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Chapter 4: Apple Travel.
"Fascinating," Leonardo commented.
"You have said that about five times already," Ezio stated dryly. He was slouched in a red, worn out chair in the corner of the room.
Once the initial shock of us falling from nowhere had worn off, Ezio had helped up Nina and Sam while Leonardo had taken my hand to pull me up. Sam was sprouting a nice little gash on her forearm so Leonardo was now fixing it up. Nina was sitting on a stool by the door, and I was standing next to Ezio, trying not to stare too hard.
I knew he was one of the three figures in the painting I had seen earlier. He seemed to have a very cocky attitude. Leonardo was putting away his first aid supplies when he gasped and started to look around franticly.
"What are you looking for Leonardo, did you drop a brush or something?" Ezio asked, while dozing in the chair. I was tempted to shove him off the chair for some reason. Something about him annoyed me to no end, but I couldn't tell what it was.
Leonardo was now under the desk I had fallen on, when his voice floated from under it. "I cannot find the Apple! It was in my hand when these ladies fell, but afterwards I cannot remember where I put it."
Ezio jumped up and a nervous looked passed over his face. He started to move around the room, moving around scattered papers and the occasional canvas.
I looked at Sam and Nina and started to help. I didn't know what exactly we were looking for but I guessed I would know once I saw it. I was about to move to the door when I saw a flash from the corner of my eye. I looked and saw a golden ball underneath a plane diagram, or I thought it was a plane. I picked it up and looked more closely at it. It was the same exact thing I had found in the underground room. Ezio came over and I heard a relieved sigh escape him.
"Great! You found it. You saved me from trying to explain to my Uncle what happened to it. Thank you…"Ezio paused and looked at me.
"What? Is there something on my face?" I started to wipe my face with my hands; scared I might have gotten paint on my face when I fell.
"No, no," Leonardo said soothingly. He had moved from under the desk and was coming closer to us. He fixed his red hat, which was crooked, on his blonde hair. "What I think my friend is trying to ask, is what your names are. We have yet to introduce ourselves as well, I am Leonardo Da Vinci, and this is my friend Ezio Auditor-,"
"Leonardo!" Ezio interrupted "Please, you know the rules. We have no idea where these women have come from." He started to take the Apple from me but I quickly jumped away from him. He stilled and stared at me, his face going stone cold.
"We already know what your names are," I said quickly. " We heard you addressing each other earlier. Speaking of which, is it ok if we call you Leo? Leonardo is such a mouth full. Also this is ours, we found it and it's the thing that brought us here. All you need to know is that Nina is the one sitting on the stool and Sam was the one you fixed up. And I'm Sarah, pleased to make your acquaintance," I moved a little farther away from him, towards the door. Before I could do anything else, I tripped over something and I flew to the floor. Almost at the exact time I fell, Ezio had jumped forward towards me and tried to take me down. However once I tripped, he didn't have anything to grab onto, and so fell on top of me. Leo was almost close to catching us when both Ezio's hand and mine touched the Apple at the same time, and the annoying white flash happened again. This time though, Ezio and Leo were with us. Ezio and I were clinging to each other, me more from fear then anything.
"What is this?" Ezio asked, almost at the exact time Leo asked, "Is the Apple the cause of this?"
"Oh, this is where we decide to hang out a lot," came the sarcastic remark from Nina. She seemed to be having a fun time trying to keep upright.
Leonardo and Sam were helping each other, and as I glanced at them, I noticed little similarities. They had some of the same facial features and the innocent look. Well Sam was anything but innocent, but anyone who didn't know her could have been fooled.
"Shit-shit-shit-shit-shit..." I had somehow managed to turn Ezio and I upside down.
While trying to stop my shirt from falling down and flashing everyone, I had noticed the mark on my hand had gotten darker. The spear shaped thing on my hand was slightly raised and more prominent against my white skin. Ezio stopped trying to flip over and grabbed my hand.
"How did you get the Assassin's symbol on your hand?" He twisted my hand at an awkward angle trying to take a closer look. "Hey! That looks like the Apple, what happened to it?!"
I tried to kick him, but only managed to tap his knee; I pulled my hand away and tucked the ends of my shirt into my pants so I could free my hands.
"I don't know!" I exclaimed, frustrated. "I had it in my hand, but now it's gone and I don't remember dropping it."
"You need to get along better with your blood, young one."
The voice of the old man floated out of the blue mist; I focused on a dense blur coming out. After about 20 seconds, a somewhat blurry figure of the old man came into view.
"You, Ezio, and the next ancestor you are about to meet need to come together in this important time. You need to stop the Templars from grasping the power of Eden. The fate of the world is in your hands. Even your friends and their ancestors have a hand in this. Please, for the sake of the world, apply yourself to this." With that he turned and vanished.
"So does this mean, I am your blood?" Ezio asked, looking at me. The shock on his face was somewhat funny, but insulting at the same time.
"Meh," I pouted. Why? Why did I have this...boy as an ancestor?
"Ah, I am sorry to interrupt but, are one of you ladies one of my descendents?" Leonardo asked. He seemed kind of nervous.
Yes, that would be me, sorry," Sam said. She seemed to have gotten the hang of just randomly floating in the mist and no longer needed Leonardo's assistance.
Leonardo, at this news, seemed troubled. Except for muttering about something gross and squishy and impossible, he kept mainly to himself. Ezio and I had managed to finally right ourselves and were looking at each other, trying to see anything that was similar in our faces.
"I didn't think I would ever have children. Considering that you are younger than me, makes me your elder, so you have to obey me," the smug look on Ezio's face pissed me off. I shot my leg out and kicked him right in the stomach.
"Ouch! Il mio stomaco! "Ezio doubled over, grabbing his stomach.
As I was about to snigger at him, I felt some kind of tug, and before I knew it, we were falling down, again. This time though, we managed to land on something soft.
Dragging ourselves out of what turned out to be a pile of hay, I looked around and almost died of shock. It seemed we went back in time even more. The buildings looked really run down, and the streets were just dirt roads. Luckily, there was no one around at that moment.
"ASSASSIN!"
Ezio tensed, springing into action fast. He shoved Leonardo and Nina back into the hay, knocking Sam back, as she was still climbing out. Shoving something metal into my hands, Ezio then quickly drew out his sword and stood at the ready.
Looking down, I saw that he had pushed a small knife into my hands. Looking at me with a bewildered look he stated "You are my descendent, you should know how to use something like that."
I was about to retort back to him that no, I didn't know how to use it, when a figure jumped over us and onto the next roof. Ezio shot after it, yelling at me to stand guard over the others. Thinking the safest thing to do was to hide, I jumped into the hay pile. Then realized I was acting like a little shit head.
After getting comfortable, it was a long wait until we heard Ezio's voice in the distance.
"It is safe to come out now, my friends. I think I know where we can go."
Nina was the first to get out, shoving me back as I tried to get up.
"Thanks," I said sarcastically. Nina just smiled and walked away. Ezio walked over to help Sam out, as she was having trouble getting out. Ezio kept a firm hand on Sam's arm as he started to walk down the road.
"I followed that man, who jumped over us. I followed him until the guards lost sight of us and then he traveled into a hole in the roofs. I saw him jump down and start talking with another man. It took me a while to find my way back, getting myself lost a few times. I saw the Assassins symbol on the wall, above a fountain surrounded by cushions. I think it would be best if we were to go there and get some information."
As we walked, I noticed that the sun was sinking pretty fast. The temperature was going down with it. It was still pretty muggy though, and I could feel my hair start to frizz. I noticed that Nina's hair was a mess as well, with hay and dirt in it. Looking around, I noticed that no one was really any better. Sam's pony-tail was half out and she had scratches on her face. Her clothes were ripped and dirty. Ezio only had a bit of dirt on him, since he had more armour on then cloth, that must have kept him clean but his hair was full of hay. Leonardo's clothes were a mess but somehow his hat was perfectly fine.
I ran my hands through my hair, pulling out straw and hay. Using the elastic on my wrist, I shoved my hair into a messy bun. It would keep it off of my neck and help me feel cooler.
As I was doing this, I wasn't paying very close attention and didn't notice that Ezio had boosted everyone up a wall, and had climbed up it. Walking right into it, I fell back onto my butt cursing. Ezio laughed and, hopped down. He threw me over his shoulder and climbed the wall. Putting me down, he moved to let a smiling Leonardo look at my face. Grabbing my hand and removing it from my nose, he inspected it.
"It will bleed for a while, but if you keep it pinched and held back, it should be fine."
More embarrassed than hurt, I nodded and kept my head back. Leonardo tsked and pushed my head back. I could feel the blush rushing across my face. Nina and Sam laughed as I shot them a glare. As we sat, waiting for my nose to stop bleeding, the sun finished setting and the wind picked up. Shivering, I got up and motioned for Ezio to continue on.
It seemed like forever until we came to some kind of blocked off hole in the roof. Between the cracks I could see two men sleeping on some cushions. One seemed to be wearing white robes similar to Ezio's but, they just seemed to be robes, with little to no armour. The other man just wore a white shirt with grey pants. His dark hair resting just over his eyes. He had one arm thrown over his head but all I could see of the other one was a sleeve, slowly moving with the wind. I couldn't take my eyes off of him; I felt a stirring of something in my chest. It wasn't painful, but a sort of a tightening of my muscles, like anticipating something to happen, and not necessarily bad.
