An important event will happen. I think this is the episode when Remington is being held hostage in the train station. Different result? Let's watch.

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A Psychologist's Day and Life

Chapter Eight: To Know Thy Enemy

A week and fifty patients later, Amor and I were making some progress within the Order. They were minor stuff really, a simple concept of deducing what's what. Remington was at a retreat, somewhere but we did know that he wasn't here. As I could recall, he had suggested to us that we take up weaponry classes about four days earlier…

Begin Flashback

It was the middle of day and Amor and I were walking within the compound, on our breaks.

"Remington said that we have to take up some weaponry if we want to fight," I started.

"So?" Amor asked, arms stretched.

"What? The guy said that we have to defend ourselves and you say 'so'? Get with the program! These guys handle demons, devils, etc, etc."

"I know, I know. I'm just saying…"

"Try to be serious about this. What kind of weapon do you want to handle?" Just then we passed two men who were sparring with cross swords. We looked at each other.

"Swords are nice, how 'bout that?"

"Sure, what the hell?"

So we asked Remington if it was okay to try the swords. We found them very lightweight however when activated, it was pretty cool to handle and a little heavy. So after being showed the basic training about handling a sword, we sparred night and day, whenever free time came our way. About two days later after that, Rosette and her friends came to see us spar…

"So how do you like the swords?" Chrono asked.

"They're fine," I said, approvingly. Azmaria smiled.

"You're good for some guys who got a hand on those things two days ago."

"Are you keeping count?" Amor asked her.

Azmaria stuttered, "Well…I…"

"It's a joke," Amor said finally and I gave a sigh. Then I saw Rosette looking distracted. "What's wrong?" I asked her.

"Huh? Wha?" she was obviously distracted. "No, I'm fine. I'm just thinking about…stuff."

I put my sword away on account that something was going on. "Could you excuse us for a moment?" I ushered Rosette from the group. The others watched.

"What could he been doing?" Chrono asked.

"Maybe she has something for him?" Azmaria replied.

"Yeah, maybe a kiss or two?" Amor snickered stupidly.

Meanwhile, I was with Rosette who was still looking a bit edgy.

"Okay, spill. What's going on with you?"

"Nothing I said," Rosette became defensive. "You don't have to know my every move."

She was hiding something. "Come on, I'm not gonna tell."

She thought for a minute, then said, "Okay. I ran into a dead end in my investigation."

"Oh?" This was interesting. Finding her brother without Chrono's help? That was something to look into.

"Why don't you ask Chrono for help?" I asked her.

"He has enough problems," Rosette said guilty. "Ever since what happened at the Seven Seals, he's been…different. So please…"

"I'm a man of my word. Do what you will." I walked off and let Rosette do her own thing. My brother followed behind me.

"So what she say?" he asked me.

"I'll tell you later."

We discussed about Rosette's problem later at night. I promised her that I wouldn't tell anyone. However I trusted my brother and he did vice versa. After my explanation, our discussion continued.

"Man, so she actually investigated on her own?"

"That's right," I said to him, pouring a glass of water.

"That's weird. I mean, in every Chrono Crusade episode, those guys are like peas in a pod!"

"Tell me about it."

"Should we tell Chrono?"

"And risk the realization that I told a secret? No way!"

"But you want to see her squirm."

"True." I did want to see her squirm under pressure however in friendly circumstances. This raised another question. "Amor, how come you hate Rosette?"

He looked at me, "I don't hate Rosette! She hates me! She's a player hater!"

"Player hater? Man, you bother anyone and anything that shows an expression."

"I don't do it for fun."

"Yes you do!"

"Okay, shut up," he said this and turned off the light. He went under. "We won't be discussing this again."

"Ok…sure…whatever."

End Flashback

It was after the last patient when we noticed something.

"It's been quiet," Amor started. "Too quiet…space quiet."

"Yeah, like something's missing." We looked around the compound and we saw everyone at their usual post. Suddenly we saw Anna, Mary and Claire at the front entrance waiting.

"Hello ladies," Amor said to them. Simultaneously, they looked at us.

"Hi guys," Claire greeted us.

"What are you doing?" I asked them.

"Oh, we're just waiting for the groceries to come here."

"Really?" I looked at them. "Who's brining them?"

"Rosette, Chrono and Azmaria," Anna replied. Then we figured it out.

"Now I know why it's been dead around here." Amor said cheerfully.

"Yeah. And Remington's not back from his little retreat, I forget where he went."

Suddenly, a car drove up and soon Rosette, Chrono and Azmaria were carrying in groceries.

"Welcome back," Anna greeted them. Then she saw one of the bags wet. "Oh, Rosette! What have you done! You've gotten the bag wet. Now we can't use the sugar."

"I'm sorry," Azmaria apologized.

"No, it's not your fault," Anna continued. "Rosette's the one who's pushing you."

"Hey, what does that suppose to mean!" she started towards Anna but then stopped. "You're lucky anyways. I have to go."

"Where?" Claire asked.

"To the train station. Father Remington asked me to pick him up."

We must have had a mental link because me and Amor looked at each other at the same time. We knew what was going to go down. As Rosette started to leave, I stopped her.

"What?" Rosette asked.

"We're coming with you," I said to her. "Meaning we, we mean the both of us."

"What!" Rosette was yelling. "No, you're not coming!"

"Rosette can take care of herself," Chrono reassured us. However it didn't stop the both of us.

"Yeah, but something may happen," Amor said, justifying our actions.

As Chrono and Amor continued the pointless debate, Rosette and I had a private talk.

"What do you want to come?" Rosette asked.

"Because something is going to happen."

"What will happen?"

"I cannot say however I know that something is wrong."

"If that's your excuse, then I won't let you two come."

As Rosette prepared to leave again, I then decided to play dirty. "Rosette," I whispered to her. "Do I really have to tell Chrono about that new activity in regards to that certain matter…"

She looked at me, looked down, then looked at me again. "Okay, okay, you can come. The both of you."

"Yes," I thought to myself. It may have been a dirty move however it did got us with her. As me and Amor walked off with Rosette, Chrono and Azmaria looked at us.

"Why did they want to come?" Chrono asked the group.

Azmaria replied, "I don't know but Bert sure had a worried look on his face."

The car started and we were off. It was about a good five minutes out of the compound before Rosette spoke.

"You didn't have to do that," Rosette said to me, "I thought that talk was private. You promised…"

"Don't worry, I didn't tell anyone."

"Well, now that the others are gone, why did you really want to come?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"What?"

Then Amor spoke, "That's the problem with you, Rosette. You can't think even five minutes in front of your face."

"What does that suppose to mean?" she asked, offended.

"Use your brain," Amor continued, "if Remington had his own car, then why did he needed you to pick him up?"

Rosette stuttered, "Well…um…I…"

"So…it is a trap," I finally said.

"Wha?"

"…Of the several possibilities, it looks like the worst one came true. You see, if this is the case, then something may have happened to Remington. It may even be work of the enemy."

Rosette became silent about this. "Then what are we suppose to do?"

"We fight," I prepared my sword, Amor did his. Rosette said nothing at this point on. When we arrived at the train station, we went up the first few steps and stopped at the doors.

Rosette cocked her gun, "If you're right about this…"

"Trust me, we're right about this." We barged inside the station and everyone was acting normally.

"So far, so good," Rosette said shakily.

"Be careful anyways," I said to her. Then we caught sight of Remington.

"Father Remington!" Rosette shouted. She started to run to him but then we were blocked by some other people.

Sword in hand, I said, "Be on your guard, there are enemies about!"

"You don't have to act like Kratos," Amor replied to this quote.

"Shut up, it makes me sound cool."

One man spoke, "So sister, you have company. No matter, I shall take care of your friends and then take care of you."

"Why are you doing this?" Rosette asked. "Why do we have to fight?"

"That man is in some sort of spell," I explained to her. Amor swiped the air with his swords and soon threads began to reveal themselves.

"Hey lady! For the record, I really hate spiders."

A child spoke this time. "So you know. I don't know how but that knowledge will follow you to the grave." At that precise moment, Remington then broke loose and took his sword out. We began swiping everywhere and threads were flying.

A old man spoke, "Damn you all. I'll kill you."

"Like you will," I said confidently. Then the people started to grab sharp objects and threatened themselves. "I'll kill them all. All I want is the girl."

"Me?" Rosette questioned. Then I saw something glimmer from the high rise. While Rosette was distracted, I took the gun from her hand and shot the glimmer. A terrifying scream from the high rise and every single person dropped on the ground. The thing slither to the underground.

"After her!" I yelled to the group. We then rushed over to the underground where the thing crawled into a train. The whistled blowed. The engineer came out from the locomotive.

"Dammit. I failed you Lord Joshua."

"Joshua?" Rosette whispered. "You know my brother!"

"If it wasn't for these fools then I would have gotten you."

"Please, tell me where to find him! Who are you?"

"She's Rizal, one of the Sinners."

"A…A sinner?" She looked at us.

"Ha, so you did know!" the conductor who was really Rizal, taking control. "For this, you shall both pay for making a fool out of me!"

"…Stubborn woman. I suppose I should expect no less from one who usurped your master's good graces. Take heed, Rizal. Once we capture you and extract all knowledgeable information, we'll deal with you. Then you'll be begging for our forgiveness."

"You speak nonsense, boy," As the train began to leave, Rizal shouted. "But don't expect you can deceive us all for long!"

The train left us alone in the barren train station. Rosette looked at me.

"We did some investigations of our own on the Sinners. Rizal was the first one I read about. An interesting ability, mind control."

"Why didn't you say anything!" Rosette yelled.

"…you didn't ask."

She made a grunt of frustration and stormed out off.

"Hater…" Amor mumbled.

"Shut up."

As we got out of the train station, Remington had a talk with us. "I didn't even know that was going to happen. I suppose the effects of time travel is kicking in. I appreciate you two helping me out."

"Just don't keep your guard down next time, okay?" Rosette was in her car, waiting for us.

"For the interest of my safety, I'll drive with Remington," Amor said while heading towards Remington's car. We both looked at each other.

"I'll drive him. I suppose you want to talk to Sister Rosette."

"Thanks a lot, Amor. Leave me with the hard job. I'll drive with her." And this is only the downside of not having a license.

Two cars leaving the train station and heading back to the Order. At the back mirror, I saw Amor being his bothersome self in Remington's presence. We were in total silence on the drive back however this ended when we approached the compound.

"You know about the enemy, don't you?" Rosette asked me.

"Yes, I suppose."

"Then…do you know about…"

I looked at her. At least I can tell her this bit of information. "Yes, I do know."

"Then…can you tell me?"

"What's the point? You're going to find out tomorrow."

"Really?"

"Yes…"

Silence once again. "Thank you," she said.

"What? What for?"

"You know…just about everything up to this point."

"…fine."

Nothing more was said during that day.

So how did you like the train station theme? Different result, right? Well, I hope that you enjoyed it. Anyways, please R&R