Chapter 14: Survival of the Fittest
Two days pass and Jacob couldn't find any trace of Alexandria lately, it was as if she vanished from London, so he meets up with Pearl in her carriage "Jacob Darling! Do join me!" she tells him, pouring herself a glass of wine then pour him some as well. "To our fruitful partnership." Jacob states. "And to the shiny new engines now in my possession." she states and she didn't mean just the engines, they cheered and drink the wine. "Now back to business. Millner's fled to the Thames – occupied with securing his ferry. It's all he has left." she informs him. "Protecting it with his life, no doubt." Jacob states with a smirk.
"The very thing I want you to take. Just kill him!" she states with a laugh, "That's not your first glass of champagne is it?" Jacob asks her, "Success is more intoxicating than alcohol, Mr. Frye and beside I heard a rumor that Millner is hold your friend, Miss… Dorian I believe, captive." she adds, making Jacob stiffen. "But it's just a rumor I heard, if you find Millner, he might tell you if it's true or not." she states, taking a sip. "Then save a glass for us both." he tells her and jumps out.
He then starts running for the ferry, "Now what would it take from drawing out Starrick's pawn? The sight of his ferries in flames, perhaps?" Jacob asks himself, but the then left the docks ran to the bridge, shot his hook at it, jumps up the side and right onto the platform and ran across the bridge.
When he reaches the other end, he jumps down, running across the way, and jumps into a boat, then jumps onto the next boat. "Now to sink Millner's enterprise." Jacob states and jumps onto the ferries, he killed off the Blighters that guarded them, then destroys them with the dynamite, getting Millner's attention.
"What the bloody hell?" he complains. Jacob jump across the ferries and back onto land, he quietly kill the Blighters the would alert Millner to his presents, then Millner was in sight, Jacob ran up to him and jams him blade into his throat, jerks it out and lowers him to the ground, "I knew this day would come… Mr. Starrick was furious when I lost the engines. So this is my comeuppances…" Millner coughs. "Pearl Attaway led me to you, not Starrick." Jacob informs him.
"Then they're working together again." he coughs. "Where's the girl?" Jacob question him. "What girl… I know of no girl… just Miss. Attaway." Millner coughs. "I'm looking for a girl, long black hair, tan skin, with blue eyes, dresses like me." Jacob describes Alexandria.
"No… I know no girl of that… but I should never of come between Mr. Starrick and Miss Attaway. Family always stick together in the end." he states. "What do you mean, they're family? Where's Alexis?" Jacob demands him, gripping Millner's shirt, but Millner's hand slips away as he went slip, Jacob moves away from him and stood up. -If Pearl and Starrick are family… then that means… oh no. - Jacob sums up and ran off. "Time for Pearl and I to have a real conversation." he mumbles to himself, he manages to get back onto the city of London and ran across the streets as it was close to night and it was raining. He ran in his territory and found them, hiding in one of the Rooks abandon buildings.
He shot his hook out, jumps out and enters through an open window. "I was certain he knew I belonged to the order and was the end for me. Imagine my delight when he told me his true purpose. An Assassin helping the Templar cause! Isn't that delicious? Not only that, he brought me the Child of Eden, right on a silver platter." she states, "It's sicking." Starrick states, "It's business cousin. Look at the bigger picture. With Millner gone, I own the only omnibus company left in London. We already have a monopoly on English transportation. The moment your engines power my buses, we will be legends!" she tells him. "That was my plan from the start with Millner. You force my hand with your clever little train robbery." Starrick tells her.
"You glower too much, cousin. You will get you engines back. Our new motorized buses will bring us a lot of money." Pearl tells Starrick as Jacob peeks into the room, seeing the two Templars and saw Alexandria sitting on the ground in front of the broken window and her hands cuff in behind her back. And her head hung with her hood down. "I'll need to arrange the proper transport for the engines to get back to my factory. I want you in Waterloo, personally, to ensure nothing goes wrong." Starrick informs his cousin.
"And what of the Child?" Pearl asks her, Starrick walks over to Alexandra, kneels down beside her, grips her by the hair and jerks her head up, she grunts and looks at him with hateful eyes. "I'll leave her in your hands for the moment, see if you can get her to cooperate." Starrick tells her, Pearl smiles sinisterly to herself. "Ich würde lieber sterben, als zu helfen, eine Templar Hund und seine Hure Cousin." Alexandria snaps at them in German and spits in Starrick's face, everyone gasp as her action. Starrick wipes away the spit and looks at her. Suddenly she gasp in pain as Starrick brought his hand to her face, leaving a red sting mark on her cheek. She turns and looks at him, eyes never changing.
Starrick then stood up and looks over at his cousin, "Keep her chain up, and make her she doesn't escape. She's an important in found the shroud." Starrick tells Pearl, "Of course. May the father of understanding guide us." Pearl said to him. "Today and in all of our future endeavors, cousin." Starrick said onto her, the Blighter grips onto Alexandria's arm and roughly pulls her up. Starrick steps to the side and lets Pearl leave first. Jacob quickly hides behind the wall as Pearl look over in his direction. And they all left, "Waterloo Station." Jacob mumbles to himself and looks back into the room, he saw something shining on the ground, he walks and picks it up; it was Alexandria's necklace she always wore, but why would she drop it, he never does anything on accident, but whatever her reason, she was determined to keep it out of the Templar hands. Jacob pockets the necklace and left the building.