Luna woke up draped in Connors arms as they laid on the dirt floor on her sleeping bag. The fire had died down to glowing embers encased in scorched wood causing her body to shiver from the cold. She slowly raised his arm and placed it on his chest before she stood up and stretched. She walked to the opening they had jumped down into before, the sky was still dark and she had no clue what time it was. She went back over and laid back down, curling into him as he smiled in his sleep. She didn't go back to sleep right away instead she laid there watching him until her eyes became so heavy they closed and she couldn't fight them open.

"Connor, I was wrong for how I treated Charlie, but worst I was wrong for letting you go so easily. I should have fought for you but I was afraid you'd never forgive me. And right now I'm telling you that I'm done letting fear dictate my life. I need you to know that you are what makes my life worth living. You and only you."

Connor woke up to the feel of Luna against him and he realised that he felt at home with her. He slowly looked down at her, not wanting to disturb her sleep and he smiled. Perhaps she had been right the night before, just because he adapted to this new life did not mean he was any less of the man he'd been before. He gently brushed her hair back before pressing his lips to her forehead, savoring this moment with her.

"Just because you live here in this time now doesn't mean you have to let go of who you are. I don't care if you never want a single piece of technology, just as long as you want me. And I know you don't trust me anymore and I know that we have a lot of damage between us, but please know that I'd be lost without you. It's you, the man I met when Juno and Jupiter brought you here, that is guy I started falling for who keeps me safe."

Her words echoed in his head, and he was slowly beginning to see that she was just as scared as he was. He then felt her body shiver and he pulled away from her so that he could check on the weather outside. It looked as if the sun would be rising any minute and that sky was clear, so he began to wake her, ready for their journey.

"Luna, wake up. If we start now we could sleep in our own beds tonight." She grumbled slightly as she sat up, scowling in the dark.

"It's still dark, I need more sleep." He couldn't help but smirk as he held a hand out to her, she was really not a morning person.

"The sun will rise soon." She took his hand, and he helped pull her to her feet before rolling up the sleeping bag for her. He got their bags packed as she pulled a few protein bars from hers, handing him one. He watched as she ate hers and he opened his, smelling it before biting into it. It was different, not something he particularly cared for but he knew they would need it on their trip.

He stood under the window, looking up as he tried to decide the best way out. Luna came over, her hands on her hips as she looked up at the hole above them.

"How are we getting out of here?" he stood there quietly for a moment before he took off his bag and tossed it out the hole with all his might. He then held his hands out before looking at Luna.

"I'll throw your bag out as well. Then I will get you out. It will be easy." She was skeptical as her eyes scanned his. She slowly shrugged her bag off her shoulders before handing it over to him. He tossed it out as well and then he turned to her, lacing his fingers together, creating a step for her. "Now you go. Come one Luna, you can do this." She looked him over for a moment before walking over and resting her hands on his shoulders. His body tensed up and she could see how he avoided looking at her, she stepped into his hand so he could hoist her up but part of her wanted to say in that hole.

She pulled herself out onto the soft ground, her fingers digging into the mud that now surrounded the area. She pulled her lower body out of the hole then rolled onto the back before turning to reach out to Connor. She grabbed her bag, looking for rope as she peered down into the hole, but he was nowhere to be seen. She then heard a sound behind her and turned to see him standing there with the black lines fading across his face. He held a hand out to her, helping her off the wet ground and as she stood up once again he averted his eyes and she knew they had a lot of rebuilding to do.

She wiped her hands on her jeans before grabbing her bag, handing Connor his as well before they started following a path towards the water. Soon they were walking down a sloped path and he began talking.

"Just over there, once we get past these trees was where the Aquila was docked. Faulkner would always be standing out on the dock going over some plan for the ship, wanting it always to be the best out in the open water. I did not know my grandfather was a ship captain until after the death of my father when I found his journal. I admit that being on the ship always felt natural, like it was a part of me, and it turns out that is was."

As they entered the clearing, no dock remained nor any sign of the Aquila and Luna glanced at him, seeing his pain once again. They past the remnants of some old shacks and when they started towards the cliff Connor stopped them, pushing Luna behind him. She had no clue why he stopped her, but the sound of a growl sent goosebumps down her arms. She stayed silent as he slowly reached for his hunting knife kept on his hip, his left hand still held behind him protecting her. They took a few more steps, Luna staying close to him as they rounded a tree. Without any warning Connor turned and shoved Luna to the ground as the wolf leapt towards them.

Luna cut her arm on a rock when she fell and the wolf no longer worried that Connor was there as it smelled the blood in the air. It turned and eyed up Luna laying there on the ground, stalking her slowly. Luna scooted back, now aware she was caught in the cross hairs as she stared the animal in the eye. The lean wolf snarled as he inched his way closer, licking its snout as if mocking her by licking his lips. She kept moving backwards slowly but soon her back was pressed against a log and she felt her heart leap to her throat. For the seconds the wolf stood there eyeing her, it felt like an eternity but the moment it hunched down to launch himself at her, time sped up.

As she realised that nothing had happened to her, Luna looked up and saw Connor standing there, panting as he looked down at the dead wolf at his feet. He turned and saw her looking at her arm while pulling her bag off her shoulders. He approached her and she glanced up at him as she unzipped her bag.

"Hey, it's not bad. I'm just going to clean it and wrap it before we get moving again. By the sound of the water we aren't far are we, a hundred yards or so." He crouched down next to her, his large hands wrapping around her arm gently as he looked over the cut.

"I am sorry I hurt you. I did not want the wolf to bite you." As Luna watched him she couldn't help but smirk, there was the gentle giant of a man whom she had missed.

"Hey. Connor, look at me. It's fine. I'll take this little cut over that wolf ripping my throat out. Don't worry, you didn't do this. That rock over there did." Connor looked up into her amused eyes while he took the first aid kit and began to clean and bandage her wound.

"I suppose you are right. I will have to throw that rock into the water so that it can never hurt anyone again." He laughed and for the first time there was no pain when he looked at her. He bandaged her up and helped her to her feet before he looked at the wolf carcass.

After Connor had taken care of the dead animal he kicked at the rock that Luna had fallen on, dislodging it so that he could pick it up and carry it with him. They then resumed their walk to the cliff, arriving at their destination just 10 minutes later where Connor dug at the spot Luna directed him to. After several minutes his shovel hit a hard object and Luna watched as he dropped to his knees, continuing to dig around the object with his hands. She knelt besides him and soon her hands were working with his to uncover a wooden box and pull it from the ground. He nodded to her, wanting her to open it but she just sat there looking at the symbol carved into the top of the box, it wasn't the simple symbol of the brotherhood that she was used to seeing, this was something totally new to her.

She paused for a moment before sliding the latch on the box, opening it slowly to find an old leather-bound book inside. She shut the lid to the box and began to put it in her bag before she looked at the symbol again, it now beginning to look familiar. She shoved the box into her bag and smiled at Connor, he then stood up with his rock he'd carried over and he walked towards the cliff, throwing it in the cold water churning below.

"Come on. Hey how's your leg feeling?" He walked over and helped her up, kicking the dirt back into the hole as he spoke.

"It hurts, but I can manage. How is your arm?" She ran her fingers over the bandage as they walked back they way they had come.

"Hurts like hell, but it could be worse. I think I bruised my backside yesterday too when I demolished that chair, it's a little sore to walk." She felt his arm against her, as he gently pushed her as he walked and she thought over time maybe they'll be alright.

The two-hour hike back to the car was quiet except when Connor would talk about people who used to live on the homestead. He would tell their stories and he and Luna would laugh before his mood would become somber again, he was alone without anyone he truly knew anymore. He'd grown to know and trust most of his fellow assassins, but none as much as the people he'd known in his own time. The last leg of their hike was quiet and soon they could see their car just a few hundred yards down the hill but Luna stopped, grabbing his arm as she squatted down and looked at the car.

"What is it?" His voices was quiet as he strained his eyes but he didn't know what he was looking for.

"The car, look at it. Do you notice anything different?" Connor let his eyes scan over all of the car, and soon he saw it a red blinking light in the grill.

"That light, what is it from?" Luna thought about it, two distinct possibilities sticking out in her mind.

"It's either a tracking device meant so that we can be followed or it's a bomb meant to blow us up." He started scanning all surrounding areas, trying to see any trace of who could have tampered with the car. After a minute Luna rose up and started walking slowly towards the car, Connor following close behind her. She approached the vehicle and laid down in front of it causing Connor to panic and do the same.

"What is it that you're looking for?" She pointed up to the small little module stuck the grill of the jeep.

"I was checking to see if this was a tracker or a bomb. It's a tracker." She reached up and pulled it from the frame, sliding out from the car and holding a hand out for Connor as he slid his large shoulders out from under the front end. "Get in, if they want something to follow, we'll give it to them."

They both climbed into the car and drove out into town where Luna found a van with Quebec tags, attaching the tracker to the underside side of it before she and Connor finished their drive back to NYC.