(Altair, Malik, belong to Ubisoft)
(Thron Belongs to lekiie)
(The rest are my OC)
(A time manipulation with a little fantasy. Staring Altair, Malik, and OC)
Hours had passed. Altair was sitting on the couch with his arms crossed watching the sunset. Malik had taken a seat in front of her desk. Redstriker was riffling throw some papers on a table to the right. Lightning had left to start his shift. Altair and Malik had been explaining the Brotherhood and the life style in Masyaf. Ironically it wasn't to different from how she had Striker National set up. They talked a bit about the Apple and had all agreed that this Apple had the ability to bring forth your ancestors, though they didn't know what else it could do.
Malik was resting his chin in his hand as he watched Redstriker try and organize the assortment of items all over the place. "How do you get any work done with this mess?" He said slightly bored.
Sighing. "The problem is, I don't. Distractions like to a rise, then even more so with children." She had picked up several books and placed them back on her bookcase. "Especially when one likes to get into trouble, but I'm sure that's our fault to some degree, being so busy and all." She noticed the bored expressions on both their faces and walked over to her desk. She unlocked the drawer and pulled out the book that had come with the Apple. She handed it to Malik. "You wouldn't happen to be able to read any of this? it be nice to know if it's important."
He opened the book and his eyes grew wide. He got up and walked over to Altair and handed him the book. "This has your writing in it, brother." He then walked over to the table that still had some books and opened one. His jaw dropped at how detailed the pages were. "You're a very skilled map maker."
Redstriker looked up confused. "Oh, no I didn't make those." Thinking for a moment. "If you think that impressive, then I'll have to show you Google Earth later. It has a map of pretty much everywhere."
Altair stared intensely at the write in the book. "I don't remember writing most of this." He flipped through the pages. "Some of the pages seem to be missing." He continued on. "Seems that you started writing in this book too."
"Really?" He looked up from the book. "You'll have to give it back to me when your done with it." He saw Altair nod.
"Redstriker, Mrs. Abbie is here to see you. She said it's important." Malik and Altair both jumped and looked around the room to see where the voice had come from.
"Ugh, Great." She pushed the button on the phone next to her screen. "Send her in." She shock her head and look at the men. "I'll explain it later." Picking up more papers, she saw them resume reading.
Few moments later Abbie came storming into the room. She stood at the entrance of the door tapping her foot. She noticed the mess and the other two men. After a minute she could wait no longer. "I want to speak to you alone." She said rather irritated.
"Hello to you too Abbie." She didn't bother to look up, just continued to sort her papers. "Whatever important business you have with me can be said in front of my guests." She didn't have to look to see the anger on her face.
"I will not speak in front of these strangers!" She yelled at her, as she stomped her foot down.
"Then you will simply have to leave." A small smile came over Redstriker face.
"How dare you!" She shrieked "Do you know how long it took for me to get here!" She pointed to the men. "I demand both of you leave at once!" She stated as she took a seat at Redstriker's desk.
Altair and Malik had glared at the woman. They turned to look at Redstriker who was shacking her head, so they ignored the demand.
"I'm well aware of your struggles to come out of your way on business that could have been settled by phone." Disappointed she finally looked up at Abbie.
She opened her daily planner. "I wouldn't have to be here, if you had replied to the three letters I sent you. The last one, sent a week ago." She was happy to see the confused look on Redstriker's face.
Clearing her throat "As you can see, I am very busy." She opened another drawer to see if she could find such papers.
"Are you not going to make them leave?" She said in her demanding tone.
"Nope" As she shock her head.
She growled at Redstriker. "I don't see how the president puts up with you! You should show me more respect."
Redstriker laughed. "Respect? You wouldn't want to see me being disrespectful." Frustrated. "Can we please get on with this? You're beginning to get on my nerves."
Annoyed Abbie drummed her fingers on the open daily planner. "The president is having his annual party and demands to see you and your family there."
"Really? This is the oh so important business?" She got up from her seat and laid her hands down on her desk. "I doubt he demands me to be there. You're wasting my time, you can tell him to expect me. Now get out, if you have no further business here." Redstriker pointed to the door.
Abbie did not move, a smile appeared across her face. "You forget yourself. Have you forgotten who I am? I'd advise you drop your attitude. As I recall you and my husband have a treaty, I could have it become void."
Redstriker laughed. "It's you, who forgets ones self. 1. I was the one to agree to the treaty, I didn't have to sign it. 2. You wouldn't have a husband if it weren't for me. 3. I doubt your husband's going to be happy hearing that you visited me and are currently threatening me." Redstriker got up and walked to the door. "Now leave before I throw you out." She said annoyed.
Abbie still didn't got up from her seat. She pulled out a paper and placed it on her desk. "My husband knows I'm here. He has demanded that you personally accompany me back home for the party in two days."
Redstriker walked over and picked the paper up to read it. She clenched her fist then sighed. "Alright." She crumpled up the paper. "I'll show you to your room then." She proceeded out the door, Abbie followed after with a grin on her face.
Altair and Malik had watched them leave, some what confused at what just happened.
"Altair, You don't think she's the descendent of..." He turned to look at him.
"If she is, we must keep her away from the Apple at all costs." He said with a smirk on his face.
They both began to chuckle.
A while later Renni had quietly walked into her moms office and took a seat on the couch, she sat on her legs and was facing Altair. Malik glanced over and watched as Renni intensely stared at Altair, he held in a snicker as he noticed that it was distracting him. He was on his guard even though he tried his best to look like he was ignoring her. Malik turned to the bookcase to see what other interesting books Redstriker had.
Renni tilted her head to her left for a minute then to her right, she did this for a few minutes staring at his left hand. "Why are you staring at me?" He asked finally, making Renni jump and land further back on the couch. She took a moment to gather her thoughts before answering.
"Mom told me to not bother you unless you wanted something." She let out a yawn. She sat back on her legs and started staring at his left hand again.
Well aware that she's been looking at his missing ring finger, he closed the book and set it down on the small table in front of him. "Is there something you want Renni?" He sighed as he asked.
She then looked into his golden eyes with a serous face and pointed to his finger. "Does this mean you can't get married now?"
Altair was a little taken back by the question and heard Malik laugh. He rubbed his eyes. "No, I could get married if I choose to do so. My wife would just need to be a little understanding."
Happy with the answer Renni, got up and walked out the door. Malik turned to look at Altair who had his fingers crossed and was resting his chin on them with his eyes closed.
"Even I thought she was going to ask you, how you lost your finger." he said amusingly.
"You really need to expect the unexpected from children." He opened his eyes to look at Malik. "So what are we to do now, brother? We seem to be trapped in this century."
"I don't know, were you able to figure out anything from the book?" He shrugged.
He shook his head "With the missing pages, it just seems like I have gone mad. For what I have read so far it talk mostly about Al Mualim and the creed."
Malik rubbed his chin. "Maybe you do turn mad and were ripping out the pages to hide it?" He said with a smirk. Altair had frowned and whipped the book at him. He caught it with his right hand. "Awe, come on now. I was only joking."
Renni had returned to the office with a plate full of sliced fruit, setting it down on the table near Altair. She picked up a slice of apple and ate it "I thought maybe you two were hungry, but I forgot to ask what you would like to eat." She look at them nervously. "I hope fruit is ok?" Altair and Malik both nodded and began eating some of the fruit.
"If you're not busy, I can show you to your rooms and around the villa." Renni smiled happily. She got up as the other two did and lead the way.
The villa was huge, much bigger then what the Assassins had been used to. They compared it to a palace, though they couldn't understand why one would need so much room. Renni had explained for the most part of what all the rooms did. The kitchen, living room, dinning room, computer room, play room, the medic bay, the number of offices and bedrooms. They were spread out on 3 floors. They had stopped on the roof for a brief time. The villa sat on top of a small cliff, they were stunned by the view they got of the private own city. It had many builds along with a small airport on the far side. There was also two gardens, one was on the roof and had a small fountain, a few small trees and a variety of flowers. The second garden was on the ground floor and much bigger with a pool. Renni had shown them were they would sleep and how to use the items that were there. There was a king size bed, windows that let in a lot of light, a desk, a couch, a TV on the wall and a bathroom.
Malik had decided to get some rest in his room and took the book with him, leaving Altair alone in his. After spending a good part of the night trying to figure out how water came out of the tap and flicking through the many channels on the TV, he had shut it off and laid on the couch. He thought about the many advancements of this new era, how some could be very useful and others make one rather lazy. He spent the rest of the night tossing and turning on the couch trying to sleep. He would have slept on the bed but the couch felt more like what he was used to sleeping on. The sun was rising when Altair decided to go back to the roof to think.
The city seemed to be busy with life in the early morning. In the distance he saw the cars coming and going from one building to another. It was a chilly morning but nothing he wasn't used to. To the back of the villa was the forest, he admired the colors of the leaves as he watched some fall to the ground. He sat down on the chair next to the fountain and closed his eyes, he left his mind wander as he felt like he was back home in Masyaf. He had fallen asleep when he was startle by yelling.
"Jack, Thorn, give it back!" Renni cried as she chased her brothers on the roof.
"You'll have to catch us first!" Jack said as he tossed the book to Thorn.
Altair had gotten up from the seat and folded his arms, the kids didn't seem to notice he was there. He simply watched them continue fighting.
Renni had thrown a fire ball Thorns way, he was just able to dodge it. "Hey!, no fair. Moms going to be mad!" Thorn protested.
Renni had another flame dancing in her hand. "Give it back!" She demanded.
Thorn had run in front of Altair as Renni thrown another fire ball. Altair had jumped out of the way but tripped over one of the many plants causing him to fall on his back. He grunted as he grabbed the right side of his stomach. Slowly he got back to his feet and folded his arms again.
Thorn had thrown the book on top of the roof of the door that lead downstairs. The three had turned pale white when they noticed they were not alone as they thought.
Jack was the first to move, when he ran downstairs without saying a word. "Hey, wait for me!" Thorn had yelled after him.
Renni stood there with her hands over her mouth. She watched as Altair walked over to the wall and hauled himself onto the roof to grab the pink book. He jumped back down and handed it to her. "Is this book really that important to you?"
Shocked, she took the book from him and held it close to her chest. "It is, thank you... I'm so sorry I almost hit you with a fireball!" She exclaimed rather quickly.
"How are you able to do that?" He asked rather puzzled.
"I... don't know really, I'm just able to. Mom and Dad have similar abilities too." She thought for a moment then asked. "Do you have an ability?"
Altair thought to himself. So maybe that's what the fiery arrows had been and how a sword appeared out of no were? He thought about the question, maybe his eagle vision could be considered an ability? He looked at Renni "It's hard to say." He then headed down the stairs and Renni followed after.
Altair had just reached the bottom of the stairs when Lightning had called to him.
"Ah good. I was hoping to find you." Lightning had frowned when he saw fresh blood on the right side of his stomach. "What happened?" He asked.
Renni was horrified to see he was bleeding. "I'm... I'm so sorry!" She said panicked.
Lightning looked confused at Renni. "What did you do?" He asked in a demanding tone. He saw her turn pale with her mouth gapping open.
"She did nothing." Altair had folded his arms and saw Lightning was not convinced. He let out a sigh, "I wasn't paying attention and tripped over a plant up stairs." It wasn't entirely a lie, and he wasn't sure why he even bothered to say it.
Raising an eyebrow, "Anyway, I have to change your bandages. If you'd follow me?" Lightning walked towards the medic bay as Altair and Renni followed.
Malik had spent a good part of the morning reading the book in Redstriker's office. Every now and then he would glance up and see her throwing out papers, opening books or typing away on the computer.
Jack had come rushing in and stood to the side of her desk. "Mom!" He yelled out of breath. "Altair... is trying... to kill us!"
She had laughed but grew concerned with the genuine look of horror on his face. Thorn had entered the office. "Thorn, what did you do to him this time?" She asked seriously.
"What?, I didn't do anything this time!" He protested. "It's Renni that tried to set him on fire!"
She slammed her hand on the desk." What? Where is she now?"
The boys had shrugged. "Last time we saw her, she was still with Altair."
Redstriker had picked up her cell phone to call Renni. "Where are you?"
/ I'm with Terra. /
"And Altair?"
/ He should still be with dad. /
"Okay, Come to my office. I want to speak with you." She had hung up. "Thorn, Jack, where do you think your going?" She had notice them trying to sneak out. "You're not telling me everything. Take a seat on the couch." She had motioned them to do so. She called Lightning's cell. She let out a sigh. "How bad are his burns?"
/ Its healing. Why? /
Confused. "He doesn't have any new burns?"
/ No... Why, should he? /
"Good, I'll explain it later then." She hung up and placed the phone back in her pocket. Renni had come in and stood at the door. "Explain to me why you were throwing fire balls?" She glared at Renni.
She looked over to her brothers. "You told her? They stole my book and wouldn't give it back!" She pointed at them.
"I'm disappointed Renni, you know better." She thought for a moment. "All three of you will be mopping the floors of the villa."
"What?" All the three shouted. "Why?"
"Renni for breaking the rules, Thorn for the stunt you pulled yesterday and Jack for taking Renni's book. Now go get started please." She watched them leave and returned to working.
"I want to look at the Apple." Altair asked with his hand out.
Redstriker had jumped. "You know it's dangerous to sneak up on people." She reached into the desk drawer and had handed it to him. "You don't stand out as much in those cloths." she chuckled. He ignored the comment.
Malik had gotten up and walked over to Altair. "Give me the Apple." He demanded as he took hold of it but Altair had not released it.
"Who are you to order me, Malik?" He tried pulling the apple away.
"I have seen you with the Apple and how you were becoming obsessed with it. I don't want you to become obese with this one." He pulled it back towards him.
"Malik let go, I was hardly becoming obsessed with it." he tighten his grip it.
"I have read the book, it says you spent days at a time looking at it." He noticed the frustration building his friends eyes.
The argument had distracted Redstriker from her work and she watched the two men fighting over the Apple. Confused she watched them drop the Apple with a pained expression on their face, the room was quickly consumed by the bright light followed shortly after by the sound of breaking glass.
(If you would like to know what happened with Altair, Renni and Lightning. Read "Blast From The Past Side Stories" (Chapter Altair and Lightning)