As well as my Evie & Jacob one shots, I am also writing a modern Assassin's creed series
Previously in this series: After being framed for a crime, Jacob left the Order and the Assassin village. Five year later, the Young Assassin team meet Vex and enter into an agreement with him and his club.
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Vex hummed to himself as he strode through the streets, clad in black skinny jeans, a tight black shirt, with a hoodie for warmth. His footsteps echoed through the streets, as he began to sing softly, his voice slightly altered by an earpiece microphone.
"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit,
and the vermin of the world inhabit it,
and its morals aren't worth what a pig can spit,
and it goes by the name of London...
At the top of the hole sit a privileged few,
Making mock of the vermin in the lower zoo,
turning beauty to filth and greed...
I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders,
for the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Peru,
but there's no place like London!"
He grinned as he lit up a cigarette, blowing the smoke into the air, He'd just been to the bank to deposit the club's weekly earnings and to pay the yearly rent in advance…. Life was going well for him right now.
As he took another drag of his cig, there was a sudden BOOM from a few blocks away…. In fact, it sounded very close to his club.
"No, no, no, no, no!" he muttered, racing forwards and throwing his cigarette to the ground, "Please no!"
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"Ezio…" muttered Evie into her communicator, "… are you guys in position?"
From the opposite rooftop, Ezio grinned, "We've been ready for ages mia signora, we're anxious to get going."
"Glad to hear it."
Before the two teams could leap into action, there was an earth-shattering boom from the middle of the town. Their target down below reacted predictably to the sound, racing inside to safety.
"What the hell was that?!" asked Conner, glancing over in the direction of the sound, "An explosion?"
"Sure, sounded like it." Confirmed his cousin, "So, who wants to be the one to tell the Council that the target has scarpered?"
Sighing as the rest of the team turned to her, Evie pulled out her mobile and made the call to the council. It only took a couple of rings before the stern tone of Giovanni answered. "There have been early reports of an explosion in the town. We hope it's nothing related to your assignment?"
"No Master Auditore. However, the target has left our reaches because of the explosion. Where was the explosion?"
"Near Miller Street."
She frowned at this, "Isn't that where Vex's club is?"
It had been a couple of weeks since they had been captured by Vex, and despite not returning to the building themselves, other Assassins who had made a pit stop there, seemed content.
"Precisely why Grandmaster Altair is concerned. If Vex believes we are responsible for this, then he may turn to the Templars."
"Why would he-"
Evie stopped in her tracks, wincing as her thoughts turned back to the Temple bombings five years ago, "- because other Assassins have bombed allies before."
"Precisely. Whilst Shay's betrayal was a lone occurrence, Vex may not see it like that. If one Assassin can do such a horrific thing, then why can't any other member? Your mission has changed, we need you to help Vex find the responsible party, if it's his club that has been damaged and it was no accident."
As the team agreed to take on the mission, ending the call to the council, Arno found himself sighing. "Even when he's locked up behind bars, Shay is causing difficulty."
"What do you mean mio amico?" asked Ezio, flipping over to another rooftop.
"If Shay hadn't have betrayed us, then there'd be no question of the Creed's morality! Nobody would suspect us of bombing a building!"
Evie sighed, "He has a point Ezio. For five years, the Council has tried to fix the Creed's relationship with the villages and the towns surrounding it. Shay has made us look bad, and with this new agreement between Vex and the Creed, we can't afford to ruin it!"
"Precisely." Agreed Arno, "From behind bars, Shay is still fucking up our lives!"
The rest of the team chose to remain silent as they raced across the rooftops, heading directly for Vex's club. Upon arriving, they immediately saw that the main part of the club seemed unaffected. The back of the building however, that was almost up in flames.
Leaping down to the ground, the group spotted Kenzi pacing back and forth as emergency services attempted to control the flames and tend to anyone who was injured. She was shouting orders into a mobile, throwing her spare hand in the air as she steadily got more and more annoyed.
When she saw the group, she made her excuses and hung up, storming over to them.
"This had better not be your fault!" she hissed, gesturing at the damaged building, "What was it? An attempt to kill Vex?"
Connor stepped forwards and shook his head, "We swear on the honour of our Creed, we had nothing to do with this."
Before Kenzi could reply, a figure came rushing up.
"Kenzi?! KENZI!"
As soon as the hooded figure (who the young assassins assumed to be Vex) spotted the group, he rushed over. "Thank God!" he exclaimed, his voice slightly robotic sounding as he pulled Kenzi into a hug, "When I heard the explosion, I thought the worst."
The pair hugged each other for a bit, before they pulled away and Vex cleared his throat. However, before he could say anything, Kenzi held up her hand to stop him.
"Yes. I've contacted our usual construction company, and they've agreed to work longer for twice as much ion order to get your office fixed. No. Nobody in the actual club was injured, but free drinks and snacks have been offered and provided. Yes. Whoever blew up your office seemed to be after the money. No. They didn't get any…. Unless you count monopoly money,"
Vex closed his mouth and grinned at Kenzi. "You are the very best parts of me Kenzi. How long do you think the builders will be?"
"Around a week, possibly less."
"Great. And how much monopoly money did they take?
"All of it."
"Dammit."
Before the pair could continue, Evie cleared her throat. "Excuse me…. But what monopoly money?"
Vex turned to the group in surprise, as though he hadn't even realised that they were there. Once he'd composed himself, he grinned at them. "Oh, I have a safe in my office. At the end of the day, all the bartenders on duty bring me the tills and I put the money in the safe. Once they leave the room, I take the money out and replace it with monopoly money, putting the real money in another hiding place. It helps to prevent serious robbery."
He turned to Kenzi, "I need a list of all the bartenders on duty tonight. They're the only ones who believed the money was in that safe."
"Okay, we only had six on duty."
"Six?! What about Felicia?"
"Her Mother passed away."
Vex winced, "Fair enough…. Call her and tell her to take as long as she wants. We can afford to pay her bereavement wages correct?"
"Of course… Would you like me to call Agnes and let her know that you're going to be interrogating her bar staff?"
Groaning, Vex nodded. "Please…. And tell her it's necessary if she complains."
"Vex?"
Vex turned to Ezio, who continued.
"The Council has instructed us to help you with finding out who bombed your club. Is there anywhere that you'd like to- "
"- No." interrupted Vex, "This is my club, so I'll find out who bombed it and they will pay. You can assist if you want, but I'm in charge. Agreed?"
The Young Assassin team all glanced at each other, before Ezio nodded. "Concordato. Where do we begin?"
Vex winced, "We have to tell Agnes she may have a traitor in her bar staff team."
