Luna and Connor arrived back at the pit, and he watched as she made her way up to her dad's office, filling him on everything that she and Connor had found out. Connor watched from a few yards away, but there was no denying her pain as she spoke. He stood up once he saw Luna fall to her knees, but he was not sure if he should go to her or not.
Inside the office, Luna found herself sobbing to her father, begging him for some sort of plan to get the child away from the Templars.
"If we don't save him, he will end up just like Cross. You know I'm right, that is just what they do. This poor kid will get so screwed up there will never be any hope for him. We can save him, protect him from ending up like Daniel. Please Dad, send someone in to get him. Please. Then on top of that, Antonio Belinza is still alive. He saw me and Connor today. He was so smug and I'm sure he's doing work for Abstergo."
"How do you know he's working for Abstergo." Luna looked up at her dad, tears in her eyes.
"He got close to me, close enough for me to see his cuff links, Abstergo logos. He had one of their executive pens in his shirt pocket as well as a pass card into their building." He father had known about her torrid affair with Antonio, and when it had ended it was bitter and messy.
"What did you tell him? What did you tell Connor?"
"I told him that his life could end at any moment. I only told Connor that we had a relationship, no more details than that." Luna had moved to the sofa, her head hanging as she thought about Antonio and how ashamed she was of their relationship. Hugh came over, putting his hand on her shoulder as he knelt next to her.
"Alright, I'll call William. I'll tell him we need surveillance on Antonio and then we will see about getting an extraction team together. Now go home and get some rest." Luna stood up, hugging her father for the first time in months. She turned and headed out to see Connor
"I'm heading home, you coming with me?" Connor nodded as he followed her out onto the streets. They walked side by side together and once they arrived back at the apartment, Luna took a long shower. Connor waited for her on the sofa, taking his gun apart and cleaning it thoroughly. This was something that he had learned recently and he liked it. It reminded him of his old life somehow. As he started putting the gun back together, he heard the water shut off and he waited to hear her footsteps. As she walked into the room he looked up at her.
"Are you alright?"
"Not exactly."
"What is bothering you?"
"There are a lot of things. Antonio Belinza for one."
"You're father will have him watched won't he?"
"Of course, it's just that Antonio and I, we were together for a while and I am just afraid of him hurting me now that he can't have me anymore." She could see the muscles in his jaw tense as he thought about it.
"Would he try to hurt you?"
"With him, it's always a possibility. That was sort of his thing, pleasure for pain, pain for pleasure."
"Than I shall be ready for him." Connor put the gun back together, checking the slide as Luna sat down. Luna came over, taking the gun from Connor's hands and putting them on the coffee table.
"There is more Connor. The child that the seer told me about, I promised his parents that I would ensure he was safe, but two weeks ago he was kidnapped from school."
"Did his parents see anything?"
"Unfortunately, they were murdered that morning. They were both assassins, and she was my best friend. I don't think they are going to hurt him, but what they're going to do is worse. They are going to stick him in one of those damned machines and turn him into a killing machine. He will be deadly but he will also be sick."
"From this bleeding affect that you are worried about?"
"Yea, I don't want that to happen to him, he's only twelve and he's such a good kid. He smart and funny and he could grow up to be so great, but if they do that to him" Luna trailed off, not about to say how terrible it would be. He could see her starting to tear up and he put his arms around her pulling her into his chest. Luna breathed him in, moving closer to him as she wrapped her arms around him. She looked up into his dark eyes as she spoke quietly to him. "Connor will you stay with me tonight?"
"If you would like that." She only nodded to him.
Luna pulled away from Connor, heading into the bedroom to lay down, and Connor, put his gun in the biometric case Luna had by the front door before joining her. It was just before sunset and Connor laid on his back, watching they sky change above them. He tensed up slightly feeling Luna pressed against him, but soon he relaxed as he smelled her shampoo. He was caught up watching the sky through Luna's large skylight, it felt like he was home. He started thinking of everyone he knew, and it pained his heart to know that they were all gone, everyone he ever cared about was dead. He could still picture ever detail the manor and all the people who had come to live there, and he starting wondering what had happened to them.
"Luna are you still awake?"
"Yea, what's on your mind?"
"What ever happened to Davenport Manor?"
"No one knows. There is no information on it anywhere in our archives except for your journal. The house is no longer standing, but we have no ideal how or when it fell."
"I would like to know, can we go there sometime?"
"I will see what I can arrange. Are you alright?"
"I am fine." Luna got up on her elbow, looking into Connor's eyes as she spoke softly.
"Connor, I don't know how hard this is for you, but I can only imagine how much pain this is causing you. If you ever want to talk, even to just tell me stories, I will listen, I will be here for you."
"Thank you." Luna could tell he did not want to talk about it, but now it was as if she could feel his heart ache. His mohawk was long, and Luna lazily ran her fingers through his hair as she still watched him. He kept his gaze on the sky, seeing the sky darken, but the city lights made it impossible to see the stars. Connor looked into Luna's gaze and he reached up to touch her cheek. She leaned down, her lips parting as she got close to him and Connor was a little taken back by her deep kiss. Luna kissed him slowly, her lips never leaving his as she shifted, moving so that she was resting on his chest. Connor put an arm on her back as he moved up to his side, the two now facing each other. He felt her legs tangle with his and her fingers slowly ran down his chest as he broke their kiss, pulling away to look at her.
Connor watched her silently and Luna started to get frustrated. She bit her lip as she ran her hands over him, touching him softly and she decided she couldn't wait anymore for him to make the first move. Luna sat up, and Connor got up on his elbow thinking that she was getting out of bed as she turned her back him.
"Connor, do you want to be with me?" He ran his fingers down her back and Luna turned around to look at him. He dropped his head and rubbed the back of his neck.
"I do, I am just unsure how to show you that I want to be with you. This time is so different from what I am used to." Luna slid back into bed, laying next to him as she looked into his dark eyes.
"Connor, just be yourself, I like you for who you are." She put her hand on his chest as she leaned him, kissing him softly. His hand found her hip, sliding up her back as he pulled her close. Luna moved slowly, wanting to savor every moment, the way his muscles flexed, the way his kiss tasted, the weight if his hand on her, every detail. His hand was just sliding back down, rounding over her hip as there was a pounding at the door. Luna pulled from Connor's kiss, smirk across her lips as Connor got up, heading towards the door while mumbling. Luna slid out of bed, following a few feet behind him, until Connor opened the door. As the door opened, a canister came rolling into the room, and smoke started billowing out of it. Luna screamed, but within seconds, everything went black. Connor lasted longer, fighting whoever came into the apartment, but soon, it overtook him as well, and he fell into darkness.
As the fog lifted from Connor, he looked around, realizing he was bound by the wrist and ankles, unable to move. He was in a room, not much bigger than 15 feet by 15 feet, a bed in one corner, a small efficiency kitchen next to that, and an animus taking up the other side of the room. There was a sound from behind him, and he assumed it was a bathroom after hearing water running. He pulled at his restraints, but he couldn't get out of them, he didn't have his blades on when he answered the door. He then began to panic, Luna was in the room too, and he heard her body hit the floor with a sickening thud. A door opened behind him then light female voice was in his ear.
"So nice of you to join us Connor Kenway. How did the assassin's manage to bring you here through time?" Connor did not answer, he was not going to give them any information until he knew Luna was safe. His body went rigid as he felt fingers running along his arms, and soon he caught a glimpse of his captor. She was a tall thin redheaded woman with ivory skin and honey colored eyes. He only glanced at her, then he turned his attention away from her, ignoring her as best he could while her fingers ran over his chest. "Oh come now, let's talk. Tell us how you came to be here."
"Tell me where Luna is?"
"Oh, so you do speak English, I was starting to wonder. Luna, Luna, Luna. Her name doesn't ring a bell."
"I was with her when you took me."
"Oh see, I wasn't the one who took you, I had you brought here. If this Luna was with you, well I hate to say it, but they may have gotten rid of her." Connor's eyes snapped up to hers, and she could see every ounce of hatred and anger that had just bubbled up inside of him. "Let's start over. My name is Scarlett, and I will be here to take care of you while you are in our little machine here, sleeping."
