Monday October 24th 1977 4:02 P.M. Walking up the steps to Rays house, I knocked on her door and waited for her to open the door. As I waited, I looked through her house window and thought how she likes to keep things really quite for some reason. Ray has lived with her grandfather at this house for the last four years. She goes to a different school then Mina so I don't get to see her that often. Because of that, are friendship is a little on and off. The door opens as I see Ray. "Hello Samuel." Rays said as she steps to the side. "Hey Ray." I said as I walked in. As Ray closed the door, I walked into the living room to see her grandfather siting on his chair watching some workout videos.
"Grandpa! I thought I told you to go get the drinks ready!" Ray said as she turned off the T.V. "Hey! I was watchi- oh! Samuel! I didn't know you were going to come by today." He said as he got up. "Didn't Ray tell you?" I said shaking his hand. "All Ray said was a man was going to stop by sometime today and she wanted me to get some drinks ready. but if I had known it was you that was going to come by, I would have gotten something a little stronger." He said as he started to laugh. "Grandpa! will you get the drinks ready while I get my things ready for Samuel?" Ray said as she started to walk to the back of the house. "Ok, ok, I'll get the drinks." He said rather unhappy as he started to walk to the fridge. "Will you come with me Samuel." Ray said opening a back door to the backyard. "Ya, I'm coming." I said as I started to walk to the door.
"Oh hey, no smooching you two ok?" Rays grandpa said looking up from the fridge. "GRANDPA!" Ray yelled as she started to blush. I couldn't help but smile, Ray never gets embarrassed. So it was funny when she did because she never really knew how to respond to it. "Come on Samuel!" Ray said grabbing my arm and pulling me outside. As we got out side, we started to walk to the back of the yard. Walking up to a small house, Ray opened the door and let me walk in first. As Ray closed the door, she lit a candle and started to walk around and light a few more hanging on the walls. As the room began to lighten up, I saw we were in her room where she would meditate. As Ray blew out the candle she was holding, she walked to the center of the room and sat down.
"Samuel, sit there." Ray said as she pointed in front of her. I walked over and sat down in front of her as she lit a small fire in front of her. "Samuel... I got a vision but, I'm not sure you want to know what it is." Ray said opening her eyes and looking into mine. "Ray. Today I got a letter from the people who took Serena and Darien, they want money or they will kill them... I have to know what you saw." I said with a serious tone. "But that's the thing. The vision I saw was..." Ray looked down at the fire as if she was deciding whether or not to tell me. "Samuel. I can't tell you... so I'm going to show you instead." Ray said as she held her hands up. "Samuel, take your hands and cup them with mine and then I want you to clear your mind." Ray said as she looked at me with almost sadness in her eyes. "Ok..." I said as I took my hands and put them in her hands as she wrapped her fingers around mine.
As my heart started to race a little bit as Ray looked down at the fire. "Ok Samuel, clear your mind..." Ray said as she closed her eyes. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes as Rays started to talk to herself. The only thing I heard was the fire cracking and Rays faint voice. As my eyes were closed, I started to feel a little light headed. Then it happened. It was only for a few seconds but I saw it. It was a little fuzzy, but I saw me and Amara standing in front of... Serena! Now Amara was yelling at me. But why? Then I saw someone running up behind me with a knife. I turned around as they thrust the knife into my chest as Amara and Michelle and Trista came running out of know where to my side as I fell to the floor in a pool of my own blood. I screamed as I let go of Ray's hands gasping for air.
*Pant, pant* "what was that!?" I said standing up and holding my head. "I'm sorry Samuel..." Was all Ray said as she stood up and started to put the candles out. I just stood there... lost in my thoughts about what I just saw. As Ray got done putting out the candles, she walked over to me and put her hand on my forehead.
"You should be ok, just make sure you get some sleep tonight ok?" Ray said as she opened the door. I just followed her out of her house as we started walking back to the front of the yard. "Ray... was that the vision you saw too?" I said as I was walking behind her. "Yes..." Ray said rather quietly. We were both quite as we walked back into her grandpa's house. As we waked in, Ray's grandpa came walking to us with two glasses of some kind of tea. "So how did that little talk go?" He said as we took the cups. We were both quite as we started to drink.
As we got done, Ray turned to her grandpa. "Grandpa? I need to tell Samuel something else., can you leave us alone for a few seconds?" Ray said as she started to walk to the front door. I looked at her grandpa and I could tell that he knew she was being serious. "Ok... I'll be in the back." He said as he walked out the back door. As we both stood there, I could feel Ray was worried about something. "Samuel... you need to know that if you go to save Serena... you will get stabbed." Ray said as she walked to the front door. I walked over to the door.
"Maybe... but what you told me tonight will help me not get stabbed." I said looking at her. "Samuel, you might be able to stop it... just be careful ok?" Ray said opening the door. "You have my word, I have to save them." I said walking out the door. "Ya I know, you will never give up will you?" Ray said as she stood there at the top of the stairs looking at me. "You know me." I said looking up at her. "Remember Samuel, the future is what you make of it... so make it count." Ray said walking back into her house. As she closed the door, I stood there for a little bit thinking to myself. As I started to walk back to my house, I started to think how I was going to tell Amara and Trista about tomorrow night. And what might happen to me...
Monday October 24th 1977 6:11 P.M. As I opened the door to my house, I grabbed my mail and walked in and closed the door. I walked over to the table and put the mail on it as I grabbed the phone and dialed Amy's phone number.*555-9119* *Ring, ring* "Hello?"
"Hey Amy, Its Samuel."
"Oh hey Samuel, so did you find out what time you wanted to meet at the police station?"
"Ya, can you meet me there at 4:00?"
"Ya, I can, but I have something to do at five so I can only stay for an hour."
"Ok, one hour will be fine."
"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Ok, bye Amy."
"Bye Samuel." *click* Now that I had a time to meet, I decided I would call Trista and tell her what time we will be meeting. *555 1434* *Ring, ring* "Hello?"
"Hey Trista, It's Samuel."
"Oh, hey Samuel! what can I help you with?"
"I just wanted to tell you that we are going to meet at your office tomorrow at 4:00 and that we will get a game plan from there."
"OK, that will be fine, I will call Amara and let her know."
"Ok, and one more thing Trista."
"Ya?"
"...Will you tell her to bring Michelle too?"
"Really? why?"
"I just think... she might be able to help us out."
"Ok, I'll tell her, See you tomorrow." *click* I hung up the phone and got up and walked over to the fridge. Pulling out a bag of hot dogs, I put one in the microwave and went back to the table. I picked up my mail and went through it. Two bills later, I found a yellow envelope. As I got back up to go get my hot dog, I opened it up. I took the hot dog out, put it in a bun, put some ketchup on it and went upstairs. Putting the hot dog on my night stand, I took out Mina's letter and started to read it while eating my hot dog.
"Dear Sammy. I can't believe that Serena got kidnapped! Make sure you bring her back safely ok? Wow! I can't believe that there are some people who want to hurt you! You be careful ok? If anything were to happen to you...I don't know what I would do. Things are going good over here with my grandparents. My grandma is teaching me how to do all that hard math stuff, so I should have it down soon. I don't know when I will be able to come back yet. But I promise if you ever need me... I will come back for you, even if my mom says no. You mean everything to me Sammy... I don't think I could live with myself if I wasn't there to protect you. Be careful and stay safe. Love Mina."
As I took the last bite out of my hot dog, I thought to myself how things are getting more dangerous with everybody I knew. And now Mina, She would go against her own Mother for my life. Mina... Somehow I was going to have to tell her about Lita sooner or later. I just don't know how she would handle it... Putting the letter back on my stand, I walked over to my bed and laid down, I thought to myself how I might get a knife in my chest tomorrow night. I had to make sure that I plan out everything 100% so I don't give Mina any pain in her heart.
Just then my phone rang. "Who is calling me at this time of night?" I said picking the phone up. "Hello?" I said rubbing my eyes. "Hey Samuel." I could tell it was Amy. "Amy?" I said surprised. "Is everything ok?" I said a little worried. "Ya, it's just…" Amy didn't say anything for a few seconds. "I need to go pick something up from my dad's office, but its late and I need someone to go with me."
"Oh, well where do you need to go and what do you need to get?" I said leaning up. "It's at the corner of 13th and Johnson street. And it's a family necklace." Amy said rather sad. I thought to myself for a minute. I knew I couldn't let her walk around at night, not with what has been happening the last few days. "Ok." I said. "Really?" Amy said happy. "Of course, do you want me to meet you at your house?" I said getting my shoes on. "Ya, we can take my mom's car." Amy said. "OK, I'll be there in a little bit."
"OK, see you then." Amy said *click* I hung up the phone wondering what it was Amy needed so bad. I grabbed my gun and hostler and walked out the door. After locking the door, I started to walk to Amy's house.
Monday October 24th 1977 9:22 P.M. Walking up the steps to a small blue house, I knocked on the door. After a few seconds, the door open to the sight of Amy. "Hey Samuel." Amy said walking out the door and locking it. "Hey Amy." I said smiling. "Thanks for taking me on such short notice." Amy said walking over to her mom's car. "Think nothing of it. It's too dangerous to go somewhere after eight in this town." I said hoping in the driver's seat. Amy hopped in and I started the car as I started to drive off to Amy's Dad's office. Sense it was night time, all the lights where green, so it only took a few minutes to get there.
Pulling up to the sidewalk, I parked the car and hopped out. I looked at the building as Amy got out. "Your father works here?" I said as Amy came up next to me. "Ya, my father is a marine biologist." Amy said walking up to the front door. Amy unlocked it and we both walked in. As we started to walk to the back office, I saw a bunch of fish swimming around in tanks. "Are all of these fish endangered?" I said as we walked through a door. "Most of them." Amy said as she stopped at a door. Amy unlocked the door and opened it up. I was surprised to see a long hallway surround by walls of glass with water in them. I followed Amy to the end of the hallway till we got to a safe. Amy pulled out a paper and started to input a code into the door. After a few seconds, the door unlocked and Amy opened the door. Inside the safe was stacks of money and a few gold bars. Amy reached in the back and pulled out a small blue box. Amy closed the safe and turned to me. "Ok, I have it." Amy said smiling at me. "Ok, lets head back." I said looking out the window to see some gang members walking down the street yelling at each other.
After locking the front door, Amy and me hopped back inside the car. I started the car as I started to drive back to Amy's house. "So what is inside that box?" I said taking a left. "I'm not sure." Amy said holding the box. "My father told me this had been in my family for generations." Amy said as she looked inside the box for a few seconds. "What's inside?" I said looking at her. "I'll show you when we get home." Amy said looking at me smiling. I nodded as I took a right. Amy sat there lost in thought, looking at the box till we got back to her house.
After parking the car, we hopped out and started to walk to the front door. "Thanks so much for helping me Samuel." Amy said giving a small bow. "It was nothing." I said smiling. "So you said you were not sure what it was, does that mean this is your first time seeing it?" I said stopping at her front door. "Yes, my father said when I was old enough, I could have this. My Father called a few hours ago, He sounded rather scared. He told me to go to his office and get this box. He didn't say why, he just said that It was almost time for them to return." Amy said opening the box and pulling out a blue necklace.
My eye widen at the sight of it. It was a Small blue Sapphire in the shape of a heart with a small cross coming out of the bottom and a small V on the top. "Wow." I said in awe. "Its so beautiful." I said looking at it. "Yes it is." Amy said putting it around her neck. "My father said that it will bring me good fortune." Amy said looking at me and smiling. "It kinda looks like mine in a way." I said as I lifted mine and looked at it. "Maybe they where made by the same person."
"Ya...Maybe." I said thinking to myself as I put it back in my shirt. I looked back as Amy opened the door to her house. "Goodnight Samuel. And I'll see you tomorrow at the station." Amy said. "Sure thing. Sleep well." I said smiling and waving. Amy waved and closed the door as I started to walk back to my house.
Along the way I started to think to myself about Amy's necklace. It reminded me so much of mine. They had to have been made by the same person. I thought more about the necklace's as I walked back home. And before I knew it, I was back at my house. I walked it and locked the door and headed straight for bed tired from walking. After I got done brushing my teeth. I put my glasses on the night stand and drifted off to sleep hoping everything would go well tomorrow…
Tuesday October 25th 1977 8:40 A.M. Waking up to rain drops on my window, I got up and yawned. Rubbing my eyes, I put on my glasses and went downstairs. Pulling out a box of captain crunch and some milk, I put them both on the table and turned on the T.V. As the morning news was running, I poured me a bowl and started to eat while I thought to myself how I was going to tell Amara and Trista about tonight.
As I put my blow away in the sink, I had still not thought of a way to tell them. "Maybe after a shower I will have thought of something." I said walking up to the bathroom. Grabbing a suit out of my closet and walking into the bathroom, I turned on the water. As I waited for the tub to fill up, I remembered Mina's latter. Walking over to the night stand, I pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil. I sat down on my bed and put the paper on the stand and started to write back to Mina.
"Dear Mina. I know that you are worried for my safety, but don't worry, I have some new friends that will be with me. I am glad that you are doing better with your schoolwork. I guess I don't have to teach you now huh? Heh. And don't worry, I will bring back Serena. I got a letter from the men that took Serena and Darien yesterday and they say that they will give back Serena and Darien in exchange for 500,000$. I just hope I will be able to get the money in time... Take care and I will wait for your next latter." Love Sammy.
As I got done writing, I got up and went back onto the bathroom and turned off the water. As I got in, I started to think again on how I was going to tell everybody about that vision I saw. Maybe I was thinking too hard about all of this. I don't know. But I do know is that I will not die tonight. That much I do know. After about 15 minutes in the tub, I got out and dried off and got dress. Walking downstairs with Mina's letter, I sealed it up and put it in the mailbox. Walking back inside, I looked up at the clock as saw it was only 10:30.
Just then, the doorbell ranged. *ding, dong* "I'm coming!" I said walking to the door. Opening the door, my heart almost stopped when I saw who was standing in front of me. "Hi Samuel." A tall brunette said smiling at me. "Lita? what are you doing here?" I said shocked. "May I come in?" Lita said looking a little said. "Ya, sure." I said moving out of the way, letting her walk in. As I closed the door, Lita walked around the room looking around. "So this is your home huh?" Lita said siting on the couch. "Ya, for a little while anyway." I said closing the door and walking over to her. "It's nice." Lita said looking at me. "Thanks, so what brings you here?" Lita looked down at the floor rubbing the back of her left hand.
"Samuel... I haven't been honest with you." Lita said as she started to get chocked up. "What do you mean?" I said with a little sadness in my voice. Lita didn't say anything for a few seconds. "Samuel... do you trust me?" Lita said looking at me with her green eyes. I looked at her in her eyes and put my hand on her shoulder. "With my life..." I said smiling. Lita then hugs me as she started to cry a little. "Lita?" I said a little surprised. "Oh Samuel... *sniff* I just knew you would help me."
"What do you mean?" I said looking at her. Lita puts her hands behind her back and looks up at me smiling with tears in her eyes. "We all have secrets Samuel... the ones that we keep to ourselves... and the one that are kept from us... we can't choose the secrets we get in life, only what we do with them. And sometimes that can cause genocide and can mess up everything that are forefathers built. Isn't that right... Auditore?" Lita said walking closer to me.
"Lita... what are you talking about?" I said really dumbfounded by what she said. "I'm going to show you Samuel." Lita said leaning on my chest. I started to blush as Lita put her check on mine. "Trust me Samuel..." Lita said in my ear as she put her left hand on my arm. "Ok... Lita." I said with a clam tone. As I said that, I felt a sharp pain coming from my back "hughu..." As my body went numb, Lita caught me in her arms and held me tight. "Just take deeps breaths Samuel." Lita said looking me in the eyes. As I started to black out, Lita smiles at me and picks me up and starts to walk to the front door. And I blacked out thinking to myself who Lita really was...
*some time later* Waking up in a bed, I slowly got up and grabbed my head. It felt like my head was on fire. I was a little dizzy but I could walk. I started to look around to see where I was. I was in a small room about 10 by 8 feet. I saw a door on the left wall of the room and started to walk to it. I opened it up and started to look around to see where I was. Walking down a hallway, I came to another door. Opening it, I saw a huge hanger area. I think I was in a old warehouse of some sort.
"Lita!?" I yelled to see if she was here. I heard nothing. I started to walk to the stairs to the first floor. but when I got there, I was greeted to a guy standing in my way. I backed up in surprise. He stood about 5 feet 10 inches and had silver hair and it was in a long ponytail. He was wearing a silver suit. I walked backwards from stairs so I could watch him. He followed me, not looking away from my gaze. Getting back about 15 feet, I turned around to see another guy standing by the door I came out of. I started to get worried. They both looked harmless, but waking up to a place like this and not knowing who these people are, I had to keep my guard up.
The other man was the same height but his hair was brown and in a small ponytail. And he was wearing a brown suit. I kept switching my eye site between the two men as they joined up in the middle of the room. "Who are you?" I said a little worried. They both just looked at me... like they were trying to tell if I was really the person they were looking for.
"So you're Samuel Ownby..." A voice said coming from above me. I looked up to see someone standing on top of the stairs that goes to the 3rd floor. "It's about time that you woke up, I was worried Lita put too much kick into you when she brought you here." The man said coming down the stairs. As he got to the bottom, my heart started to race when I saw he's face. "Y-your..." Was all I could say as I started to back up slowly. He walked over and stood with the other two as he looked at me with a smile. "It's been a long time... Samuel." He said looking at me smiling. "I didn't think you would remember me." He said as the other two walk behind me and stood about three feet apart making a triangle shape. My heart rate was well over 120 by this point. I kept looking around me to make sure they weren't going to try something.
"What's wrong Samuel?... feeling a little tired because of your heart rate?" He said looking at me. My eyes bulge as I look at him. "Ok, what's going on and where the hell am I?!"
"What? you don't know? not surprising... but don't you feel it?" He said looking around the warehouse. "Think Samuel... You've been here before. A long time ago..." He said as I started to get light headed. "W-what?" I said holding my head with my left hand as the room started to spin a little. "I know you have a lot of questions Samuel, and with time you will have them. But I need to know if it's really you..." He said as he motioned for the other two to go to the back room and get something.
My guard was still up as the two went to the back door. "We will see if you really are his grandson..." He said as he started to walk back up the stairs to the 3rd floor. As he got to the top of the stairs, I looked back at the door and saw the two men walking back from the room with a certain someone with them. My heart stated to calm down when I saw who was with them. "Lita..." I said as she was walking over to me in front of the two men. Lita stopped about six feet away from me as she just stood there not making eye contact with me. "Lita, want's going on?" I said walking over to her. The two men stood in front of Lita blocking me from her. I took a step back not knowing what to expect. "It's time Samuel!" A voice said coming from above. I looked up to see the man in red looking over us. "What do you mean?" I said looking up at him. He just smiled and looked at Lita. Lita was looking a little uncomfortable as she stood there with her hands behind her back fidgeting with them a little.
"What is he talking about Lita?" I said looking at her. "..." Lita did not say anything as she took her hands and started to unbutton her green shirt. "Lita!?" I yelled in shocked as she got done unbuttoning her shirt. As Lita slid off her shirt and held it in her hands, I started to feel my noise twitch. "Lita! what are doing!?" I said as she just stood there looking down at the floor blushing. I couldn't help but look at her figure. I could feel my heart rate go up as Lita stood there looking shy.
"Hmmm, it's not working...Lita! go ahead and keep going!" The man said looking down at us. *I look up* "Did you tell her to do this!?" I said clutching my fist. He just smiled as Lita dropped her shirt on the floor. *I look back at her* "Lita, stop it..." I said as she still wouldn't look at me. Lita took her right hand and grabbed her zipper and started to unzip her skirt. "L-LITA!?" I yelled grabbing my noise as I could feel my veins in my noise started to rip.
"Ahh, what do we have here?" The man in red said as he looked down at me. As Lita dropped her white skirt. I looked down at the floor as blood started to drip from my hand that was holding my noise. "Ahhh, now were getting somewhere." The man said as he looked over at Lita who was blushing even more. "Keep going Lita!" *Lita eyes bulge* "What!? But you said this was all I had to do!?" Lita said looking a little worried. "I need to see how far along Samuel is, now keep going!" He said looking down at us. Lita looked at me and I looked up and saw how scared she was. *I stand up*
"Lita...stop it..." I said calmly. Lita looked away from me as she started to cry a little. "*sigh* Fine Lita, you don't have to keep going..." He said looking down at Lita. "Really?"
"Of course... they will do it for you." He said looking at the two who were standing about 6 feet away from Lita the whole time and motioned for them to walk towards her.
"What!?" Lita said as she was now shacking from fear. The minute they started to walk over to Lita...it happened... "...Don't touch her..." I said with my head down. *4 feet away* "I said s-stop..." I said calmly making a fist. *3 feet away* Lita was now crying and shacking while trying to cover herself. "D-don't...touch...her!" I said as I started to walk over to her. *2 feet away* 'S-Samuel..." Lita said with a scared tone in her voice. *1 foot away* as the man with the silver hair reached his hand out to grab her arm... "I said STOPPPPPP!"
I snapped. I lost my thoughts as I ran right at them with blood dripping down my face as the man upstairs was smiling, I was running right at them with full force. As the guy with silver hair was still holding onto her arm, the other guy with brown hair came from behind him pulling out a gun from his side. "Samuel!" Lita yelled as he tried to point it at me. As he was straightening his arm, I jumped up into the air as he was pointing his gun at my feet, which was where my head was 1.32 seconds ago. I took my left foot and put it on his right knee, pushing off upward from his knee, I take my right knee and slammed it into to his chin sanding him flying back 2 feet. While still in the air, I take my left foot that I used to push off of his knee, spinning it around to the right as the man with silver hair just looked my way to see what happened. Spin kicking his right side of his face with my left foot, sending him spinning 360 around and falling on the floor knocking him out. It all took only 3.44 seconds. Looking down at Lita who was holding her head crying, I look up to see the man looking down at me smiling.
" *Pant, pant, pant* ...you!" I said looking him in his eyes. "HA, ha, ha! Yes!, that's what I wanted to see! You really are the son of Auditore!" By this point, Lita had already gotten her clothes back on and the man in red was now coming down the stairs. "Good acting Lita." He said looking at Lita. "What?" I said not understanding. "Samuel!" Lita said running up behind me. I looked back to see Lita standing behind me looking down at me with a worried look on her face.
"Samuel...clam down and I will explain..." Lita said walking over to me. *I look back at him* " *Pant* he m-made...you *pant*..."
"I know Samuel...but remember what I said?" Lita puts her hand on my fist "Trust me..." Lita said looking me in my eyes. I looked at her and looked at him. He was giving me a cocky smile. "I...I...don-guhug..." Was all I could say as I passed out from my nose bleed and fell over.
As I lay there, Lita slowly picks me up and looks down at me. "Samuel...what have I done to you?" Lita said as the man in red slowly started to walk to her.
"Well Lita, I can see now that he is the one."
"...Yes but...did we do the right thing by dragging him into this?" Lita said as she got to the bottom of the stairs. "Lita, you know that without him, we can't stop them." He said as he followed Lita into the bathroom. As Lita turned on the sink and took a paper towel and got it wet, the man went to check on the other two who were just now coming to. As Lita got the last bit of blood off of my face, she looked down at me sleeping and smiled.
"Well Lita, I guess you better try to wake him up." The man in red said as his friends came walking up behind him limping and holding their necks.
"He's lost to much blood, He will need a few hours to regain his strength and come to." Lita said taking me back to the room.
Lita laid me down and put a blanket over me and stood up. "Lita, you know you and him-"
"I know!" Lita said looking down at me. "But maybe...if he finishes what Auditore started..." Lita said looking down at me. After a few seconds, Lita walked out of the room. The man in red walks over to me and looks down at me. "Well 'Samuel', I hope you can be the one to finally end this..." He said walking out the door and closing it. *Some time later*
"Aguha..." I said as I lifted my head off the bed. I put my hand on the back of my head as I felt a slight pain. Looking around, I saw I was still in the room from before. Getting up, I walked over to the window and saw it was light out. "I gotta get out of here." I said walking over to the door. As I go for the handle, the door opens to the sight for the man with the silver hair. Instantly, visions from earlier came rushing in my head as he stood there looking at me. I kept my guard up as he motioned for me to follow him. As I followed him out of the room, I made sure I kept my distance from him as he took me to the back of the ware house.
Walking up to a black door, the man with silver hair stopped and turned around and looked at me. "I hope Lita was right about you Auditore..." He said as he turned back around and opened the door and started to walk down the stairs. As we were walking down, I thought to myself what that name meant. Auditore... I heard that name before.
As we got to the bottom of the steps. He opened another door to a place that look like something out of the 14 centuries.
Walking in, I looked to the left to see the man with brown hair reading a couple of really old books. He stood up and started to follow us as we walked to the middle of the room to a table covered in a red cloth. As the two walked over to the other side of the table, I heard a familiar voice. "Well it's nice to see you up and walking Samuel." A man said as he spun around to reveal the man in red.
"You..." I said looking at him as he sat there in his chair holding a piece of paper. "Please, take a seat." He said as he pointed to the seat in front of him. I looked around to get a feel of the place and slowly sat down. "I take it you're feeling a little like Alice right now huh?" He said as he looked at the piece of paper. "Tumbling down the rabbit hole?" He said with a small smile in he's face. "...you could say that..." I said looking at him. "I'm sure you have a lot of questions Samuel, go ahead and ask and I will answer them the best I can." He said folding his arms and looking at me.
"...Where is Lita?" I said looking right at him. "She will be here in a little bit, I sent her to get me something." He said looking at the clock. "Is there anything else you would like to know?"
"…What is your name?" I said leaning forward. "Of course, my name is Seiya Kou." He said bowing with his hand. *he points to the left* "This is Taiki Kou, my brother." *he points to the right* "And this Yaten Kou, my other brother." He said they both waved at me. I just sat there, trying to take all of this in.
"...I've met you before, haven't I Seiya?" I said looking at him. *He smiles* "I'm surprised that you even remember me Samuel, it was such a long time ago."
"It's been 4 years." I said not taking my eyes off of him. "You were the one who fixed me up that night after I came home from the fair..." I said looking down at the table. "...Yes, that was me." He said looking a little more serious. Just then the door opened. Turning around, I saw Lita walking in with a bag.
"Hey, I'm bac-..." I just sat there looking at Lita as she looked like she was looking at a ghost. "Samuel..." Lita said. *I smile*
"Ah Lita, your back, just in time too, we were just about to tell Samuel about Auditore." Seiya said taking out a book. "Ok, I will leave this stuff here on the table." Lita said as she put the bag on the table and walked over to the table that we were at and sat down next to me. "I'm glad you're ok Lita." I said looking at her. *Lita blushes* "Thanks...I'm glad you are ok too..." Lita said smiling at me.
"And while we are on that Subject, I would like to apologize for are behavior earlier today." Seiya said cupping his hands. I gave him a look as Lita put her hand on my shoulder. "We had to make sure you had the talent."
"What Talent?" "
I'll tell you in a minute. but first, we need to know something from you." He said as he tossed me a folder with some pictures in them. I took the folder and opened it up and saw what looked like... "Jadeite!?" I said a little surprised. I kept flipping through and saw every member of their little team. Jadeite, Zoisite, Kunzite, Nephrite, they were all in here. I looked up back at Seiya. "What are you trying to tell me?" I said looking at all of them as they didn't want to look at me.
"Samuel...These people want you dead." Lita said looking at me. "But why? I didn't do anything to them."
"Your right Samuel, YOU didn't do anything...but your Grandfather did..." Seiya said looking at the wall thinking to himself.
"My...Grandfather?" I said looking down at the table. "Samuel...do you know who your Grandfather is?" Lita said looking at me with her left hand on my shoulder. "...No..." I said not looking up from the table. "Well I guess were going to have to tell you after all." Seiya said getting up. He walked over to a book shelf and took out a file inside a book safe. Seiya sits back down as he opens up the file and starts to look through. After a few seconds, he tosses me a few pictures.
"Samuel, I sent Lita here a few weeks ago to find you, so we could ask you to help us fight and finish a very old war..." Seiya said as I started to look at the first picture, it was a very old oil painting.
I saw a man dressed in white standing next to a fire. "Who is he?"
"...He is your Grandfather." ...My mind seamed to freeze for a few seconds. This man that I was looking at...was my Grandfather? Can it be true? I just kept looking at the picture...not wanting to look away...fearing I would lose the only thought of him I had. I started looking at the other pictures as Seiya started to tell the story of Auditore...
"...A long time ago Samuel...a woman was the queen to the most powerful man on earth, her and her kind ruled the earth for many years. Causing fear and hell wherever they went. Always wanting more power. So nine women took it upon themselves to stop her and her king before the world was taken over by darkness. Where not sure how it happened, but each one was given control over one of the natural elements of earth."
"The 1st one was granted the power to control water. The 2nd one was granted control over the life force energy of people. The 3rd one was granted control over the life force energy of the moon. The 4th one was granted control over fire. The 5th one was granted control over lightning. The 6th one was granted control over death. The 7th one was granted control over the sky. The 8th one was granted control over the energy of the sea. And the 9th one was granted control over time."
I just sat there...lost in thought about what he just told me. "The war was long and hard...in the end they were able to kill the king and queen. But before they died, they swore one day to return to take this world. As time went on, they became too weak from fighting and knew the queen would one day have her revenge. Whether it be her children's, children's children. She would come again a long time after they died...so they made nine talismans and sealed there power away inside them so one day, when the queen would awake again, someone would be able to stop them...and only the girls who love this world very much and all have the one thing in this world that they all want to protect...would their power be granted to them..."
I was speechless... "...So what does this have to do with me and everybody else?" I said looking up at him.
"Your part of a very old creed that's been around for a very long time. the Assassins."
"The Assassins?" I said looking up at him.
"Long story short, the Assassins are the ones who keep the world in order. We kept the piece, every major event that has happen the last few hundred years has ended because of us."
"What do you mean?"
"What do you think ended world war II?" Seiya said leaning back on his chair.
"The bombs that fell on japan?"
"Well that might be true for japan…but it was an assassin that killed Hitler in that bunker."
"That's a big clam." I said folding my arms." I don't expect you to believe it, but in time, I think you will." Sayja said leaning forward.
"Wait, you said we…are you three Assassins?" I said looking around. Seiya nodded at me. "Yep, we haven't been assassins for long, but we know how to get the job done."
I closed the folder and tossed it back to Seiya as he kept talking "Anyway, Around 1944, a certain someone found one of talismans..." He said folding his arms.
"Let me guess...the 'Queen'?"
"Yep...and she wants to find the others and use their power to take back the world..."
"So you mean to tell me that this Queen is the descendant of the past Queen?" I said looking up at him. "We believe so, yes."
"Ok...so which Talisman did she find?"
"She found the 6th one."
"So she can control death?"
"In a way yes, were a little hazy on the specifics of each power, but what we do know is the 6th talisman gives the power to heal any wounds that would be fatal, were sure it can do more but we don't have it and she is not the right holder for it so its power is hidden."
"Where can we find the others?" I said looking at him. "...We don't know, we believe they were pasted down in the family in some way...which is why we sent Lita to recruit you to help us." Seiya said looking at Lita.
I looked at Lita as she looked away from me. "Lita…I think it's about time you told me the truth." I said in a sad tone. Lita didn't say anything for a few seconds.
"I'm not sure myself…I have been told so many things about my past that I'm not sure which ones are real anymore." Lita said looking up at me. "But whether its true or not, I'll tell you…my mother told me a story when I was just a little girl, about how my grandmother fought a evil tyrant a long time ago and saved the world. And one day I would have to take her place. I always thought it was a fairy tale. But as I got older, things started to happen to me. I would have nightmares. Horrible ones." Lita said holding herself.
"I'm standing in the city as fire as tall as the buildings rage around me. Bodies of dead girls lay around my feet as I'm covered in blood…and at the center of all of this, is a woman holding a man by the neck." Lita slowly looked up at me. "That man in my dream, is you Samuel…" Lita said.
My heart rate goes up as I start to feel light headed. As I was processing all of this, Seiya gets up and walks over to me. "Samuel, I know this is a lot to take in. But we have been searching for you for a long time. We believe you're the decent of the greatest assassins of all time…Ezio Auditore. We believe that Ezio fought alongside the girls and helped them kill her. And we want him to help us save this world. We need his help again."
I started to have a panic attack as visions started to rush through my head, like past memories where unlocking in my mind. "Samuel?" Seiya said reaching his hand out to touch me. As soon as he touched me, I slapped this hand away and stood up.
Taiki and Yaten got up and walked over to us. I was standing by the door trying hard not to pass out. "Samuel, you must hear us out!" Seiya said as he tried to put his hand on my shoulder. "Don't touch me!" I yelled slapping his hand away. "J-just s-stay away from m-me..." I said as I felt like throwing up.
"Samuel ju-" Lita said walking over to me. "NO! Shut up!" I yelled at Lita who was getting a little scared. "I don't know any of you! You don't have any right to say anything about me without knowing me!" I yelled as I opened the door and ran up the stairs. "Samuel! wait!" Lita said running after me. "Samuel..." Seiya said as he and his brothers just stood there...thinking to themselves.
As I get back to the top of the stairs, I looked around to see if I could find a way out. My head felt like somebody was shaking it non-stop. "Samuel!" A voice said behind me. I looked back to see Lita running after me. As Lita caught up to me, I just looked down at the floor.
"Samuel, just let me explain." Lita said looking at me. "...You did all of those things...just so you could get me to help you?" I said still looking down. "..."
Lita said nothing as she stood there looking at me. "So you...were just pretending...to-"
"No Samuel! I do think you are a wonderful man! but..." Lita said nothing more as she fell to the floor and started to cry. I just started to walk away to the front door as Lita just sat there crying... "I'm sorry Samuel..." She said as I walked out the door not really knowing where I was going...
After walking for about 20 minutes, I stopped at a gas station and looked at the clock. To my surprise, it was only 3:45 P.M. "Wow." I said to myself. I was still trying to get over what I just went through, but I still had a job to do. I started to walk to Trista's office trying to put all this assassins stuff and powers in the back of my mind for another time and day...