like."
About an hour later....
"So, what's going on? We've been waiting here for a while." Sakaki asked as he was starting to get a little annoyed.
"The chief said that he'll be right down with some news from headquarters." Doujima replied nonchalantly as she sat down.
"Headquarters? What could they possibly want now?" Michael asked with interest as he looked up from his computer.
"Good, you're all here." the chief replied as he looked around the room.
"Yep, all here and accounted for, so what's the big news anyway chief? Sakaki asked as he sat back in his chair and put his feet up on the desk.
"Everyone, Robin, I believe that you'll know this person once she comes out." the chief replied as the same girl that was at the airport finally came into view. Robin's eyes grew wide in recognition and then she smiled as the girl smiled back. "Hey Robin, long time." Carina greeted.
"Carina Simona, is that really you?" Robin asked as she got up from her chair.
"Yeah, it's me." Carina replied with a smile.
"Carina!" Robin exclaimed happily as she embraced her.
"It's good to see you too Robin." Carina replied as they pulled apart.
"Ah Robin who's she?" Sakaki asked as he almost fell backwards.
"Sorry, everybody this is my friend Carina Simona. We worked together in Italy hunting witches." Robin replied as she tried not to laugh at his surprised look.
"So then, you're a craft user?" Amon asked as he looked her over.
"In a way, you see, I have predictions of what's going to happen or could happen, as well as feel the power signature of a witch, my talisman swings back and forth after I've picked up a witch's power with my mind. When I pick up a new power or a very powerful witch, sometimes I get these headaches that last a while that's why I have my talisman, in a way it helps with them." Carina explained as she was watching their expressions.
"How does your talisman help with these headaches?" Michael asked curiously.
"I'm not exactly sure, but I hope to find out someday. I know it's not much of an explanation." Carina replied with a small smile.
"Carina, I don't remember you telling me about your headaches before. How long have you been getting them?" Robin asked in concern.
"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you Robin. I just didn't want you to worry about me." Carina replied as she was trying to reassure her.
"I have a question." Doujima said as she looked at her talisman.
"Yeah?" Carina asked as she noticed that she was looking at it.
"How and where did you get your talisman?" Doujima asked curiously.
"That's the strange part, I don't know. Actually, to be honest I didn't find it, it found me." Carina replied with a small smile.
"What do you mean, it found you?" Amon asked as he looked at her skeptically.
"Just what I said, one day on a hunt, after I picked up a new power signature, one of my headaches cranked on big time, and then I fell to the ground. When I opened my eyes, there was this talisman around my neck." Carina explained as she played with it in her hand. Then she looked up towards him, "I know that you don't trust me, I don't expect you to right away. It doesn't bother me, but I will prove my trust to you, count on it. If you want, you can pull a background check on me to see if my story checks out, if it'll ease your conscious."
"Alright, I'll do that," Amon replied with a nod. "Michael.."
"On it Amon." Michael said as he started to check into it.
"If you wouldn't mind another test, just to make sure?" Amon asked as he watched for her reaction.
"No, do whatever test you need, I don't want to hide anything from anyone." Carina replied with no objections.
"Alright hand over your shades to Karasuma, she's a psychic, she'll be able to see for herself if you're telling the truth or not." Amon suggested. Carina gave no objection as she took off her shades and handed them to her. Karasuma took them and then closed her eyes and concentrated.
A few minutes later, "she's telling the truth from what I can see." Karasuma replied as she handed back Carina's shades.
"Her background checks out too." Micheal reported with a nod as he looked up from his computer.
"Satisfied?" Carina asked as she looked over towards Amon.
"For now, but I'd have to wait to see how you are out in the field before I can make any judgments." Amon replied as he walked out of the room.
"Is he always like that?" Carina asked as she looked around at the others.
"Don't worry about him, he was like that when Robin came on too." Doujima replied with a smirk as she was going to leave.
"He was?" Carina asked as she looked over towards her friend. Robin just nodded her head, "I see, no problem."
"Carina, let's go over to Harry's." Robin suggested.
"Harry's what's that?" Carina asked curiously.
"It's a place that we go to when we're not working." Robin replied as she lead the way.
"I see, a place to unwind from a day of witch hunting." Carina said in realization as she smiled.
"Yes, I'll tell you more when we're there. Working for the STNJ here is much different than working back in Italy." Robin started to explain as they were walking.
"Oh, and how's that?" Carina asked curiously.
"They don't kill the witches." Robin replied as she glanced over towards her.
"What?!" Carina asked as she was taken back in surprise. "Then what do they do with them?"