Rise of Team ACEE
Author Notes:
Lots of missing and not-needed words in the last chapter, but that was due to the fact that I was in a rush, and it was a pitiful mistake that even I'm ashamed of. Anyways, this is the chapter that I promised to work on and get it out quickly yet not short.
Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or Assassin's Creed. If I did I wouldn't be writing this, and instead would be coming up with a crossover game of the two.
Vale City, 1:00 am
"Looks like its the same gang as the last robbery."
"You mean the White Fang?" Connor asked. Altair nodded before returning his attention to the dust shop with the robbery in progress.
"When are the police going to arrive?" Connor asked while he was already thinking of means to escape and cut off any means of it for the criminals.
"I'd say about 5 minutes." Altair replied bluntly.
Connor groaned before taking out his bow and looked down the sights he had added to it. He loaded an arrow and after a couple of seconds, let the arrow loose and was satisfied to hear the faint sound of a body hitting the ground due to his enhanced hearing by the eagle vision.
"Now we should be ready to go in undetected." He stated while already free-running towards the dust shop and soon enough, they found themselves in an alley right beside the store. Connor spotted a vent and took out his tomahawk and began to pry it open.
"Stay undetected at all costs. You take the left side, I'll take right. Make sure that you aren't seen or you'll cause a fight and the hostages will die. Gunmen are a priority, so kill them first." Connor ordered. Altair never usually saw Connor like this, but if one who was trained to see aura like Ren, they would be able to see the bright red aura that he was giving off. Thus meaning, Altair pissed off Connor.
They shimmied through the vent until they found themselves in a room that looked like the owner's. They shivered in disgust at the fact that they found a dead security guard laying on the floor as well.
"Damn, I never thought they'd be this brutal if you couldn't fight back." Altair said while examining the body, also noticing the slight burn marks on his legs and cinged holes on the guard's uniform.
They opened the door and quickly hid behind some display cases while looking through the glass and saw some thugs talking while guarding an exit. Connor began to listen to the conversation while
"Alright, we got word that two guys broke into the police headquarters."
"No doubt it was those hooded freaks."
"I mean, I ain't scared of 'em, but did ya hear about what they did to Rick and his guys?"
"Yeah, police report said that one of them was still twitching even though he was proclaimed dead."
'Heh nice job Ezio' Connor thought.
"You think they might come here to stop us?"
"Doubt it, even if they did, we can kill 'em on the spot."
"I think that would be a wise idea if you idiots weren't stupid enough to become criminal scum." A voice said behind them.
The robbers and Connor looked to see Altair with his hood up and crossbow loaded. He barely ducked back down when Altair unleashed a spray of bolts into the group of thugs and released the trigger after seeing all the bodies hit the floor.
"You think you could've approached this more silently though, rather than shooting everything?" Connor asked. Altair just shrugged before hiding before more display cases. Currently, the assassins were on the first floor of the dust shop, with the hostages and leader on the next one up.
"Alright I'll head over and take out the guards on my side. You just keep watch and silence anything that might blow my cover." Connor commanded. Altair nodded before reaching for his right shoulder. He pulled on the handles protruding from his shoulder guard and had four knives, each one in between his fingers.
'Guard coming your way Connor.' Altair said while aiming a throwing knife at a thug by the register. He threw it and simultaneously, Connor brought a nearby thug down with a swift stab with his hidden blade.
'Three thugs by the dust dispensers, two guarding main entrance, and one keeping watch by the display cases. Each one is armed with a pistol and only three of them have some sort of rifle.' Connor told Altair via thought comm.
Altair hit the one by the display case and took out his crossbow. He loaded a fast-acting poison bolt and hit one of the thugs at the dispensers. When the two others noticed him acting suspiciously and one of them went to see what was up, Connor snuck in from behind and took out the two guarding the entrance to the store.
'Ah this is gonna be grand.' Altair thought as he watched the poisoned guard began to feel the full effects of the poison.
The two thugs watched as their friend stagger around while raising his machete and trying to slash at them. One thug raised his pistol which was unsilenced, but refrained from firing after receiving a hidden blade to the back, courtesy of Connor. Altair then ended the other non-poisoned thug just in case he spotted them. They both watched happily as the final thug died from the poison, allowing both of them to access the upstairs area and free the hostages.
Soon enough, the assassins found themselves in an ambush. The hostages were actually freed, but were just like the thugs but dressed up in civilian clothing, and since the assassins work by a kill or be killed sort-of rule, they went all out.
"I thought you called Ezio and Edward!?" Altair yelled at Connor while dodging yet another spray of bullets.
"I thought I did too!" Connor yelled back while leaping away from his destroyed cover spot. He took out his tomahawk and twirled into dual-barrel pistol mode before aiming at a thug about to hit Altair. After a successful kill, he leaped from his cover behind a display case and moved up, with Altair and him alternating in cover fire.
'Hey Connor!?'
'What is it!?'
'I'm gonna try something real dangerous, so be prepared to rescue me and last without cover!'
'What the hell are you gonna do anyways!?'
'Just trust me!' Altair thought while taking out his eagle-hilt sword and swung it around in his hand.
Connor looked in amazement as Altair's eagle sword turned into what appeared to be an assault rifle. It had the same sheen as his sword, but the stock and handle was a bright white. The magazine looked like it could hold at least 32 rounds, and its sheen was the same as the gun, but with the Levantine assassins' insignia engraved on it. On the top of it was a red dot sight and a switch for switching between semi-auto, burst, and full-auto.
"You got a new transformation as well!?" Connor asked bewildered. The other assassins didn't know, but Mars showed them the transformations of their weapons, but he didn't show Connor just cause he didn't ask.
"Just get down now!" Altair yelled while aiming down the sights of his new assault rifle. When he pulled the trigger, the bullets surprisingly pierced through the enemies' cover and he grinned at hearing the sounds of painful groaning coming from the spots he fired at.
"No time to explain! We gotta go!" Altair responded as if he read Connor's mind, but unknown to him, that was the exact thing Connor was not going to ask.
Assassin's House, 1:10 am
After a short run from the police, the two assassins finally made it back to the house and came crashing through the front door. Much to their dismay though, they found Edward and Ezio sitting in their usual spots in the living room.
"Care to explain why we were woken up this early?" Edward demanded. He had to admit, this was also one of the ways to get Edward pissed badly, which was waking him up before he could finish his "nap".
"We were just doing some "stuff"."
"Yeah, right." Edward looked at Connor.
"Spill it, all of it." Connor felt intimidated due to the fact that Edward was actually his grandfather that had supposedly died in London, which his father, Haytham, said in his journal.
"Altair got us into some trouble and we ended up stopping a robbery." Connor replied. Edward seemed satisfied with this answer and just walked back upstairs to his room.
"So about those " " transformations you guys were talking about." Connor asked while Altair and Ezio stayed in the room. Ezio handed Connor his apple while Altair left the room. Connor shook the apple which began to glow in response and Mars' hologram soon appeared.
"What can I do for you Connor?"
"The others have gotten to Mk. II of their transformations in their weapons. Why have I not been told of this?"
"Well for starters we must search deep within your mind, come to terms with your innermost fear, conquer it, and then our reward will be the blueprints!" Mars explained. Connor looked at him before thinking if he should go ahead with it.
"Alright fine, how do we go into my mind."
"Its simple. We don't."
"What do you mean sim-" Connor stopped before feeling the familiar head pain that usually came from Mars.
"You lying little bastard." He groaned while holding his head.
"Well I was kidding about the first part, you should be able to access Mk. II now." Mars answered before his hologram disappeared.
Connor groaned before heading to his own room and fell asleep while dreading the fatigue he was going to feel once he had to go to back to Beacon.
Ezio's Classroom, 7:35 am
"So some of you have been taking my word and training. You actually lasted more than 3 minutes from me catching you!" Ezio exclaimed. Team RWBY along with Pyrrha and Ren just smiled seeing how they've set a new record for "Longest amount of time not caught by Ezio". And yes, they managed 3 minutes without him catching them, although they didn't know that Ezio was holding back and was not even using eagle vision.
"So Mr. Auditore, what's the training today?" Ruby asked while panting from the chase she had just taken part in.
"Actually today might not have any training." Ezio responded at Ruby who had a look of sadness at wanting to fight.
"Well you'll be fighting soon enough, but for now its best that I tell you of the bet that I've made with your fellow teachers." The class looked at him questioningly but Ezio kept talking as if nothing happened.
"There will be a tournament between every person in this class."
"Wait, so were gonna have to fight each other?" Pyrrha asked somewhat excitedly.
"Yes, but do realize that you'll possibly be facing your teammates as well." Lots of the teams may have been friends both inside and out of Beacon, but they held some secret grudges and thought that this would be a good opportunity to let out all their anger.
"By the way, the overall winner of the single matches can choose to face me, Altair, Connor, or Edward. And yes, there will be a one vs. one tournament, and then a team vs. team part as well." Ezio answered for the class. He was about to go on when he heard his door open.
"Hello Ezio." Ezio turned around only to see Ozpin and a red-headed girl with a bow walk in.
"Ah Ozpin, what can I do for you?" Ezio asked even though he probably knew what he was going to be told.
"I'm here to introduce a new student. Penny, meet one of your new teachers, Mr. Auditore." Ezio outstretched his hand and Penny looked at it curiously before grabbing and shaking it.
"Call me Ezio if you'd like." He said while looking into her emerald eyes. Ezio could sense that she was shy and didn't overdo it on the greetings.
"You can sit by Ruby over there." He said while pointing over towards an empty spot to the left of Ruby's. She hesitated before walking over and sitting down.
"Hi there!" Ruby exclaimed while Penny looked at her curiously.
"So you're new here huh?"
"Yeah, I just moved here from another kingdom and I ended up attending this school." Penny answered.
"Which kingdom?"
"I'd rather not say."
"Ok, do you want to be my friend?" Ruby asked Penny out of the blue. Penny looked at her with both curiosity and a puzzled look.
"Is it okay?"
"Sure it is!" Ruby exclaimed happily.
"Then I guess I'll say yes." Penny responded happily.
'Now we can paint our nails, try on clothes and talk about cute boys!' She thought. Ezio cleared his throat to get them to stop talking and continued with the explanation of the tournament.
"So, Penny as we were discussing before you graced us with your appearance, would like to take part in the tournament that's about to happen?" Penny shook her head no.
"Its ok, I wasn't going to force you since you're still getting accustomed here and you have no team assigned to you yet." Penny just nodded her head while Ezio continued.
"Like I said, this may be a friendly bet, but we've decided to train you all equally, and see who is affected greatly while those that aren't affected by it are switched to new classes." The class began to mutter amongst themselves seeing how this so-called "tournament" would still affect their school schedules as well.
"Now, lets begin training already since I don't want you wasting time and losing that tournament." The class headed out the door to the outside areas of Beacon while Ezio stayed behind the class. When Jaune looked behind him, he saw Ezio with a devious grin before it quickly switched back into his usual nice smile.
'Oh this cannot be good.' He thought as he followed his fellow classmates.
Time skip, Edward's Classroom
Edward tucked his bottle away quickly as his students entered, the first ones in noticing this and eyeing him curiously.
"'Ey! Don't be starin' at me like I'm hidin' something cause I'm not! You got that!?"
"Now then. I'm sure you've heard about that little tourney that me and my buddies set up?" The class nodded and Edward continued.
"Well since I've been bored in teaching you about marksmanship, I think its only fair that we start training as well. Don't expect sympathy from me if you're tired from this, cause believe me, I'm much more laid back in comparison to your other teachers." The class nodded hesitantly knowing that their teachers were no joke and were still not used to the fast-paced action that was always thrown at them.
"Now to begin the training, I'll have you all come at me, one by one. I'll hold back and you can choose to go as hard as you want." The class giggled at this and Edward frowned.
"'Ey, just so you boys know, I've had plenty of women by my side in order for me to know what the female body looks like, both inside and out. So yes, joke all ye want, but it comes down as to whether or not you know what the sensation known as "sex" is." Edward retorted. The girls in the class blushed at their teachers sudden outburst, while the boys had mixed emotions of either praise, jealousy, or dumbfounded looks on their faces.
"Oh! I know! How about the person who muttered the "That's what she said" joke to the whole class can face me first!" Edward said happily, not in a nice way, but rather, in a sadistic sort of tone.
The boys all muttered while Yang rose from her chair and looked at Edward with her eyes full of determination while she said,
"Then I guess I'll be facing you!" Edward smirked at this before turning on the virtual reality simulator.
"Then fight me." Edward said while pulling out his old pistol swords. "Lets test that determination of yours." Yang activated her Ember Cecilia's and raised her fists in response.
"Oh so its a fist fight ye want?" Edward said about to sheathe his swords.
"If that's what you want to do teach." She said, her gauntlets still raised.
"Well then I guess you'll learn why they call me "Borrachos Dos Manos"." Edward explained while pulling out a bottle of rum.
"I thought they said no drinking on the job?" Yang asked.
"They did, but I'll gladly take the consequences now." Edward said before chugging the whole bottle down which ended with him puking, but the simulator cleaned it up for him. The bottle he was holding fell from his hands, and he charged at Yang.
"Whoa, a bit trippy there are we teach?" Yang said while sidestepping Edward's charge, but to her surprise, he swung backwards just behind her and ended up slamming his fists into her back. He then leaped back and saw Yang take a knee while wiping a small amount of blood from her mouth.
"Quite the fists ya got there, but these gauntlets are sure to close the distance!" She exclaimed while shooting a flame at Edward. He fell forward and dropped down to the floor and just as the flame went just above his head, he stood back up and threw a fist at Yang. She caught it and punched him right in the gut but he didn't even make any signs of being hurt.
"What the hell? That should've hurt you!" She yelled and attempted to punch him while powered with a shotgun round. He then side-stepped and kicked her knees out from under her causing her to fall down and he loomed over her with emotionless eyes.
"A weapon is only as good as its wielder. You need more practice with those things." Edward said before the simulation ended with the class looking at the two of them with wide-eyes.
'Holy shit, he beat Yang in a fist fight and he didn't even break a sweat.' One student thought.
'Yang is the best hand-to-hand fighter in this entire class, even more so with her Ember Cecilias.' Blake thought to herself. Edward then turned his attention back to the class.
"What will we do with a drunken sailor!?" Edward yelled before falling on the ground with his face looking towards the ceiling. The class sweatdropped as Edward was again piss drunk, but this time it was shown in the open, when usually he would drink outside of school.
"Ho! Ho! and up she rises!" He slurred before passing out. The students then promptly dismissed themselves while Blake called over Connor to come pick up their drunk teacher.
Vale City, 3:48 pm
"Oh hello there Ruby, how are you today this fine evening friend?" Penny asked Ruby who she had just coincidentally met while at downtown.
"I'm fine, what about you Penny?"
"Oh same. Why are you guys here?"
"We're just in town for the Vytal Festival."
"What's that?"
"Oh its a festival where hunters and huntresses from around the four kingdoms gather to have a massive tournament."
"So won't that affect the small tournament we're having with Ezio and our other teachers?" Penny asked curiously.
"No, the actual tournament isn't for another week. The tournament with our teachers is taking place in two days though."
"Ok, s-" Penny stopped as a blonde haired fauna pushed her out of the way and the other four girls watched as a couple policemen gave chase to said man. Penny, to Ruby's surprise, made no intentions of getting up and Ruby looked at her curiously.
"Aren't you going to get up?"
"No, I do feel comfortable like this." Penny answered.
"Ok then. Well, I gotta go, the others left me and gotta go catch up." Ruby said before dashing off to find her teammates.
Somewhere, Time Unknown
"We're still getting some of the required dust, but rest assured, we have our best men on the job."
"I know that Roman, but do you know if those men from the White Fang won't try to work against us?"
"No, I made sure of it." Roman answered.
"I also heard that Junior is dead now."
"That was his mistake because he went up against one of those "assassins" you were talking about."
"Hm. A pity. But we must move forward with the plan. Make sure you get the containers left at the docks and do not hesitate to leave should things go sour."
"Worry not Cinder, everything is under control and we'll be able to last long enough without Junior's help should this go as planned." Roman answered.
"Well, I hope your words are the truth, but those assassins will be a problem."
"Your order won't be disappointed, I can assure you."
"Don't forget Roman, if you succeed, I will personally ask the higher ups about a promotion from footsoldier."
"Thank you."
"That will be all for now. Go to the docks and fulfill your part of the plan."
"You got it boss lady." Roman said leaving.
Assassin's Hideout, Time Unknown
"We have our parts. Now we must fulfill it in order to halt the Templar menace here." Altair said.
"They'll be hitting the docks tonight, so we must strike now no matter what." Connor added.
"So what's the plan?" Edward asked as he walked into the room.
"Well…" Ezio pulled out Mars' apple and set it down on the table. He then tapped the apple three times and a hologram appeared.
"First of all, our target." A picture of Roman Torchwick's mug shot appeared along with details like his height, age, and other possible useful info. The assassins studied the details before Ezio moved on.
"Now we know that we will face heavy opposition should we be discovered, so bring any equipment you think necessary should we need to go through plans A to Z" Ezio continued.
"Wait, why the hell do we have 1 plan, and then 24 back-ups?" Edward asked. Ezio smirked and answered.
"We have to be prepared. The templars are always prepared so lets show that we are worthy adversaries as well and live up to our reputations."
"So how long do we have until their operation commences?"
"We have until tonight." Altair answered.
"And what if there are interferences? You know, by civilians?" Connor added.
"Most likely there won't be any within the ports. We checked the work schedule and all workers are already off site or leaving by the time we arrive." Ezio answered. Connor nodded his agreement before opening the door into the actual house.
"Another thing Connor," Ezio spoke just as Connor was about to leave, bringing to a stop, "has Mars shown you the mk. II transformations of your tomahawk and sawtooth sword?" Connor paused before hesitating and then answering.
"Yes."
"Ok, but I request that you don't reveal it unless the situation calls for it."
"Alright, now if you'll excuse me, I need to make a new sheathe."
"For what?" Altair asked curiously.
"You'll see." Connor answered as he headed out of the assassin room.
Beacon Academy, Time Unknown
"I knew you looked better without the bow." Blake looked up to see someone she didn't expect appear.
Docks, 11:00 pm
"Get those crates loaded, make sure the ones we take are replaced as well!" Roman yelled as he commanded a small amount of White Fang members.
"Sir, everything seems to be going as planned, so we should be able to leave within an hour." One of the workers said.
"Good, but get them to work faster, no doubt the assassins will be here soon."
Meanwhile on a building overlooking the shipping docks,
"Oh you have no idea how soon you'll be getting your wish granted." Ezio murmured as he looked through his sniper scope while listening in on the conversation. He stopped and listened as the conversation ended and Altair's voice could be heard.
"Ezio you're in position at the lookout area?" He asked.
"Yes, they're about to leave in an hour, so hurry up."
"We're already done, we just need to wait for Connor to finish his part."
"I'm working as fast as I can!" Ezio heard as Connor butt into the conversation over the radio.
"How are your things going Edward?" He waited until he heard Edward respond.
"I'm fine, just waiting for the signal." Soon enough Connor's voice was heard again.
"Alright, I'm setup, just give the go, Ezio."
"Alright attack…. shit hold up." The assassins all tensed up at Ezio's reaction before resuming the conversation.
"What is it?" Connor asked.
"Stay quiet for a second." Ezio answered.
"Ah fuck, its Blake and some other guy."
"What!? What the hell is she doing here!?" Ezio made a face of curiosity at Connor's sudden outburst before clearing his throat and speaking again.
"They've started a fight and from the looks of it, they're beginning to lose."
"Well we have to help them now!" Connor yelled. Ezio frowned as he saw Connor's figure in the distance charging towards the fight.
"Fuck, might as well join him!" Edward also said into the mic as he appeared in Ezio's scope as well. Ezio groaned before standing back up and ran off the building's roof, but opened his parachute the moment his feet left the ground.
"Is the plan still moving forward as planned even though Connor and Edward just abandoned it?" Ezio heard Altair through the radio.
"Nope, even I'm parachuting in to help them out right now." Ezio answered.
"Well good, I abandoned the plan already the moment Connor left." Altair answered to Ezio's surprise. Ezio wanted to facepalm but realize that he had to keep hold of his parachute.
"Ugh." was all Ezio said before landing. He took out his dagger and pulled out his custom sword which had a brass-colored handle with a blackish-gray blade. It was a one-handed weapon, so he dual-wielded his Dagger of Brutus along with it.
"Time to test this thing out." He said and kept running towards the battlefield at the docks.
Blake + Connor vs. Roman Torchwick
Sun groaned as he held his head before falling unconscious due to being just over the explosion of Roman's flare explosive launching cane hybrid.
"Sun!" Blake ran over to Sun's unconscious form but looked in awe and fear as another one of Roman's flares came right at her. She closed her eyes in anticipation for the flare to hit but realized after a few seconds it hadn't hit her. She opened her eyes and went wide-eyed to see the man who she had chased across the rooftops from before appear in front of her, his sword and tomahawk held in a defensive fashion.
"Ah so you decided to grace us with your appearance… assassin." Roman said with a cold and harsher tone rather than his usual cheery demeanor he has when he commits his usual crimes around the city.
Connor didn't reply.
"Well now that you're here as we had planned, come on out boys!" Multiple men with black hoodies and wearing masks along with wielding weapons and blades appeared from behind several stacks of shipping containers.
"Still up for a fight little lady?" Connor said to Blake without showing his eyes again. Blake hesitantly nodded before picking up her Gambol Shroud again. Roman spoke again after seeing Blake stand back up.
"So it looks like the cat still has enough to keep up with "The Wolf Assassin"." Connor was mentally smiling at his new nickname among the ranks of the Templars.
"Well then come Roman, let me and this "cat" show you what its like for two animals to fight together." He said while raising his two weapons again. Blake also put up her Shroud along with its case which was also a weapon as well.
"But these men, they're part of the White Fang." Blake whispered with a hint of sadness. Connor looked at her from under his hood before speaking.
"They've betrayed the purpose of peaceful protests and have allied themselves with the scum of humans. Do not feel any remorse for hurting them." Connor said without a hint of what tone he was using. Blake was shocked at first before realizing that what he said was right. Connor gave her a reassuring smile from under his hood before changing back to his angry expression while glaring at the goons in front of him.
"Are you still willing to fight though?" Connor asked. Blake nodded before watching as Connor charged straight at the goons. As he blocked off their ranged attacks while charging he then initiated a sword fight with them, she followed suit and charged right in.
"Watch out!" Connor yelled as he knocked Blake away from one of Roman's explosive flares.
"Mwuhahahaha!" Roman laughed as he kept aiming his cane directly at the assassin and the White Fang members, regardless of who he hit.
"Are you alright?" Connor said as he slowly got back up from taking an almost direct hit from Roman's flare. Blake nodded and Connor again smiled.
"Good. Then activate your enhanced senses." Blake looked at him questioningly before Connor threw down a smoke bomb. Blake got the message and tapped into her cat senses. Soon enough she could see silhouettes of the other White Fang goons and she began to slash at them.
As if in a similar motion of how she used to fight with her old partner in the White Fang, Adam, Connor matched most of her movements. So when Blake decided that Connor could keep up with it, she transformed her Gambol Shroud into its throwable pistol form, and began to hit her enemies with it.
'Ok, so this is new to me.' He thought as he moved with his transformed cutlass along with his tomahawk and attacked whenever the Shroud wasn't going to hit him.
As the smoke dissipated, Roman wasn't fazed as he saw the pile of White Fang members laying dead on the ground with Blake and Connor standing in the middle of it.
"So, what they say about you people is true!" Roman yelled from his place on top of a stack of shipping containers. He landed and aimed his cane straight at Connor, who responded by rolling out of the way of Roman's flare. Connor transformed his tomahawk into its double-barrel and fired at Roman while charging at him from the right. Blake also charged on at Roman, but from the left, and he was about to be sliced in two until a bright light appeared from the sky.
"Ah fuck." Connor said as he saw the gun's turret being pointed at him and Blake while Roman ran away due to the distraction the plane provided.
"Oh no you don't!" A voice yelled from afar. Connor looked in awe to see futuristic swords hit the gunship along with thin metallic wires stretching out as the swords landed. He looked on in even more wonder as the person attached to the wires twisted their body to the right and brought the gunship down on a stack of crates.
"Blake! Are you alright!?" Ruby asked while panting after having to run from her spot on the roof. She then tensed up at seeing the still-hooded Connor right next to her.
"Before you ask, he's friendly. If anything we still have to get Roman."
"Agreed. I'll go after him, but you guys stay here, my partners are still here and may need your help since we didn't expect there to be gunships here." Connor said about to run after Roman but Ruby's voice stopped him.
"We can't go after him. I saw him leave in another gunship while you guys were distracted."
"Fuck. Well I must help my allies then, if you wish to stay, then stay. But don't be afraid to kill if you follow me." Connor said before running towards Altair's position first. That only left the two girls to wonder if they should follow the hooded stranger that had just helped them.
"Oh no!" Ruby yelled out loud with both her hands over her mouth. Blake looked at her teammate with deep concern before asking what Ruby was so worried about.
"I remember asking Weiss and Yang to help look for you once we heard you were at the docks!" Blake's eyes widened before running after Connor. Ruby then followed suit.
Edward's Fight
"Haha!" Edward laughed as the White Fang members constantly kept trying to charge at him, all while they didn't realize their attempts were futile. He raised his now transformed multi-barreled pistol and shot multiple rounds into a member that almost succeeded in getting behind him. He stopped to see a different dressed fighter appear.
"Why hello there."
"Great, another Templar shite that I don't have to hold back on!" Edward said in delight as he took out his old pistol swords. The templar laughed at Edward's cockiness although he never realized that Edward was pissed to the point where his sadistic side takes over.
"Don't be so cocky assassin. You may be the 'Devil of the Caribbean' but you're simply an old man in my eyes." The Templar said just as cockily as Edward was.
'I ain't even that old dumbass.' Edward thought as the Templar rambled on.
"But you're probably wondering as to why I appeared here to face you?"
"Nope, I don't really care anyways. I'll kill you just like I did with the rest of your gang of White Fang fuckers."
"I was hoping you'd say that." The man pulled out what looked like a double-handed sword, but to Edward's surprise, it transformed into a light machine gun and the templar pointed it at Edward. Edward realized that the guy meant business and he dived out of the way as a storm of bullets hit just where he used to be.
'Tough fight this might be actually.' Edward aimed his multi-barreled pistol at the Templar but realized that he also had unlocked the mk. II transformation of his pistol swords. He threw his pistols into the air and watched as they began to fold and open back up at certain parts until he caught what appeared to be two weapons, both being small enough to be wielded in each hand.
What surprised the Templar was the assassin's new weapon form. After its complete transformation, the weapons that appeared were what appeared to be two smg's. Both had foldable stocks, red dot-sights, a golden sheen on both the magazines and the gun itself along with the jolly roger symbol on the handles.
"Oh take a look at this thing!" He flicked the two new guns with his wrists and just in front of the red-dot but behind the iron sights, sword-length blades extended out from the top and Edward held his new Smg's in a defensive fashion.
"I think I'll call it… the Golden Vertices." Edward said while looking in awe at his new weapons.
"That's a stupid name." The templar responded. Edward made a sour face before aiming his vertices at the Templar. He shot and the templar sidestepped, but to his surprise, the bullet ricocheted off the ground and hit him in the back.
"Argh!" The templar yelled as he felt Edward's shot land.
"Not calling it "The Golden Vertices" for nothing. The bullets they shoot are made to bounce off a surface once before staying lodged in the next place they land." Edward said proudly. He aimed one of his vertices at the Templar's head.
"Well then take thi-" The templar stopped mid-sentence due to a bullet in his head and Edward looked in surprise to see Connor along with Ruby and Blake following.
"What the bloody 'ell are you doing here Connor?" Edward asked.
"We came to help rescue you since this was meant to be an ambush and to inform you that Roman has escaped alive." Edward's face turned into a frown when he heard what Connor said.
"What about the others?"
"They're probably still in combat," Connor said before walking up to Edward and whispering.
"But the girls said that Yang and Weiss might engage them as well." Connor said.
"Ok, but if they prove to be hostile then take them out with non-lethal means like the last time we fought." Edward responded. Connor nodded before running off and the girls followed him.
'Alright Ezio, Altair, Connor is gonna be coming to help you guys and Weiss along with Yang might show up and attack you guys.' Edward said via thought comm.
Ezio and Weiss
"This sword definitely is a help." Ezio said as he slashed down another White Fang member. Ezio had found himself trapped in one of the warehouses after being forced in by gunship fire.
"You people!?" Ezio turned to the source of the voice while he aimed his pistol without looking and got a headshot at a charging thug.
"Ah, Ms. Schnee, now is this is not the best time to be fighting as enemies right now." Ezio said, his face still hidden by his hood.
"That girl is part of the Schnee family?" One of the White Fang members asked his buddies. They all looked at Weiss before directing all their anger at her and almost completely forgetting about Ezio. He pinched the bridge of his nose before quietly killing each of the remaining white fang members starting from the back and ending at the front. Soon enough, there was a line of bodies with Ezio and Weiss standing at the front end.
"Fools, I knew I shouldn't have let them act on their own. Well, I guess that's what I get for asking faunas for help." A voice said. Weiss and Ezio turned to see a man wearing a white suit with a blood red tie wielding a broadsword with a blood red cross visible on his front suit pocket. Ezio growled quietly at the sight of the suited newcomer before aiming his weapons at him.
"Who's this guy?" Weiss asked Ezio about the suited man in front of them. The newcomer laughed before speaking.
"Oh me? Nothing is important about me except what my job is here." The suited man responded to Weiss. He then directed his attention to Ezio.
"I heard that there were legendary assassins coming, but to think the "Bane of the Borgia" himself would appear!" He said with a face of amusement before lifting up his sword.
"And who do you think you are templar?" Ezio asked. The man chuckled again before lifting up a hand and showed the emblem of the borgia tattooed onto it.
"You're a Borgia?" Ezio asked, amazed that he thought that the Borgia's had scattered and were forgotten after killing Cesare.
"Well like you're probably thinking now, the Borgia simply fell and waited to get back up. And after this, one of our greatest failures will finally be rewritten." The man said with a low-tone. He raised his sword and charged. Ezio put up his weapons but looked in shock as he saw the templar change course and cut down the unprepared Weiss.
"Heh, I knew it would anger you if I hit the lady." The templar said while slightly chuckling. Ezio was already annoyed by the man's laugh and was about to initiate a fight with him, but realized that Weiss would die from blood loss by the time he finished.
"Merda." Ezio said while quickly wrapping a part of his cape over her massive slash wound. The wound went in a diagonal fashion, with it starting from her right shoulder and ending just at her hip. Thus, Ezio could faintly see Weiss' breasts, which were covered in blood, but shook his head and kept his eyes on her closed eyes while working.
"Heh, before I go and since you can't follow, I'll tell you who I am." The templar said but Ezio did not look up at him.
"Name's Lucifigus, Lucifigus Borgia, or Lucif if you want." He said. Ezio still didn't look up even when he heard more voices.
"Damn templars!" Ezio stopped for a second to see Edward, Connor, Ruby, and Blake enter the warehouse. Edward gave chase to the now fleeing Lucif while Connor followed. Ruby and Blake ran towards Ezio and Weiss before stopping in front of them.
"What happened?" Blake asked while Ruby started to slightly panic because of her dying friend.
"Took a massive hit from that guy running, but if we move quickly enough and find a way to stop the bleeding, we can still save her." Ezio answered.
"Fine, but we're watching you to make sure you don't do any funny business." Ruby said. Ezio smirked as he lifted up Weiss bridal style and began to jog towards the warehouse exit. Ruby and Blake followed while sirens could be heard in the distance.
Altair and Yang
"I'm so glad… that's the last of them." Altair panted out.
"Oh so ironic how I find one of you guys here." Altair turned with his hands on his legs to see Yang with her gauntlets already activated and ready for battle.
"Oh come on." Altair groaned before taking out his sword and grabbing some throwing knives. Yang charged and barely missed Altair from his sidestep. He then tripped her and he slashed her back hard but didn't make it deep enough to fatally wound her.
"Hmph, shouldn't have tried to fight me. You're not good enough to anyways." Altair said. He zoned out while looking at Yang who was bleeding out currently, but was brought back to his senses when he saw Edward charging at him.
"What the fuck did you do!?" He yelled while charging, luckily the girls including Yang, weren't here or else they would've possibly discovered them. Altair countered Edward's attack but to his surprise, Edward was relentless and didn't have any signs of backing down. Altair responded by trying to break Edward's guard but it failed and Altair was sure that he was going lose this fight for once. That was what he thought, until Ezio and Connor had intervened thankfully.
"That's enough, both of you!" Connor yelled at the both of them as he put Edward in a headlock making him drop his swords in the process. Ezio had stopped Altair from fighting by putting him into a chokehold with his hidden blade extended and pressing his throat.
"Now we can either let you continue your bickering or we can help save yet another person from this failed mission of ours." Connor said which caused Edward to calm down and he then was released from Connor's grasp. Edward glared at Altair before helping tend to the wounded Yang. Ezio then looked at Altair with narrowed eyes.
"Me and Altair will head back to the hideout and you two take of care of this." Ezio said before walking away with Altair, leaving Edward and Connor to tend to Yang yet again.
"Ugh, I mean she looks pretty light, but seriously why the hell is she so heavy?" Edward said while Connor sighed at his complaining and groaned at the fact that he would have to put up with this until they had found Ruby and Blake or get her to a hospital.
Morning, Docks
"So you're saying that the assassins were here as well?" Ozpin questioned Ruby and Penny.
"Yes, but they weren't hostile to us and we ended up helping them. Had it not been for them, we would've been injured or worse." Blake said while letting the injured Yang lean on her shoulder.
"That's a lie." Yang said while groaning from the back injury Altair gave her yesterday.
"Hey, they saved Weiss and you-" Ruby said, but Yang stopped her mid-sentence.
"Yeah, I know that sis, but how would that explain the injury I have now?"
"Maybe they accidently caused it thinking you were an enemy." Blake answered.
"That's true, the last time we chased after them after that dust heist, they took us all out with non-lethal methods." Weiss said. Ozpin was listening intently and he was eager to meet these "assassins" but had to find a way to lure them out.
"So what exactly happened though?" Ozpin asked again.
"Well…" Blake began to repeat all the events of last night up until they had to bring Weiss to a hospital. Ozpin listened intently while no one noticed that Penny had left in a black limo while the others were still talking.
"So do you believe that these assassins are as terrifying as they say they are?" Ozpin asked the four girls.
"Yes, but they only seem to attack those that attack them, kinda like if you provoke them into a fight." Blake answered.
"I think the one that I fought and lost against is questionable, but the others seem like friendlies." Yang responded.
"One of them practically saved my life, so I definitely believe that they're friendly." Weiss said.
"I also think that they're friendly." Ruby said after seeing Connor helping Blake fight Roman.
"Hm. Well, I'll take your word for it, but remember that if they attack you without a good reason then don't be afraid to fight back at full force." Ozpin said.
Assassin's House/Hideout, Time Unknown
"Aaaahhhh fuck." Edward said while pulling a bullet out of his arm from the Templar's machine gun.
"Ugh, you've been through worse, so stop complaining and it'll be done quicker." Connor said while walking into the kitchen with a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and cotton swabs.
"Bah, hey Connor?" Edward asked.
"What?"
"Grab me a bottle of rum before you apply that hydrogen-" Edward thought about what Connor was holding was, "whatever the hell it is." Connor looked at him questioningly before retrieving one of his bottles from Edward's room. He gave the bottle to Edward who proceeded to chug it down right after receiving it.
"Alright go ahead and pour it on me." Edward said after finishing the bottle. Connor poured a tiny bit on Edward's fresh wound but he showed no signs of pain.
"What in blazes?" Connor asked surprised. Edward shrugged before Connor pinched the bridge of his nose.
"So, you drinking alcohol makes it so you DO NOT feel pain?"
"Yeah, Mars said that he could do some stuff to my body to make sure that I don't get drunk as easily and it wouldn't cause life-threatening conditions when I get older." Edward said. Connor was surprised at this before realizing that Mars was one of "Those who came before" which were apparently the creators of humans. Connor again pinched the bridge of his nose before bandaging up Edward's wound.
"You grandpa," Edward frowned at Connor's nickname for him while he chuckled while saying it, "take drinking like a madman to a whole new level." Edward didn't know if he should have smiled at the compliment or smack Connor upside the head for his view on the pirate.
Once Connor finished bandaging up Edward, they both headed into the assassin's oriented basement part of the house, the other part of the basement being the forge area. Upon entering the room labeled "Planning", they found Ezio and Altair inside and both had seemed as if they had finished a conversation. Connor shrugged before starting the meeting.
"Now they've revealed themselves, what have we learned and what parts of the missions had we not accounted for?" Connor asked thus beginning the meeting.
"We didn't account for the girls showing up." Ezio added.
"Ok, what else?" Connor asked.
"I've gotten a new name on a high-ranking Templar, goes by Lucif but his full name is Lucifigus Borgia." Ezio said with a hint of venom in his voice.
"Anything else you can tell us about this "Lucif"?" Connor asked.
"I thought I had put the Borgia's out to the pasture, but I guess I was wrong and now I must reclaim my title as "Bane of the Borgia"." Ezio responded.
"So they're a family aiding the Templars?" Connor asked again which Ezio responded by nodding.
"As long as I can remember those bastards have been aiding the Templars before even I became an assassin." Ezio added.
"Alright, anything else?"
"Roman escaped, but now we can confirm that any White Fang members can be killed without hesitation." Altair answered. The other assassins nodded but were still disappointed that their main target wasn't killed.
"Is that all?" The other assassins remained silent.
"Good, now let's all prepare for our little tourney we've set up then." Edward said happily.
-End-
Again, really sorry that this chapter is out super late. Its just- the wanting to play videogames is too strong for even me to resist.
-Exno out!-
