Chapter 14

The cool night breeze chilled my bare skin as I stood on the top of the small building we were trapped in. From what I could see, there was at least fifty to sixty well armed men guarding the perimeter of the compound. Not very good odds for three assassins. Even if two of them could take a beating. I turned my head to look at my two partners in this little mission. Altair was perched in the shadows on the ledge of the building, most likely using that Eagle Vision of his to see what I could not. I hated that at times.

"So boss man, what do you see?" I spoke in hushed tones. I did not want to give away our position.

"I count fifty-two. They are doing perimeter sweeps every ten minutes. I think they are getting ready to storm the place." He looked at me with the creepy golden eyes. Yeah, definitely using Eagle Vision.

I shook my head. "Snatch and grab is out, I take it?"

"Too many to account for. We have to come up with a new plan of attack." He jumped down, barely making a sound on the gravel.

Jenna watched us from her place on the corner of the building. "What about just running through, shooting at anyone that comes near us?"

We just looked at her. "Can you outrun a bullet?" She shook her head no. "Then bad idea. I can not and neither can Alanna. All that would do is get us shot and everyone inside shot. No, we need to draw their attention away from one of the doors. It is the only way for Rebecca and Ezio to get everyone out. Sorry, but I don't think that Mike kid is really a full assassin yet. Am I correct?"

She glared at Altair. "He can hold his own. You know, you have never told me your name."

He smirked. "No I haven't."

"You ever going to?" Jenna eyed Altair.

"Nope, now let's think, shall we?" He turned back to me. "You are the fastest out of us. What you need to do is blow something up."

I laughed at him. "Oh you are funny. I have no explosives and the nearest car is in the middle of the lot. I would probably get my ass shot off before I got to it."

He smiled at me. "No you won't because I am going to lay down cover fire for you. If you can blow it up, I will make sure their attention is on me."

Now normally I would love to blow something up, but I was not liking where this was heading. I had to run through a bunch of guys, blow up a car, and make it back to the building without getting clipped or worse. Yeah, this sounded wonderful to me. Not! "You have gone mad, you know that right? There is no way in hell I can make it that distance without being seen."

Reaching out to me, he took my hand into his larger one. "I have faith in you."

Ah damn. I was still a sucker for him. I may be pissed and all towards him, but no matter what he said or did, I would always have feelings towards him. Stupid heart. Can't you just get a life? No? Well, I was just screwed then. "Fine." I said with a sigh. "Point me in the direction and I will fly." Glaring at him, I added. "You owe me so big for this."

"As you wish." Releasing my hand, he looked at the blond. "You know how to hot wire?"

"Please. I come from a long line of mechanics. I could do that in my sleep." She grinned. "Show me what I am snatching and I will show you a running motor."

I looked out over the lot once more. "You need to get one of their SUV's. The door on the far side of the building is the most logical to exit out of. There are not many men around it and the fence is not as heavy. From there it is a hop, skip and a jump to the nearest town." I heard him say to her.

I listened to their debriefing for a moment. I watched the men and the way they set themselves up. It was familiar, too familiar. "Altair..." I knew who was out there. They also knew who was in here. I so fucked and I mean very badly.

I felt him stop next to me. "What?"

"Do you remember me saying something about what I did outside of all this?" My eyes never left the lot.

"You worked for a security company."

The wind picked up, kicking my hair around my face. I tucked it behind my ear. "They are here. They know I am here. Shit! Why didn't I see this before? I am an idiot!"

His hand went to my should and turned me to face him. "What are you going on about?"

"Shit, shit, shit! You need to get everyone out of here. You need to do it now. They are not going to take us alive. They are here to kill everyone and start over. They want the Apple and to hell with anyone else." I punched the low wall to my right. "I can not believe I was this stupid. They have betrayed us. They are the ones that knew where we were going. My orders came from the president of the company. He was a double agent. He was like your mentor."

Recognition came into his eyes. We had been ratted out. "Hey, anyone want to include me? I have no clue what is going on." Jenna crossed her arms over her chest.

Altair shook his head. "Alanna was given orders to come get Desmond and protect him in getting the Apple. She brought Ezio and myself along because we were people she trusted. The company is a front for the assassins, or well, it was. They have been working with the Templars all along. I got that right?"

I closed my eyes to steady my breathing. I wanted blood now. I would have it. No one used me and got away with it. "You are right. They have sold out and will pay for this." My eyes snapped open, and I didn't think. I just went by my instincts. I jumped off the side of the building. Three stories down was not that far. Not for me at least. I had jumped from higher, but always had a relatively soft landing. The grass was not that forgiving, but I let my body go limp when I impacted with the ground.

I took no damage, and I heard someone land next to me.

"Next time, warn me when you are going to do something like that." He glared at me, as he stood up. "I have you cover you, remember?"

I glared back, and raised my gun. "You need to get them out of here. I have to do this."

He grabbed my shoulder in his vice like grip. "You are not thinking clearly, Alanna. They betrayed you. You want revenge. I understand that more than most, but get your head out of your ass and think about this. Do you want them to find out what you are? What we are? We would become experiments if they got their hands on us. I do not want to be cut up repeatedly. You will have your revenge, I swear to you, but stick to the plan."

I tried to shake him off, but he was stronger than me. "Get off!"

His grip tightened causing me to cry out a bit. "I am a few seconds away from putting a bullet in your head just to keep you from doing something stupid." I tried to pull away, but he spun me around and I felt the cool edge of his blade against my neck. "Stop now, you idiot. I will help you, but you have to help me and keep me in the loop."

I relaxed in his hold. His words rang true in my head. I was being an idiot. I was letting my hurt get in the way of the big picture. "I am sorry. You are right."

"Say it one more time and I will let you go." He whispered in my ear, sending chills down my spine.

I just rolled my eyes. "Let me go. I am not saying it again. You heard it once, that's enough." I would not let him know he was getting to me.

The blade came off the tender flesh of my neck. "Next time, Alanna, I will get you to say it." He released me, and I stepped away from him to clear my head. "Now, are you ready to get this done?"

I nodded. "Let's get this over with. Give me two of the flash grenades. I can use them to blow up the car." It wasn't a high powered bomb, or a real grenade, but they contained enough stuff in them to start the catalyst that would blow up the car.

He pulled them out of the belt holster and placed them in my waiting hand. "I will only start firing when they see you. I do not want to give away our position."

I understood what he meant. If he needed to, he would fire, but not until then. I eyed my target. A small car, most likely left by an employee. It would, unfortunately, would not be here when they returned. "Are you ready for the fastest few minutes of your life?"

He grinned in that cocky way of his, causing the scar on his lips to stand out more. "More than ready."

I look off like a shot. Pouring every bit of speed I had in my body, I made it to the car in record time. Sliding to a stop, I crouched down next to the gas tank. I let my blade slide from it's hiding place. The gas tank on a car was not very thick. It can be punctured with a screwdriver and a bit of force. Most people don't know that. The gas tank, oil pan and transmission pan are the thinnest metal metal on the underside of a vehicle. All they were are aluminum.

I placed my blade near the bottom of the tank and thrusted, hard. The blade pierced the metal with ease. Gasoline poured down the blade and across my wrist. I pulled out the blade, and let the fluid flow freely. When there was a good collection on the ground, I brought one of the flash grenades out of my cargo pocket. I smiled and stood up. "Hey boys, looking for me?" I fired two shot into the air.

Oh, that got their attention. At least ten men ran towards me. I just smiled, pulled the pin and ran like hell back towards the building.

Unfortunately, I did not calculate the blast of the car and the amount of gas in it. Sure, I took out the guys after me, but I felt a sharp pain, red hot and quickly spreading through my body. My body began to fail and I fell to my knees. The last vision I saw was that of Altair running towards me, yelling my name, then everything went dark.

Altair

I watched the car blow up and Alanna take some of the shrapnel. I ran as she fell. As I reached her side, I saw the damage done. Metal pieces stuck out of her flesh and burned it as well. "Damn it, Alanna. You were suppose to blow up the car, not yourself." I knew she was dead, or well, temporarily. Didn't know for how long. It all depended on the damage. I had seen her come back in a little as an hour, but I had never seen her take this much damage.

Kneeling down, I began to pull the shards of metal from her back. I would not be able to get them all, but enough to make the others think she was just out cold and not dead. I did not want to explain that to anyone.

"Damn you. I wish you would not run head long into things and wait to blow something up when you are out of range." I told her as I picked up her limp body. Blood ran down my arms and seeped into my shirt. Now I knew she would be out for a few hours, just from the blood loss alone. "You owe me for this, woman."

More men started to come over to investigate the explosion. We had to get out of here. Where the hell was that girl with the car? I looked down at Alanna. Her face was peaceful. It was the only time she was like this.

Just then, a black SUV came peeling around the building. Jenna slid to a stop in front of me. The back door flew open. Rebecca looked at me with those deep blue eyes. "Get in."

Climbing in with a dead weight was hard, but I got in. Jenna pulled off and punched the accelerator. The truck rocketed through the lot, hitting the burning car. Men jumped out of the way as the young woman flew past them.

"Doesn't she know you are suppose to blow up the car and not yourself?" Ezio turned to look at us from the front seat.

I chuckled. "You know how she is. Never listens." I looked around the interior of the car. Desmond was in the third row with the young boy, Mike. Jenna was in the driver's seat, Ezio next to her, and Rebecca sat next to me.

Rebecca looked from me to Alanna, then back. "Will she...?" She trailed off, not wanting to finish the question in front of the other two assassins.

"Yeah, she'll be fine in a few hours. We just have to get somewhere so I can clean it up." I really didn't know exactly how bad the damage was, but it wasn't something that she wouldn't recover from. The one upside of the whole immortal thing.

"We have to get the hell out of dodge. Anyone know any good places to lay low?" Jenna plowed through the fence and onto the road behind the compound.

"I don't even know where we are." Ezio shook his head. "It wasn't like they told us anything."

Mike spoke up from the back. "We are outside of Florence, Italy."

The light came on behind Ezio's eyes. "When you get the chance, I want you to pull over so I can drive. I know many hiding places in this city."

The female assassin chuckled. "I would say your parents must have loved history. To name you Ezio, and Altair. What are you guys, cousins or something?" She looked at me through the rear view mirror.

I turned my amber eyes and met the Italian's dark brown one. "That will be explained later." An explanation I was not looking forward to.

Sorry, I have been sick the last two days. I have three chapters done, but I am not going to load them all at once. About every twelve hours. Now this chapter was a little different. It was done as both Alanna and Altair's POVs. I noticed it was really short before I added Altair on to the end. They are now out of Abstergo, and there is a leak in info. Thank you everyone that has been reading. I have been doing some side stories on this as well. Just one shots that kind of follow them through the ages. I might post them soon.