Courage Over Fear, Heart Over Mind

Abby's POV:

I woke up to laying on a wooden floor and slowly opened my eyes to see I'm in a small lodging like the ones in the Rooks stronghold but I saw outside the window a Blighters flag. I sat up too quickly, which wasn't a good idea, I groaned holding my head as it started to pound "Those bastards are going to die" I looked around the room to see there are no Blighters then slowly got up and walked towards the door when it open to reveal 3 male Blighters "Look who woke up, gents" one of them said with a Welsh accent as they walked in closing the door behind them, I stood my ground glaring at them "What do you want with me?" I asked.

"Mr. Starrick has ordered us to bring you to him, he says you have something that is important value to him" he answered.

"Well, whatever important value I have that he wants, he is never going to get it as long as I live" I said still glaring at them "I would rather die than to hand it over to him"

"That can arrange if you want it but Mr. Starrick said not to kill you but he also didn't saying anything about us doing something to you" he said looking at me up and down smirking while the other two Blighters laugh then he looked at them and nodded "Let's have some fun with her, gents" he said to them, they approached me when I unsheathed my hidden blade and killed the two Blighters then turned to him and throw a throwing knife at him, it barely missed him but it cut his cheek.

He shouted in pain holding his cheek then pulled his hand away looking at it then glared at me as he pulled out a knife "You will regret doing that!" he said and charge towards me but I blocked his attack, we went back and forth fighting and blocking each others attacks till he somehow break my hidden blade off my bracer and knocked me down on the floor. He got on top of me straddling my waist to prevent me from getting up and pinned both my wrists above my head with one hand "Hahaha! I have you now, Assassin" he laughed loudly.

I struggled to him off of me but then I stopped the moment I felt the blade of his knife touch my throat "I told you would regret doing this" he said using the tip of his knife to point at the cut on his cheek then used it to slowly cut the side of my throat just to make it bleed a little. I winced in pain as he continue talking "No one can save you now. Not your friends, the Rooks or even Jacob Frye", I glared at him when he said Jacob's name then processed to cut the front of the strings from the bustier I'm wearing, removed it off of me and cut open the front of my dress "Once he finds out what I have done to you I will watch him crumble to his knees and kill him before your very eyes"

When he said that a fire lit up inside of me to use whatever strength I had to headbutt him in the face really hard, making him drop his knife and let go of my wrists. I grabbed his knife and my hidden blade nearby me on the floor and stabbed him on both sides of his throat "I will not let you touch him" I said as I watched him die then quickly got up and run out of the Blighters stronghold, a couple of them ran after me but soon lost them when I hid in a hay stack 'I have to get back to the hideout train' I thought climbing out of the hay stack then held the front of my cloak to cover up the front of my dress and went to head towards the train station when I noticed a carriage stop in front of a warehouse and saw Pearl Attaway got out of the carriage heading inside.

'What is she doing there?' I thought making my way towards the building making sure the Templars didn't see me then climb the side of the building to see her through a window talking to Starrick, I climb near an open window and sat on the ledge to hear what they are talking about "I was certain he knew that I belonged to the Order and was there to end me. Imagine my delight when he told me his true purpose. An Assassin helping the Templar cause! Isn't that delicious?" Pearl said with excitement in her voice.

'She's a Templar?! I knew there was something about her that wasn't right' I thought feeling my blood boil 'She used Jacob into her own plans. That bitch!'

"It's sickening" Starrick said.

"It's business, cousin. Look at the big picture. With Millner gone, I own the only omnibus company left in London. We already have monopoly English transportation; the moment your engines power my buses, we will be legends!"

"That was my plan from the start with Millner. You forced my hand with your clever little train robbery"

"Crawford, I thought a reconcilliation was in order. Do you have no happy memories of our childhood? Summers in Midford? You and I down by the brook..." she said making it sound like a romantic memory.

"This is a formal meeting, Pearl. Your sentimentality is unbecoming"

When he said that I laughed quietly to myself 'Shot down!' I thought then she went on to say "Unbecoming?! I've had to hear that odious word dribble from men's lips all my life. Refusing to marry is unbecoming. Refusing to allow a man to conduct my affairs is unbecoming. How unfortunate that I didn't accept your hand in marriage all those years ago. How easy things would be for you now. The omnibuses would be yours by right and I would be at home, acting as hostess to your guests instead of standing here being so...unbecoming!"

"It always ends this way with you Pearl. I wish it were not so" Starrick said.

"You glower too much, cousin. You will get your engines back. Our new motorized buses will bring us both a lot of money"

"I'll need to arrange proper transport for the engines to get back to my factory. I want you at Waterloo, personally go ensure that nothing goes wrong"

I could feel the smirk on her face when she said "Of course. May the Father of Understanding guide us"

"Today and in all of our future endeavors, cousin" he said then they walked away. I carefully watched them walk out the warehouse and go to their carriages Pearl got into hers and left, before Starrick could get into his a Blighter ran up to him "Mr. Starrick, we have problem!"

"What is it?" Starrick asked sounding annoyed.

"The female Assassin we captured, sir. She escaped our stronghold!"

"What?!" He shouted causing everyone in the streets to look at him but he didn't care, "We are looking everywhere for her, sir. We will find her before the Frye twins will" the Blighter said to reassure him that they will not fail.

"When you find her, bring her straight to me. I will handle her myself but remember; Do. Not. Kill. Her. She holds value inform I need to know" with that said Starrick got in his carriage and took off.

'Now I have to get back to the hideout train and tell Jacob and Evie what has happened' I thought using the rope launcher to scale across from the warehouse to one of the window lodges on a building then I heard "There she is!" I looked to see the Templars coming after me. I climbed towards the roof as fast as I can when I heard gunshots "Remember we need her alive!" one of them said.

I got closer to the roof dodging all the bullets that were being fired at me but one hit my shoulder causing me to lose my grip on the roof lodge and fall back towards ground. I went to use the rope launcher to pull myself towards the roof when a hooded figure reached out, grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the roof, another hooded figure took a hold of me and laid me down on the roof while the hooded figure who saved me jumped off the roof and fight the Templars.

"Abigail, be still for a minute, please" the hooded figure said speaking a female Irish voice.

"H-how do you know my name?" I asked as she looked my shoulder to see how badly I got shot then I winced in pain when she touched near the wound "Ow!"

"Because we know who you are" she answered removing her hood to reveal her face, her dark brown wavy hair bounced gently as the wind blew through it, her hazel eyes looked at me with concern and care. Her pink lips frowning as she slightly moved my head to look at the cut on the side of my throat, she sighed "I told Alistair we should have move sooner to save you. This wouldn't have happened"

I looked at her confused "You mean to tell me that you and him saw me get kidnapped, almost get raped at the Blighters stronghold and wasn't going to do anything to save me till now?"

She looked away hurt and upset nodding her head "Aye but I am so sorry this happened to you, lass. I had a premonition about this and tried to not let it happen"

"But you did" I slowly got up holding my wounded shoulder, she looked back at me as I looked at her upset "Why did you let it happen?"

"Because I wanted to know if you really were our great granddaughter from the future" a British male voice answered behind her. We looked to see the hooded figure that saved me walk over towards us as he pulled his hood back to reveal his face, his brown hair tied back in a low ponytail a couple of strands of his hair blew gently in the wind as his light brown eyes looked at us. I noticed a scar on his face that started at the bridge of his nose and went across his cheek bone almost like the French Assassin Arno Dorian.

I watched him as he kneeled down next to me "I can see it now. That dark brown wavy hair, those hazel eyes, the fighting and stealth skills of both of us" he smiled softly "We finally get to meet you, Abigail Priscilla Pride"


Jacob's POV:

After finding out that Pearl Attaway is a Templar and was using me in her plans to get the engines I decided to get them back and eliminate her, before I headed out to Waterloo Station I went to Abby's car to check on her, I have not seen or heard from her since last night when I went to the pub with the Rooks which didn't worry me much but concerned me.

I knocked on the door of her car "Abby?" I said looking through the window to see if there were any movement but there was nothing, I opened the door looking around the car "Abby?" I walked in to see her not here "Hmm, she's probably on a mission somewhere" I said to myself about to walk out when I noticed a box sitting on her bed with the lid off it to see a very beautiful red and white satin Victorian dress.

"This is a beautiful dress. Did Abby buy this?" I asked looking at it then pictured her in my mind wearing it. I smiled thinking how beautiful she would look then noticed an envelope next to the box but no letter in it "That's odd" I closed the lid on the box and headed towards Waterloo Station, once I got there one of the female Rooks informed me that the engines arrived the station "Once Starrick's men arrive, they're gonna unload the train" she said.

"Not if the train has already left. Assemble a team at Charing Cross. I'll send the engines there for you to recover" I said.

"Yes, sir" she went to walk away when I stopped her "Oh, by the way, have you by any chance seen Abby today?" I asked.

She shook her head "No, sir I haven't. Come to think of it no one has seen her" when she said that it made me more concern and worried but I'll go find Abby later, right now I need to eliminate Pearl and get those engines back.

I helped take care of a situation at Waterloo dealing with the Blighters holding the station chief hostage and getting the train schedule to the train conductor before heading to the Central Station through a secret passage, I climbed on top of Pearl's train making my way towards the glass roof, as soon as I saw Pearl I smashed through a weak point in the glass and assassinated her with my hidden blade.

She looked at me as she laid on the floor in her blood "What a shame. Good partnerships are hard to come by"

"Ours is most certainly dissolved"

"It's business, Mr. Frye. One does what one must to come out on top. Crawford will not take the news of my death lightly...He can be...unpleasant when he's cross. For example, your young lady Assassin friend, Miss Abigail Pride. She has something very value that the Order needs and who knows what will happen to her once Crawford has her. I have sacrificed so much! I don't want to lose my buses..." with that said she died.

I wiped some blood from Pearl's neck with a handkerchief then quickly went to the engine of the train and headed it towards Charing Cross Station 'How could I let this happen?' I thought 'I know I should have walked her back to the hideout train last night' my anger started raising up so high that I want to go find Starrick myself but if that happen he could have Abby harmed or worse killed.

'I will not let it happen. When I get to the station I will head back to the hideout train and get Evie, Greenie and the Rooks to help find her' I thought. Once the train stopped at Charing Cross I saw hideout train about to leave the station I quickly got on it "Evie! Greenie! I need your help!" I yelled as I run to the main car then stopped dead in my tracks when I saw Abby laying on the couch with no top on as Agnes used a pair of tweezers to get something out of her shoulder while Evie held her hand to comfort her.

"What happened?" I asked looking confused and concerned seeing Abby hurt.

"Abby was kidnapped by some Blighters last night and woke up in their gang stronghold" Evie answering glancing at me then we heard Abby wince in pain when Agnes pulled out a bullet from her shoulder "They were going to hand her over to Starrick but she killed them and got away. They caught up with her at a nearby warehouse and shot her as she was trying to get back here. Luckily, Alistair and Priscilla were close by and brought her here"

"A'right the wound needs to be cleaned and stitched up" Agnes said grabbing a bottle of whiskey pouring the liquid onto a cloth "This is going to hurt, lass" she looked at Abby when she said that. Abby looked at her and nodded then looked at me "Jacob, can you hold my hand, please?" she asked.

"Of course, love" I walked over as Evie stood up giving Abby's hand to me then stepped back to watch. I took off my gauntlet so my hidden blade wouldn't hurt her and held her hand as Agnes wiped the cloth on her shoulder, Abby turned her face towards me as she cried in pain. Seeing her in pain like this caused my heart tighten up 'I wish I could take her pain away but I can't' I tried to think what I can do then I thought of something 'I need her to focus on something else and not the pain but what?' I noticed something on Abby's right side rib and looked to see a tattoo that said 'Courage over fear. Heart over mind'

"I didn't know you had a tattoo" I said brushing my fingers across her tattoo feeling how soft her ivory skin is and seeing her skin get goosebumps from me touching her.

She looked at me "Well, that's because you never asked, Mr. Frye" she smirked.

I smirked back looking at her "Do you have any more tattoos I should know about, Miss Pride?"

She shook her head "This is the only tattoo I have. I got it when I was 16, my dad wasn't too happy with me when he saw it but he soon got over it and said that it suits me"

After she said that I looked back at her tattoo smiling softly "It does suit you, love" I said then we all fell silent till Agnes said she was done stitching up Abby's wounded shoulder Evie give her a dress shirt to cover her up then I walked her back to her car "I'm sorry this happen to you, Abby" I said as I opened the open to the door to her car.

"It's okay, Jacob. I'm just glad I got away before they handed me over to Starrick" she said as I let her walking in first.

"I'm glad too. But next time let me or one of the Rooks walk you back to the train instead of going on your own", she looked at me and stuck out her hand "Deal" she said smiling, I smiled back and shook her hand "Deal"

She let go of my hand and looked over towards her bed to see the box that has the satin Victorian dress in it then looked back at me "Jacob, there is something I need to show you" she said.

"If it's about the box with the Victorian dress in it, I already have saw it"

"That's not what I want to show you" she pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket and held it out to me, I took it and read it then looked back at her "The leader of the Blighters wants to meet you?"

She nodded her head "Yes. I was going to show it to you last night before I was taken. I'm not going to meet him, not without you, Evie, or Henry"

"What about Alistair and Priscilla?"

She looked away upset "I have nothing more to say to them. Priscilla had a premonition about me being kidnap and Alistair wasn't going to do nothing about it because he wanted to know if I was really their great grandchild" she glared off into space as some tears started to stream down her face "They watched me get kidnap and almost got raped"

I pulled her into my arms letting her cry on my chest as I stared off into space feeling my anger build up 'I know we are Assassins but that was taking it too far' I thought as my anger build up more and more, I can't believe Alistair would let this happen to his great grandchild "Where are they now?" I asked.

"They went back to Crawley to speak with the council about the Time Turner of Eden. They wanted me to come with them but I told them I am not abandoning my mission here in London" I felt her wrap her arms around my waist "I am staying until Starrick is eliminated"

I continue holding her wondering if now is the right time to tell her my feelings towards her, even though she has been through so much. As I thought about it I didn't hear her say something till she said my name "Jacob?", I shook my head and pulled away to look at her as she looked at me a little confused "I'm sorry, love. What was it you said?" I asked giving her my full attention.

She looked away blushing "I said 'Or maybe longer than that'"

When she said I felt my heart race a little 'Maybe longer than that? Is she saying she wants to stay here instead of going back to her time?' I thought as she took a deep breath and looked back at me with a nervous look on her face "There is someone in this time I am willing to stay for but I need to know if he feels the same" she said as her hazel eyes locked on to mine making my heart race more "I can't hide my feelings for you anymore"

"What are they, love?" I asked pulling her closer towards my body not breaking eye contact "What are your feelings towards me?"

"I...I'm...in love with you, Jacob"


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