Chapter Two

"Amon?" Robin asked as they began walking through a crowd of people who were now crowding the streets around the barrier. "Yeah." He responded. "What do you think the boy is protecting his sister from?" She asked.
"Probably from us. Most of us live outside of downtown, and all the workers in the factory live outside of downtown. So he figured if he locked off downtown, his sister was safe." Amon guessed. The hunters walked up to the crowd of people.
"Excuse me, pardon me..." Dojima said as she pushed her way through.
"Excuse me sir I need to get through here. Police business." Sakaki exclaimed as he pushed people out of his way. Amon on the other hand, took Robin's hand and pulled her through the crowd.
"Ouch. Amon hold up." Robin exclaimed as she got stepped on my a much taller man. Amon pulled Robin closer to him and held her in front of him, pushing her through the crowd.
"There you two are." Sakaki said as Amon and robin emerged from the crowd. Robin just smirked. She walked up to Dojima who was standing right next to the invisible barrier.
"It's almost like electricity. Only it doesn't hurt as much, just a slight tingle." Dojima exclaimed as she touched the barrier then recoiled, holding her hand with her other hand. Amon and Sakaki came up behind the girls and looked at the barrier. When Dojima touched it, it light up a pink color in that general area, then turned invisible again. Robin pulled out her black gloves from her trench coat and put them on. She slowly reached out, then touched the barrier. She pulled her hand back quickly, but then touched it again and moved her hand in small circles, examining it.
"It's not electric. It's hard to say what it is." She said as she closed her eyes.
"It could be just about anything," Amon pointed out and stood next to Robin. He pulled out his gloved from his trench coat and put them on as well, he too touched the barrier.
"Michael, scan the database for information on what this barrier is made from." Amon said into the microphone which was resting lightly on his cheek.
"On it." Michael's voice could be heard over the four hunters' ear pieces. "Nothing comes up. Most witches use electricity from the local area to create their barriers. This barrier is made from something unknown to the Solomon database. I'll keep looking though." Amon closed his eyes. He put his hand down and stared off at the pink mist that seamed to form whenever someone touched the barrier. Robin continued to examine the barrier, almost like looking for a weakness to open it.
"Careful Robin, we don't know what this is." Sakaki said as he went to the other side of Dojima. robin nodded her head and put her hand down as the pink mist disappeared. Robin suddenly leaned her head forward and squinted her eyes, almost like she was looking at something a distance away. She stuck her hands into her pocket and pulled out a pair of half-moon spectacles and placed them on the bridge of her nose.
"What do you see...?" Amon asked as he too squinted his eyes. The dim lighting made it hard to see anything. All power was out inside the barrier, making the only light the very few street lights outside the barrier. There, about 50 feet away, was a small boy. No older then five years old, wearing rags for clothes. He was walking towards the hunters. As he got closer, they could see he had long messy brown hair, just a little longer then Amon's.
"It's him." Dojima exclaimed as she saw the boy's eyes light up a bright pink. Karasuma appeared and a bunch of other slowly appeared as well. They were all standing inside the barrier, just staring out at the onlookers. Karasuma's lips were moving, but the hunters couldn't see anything. The witch boy disappeared and then reappeared in front of Karasuma. His began to speak, and he could be heard.
"Go home! You hunters are not wanted here." He said with vengeance. He started to walk towards them, and to much surprise, walked right through the barrier. A few hostages tried to do the same, but we unsuccessful. Amon immediately pulled his Orbo gun out, followed by Sakaki and Dojima. Robin adjusted her glasses. The boy's eyes glowed brighter. The spectators on the outside of the barrier got scared and some of them ran away.
"Stop! Don't move, or we'll shoot!" Sakaki said as he raised his gun. Robin backed up and stood semi behind Amon. Dojima and Sakaki stepped back as well, guns at the ready.
"You can't stop me. You wont's get to her!" The boy yelled and moved closer. Amon fired a warning shot over the boys head. The orbo bullet was destroyed by a shield the boy quickly put up without effort. Robin closed her eyes and then let loose a few flames, attemptin to scare the boy. The flames were stoped by the shield. THe boy's expression changed. He looked past the hunters and over to Robin. His eyes were wide, probably from shock to see a witch on the witch hunter's team.
The boy started to back up. Once he reached the barrier, he entered it and dissappeared. The hunters looked at eachother.
"What was that all about?" Dojiam asked.
"I don't know," Amon said. "Robin I think you should leave. When he saw you and your power, I saw his expression change. Then he left." Robin looked up at Amon over her glasses.
"No, I want to stay. I saw something in his eyes..." Robin said and turned her head back twoards the barrier.