"Solomon is being foolish. Letting you two go is a big mistake and only I and some others know that. You simply existing is wrong and I'm here to make it right."
"Why? I haven't done anything, what's your reason? My existing is wrong...how so?" she asked, trying to buy time and at the same time, trying to get somewhere with him.
"Didn't you hear me? You...you shouldn't even be alive. You're a witch, you're disgusting and dangerous to have around. You aren't needed nor are you wanted." he said coldly. The last part actually hurt her...despite it coming from an enemy...it hurt.
"Who are you?" a cold voice asked from behind followed by a click. Whipping around, he saw that Amon was standing in the doorway holding a gun. When had he arrived? He was so quiet...Robin found a new appreciation of how quiet that man could be.
"Hart...you must be Amon. I must advise you not to shoot, as you may have noticed I still have your little Robin cornered. You shoot, I shoot." he grinned.
Amon tensed at this, seeing orbo hanging around his neck. Looks like not everyone at HQ was against it...They were just standing there, all three too cautious to make a move, afraid of the outcome. He knew Robin couldn't use her craft because, chances were, it wouldn't work. Hart would then fire and possibly hit her...he needed to find a way to deal with the situation without risking her life...he'd have to shoot.
They could hear sirens coming...someone had called the cops, probably after he killed the clerk Hart figured. Grinning, Hart, still holding the gun at Robin, walking sideways, headed towards the door.
"Better let me go. The cops are coming...wouldn't want them finding a dead body, would you?" Walking past Amon, he gave another laugh and then ran down the hall towards the elevator. Amon turned and went out the door and took one shot hitting Hart in the back. Turning back to Robin he said "Hurry, we need to leave before the cops get here." Robin nodded and then ran to get her and Amon's things.
Great. That's all they needed. Leave it to the police to help and yet mess everything up all at the same time. They scared Hart away but they also scared Robin and Amon away. They were now criminals and now on an entirely different level. Before, they were criminals in the eyes of Solomon hunters, now it would be in the eyes of the law. They ran to the elevator avoiding Hart's body and got in. As soon as the doors opened on the bottom floor they were out and running as fast as they could to the car, Amon taking the keys out of his pocket as he went. They jumped in and pulled out only to see the cops arriving.
Seeing a car fleeing the scene, the cops chased after them, thinking they were the ones responsible. Amon, looking back saw them following with their lights flashing.
Laughing sarcastically inwardly, Amon thought "I never saw myself on this side of the law...and now, here I am in a high speed chase. Amazing."
"Robin, do you think you could throw up a wall to keep them from us?" Amon asked hoping the answer would be yes.
"I can try." she said putting her glasses on and turning around in her seat. She concentrated on her target real hard before firing away with her craft. Luckily, it worked. A giant wall of fire appeared in the middle of the road forcing the cops to stop their pursuit. Robin let loose a big sigh of relief and then turned around. "Her craft is growing." Amon thought. But this time...the thought of her getting stronger didn't worry him.
What that man had said...it stuck with her. "You...you shouldn't even be alive. You're a witch, you're disgusting and dangerous to have around. You aren't needed nor are you wanted." She could feel her chest tightening in pain...she wasn't needed, that was for sure. Up until she came to Japan she was practically alone and now, now people were afraid of her and wanted her dead. Was she wanted?...She looked to Amon out of the corner of her eye then straight ahead. Did he even want her around?
Looking over slightly, Amon caught Robin's sad expression...now what was wrong with her? They were okay, they had gotten out uninjured. That was the second hunter in one day, hell in several hours, to come after them and they had beaten them both. He thought she would have been happy. He couldn't figure this girl out...
Amon didn't want to stop in a hotel this time, figuring that had been their undoing this last time. Instead, he chose to drive. Just drive. He drove for hours, Silence sitting in the back seat. This time though, it wasn't there to make them uncomfortable. Hours passed and Amon's eyes started to itch. It had been the longest time since leaving Nagira's that they were left alone so he was at least grateful for that. Looking over to Robin again he saw that she had hardly moved. She was just sitting there, that same sad expression on her face. It was killing him, he had to know what was wrong. He decided to pull over. He couldn't keep driving like that, if more hunters were going to come there was nothing they could do. Hopefully, they would all be the same as the last two. Easy, although, this last one, Hart...he had made Amon rather nervous. He wasn't in complete control of the situation, they were in a nasty triangle and he hadn't liked it.
Seeing that they were pulling over, Robin looked to Amon with a questioning look on her face. Without even looking over at her, he knew she was looking at him wondering what was going on.
"Amon?"
"We may as well stop. If they are coming we can't keep running. We'll have to face them sooner or later."
Nodding her understanding she leaned her head against the cool window, sad and yet numb. So much had happened so quickly...those two hunters hadn't been hard but those two weren't the only ones that would come, she knew it.
Turning the car off, Amon leaned back in his seat thinking. Maybe what that hunter had said to her was getting to her? What he said had been pretty cold and it would have hit home for Robin.
"Robin."
"Hm?"
"What's wrong?"
Robin was surprised he'd even ask. He didn't usually show such...attention. That meant he had either been watching her or she was so sad that it practically radiated off of her in waves and didn't take much to detect.
"Nothing." she answered softly.
"There is something bothering you, I can tell...was it what that hunter said?"
Lifting her head off of the window, she looked to Amon, again, surprised that he had heard. Just how long had he been there?
"How do you know what he said? I thought you had left."
"I did" he answered simply. "But I saw him enter the hotel. I felt...strange.." no worried, his mind corrected him "...about him going in there and letting you alone. I suppose I hadn't figured anyone would be coming in that late besides us so I went back, thinking it wouldn't hurt to check up on you."
"Oh" was the only reply he got back. He wasn't done though, he wanted to know if what Hart had said hurt...
"Is that what's bugging you? What he said?"
"He said I wasn't needed...that I shouldn't be alive...that I wasn't even wanted." she told him sadly, turning to look back out of the window, tears clearly forming in her eyes.
"You're needed, Robin. You're the Eve, you clearly have a purpose in life and..." she looked to him when he kept on going past that. What was he going to say?
"And you're wanted. He only said those things to get to you." he finished, his voice going soft again...how many times had his voice gone soft like that without him wanting it to he wondered.
"I am?" she asked innocently.
"Yes. I believe I told you that you were a friend. I don't...have many friends. You're needed and wanted..." What was going on? There were alarms going off in his head...bad conversation, way too personal. What was he doing? His breathing picked up and his heart pumped faster.
"Thank you Amon, I needed that." she said, leaning towards him in her seat, shifting from her previous position of leaning against the window.
"I meant it." he said looking her straight in the eyes. "Wow...we're really close now, I can feel her breath on my face" he thought, his composure slipping. The alarms were going crazy in his head as he felt himself leaning in even closer. "Stop, stop, go back, rewind, what in the hell are you doing!" his mind screamed.
Robin's eyes widened and then...she felt his lips softly pressing against her's. She slowly closed her eyes and leaned into the kiss..."Is this really happening?" she thought. Amon was her first kiss...
It felt wonderful to finally show how he felt about Robin...but only for a few seconds. His mind immediately screamed "She is 15, you're 25, what are you doing? How can you give her what she needs? You couldn't even give Touko what she needed and she was a grown woman. How are you going to deal with this now?" His eyes snapped open and he pulled back quickly and apologized.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." he looked down at his hands, too afraid...yeah, Amon, afraid...to look her in the eyes for fear of what he would see. Had he looked, he would have seen happiness, saddness, confusion, fear, and hope. Silence, laughing, joined them once again in the back seat, not planning on departing for quite some time...
Aha, two chapters in one night. Sparky, I saw that you requested at least two so I pushed to get another one done...I don't know how many times I'll be able to do that but I saw an opening to do so. -Winks- And tank, you asked for Robin and Amon fluff so I hope you liked the ending. -Smiles-
-Feels like she is forgetting something but is too hungry to think straight-