"Where… where am I?" Desmond asked himself. He could not see because there was only darkness and there was no sound except for his breath. He did not feel a breeze but he did not feel like he was inside a room. In the distance a light faded, he took a step towards it and it became extremely bright and all he could see was white. He covered his eyes and groaned because it was too bright too fast for him to handle.
"Subject 17, welcome to the animus version 7.0" a loud voice boomed
"7.0?" he asked himself
"Uploading ancestors" the voice boomed again. A 27 year old Altaïr appeared a meter in front of Desmond. Desmond jumped back in surprise and bumped into a 30 year old Ezio
"Watch yourself signore" he said. Edward appeared to Desmond's left and on his right appeared Haytham and Connor. They all looked around in confusion and then looked at each other.
"Uploading memories" the voice boomed again causing the others to jump and panic a little. Malik and Maria Thorpe appeared either side of Altaïr, Leonardo appeared next to Ezio and Charles Lee appeared behind Haytham.
"Templar!" Altaïr shouted looking at Maria pulling out his hidden blade
"Assassin!" she replied pulling out her sword. Malik grabbed Altaïr and pulled him back
"No! She is a woman. Never hit a woman!" he shouted
"But she's a templar!" he argued while Maria smirked
"Synching with other subjects" the animus said in it's monotonous voice
"Other subjects?" Desmond quietly asked himself. Lucy then appeared half a meter in front of him. "Lucy?" he asked in disbelief.
"Where are we?" she asked in confusion
"Who are all you people?!" Leonardo shouted
Rebecca and Shaun then appeared either side of Lucy. Then a mass of confused voices crowded the animus. Altaïr was trying to attack Maria but was being pulled back by Malik while Maria watched them and laughed to herself.
"Charles Lee!" Connor shouted ignoring that he was in a strange new environment. He proceeded straight to punching Charles Lee in the face while Haytham tried to fight Connor off of Charles. Edward decided to back away with his hidden blades out ready to attack.
"What is happening? What is this?!" Leonardo shouted running circles around the crowd and freaking out. Ezio ignored his panicking friend and pushed Desmond out of the way to flirt with Lucy
"Buongiorno beautiful, what brings you here?" he asked her while she stared back in extreme confusion. She did not reply to him and he immediately felt the shame of rejection. Shaun and Rebecca immediately started arguing but Desmond could not figure out what it was about.
"Silence!" a voice boomed. Everyone stopped and looked around although they were unsure where to find the voice. This time it was not the animus. It was a man's voice "Welcome to the animus 7.0 project. You have all been chosen to take part in this abstergo experiment. Some of you may have died many years ago but do not remember because the animus has not uploaded your complete memories. In this case I welcome you to the future, the year is 2014. For those of you who are still alive in this time… Shaun and Rebecca you have been kidnapped and forced into this animus until you meet your doom. Now that you know why you're here, have fun! I am now collaborating the animus to set up an environment that you will all be familiar with. It is not too advanced for any of you. Since Malik is the oldest of all of us you will be placed in Masyaf. Oh I almost forgot to mention the best part! You can't die, however the pain you feel will be very real. Torture each other as much as you like, good bye for now test monkeys!". Suddenly the surroundings transformed and everyone was outside the gates to the Masyaf fort.
"Where are we?" Connor shouted finally realising that he was not in America
"My home" Altaïr answered looking at the place. Malik also looked at the place
"It's not really home. All the people are gone" he added
"Rebecca? What happened?" Desmond asked
"Well, the templars took yours and Lucy's DNA and they uploaded it all onto an animus. Your ancestors are also part of your DNA so they are here and then their memories are also here. They then managed to kidnap me and Shaun and they strapped us into animus like human guinea pigs. Now they've started a project to see if our combined knowledge can get them any closer to finding some sort of powerful weapon from the past civilisation." she explained
"What's is this so called DNA?" Ezio asked
"It's a part of your body that says who you are, it's in your blood and your skin" Rebecca answered
"Who are you people?!" Leonardo shouted still freaking out but also amused by the architecture and history that stood before him. Edward then stood forwards
"My name is Edward Kenway" he introduced himself. Haytham and Connor then both looked to Edward in shock
"Daddy?" Haytham asked. Charles and Connor sniggered a little at how Haytham sounded like a little boy. He then quickly corrected himself "umm... I mean. Father? Is that you?"
"What are you on about?! I don't have any children and you are far too old to be my son" he answered
"Actually… he is your son. You just don't know it yet." Shaun replied sighing to himself. All the introductions and explanations were going to take a long time.