Waking up, Amon's heart almost immediately sped up. It hit him rather quickly that today would be the day...the day he hunted Kate. This wasn't just any hunt, not only was his target his own partner but he had to kill her. It wasn't as though the orbo had always been around, it wasn't as though he had never taken a life. He started working for the STNJ when he was 17 and orbo became available just about two months prior to Kate's arrival. He had welcomed the alternative to killing, he didn't enjoy it it so when Zaizen gave it to him and the others, he didn't question it.

Sitting up, Amon swung his legs over the side of his bed and sat there for a minute with his head in his hands. He then made his way into the bathroom and showered, got dressed, drank a cup of coffee and then left. The next thing he knew, he was at the STNJ and heading to Zaizen's office. He knocked on the door and waited for Zaizen to call him in. "Come in." was all he heard before he pushed open the door, shut it, then turned to walk down the same short hallway and into Zaizen's office. He was engulfed in a cloud of smoke emanating from Zaizen's cigar, it dangling carelessly from the old man's right hand as he reclined in his chair.

"Ah, Amon, it's good to see you." he said kindly. "Now, to get right down to business, I have a hunt planned for today. It will be just you and Kate. There will, however, be no witch. You will eliminate Kate and then call the Factory. They will take care of the body..." He finished, taking a drag of his cigar.

"But sir, won't the others be suspicious?" Amon asked, knowing Zaizen only had him on the hunt for a reason. He didn't want the whole team on it, he wanted it to be kept secret and he trusted Amon with that secret...but how he was going to keep such a thing quiet was beyond Amon.

Grinning, Zaizen put his cigar in the ash tray on his desk and crossed his arms over his chest, still reclined in his chair. "I'm glad to see that you are thinking, Amon. Yes, I've thought of that bothersome detail and I've decided the best way to go about dealing with it would be to keep this particular hunt from the others. You will go about your business today as usual but tonight, there will be another hunt. Everyone will be called but in reality, only you and Kate will be. You will go to the designated place, yet another abandoned warehouse a few blocks from here, and hunt her there. It being abandoned will give you an empty field to work with, you may do with it what you wish. You could lead her around, corner her, come up behind her, above her, it matters not. Just make sure you finish the job." Again, Zaizen's tone signified the end of the discussion so Amon turned to leave.

The day passed too quickly and yet painfully slow for Amon. There were no hunts, only information to go over which made the day seem to be going in slow motion. What was to come, though, made it seem as though time would jump. One minute it was 1:00PM, the next it was 3:30PM, and after that it would be 5:00PM, the time inbetween seeming to be slow until the jump. Eventually, Zaizen let them all go, again, early, this time at 6:00PM. Doujima jumped up and practically ran out, Sakaki schlepped from the office, yawning from boredom, and Karasuma gracefully made her exit waving to Amon, Kate, and Michael. Kate slowly stood, grabbed her coat, slung it over her right arm, and walked towards the exit. Amon did the same as soon as she was in the elevator and was sure she had had enough time to get in her car and leave. He didn't want to be stuck in another awkward silence, especially not now that he knew of what he had to do...

"See you tomorrow, Mr. Amon." Michael respectfully said to his superior as he exited, Amon nodding to the resident hacker in response. He made his way to his car, drove to where the hunt would take place and just sat there. He knew Zaizen would call Kate and she would just show up so he figured it would be best to just sit still instead of wasting time going home and then coming back.

About 45 had minutes passed when Kate pulled up along side Amon. Seeing this, he got out of his car and set into motion the plans he had worked out while sitting in his car with the layout of the building displayed on his communicator. He decided to send her to the first floor of the warehouse while he went to the second. He'd shoot her from up above, she'd never know what hit her...

Ten minutes into the plan, Amon had to find a way to loop her back around so he could get a clear aim.

"Kate, circle around and come back into the center, I'll come back around and meet you there." Amon ordered into his headset. He never intended to meet her, instead he took aim and waited for her to appear where he had sent her. Fifteen minutes passed and she hadn't appeared yet. Without looking away, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his communicator. He pushed a few buttons and up popped a map which would display her position. He looked down and saw a red dot, the one that represented her, laying almost on top of a blue dot...which represented him. Whipping around, Amon came face to face with Kate who was standing about six or seven yards away, her eyes fixed on him. Her face was blank but her eyes were full of emotion...

"Kate..." Amon muttered, shocked that she had figured him out. They both stood there looking each other in the eyes, Amon with his gun in his right hand down by his side, Kate unarmed except for her craft.

"Amon..." Kate whispered, her voice full of saddness. "What's happened to me?" Tears filled her eyes but her face remained impassive. Amon didn't know what to say...

"I'm imagining things you know...death...murder...you, Michael, and all the others...I don't want to hurt any of you..." She said, her eyes remaining focused on his.

"What did you do? With Amos Moretti?" Amon asked trying to keep his voice and face emotionless.

"I told him about the STNJ...I started to tell him about the orbo but..."

"What? About the orbo? What about the orbo?" he blurted out. He didn't even know about the orbo, what did she know?

"Nothing...I know nothing about the orbo...all I told him was it was suspicious...and that it, somehow, guards against the craft...most of the time it does." Kate whispered, a sad smile appearing on her formerly indifferent face. "I told him that we capture witches and that the other branchs of the STN don't...that Zaizen is up to something..."

"Why? Why did you do that Kate?" Amon asked with a bit of desperation in his voice. Maybe she wasn't out of control...maybe she was just spying on someone she thought was dangerous...

"Because...I knew...I knew this would happen. My mind is going, Amon, I can feel it...the things I think...they aren't right. My emotions are going, pain is all that is left. I thought...if I uncovered the STNJ's secrets, it would fall apart and the public would pick up on it all...and that, at the end, Solomon would be sent into a panic, that it would crumble and I'd get away. The thought...it was too tempting...so I found someone I thought I could tell that would be interested in bringing down the STN for my own benefit." The sad smile that had once made its way onto her face faded and left behind the saddest expression Amon had ever seen her display. Hell, this was the most emotion Amon had seen her display for a while, period...

"How? You've only been here five months. How...how did it happen so quickly?...How long?" Amon asked, his voice softening. He wasn't as cold as people thought...here Kate was, telling him she was losing it...how could he just shoot her and ignore her pain? He couldn't deal with her emotionally, he couldn't even deal with himself emotionally, but he had to know...

"The power, it's just too much...once I left the training facility in Italy, I was left on my own. I had no one to watch me, to guide me...I only lasted so long before I couldn't take it anymore. I've felt this way for about two months now...I guess I needed more training, huh?" A few tears spilled from her eyes but she smiled again, just as sad as before, if not, more so.

"I came to..."

" I know..." Kate whispered, interrupting Amon, closing her eyes as she replied. "Do it...go ahead, you have to...the thoughts, the feelings, they keep coming back...it's only a matter of time before I go completely..."

Raising his gun level with her heart, Amon's hand shook slightly...his heart was beating painfully in his chest. He was scared...he was actually scared. This was it, now or never, once it was done, it was done...no going back...

Amon took a deep breath before pulling the trigger...once...twice...he closed his eyes before shooting a second time, the only thing telling him that she was dead was the sound of her body hitting the ground...