Training and experience

Carters POV (in the animus)

Our training has started, every time we mastered some thing we start to learn something else. Days became weeks, weeks became, months, months became years, and as soon as we got to a new level they decided that we should go out and get experience. I went with another assassin with the name Willem, an English assassin armed with a long bow, he has allot of experience. I donned the robes of the assassin for this mission, Willem took me on the roof tops and there is a building with a tower, and there are Templar banners on it.

"This one of our many dens taken by Templar's Carter, some where around here is a Templar knight, he commands this small group of Templar's with discipline, ok now since we are here to take it back, and you must learn to take it back, and here is how it's done, step one: infiltrate. Step two: kill the knight. step three: light up the signal fire. That warns them that it's time to leave."

"You make sound easy."

"of coarse it does but it's more complicated than that, we have to find a way to get in with out being seen."

I looked around and I noticed guards paroling the area, on the ground are men at arms armed with spears, falchions, swords, axes and maces, but on the roof tops are crossbowmen, armed with short swords and crossbows, the place is heavily guarded, but I noticed that they are so far apart, that makes them vulnerable for an attack from behind, now way they are going to raise the alarm if they are far apart, suddenly I got an Idea.

"There are allot of blind spots, if we take down the crossbowmen down on the roof, and continue to the den we may have a chance to get in close and take out the knight."

"An excellent strategy, I'll create a distraction, you will wait here, I'll single to you when I made path."

He took of, as I observed I saw crossbowmen fell one after another, I have a feeling that Willem is an expert archer, no wonder the English had a large force of them, they are the elite. after a few seconds of observing Willem signaled towards me, so I went up to him.

"How do you English do that, all the fast and accurate shots that you did?"

"The secret to it Carter is constant training and practice, If you get it right and make it perfect you will be an expert. Now lets look for our knight, we must spot him and if we take a glimpse of him he might be standing about like a peacock."

We waited for the knight to come around, 18 minutes passed by and still no sign of him, I thought that this will take days, then I noticed warrior that is different than the others, he wore a great helm, a broad sword is strapped to his side, and a kite shaped shield on his back, then I noticed that he is carrying a knights equipment, that is the knight.

"There he's right there, see him Willem?"

"Yeah there he is. Take him he's your's"

I never thought that he would give me the knight for a target, I followed him and the person next him, I encountered some crossbowmen on the roof tops and took them down, and I even took a crossbow but I felt like I'm going to despise the code, I set the string ready and I put the bolt on, I figured that this will be murder and against the code of chivalry but there is no choice. I got down from the roof tops and went in the shadows, the knight is standing and talking to one of his soldiers, maybe his second in command, I figured that even if I kill the knight the man at arms might follow me or raise the alarm, there is but one choice, take em both down. I got out of the shadows and aimed the crossbow at the knight, as I got close enough I fired and the knight fell, then I start to run at the man at arms and killed him swiftly with my concealed blades. Both men are down, I searched through the bodies to see if they have any thing on them, then I threw their bodies in the hay bales, now there is one step left of retaking the den, light the signal fire and conquer.

Willem's POV

Carter is taking a long time, has he taken the knight down or has he failed and got captured or worse, he got killed, but strangely the alarm didn't go of. I met Carter and his beautiful wife when he got the mission, he's young and he's fit for a married noble, they have to be when they are going to fight, but strangely he had the complexion of a moor but only paler but he is a very nice guy to talk to, Louise told me that he saved him from the Templar's, I know that they have a bit of trouble with them, but they are not the only ones, the Byzantine empire in the east is having troubles with them as well, they were said to be the legacy of an old empire that ruled the continent before the kingdoms came into being.

As looked around with my sharp eye I noticed a figure on the tower with a torch in his hand, as he light it I knew that it is Carter and he had successfully killed the knight, this young man has done something great, he took back our den and that is very important.

We met at the tower of the den, and he was standing there waiting for me and he is smiling, I never thought that he would smile because of something he'd done.

"Well done Carter, you have taken back the den and I think our mentor will be completely happy about that."

"Thanks Willem and you know I think that we would put a master assassin in this den in order to keep it safe."

"I know but this is not over yet, the Templar's will come back in a week or so and we have to prepare for their come back."

"They will lay siege on this den?"

"That they will and we must put an end to it the way we know, and that is to defend it, we should put fortifications all around the streets and all the commoners must be safe so we must take them some where safe."

"How?"

"Markets."

A week later we have fortifications all around the den, and we got news that the Templar's will come on the west flank, so we got archers and crossbowmen on the high grounds and at the wooden walls that ready to take down the soldiers that will come at us, I positioned my self at the middle of the men, and latter joined by Carter, he brought a crossbow and a quiver of bolts ready.

"Do you think they'll come?"

"They will but it will take some time before they start the assault, in fact here they come."

First wave came, light and unarmored men came running at top speed, but they were easy pickings for our archers but only one escaped, the next wave will be allot harder, after a few minutes we've set up some air assassins ready at the edge of the roof tops ready for a surprise on the roof tops. second wave came in, the enemy this time have brought men at arms in mail armor, it was a little tough but at leased those are at risk from our crossbowmen, they were close to our fist wall but at leased we took care of them, the next wave is not easy they brought crossbowmen themselves, but we got around with that problem, take them out before they get us. Wave after wave they brought more men and knights them selves, it wasn't long till they brought a battering ram, our walls are useless against that thing, in a few seconds the walls will be broken, some of us try for a type of trap to get the battering ram down, hooking a chain to the back of ram, and before we now it, it stopped and it got stuck on the chain, now the Templar's are easy pickings, we all got of the roof tops and take care of the Templar's on foot, after a few minutes they are all done, we have taken a few casualties but at leased we did our job.

Before day break we searched through the bodies to see if the have any thing useful, we took their weapons and every thing they have on them, but we must keep the den safe from further attacks from the Templar's, so we must recruit more assassins, and that will take persuasion and we must find any one who is looking for honest work but we will be doubled in size and one day the Templar's time will be over and done.

Sophia's POV

I married Carter a year ago but we have know each other since childhood, and when I found out that we were going to get married he and I were completely surprised, we felt like that we were to young for that sort of thing but I find Carter handsome and everything, but I wasn't sure if he liked me allot, on our wedding day after the dance and before it was over our guests put us in a room alone together, to see if we hook up and we did, it happened like this, we were so bored out of our skull until there was nothing left to do except for one thing and we actually took the advantage of each other and we started kissing each other non stop.

After a few months with him we started to go allot more advanced, we had our arguments but we somehow make it work, he promised never to beat me and to protect me, he and his chivalrous code has always like this, then one night before bed time I was weaving a picture about a crusade, my father was there at the crusade where Carters adopted father and grand father fought. The night when I weaving he came into our chamber he got surprised to see me weaving something about a crusade, once he said the wrong word, an Idea and a memory popped up in my mind, I remembered what he has said after he came back hunting, he told me that the predators usually go out at dawn and dusk cause that's when their prey are more vulnerable, and that memory got me the idea of taking him, and then I took the advantage and he and I got each other to our selves and I finally got the chance to get him to take away my virginity, it was a romantic, uncomfortable yet wonderful feeling from the ritual of love.

After a few weeks he and I got to join an old group of assassins, cause Carter is in danger, and if he is in danger then I am as well, so we discussed it with each other and agreed that we should do this together, like we always should, but now I'm a fragile situation, I'm bearing our first child and I don't want our child to be in a fragile state once we got him, so I now let Carter to do the training and I'll stay and wait for him, he didn't like the idea but he knew I was right, I can't train with a child coming in a few months. on the day when I was giving birth he wen't with Willem to take back a den, I hope that he will come back and meet our first child, The labor painful and I nearly passed out before the baby got out, but once it got out and made it's first cry they told me that I have a son, we have an heir, a few seconds later Carter came and he was overcome with joy that he realized that we have a child.

"What is it?"

"It's a boy, he's beautiful carter, what should we call him?"

"I think that we should call him... Andre, Andre Le Hard, this child will be a great assassin I can feel it."

"You so?"

"I know so sweet heart, I have feeling that our descendants will take the Templar's down one day."

True warrior words, I hope that our descendants will have a great life ahead of them, and that they will be special in their own way.