(A/N): Hey there! This here's the sixth chapter of Sent to Another World: Assassin's Creed!
Sorry if I updated late again, my laptop is broken so I'm forced to use my second laptop to write Chapter 6.
Anyway, sit back and enjoy this chapter!
Me and Altaïr, both seated in a chair while Des watched by the couch
Altaïr: … (stare)
Me: hmph! (stares harder)
(Connor enters)
Connor: What are they doing?
Desmond: They're havinga staring contest
Ezio: And looks like Altaïr is winning (he then crouched down to Altaïr's ear and whispered) Let us see if you can put the skill I taught you, amico
Altaïr: … (stares harder)
Me: (still staring w/o blinking) I would not lose!
Altaïr: … (stares hard then suddenly smirked a very… very sexy smirk)
Me: (blush) Holy SHITE! That… smirk! No! I would not give in! (stares even harder than before)
Altaïr: (smirked harder, and looked Me directly in the eyes)
Me: Urrrgh…Arrgh! I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE! (stood up while FANGIRL SQUEALING and jumping around)
Altaïr: (looked at Ezio) Did I do it right?
Ezio: You did it well, fratello
Desmond: What did you do, Ezio?
Ezio: Oh not much, I assure you. I taught and show him the advantage of having a pretty face
Altaïr: Well, it looks to me that I win. That means no PC and Xbox for a week, PeAce
Me: (stops) Huh? What happened?
Altaïr: You lost kid. Now a deal is a deal and I won fair and square, so I shall be moving the Xbox and PC from the Game room to my room, okay? (quickly ran to the game room)
(silence)
Me: YOU DIRTY CHEATER! (runs after Altaïr)
Sent to Another World: Assassin's Creed
by PeAceLovEr 12
Chapter 6: Undying Truth
The huge guy stood up and readies himself to attack again, Altaïr entered a stance.
Altaïr charged, hidden blade drawn, at the man…no a large bear, only to be swatted away like a bug. He flipped mid-air to land on his feet graciously then quickly jumped away as the man counter-attacked by charging at him again. 'Is this the only thing this man can do? He just charges at me like a bull' Altaïr thought as he once again rolls away from the man. He uses his speed to dodge away.
Then the man suddenly stopped, Altaïr saw him brought out something from its pockets, a plastic container of some sorts. The man tipped the transparent plastic container to his hands and out came a small white solid stuff. The man bought his hands to his mouth and swallowed the white stuff and put away the container.
'What in Allah's name…?' Altaïr thought. Then suddenly, everything went as he not expected. The man caught Altaïr off-guard as he charged at him, smacking the assassin to the wall. Altaïr coughed blood as he made contact to the brick wall, breaking two or more of his ribs. He stood up slowly, his body screaming pain but his mind is screaming to go on and so he did, and had managed tododge just in time by rolling away with a groan.
Though that last dodge, he felt like it was just luck. It felt like the man had gotten faster and stronger…then it clicked on his mind…the thing the man had just ingest.
He winced as a stab of pain wrecked his body, he backed down slowly and he came in contact with something cold…and metal. He looked back and saw a cylindrical shaped metal with four stands…a water tank. He pondered why he had not noticed this before; it's maybe because the tank is well hidden in the shadow that it's not really visible unless you come near this spot. He had to finish this quickly. He swiftly looked around for a plan and swiftly made one.
So without further thought he charged at the man just as said man readies for another bull-like attack, everything went in slow motion, just as they are almost a foot together, Altaïr quickly slid underneath the man's open legs, making the man charged straight to the water tank. Altaïr uses this short distraction to pick up a thick metal bar and slammed it to the man's head, making the man shout in pain. Altaïr kicked the man and jumped at him, driving his hidden blade to the flesh of the man's neck.
The man, with one last fight in him, laced his large hands in Altaïr's neck and strangled him. Altaïr stabbed him a few more times until he gurgled and fell to the floor, dead.
Altaïr stood up and spluttered for air. His head and body is screaming bloody murder.
He limped to the man and saw that there's a first aid kit attached to his belt. He rummaged through the bag and saw bandages, pain killers and disinfectants and the strange bottle that made the man suddenly strong. He took some pain killers, thanking Sange for teaching him how as he felt the medicine taking effect. He rummaged the man's pockets further, and pocketed the card that the cloaked man used to enter the metal door and a gun; thankful for the shows he saw at the television that he learned how to use it and he also pocketed the strange transparent container.
He swished the card in the small box like device jutting out of the wall. It made a small beep and the door in front of him opened. A small hallway greeted him, it's deserted, but when he activated his gift,lots of red blots filled his vision, from the floor to the next wall and even in the ceiling, his vision then turned normal.
He crept up slowly to the nearest door with the sign SECURITY ROOM. Inside, a man is asleep at a nearby table drooling and another is seated in front of multiple screens also fast asleep. He decided whether he would just knock this man out or kill him, he decide the latter and quickly killed the man with a 'shnk' of his hidden blade and tied up the other one with a rope he found in the room and stored him in the cabinet and barricaded it with a table.
He looked at the multiple screens in front of him, he recognized one of the panels, it's the same hallway he entered from! He went back again at the hallway and searched around. 'How is it this hallway is in that TV-like contraption?' he thought and looked up. There in the right corner near the door is another technology he is unfamiliar, but decided that that is the one that made it possible.
He went back to the Security Room and look at the machine's screen again. On the last panel he finally saw what his looking for; he saw Rheinoa, in a room, asleep in the bed and seemed unharmed.
He fiddled a little with the machine until he saw a red button with the words OFF and clicked it. Making the machine beep and turn off completely. He then grabbed an axe that was mounted on the far side of the wall and hacked the machine with said weapon.
'I am done here' he thought as he re-activated his gift and followed a gold trail, his feet silent.
"Ok Desmond! Baby is ready for you!" Rebecca smiled at him while giving a thumb up
"Hello Desmond, now go away" Shaun said as he adjust his glasses and looked at him with a small smirk
"I'm glad you're here Desmond" Lucy said with a bright, warm smile but the smile quickly turned to one of sadness "Though…why did you have to kill me…Desmond?"
Desmond gasped and stood up as he was woken up from his dream…'no, the last part has to be a nightmare' he thought as the question and Lucy's face resurface in his mind.
"Why did you have to kill me…Desmond?" his sides suddenly throbbed with pain and he wince.
He sat up and buried his face in his hand
"Why?" he whispered as dread filled the bottom of his stomach. Then he looked up as a figure walk in. He can't recognize who it is, for his vision is still blurry.
"Desmond? Why are you up? You're supposed to be resting!" The brown haired girl with thick round glasses ran to his side and pushes him back to the bed. He squint a little to correct his vision.
He is shocked when he realized who the girl was, and was even more shocked that he would see her again.
"Ginny?" he smiled as he saw that the girl had change through the years
"Good to know you still remember me after all we've been through. You made quite a name within the Order, Mr. Desmond 'Runaway' Miles." She said smiling back but quickly transformed back to her 'Serious, semi-Poker Face' as Desmond had dubbed it.
"Please don't call me that, I'm starting to regret it" he said looking away "Though, what happened to you? You know, after you left the camp?"
"I'm sure you want to catch up Desmond, but you have to rest. Rest first then we'll talk later when I re-bandage you" She put a cup of water next to his nightstand and some medical supplies in the table then left the room.
He lay on his back and closed his eyes as his mind entered the dream world.
Ten years old Desmond Miles walked down their front porch and stretch. He had just finished his studying and homework and decided to relax and breathe fresh air. He looked around for a while and saw his peers, just a group consisting of 3 ten year old female and 4 eleven year old male. He found them all present in a formation of a circle. He walked towards them to see the commotion, and stopped a foot from them as he saw a brown haired girl inside the circle.
Oh he had seen this before.
It's no lie that bullying and teasing is very common among the children of The Farm, even though they are just a small community, the children are still grouped from 'Popular' to the 'Not Popular'. The Popular are the older kids of the community, or more precisely, ages 10 and above and not to mention the ones who are being trained to become assassins. And for those who are Not Popular, they are the unfortunate newcomers, book lovers or nerds as they call them, or some younger kids below 10 who are practically helpless in standing up against the older kids.
Desmond consider himself 'the lucky ones' for he is part of the 'Popular' side and no one had pick on him because of his status as 'Mr. Miles's son'. Even then, he doubt his father would care if he's being bullied by his friends, heck, for all he know, William would cheer them on as he got beat up by them, he would surely see this as a challenge for Desmond.
And as much for that, he disagrees with all these bullying, he wants to stop his 'friends' but he knew he would be in trouble for this, so as much as possible he stays away from their bullying. He knew it's a cowardly reason, but what can he do? Surely he can really beat up those bullies and get away, but would he risk getting scolded by his father?
He groaned at the thought, but dismisses it for later.
He continued walking back to his group of friends.
"Hey, what's going on?" he asked as one of them turned as they noticed his presence.
"Desmond, my man! You're just in time!" he recognizes this one as Joe, the hunter's son. Joe put his left arm around Desmond's neck
"Just in time for what exactly?" Desmond asked as Joe led him to the circle, he once again saw the girl with short brown hair wearing thick round glasses; she's wearing a jacket with a white dress underneath and brown boots.
"We're gonna steal that book and coloring materials this newcomer girl has, the items are from the city and we want it" Joe whispered in Desmond's ear in a smug tone. Desmond felt like he just wanted to punch this bastard, he can knock him out, but restraint himself. He looked at the brunette girl again and saw that she is holding a book and some sort of small pink plastic brief case.
"Newcomer? How come I didn't heard of this?" he asked as he observed the brunette girl
"Eh, truth is she arrived here 4 days ago, but she's still a newcomer" said Resty, the 'leader' of the popular kids of The Farm
"What do you guys want?" the glasses girl asked, her face as serious as a stone
"Give us those, girl!" one of the other male in the group said, Desmond recognize her as John. Even though anger and rage boiled in his chest and his hands wanted to really punch these people, he still restrained himself.
"What? Why'd you want them? Aren't you all old enough for this kind of stuff?" she asked, still her face a picture of seriousness.
"Oh playing tough, ey? We'll see about that!"John grabbed the items from the girl's hand but the girl holds them back. The circle of kids cheered for John and insulted the girl, all except Desmond.
"Hey! This is mine! Let go!" Glasses girl kept struggling with the items in her hands, but as much as she tried, John managed to strip it off her. And Glasses girl quickly charged at her enemy as said enemy held the items out of her reach.
"Give. That. Back!" Glasses girl said as she kept jumping and flailing her arms around, trying to reach for the book and the case, but stop after a minute. She breathes in and out, tired of the effort she released; Desmond saw her grit her teeth as she balled her knuckles, the insults and cheers continued. What she did do next made the cheering stopped and had everyone's mouths wide agape.
She punched John in the face…hard.
"Why you…!" John shouted, shocked. He stood up and forcefully slapped glasses girl, making her stumble back and dropping the glasses she is wearing. That is the last straw for Desmond, John was about to attack with another slap, but Desmond blocked it.
"Stop!" Desmond suddenly shouted, they all looked at him, even the Glasses girl, everyone too shocked to move. No one dared to fight back at Desmond and he was thankful of that. Desmond then walked over to the girl; he picked up her glasses and the book on the way and knelt down in front of her, then put her glasses back on her eyes again, then helped the girl stand up and walked away leaving the bullies with mouths wide agape.
Desmond leaded them to tree on the northern edge of the place and sat down there in silence. Desmond leaned on the tree and looked up at the sky, and then at the girl next to him, he noticed she got that serious look on her face again. The girl notice his stare and he returned the look, then she spoke
"Hey…uh..."
Desmond looked at the girl and noticed a bruise from the slap she had received not a minuet ago "Oh, I didn't notice that" he pointed at her cheek "wait here" he stood up and went behind thetree; he started climbing towards the tree house. Not much people knew about Desmond's tree house here, it's one of Desmond's favorite spot; it has an epic view of the place.
And he had many of his belongings inside; one of them is a mini-fridge, his mom supplied it with food and stuffs. He opened it as he entered his tree house, and brought out an ice bag and a chocolate bar then went back down again. He sat next to glasses girl and compressed the ice bag in her cheek and pass her the chocolate bar, the girl looked down with a blush at their close proximity.
"What's your name? And how old are you?" He ask as he opened his chocolate and started munching
"Avegine Lhoraine Alcott. I'm 9 and a half. And uh…thanks for your help back there…uh…?"
"Desmond, Desmond Miles. And I'll call you Ginny; your name is too long" he said as he finished eating and leaned back to the tree again.
That was the first encounter between Avegine and Desmond.
Unexpectedly, to them both,they've became best of friends. Desmond stated avoiding his old group and protected Ginny from them.
Of course, a year later after their meeting, Desmond's old friends' fear of Desmond's father completely dissipated, the more Desmond protects Ginny, and the more they started picking a fight with him.
Resty and Desmond became rivals.
He learned a lot about Ginny. She had come to The Farm alone, or at least she was sent here and had been staying with the clinic owner. He also learned that Ginny's mother died of childbirth and Ginny's father was born to the Creed; he was a scout and a spy that had never returned from a mission in Pennsylvania when she was five.
Many of the people in The Farm knew this, especially the gossiping ones, they had concluded that Mr. Abdel Cruz had run away and had hidden from his purpose, or had died. Thus, the bullies use this as ammunition for teasing and insulting Ginny, saying that her father is a coward and a weakling.
They filled up good roles in The Farm, Desmond trains to be an assassin and help the people around; be it carrying stuffs, farming, a little hunting, or even as extra muscle; while Ginny became one of the talented paramedics in their small community, helping out injured scouts or simply just a nurse in the clinic. She shows great interest in anything related to medicine and had dreamed to be a Doctor someday.
Desmond would always visit her in the clinic after his training, they would hang out, go to the tree house orjust stay in the clinic; though Desmond would just spend his time listening to Ginny rant about the science of human body, she likes doing that and Desmond would sometimes learn something from it, but most of the time it's just her rambling about the possible things people can discover on the Human Body, or more precisely the DNA.
Her ramblings can be sometimes boring to other people, sometimesevento him. But still he would always stay and listen until she's stops and drained her brain of her ideas of the day.
And he doesn't know why he does that, but he likes watching her facial expression change and do hand gesture when she's making a point or emphasizing…
…but what he likes the most is the way her amethyst eyes would glow with fascination under those thick round glasses she wore.
One day, twelve year old Desmond visited the clinic, his lip bloody. Unfortunately, the Doctor is out and luckily Ginny, now eleven years old, was there, reading a thick book about Nursing; she doesn't need to look up to know who entered.
"Hey Desmond, you're here early." She said as she turned to the next page.
"Uh…yeah" he replied and tried his best to hide his bloody mouth, he had quite a one-on-one with Resty in the forest near the community, and the bastard got a knife with him and had slashed him across his face; he didn't get to dodge but thankfully he had only slashed his lip, nothing serious.
He managed to disarm the knife and counter-attacked, slashing Resty on the bridge of his nose. Though when they saw one of the scouts nearby, they were forced topostpone the battle or else the scout would catch them and William Miles won't like that. They ran opposite ways.
He saw Ginny put a bookmark and closed the book and set it aside then turned to look at him.
Silence, tense silence, then…
"DESMOND YOUR LIP!" he cringed at the shrill of her voice, the semi- poker-faced Ginny can shout like that? He just did his trademark grin at her but yelped and tasted copper…his blood.
"Ow" he said gesturing to his mouth.
Ginny just rolled her eyes and went to the cabinet to get a fresh towel and water. She stood in front of Desmond and started cleaning his lip. Desmond blushed at their close proximity, her hands felt gentle on his lip as she dabbed the towel.
"There, you do know that would scar right?" she said putting away the towel as he nodded in response, she gestured for him to sit down at the chair as she does the same; they remained quiet the whole time. Ginny looked at Desmond expectantly, which made the boy confused.
"What?" Desmond asked which earned a sigh from the girl across him.
"What do you mean 'What'? You came barging into the clinic with a bloody lip and you'd expect me not to ask about it? Come on, Des" she replied raising her arms for emphasis, Desmond scratched his neck sheepishly.
"Well…he said some things" he started meekly, Ginny raised her eyebrows skeptically at him
"Who are we speaking of exactly?" she asked as she stood up and went to the door to the left that lead to the kitchen, "Keep speaking!" She shouted through the door and Desmond sighed as he recollected his thoughts
"It's Resty, we got onto a fight, he's armed, but I managed to disarm him"
"Why?" he heard her ask from the kitchen
"He said some things about…you"
"Well that's common enough, since his group, especially the girls, has always had a thing to say about me" She said as she re-entered the door, carrying two plates, some utensils and a tray of egg pie he knew she had bake. She set it all on the table and started cutting it in slices and served them to Desmond, who on instant, devoured on the dessert.
"Well? Tell me what he said" she said as she sat down across Desmond and started eating her slice. Desmond's mood suddenly changed, his facial expression is a picture of anger and rage.
"You don't need to know" he said, his voice dark as he swallow.
She growled at him "And why not? Why won't you just tell me?"
He gave her a glare instead, a hard glare that could break stone and melt metal, and she glared back with equal fervor.
In the end, he just sighed tiredly and ran his hands over his cropped brown hair, his honey brown eyes held hesitation and uncertainty.
"You might not like it." He said crossing his arms on the table while putting his chin on top of it.
"Since when have I liked them, Des? Ok tell me why you really don't want to tell me what they said?" she said mimicking Desmond with an expression of seriousness.
Another heavy sigh from Desmond then he buried his face completely in his arms
"They're all lewd, and I felt disgusted saying it or even thinking of it. It'll felt like I'm the one who really said it"
Ginny's eyes soften, and then she tapped her best friend in the shoulder. Desmond looked up
"I understand now. I've been selfish, I shouldn't have forced you, I'm sorry" she said then smiled warmly "But seriously Desmond? You fight a guy with a knife just because they said nasty things at me?"
"Of course! I'll still protect you. No one deserves to be bullied verbally, even if you're not there to hear it." Desmond replied while looking away with a blush, his voice still muffled by his sleeves but its audible enough for his best friend to hear.
"Seriously Desmond, you can be carefree and childish sometimes…" she said still looking at him
"When I'm with you" he interjected, she nodded in agreement and continued
"But you can be a sweet and a gentleman without you noticing it. Like you said, I know you'll still protect me if I'm being bullied even if I'm not there, Thank You…but please, don't risk your life and make me worry" he did not expect what happened next, Ginny stood up and drag his arm, gesturing for him to stand up, so he did. She then wrapped her arms around his waist, giving him a hug, he blushed, but nonetheless returned the hug while whispering "You're welcome…and I'm sorry for making you worry"
His years hanging out with Ginny has been the best, it's his only escape from being the 'prisoner' to his father.
As days goes by, Desmond's training becomes more hectic which made his father be stricter than ever before; going as far as shouting at Desmond if he did something that did not satisfy his father. William became more distant these days, he never talked to him anymore, Desmond would try to talk to him, only to be scolded to stop stalling and that he's busy. Not even a greeting at the morning or a little notice AFTER training. He would only talk to him WHILE in training, and that's it. It's like he'd never existed. He was never even home very often. It looks like his father is more like his drill sergeant these days.
At least he had a certain freedom with Ginny to take his mind off his father.
But the freedom and happiness he had with her was short-lived.
This happened three years after the events in the clinic. Ginny had invited fifteen years old Desmond at their favorite tree where they first met. At midnight, saying something about wanting to tell him something important; Desmond knew he can escape his room through the window at that late hour without his father knowing.
Desmond arrived at the tree to see Ginny already there, leaning on said tree, looking up the night sky while humming a song. She seemed so relaxed and happy, not smiling, but looked so happy, yet her eyes carry a strange sadness in it, he decided to look up also, and saw that the night sky is dotted with millions of stars, it looked breathtakingly beautiful.
"I'm quite good at choosing time for events such as this, no? The sky looks beautiful tonight" fourteen year old Ginny asked with a warm smile, she's always discarding her serious face around Desmond.
"Yeah it is, they're like diamonds" he replied sitting down next to the brunette.
"Endless diamonds, I'll be stinking filthy rich if I own all of those" she said holding her hands up, as if reaching for something.
"Well what would you do with all those money?" Desmond asked as he fiddled with his shirt
"Maybe I'll save half of it, in a bank. Then the rest I'll give away to those who need it, given that they'll use it for the greater good too." She replied then looked at Desmond "Anyway, I'm sorry, I didn't invite you this late for this nonsense. I want to tell you something that I should've told you sooner"
"I'm all ears"
"I'm leaving" she said looking down
"Leaving? Where are you going?" Desmond asked this time paying close attention.
"I'm going to the city; WE'RE going to New York" she re
"What?! We? Who? And what for?"
"The Doctor is going to be assigned to the Assassin's base there, and well, she said that she would support my schooling and I have to finish my apprenticeship so I have to come with her."
"When are you leaving?" he asked, this time picking up a stick and started doodling on the dirt.
"Tomorrow, sunset"
"Are you going to come back?" Desmond looked at the Ginny with a serious face.
"I wanted to, but I don't think I'll be able to" she answered, Desmond replied with a whispered 'Oh'
Ginny laid her head on her lap, obviously distressed.
"I'm sorry Desmond, I should've told you sooner, but I'm confused, I can't choose whether I'llstay or leave. But then, I've decided that I would leave but now that I'm telling you this, I don't want to anymore. I don't know! It's confusing! I don't want to leave you here, but I don't want to waste opportunity too."
Silenced crept between the two teens, only the soft rustling of the leaves can be heard as the wind pick up.
"Go." Desmond said after a while later, standing up and throwing the stick.
"What?" Ginny looked up, her face sad and wet with tears
"It's for the best, and besides this is your chance to reach your ambition! To be a Doctor! This is your chance!" Desmond exclaimed happily, facing his best friend. "I'm happy for you Ginny" he said, grinning.
"Grr…You jerk!" Ginny cried, throwing herself at Desmond, making the boy stumble and fall to the grass with Ginny tightly hugging him.
"You…jerk...I-I don't want t-to l-leave! Cause-Cause I h-have to l-leave you!" she cried in Desmond shirt as said boy started rubbing her head, comforting her.
Desmond just smiled.
So the next day, they did everything together, all sorts of activities their active mind could think of. Desmond made sure that this will be her best last day together.
Twilight had arrived too early for Desmond. 'Too soon' he thought. But it has to be done, or else there won't be a second chance.
They spend the last of their day together at the tree house. He gave Ginny a keychain with an eagle pendant; his favorite bird, and the popular sign of freedom.
When the sun is just inches in touching the horizon, she gave him her goodbye. A large embrace and a teary farewell…
…But most of all, a kiss.
It was amazing, something that young Desmond couldn't describe.
He watched above their roof as the car Ginny was riding on departed, he watched until it drove into the horizon, until it was nothing but a dot. He started to wonder what the outside world looked liked.
And realized; he too, wanted to leave and see.
The next few months after that, Desmond's life had never changed. Except that there was no one to visit at the clinic, no one to talk to after training.
His father never became distant again, but he became a changed man. Or at least on Desmond's eyes, he is.
Every waking day, Desmond became more and more afraid of his training and his father. Every once in a while he went home with a bloody lip.
"Focus, Desmond! Focus!" William would always shout at him.
How far are they going to push him?
Then there came the constant warning of his parents to be wary of enemies he had never even seen.
An enemy has to have a face, doesn't it?
Then, the repeated story of the war between the Abstergo; the Templars , and the Assassins.
"Abstergo? Oh really? You mean those people who made those painkillers?" he murmured one time to himself while chopping firewood.
His parents are turning into conspiracy freaks.
"You are an Assassin" they would always say, "You are an Assassin and this is our Creed"
So now they wanted him to be something he never even chose to be.
So instead of minding and focusing the heeded warnings and repeated stories, he continued to dream on what was outside the walls of The Farm and what lies beyond the mountains of Black Hills.
He wanted to get out of here.
'I wanted my own life, I wanted my own dreams' this is the thought that had kept him pushing.
He had woken up one day and realized that it's been a year since Ginny had left. And today is a very special day.
It's his sixteenth birthday.
There had been a little celebration at the Miles residence, the whole party was just eating the food and taking to the guest while his parents entertain them. It's about midday when the little celebration ended. Without a plan, Desmond just walked out, someone shouted…
…he started running.
'Finally! This is it!' Desmond thought as he felt the impact of the wind on his face as he continues running. He's almost out of the territory of the compound when suddenly…
"Desmond! Desmond!"
He looked back, only to see his father gaining on him. Adrenaline rushed through his veins making him spur on. He looked back again, seeing his father has stopped running after him, instead he saw William stood there, a look of pure disbelief in his face.
He's finally free.
"Special? How so?" Ezio asked
"I can't describe it, but it is like…" he started gesturing with his hands, trying to form something, but failed.
"Yo Sky! I've managed to track them down!" said the auburn-haired boy from earlier
"No way! Where are they now?" Sange stood up quickly
"Well thanks to the microchip attached to Rhei's hairclip, they're on the small Abstergo branch near Battery Park" the boy said handing Sange a device of some sort.
"A thirty minutes drive. How deliriously stupid of them" he replied
"Maybe they thought that we won't follow them because they've attacked us in two different places simultaneously"
"And what of Altaïr?" Sange ask as he began to click at the buttons
"I'm afraid I can't scan him anywhere near the area" the boy replied scratching the back of his head
"Darn it, I hope he's ok. Oh wait, hey Ezio" he turned to the Italian "Let me introduce you to our youngest member and resident tech genius" he gesture the boy to Ezio
"Asher Rousell Epifano. A pleasure meeting, Signore Auditore" held his hand out to Ezio
"Pleasure's mine. Epifano? I see you hail from Italia too?" he took the hand
"Sì, though my mother is Portuguesa, I was born and raised in Italy. Then at the tender age of seventeen I flew here to America to study with the support of my eldest sister who's three years older."
"How have you known of the Creed? Are you born to it?" Ezio asked drinking from the bottle again.
"Yes, because my father was an Assassin, but I wasn't train at all like Sky here." He points to Sange who's busy with the GPS device "In fact, I had never known until I fly to USA" Asher replied, sitting on the couch opposite of where Ezio was seated.
"Then how did you become an Assassin then?"
"The Assassins took an interest in my tech-geeking, says it's a useful thing, so they hire me. I like tinkering with any tech I can find, but my real passion is making tracking and communicating devices. Then they traced my bloodline, there I found out dad was an Assassin."
"Found him" Sange suddenly said, "It seems like he's moving"
"Who?" Asher asked
"Altaïr. He's moving around, it seems. Diagnose his movements while I make a plan. And Ash, call your sister to get back here ASAP" Sange replied then passing the device back to the redhead and went to the other side of the room
"Sure thing" Asher said with a grin, and then he turned to Ezio "Well, I should be taking my leave, see you later Signore Ezio" he said making a low bow
"Please, I want nothing of this 'signore' business, just call me Ezio" Ezio replied chuckling as Asher nodded and left the room
Sange then walked back to where Ezio was and laid out a small map in the glass table.
"This is the only blueprint I had of the Battery Park branch of Abstergo, as you can see, there are many rooms. But all of them are, of course, very well guarded. I suspect Altaïr went in from the back room, which is usually less guarder at this time. So our only way to bust in is through the vectors and rafters, then we would follow where Altaïr had entered. We can save both of them, though I can't promise that we can do it silently though" Sange said pointing here and there.
"The place is small right?" Ezio asked observing the map.
"I swear it is the smallest of all Abstergo facilities" Sange replied, Ezio was about to speak again when a sequence of knocks sounded at the door. Sange quirked an eyebrow "Excuse me" the blond excused himself as he rushed to the door and immediately opened it. Ezio continues to study the map, trying to find a way to revise the blonde's plan. He can't help but hear the conversation by the door; it seems Sange is talking to a female.
"Oh, you're finally here." He heard Sange's voice and their footsteps coming closer
"Yeah, Ash told me what happened. When are we moving out?" the female asked
The blond groaned "Later, before sunrise"
"Roger. Though, you seem surprisingly calm about all this"
They appeared at the entrance of the living room as Sange snorted.
"Calm? Does it look like that? I'll kill every last people inside that facility" he replied his face turning dark, and then he turned to Ezio, who had looked up as they entered. His eyes fell to the woman next to the blond and their eyes instantly met; honey-brown and light grey.
"Ezio, meet Sienna. Ash's eldest sister" Sange said as Sienna looked at him, she smiled and held her hand out which Ezio shake. Sienna had auburn hair like her brother, and light grey eyes. She's like the female version of Ash.
"Sienna Harriet Epifano" she said smiling. Ezio felt something gnaw at the back of his mind; a side he rarely shows since he became an Assassin.
His playboy side.
Altaïr continued his trek, minding the guards around him, knocking them out or killing them when necessary.
Though his trek didn't continue long, he's now face to face with a dead end.
'This might be a secret entrance' he thought
So he put his palm to the wall, looking for a hidden switch or anything that could open the wall. Something clicked.
He smirked in triumph and entered the new passage he revealed.
When he reached the end of the stairs, he had his mouth wide agape. The size of the place upstairs is nothing compared to the one in here right now. He was pulled out of his reverie by a gunshot whizzing pass his head.
He looked at his right to see guards already started swarming at him, he look at the left to see the same thing. With no other choice he ran forward.
But before he could go far, the sliding glass door opened and a white bearded man entered, looking at him with a large grin.
"Well would you look at that? It really is him! One of the greatest leaders of the Assassins! Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad, you could be a good additional to my experiment" the bearded man said, scratching his beard in thought. Then he looked at one of the guards surrounding them "Throw him in with the girl" he commanded as he walked back to where he entered. The guard charged at Altaïr.
Altaïr unsheathed his hidden blade and tackled the guard, plunging him with the weapon. He ducked just in time and gave a forceful kick to his second attacker in the stomach, making the man crumble in a heap of pain in the floor. Then another guard on his left attempted to wrestle him down by grabbing his neck, so he bashed him to the wall, knocking the guard unconscious. He was about to attack again when a sting on his right side stopped him. He looked down, seeing a black clamp holding on to his jacket.
He did not expect electricity to shot out of the clamp.
As he fell to the floor, he managed to look up. He saw the black cloaked man who brought him and Rhei to this place, smiling mockingly. Then his vision turned black.
"Urgh" Desmond groaned as he was woken up from his dream.
"Desmond, wake up. We going to need to hear the plan" Ginny said helping him up "Can you walk?" she asked looking at her childhood friend with worry evident on her face.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah, sure. Don't worry" he replied smiling as they walk out of the infirmary.
The whole team gathered around the living room, including Ginny and Desmond as they listen to Sange.
"Ok, team here's the plan; first, we follow where Altaïr had come in. Me and Ezio would be the one to take out the guards, while Asher and Sienna head to the office, because your job Asher, would be to sneak info on Abstergo's latest plans in their office, this could be a document or files from the computer, While Sienna watches your back. Then we'll meet up again at the main hall. We would split up from there. Then we would have a switch of roles. This time, you siblings would watch our backs while Me and Ezio find the two then bust them out" Sange explained
"I'm sure Abstergo won't be happy with this" Desmond said
"True. So while we're fetching the two, you and Avy would leave New York and head straight to 'The Vacation House' in Chicago. Oh, and another thing; do not hesitate to kill any guards or personnel from Abstergo who gets in our way, show no remorse. Am I clear?"
Everyone nodded their heads yes.
"Good. Then let's move out!" Sange commanded.
Rhei sat at her bed, feeling a tad bit dizzy from her experience in her subconscious. She quickly looked up when the metal sliding doors of her prison opened. She was shocked when the two guards threw a hooded man. She quickly ran and kneels besides him and flipped him over, laying him on her lap as she remove the jacket hood, revealing none other than an unconscious Altaïr.
She checked over if he had injuries, and thankful that he had none. She shook him awake.
"Altaïr" she whispered shaking the Arabian a bit, the man didn't even budge. So she tried again.
"Altaïr, Altaïr, wake up!" she said shaking with a little bit force.
[Altaïr's POV]
"Altaïr"
"Altaïr"
That is my name…Someone is calling my name.
"Altaïr? Are you Altaïr?"
Yes, yes that is me.
"If so, then wake up"
I groaned and forced my eyes to open. I rubbed and squint, adjust my vision and looked around, only to find myself in an unfamiliar place.
Where am I? How did I get here? What was I doing before I even came here?
Just as I stood up, gold light swirled in front of me, revealing a woman wearing a very unusual garb.
She spoke.
"Hello Altaïr" she greeted.
Oh, so she was that voice. I greeted back.
"Uhm…Greetings. Would you mind telling me as to where I am? And what are you called?" I asked, hoping to get a direct answer.
"I am called as Minerva. And you are currently floating around the Nexus. I am the one who called you here" she answered me as I walked around. I looked at her as she continued "Please, steady yourself and I promised to bring you back to where you were previously. I promise this would be quick" so I do as I was asked and sat Indian-legged on the floor. She nods, as if satisfied with my actions. But before she could speak I interjected.
"What was I doing before I entered here?" I asked
"You will know soon. For now, listen carefully as I cannot repeat everything that I would say here. And please refrain from asking until I finish" she replied
"You see, I had called you here for a reason. The reason is that you would be given a new title" I was urged to ask as to what she meant by that, but I stop myself.
"You shall now be called as 'The Fylakas'. For you would be guarding a very important person" I watch as she raises her hand up, and an image is revealed next to her; a blonde female woman with green eyes. Why does it felt like I have met her?
"You will guard her. Why? Because she holds something so powerful, that when it fell to the wrong hands, it could lead to the destruction of the world, and your kind" I watched as the blonde woman got dragged by the waist by two faceless men. Then they forced her to her knees as the men attached some sort of metal in her neck, chaining her. Then one of the faceless men turned a switch on, causing the chain to light up and surround the woman. The blonde screamed, though I cannot hear it for there is no sound. I just watch as she screams silently, the light obviously giving her pain. Why are they doing that?
And what was that enraged pang in my chest as I watch this scene unfold before me?
"You are chosen for this quest for some reasons; first, you are capable of protecting her" as she said this, I looked again at the moving images; the men who had drag the blonde women fell one by one. As they fell, it revealed a white hooded man, his hidden blade drawn as blood dripped from its tip. I realized the man was me.
Was that pride I felt just now?
"Second, is that you could manage to control her whereas no one can't" she continued as I watch the moving images intently. The situation changed; this time the blonde woman is out of her chains, she is now standing up, breathing heavily as she was surrounded with more faceless men. Her expression looked animalistic, angered, enraged and looked as if it thirsts of blood and her eye color changed to light gold. I watched as she killed every one of the faceless men without mercy. Just as she was down to one, the white hooded man; me, walked up to the girl and laid his hand on her shoulder. The woman's expression and eye color turned back to normal as she looked at the hooded man who had stopped her. She looked at the hooded man with sad eyes.
Why did my heart and stomach flipped when she looked at me like that?
"As you can see, even her emotions can affect the gift that was given to her. So you must make sure to keep her emotions in check" she said
I was waiting for the next reason when Minerva spoke in a panicked voice.
"Oh no, my limits has arrived. I cannot continue any longer" as she said this, her image started vanishing slowly, yet she continued to speak.
"You have to find out the third reason yourself, for this is the last time we will ever speak about this. The woman you are going to protect is Rheinoa" when she spoke the name, many memories played in my mind, I remember now what was I doing before. I stare blankly as I continued to listen to Minerva.
"Do not tell her what you saw or had learned here, keep this only to yourself. And do not attempt to change something, for this is the undying truth; this is something that would never change. Protect her Altaïr, with all your strength" she said as she and her words vanished in the air.
Then I woke up.
(A/N): Whohoo! Done! So, what was the third reason, I wonder? Can you guess it? Or wait and find out in the next chaps to come?
Anyway, don't forget to review and have a flippin' awesome, Assassin-filled and Templar-free Holiday!
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PS. Yesterday, I had corrected all my grammar spelling mistakes from chapter 1-6. Please re-read to experience some of the changes made :)
CHAPTER TRIVIA
+Age List: This is the age list of the characters in the story. Since Avy, my best friend is so curious about it, she wouldn't stop pestering me. So if you're reading right now girl, here's yer request!
Rheinoa Selencey: 21 years old
Sange Selencey: 22 years old
Asher Epifano: 20 years old
Sienna Epifano: 23 years old
Avegine Alcott: 21 years old
Desmond Miles: 22 years old
Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad: 22 years old
Ezio Auditore: 24 years old
+Who did I use?: So here is the following characters I used in the story:
-Desmond: The Desmond I used is the one after Brotherhood. Instead of being in a coma, he is sent to Rhei's time.
-Altaïr: The Altaïr I used is the one before the assassination of Sibrand.
-Ezio: I used the Ezio after the Forli conflict and after the Orsi Brothers (the first time Ezio got his beard).
NEXT TIME ON: Sent to Another World
"Why?"
"It's for the best for everyone and for you"
"Best for everyone? Best for me? Or best for you?"
Secrets Kept