Part 10

The men had moved away from her slightly, even so, Katy backed away and tried to melt into the wall behind her. She watched in stunned silence as Altair questioned the doctor, the words they exchanged were quiet and unhurried. She wondered why Garnier didn't call for help, it was like he had already accepted his death even though he remained unharmed. Throughout the conversation, Altair kept throwing Katy small, suspicious glances. Does he recognise me?

"You truly believe you were helping them?" Altair asked the doctor, his voice was full of doubt and unvented frustration, his face, barely visible beneath the shadow of his hood, was contorted in a mask of confusion.

Garnier sighed, his body seemed to deflate. "It is not what I believe," He spoke to the assassin, but looked Katy directly in the eye, "It is what I know." Then he bowed his head forward and waited to die. Almost reluctantly, Altair pushed the hidden blade into Garnier's neck.

He was dead. Blood poured out of the wound on his neck as Altair lowered the body to the floor. Katy knew what happened now and watched the assassin pull a feather from one of the leather pouches on his belt, he knelt and brushed it lightly against the still bleeding neck of Garnier then stood and, once again, looked at Katy.

He should be running. Altair stepped over the corpse between them, careful to avoid the puddle of blood, and stood directly in front of Katy. She shrank away from him, her back pressed hard against the wall, and whimpered oh so quietly. "P-please don't kill me." Almost stunned by her reaction, Altair took a half-step back.

The sound of approaching footsteps drew both of their attention, Altair looked quickly between the corpse of Garnier, the door to the courtyard and Katy. "Thank you for luring him away," The assassin said, "You should leave here." Then he made for the door, he was barely out of it when Katy figured out how to function again. I shouldn't follow him, I really shouldn't. That could be your ticket out of here.

She quickly followed him through the door and saw he was already halfway across the courtyard when Katy found her voice. "Altair, wait!" She called after him. He stopped and turned so quickly it made her feel a bit dizzy. Altair strode over to her, grabbed her around the waist and sprinted out of the hospital just as the alarm was raised, alerting the entire building to Garnier's death.

Altair stopped once they were a safe distance away from the hospital. He set her down in an alley and held her against the wall, he was breathing heavily and glaring at Katy. "How do you know my name?" He demanded, his eyes ablaze with anger.

"I'm sorry," Katy gasped as her lungs clenched in fear, her heart was beating rapidly, she could hear the pounding of it in her ears, like pressure was building in her head. She blinked back tears when she heard the familiar rasp of metal. He's going to kill me. "No, please, I don't.." Katy's vision seemed to blur and the world span. She pitched forward, unable to stand any longer, and gripped the robes of what must be a very confused assassin to try and remain upright. Then she felt an intense burning sensation in her side, closely followed by some rushed words she couldn't quite hear. Katy blinked and shook her head to try and clear her head, it was no good. Her entire body felt like it was on fire, pain was everywhere. I must be dying.No.

Katy felt like she was floating, everything around her was out of focus, sounds were distant and muffled, although a regular, high pitched beep cut through her clouded mind. She groaned and tried to look around, this prompted a flurry of movement, something grabbed at her hand. When Katy tried to pull away, her arm felt heavy, like it wasn't fully under her control.

As Katy drifted she caught the odd bit of conversation people around her were having. The voices were so familiar, but she couldn't quite place them, she listened intently, hoping to catch anything, (anything) that could be a clue as to what on earth was going on. "...state seems to be deteriorating..." A strange male voice said. A female voice responded, but she didn't hear the first few words. "...miss my baby." At the sound of that voice Katy's stomach lurched, a pang of longing hit her hard. Mum!? "...don't understand what caused this." The low male voice sounded like distant thunder until it came into focus. "...mustn't blame yourself."

The voices seemed to float away, Katy tried to chase them, but she was brought back to her new reality. She opened her eyes, that act alone was a great effort, and found herself supported by a large cushion and covered with a light blanket. When she tried to sit up, a sharp stabbing sensation in her stomach forced her back down. Katy gasped and gulped down air greedily to try and alleviate the pain.

She pushed the blanket away and saw she was wearing a loose tunic and trousers instead of her robe, Katy pulled her top up to reveal a thick bandage around her abdomen. He actually stabbed me!

As Katy couldn't really move without causing herself to much pain, all she could do was take in her surroundings until someone came for her. So that's what she did. There wasn't much to take in. A smallish room with tall walls made of a warm coloured stone. A water feature built into the walls at each end of the room and a single door way at the opposite end led into another part of the building, but whoever laid her down positioned her in such a way that she couldn't she through. Katy sighed and pushed her head back into the cushion. If I'm not mistaken, I would say I'm in an Assassin's Bureau.

A/N: And so ends Part 1 of Reality. I know it got a bit 'cliché fanfiction' towards the end there, sorry, haha. But our poor, lost Katy is in the ...safe and capable hands of the Assassins now.

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