The Brotherhood
Kai landed the helicopter on the flat ground inside the facility, the assassin's den. Kai unboard and greeted by a fellow assassin.
"Kai! Good to see you back!" the assassin looks around for the two lieutenants, "W-where are they? What happened to them?|"
"They are... Dead." Kai told the assassin of their fate. "I couldn't do anything to save them when we were ambushed."
"This is a sad news for us. But did you atleast killed him? The templar?"
Kai responded by extending his blade, covered with the dried blood of his now dead victim.
"Thank God. Looks like they didn't die for nothing."
"I have to see our mentor. He needs to know this." Kai makes his way to the mentor.
Inside a large room furnished with bookshelves and a single lazy chair, and old man is waiting patiently for the news. His waiting stops when Kai appear on his door. "Kai. It's good to see you returned. Have you succeed?"
Kai put his right fist on his left chest then bows to show his respect, "Mentor. I came here to bring the news. I have killed Robert Pattison, but I lost two of my were attacked right after I killed the templar agent."
"In every battle there will always be sacrifice. Our war againts the templars are always with bloodshed," he puts his hand on Kai's shoulder. "You have once again prove yourself, Kai."
"I only did this for the Order. For the our brotherhood." said Kai as he inspects his blade.
"Your father's blade. It fits you well, and so does his skills that he though you," said the mentor with a slight smile. " You really are the son of Umar." The phrase puts a smile on Kai's face.
Suddenly, an assassin burst through the door, "Mentor! One of our comrade just return! He was one of Kai's lieutenant!"
The mentor stared at Kai for a moment before he heads out to see his lieutenant. The mentor saw the injured lieutenant with a couple of medic treating his wounds.
The mentor asked the lieutenant questions, "Kai said you were killed during the mission. How did you survive?"
The lieutenant tried to speak from his exhaustion, "No.. He.. He le-" but then he saw a familiar face behind the mentor. "You! You lefted us to die back there!"
The mentor and all of the assassins looks at Kai.
"He broke all the three tenets! He disgrace pur creed!"
The mentor looks at Kai in disbelieve. His most trusted student he treated like his own son, broke all the creed. The assassin's creed. "Is it true? You broke the creed?"
Kai swallowed up his hesitation "Yes... But I did it to accomplish our mission."
"We are nothing if we don't abide the creed!" the mentor shaouts in anger "I may have not taught you the skills you need to be an assassin but I taught you our creed! Our maxim! Everything that made us the assassins, but you disobey it! The skills your father taught you, you also stainted it with your ignorance!" He then commanded two assassins to hold Kai "Take him to the pit. Take his weapons and his equipments."
The Pit
Kai, without his upper clothing, walks down into the rectangler pit. A punisher hold him on gunpoint as he makes his way down and stops right at the middle. The punisher ties a noose on each of Kai's arms before two assassins on each end of the ropes pulled the rope, spreading Kai's arms wide. Kai looks up to his mentor looking at him with disappoinment, as for all the assassins that came to see the punishment.
"Kai! Son of Umar! A child born in the Order! As disgrace our creed! Your punishment will be thirdteen lashes! After the punishment, you will be no longer an assassin for bringing shame to our Order!" The mentor nods at the punisher and the he unrools his whip then lashes his whip at Kai.
Kai hold his urge to scream insde, sucking up the pain from the lashes. He holds it long enough until the twenty lashes and screamed at the top of his lungs. The mentor couldn't not bear to hear his pain and he longer able to see him in great pain. He signals the punisher to stop before the twenthy eight lashes and the two assassins let go of the rope, releasing Kai's arms. He felt on his side, blood pouring on his lash wounds and tears from his eyes. The mentor rushed to Kai to check on him. He put his hand over Kai's head, "I'm sorry that I have to put you into this. You can still stay here with us. This is your home. But you are no longer an assassin, son. I am sorry."