Laughs are heard over the rabble inside the inn.
"Haha remember the time Lucy got caught by that rich cazzo oh my he was so flustered" They all laughed
"Ah, yes now that was funny"
"Si indeed it was" Raphael replied.
"Oh look theirs your padre Raph" Luzo pointed at Michael who was standing in the doorway. Raphael turned his head and followed where Luzo was pointing.
"WHAT?! MERDA!" Raphael stood up immediately.
"Raph out the back door! Follow me!" Marcus shot up from where he was sitting and shot for the back door of the inn Raphael and Luzo followed swiftly after. They closed the door quickly after themselves.
"How did he find me so fast?"
"He's your father what do you expect?" Marcus shrugged his shoulders as he said this.
"WHATS GOING ON?!" Shouted Luzo?
"Luzo keep your voice down" Marcus whispered to his brother " We will explain later just stay close and stay quiet"
"Yes Marcus" Luzo nodded as he said this. But it was too late Michael was already opening the door, but Luzo threw all his weight and it closed and threw Michael back.
"RUN!" Michael shouted. They all scattered in different directions and different streets.
"RAPHAEL! WAIT!" This voice was nothing like Michaels either it made Raphael stop.
"GUYS WAIT!" Raphael shouted at the brothers, so they stopped and turned around.
"WHY?!" Asked Marcus confused about what Raphael was saying.
"ITS NOT MY FATHER!" Raphael turned his head back to the female "WHO ARE YOU?!" Raphael continued.
"ITS ME RACHAEL! YOUR MOTHER!" The three boys got closer to her now still wary.
"Why did you come for me?"
"Because I have something to tell you" All of them where now outside Raphael's house, it had been ran-sacked.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!" His voice saddened.
"The templar's came, Raphael I have something to tell you" Rachael and Raphael looked at each other Raphael knew what had happened by the sadness in her eyes, but he also got a glimmer of light and spotted something red in the darkness that surrounded them, Rachael pulled her cloak over the red material.
"NO!,HE CAN'T BE!" Raphael screamed then cry's after woulds.
"Raphael its ok my son" Rachael went to hug Raphael who was now on his knees, but he pushed her off him.
"GET OFF ME! YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS DIDN'T YOU?!" Raphael got up from the floor and stared angrily at Rachael.
"ME?!" Rachael sounded surprised.
"YES YOU! YOUR ONE OF THEM, A TEMPLAR!"
"Ah very clever" Raphael knew this because he had seen the glimmer of her chain mail and the redness of the templar cross most importantly the blood stain on her right hand that she couldn't of washed off with just water, she was obviously in a rush to try and get to Raphael, one of her informants had spotted earlier and told her. Rachael suddenly grabbed her back and fell on her belly and took her last breath.
"Sorry she was going to draw her sword" Marcus was apologetic.
"Grazie Marcus I owe you"
"Nessun Problema!" Marcus smiled at Raphael.
"WHAT THE?!" Luzo said astonished.
"Luzo, shut up"
"But…." Luzo was about to continue but got interrupted by his brother Marcus.
"NOT A WORD!" Marcus was very serious when he said this to Luzo. Meanwhile Raphael was wiping his tears away, he was still sad because of Michaels death.
"Everyone close to me I've lost" Raphael sat down on a bend in front of his house and hid his face in his hands.
"You've still got us Raph and we'll stick with you until the end right Luzo?" Marcus looked at Luzo expecting an answer.
"Yes till the end, my brothers" And with that they all smiled. Two years went by as the boys lived wild and free, a new family moved into Raphael's old house, Raphael didn't have anything to do with the templar's for a whole two years which he called a 'world record'. Raphael is now 12 years of age so is Luzo and Marcus is now 14 years of age.
"BROTHER!" Luzo shouted at his brother sitting at a crate writing a letter to someone.
"What is it Luzo?" Marcus looked confused at his little brother.
"Raph got caught cutting a purse and he's being chased through the city!" Luzo was out of breath and talking fast.
"Woah, woah, woah, slow down Luzo" Marcus stood up and continued "Ok tell me what happened, but slowly"
"Well me and Raph where cutting purses and he cut this hooded mans purse and he saw Raph do it and he started chasing Raph"
"MERDA! LET'S GO WE HAVE TO FIND HIM!" They both started scaling the building to get a better view of the streets below them. They finally got to the roof of the building. "Where did it happen Luzo?"
"Over there" Luzo pointed towards a church so they ran towards it jumping over gaps between the houses.
"Where is he?!" Marcus was worried about Raphael he was still young.
"Err why can't I lose this guy?" Raphael asked himself, Raphael was running as fast as he can but the hooded man was still behind him. But Raphael tried a different tactic by running down random streets and through crowded places. And it worked. Raphael stopped and turned around to make sure the hooded man wasn't far behind him, and he wasn't.
"Phew that was close wasn't it Luzo?" Raphael got up from his half bent position and looked around but Luzo was no where to be seen. "LUZO?!" Raphael saw his old templar teacher and although Raphael was out of breath he started running again. But the teacher saw him and ran after Raphael.
"RAPHAEL GET BACK HERE!" The teacher unsheathed a knife and kept running towards Raphael with it.
"NEVER YOU UGLY BASTARDO!" Raphael grinned to himself, Raphael decided to scale a building and he did that as fast as his little legs could carry him.
"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE BRAT!" The teacher tried to climb the building but fell of onto his bottom onto the ground below.
"NEVER!" Raphael put a smug face on and showed it to the templar. Then ran. But the templar followed on foot. Raphael thought he had lost the templar and hid in an alleyway and started counting the florins. When a knife flew passed his head.
"DIAVOLO BAMBINO!"
"Wow that took you long enough didn't it?" Another knife was thrown at Raphael but he dodged it by leaning backwards. But doing that gave the templar enough time to sneak upon Raphael.
"NOW I'VE GOT YOU LITTLE BRAT!" Raphael wiggled to try and get out of the templar's grasp but he was too strong. The templar pulled out a knife and put the knifes point ageist Raphael's hand so it made a horizontal cut, the templar did the same but vertically. Raphael grimaced in pain. The two cuts made a cross, like the templar cross. Raphael looked at the ground and saw a shadow shaped like an eagle, so Raphael looked up but the sun was so bright he couldn't see what it was.
