Hey guys, here's chapter 7 of Assassin's Creed Awakening.


Lincoln lied in his bed, one leg over the other and his hands behind his head as he stared at the ceiling above. Three days had passed since he was suspended from school, as well as the start of his grounding. The white-haired boy had been grounded from video games, comics, his phone, etc. The only thing he could do was watch tv, albeit only with his mother… which, sadly for him, meant watch lame soap operas and chick flicks. That woman really knew how to punish a guy. In short, being grounded sucked.

Speaking of which, at that moment his bedroom door opened, revealing his mother.

"Lincoln, honey, I'm heading to work now" Rita told him.

"Ok, mom" Lincoln replied. There was a short pause before Rita approached her son, choosing to sit beside him.

"You know, I didn't like the fact that you got suspended or that you got into a fight…" Lincoln's mother began, "But I am proud of you for sticking up for Leni. The girls are lucky to have you as a brother" she smiled.

"Thanks" Lincoln smiled back.

Rita held out her arms for a hug, to which Lincoln more than happily accepted, his head close to his mother's chest.

"An amazing brother. Just like… him…" Rita thought, glancing off to the side for a moment before she broke the hug with her son.

For a moment she held Lincoln's face in her hands, gazing into his eyes to see if he still had the look from a few days ago. Fortunately, he didn't… for now, at least.

"Is something wrong, mom?" Lincoln asked.

"Huh? Oh, no, just checking your injury. The swelling seems to have gone down dramatically" she half-lied with grin. The injury wasn't as bad as it was before. "Now, Lori's on a date with Bobby, so Luna's in charge. You do everything she says, ok?"

"Ok" Lincoln nodded, "Wait, you put Luna in charge?" he gave a confused look.

"It was either her or Leni and, well…" Rita looked at him.

"I get what you're saying. Ok, I'll do everything Luna says" Lincoln said, shrugging one shoulder.

"Good boy" Rita kissed his forehead, "I'll be back later" she said as she exited her son's room, closing the door behind her.

Lincoln then released a sigh under his breath. Well, what was there to do now? He was still grounded, so it's not like he could do anything fun. And even if he tried, Lola would more than likely tell their parents that he did. However, at that moment, he heard a light tapping at his window. Wait, his window?

Lincoln looked over his shoulder to see pigeon standing outside in on the frame of his window. Lincoln hopped out of his bed and opened the window, allowing the bird in.

"Hey there, little guy. What're you doing in my window?" Lincoln asked as the pigeon flew on to his hand. He then noticed what appeared to be a black flashdrive around its neck, "A flashdrive? Huh, you must be a homing pigeon"

The pigeon cooed with a nod of confirmation, as if it could understand what Lincoln was saying.

"Hmm…" Lincoln took the item from the pigeon and scanned it. Turning it over, he saw the assassin insignia on the back, "Looks like the brotherhood sent me something. Thanks, little guy"

The pigeon cooed before flying out of Lincoln's window. Now, he'd just need to put this thing into his laptop. There was just one problem, since he was grounded, his parents had taken his stuff away from him, including his laptop. He'd need to find a way to into his parents' room without his sisters finding out.

Opening the door, he saw that the hallway was empty, void of his sisters. Lincoln dash to the stairs and hopped onto the railing, choosing to slide down it rather than walking down the steps. Nearing the bottom of the rail, Lincoln jumped off at the last second. Doing a flip in midair, he landed on one knee. Glancing at both sides, he was fortunate that nobody was around, allowing him to go to his parents' bedroom door. He knew the door would be locked, so he reached into his pocket and pulled out a bobby pin and inserted it into the keyhole, jiggling it until it unlocked, and the door opened. He'd have to Leni for that at some point.

Now in his parents' room he'd have to figure out where his mom kept his laptop. Lincoln closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Opening his eyes, each of his pupils had a tiny white light within them. At this moment, it was as his vision had been heightened and could sense stuff around him (eagle vision). He remembered doing something similar when he was in the animus reliving the memories of his ancestor. He'd have to ask the other assassins about this later.

Following this new ability, he had a feeling that his laptop was in the dresser drawer, the left one from the top. Opening the draw, he saw that his laptop, as well as his headphones were indeed in there. Lincoln pulled out the laptop and set it on top of the dresser. Turning it on, he inserted the flashdrive. Within a few seconds the screen on the laptop went black before showing the assassin insignia. Lincoln then plugged in his headphones and placed them on his head, thinking it'd be best for his sisters not to hear what was going on. The video then started, showing a familiar face.

"Connor?" Lincoln raised an eyebrow. He saw that in the background the sky was blue with slight orange in the horizon, hinting that the video had been recorded a few hours prior.

"Hello, Lincoln. If you're watching this then I assumed you received the flashdrive sent to you with the homing pigeon" Connor said, "Now, since you've agreed to join us, I think you should give you a brief history lesson on our order."

"Well, this should be interesting," Lincoln commented.

"Throughout history, there have been two factions in a secret war: The Templars and The Assassins. Both have goals for the world, with the templars wanting control people's minds, and the assassins wanting give people free will…" Connor started, "But you already know this"

Lincoln nodded. He sure did know that.

"But what you don't is the stuff like what well-known assassins there are and what weapons we use…" Connor said. "During the crusades, the was Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. In his time, he took out many templars and even took out his corrupted mentor, thus allowing him to become mentor and the greatest assassin of his time"

"He killed his corrupted mentor? Ok, now you've got my attention" Lincoln said, a smile crossing his face.

"Then, during the Italian Renaissance, there was Ezio Auditore. Most of his family was wrongfully killed by the templars, but quickly rose through the ranks and became a master assassin and killed those that wronged him. He had done many great things in his life and, like Altaïr, achieved the rank of mentor" Connor stated.

Two great assassins. This was getting interesting.

"At the same time, during the Spanish Inquisition, an assassin named Aguilar de Nerha. He managed to put a stop to the Spanish templars, but not much else is known about him" Connor glanced to the side with a shrug.

"Aw, that sucks…" Lincoln said.

"During the 1700s, there was Shay Patrick Cormac. He was once an assassin but ended up betraying the creed and joining the templars. He came very close to ending the American branch of assassins, were it not for one…" Connor began, Lincoln raising an eyebrow in curiosity, "Connor Kenway—I'm not related to him, by the way—managed to rebuild the assassin order during the colonial era. Though he had to kill his templar father, Haythem in the process"

"So, even family members can be on opposing sides in this war" Lincoln said.

"Fun fact: his grandfather, Edward was both an assassin AND a pirate" Connor added. A pirate? Damn. "I'd tell about more assassins, but that's about as far as my knowledge goes"

"Meh, I can deal with that" Lincoln accepted with a shrug.

"Now, let me tell you what weapons we use" Connor began, "We use all kinds of weapons. We use swords, guns, knives, and daggers are just a few examples of what we use for combat assassinations. Poison and smoke bombs are used for stealth assassinations, as well as a way of escape"

"Cool!" Lincoln smiled.

"But the main weapon we assassins like to use for both stealth and combat, is none other than the hidden blade" Connor raised his arm in the video and, with a flick of the wrist, unsheathed his hidden blade. "I'm sure you're very familiar with this one" he smirked.

Lincoln crossed his arms and gave a deadpanned expression. Your damn right Lincoln was familiar with that weapon, considering his first encounter with Connor involved the elder assassin hold that thing to his fucking neck! Despite that though, Lincoln still thought that was a cool weapon.

"You'll most likely have to use these the next time you enter the animus" Connor told him. "Speaking of which, your next session is today, so get prepared. Forgive me if I had to tell you this through video, I have a mission that I have to go on" he added, "See you in a few hours"

With that the video ended. It last somewhere around five to ten minutes. Well, that was an interesting video. Not only did he learn about some amazing assassins from centuries' past, but some of their various weapons as well. Now he had the chance to go back into the animus… there were just two problems. One, he was grounded, and Luna was in charge, and two, he needed to find a way to get past his sisters and get to the hideout, train in the animus and get back before his parents got home from work.

"Now, how am I going to do this without getting caught?" Lincoln raised an eyebrow, rubbing his chin in thought.


And there's the end of Chapter 7. Next chapter will be Lincoln going back into the animus for another session, so we will be returning to John Morgan. Was this chapter short? Yes. Was it wordy and had a lot of dialogue? Yes. But it was the best I could manage since I want to save the other stuff for chapter 8.

And I know I didn't go into detail about the other assassins and skipped a few things, but I'm pretty sure you didn't want to hear a long lecture about each of their personal histories. That and I'm pretty sure many you have played most of the Assassin's Creed games, so no point in recapping there.

I thank my friend WTBB501 for helping me.

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