Windy City
Act Two:...And baby makes three..Ch 9 Complicated
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Act II: …And Baby Makes Three
Chapter 9: Complications
“Witches must always be hunted!” a disembodied
voice hissed softly. “Therefore It is
our Job to Hunt you!” The sound of firing guns echoed around her.
She closed her eyes and prepared
herself to the searing release of death’s bullets but blinked in surprise as
she felt none. “What happened?” she
wondered. She ed aed at the ground and
saw a familiar form lying on the ground bleeding profusely from a multitude
gunshot wounds. “Amon!” she cried out as she hugged his bloody body.
“WITCHES MUST ALWAYS BE
HUNTED!!” the disembodied voice howled with anger.
“Mama! Help Please!” she heard
another voice.
Robin looked around for the
source of the second voice but could not find it. The ground below her began to tremble violently as it cracked and
splintered like fine glass.
“MAMA!!”
Robin screamed as the ground
shattered in a brilliant explosion
Robin sat bolt upright in bed; a fine sheen of sweat
coated her body. She looked around
gauging her surroundings for a moment forgetting where she was.
the night table. “It’s only five thirty
am?” she said to herself. She looked to
the other side of the bed and saw her fiancée still fast asleep.
spell of nausea struck. Robin softly
swore under her breand lnd leapt out of bed and ran directly to the bathroom
stumbling along the way.
Missing her familiar warmth, Amon slowly opened his
eyes and looked around the room. His
sensitive ears picked up the sound of coughing coming from the bathroom.
the partially closed bathroom door.
“Robin?” Amon called softly slipping inside the bathroom.
right as he knelt by Robin. Gently he
brushed a strand of hair out of her face.
“What’s wrong?” he asked softly.
Frightened emerald orbs locked on to cool dark gray
lost in each other’s gaze. Robin broke
the gaze and wrapped her slender arms around him as she cried softly.
bad but other times they’re so frightening that…” she dissolved into another
fit of soft sobs pressing closer to his lean body.
Gently Amon picked Robin up and carried her back to
their bedroom. “They are just dreams,
Love,” he murmured softly while he placed a kiss on her forehead.
before climbing in with her. “I’ll call
Rose in the morning,” he spoke softly and hugged her slight form close to his
body.
~*~
Amon awoke again and swore when he noticed that it
was past nine am. “I’m late for work,”
he grumbled extracting himself from bed.
“Amon…it’s Saturday,” Robin murmured softly pulling
the bedspread over her head.
She sat up in bed and looked at Amon with a sleepy
expression on her face. Before she
couldn hen her mouth to say anything, she bolted out of bed for the bathroom
again closing the door behind her.
Concerned for his fiancée’s health, Amon picked up
the phone and called Rose.
~*~&~*~
Japan (Harry’s café to be precise)
Miho sighed softly as she drummed her fingers on the
table top. Her eyes fell on her watch and she sighed again.
“They’re late as usual.” She sighed softly.
Just as she finished her statement, the arrival of
three familiar faces caught her attention.
The three new arrivals sat down at the table.
she saw the glum expressions on their faces.
“So…I take it you got your new assignments from headquarters.” Karasuma
Miho stated with sadness to her voice.
Michael nodded his head slowly with a sad
expression. “Not only that, but our
replacements have already arrived. We
are expected to leave for our new assignments tonight.”
“So what’s the verdict?” Sakaki asked.
“Yeah were are we going to be assigned and will it
affect our search for Robin and Amon?” Dojima questioned.
Karasuma turned her gaze back to Michael awaiting
his answer. “So where will we be?”
Michael sighed softly. “Because of all the unrest Zaizen caused when he was alive,
headquarters is sending us to America.
They don’t exactly trust us now.”
Dojima’s face immediately lit up at the prospect of
seeing a new country aside from Europe.
“Don’t get your hopes up so soon Miss Dojima, this
isn’t exactly a good thing,” Michael coued ued with a sigh.
“Why, what happened over there?” Sakaki wondered.
Quickly typing on the keys of his laptop, Michael
brought up the recent news reports from America then turned the laptop so they
could read.
“…After a tragic accident, with the President’s
daughter, Congress has passed the Craft-User Protection Act into Law.
international orgazination, Solomon are considered illegal.
control of Solomon, but will be closely monitored by United States Government.”
Dojima read aloud.
“So technically…we’d still work for Solomon, but
they won’t have jurisdiction in America.” Karasuma noted.
“Exactly, but that’s not all of it.”
“What else is there Sakaki wondered.
“We may not be going to the same location.” Michael replied
as he slid his glasses up along the bridge of his nose.
“So…this might be the last time we may see each
other for a while.” Dojima sighed softly then hung her head with a sad sigh.
~*~&~*~
It was apparent to Robin that she and Amon would be
in Chicago for a while seeing as they had been living under Rose’s roof since
late October when they fled Japan.
However with their wedding date coming close, Amon
thought it would be a good idea for he and Robin to be off on their own so with
Rose’s help (again) he managed to acquire a job and a house for he and Robin.
Amon sat in the living room of their new house and
looked out the window at the freshly fallen snow. He quirked an eyebrow when he saw a familiar metallic powder blue
Dodge Neon pull up in front of his house.
“She lives only a block and a half away, but she insists on driving.”
“Well maybe she’s coming back from seeing other
patients of hers?” Robin replied not tearing her gaze away from her book.
something about not liking the cold too much.”
Rose extracted herself from the warmth of har
ar
and tugged her heavy wool coat closer to her plump frame.
of the old Victorian styled house before she stepped up on the wooden
porch. The smile on her face became
more wistful as her leather encased fingers traced the right side of the door
framing which caused a hidden set of runes to glow faintly for a second.
“ Aft Afternoon Rose,” Amon spoke as he opened the
door startling the healer from her reverie.
“Please come in,” he gestured for her to enter.
Upon entering the residence, Rose removed her wet
snow boots and instantly slipped into a pair of slippers she always carried
when she went on house calls.
Robin’s face light up more showing the healer a
friendly greeting, “Good afternoon
Rose,” she smiled her usual gentle smile.
Rose smiled at the g brg bride-to-be and
nodded. “I hear you haven’t been
feeling well,” she smiled softly.
turned her full attention to Rose. “I
was feeling awful this morning, but I was feeling fine later.”
Now Concerned, Rose took a seat next to the young
fire witch and began her general check up.
“Has this happened before?”
“Yes, it has” Robin softly admitted.
is just in the mornings. I’m fine after
ten am,” she whispered softly.
Rose nodded her head slowly and reached for her
black sachet and preformed a quick examination on the young woman instantly
shifting into nurse/healer mode. “Well
everything checks out hejustjust one more thing though.”
white paper bag and handed it to Robin.
“A test.” Not wanting to
embarrass the young witch, Rose leaned over and whispered in Robin’s ear what
to do.
A slight blush stained the young fire witch’s cheeks
as she got up and left the room. Robin
returned a few minuets later and handed the test to Rose who looked over the
results.
Rose raised an eyebrow surprised at what she
saw. “Oh my, but I can’t say I wasn’t
expecting this.” Both Amon and Robin
looked at Rose as she packed her sachet.
“By the way congratulations.”
Robin blinked lost for a moment when the realization
of her words hit her heavily. “No…”
“Yes”
“It can’t be!
Rose please tell me you are joking, Robin almost pleaded.
Amon raised an eyebrow before absolute shock took
over his usually expressionless face.
“I’m sorry Robin, I’m not kidding.
“Pregnant?” Amon finished Rose’s statement.
A Sudden stillness overtook the house; Rose quietly
excused herself before breathing another congratulations to the young
couple.
Alone again in the house, Robin and Amon sat in the
living room. Their gaze transfixed on
the serene view out of the picture window.
So wrapped in her thoughts, Robin did not notice when Amon moved to sit
beside her on the couch. His arms
slowly snaked around her slender waist and his right hand came to rest on her
still flat abdomen.
“Amon?”
“Yes Robin?”
“What are we going to do?”
Amon pulled Robin back against his chest and rested
his chin on her shoulder. “We’ll just
have to get married sooner than planned.”
Robin rested a pale slender hand over Amon’s hand
and relaxed against him.
~*~&~*~
Authors notes:
Wow I was I that obvious with the clue?
post. I’ve got a lot on my plate
including finishing up an Incomplete, preparing for my English Exit Exams, Typography,
and Now
* Drum roll please *
My Witch Hunter Robin Fan Panel!!!
Fan Panel this year At Anime Central.
Hopefully befocen cen I will have my WHR fansite online.