When All Is Said And Done | By : iJ3i Category: +S to Z > Witch Hunter Robin Views: 4027 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Thanks for reviewing, guys! I really appreciate it! Here’s section two!
Disclaimer: I don’t own WHR, or 1984,
or the Matrix!
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II
Sakaki
The day was moving slowly. The word
boredom flashed through Sakaki’s mind in big bright letters with marching ants
around it as he sat at his desk. He looked around his desk for something to do.
There was a pen and the computer and that was it. He picked the pen up and
twirled it in his fingers. Shit. He didn’t remember a day more boring than that
one. In fact, the days got more boring as they went on. Perhaps that was why.
Yeah. That was it. Wonder what Michael’s up to.
Sakaki moved around in his chair and
looked at Michael. He was staring at Sakaki.
“What?” Sakaki asked. Michael
shrugged. His hand was on his mouse and he was turned slightly towards Sakaki,
his eyebrows furrowed in what looked like annoyance. That wasn’t usual. But
what about Michael was? “You’re up to something,” Sakaki said. Michael shook
his head.
“No,” he said. “It’s just that
you’re ticking me off.” Sakaki’s forehead flinched.
“What’d I do?” he asked defensively.
“You’re sitting around here like
there’s nothing to do.” Michael motioned his head towards the large windows to
the right of them. Sakaki looked at them, then back at
Michael. “At least you can go out there,” Michael said.
“I’m going to tell you something,
Michael,” Sakaki said, tapping the pen on his knee. “You’re not missing as much
as you think you are.”
“Are you kidding me?” Michael asked.
“Oh, wow, you mean like being out
there for two minutes before Amon comes a-calling?” Sakaki made a noise. “It’s
not worth it. The only time I’m not bothered is when I’m actually here and
bored. As soon as I sneak out for a little joy ride, here comes
you, buzzing me for a hunt. It’s not like I’m having any fun out there, anyway.
I can’t date anybody, and I don’t have any friends.” Michael looked down.
“You’re right,” he said, and turned
back to his computer. “I was out of line.” Sakaki rolled over to him.
“What’s eating you?” he asked.
Michael sighed.
“You ever notice how useless it is?
Working here?”
“We don’t have much of a choice,”
Sakaki said.
“You have more of a choice than I
do.” Sakaki made an irritated noise.
“Let me let you in on a little
something,” he said. “You ever read 1984?”
“Yeah, but I don’t remember much
about it.”
“How about…? Have you seen the
Matrix?”
“Yeah, I mean…who hasn’t?”
“Imagine me as the main character,”
Sakaki said. “Imagine I found out about all the stuff
on the whole fake world thing, and then I was set free with all that knowledge.
I’d be like…a threat to the STN. I know things, and it’s enough that I have
contact with people outside the Matrix, but then to cut off contact with the
STN altogether? They’d probably hunt me down like they did you, and we both
know that that’s some scary shit.”
“Avoidable for you at least,”
Michael said. Sakaki hung on the back of his chair.
“Yeah,” he said. “You were kinda
like Neo, and couldn’t get away in time.” Michael sighed.
“It sucks here. I’m hungry.” Sakaki
yawned.
“If you…promise not to tell Amon
where I went, I’ll sneak you in something special.” Michael smirked at Sakaki.
“With an offer like that, how can I
refuse?” Sakaki stood up and stretched. Good. Now he had an excuse to get out.
Good ol’ Michael. Always good for a squeeze. Sakaki
paused at that thought, feeling oddly disturbed for thinking it. He shook his
head and went towards the elevators, passing Doujima as she walked in.
Doujima
“And just where are you off to?” she
asked. Sakaki stepped into the elevator, turned, smiled and waved at her as the
door closed. Brat. Doujima put her hands on her hips
and looked around the office. It was empty except for Michael, Kosaka and
Hattori. She knew she should have stayed out longer. There was absolutely
nothing going on.
She walked over to Michael’s desk
and folded her arms.
“Where is everyone?” she asked him.
He had his headphones on again. She hated it when he had those stupid things
on, playing that terrible music. She was surprised he hadn’t gone deaf by then.
Michael gave her a shrug, not looking up from his computer. Doujima rolled her
eyes.
“This is just great,” she said. She
went over to Sakaki’s chair and sat down. She could feel Michael’s eyes on her.
She looked at him.
“What?” He pursed his lips slightly
and turned his attention back to the computer. Weird kid, always staring rudely
at anyone he could get his eyes on. Doujima patted her hair and leaned back in
the chair. And where on earth was Miho? She was always around when she wasn’t
hunting and if Michael didn’t know where she was, that meant she wasn’t
hunting. Doujima snorted on the inside. Probably snuck out
some place with Amon. Doujima always thought Karasuma had a thing for
him.
She yawned and looked over at
Kosaka’s station. He was staring at her. Old perv. She
rolled closer to Michael, hoping he blocked her from Kosaka’s view.
“What?” Michael asked.
“What are you doing?”
“Just playing a
game.”
“Oh, really?”
She sighed.
“If you’re bored, you should just go
out,” Michael said. “I’m sure if we need you, we’ll be able to reach you.”
“I know, but the chief was
complaining about how I don’t spend enough time in the office, and…you know how
I hate attracting his attention.” Michael patted a stack of ringed binders on
the right side of his desk.
“You can look through these if you
want. The boss dropped them off this morning, but I’m going to wait until Robin
gets a look at them before I mess around with them.”
“Why?”
“They’re her favorite kind. But if
you’re bored, you should go ahead.” Doujima looked away.
“Fantastic,” she said, then reached
for a notebook. “Great. Now I can be bored to tears instead
of just mildly bored.” Michael chuckled. He had a nice chuckle. For a dork.
“You might find something you’re
interested in.” Doujima got up and went over to her own computer.
“Right,” she said. “What will it
matter, anyway? Amon’s acting like a lion on wheels lately. I think he’s going
through menopause.” Michael smirked.
“I think a midlife crisis is more
like it.”
“Same difference.”
Doujima flipped open the case files book, then slammed
it shut when she heard heels approaching.
Karasuma
“Miho!”
Karasuma looked over to Doujima, who was quickly clacking her way towards the
elevators. Instinctively, Karasuma thought that something was wrong.
“What is it?” she asked sternly. Doujima
smiled.
“Oh, nothing much,” she said,
shrugging widely. “I’m bored, is all. You going on a hunt?”
“No, not at the
moment.” Karasuma headed towards the computers. “Good morning, Michael.”
“Morning, Miss Karasuma.” Karasuma
turned on her computer. Doujima stayed near the elevators, pouting. That girl. What would they ever do with her?
“Well…I’m going to go get lunch,” Doujima
said. “I’ll be back soon.”
“Right,” Karasuma said. Doujima
stepped into an elevator.
“Who goes to lunch at 9:30 in the morning?” Michael asked.
“Yurika doesn’t seem to mind,”
Karasuma said. Michael sighed. Karasuma looked at him. He seemed a little down.
“Something the matter?” she asked. Michael looked at her and shook his head.
His expression was slightly confused, indicating that he wasn’t aware of the
fact that he was acting out of the ordinary.
“Why?” Karasuma shook her head. She
picked up the case book Doujima had taken from the pile.
“What’s this?” she asked.
“More work from the boss,” Michael
said. “Doujima didn’t really start yet.”
“Where are the others?” Michael pointed
to the case files. Karasuma smiled shortly, then shook
her head slightly.
“I mean Amon and the others.”
“I’m not sure.” That was surprising.
“You’re not?”
“Uhn-uhn. I didn’t know where you were either until you
came in here.”
“I see.” Karasuma opened the case
file book and began to search the first one. After a while, she stopped and
looked around. Michael was staring at her. “I just wonder where Amon is,” she
said.
“I haven’t seen him since he came in
this morning.”
“You didn’t see if he left, huh?”
“No…I don’t remember seeing him go.”
That was odd. Amon was usually around and here, Karasuma didn’t remember seeing
him anywhere that morning. She flipped to the next page of the case files,
instantly feeling a strange warmth come over her. There
were a few flashes in her mind. It took a moment for her to pull her hand away
from the page. She looked down. There was a photograph. She sighed, and looked
to see if anyone saw it. No one was paying her any attention. She went back to
her work.
Amon
He hoped he wouldn’t be that self
conscious about it if it ever happened to him, whatever would happen to him. He
put his hand on the frame of the window and watched Michael and Karasuma work.
He wanted to go out there, but he wasn’t having a very good day. Zaizen had
just finished yelling at him, and he was fit to strangle the old man if he
didn’t calm down. Zaizen was a push over, a grade A
asshole. Amon could easily hurt him, but he knew what he would be risking if he
acted violently. He stared at Michael. In some ways, they were all stuck there.
But Michael… Amon didn’t know how he could stand it.
He wanted him out of there, away from the iron grip of Zaizen and the rest of
the creeps they worked for.
……………
Section two is through! Don’t worry!
In the next chapter, Amon talks with Touko and the conflict ensues. Can’t
ignore the other hunters meanwhile, now can we? Please review!
kaj
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