"Mm..where are we?" she asked.
"A hotel, come on, we need to get inside." and with that, he was up and out of the car, Robin following tiredly behind. He walked up to the desk with Robin lagging behind slightly, and rang the bell.
"How may I help you sir?" The young man happily asked.
"I need a room with two beds."
"Yes, one moment please."
Robin watched, half awake, half asleep as Amon paid for a hotel room, a question suddenly popping into her mind. How long could they keep this up? How much money could this cost him...guilt, again, struck hard.
"Come on." Amon said, walking ahead of her. She followed him, her desire to be closer to him growing even more as the thought that he was sacrificing his life for her, hit her yet again. Getting inside, Amon sat on the bed closest to the door and started to take his boots off.
"Amon?"
"Hm?"
"What are we going to do?" Robin asked, going to her bed and sitting down.
"Wait for Nagira to get back to us. Until then, we'll just have to deal with whatever comes our way." he replied, not looking up.
"But..." Robin's guilt getting the best of her, continued "...how long? How much will this cost you?" she finished, looking down.
Amon looked up, surprised by her question. "Is that what's worrying you? Money?"
"No, not just money...but...you're giving everything up to do this. I'm so sorry, Amon, I..."
"Robin" he interrupted, seeing tears forming in her eyes, that familiar pang in his chest coming back "You don't have to say you're sorry, I chose this."
Robin, shaking her head said "You chose a life where you'd have to run to stay alive? You gave up everything...even Touko." she said before she could stop herself. His eyes widened and fixed on her, hearing a small gasp of realization coming from her. She hadn't meant to say it...but she realized that she had.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought that up, it was rude of me."
It was now his turn to shake his head. "No, it's okay. I don't know how you knew but.."
"I saw you two walking together after we hunted that Chie girl, I was out that night, thinking." Robin said quietly.
"I didn't give her up...we broke up not long after that. It isn't imporant, it's in the past. Don't worry about money, I can afford it, that's no problem. I'm not giving up a life I loved, I'm giving up a lie. Through you, I learned not all witches are bad, that I can't hunt them all. Staying and pretending would have only caused more damage, I'm finally doing what is right now." he told her sincerely. She felt her heart warming up, knowing he had opened a little. Maybe this was the start of them becoming even closer, she thought as she smiled at him.
Hart wasn't sure of where he was going but he figured going to Amon's older brother's place was the best place to start. Arriving, he saw that the lights were off and that there were no cars around. No one was home. Well, they had to go somewhere, they couldn't simply drive around forever. Taking out his laptop, he started searching around for them in hotels. They wouldn't have had time to set up anything such as false identities, maybe he could still locate them.
"I'm going to take a bath, is that alright with you Amon?" Robin asked, standing by the bathroom door.
"Yes"
Nodding, Robin entered the bathroom to take a bath, something she always enjoyed.
Amon walked over to the table and sat with his laptop, intending to do a little searching himself. He went to work trying to figure out which hunters were missing but wasn't surprised when he couldn't find anything. Why would Solomon, a shady organization, put something like that up? They were covering up their absences. It didn't look like they were going to change, they were still hiding things, not only from each branch but from the "big wheels" too. They still hadn't straightened themselves out.
Sighing and then rubbing his temples, Amon leaned back in the chair, deciding to wait for Nagira unsure of what even he could come up with.
"Hm, found it." Hart said, smirking. "I knew they would be close, they wouldn't have anywhere to go and driving all night only to have no destination wouldn't have been smart of them." Closing his laptop, he started his car up and pulled out.
"I'm going to get us something to eat." Amon yelled into the bathroom so Robin could hear him.
"Alright." Robin called softly back. She heard the door shutting and knew he had left. She felt a bit uneasy with being there alone...naked...in a bath tub. She had gotten so used to him being there that depending upon him for everything was natural. She didn't realize how much she needed him until he left, even if only for a short while. While she was supposed to be so strong, she was still afraid and she wasn't sure if that was okay or not...wasn't she supposed to be strong in every way? She couldn't even get by on her own...
Sighing, she sunk down into the water, letting the warmth of it calm her.
Sitting outside, Hart looked up at the apartment room Amon and Robin were in. He wasn't sure if he should attack now or wait. Considering what happened to Gabriel, they were stronger than they had thought but how strong was the question. Hearing a door opening, he turned his gaze towards the entrance seeing...was that...Amon? He was leaving...he didn't see the girl with him so he figured she was still upstairs. So as not to look suspicious, Hart got out of his car and calmly walked in and headed straight for the desk. Amon glanced at him but didn't seem to give him a second thought.
"Fool" Hart thought to himself.
"Hello sir, how may I help you?" the same young man kindly asked.
Looking around, Hart saw that no one was around...Amon had left and everything was quiet.
"Yeah" Hart then pulled out a gun and shot the man in the head before he could even scream. The body fell behind the counter where no one would see it so he left it there. Putting his gun away, not caring if anyone heard the shot, afterall, it was late at night, he walked calmly to the elevator as though nothing had happened heading towards room 113.
Robin jerked up out of the water as the gun went off. She looked around and listened very carefully...she heard no other noises and figured it was just her imagination. She let the water down and then got out and dried off, putting a shirt on and exiting the bathroom, turning the light off behind her.
She heard a knock at the door and stopped in her tracks..."Amon?" she called.
"Room service."
"Room service?" she whispered to herself. "But Amon is getting something for us to eat, why would room service be here?" she thought to herself. "I'm being ridiculous, I should just answer the door." Walking to the door she called back, "I'm coming", reaching for the handle.
When she opened the door, she was greated by a young man who...was not wearing a uniform. Right away, she slammed the door shut, fear taking over. Hart stuck his foot in the door, not allowing her to close it.
"Aw, come on little bird, let me in." he said, shoving into the door knocking it open. Robin attacked him with her craft but...it didn't work.
"What?" she exclaimed, her eyes widening with fear...Amon was gone, she was all alone...
"Orbo...what?" he asked, laughing at her, "Did you think every last drop was gone?" he continued, pulling on a chain around his neck with a pendant full of orbo dangling from it.
She gasped at the site of it..."Now what? I don't even have my glasses..." she thought to herself, wishing Amon was still with her.
Mm, I don't know about craft users...I'm going to have to think up some crafts for when I get to one so I apologize in advance if they get generic but don't hold your breath on me thinking up good ones. The good ones were used up in the show...-Pouts- He he he...anyways, the powers they possess shouldn't make or break this fanfic because it isn't about the crafts themselves so I'll see how the reviews go.