Chapter 1 : Clash Of the Awesome-ness
Altair Ibn-La'Ahad was sat at his desk scribbling away on a piece's of parchment ,which will soon be known as the codex pages, one hand was on the quill and one hand rested near the apple of eden. He continued to scribble on his parchment occassionally glancing at the apple. His eye's seemed to be playing tricks on him, as the apple seem to emit a brighter glow each time he looked at it. He finished his last sentence to looked up to make sure he wasn't going insane. It seemed like he wasn't the apple, which usually had a dim glow, was now lighting up the entire room he was in like a lantern. He looked at it curisously for a minite. It still was increasing in it's glow. Also his arm seem to think for itself and was trying to inch it's way to touch the apple, but Altair was wary of it and was resisting the feeling and trying to draw his hand and arm away. The light then started building up at a alarming pace until he was blinded by it, his vision was a pure white and he could feel his withdrawn being pulled towards it again but stronger, as much as he wanted to resist, he didn't and let his arm be pulled forward to see what the apple wanted. He touched it and the glow from the apple went back normal and seem to be fine. He pulled his arm away and stared at the apple, wondering what it or he had done.
Stretching his arms out, he yawned. He had been working for hours and dawn was going to shine in a few hours so he thought it would be best to take a quick nap. Keeping his hood and all his gear on, he laid his head on his arms and let his head drift into unconciousness.
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Ezio Auditore da Firenze stretched his arms and stretched much like a cat and yawned. This was the best sleep he had in ages. Today was going to be a good day, he mused. He got up from the bed he had slept on and got dressed. He then got all of his armour and weapons on, fiinshing with his hidden blades. He flicked his wrist to make sure they were still in top condition. He chuckled as they came out of thier slot with ease. Killing Templar's today should be funny with the eagerness of my blades, he thought.
After doing a good's day work he wsa thinking about what he was going to do about the apple. He was supposed to have hid it days ago but could not find a suitable hiding place, he opened the safe that was hidden in his bed chamber and brought the pouch that it was in out. He could see the dim glow of the apple inside the pouch, it seem to be glowing bright than normal. He yawned, he was tired from today's work. Killing Templar's and doing lots of free-running and swimming was pretty hard work. He seemed to open the pouch and lay the apple on his hand without noticing. Once he had done it he blinked in suprise. He then stared at it as it glowed so brightly that his vision turned white and he flinched at the sensation. It then stopped glowing brightly and went back to normal, Ezio blinked again. He then returned it to the pouch and put it in the safe. He then instead of stripping himself of his gear, climbed into his bed with it all on.
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Altair and Ezio blinked, they were both so close and face-to-face and slightly weary from the sleep they were supposed to be having. They blinked a couple of times and both jumped backwards as they saw that they were both face-to-face with each other. They both had their hoods over there heads concealing each other faces so that they couldn't see the resemblance of their features, espically the scar that was bore on thier lips. They both circled each other warily, totally ignoring there surroundings, but did not attack as of yet. They both knew another creed member when they saw them. Altair was quite patient and waited for the mysterious figure to explain themselves, especially being that close to the Grand Master. Ezio could be just as patient but something in the stranger seemed recognisable, so he decided to speak first.
"Who are you?"
Altair seemed to hesitate. Was this a trick? How could he not know me?
" I could ask you the seem question."
Ezio paused momentraily and then answered the mysterious person.
"I am Ezio Auditore Da Firenze. So I ask again,friend. Who are you?"
Altair nearly paused in his stride as he abosrbed the a strange name.
"I am not your friend. I am Altair Ibn-La'Ahad."
Ezio then did stop and Altair looked at him with confusion, as shock was written in Ezio's stance.
"You should be dead..." Ezio whispered faintly. Altair heard the words loud and clear.
"It will take more of the Templars to take me do you come from Assassin? I have seen the cloaks of the creed personalized but none so as you."
Ezio then continued his stride, Altair did as well.
"These robes are not personalised, Altair... These are perfectly normal for my status of Grand Master of my creed."
"You have a Italain accent. Do you not? Your creed has the most strange robes indeed."
"Merda, Altair. If my records are correct, you are from a different centuary!"
"What? Impossible!"
"You have a Piece of Eden do you not? You made or was going to make indestructable armour didn't you?"
Altair paused in his stride and continued.
"I did make ... How did you know that? I kept my codex pages safe!"
"I found them scattered across Italy, the Templars found them and I recovered them."
"When are you from?"
"I know you are from the 12th centuary and I am from the 16th centuary."
They then stared each other and kept circling each other. A set of light footsteps entered the alley, the two assassins to interested in each other to even care or even hear them. Very light footsteps could be heard faintly behind Ezio who was closest to the exit and then they heard a bark. Then the bark started to repeat itself.
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The two assassins turned around to see a black and white dog (a border collie) with bright blue eyes, barking. Once they had both froze and not moved, the dog walked forward and sat right in front of cautiously lent his hand out and let the dog touched his licked his hand happliy and went over to Altair.
This won't be pretty if the dog bites Altair.
Unfortanly Ezio was correct. The dog sat in front of Altiar and cooked it's head at him. When he slowly extended his hand for the dog to sniff the dog bite him, and hard. Altair didn't cry out like most people did when they were in pain his jaw clenched and he lightly tapped the dog on the nose with his other hand. It did not let go. His hand still in the dogs jaw he knelt down. He then extended his hidden blade and pressed it against the dogs throat.
"Let me go you stupid animal, and maybe I will let you live."
His tone was even, which made the threat sound even more threatening. The dog looked in his eyes for a minute, clamped down harder on Altairs hand, casuing Altair to flinch and then let go. Altair then got up and kicked the dog on its ribs into the side of the alley. Altair went to lunged at the defenseless mutt when Ezio tackled him to the floor. Altair shoved him off and tried to go for Ezio's leg so he couldn't help it. Ezio was quite quick and lucky and managed to deal a blow to Altairs arm before he could land it. Ezio jumped to his feet as Altair tried to go for his leg again. Altair stopped halfway through the air and reversed his course and pulled away from his position as Ezio kicked the air that would have been his then tried to punch Ezio in the side of the head instead of try to wound him but Ezio caught his blows and kicked his legs out underneath him.
"Enough! Listen, someone is coming!"