Hey guys, back again with another chapter of AC:F! Last time, the Assassin's former HQ was over-run by Templars causing Rebecca, Shaun, and Lex to flee. Will they find any other Assassins? Will they find help? Find out, NOW!

The car skidded to a stop at an abandoned warehouse, Lex pulling up his black hoodie with a light blue stripe moving from the top of the hood to the neck, then the blue stripe separated to his shoulders, and went back to his zipper. "I'll clear it, I'll whistle for ya." Lex stated, running to the side of the building and jumped up, gripping a ledge, as he pulled himself up and hopped on the roof. Rebecca sighed, and turned to Shaun. Only to a few minutes later, to hear a whistle. Rebecca pulled the car in, and was shocked by several bodies lying in a pile.

Shaun shook his head as he walked in, and set up a few trip mines at the doors. Lex pulled his hood down, smiling as he punched in a series of numbers on the keypad, and the floor behind him lowered and separated. He dropped down, to find the symbol of the Brotherhood below his feet. Rebecca and Shaun followed, all three of them stepped forward, a conversation began to echo and grow louder. "We have to attack, otherwise the Templars will grab the piece of eden. You have to understand, mentor!" A male voice told another. Lex entered the room first, nodding his head to the other hooded figures in the room. "Mentor." He said, earning a nod back from a female, most likely in her 40's, wearing a white robe with black stripes on the chest.

"So, what have we here? Anything new?" Lex asked, the red hoodied figure farthest from him at the opposite end of the table replying quickly, "Templars attacked another Assassin Headquarters. No survivors."

"Wow." Rebecca exclaimed, shaking her head. "Ours was just attacked earlier tonight. Luckily, the others moved on and it was just us."

"Interesting, it seems, from what I'm hearing, there's a mole. It seems, that someone in our Brotherhood, is informing the Templars of our location. An assignment will now be given, find the traitor. And bring him or her to me. I want to see the face of the rat." The Mentor said, this woman was a decorated Assassin, having infiltrated Abstergo countless times, as well as killing most of the higher-up Templars. "We will." Lex said, turning to Rebecca and Shaun. "I know you will," The Mentor said, "The rest of you. Do the same, find the traitor. And bring him to me, half-dead, or half-alive."

"We will." The woman in the red hood said. A woman of few words, respectable.

Lex and the others turned away, walking to the exit. Only to find that the trip mines have been disabled. "Shaun, get the others. Now!" Lex said, "Rebecca, get ready." Rebecca pulled up her hood, as well as Lex. Just then the rest of the Assassins appeared beside them, the red hooded woman holding a rifle with a thermal scope. "No visuals," She informed the others, "It's all cold."

"Roger that, setting sensors." Shaun replied, placing a metal device down on the floor detecting footprints leading down the stairs. "Mentor!" Lex shouted, as he turned and ran back. And when he arrived, he found a hooded figure standing above the Mentor. The figure thrusted his hand down, sliding the blade out and he raised his hand to strike just as he was tackled into a wall. The assailant grunted, only to throw a foot at Lex throwing him to a table and through it.

The hooded figure threw his hand down at Lex only to be met by Lex's own blade. He threw the assailant over the table and ran at him, only to be met by a fist to his jaw. He stumbled back and was hit by another, and another. Eventually he blocked one and threw one of his own, smashing his fist against the assailant's nose. And just then the other's showed up to help. The hooded figure jumped and drop-kicked Lex into the nearby wall knocking him to his knees and tumbling over. The assailant threw a knife at Shaun, who had the common sense to duck, just as his head was pushed into the wall and a foot hit Rebecca's stomach, knocking her into the stairs. "Ah!" She grunted, just as the assailant turned his attention to the remaining two Assassins. They bared their arms, and lunged at him, only to be thrown into each-other and knocked out cold.

Then, the man went to execute Lex, only to have a blade pierce his back, as a hand pulled his hood down. The man was blonde, his hair short, his eyes as blue as the ocean. He gurgled, and he hit himself with his blade, and another grunt echoed. He hit the Mentor's stomach. They both doubled over, the Mentor on her back and the assailant on his side. "No!" Lex shouted, holding the Mentor as she coughed. "It's fatal, I won't heal from this," She smiled, and coughed up blood. The other Assassins either woke up, or got up, but either way they collected their thoughts and ran to the Mentor.

She let out a slight laugh. "You know, I'm happy. At least I don't have to wait." She joked, a smile spreading on Lex's face. "At least I die, in peace. Around the ones I care for. With a smile on our faces."

She breathed deeply, the Assassins beginning to recite something she told them as apprentices, "Stay strong. Follow the Eagle. Stay liberated. Stay Free. Stay the Blade from the flesh of innocent. Love your brothers, and love your enemies. We are the Assassins. We are the Brotherhood. We are family." They finished, as the Mentor smiled. "Aw. You all remember." She said passionately, managing to sit up, wincing from the pain, she hugged them. A tear rolled down Lex's cheek, as he asked a final question, "So, who is to take over?"

"Shaun, come here." She said, as Shaun took a knee next to her. "Yes, Mentor?"

"Are you willing, to train, to raise, to care for, your brothers and sisters?"

"Yes."

"Are you willing, to fight alongside, and for, your brothers and sisters?"

"I am." Shaun said, holding back a tear.

"I now give you the responsibility, to do just that. I give you the responsibility, of being their leader. Of being their Mentor, and brother." She finished, a hand on his shoulder as she removed her blades and handed them to Shaun. "I love you all." She said, exhaling as her hand dropped to the floor.

"Let us bury her." Shaun said, the other assassins agreeing. "Let us put one of these blades in the ground as a reminder of her."

And they did just that, a respectable burial.

"So, who was the traitor?" Shaun asked, as Lex began to walk away, pulling his hood up.

"Him." Lex said, as he walked back to where the traitor sat. Only to find a blood trail that led outside, he found the man crawling away, and Lex grabbed the traitor by the neck and threw him at the car.

"Why?!" Lex shouted at the man, as the other Assassins came up behind him. "Lex!" The woman said, moving next to him to see who it was.

"Rick, answer me!" Lex shouted at him, slamming a fist into the side of the man's face.

The man laughed, "Lex, I come back from the dead, and you're already beating me."

"You're lucky I'm not shoving a blade in your throat." Lex spat back at him, grabbing Rick by the collar and picking him up and throwing him through the window of the warehouse.

He walked around, only to kick Rick in his gut. "Tell me, who paid you!" Lex screamed at him, only to have Rick laugh again. "You really are daft. Truly, you can't see who I follow."

"Who then?" Lex asked, thrusting his blade, readying it.

"The One. The One with the Apple." He said.

"No. He's dead!" Lex shouted. He thrusted his blade into Rick's neck.

"Ruhe in Frieden." Lex said, walking out.

"Lex, what did he tell you?" Rebecca asked, crossing her arms.

"He lives. But, Rick does not." Lex growled.

"Who?" The red hooded woman asked.

"You see, Alice. Der so genannte Retter, er lebt." Lex spoke in German, her eyes widening.

"No." She muttered, covering her mouth.

Well, that was a progressive chapter! Shaun is now Leader of this small group of Assassins, so yipee for that. But, who is the one who told Rick to betray his brethren? Why did Lex speak German? Find out next time on, Assassin's Creed: Faction! Review, Favorite, and Follow for more! TF17 out!