*YOU MUST READ THIS* Hey guyz. I am so sorry for posting this next chapter super late but it turns out our holiday house HAS NO INTERNET. So I will not be able to post the next chapters daily for 2 weeks so I might get a little bit of chapters. I am absolutely raging about the no internet thing so I can get into an internet cafe (which I'm in right now) and we cant keep on coming in here like stalkers so I will not get it in all the time. So sorry about Andy Murray I cant believe you didn't win but your speech has touched everyone's hearts I was literately in tears, so was everyone else :'( Ok thanx guys and stay awesome readers! :D
Chapter 4
I was woken from the Animus with everyone crowding around me, even Shaun. I gasped for breath as I came back to consciousness. Desmond was holding my hand but I quickly shook my hand out if his because I was not over what he said to me. "But...I..." I struggled to talk. Rebecca hushed me. "Calm down before you speak, kid" she said. I shook my head. Desmond looked at me. "Alicia? What happened?" he asked. I said "I was hit with an arrow... on the arm" I clutched my arm automatically. "You were screaming like crazy and holding your arm, so we woke you up, kid" Desmond said to me. "Oh! like I woke YOU up last night!" I snapped at him. He sighed. "I'm sorry kid. I don't really know what's going-" I interrupted him. "No Des you know what you said! And I was only trying to help!" Desmond suddenly turned on me. "Do you not think its hard for me, Alicia! Trust me, my life is WAY worse than yours!" Desmond shouted and stormed out. I was a little stunned. I had never seen Desmond like this. He was changing and it scared me. He had his life way harder than mine I had to admit. "I'm sorry guys, I have to go see Des" I said to Shaun and Rebecca. Shaun held me back. "Hey wait. Are you... alright?" he asked. I sat there confused for a minute. He actually cared about me! I smiled at this thought and replied. "Seriously, its fine." he let me go and I staggered about on the floor until I regained my balance. Then I rushed to the living room. He wasn't there. I ran upstairs to his bedroom and there he was sitting at the end of his bed, his head in his hands, breathing heavily. I rushed to his side. "Desmond I'm sor-" I started but he stopped me when he pulled me close and hugged me tight. I hugged him back, happily. "I hoped you would come up, kid" he said. "I didn't mean to snap like that, I just kinda realised how bad your life is compared to mine" I said to him. When he let go he looked at me through his tired hazel eyes. "Hey Des, who is Lucy? Shaun and Rebecca talk about her all the time" I asked him. "Oh..." he said. I could tell he didn't want to talk about it. "It doesn't matter tell me another time, huh?" I said. He nodded. "Right, well I'm gone!" I said saluting to him as I walked back down the stairs.
For the rest of the day I was chilling out in front of the TV recovering from my shock on the Animus. It gave me really annoying thoughts that kept me from being happy about how I was gonna have to go through that pain tomorrow in my next Animus session. Desmond never came down at all. I was worried about him but I decided to let him be. I stuck the iPod headphones in my ears and listened to some Avril Lavigne. I sung the lyrics as I listened. Shaun turned to look at me. "You're quite a good singer you know, Alicia!" Whaat! He was being nice to me for once! It was a miracle! I giggled at his comment. "Why thank you Shaun!" I tried my best posh accent. He nodded and went back to his typing. Rebecca looked at him confused and then looked at me and shrugged, laughing. I joined in and Shaun looked at both of us. "What? I was only being nice! Ugh, some people!" He muttered. I looked at the time on my iPod. I had been sitting around for, what, 3 hours! I had got up at about 10, I had the morning to myself which means Desmond finished his Animus session at 1:00 I was in it for like an hour and a half before I was rudely shot! So if I got my calculations right it was time to eat something! I got up and stretched my legs by walking to the kitchen. I searched the fridge only to find yoghurts. Ok, they would have to do for now. When I finished it I went up the stairs to Desmond's bedroom. Desmond was sleeping soundly, for once! I managed a smile. I don't know why but I had this huge rush of sympathy for him. Poor Des. What had happened to him that would make him so upset? I love him as my relative and care about him. Which reminded me, I still didn't know what kind of relation I was too him. But I would ask him later. For now I went back down stairs.
Later that night I was slouching on the couch listening to my songs when Desmond came staggering down the stairs, obviously still tired. Rebecca and Shaun looked at him in awe, like he had rose from the dead or something! He smiled at them, chuckling. They immediately went back to their typing and Desmond came to sit next to me. "Hey Des" I said to him taking one of my headphones out. "Hey" he said. "You seem... happier" I hesitated. He looked at me with a serious look and then laughed his head off. "So I take that as a yes?" I laughed as well. When other people laugh I just cant help laughing as well even if I don't know what they are laughing about! He nodded and grabbed the remote. When he put the TV on he switched through all the channels until he came to that really crappy comedian. again. I just turned up my music to cover up the terrible jokes. Soon I fell asleep on the sofa.
I was woken up by Desmond's nightmares. He had obviously carried me up to my room. I waddled over to his bedroom. He was twitching and turning and shouting Lucy's name. I shook him to wake him and he shot up. "I didn't mean it!" he whispered, hoarsely. "Desmond?" I asked him carefully. He turned to see me. "Oh..." he said. I sat on his bed. "What am I to you?" I asked him. "Waa-what do you mean?" he stuttered looking around his room. "I mean you said we are related, right?" I said. "Oh right yeah, your my cousin" he answered. "Ok at least I know that" I said. Desmond didn't answer. He seemed if he was almost in a faraway land but he was scared. His nightmare was worse than usual. He had been sweating buckets and twitching and turning but most of all screaming louder than he usually did. He just keeps getting worse! I climbed in the bed with him and hugged him. "I'll stay with you, Des" I said. He snapped out if his faraway land and hugged me tighter. He replied. "Thanks kid"
In the morning Desmond was away already, obviously on the Animus. I stumbled back into my room and got ready. I brushed my longish brown hair and tied it back. As I made my way down I noticed no one was there. I searched everywhere but no one was there. I started to panic and ran into the Animus room where Shaun was at Rebecca's computer while Rebecca was watching Desmond. "Oh hey there!" she said as I walked in. "Hi" I said rubbing my eyes sleepily. "Why you up so early?" Rebecca asked me. "I don't really know... How's Desmond doing?" I asked. "Good" Rebecca replied. I nodded and went to get breakfast from the kitchen. There was cereals but I just had some toast.
Later While I was eating my lunch Desmond plodded through to the kitchen. "Hi Des!" I said as he past through. "Hey, kid" he mumbled and walked out of the kitchen to the living room. "ok... Animus time!" I said to myself. Once I had finished my sandwich I made my way to the Animus room. Then I was going back to Federico. Going back to the pain.
I woke up with Federico holding me in his arms. We weren't in the Auditore's house, we were still on the roof. My arm throbbed and I was freezing. Federico was shaking with nerves but brightened up a little when I woke up. "I am so sorry Alicia" he said to me. I couldn't speak but I managed to smile weakly. He called for Ezio and his father who climbed up in no time. Giovanni looked at my arm and then at Ezio. "Ezio! carry her down to the doctor and do something carefully for once!" he said to Ezio. Ezio nodded staring at me. Federico hesitated to let me go when I winced from the pain, but I gave him a reassuring look and Ezio handled me carefully as he climbed down with one arm free. "What happened? Alicia? Can you hear me?" he questioned as he ran to a doctor. I tried to speak but I couldn't because the pain was unbearable. I had already lost a lot of blood and I could hardly keep my eyes despite the tears streaming down my face. Ezio looked as worried as Federico did and it scared me. By the time we reached the doctors I was struggling to see through my tears as I was dropped onto the doctors table. The doctor rushed up to me immediately as he saw the arrow in my arm. This was the worst bit, I have to go through it. Ezio suddenly broke the arrow out of my arm. I screamed through the pain and he held my hand like Desmond had done when I came out of the Animus. They were the same, I swear. I squeezed my eyes shut when the doctor told me he would have to put alcohol in my wound. What was WITH the old remedies for curing these type of wounds. I wished that I was in a hospital so I wouldn't have to go through SO much pain. When he used it on my wound the pain was to overwhelming and I blacked out. Again!
When I woke up, my wound was stitches up which helped the pain a little. I was back in the Auditore house. Ezio was sleeping on a chair beside me. I smiled and accidentally leant on my arm which made me yelp in pain and Ezio woke with a jolt. "You are better?" he croaked sleepily. "Sì Ezio. Sorry for waking you" I answered him smiling. "It is alright I have to go, anyway. Can I leave you alone?" Ezio yawned. "Yes I will be fine on my own" I said sitting up on the bed. He eyed me looking concerned. "Take care" he said pulling himself up from his chair.