A/N- STOP! If you have not read the first part, please go back and read that one first. The second part will only confuse you and it would ruin the first one for you, because, well, you would be reading them backwards. The first part is called Secrets Withheld. Crappy title, I know. I am sorry but I suck at titles. Hopefully my writing skills will make up for my less than par title names. If you have already read the first part, please enjoy! Happy reading!

I also want to thank everyone for the support on my story. It has gotten better turn out than I thought. Seeing how many people followed and added my story to their favorites only helped me in writing this one. I personally think this one is better quality than the first part. Tell me what y'all think. I also want to thank you for your patients while I finish this. I took me longer than I had liked and it was very frustrating at times, but seeing how many people liked it helped me continue. Comments and critiques are always welcome and very much appreciated.

Chapter 1

"Dad, I wasn't expecting you."

"You called for me." The man walked closer to Eugene's bed. He had a thick Italian accent.

"That was weeks ago. I was expecting you weeks ago." Eugene stated in a calm but stern tone.

"I know, I am sorry, but I got here as quickly as I could. I have some informazioni (information) you might be interested in."

Captain James studied the man that stood a little more than an arms stretch away from him. He was tall and sturdily built. His clothes were quite intricate. His garb was mainly a bluish-grey with a red sash around his waist. He had on leather spaulders that covered his shoulders. There were straps that crisscrossed in front of his chest that secured the spaulders onto his body. On his left shoulder the spaulder was covered with fur that draped over his back. His arms were protected by brown leather bracers which seemed to be hiding something underneath on the inside of his wrists. He wasn't sure but James thought he saw something that looked like a hook on the inside on the man's right wrist. Just below his hips sat a wide leather belt that draped at an angled that held a few pouches in various positions. Inside the belt held two very large and very dangerous looking weapons. One was a large sword and the other a wide short sword. His garb draped down a little below his knees in several layers of panels. He had on brown leather greaves that covered his lower legs and brown boots. His hood still covered most of his face (minus the facial hair and below) which came to a triangular point in the center. His entire garb was then accented with the most beautiful silver embroidery and engravings he had ever seen.

After studying the man in front of him, James finally spoke up.

"I'm sorry, who is this?" There was a bit of confusion and disbelief in his voice.

"Forgive me. Dad, this is Captain James, also my right hand man, James, this is my…father…Ezio Auditore. Ezio finally removed the hood to reveal the rest of his face. He looked about to be in his early to mid-fifties; his hair was salt and peppered. There was a scar on the right side on his upper lip and each crease line in his face told its own tale of sorrow and grief. James took another hard look at the man in front of him and then back to Eugene. He could definitely see the resemblance.

"Father? You have a father?" Eugene blew his cheeks out staring at James.

"Well, yeah about that…" Eugene trailed off scratching his head.

"I thought you said you were an orphan?" James started becoming irritated as his eyes narrowed to Eugene. Eugene put his hands up in defense.

"Ok technically…I was, but before you bite my head off, I can explain-"

"Gabriel we do not have time for this." Ezio interrupted.

"Gabriel?! Who the hell is Gabriel? Who is this man, and why is he here, and WHO THE HELL IS GABRIEL?!"

"Holy shit James. Sit down and shut up. I am trying to tell you."

Ezio slowly started his way towards the frantic captain; hands slightly rose trying to calm him. "Captain, per favore (please), try to calm yourself."

"No, not till I get answers!" The captain looked down at Ezio's hands. He noticed a small symbol on his left ring finger that looked like it had been burned into his finger. He had seen that symbol before. His eyes shot up to meet Ezio's. "It's you!" He pointed an accusing finger toward Ezio as he found himself backed up against Eugene's nightstand. "That was you who killed the King! That was your poisoned dart! I recognized that symbol!" Ezio looked at his finger then raised an eyebrow up toward James. James was about to call for the guards, but just as he exhaled to do so, Ezio lunged at his throat cutting off James's air supply rendering him silent. His left hand came up and with a quick flick of his wrist, James quickly found out what was hiding underneath one of his bracers. A hidden blade, at a deathly fast speed, popped out and was inches away from James's throat. James clawed at Ezio's hand in a vain attempt to free himself of the man's tight grip.

Eugene groaned "Dad could you please not kill my captain. He's the only one I got."

"Only if he stays silent." Ezio growled.

"James he's gonna let you go, but you have to stay quiet, and calm down, understood?" James, the best he could, nodded his head as he gasped for air. Ezio released his grip and James nearly collapsed to the ground had it not been for the strong bed side table he was leaning on. He coughed and sucked in air trying to catch his breath. Ezio and Eugene calmly waited as the captain collected himself. Once he was able to breathe at a somewhat normal rate, James slowly slid down in his chair.

"Ok, now that we have all been acquainted with one another, Dad, you were saying? Ezio walked around to the other side of Eugene's bed.

"Sì, I have found some...interesting…facts that might be of some use to you." His voice took a more serious tone. "Gabriel, I have found out that there is a third Piece of Eden."

"There's a third piece?"

"Sì, it is the piece that gives eternal life." Eugene's eyes widened in disbelief. "I do not have a whole lot to go on, but judging what I could find out in Altiar's library, that was all he knew as well."

"You found his library?"

"Well, yes, there were no books in it, just him and the last key."

"He was still in there?"

"What was left of him." Eugene had a distasteful look flash across his face for a split moment and shook the image out of his head.

Both Ezio and Eugene had seemed to forget the James was still in the room.

"What…in the hell…are…you…two…talking about?" The both looked over to James and then exchanged looks with each other.

"Ok, James, what you are about to hear-" Ezio interrupted Eugene with a grunt.

"Gabriel, sei sicuro che possiamo fidarci di lui? (Gabriel, are you sure we can trust him?)"

"Sono sicuro che onestamente, è probabilmente l'unica persona che posso fidare giusto al momento con informazioni di questo tipo. (I'm sure. Honestly, he is probably the only other person I can trust right at the moment with information like this.)"

Captain James sat gawking at the two exchanging words back and forth in Italian. His head spun with questions and a migraine formed from the recent lack of oxygen to his brain. They finished arguing (or what sounded like arguing) and Eugene looked back at him.

"You are not to utter a word to anyone about what is said in this room. What is said in this room, stays in this room, is that understood?"

James wasn't so sure he liked where this was going. The last time his king was secretive, he ended up getting killed. He was tired of all the lying, and the secrecy. Why couldn't people be honest for once? But what choice did he have. At least this time, he would know what was going on instead of being shoved into the dark. However, he was pretty sure that he will be in the dark a lot more than Ezio and Eugene would let on.

"Ok, fine you have my word."

"Alright. My full real name is Gabriel Eugene Auditore da Venezia. My father and I are a part of a Brotherhood called Assassin's."

"The Assassin's?"

"You know of us?" Ezio asked.

"Well, I have heard of the Assassin's, but I thought they were only a myth."

"Most definitely not, we are very much real and so is the danger everyone is in right now." Eugene stressed.

"What do you mean?"

"There are these artifacts," Ezio started, "called Pieces of Eden. Up until now, everyone thought there had only been two; a Staff and the Apple. These two pieces are very powerful and can be very dangerous if put into the wrong hands. But now there are three; the Power of Youth. With all three of these artifacts put together, one could truly accomplish world domination." James tried to understand everything that was just said to him. Despite Ezio's strong Italian accent, it was difficult to process.

"So…who is trying to take it?"

Eugene continued. "Just like there are Assassins there is a group called the Templars. They are also a secret society hidden everywhere just like Assassin's. The only difference between them and us is we are not trying to take over the world. In fact, we are trying to protect it. And we have been trying to do so for hundreds of years. This fight isn't something that just started. This has been going on for, well, since before the Crusades. No one is quite sure when it all happened, but we have been able to date back to then. This war between the Templars and the Assassin's has been kept a secret among ourselves for as long as this war has been going on. We fight among the people, yet the citizens are none the wiser."

"Why?"

"A few reasons," Eugene explained, "the Templars like to keep people in the dark. They feel that if people are in the dark no one will question what they are doing and they can easily take over the common population that is not really 'awake' to what is going on. It is kind of like the saying 'out of sight out of mind'. Assassin's keep it hidden to keep from causing mass panic across the way. There are few that are very much aware to what is going on. Most citizens, however, don't want to be involved in the fight, but sometimes, we get someone who is tired of being pushed around and deceived by their own government and want to join the Brotherhood."

"The government?"

Ezio spoke. "Most of the Templars take over the government. It is the easiest way to take over a population. And unfortunately, there are Templars in your kingdom. Your late king was part of them."

"Now wait a minute, you cannot tell me that Daniel wanted to take over the kingdom and deceive everyone and, and, help these…Templars take over the world. That is just preposterous. He was a good king, with an honest heart. He loved his people."

"James, he is not saying Daniel wasn't a good person, he just got himself mixed into all of this. Remember I told you that he got himself mixed up with a group of people that he shouldn't have. But, unfortunately he found himself on the side of the Templars, whether he meant to or not. Quite honestly, I think he was forced to. We are a small kingdom, and we don't have much pull when it comes to enemies like that and I think Daniel was only doing what he thought was best without wiping out his kingdom. He had no idea what he was up against. Unfortunately, most countries don't when they get taken over."

"That still doesn't explain why you had to kill Daniel."

"Because if I hadn't, the Templars would have gotten to him." Ezio explained. "Mi creda, (Believe me) I killed your king in less painful way than the Templars would have. Most of them experiment with torcher. It would have not ended well for him if the Templars had captured him."

"He's right James. I have seen them do some pretty despicable things to people."

"Ezio, how did you know to be here and when?"

"Gabriel sent me a message asking for my help. Along my way I was able to track down some evidence that led me to believe that we were dealing with highly dangerous Templars. "

"Like what?"

"I had overheard a conversation about your king. He had been ordered to kill, I think his exact words were 'that nosey brat', I could only assume he meant you, Gabriel." Eugene rolled his eyes. "When I followed one of the men in the conversation he had delivered a letter to a man, Sir Ivan, saying the order on the king to kill you was going to be carried out that night.

"Ivan? Oh!" Eugene snapped his fingers as he remembered. "That was one of the councilmen at the ball that night." James looked at Eugene confused. "Remember that night I talked to you at the tavern and you reminded me of the ball that was going on that night?" James nodded his head. "There were three men that were attached to Daniel's hip nearly the entire night. I had asked Rapunzel about them and one of them was Sir Ivan, but that wasn't the one I met. I met another man that Rapunzel introduced me to."

"Who was it?" Ezio asked.

"It was Gregor…Bachev, yeah Sir Gregor Bachev. He was definitely a Templar he wore the Templar ring I remember seeing it."

"And who was the other man, you said there were three?"

"Sir Granthom was his name. I don't know for sure if the other two were Templars, but I only assumed due to association and the fact that they all three conveniently disappeared sometime after Daniel died."

"Well, they are still here somewhere in the city or at least close by. I, unfortunately, was not able to follow anyone back to their hide-out. Ivan is very smart, he's always watched his back and he knows how the Assassins work. I am surprised I wasn't found when I followed his messenger back to him."

"I thought it would be Gregor that would be the head of the operation. When I saw Ivan he seemed more like a tag along, just one of Gregor pawns."

"That is what Ivan would like everyone to think. I have encountered Ivan before. The fact is Ivan is very dangerous. He enjoys taking in prisoners and torturing them in the most unspeakable ways. Leonardo had the unfortunate opportunity of being one of his test subjects a few years back."

"Is he ok?"

"Yes, luckily I was able to get to him in time, but not before Ivan tested his stretch rack on Leonardo."

"Stretch rack? What's that?" James asked.

"Basically all four of your limbs are tied in opposite directions and you are stretched until nearly every joint in your body is dislocated, and sometimes if your captor is really cruel they will keep going." Eugene explained. Just thinking about it made James cringe in pain rubbing his shoulder and elbow. "How bad was he when you got to him?"

"Fortunately, I got to him in time before Ivan could do any permanent damage, but that is not to say he wasn't sore for a while."

"What about that third artifact did you find out exactly what it is?"

"It is supposedly some form of flower, I think."

"I was afraid you were going to say that." Eugene mumbled. "Well unless there is another, that one is gone." Ezio shot a look toward Eugene.

"What do you mean gone." Eugene took a deep breath.

"Rapunzel, the princess here, she once had the power for eternal youth, but about two years ago she…lost it." Ezio was confused.

"What do you mean 'lost it'?"

Eugene explained to his father about Rapunzel's kidnapping and why and how Daniel had been a part of it. He told him of how Gothel had kept Rapunzel locked away for eighteen years and how no one was able to "find" her.

"So when she had made the promise to go with Gothel willing if she was able to heal me, that is when I sliced through her hair with a broken piece of glass and it turned brown and she hasn't had any power since.

"But she was still able to heal you somehow?"

"That part I really don't remember. It is kinda hazy there in the middle. I don't know how I was able to come back and I never asked her. I never really wanted to know. I was afraid that she may have done something that would be irreversible, something that I wouldn't be able to fix."

"Don't you think now would be a good time to ask her?"

"There is only one problem. Dad, she doesn't know any of this. I haven't told her." Ezio glared at his son.

"You what?" Ezio's tone was flat and stern.

"Look trust me you have no idea how badly I wanted to say something, but at the time when I could say something I had nothing to really tell her. By the time I did have something to tell her it was too late. What I need to do is go get that book in Daniels office. I never got a chance to go through the whole thing.

"No, you stay here, I will get it." Ezio ordered. "You need your rest. You still haven't gotten your strength back yet and I am going to need you at your best when the time comes."

"No really I need to get out of here I have been cooped up for way too long."

"Non discutere con me. (Don't argue with me.)"

"But-"

"Gabriel!" Ezio's tone became stern again. Eugene was about to say something again, but decided against it. He only glared back at his father.

"Yes sir."

"Where did you hide the book?"

"In the desk." Eugene said coldly.

"Where, Rider, I tore that desk apart and I didn't find it."

"There's a broken panel under the drawers, I hid it in there."

"Buona (Good). Captain, would you mind escorting me to your king's office please? I feel I would get harassed a lot less by your guards if you were with me."

James nodded his head. He was a little surprised at how Eugene just gave up so easily. As the two walked out of Eugene's room and shut the door, James stopped Ezio for a moment.

"How, how did you do that?"

Ezio shook his head. "Do what?"

"Just make him obey like that. I can't get him to do anything without having an hour long argument, and the only person I have seen him say 'yes sir' to was Daniel." Ezio just smiled.

"He is my son, he knows better than to argue with me." James smiled and gave a small laugh. They continued down the hall.

"Look, I know you said that you had to kill Daniel, but I was curious, he didn't…he wasn't in pain…when he died…was he?"

"No, it was painless."

James sighed in relief. Ezio's mind drifted back to that night. He had seen a lot in his life time. He had seen his fair share of full grown men brought to their knees by pain and agony. Ezio had never faltered from the horrible things had seen. But nothing had ever prepared him for what he witnessed that night, and he will never forget it.

Ezio raced across the roof tops as fast as he could; jumping and leaping making as little noise as possible so not draw attention from the guards. Just up ahead he could see the dim light through the window. Ezio hid in the shadows as guards patrolled through the kingdom. He finally made it to a tree that was right outside the window. Ezio had to strain his vision a bit but he could make out his son near the desk. Ezio crouched on a long branch inching his way closer to the window. The drapes were partially drawn but there was just enough of an opening that Ezio could look through. He saw a man, whom Ezio assumed was the king judging by what he was wearing, lash out at his son. He watched for a minute to see what was going to happen next. He wasn't sure if Eugene knew about the hit ordered on him. The king embraced him. Just when Ezio thought Eugene was safe, he saw the knife and his son twisted in pain as it penetrated through him. Ezio wanted to scream, he wanted to run to his son and protect him. Ezio's heart pounded in his chest, as he fought the urge to leap in through the window. But he knew he couldn't. He could only do one thing. With tears in his eyes he raised his right hand up flat to the window. He took his aim, and with a flick of his wrist released a poisoned dart that found its target. Ezio watched his son writhe on the floor. It seemed like a life time before he noticed someone walk into the room only to run out screaming. He heard the screaming travel outside. Moments later he saw another man come running in. Ezio knew he needed to leave before someone found him, but he couldn't. He had to stay to make sure his son was alive. The man's efforts seemed fruitless as he worked and worked to bring Eugene back. Just as Ezio was about to give into defeat, Eugene took in a breath. Ezio's heart leapt, and he took a breath of relief, but he knew he could not stay any longer. Ezio climbed higher up the tree he was perched on to the top of the roof. He stayed hidden and quiet within the shadows.

For weeks Ezio watched quietly and undetected as he witnessed his son fight to survive. Through his bedroom window he waited and watched for any sign to show that Eugene would pull through. As the doctor fought to hold his son down on the bed, Ezio prayed and a tear fell unchecked. "Dio, per favore aiutatemi mio figlio. (God, please help my son.)"

A/N-Ok, so yes, this is a crossover between Tangled and the Ubisoft game Assassin's Creed. I didn't want to categorize it as a crossover for fear that someone might figure it out. I don't like to give a lot of things away. So sorry if that annoys anyone. If you are familiar with Assassin's Creed great, you will be able to relate that much more. If you are not, don't fret, everything will be explained. Just keep reading. I hope you guys are enjoying the story. Comments are always welcome.

Yes, I changed Eugene's name. If it gets confusing I am sorry. I will be sure to clear everything up soon. Don't worry I didn't change is his name just because I could. Well, I mean I did but it will tie in with the plot. I promise. Just keep reading. It will all make sense later. I will tell you this; Ezio will be the only one referring to Eugene as Gabriel apart from some side characters that I will introduce later. Hopefully this won't ruin the story for you, but I am going to take a chance and run with it. I am a little nervous about doing it but hey, we can't always play it safe right? However, during narration I will refer to him as Eugene, and so will Rapunzel. That way it doesn't get too confusing. Either way, just remember that Eugene, Gabriel, and Rider are all the same person. As you already know Captain James is the only one who calls him 'Rider' for obvious reasons.