A chapter written by Nez, uploaded by Chardoz

On a hot, dusty day in Masyaf, Aetos returned back to the fortress to report to the Master that his target had been assassinated. After a while running and climbing up and down buildings, he arrived at the fortress. At the entrance, he saw his Mentor Altaïr and greeted him.

Altaïr: '' Did you kill your target? ''

Aetos: '' Yes, Mentor, but it was not easy. ''

Altaïr: '' I understand, now go to the Master to report it. ''

Aetos: '' Yes, Mentor. ''

He entered the fortress and went to the office of the Master.

Master: '' Well, Aetos, how is the target? ''

Aetos: '' It has been done. ''

Master: '' Good work, for your first assassination. ''

Aetos: '' Thank you, Master. ''

Master: '' Now, I will give you another mission. You have to save someone out of prison. He or she is innocent. The Templars captured this person. Be careful, this is the first time I give a mission like this to a student.''

Aetos: '' It will be done, Master. ''

The Master took a paper from his bureau and he gave it to Aetos. On the paper stood a drawing of the place where Aetos has to be. He put the paper in his pouch and walked back outside to start his mission. To stay out of sight of the guards, Aetos climbed up the backside of a building. As he reached the top, he started running over the rooftops, searching for his target.

Suddenly, he was able to distinguish his target from the crowds below. He climbed down the building and blended into that same crowd, carefully moving closer to the man he had to kill. Aetos slid out his hidden blade and stabbed the man guarding the prisoner in the neck. Unfortunately, five Templars saw him doing that.

He ran away to find a hiding spot. He jumped in a haystack not too far from where he made the kill and looked towards the guards, who were frantically searching for him. As his gaze fell upon the prison door, he gasped. The prisoner was Anna! She opened her mouth to call for Aetos, but she shut it immediately after she saw him putting a finger on his mouth.

Aetos jumped from the haystack and walked towards Anna, trying to stay unnoticed. He carefully picked the lock with his hidden blade and freed her hands from the ropes. As a diversion, he started a fight with the nearby guards, allowing Anna to run for safety and hide.

Anna was able to hide behind a house, and she looked towards Aetos, scared that he would be hurt. Meanwhile, Aetos was fighting furiously, forcing all the guards to focus on him rather than searching for Anna. A guard on the roof aimed to shoot him, but the Assassin saw it coming and pulled another guard between him and the arrow to intercept it, with success.

The second time he wasn't so lucky though, as the arrow hit him straight in the back. Aetos fell down on his knees, his hands touched the dusty ground. A sharp pain, the blood came down over his back and arm. Anna gasped when she saw him in pain, but she was too scared to run and help him. While she watched to the hurt Aetos, a Templar grabbed her from behind. He held her by her arms and whispered in her ear "Don't you dare trying to escape"

Apparently out of nowhere, a guard fell to the ground. He'd fallen from the rooftops, seemingly stabbed by someone. The Templar holding Anna started in surprise, looking up to see someone standing on the roof where his comrade had been standing seconds ago. He squinted, but even then he couldn't see who it was: the sun was shining in the guard's eyes, reducing the stranger to no more than a dark silhouette.

The Templar pulled Anna away from the stranger, running in the opposite direction. He signaled other guards to climb up the building to get the man. The man killed each and every one of the guards that were sent to him. The only one alive was the one holding Anna. He threw a throwing knife, intending to kill that man as well. Unfortunately, the guard dodged it right on time, the knife bouncing off his armor, doing no harm.

Pulling Anna's hair, the Templar jerked her head back, before swiftly slitting her throat. Anna was lying down on the ground bathing in her own blood, death eyes glared to the hurt Aetos, there was no movement. Aetos didn't notice she was killed. Altair helped Aetos back on his feet to walk back to the fortress. When they arrived, some doctors took care of Aetos' wound.

Aetos: '' Where is Anna? ''

Altaïr: '' She is dead. ''

Aetos' face turned white when he heard this. He asked coldly with anger in his eyes:

Aetos: '' How could you let this happen? ''

Altaïr: '' I was too late to save her. ''

Aetos: '' What? Too late? You're supposed to be the best Assassin around. Yet, because of you, Anna was taken from me. ''

Altaïr: '' Aetos,... ''

Aetos: '' Don't talk to me! ''

Their voices could be heard into the Master's office. Aetos felt his body trembling, anger rushed through him. Just one word from his Mentor could be enough to attack him. He tried to control it, but then he heard this:

Altaïr: '' I'm sorry, Aetos. ''

Aetos: '' Apologizes will not help for what you have done! ''

The Master entered the room with a furious look on his face. The two fighting Assassins looked down to the ground, Aetos with tears in his eyes.

Master: '' What is happening here, you two? ''

Aetos pointed to his Mentor, still angered.

Aetos: '' He let Anna die today! I will never forgive him for this! ''

Master: '' Aetos, calm down. ''

Aetos: '' How can I be calm in a situation like this? ''

He slid his hidden blade out with a furious look on his face. He walked to his Mentor and tried to attack him, but before he could do this, two Assassins that were also standing in the room, stopped him by holding his arms.

Master: '' Anger will not get Anna back. What you are trying to do now is a huge mistake. Do not attack your Mentor! '' The Master came closer to the angry Assassin. Master: '' Do you understand?! ''

Aetos looked down to his feet, ashamed, tears in his eyes, still thinking of Anna and avoiding the eyes of the Master.

Aetos: '' Yes, Master. ''

After a while he calmed down a little and the two Assassins that were holding him, released his arms. With a glare of anger and hatred towards Altaïr, he walked around him to go out of the room. The Master's voice raised:

Master: '' Did I give you permission to leave? ''

Aetos ignored the Master's question as he walked out of the room. In the big hall with cold, gray stones, he leaned against the wall with arms folded, thinking of Anna. He looked down to the ground, hiding his tears for her. How could Altaïr do this to me, were his thoughts.