Chapter Nine - Concrete Phoenix
The hunters all stared wide-eyed at the cracking statue.
"Outer shell... flesh and blood... is all you used to see. Behind the wall... deep inside... is what no longer needs to be seen. Some can see... and now you can too... I shall revealed the Phoenix's true being." The creepy voice was heard and the statue cracked completely and it shattered sending rocks flying everywhere. The hunters started to shield themselves but the rocks all just disappeared.
"You learned your lesson, good bye." The voice faded away and left standing where the statue once was, was Robin. The hunters all looked over at her. She took a step, holing her head and stumbled, twisting her ankle.
"Easy, now." Karasuma said as she caught robin before she fell.
"Robin your okay." Dojima said with a smile.
"I guess..." She answered. Karasuma lead Robin over to a chair and they all sat down, except Amon who went to his computer to catch up on some work.
"What happened?" Robin asked, she glanced over at Amon, but he seemed to be ignoring her.
"You were turned to stone by that witch who kept singing." Sakaki said.
"Singing? More like walling." Dojima commented.
"Well, whatever it was, he put a spell on you, placed you into stone and your life was limited to the life of one tall candle which just burned out only an hour ago. We did everything to get you out. Researched the witch's past, his family. But nothing. Then you started to...crack." Michael said
"Oh..." Robin said and looked down at her hands in her lap.
"Then once we all got here, you began to glow, the voice said once last rhyme, you exploded and well...ta-da." Kosaka smiled and handed her a glass of water. She took it thankfully and drank it.
"We all had a hand in trying to save you, I just wish we could have done more to get you out sooner." Karasuma said.
"Well, thank you, all of you." Robin smiled.
"I think you need to go home to rest. After all it's Saturday and everyone here is due back in here Monday morning at 7am SHARP!" Kosaka said glaring at Dojima.
"Hey, earlier this week, I was here even before Michael was." Dojima said in defense.
"That's because Sakaki woke you up." Karasuma smiled. Dojima stuck out her tongue. The hunters all stood up and Karasuma helped Robin walk down to the cars.
"Amon? Giving her a ride?" Karasuma asked.
"Whatever." Amon replied as he logged off the computer and headed downstairs.
Karasuma helped Robin downstairs and they stood there talking for a while.
"So...exactly how did I get freed?" Robin asked Karasuma who was standing next to her.
"I don't know." Karasuma replied and looked down at robin who was sitting on the step.
"What did the voice say?" Robin asked. Karasuma closed her eyes.
"If I recall correctly, 'Outer shell... flesh and blood... is all you used to see. Behind the wall... deep inside... is what no longer needs to be seen. Some can see... and now you can too... I have helped you see the Phoenix's true being." Karasuma opened her eyes and looked down at Robin again.
"Who? Who needed to see?" Robin asked. She looked at hwer watch, it was noon time.
"Not sure." Karasuma replied.
"I wonder what my true being is... or was?" Robin said to herself. She looked down at her hands which were resting in her lap.
"Well the base said inner beauty. But we all know your beautiful. And smart." Karasuma said with a smile.
"Then the other case like yours was the mayor who was only able to see things through a child's innocent and simple eyes." Karasuma looked up at the cloudy sky, the rain had finally stooped.
"Let's go." Amon's voice rang through Robin's ears as he came down the stairs.
"See you Monday Robin. Get better." Karasuma called as Robin and Amon drove off.
The drive was long and quiet. Robin just stared at her hands or out her window.
"Robin, wake up, we're here." Amon's cold voice came and broke into Robin's thoughts. She opened her eyes and looked up, Amon was standing next to her, holding the car door open. He helped her out of the car and up to her apartment.
"Thank you." She said as she unlocked and opened her door. He took his arm out from under her arms and she walked in slowly to her apartment. She turned around and he was already leaving.
"Amon." She called after him, he stopped.
"What." He said in his usual tone.
"Thank you... for everything. I know you had a bigger role in turning me back, then the others." She said with a smile.
"Don't be ridicules. We had equal roles." He started to leave again.
"The ride home, I was thinking about it. My inner beauty. I'm the youngest of the group," She looked over to him. He had started his descend down the stairs. He stopped once more.
"My inner beauty is me being the child of the 'family' in our group. You still saw me as a child, a little girl even though I grew up. The only way I could have been saved before time ran out was if you were getting clues the others weren't." She started to walk over to him, her ankle still hurting.
"Robin, you're tired. you don't know what your talking about." Amon said coldly.
"No... just listen. It's true isn't it. you got the clues, then you saved me. You relised in her heart I'm no longer a child. Amon you..." Robin was interrupted by Amon's cold voice.
"Robin your tired. Go to bed and get some sleep. You haven't the slightest clue what your talking about. So just stop." Amon's voice was almost a growl. It sent shivers throughout Robin's entire body. She stopped walking and Amon continued down the stairs. Robin limped back into her apartment, tears streaking down her face.
"Amon..." She entered her apartment and closed the door and leaned against it, tears dropping off her cheeks.
A/N-Well? Harsh huh? Sometimes men can be so mean. Why are the sexy ones always so mean? Please R&R
