The meeting of the wolf.
Juno, did presence in front of me, explaining why the disappearance of their civilization and the importance of the temple in which we are, the temple had a key, and my ancestor would reveal it this key.
Jade, seemed to be nervous ... so full of mysteries, my body had been tightened because I'd re-lived Altaïr's memories without help of the Animus, I supposed to be worried about it, but instead of that I wanted it to know who was her. While Shaun, Rebecca and my father were installing everything to prepare the animus I walked towards her and she only limited herself to looking at me while she was connecting a computer.
"Hi, Jade..."-I don't even had the most minimal idea of what damn to say, I felt so nervous trying to have a conversation.
"Desmond... ¿how do you feel?"-She stares at me worried-
"Fine, I guess...I feel very fine"
"I'm so happy that you finally woke up of comma as your father too, I really mean it..."
"Thank's, Jade, I wanted to ask... how did you..?"
"About a while ago? I don't know... it's true that I descend from Adha, but there are some things that happen to me and I can't understand them. I... really feel so strange, I didn't know that someday I will meet a descendant from anybody who was so close to Adha "
"I felt the same way, all this is very strange for me, I suddenly wake up and I see that everything has changed..."
"It is strange, but everything will be fine... for now"
"How did you know?"
"Because I've got Adha's vision... "
"W-what?..."-I get surprised for the seriousness in each of her words. Adha's vision? Will it be that she also can see beyond?...
"Desmond, we have everything necessary, we need you in the animus to find more answers "- said dad-
"Yes, I'm... comming..."-Me quedé paralizado sin dejar de mirarla-
"Go, when you return I will explain you everything you want to know"
She smiled at me with smoothness in her voice; I just walk towards to a rock similar to the animus without saying one more word.
"Ready when you are Desmond"
It was the last thing that I listened from Rebecca when I already got inside the animus. I risked myself again in that past, a new past for me, an ancestor of who I don't have an idea of who would be besides Altaïr and Ezio, or what he wanted to show me…
When I decided to leave my village, they all believed that it was something that I always wanted, be free and leave all kinds of responsibility, but I never felt that way, I always felt more responsibility that nobody, because if it was not me, then who more else?... I never wanted this... I never chose this way...
I was feeling thirsty, lost, far from my herd like a lone wolf trying to look for his own destination, disoriented but still strolling around with an intention.
The spirit had chosen me for thousands of years, an evil was coming and she only warned me when she appeared at me the first time, as she guided me towards the truth.
A shot in the dark
Where do I start?
The past and the chase?
I walked, ran and again I got lost, I didn't know where did my past begun, but I felt intimidated by it, as a wolf being hunted by his predator: the destiny.
I searched for the meaning of a symbol, a symbol which I was trying to give it sense to keep walking.
I was trapped in a labyrinth of doubts, trying to escape but every time that it was trying to flee it was trapping me more, that's why I continued looking ahead...
I finally found someone, someone who could give me the answers that I needed. Achilles Davenport, received me in his estate, I could understand the meaning of that symbol after so much strolling around, why it was so important. In these months that I've been living with him I have learned elementary things for my training and my reason to live, now I am an assassin and I belong to the brotherhood.
My responsibility as an assassin is to finish with the Templars, who already have started damaging everywhere, especially in Boston. Charles Lee is one of the most dangerous four; it was he who destroyed my happiness, he as the rest of them are planning something sinister. They all must die and I will be the one who stop them, even if I have to kill my own father...
The wind was frozen and the snow was falling down, I went out of house that evening, I needed to hunt to test my skills and sell some skins, I was wearing that suit that the old man delivered me when I became an assassin and even with this clothes I couldn't resist the cold.
I started by looking for serfs and raccoons, the snow was thick so I tried not to do so much noise. I'd already located a serf, so I take carefully an arrow and slid it slowly on the bow, but something made me change my opinion about the prey...
Silence and stare.
There was someone more besides my prey, it was been following me. It was not a bear or a lynx, not even a wolf; it was something more stealthy and crafty to keep silence so much time. I could feel his look from the branches of the trees. How much time was been following me?
I did not break my position; I just took my arrow with more precision trying to attack the serf until I turned rapidly towards the trees and shooting the arrow. That serf fled in panic as I hear a groan coming from my new prey that had fallen down, apparently it was a person.
I placed the arch on my back again and I ran to verifying. My suppositions were correct and the shot so precise that I make this person fall down of the tree.
"Who are you, and why are you following me?"
My prey was still in the ground, but I approached towards her only to verify that it wasn't a red coat.
"I... I wasn't ... following ... you ... "- It slowly speak in a weak ripple-
"No? And why have you been taking care of my steps? Who are you?"
Finally it rejoined itself... but, I was wrong.
It's not what I was expecting; my prey was ... a woman?!... But!, It cannot be, I shot a woman, and apparently she was a hunter also because she was taking with her some knives for hunt and a tomahawk, her clothes were similar from the Kanien'kehá:ka, my people.
My arrow had crossed her left leg and she was breathing difficulty, I could not believe it. She raised slowly her head to meet those green furious eyes; she would try to kill me if it was not for that arrow. Her skin was similar to mine, and just because of it I cannot understand why her eyes had that kind of color, even her hair was dark as a raven.
"It doesn't matter to you!, I ... it was trying to kill the serf ... "
"I'm very sorry, it was not my intention. I didn't know that you went to be... "
"A woman? ... And what did I supposed to be? A bear? "
"Please, forgive me... –I approached to her trying to help her- "Let me help you"
"Go away, I don't..."
I touched her wound and suddenly the time stopped, a golden radiance illuminate all the place, her eyes were different, it was like the meeting that I had with the spirit. Light sparkles were coming from different parts.
What's happening?
She didn't understand anything and the expression in her face were confused.
Wait a moment, now I remember... some time ago when I used to play in the suburbs of the village, in the forest, the Kana'tsioharè:ke were going of spent to visiting my village.
And then I saw her…
Green eyes...
Could it be her? Green pupils as the olive. That was my only reference. I don't have a doubt, it has to be her.
It was like a winking, something quick, the time returned to take his course and everything returned to the normality, she looked at me confused enough. I didn't know what to say, I was feeling so annoyed and very strange, such an unusual way, something difficultly to describe. When I scarcely recover the control in me she fell down without saying any word.
I wanted to take advantage of this moment to extract the arrow of her skin, but I doubt to touch her blood again, and it already crossed all the leg, I'd took the opportunity when she was unconscious to avoid the pain, and I broke the arrow in two and as soon as I extracted of her skin I took a piece of cloth to made a tourniquet on the wound.
As soon as the blood stopped I took her in my arms, she seemed to be too fragile. She was not weighing anything so I didn't have any problem to carrying her.
Who was mysterious woman?
Probably when she recovers the sense I could obtain more answers of what it is she and what it happened really...
When I came to the estate, I raised the stairs to enter to my room and lean her body on the bed; I called the lady who had been taking care of Achilles in order of helping me at once.
"What's the matter Connor? My God! What happen to this young lady? "
"I accidentally shot an arrow in her leg"
"You did what?"- The person who I didn't want it to appear in this precise moment appeared in the entry of the room ...-" Well, you cannot do anything well? "
"I said it was an accident"
"The accidents do not happen Connor, you did it intentionally"
"Of course not, I was hunting when she appeared"
"And I must suppose that you didn't look at her when you threw the arrow right?"
"She was in the threes, I could not see who it was, and I already made clear that I didn't make it intentionally old man"
"Mister Achilles, Connor, this young lady needs of medical attention, apparently this tourniquet it's not going to resist the hemorrhage anymore"
"Do you know where the doctor of the estate is?"
"Yes, he was in the church talking with the father Timothy"
"Thank you"
I ran fast as I could to take Doctor Lyle White to the estate, in certain form I felt responsible for shooting this girl but it was puzzling me enough, so I needed someone who can cure her and then she can answering many questions that I had it in mind.
When I came the doctor hurried to inspect the wound
"At least you brought me here at time Connor, if it was not for this tourniquet this young woman had been bled for long time"
"Will she be orrite?" - I asked impatiently.
"Yes, she's unconscious by the moment maybe for the hemorrhage, I'll just clean the wound and put her some bandages; she will be fine"
"Thank you so much..."
I finished and go out to leave the doctor in company of the lady to help him of what he needed. I walked out of my room thinking in ... her, what would it be all those lights? Perhaps it was like that spirit that I saw? Who or what was her?
Green eyes ... will it be her?
