AN: Thanks for patiently waiting for this chapter. I am sorry it took so long for me to post this, but I had to finish school first. I just finished my exams, so now I am on break. I will try to update as soon as possible.

For the reviewer who asked whether Altair is OOC. Yes, I want Altair out of character. He would not work for this story if he was in character.

Also, I plan for this story to be a couple more chapter long. I intend to write a sequel to this one, and I feel that story deserves to be separate from this story.

Please read and review....

Chapter 2

They escaped through a small cave that was stationed on the mountain side. Altair untied her wrist and hoisted her up on his back. He begin a slow decent down to the ledge that led to the cave. Altair made a soft impact right in front of the cave entrance. He put her down and started to lead them in, "Uh, Altair, I do not like this." Eden said.

"Shh, we won't want to stir up the animals that may sleep in this cave." Altair said.

Eden still didn't like it, so she ran forward and grasped Altair's left hand. He started to pull away, but she held on tighter. He gave up the fight, and continued to lead them through the winding tunnel. After about a hour trek, a huge opening could be seen up ahead. "We'll rest her for awhile." Altair said walking over to a small creek that had formed inside the cave. "This water looks safe enough to drink." he told her.

Eden finally let go of his hand and she gasped when she realized that she was holding the hand with the missing finger.

Altair looked at her when she made that noise. "A small sacrifice for the greater good." he said realizing that she had discovered his missing finger. He raised his hand to demonstrate how his hidden blade came out. "If I didn't cut this finger off, I would get cut every time this blade came out. You know, I don't even know your name?" he said.

"My name is Eden, Altair."

"Eden." he repeated. "Why do you dress like a boy. I thought you were a tiny man, when I first ceased you. If it weren't for your other asset..." he said now staring at her breast again. "Then we would have never known you were a girl."

She blushed when his gaze lingered on her breast. Altair smirked and said, "Don't be shy. I am a man after all."

Her gaze now ran over his anatomy, and it seemed to linger on certain parts. "I know." she said smiling but blushing all at the same time.

"Why are your clothing so strange?" he said grabbing her tank top bottom and running his hands across the material.

"Well, that is a long story." Eden said.

"We have time." Altair said brushing his hand across her stomach.

"Well, you wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Try me." he said indicating that they should sit down. She sat down beside him, and begin to tell her time-travel story. It started with her playing a video game figuring him as the main character. "What? I am a character in a game. I don't understand." Altair said interrupting her.

"I guess someone knew your history, and based a game around that."

"That would make sense please continue."

"Okay." She said continuing her story. Eden told him of how she went to bed, and suddenly she ended up in this time period with her grandmother's necklace lying beside her.

Altair reached up and thumbed the necklace around her neck. "This is the necklace?" he questioned.

"Yes." She answered reaching up too touch the necklace with him. The necklace started glowing as her hand made contact with his hands. As if in a trance, his other hand traveled up her arm to reach her face. Fingers brushed against her mouth and he leaned forward as if to kiss her, but she stopped him. "Maybe there is someone here who could help me figure out what's going on with the necklace."

"Yeah." he said stopping in his tracks right in front of her face. "There is a small village out of this entrance. We can start there." he said pointing to another tunnel.

"No, not another tunnel." she said crossing her arms in front of her body.

"Come on, I will protect you." he told her putting out his hand for her to grab. Eden took his hand that he offered, and they begin a slow walk through the other tunnel.

About two hours later, they reached the little village that Altair mentioned. Altair stopped before entering the village, "Maybe we should try to find you some clothes to wear."

Eden looked down at her clothes. There were holes in them from their journey through the tunnel. "Yeah, but I have no way of paying for them."

"I have a few coins on me, so I will buy them."

"Okay, but I will find some way to pay you back."

"Don't worry. It will be my gift to you." Altair smiled at her. "Come on, let's find the stop." They both entered the village together and started looking around for a shop of that sold clothes.

In a few minutes, they found a shop that sold clothing. A little old-woman ran the place. Eden picked out a red