Four days later, David had lost two pounds and was incredibly weak. He woke up by the shouts of the six British soldiers. The six soldiers that went to take David to the courtyard were different every single day, so David was not surprised to see new faces.
David quickly finished the food and water the soldiers gave him. One soldier unlocked and opened the cell and two soldiers brought David out. One of the soldiers, a young man with a very light beard, pulled his longsword out and stabbed it into another soldier's stomach. At the same time, two soldiers from the end of the corridor rushed over. David retreated back into the cell as he watched the battle. Instead of attacking the betrayer, the two recent-arrivals aided him.
In a few seconds, the British soldiers were dead. The betrayer introduced himself in a moderate Irish accent, "I assume you are David, yes? I am Shay Patrick Cormac, a member of the Assassin Order."
David nodded, but he was slightly unsure of the man. "But why do you not have a Hidden Blade?" The man replied, "I am new to the Order. I was brought in by my childhood friend, Liam O'Brien."
"I see. And who are the two men aiding you?" Shay answered, "They are men of Miss Jensen's. I am sure you know of her."
The two men took a slight bow at David. "It is a pleasure to meet you, honorary member." David acknowledged them with a nod. "We should make haste. British reinforcements may be arriving soon."
Shay and the two gang members nodded and led David to a room in the prison. "Your weapons, Assassin," Shay gestured to the opened chest. Beside the opened chest was a man who lay dead on a chair.
David retrieved his weapons from the chest and put them on. "It feels great to have my weapons back. But I am weak from all the torture."
The four men made their way to the prison courtyard and encountered five British soldiers. Upon seeing the four, the five soldiers drew their weapons and attacked them. The British soldiers were all cut down by the four men.
As they exited the prison, Shay told David, "We have to go our separate ways, so as to avoid detection. I'll meet you at Miss Jensen's hideout."
Half an hour later, the four men met at Hope's hideout. David was the last to arrive. Hope and Liam were there too. "Shay here is rather new to the Order. He joined two years ago, and is a good friend of mine," Liam said. "But he has quite a few flaws," Hope added.
David said, "I suppose Shay has to thank me, then? I suppose he doesn't get to use swords often." Shay nodded and smiled and David. "Aye."
Liam asked, "How were you imprisoned?"
"A week or two back, I killed a mercenary captain. Three or four days after that, a group of British soldiers barged into my apartment and arrested me. While I was in prison, a masked and robed Templar visited me almost every day. But from the tone of his voice then, I suspect he may be a Templar in the high ranks."
Hope thought for a while. "He could be the leader of the Warriors of New York for all we know. I will try to find out more about this Templar you talk of, David. By the way, we have moved your belongings to somewhere else. I'll give you the address."
As David neared his new apartment, he saw the masked Templar leading five Warriors of New York. The five Warriors were quite different from the others he had encountered. Each of the five were armed with a shortsword and longsword, had throwing knives on their clothing, wore tricorns and had a pistol. David reckoned that they were elite Warriors, here to launch an offensive against Hope's gang.
David released his Hidden Blades and drew his basket-hilted sword. The masked Templar identified David from the crowd and quickly notified his men. The five elite Warriors drew their long and shortswords and formed a ring around the masked Templar.
Coming out of the crowd, David attacked the Warriors. While he ducked from a vicious swipe from the first Warrior, David deflected a blow from the second. David rolled to his side two seconds later, just on time to dodge the third Warrior, who had brought his sword down on the then-ducking David.
"You will never defeat us, Assassin. Give up, now!" the masked Templar tried to demoralise David. David charged at the masked Templar, but changed direction at the last moment. David brought his Hidden Blade across the second Warrior's chest, ripping the fabric apart. Blood stained the fabric almost instantly. David's attack was not enough to severely injure the second Warrior, but he saw the Warrior grunt in pain. Seeing the Warrior grunt in pain gave David a fresh surge of energy, allowing him to fight on despite being weakened from the torturing.
David charged at the first Warrior, and while moving towards him, pulled out one of his pistols and fired at the Warrior. The first Warrior fell like a stone.
"Augh!" David let out a cry as the third Warrior slashed his forearm. He retreated as he checked his forearm. Luckily the wound was minor.
David went to the fallen first Warrior, tore some fabric from him and used it to bandage the wound on his forearm. David took the pistol from the dead Warrior's waist and shot the incoming fourth Warrior in the neck. The fourth Warrior collapsed.
"It appears I am wrong," the masked Templar spoke. "Men, let us retreat now." The remaining three Warriors surrounded the Templar as they made their escape. David chased after them, but the masked Templar produced a smoke bomb from beneath his cloak and threw it on the ground. By the time the smoke cleared, the Warriors and masked Templar were long gone.
David returned to Hope's hideout and reported the news to Hope. "You should stay here for the night. You need to recover," Liam said. Hope agreed with Liam. "Indeed you should stay, David." Thus, David stayed at the hideout for the night to recover.