One of the short stories I wrote based on random words from the dictionary. This was a hard one to get ideas for and I am not entirely sure how I jumped from 'ubiquitous' to Assassin's Creed. But I did get 'assassinate' a week or two later, so since this one is a little short there will be a second part that continues the story. Ta ta.
S. White
Disclaimer: I do not own Assassin's Creed.
Ubiquitous
It was early in the evening and the air was crisp, cool and clear and the smells of the city didn't quite reach up here. In the Roman night there was a figure perched on the top of the ancient Pantheon right on the edge of the open oculus. The figure wore an outfit of red and white with hood pulled low over his face. There was a cry from the sky and the man looked up, watching as an eagle swooped through the air in wide circles overhead. The man adjusted his hood and checked the myriad of weapons on his belt and secreted about his clothes.
He stood and started to jog across the roof, stepping carefully so as not to fall on the sloping concrete. When he reached the edge of the building he leapt, landing and rolling on the roof of the homes next to it. This one was flat he could really move, streaking along in a practiced stride. He leapt over another gap without so much as a pause, vaulted over a chimney, and easily ran up a short wall, hauled himself to his feet, and kept running.
No one saw him, despite the ubiquitous Roman pedestrian looking for a good time. No self respecting citizen, or disrespecting citizen either, for that matter, went to bed merely because the sun had gone down. Now was the time to party, to drink, and to purchase love, especially on a festival night like this. The man suddenly stopped, looking down into a plaza filled with revelers. Someone down there was going to have their night of fun cut terminally short. Ezio Auditore flexed his arms and was rewarded by the silken whisper of his two hidden blades extending and retracting again. Time to go to work, he thought, swinging off the roof and blending into the crowd.