Wally looked in confusion at the two men wrestling on the floor, then turned to Robin, "Is this one of those guys Desmond was going on about?"

His best friend nodded with a slight smirk, "While you guys went out on your little joy ride, Kal and I actually stayed back here and helped Desmond find one of his time travelers."

Kaldur nodded at the teen's words, then looked over at his teammates.

"I have an announcement to make."

All of the Team then turned to Kaldur, all wondering what their leader would be telling them. Even Shay turned his attention on the Atlantean and shoved the two assassins still rolling around on the floor to the back of his mind.

"As you all know, Desmond came here on a specific mission: to retrieve wayward people from his world's past before the changes to their times were too drastic." Kaldur began, glad to see that all his friends were paying attention to him. "While you were busy with Shay, Robin and I accompanied Desmond in searching for one of these travelers." Now the Atlantean took one step back and motioned to the two wrestling assassins, "May I present to you Ezio Auditore da Firenze."

At hearing his name, Ezio stopped grappling with Desmond and stood with a smile, immediately going to stand beside Kaldur and smiled broadly at all the teenagers.

"We have a bit of a translation problem, Megs." Robin said, then nodded at Desmond, "Desmond over there knows Italian and is able to to communicate easily enough with Ezio, but for us that don't know the language..." He drifted off, hoping that M'gann understood what he was trying to say without any words.

It took Robin and Kaldur staring at the Martian a few minutes for her to understand what Robin insinuated.

"Oh, hello, Megan!" She smacked her forehead lightly, then smiled at them, "Of course I can set up a link between all of us. Just so Ezio can communicate, right?"

"Yeah, exactly that, M'gann." Robin told her with a smile, then waited in silence until he felt M'gann's mental presence in his mind once more.

The whole team felt it as well and were used to it, but Desmond, Ezio, and Shay were all caught a bit off guard by the odd sensation. Both Shay and Desmond had once felt the Martian's presence in their minds before, but were still a bit confused and surprised by the novelty to not be caught unaware by it all. And Ezio's eyes widened at the sudden intrusion and immediately began to question it.

"What was that?" He asked, looking at all the teens in confusion. "What did you do to my mind?"

Desmond smiled broadly at his words, though, because he was gladdened to see his ancestor speaking in English. "Ezio, you're talking in English!" He cried.

This made Ezio cock his head to the side in slight confusion, "No, Desmond. You are speaking in Italian."

His descendant quirked an eyebrow at this, but M'gann stepped forward with a small wave, "Actually, wrong on both accounts. Desmond, you're speaking in English and Ezio in Italian. I'm just translating for you both."

The girl's words were enough to confuse both men, but Shay was actually impressed by the girl's skills. Was there nothing she couldn't do when it came to the mind? Until now she had proved to be able to delve into memories, allow people to communicate with one another, and finally she is able to translate words from another language into English and vice-versa. What other things could the green girl do?

"My God!" Gasped the Italian man, but still smiled broadly, "That is amazing! Leonardo would be amazed to figure out how you are doing this!"

M'gann smiled slightly timidly at the praise given to her by the loud man, but stayed silent as he began to speak to Desmond, "My friend, is this not amazing? I speak my own language, but you are still able to understand me? This is about as breath taking as the dozens of contraptions you showed me on the way into this strange place!"

Ezio was... Loud, Shay decided after the man had spoken. Which was slightly odd to find in an Assassin.

"Well, now that we can finally understand one another," Robin cleared his throat to make both excited Assassins turn to him and listen, "I believe proper introductions are in order."

"Yes." Ezio nodded in agreement, then turned to all the people that had walked into the room and bowed with a flourish. "My name is Ezio Auditore da Firenze. It is a pleasure to meet you all."

M'gann and Zatanna were kind of caught of guard by the propriety the man spoke with, even though Artemis rolled her eyes and the rest of the boys just stared at him. Still, Kaldur nodded at Ezio and bowed himself, "I am Kaldur'Ahm of Atlantis and these are my teammates:" He began, taking one step to the side to motion at his friends, "Artemis, Wally, Conner, M'gann, Zatanna, and I believe you already know Robin."

Ezio nodded as the young boy smiled at him, then Kaldur finished up, "We have one more teammate, Raquel, but she is off world on a mission with her mentor at the moment."

Silence fell after Kaldur had finished speaking, but Ezio broke it with his curiosity, "And who is the last man?"

Shay had been busy thinking up of ways to be able to separate the kids from the two Assassins so he would be able to explain the difference between them and Templars and hopefully get them to listen to reason. It was because he was so deep in thought that he was caught slightly off guard when Ezio pointed at him, but he was able to recover.

"Shay Cormac, Ezio." He answered, lightly raising the corners of his lips in a gentle smile.

The Italian man's seemingly never ending reserve of smiles depleted for a moment as he looked at Shay- and it wasn't just a look, the man was analyzing Shay- and Shay began to wonder if the man would be able to figure out that he was not an Assassin. But soon enough Ezio's smile returned and he was turning to Desmond.

"So, Desmond, will you be kind enough to explain to me just what I am doing in a world that is not my own?"

The younger man looked at Ezio, then nodded and turned to the kids. "I know you rooted through my memories, but I can explain everything to you now. There aren't any other ancestors in peril at the moment and I think it would be best we use this time for me to explain my actions and those of the Order."

All the members of the Team looked at each other for a moment, then Kaldur nodded. "Follow me."

With these words, the Atlantean teen led the group of his teammates and three visitors into what they called the family room, which was where they had couches, seats, and even a television and a game station. This was where the Team usually spent their time relaxing with TV shows or video games. And it also served as a rather comfortable place to sleep from what Wally told them.

Once there, the teenagers fanned out and sat down where they wanted and felt more comfortable, and Zatanna and Wally grabbed Shay and led him towards the smallest couch there- one that was usually meant for only three people- and sat him down there. After he was comfortably seated and they had made sure that his bandages didn't need to be changed yet, the two sat on either of his side.

Kaldur led Desmond and Ezio to sit down on the much bigger couch, and those two men found themselves seated in the very middle between the Atlantean, the bird, and the blonde girl.

Conner and M'gann both took the recliner that was left, with M'gann on the arm of the seat. This way, they were all facing one another even if they did have a coffee table in the middle and a television a bit further from that.

Once they were all settled and comfortable, Wally motioned to Desmond.

"Okay, Desmond, we're listening."

The man nodded then began his tale.

"Well, I think the first thing I should explain is just how we wound up in your world." Desmond breathed out, his eyebrows scrunched up in thought. "Well, actually, no, I think I should tell you about the First Civilization and I guess that would begin to explain how ended up here..." He muttered to himself and Wally couldn't help but smile at his words, "Or maybe I shouldn't tell you about that and just explain what Assassins are and why we fight against the Templars..."

Ezio's eyebrows rose up at how nonchalant Desmond spoke about their secret order, but remained quiet. He had understood from Desmond that these children already knew that they were Assassins but he would have to explain just a bit further to gain their trust. Truth be told, the elder Assassin was very much confused with everything that was going on, but he enjoyed to see his supposed descendant flustered and confused. It was completely worth his confusion.

The young man continued going on about where would be best to begin his tale until Shay sighed, shook his head, and spoke up.

"Maybe, Desmond, the best thing to start off with is the beginning."

Desmond stared at Shay for a moment, then shrugged and nodded. "Okay, well, first of all, in our world there was a civilization that came before human beings. They were called the First Civilization and they were the ones to create humanity." He began his tale, looking from one teen to another as he spoke. "This Civilization created special types of almost unexplainable devices with tremendous power."

"Just how tremendous?" Robin interrupted, eyebrow quirked.

Desmond looked at the boy with solemnity on his face, "Powerful enough to control other humans. Even to amass an army."

The boy's face fell slightly at how dangerous those artifacts could be, but Desmond continued with the explanation of how they had gotten here.

"For some reason I still don't understand and highly doubt I ever will, the smarter persons around me- whom were not able to accompany me on this trip- believe that it was one or maybe two of these devices that brought Shay and Ezio here to your world."

Kaldur now spoke up, hand on his chin in thought, "One of these Pieces of Eden?"

Desmond nodded, "I know it may sound like I belong in some type of asylum, but I'm telling the truth. Maybe the history of your world is nothing like my own, but I can assure you that these Pieces of Eden are very real, very dangerous, and more likely than not in the hands of some mad man."

All of the teenagers remained quiet for a moment as they looked at one another, and after a minute Shay began to wonder if they were communicating mentally once more, but his question was answered when Kaldur spoke up yet again.

"You story does sound like the ravings of someone that is mentally unstable, Desmond. But we have heard more insane theories of our own world and have in contact with actual lunatics. We are going to believe you on this." Kaldur announced, apparently speaking for all the teens.

This made Desmond smile and he seemed as if he were going to continued explaining about Those Who Came Before, but Wally speaking up stopped him.

"Okay, so now we kind of have an idea of how you all got here. But just what are Templars? And why is being an assassin in your world so different from one in ours?" The red head asked and Ezio jumped at the chance to speak up.

"I can answer this question, Desmond." The Italian man told his descendant with a smile, then he turned to Wally, "I believe the difference between the Templars and the Assassins is a rather simple and understandable one." He spoke with an air of intelligence, then finished with a huge smile, "We are good, they are bad."

For a moment, everyone in the room was stunned into silence while Ezio snickered to himself. Once the shock had worn off, Desmond shook his head and wondered if his ancestor really was all that silly, even though Shay didn't find any humor in the situation. So he spoke up to answer the question.

"The greatest difference between the Assassins and the Templars is their way of acquiring peace for all of humanity." He said, looking at Wally, who had asked the question. "Both factions search for peace, but while the Assassins look for it through the freedom of people, the Templars find that controlling humanity is the only way to fully gain it."

"That is not the only difference between us and them, Shay." Ezio spit out after the Irishman had finished speaking while Desmond nodded beside him. "They are ruthless, cold, they do not care for who they hurt-"

"There are rotten apples in every basket, Ezio." The younger man interrupted with a shake of his head, then turned to the teens once more. "The history behind both factions is rich and turbulent at best but when one gets down to the very core, they're more alike than they are different."

Desmond and Ezio were both taken aback by Shay's words but the Irishman himself was proud to have finally gotten a chance to speak up for the Templar side.

"So..." Wally broke the silence they had fallen into, looking from Shay to Ezio and Desmond. "One would let humans run free..." He summarized, only to have Robin finish for him. "And the other would control us like slaves..."

"Yeah. Something like that." Desmond breathed out for a moment, eyeing Shay for a moment before going back to the kids. "It's all very hard to explain and we're not even supposed to speak about things like these to people that don't belong to the Order, but-"

"You need our help to get to those people you came here to get." Artemis finished for the man, arms crossed as she leaned back into her seat. "It's a good thing you're at least smart enough to figure that out on yourself, Desmond."

Desmond frowned at the indirect insult, but still nodded and looked at Kaldur once more. "Anything else?"

The Atlantean sat up as he tried to choose one of the dozen questions he had in his head at the moment, but Robin voiced his own before Kaldur could peg one. "You are all killers, correct? I mean, you're all Assassins so you've all killed, right?"

The three men nodded but kept their silence.

Then Kaldur spoke up, "Do you know how many more people from your world will come here? And who they are?"

Desmond seemed to process the question for a second, then answered it, "I have no idea how many and only kind of know three of the men that are supposed to be coming here. Actually, now that I think about it..." He muttered, then looked at Shay. "I have no idea why Shay is here..."

Shay quirked an eyebrow at this but didn't say anything. Instead, he allowed for the rest to continue speaking.

But before Desmond could explain himself and begin on the long journey that was explaining the Animus, his cell phone beeped and alerted him of a new presence.

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