Chapter 6
Evie couldn't help but huff in annoyance as she looked around in this white space. This was a dream of course…she was vaguely aware of that.
Jayadeep's familiar laughter rang joyfully which made Evie turn in that direction. There, in the distance, she saw Henry holding up a child by their hands and helping the child walk. The child was a little girl, she looked like…herself. The girl had freckles that dusted across her cheeks and nose with Henry's skin tone. The girl's eyes were blue too and she had a small pair of lips. She was a beautiful little girl. Just by looking at her, the girl probably barely turned one. Her face lit up brightly as she looked up at Jayadeep and let out a loud giggle. This was a dream…but it was a joyous dream.
"Papa! Look, I got on your back! It was easier than I thought!" Another voice exclaimed.
Jayadeep barked with laughter then he glanced behind him to see another child crawling up his back. A little boy rested his head against Henry's shoulder, he was a little older than the girl. He was chattering away in a different language, probably Jayadeep's native language. He too had her blue eyes, but resembled Jayadeep's physical appearance the most. He even has Jayadeep's smile. Evie thought, her heart swelled as she gaped at the scene of her future family, what her family, should look like. Evie's head hung and she looked down at her stomach. I should be growing that little boy inside right now…Jayadeep should be extremely nervous and doting on me and Jacob should be declaring to all of London that he's an Uncle. Evie mused to herself sadly. But this was only a dream, right? She shouldn't get too attached, but…
"Evie, darling! Come look! Prisha is taking her first steps!" Jayadeep exclaims happily. Evie looks up to see that Jayadeep had released the little girl and she was taking her first step forward. The girl balanced herself by spreading her arms as she stepped forward.
Evie's heart fluttered happily and she called out to him. Evie wanted to forget that this was a dream and just scoop up her children into her arms. "I'm coming my darling!"
"Hurry Momma!" Her son called out too. Evie's eyes threatened to swell up in tears as she burst into a run, running towards them.
She wanted to take both of her children into her arms and hold them close. Let the two giggle loudly and bury their heads against her chest as they exclaim for her to let them go. Evie would tell Prisha and her son stories of their Uncle Jacob and reassure them that they would meet him soon. When they would ask why it would take so long, it would be because the boat needs time to sail, riding along the ocean. Then, she would train them to become full-fledged assassins like their father, mother, and their parents before them.
Instead of running into Jayadeep's arms however, Evie collided right into a force field. The impact shocked her so much and she crumbled to the ground in pain. Evie shook it off and looked over to where Jayadeep and their children were. Except…they weren't there. Jayadeep and their children had just vanished. It looked like they were never there to begin with.
Evie's body began to tremble as she gazed through this invisible force field. Where did they go? Why did they vanish? Evie sat up, reaching up and pressing her gloved hands against the force field as she gazed longingly through it. She shut her eyes and pressed her forehead against the force field. Why couldn't Evie see him? Would she ever see him ever again? "Jayadeep…"
"Perhaps…you can see him once again…once you help us." A gentle, yet firm voice spoke. Evie's eyes opened at the sound of the voice. Someone was there…was it the same person who showed her the vision of her family? The same person who interrupted it too?
Anger filled her veins and set them aflame. She clenched her fists against the force field and Evie turned to release her anger against. The source of the voice gave Evie pause though as she stared wide-eyed at the figure. A figure lingered there, shrouded in gold. The woman wore white robes with a strange helm on her head, she was taller than Evie. Automatically, Evie knew who she was.
"You're…a First Civilization…a Precursor." Evie mumbled softly as she gazed at the woman in amazement. "But…how…?"
The woman dipped her head and gave a faint nod. "Yes child, I am Minerva…I am directly in contact with you in your dreams. You are the only hope that this world has anymore."
Evie was taken back by this statement. She blinked multiple times and raised her eyebrow. That sounded insane…but then again, she was sent back into the past. "Excuse me…?"
However, Evie then narrowed her eyes at the Precursor. She then started to drift closer to the woman and her anger rose in her chest. "Wait…were you the reason why I was sent back in time?"
"Not exactly. You were an anomaly, Evie Frye. That day that you fell off the bridge…you weren't supposed to be there. However…when that happened, we decided to take this opportunity to take you and place you in the time where everything began to tumble down for the Assassins." The woman explained in a calm voice. She turned away from Evie and raised her hand into the air.
With a twirl of her wrist, strange visions floating in the air. Evie frowned and then walked over to the visions. There were two visions of people and the third vision was of the sun. The sun slowly turning on its axis and glowing brightly as it always did, but it was interesting to see. Another object morphed into a man wearing strange clothing, but also a pair of hidden blades. He had cropped back dark brown hair, a pair of chocolate brown eyes and there was a noticeable scar running from above his lip down to his chin. There was nothing too familiar about this man for Evie, but she studied him carefully as she circled around the man.
The second person was a woman with long dark hair and wearing a white dress and matching veil over her hair. The veil hung down to her waist with an intricate headgear hid beneath the white veil. She was strikingly beautiful, like Minerva was. Her arms were held out, as if welcoming you into her arms. The woman's eyes were eerie however, they appeared to be a bright gold. Evie looked over to Minerva after studying the woman.
"She's…one of you."
Minerva nodded. "Yes…that is Juno. She was one of our scientists…long ago, during the time of our people, there was a disaster, a solar flare, coming to the planet. Juno, myself, and Jupiter were struggling to find a solution to prevent this disaster from destroying us all. However, Juno's mind was not only on saving the world, but with trying to conquer it as well. As a result, Jupiter and I imprisoned her within her Grand Temple. We thought that was the end of it and continued our research. In the end however, it was not so. Juno tampered with our final solution so that if it was used, she would be released from the prison we trapped her in."
"And…she has escaped. At some point I'm sure." Evie finished, getting the general idea. Her eyes shifted over to the image of the young man. "Who is he to Juno?"
"That young man is Desmond Miles, in the year of 2012, he sacrificed himself for the greater good of the world. With his sacrifice, it protected the world from the solar flare, however, it released Juno from her imprisonment as well." The woman shifted her head to look Evie in the eye. "Ratonhnhaké:ton, or Connor Kenway, is Desmond Miles' ancestor. With your guidance, you can help lead him to the fate that he deserves, but you can also find the weapon to protect this earth in the future."
Evie paused and then her eyes grew. Oh. That made sense. "You want me…to find the Shroud."
"Yes. With the Shroud in the hands of the Assassins, they can prevent the solar flare from hitting the planet and without releasing Juno from her prison. You are one of three that know of the location of the Shroud. You and Connor Kenway must acquire it."
"Alright…but we're in the middle of a war right now, not exactly the best time to travel. Must we acquire it now?" Evie inquired. It didn't help the situation that the war was with the country she needed to journey to after all.
Plus, Evie didn't know the layout of London in this time period. She was sure it wouldn't be too different, but there had to be different landmarks and buildings. Evie would need to study a map of London in order to understand the old structure, she'd have to do it behind Connor's back as well. Though if they were traveling by the Aquila, Connor would be too busy driving the ship to notice her disappearance off the deck. Or would he? They had been glued to the hip for the months they had spent together, with the exception of sleeping of course.
"There will be a right time to travel, right now, you must let the events of Connor Kenway's life unfold, Evie Frye. Whether you help it change for the better, is up to you." Minerva concluded cryptically. The visions of the sun, Juno, and Desmond Miles disappeared, vanishing in flashes of light, signaling that she was likely done talking.
Her heart fluttered at this. She could…change his fate? How? What would his fate turn out to be? She honestly didn't know what happened to Connor after the death of Haytham Kenway, his father, and Charles Lee. Also, there wasn't a lot of information about his personal life in the Assassins history books, then again, the books hardly told any Assassin's personal life to begin with. All that she had done with Connor so far definitely wasn't in the books.
"Wait, if I do this. Will you return me back to my brother and my fiancé…?" Evie questioned, hope welling in her chest.
Minerva then turned to look at Evie, her own eerie eyes gleaming as she stared at Evie. There was a hint of a smile on her face and replied back. "Good luck Evie Frye."
Evie gasped as she sat up from her bed, bursting out of the dream. Her face was drenched with sweat as stared ahead at the wall. Pulling off the blankets off herself, Evie got to her feet and touched her forehead. There was no way Connor would believe her on this, hell, Evie wasn't even sure she believed it. She took a deep breath and buried her face into her hands. Everything just became so much more complicated for Evie.
There was also some doubt too. How could she trust Minerva's word that she would send her back to her correct time period after they obtained the Shroud? After hearing the tale of Juno, Evie found herself not wanting to trust any First Civilization member, including Minerva. Besides, the First Civilization member never gave her an answer about sending her back and already that was raising flags for Evie. It was by chance that she was even brought back in time to the 1700s. What if it had not been her on that bridge that day? Then Jacob would be the one stuck here…and who knew how well that would go.
She uncovered her eyes and walked to the door to her room then exited the room in silence. Entering the hallway, Evie crept through the house in silence and she brushed more beads of sweat from her forehead. It was an intense dream…or vision really. Her thoughts drifted to Connor as she wandered past his room, she halted in step and started to peek into his room to check on him.
Connor was sleeping on his back, she could see his chest naturally moving up and down as he slept. His arms were on under the pillow and she noticed him shift his position to where he was lying on his left side now, facing her. How would he react to her sudden disappearance if Minerva kept her promise and sent her forward in time?
Sure, he had his Mentor, but Achilles was getting older and older each day. He would not last for very long on this earth. Their Assassin initiates would always been there with Connor too, they were all fiercely loyal to him. There were the people living on the Homestead, they did seem to admire Connor greatly and probably did come to love him as one of their own. Faulkner and his crew were certainly his family too, after all, venturing on sea for so long, you tended to bond with the people around you. We bonded out on the sea too…Evie quickly realized, her eyes growing wide as she stared at Connor's sleeping figure. He's been teaching me the language of his people…he told me his real name and I learned how to say it.
Evie gave an almost inaudible sigh and reached up to scratch her forehead. Clearly, this wasn't going to be an easy decision.
Alright, I will for starters, would like to apologize to all the readers of this story. I meant to update this sooner and for it being very short, but life got the better of me for most of August and September (and most of that just involves a lot of stress and work-related stress, I wish people would just do their damn jobs so I can just do my own and not theirs too). It was also a struggle to write this chapter because this is heavily-plot related and I knew what I needed to write, it was just trying to sit down and concentrate on writing it that was a pain in the ass. Was this chapter written to what I originally intended? Not really, but I'm willing to compromise with my brain and write out what I can.
So I hope you do enjoy this chapter, because the next chapter introduces Haytham in the story! Time wise when this will be out exactly? Before the end of September, I swear. :'D
