I followed him to a small café on the second floor and after getting our drinks we moved outside to a small table towards the back of the patio with a view of the great lake behind the museum. William took a few sips while looking towards the water as I had a seat.

"So what's the package I'm supposed to take back?" I asked still a bit eager to complete my mission.

"We've found something incredible," He said still staring out into the water. "Something I didn't think...they…were capable of creating,"

"Wh-what are you talking about?" I asked looking up at him confused by his statement.

William sighed looking down at his coffee then to me before taking a seat and setting his drink aside on the table. "Jason," he began. "How much do you know about Altair and Ezio?"

"I know that Altair became master of his order after his mentor Al mualim died, and that he killed Robert de sable, the head Templar in the holy land at that time," I said carefully thinking over what I had learned from the past years.

"And Ezio?" William asked, Almost seeming impatient.

"Ezio was an assassin from Italy during the renaissance; he took down Rodrigo Borgia, a Templar who became the pope right?" I asked for approval.

"That's right but," He paused. "Altair killed Al mualim after he had used something called the apple,"

"The apple?" I repeated.

"I thought the Midwest was supposed to be our intelligence center," William muttered to himself. "Yes a device built by the ones who came before, the first civilization,"

"You mean like the first civilization on Earth?" I asked with a disbelieving smile.

"That's right," William answered his face cold. "They created humans in there image and used the pieces of Eden, the apple, to control us,"

"Then where are they now?" I asked again.

"They're gone, the humans and the first civilization waged war on each other because we stole an apple from them and used it against them," William answered.

"What about Ezio then?" I replied remembering his original question. "Did he run into a piece of Eden too, another apple?"

"Ezio came across a lot of pieces of eden," William paused taking a sip of coffee. "Most notably the staff of eden that Rodrigo Borgia had, the papal staff,"

"The papal staff is a piece of eden?" I asked nearly standing up at the thought.

"Sit down," William ordered. "And it's not any more, during the struggle between Rodrigo and Ezio the staff was lost,"

"Okay then," I sighed, I hated the thought of some old man wielding a staff of god knows what.

"Anyway the package," William said returning to the mission at hand. "It holds a piece of Eden that is rumored to have…remarkable powers, but for now it will not activate,"

"How do most of them usually work?" I asked again gripping my drink firmly eager for the answer.

"From what our research has shown they usually activate through contact with any human," he replied pulling out a small box from his bag. "But for some reason this one, wont activate at all when touched by us,"

"Maybe it's a dud?" I suggested looking at the small container.

"Maybe it's best it would be," William sighed slowly handing the box to me." If it was active and wielded the powers our research thinks it does it would be very dangerous in the hands of our enemies,"

"Abstergo," I muttered taking the box and carefully feeling its weight.

"That's right," William agreed suddenly standing up and grabbing his bag and drink.

"Where are you going?" I asked tucking the box under my left arm and jogging after him.

"There are some things I need to return to in New York," he said as if ina rush and sliding a pair of sunglasses on. "Get back to your headquarters, make sure that artifact gets there…and don't stop for anything,"

"Yes sir," I replied promptly as he walked away.

After we left I grabbed my drink and threw it into the nearest trash can as I made for the exit walking through the museum of the crowd I felt kind of urgent, maybe it was because of what William had told me or maybe the piece of Eden had a strange effect on me… who knew.

Opening the front door to the museum I headed down the steps to my car that was just a few feet away till a suited man with a cane bumped roughly into my shoulder.

"Excuse me," I muttered.

"Fine day for a young man such as you to be visiting a museum," the man said stopping.

"I guess," I said trying to keep walking.

"Are you here working or do all young men play hooky from college," the man said turning to me with an uncomfortable smile on his face.

"Look i-," I started but my eyes drifted over the man's lapel and noticed an Abstergo insignia pin. Looking back up his smile made more sense as I noticed his eyes glaring at the box under my arm.

"Go on now, I'm sure im keeping you from one of your bon fire socials," he smirked again.

I tried to think of something of whether I should confront him or go but then William's word rushed to me again. "Get back to headquarters, don't stop for anything"

Hearing his voice say those words again I turned around and raced back to the car hoping in and speeding off towards home, I looked in the rear view to see the now small figure of the man still standing there on the stairs watching me drive off, what was he up too?