Chapter 1
The escape
Hope and Shay went to the precursor together and witness the massive earthquake triggered by the piece of Eden in Lisbon.
Shay storm into Achilles's room and began to scream him before Hope can stop him. She force herself between Shay and Achilles trying to make herself a barrier between them before Shay do something that he will regret later. She put her hands on his shoulder and look into his dark eyes trying to get him look at her brown eyes but his eyes is only focusing on Achilles.
"Shat don't be stupid, an earthquake cannot triggered by a single man." This has causes Shay's anger to increase but stop as he felt Hope's gripe tighten and he look in to her eyes and saw her begging him to calm down and it work. As Hope saw Shay calm down enough she loses her gripe on his shoulder and turn to face her mentor.
"Achilles what Shay said is truth, I also saw the artifact broken into piece and it triggered the earthquake…" Shay was great that Hope is standing on his side. "Enough of this Hope!" Achilles said angry stopping whatever she is going to say. The he pointed a finger at her and with fire in his eyes.
"Hope do you remember what I teacher when you first join the assassin, the Templar will anything to get their hand on the apple and control the world with it, everything we try to protect and everyone that sacrifice will be in vain." Achilles said and look at both of them. "Please Achilles the artifact cannot be control by the man, don't let the death of your family blind you…" A sharp pain in her cheek stop whatever she is going too said and the force push her back. Shay quickly get hold of her before she hit the floor, he look at her and saw a reddish hand print on her cheek and a trill of blood began to flow out her mouth.
"How dare you judge me Hope Jensen?" Achilles said with furious and Shay fell the angry back to his blood but he didn't launch at Achilles because Hope is in his arms and the hurt look in hers eyes. Liam and Chevalier walk into the room as they hear the shouting sound of their mentor. "What has happen in here?" Liam ask loudly as he saw Hope is in Shay's arms and Achilles looks like he is going to kill some. "Liam take this two outside." Achilles order Liam and Liam obey his order without a word, he griped Shay's arm and push him out the room along with Hope, and he didn't see Hope's expression as she is hiding her face in Shay's clothes.
Hope jump a little as Shay appeal the ointment on her bruising cheek. "Hope do you want me to continue?" Shay ask as he stop to appeal the ointment to her cheek. Hope just nodded and let Shay continue the work. They are now sitting outside the homestead as Liam brought them out the manor to let them cold down their mind in the hush winter wind. Shay put away the ointment as he finish. "If Achilles didn't stop searching for those artifact the incident that happen in Lisbon will happen again." Shay said as the look at the fire that burning in front of him. "Shay please he lost his son recently …"Hope began to say the direction of the manor but stop as Shay grape her shoulder and turn her to face him with fire in his eyes. "You still defend him even after he slapped you." Shay said with angry. "You have misunderstand what I am going to said but Shay you are right, Achilles must be stopped." She look into his dark eyes with determine and Shay too.
They began to make a plan because they know Achilles will not stop no matter what they said. They plan to steal the manuscript the Achilles searching for the others temple and hide it in a place that no Assassin or Templar will find it. They put out the fire with the snow and began the plan. They walk inside the manor like nothing had happen and find out that Achilles is still in the meeting with Adéwalé about the Assassin matter. Shay and Hope sneak into Achilles and began took the manuscript from Achilles's drawer and Hope jump out the window first to make sure the path is safe for them to escape.
Hope suddenly hear noise coming from above then the window broken and after a few minutes Shay flow through the window and land on the fresh snow beneath him. Hope hurry to his side and help him to his feet. She hear sound from above her and saw Achilles looking down at her with widen eyes then angry finally ice cold that freeze her to her code. Shay watch Hope froze and quickly pull her hand and began to take off from the manor, the warm from his's hand pull her out from the frozen state and began to run alongside with him as the wind carry Achilles's order behind them.
The assassins try to stop them but they skillfully avoid them and gain distance between them and assassin. They hear Chevalier order the assassin stop them using the poison gas and within second the poison cloud filled their escape path but they forget Hope is a master of poison. She put out a little bottle from her necklace and drink it then hand it to Shay. Hope always carry a clue of her poison whatever she go. They ran past the poison gas without difficult.
They run to the cliff, they stop at the side of the cliff catching their breath and remove their hood as the others assassin appear few feet behind them. "Hope, Shay what are you two doing, give back the manuscript, I sure Achilles will…" Liam trying to reasoning with them. "I can't, Liam not after all those souls that lost." Shay lower his head and say sadly. "Why are you doing this?" Liam ask with sadness in his eyes as he saw Hope standing beside Shay. "The same reason with Shay." Hope look at him with a sadden face. Liam's face harden and pull out both of his guns and point them at them. "Give it back now or I will take it back from your body, Shay." Shay look at his best friend who is pointing the gun at him, he grapes Hope's hand.
"After all the souls that lost, two more didn't matter." Shay said and he wait Hope to shake off his hand and run to the assassin. But to his surprise she didn't, instead she tighten her hold and smile at him. As they ready to jump of the cliff two gunshots was hear and the pain in their shoulder cause to lost balance and fall toward to the cold winter ocean below. Shay pull Hope tightly against his body trying to hold her for last time. They both lost conscious as they hit the ice with a great momentum and into the ocean.
Thank you for Babe Last for drawing this amazing picture that give me the idea to write this. Please review and give your opinion about what will happen next. I will try mine best to update the story :D Thanks again for reading this story.