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.

After a bombing at the club, it is revealed that Shay Patrick Cormac has escaped the high security prison he was in…. and is now in the wind.

Please enjoy, and read and review J

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"Are you sure these are legitimate?" Evie asked Henry, clutching onto his arm as she stared at the photos, "We can't go chasing after another false lead, not whilst Shay is still on the loose!"

With all the photos of camera stills scattered all over the table, Henry didn't glance up at the question. "My source has assured me that they are real…. Leonardo has confirmed this."

Evie knew she was crying slightly… how could she not?

Finally, after four years of nothing…. Jacob had been seen.

Each and every photo showed a male figure getting in or out of a local taxi. However, there was only one photo that seemed to indicate that Jacob had returned to the town.

His face slightly angled towards the camera, Evie had seen a similar face in the mirror every morning. The same eyes, the same freckles that dotted the cheek…. Yes, Jacob was certainly older, but he could still be recognised as Evie's twin.

"Where was this taken?" she asked, her eyes firmly focused on the photo.

"…. Around the corner from Vex's club."

"Are you sure? Has Vex sent us any messages about Jacob being caught on CCTV or anything?"

"Nothing. There's been nothing."

Evie frowned at this, turning to Henry in confusion. "Surely he would have seen something? Or any of his minions?"

"If they did, they haven't sent us any message indicating so."

"Well…. That simply won't do."

…

Kenzi swore in alarm as Nigel pushed past her, racing towards Vex's office.

"Nigel! Nigel, what the hell are you doing?!"

The young man didn't reply as he was followed by the second-in-command. Before Kenzi could catch him, he pushed the door of the office open and raced inside.

"We have a problem Sir!" he exclaimed, wincing slightly when Kenzi cuffed the back of his head, a silent scolding for pushing past her, "I've been looking over our security footage from last week again and I think we have a problem!"

Vex didn't seem worried. Nigel had a habit of overexaggerating everything.

"Oh?" the club owner chuckled, "What kind of problem?"

"W-well, whoever checked the footage last week must have stopped at a certain point, because I've found something new…." Slowly, Nigel pulled a bunch of photos out of his pocket and handed them over to his boss, "…. It looks like Jacob Frye was caught on one of our cameras."

Now this got Vex's attention as he practically snatched the photos away and scanned them, his face growing pale (the part that they could see anyway). "Have these automatically been sent to the Creed?"

"Yes boss."

"… Shit."

…

When Henry and Evie told the rest of their team about the photographic evidence of Jacob's return, they were all clearly thrilled…. And suspicious.

"How could he not tell us?" exclaimed Ezio in confusion and slight anger, "Didn't he agree to do that with your Papa, Evie?"

"He did…. Which makes me wonder why we didn't get any notifications about this sighting?"

Nobody could come up with the answer as they all made their inside the council room, bowing in respect to the Council members seated opposite.

"Is it true?" asked Ethan Frye, "Has Vex gone back on our deal?"

The younger members of the Creed all glanced at each other, before Evie shook her head. "We don't know Father…. All evidence is saying yes, but…"

"…. But?"

"But I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt…." Sighed Evie, ignoring how some members of the council and her own team protested slightly, "…. Whilst he has his own methods for dealing with problems, Vex has never betrayed us. And he could have done, so many times."

"So, what do you propose?"

"I think we should- "

Before Evie could finish, there was a knock on the door and a messenger was allowed inside.

"I h-have bad news…." He stuttered, practically shaking as he came face to face with so many important, "…. Some of our scouts have spotted Shay on the outskirts of the town."

Almost immediately, the entire Council and Evie's team straightened up in alarm.

"Are they sure?" asked Altair in concern.

Ever since the news of Shay's escape, the Creed had been on high alert, preparing themselves for another attack on the Temple…. But there had been nothing. No messages and no sightings.

This couldn't be a coincidence… And Haytham seemed to have realised that.

"It's a little bit odd don't you think…" he began, "…. That as soon as there is a sighting of Jacob, there is also a sighting of Shay?"

Ethan frowned, "I hope you're not suggesting that Shay and my son are working together…. Blaming my son for being a terrorist was how we lost him in the first place."

"No, no, of course I'm not suggesting that…" Haytham was quick to reassure, "… but if Shay knows about Vex, which we know he does from the bomb incident, then he may have his own spies keeping an eye on Vex's surveillance, which- "

"- Which means that Shay might be here for Jacob?" Connor interrupted, having grasped his Father's train of thought, "Why? Jacob wasn't the one who caught him…. Jacob was the victim."

"Jacob didn't exactly go willingly though…" remembered Edward, "… In fact, he went kicking and screaming. If Jacob had just accepted his fate, then Shay wouldn't have been forced to try and hide his activities, bringing himself out into the open. He was caught because he had Roth's knife on him…. Proof that he'd tried to stop Jacob and others from finding out the truth."

"Shay dug his own grave, and now he's annoyed because Jacob didn't come down with him quietly?" Arno shook his head, "Is he insane?"

"Most likely…. Which means that if Jacob is still in the town, he needs to be found… and fast."