David knelt beside Leon's body and looted his money. "Rest in peace, former ally," David muttered and got up. Suddenly, the door opened and a burly man walked into the office. David recognised the burly man as Joseph Caysee, a.k.a. Leon's personal bodyguard, Benjamin Rosyth. That meant that Benjamin Rosyth was the bodyguard of the vice-boss of the Warriors of New York.
At the same time, they drew their weapons and faced each other. "You goddamn betrayer!" Benjamin shouted at David. David rolled his eyes. "Speak for yourself, Templar." Benjamin slammed the door and locked it, before sneering at David.
There was a ringing sound as both of their swords made contact. Benjamin was much stronger than David thus he was overpowering David. Holding on until the last second, David finally rolled to his side. Benjamin's blade was now stuck in the floorboards. As Benjamin worked to pull his sword out, David stabbed his basket-hilted sword at Benjamin's side.
Instead of finding Benjamin bleeding in front of him, David saw air. He turned around and saw Benjamin behind him, now armed with a dagger. David did not feel it instantly, but a few moments later he felt it. Blood was flowing down David's hand slowly but surely. He had been injured in his sword arm.
Muttering a swear word, David quickly sheathed his sword and stopped the bleeding, which took a few precious seconds. When he looked up, he saw that Benjamin had disappeared. David looked out of the office window and saw Benjamin running out of the mercenary headquarters.
David braced himself as he jumped out of the window, breaking the glass window. As he hit the ground, David did a roll to break his fall. Getting up, David dusted the glass shards off his robes and examined himself. After determining that he was fine, David chased after Benjamin Rosyth.
"Help! Someone is trying to kill me!" Benjamin yelled as he ran, hoping that someone would try to stop David. But the civilians did not want to be attacked by Benjamin's assailant, so none of them intervened.
Nearing his target, David sprung both of his Hidden Blades and leaped onto Benjamin. His Hidden Blades and gashed both of Benjamin's shoulders, but that was not enough to kill Benjamin. Benjamin once again pulled out his dagger and plunged it into David's stomach.
Getting off Benjamin weakly, David pulled the dagger out of his stomach and put his other hand over the stomach wound. David was losing blood, and he had to finish the battle quickly. Twirling the dagger in a figure of eight, David slashed Benjamin across the chest, who was getting himself to his feet. Benjamin fell back onto the ground and died. David threw Benjamin's dagger onto the ground and went to find a doctor.
Days later, David woke up in a bed, wearing different clothing as he had remembered wearing. He tried to get up, but he felt a stinging pain from his abdomen. At the same time, a doctor walked in.
"You're awake, Mister David!" the doctor made a formal smile. "Are you feeling alright?" David shook his head. "My stomach hurts like hell when I try to get up."
"Indeed, you're still recovering. It'll take a week for you to recover fully," the doctor informed. David asked, "How long have I been out? And how do you know my name?"
"I am known to the Order, especially to Achilles Davenport. I am a doctor, Richard Mont. I believe Achilles will be visiting sometime today, as he hasn't visited for a while. And you have been out for three days."
One week later, David had recovered enough to be discharged from Richard Mont's clinic. However, he could not do any strenuous activity for the next two weeks. Achilles, Hope, Liam and Chevalier met in David's apartment.
"Is there news of the leader of the Warriors of New York?" David asked them. Sadly, the four of them shook their heads. "That lad, aye, is a hard one to find. Since I got the word from Achilles a while back, describing of a hooded and masked Templar, I've been asking ship Captains that I am acquainted with. So far I have nothing."
Hope spoke, "My men are searching the streets of New York as we speak. If the leader is still in New York, my men should have news of him within the next week. If not, it means that the leader has already fled."
Now, Achilles changed the topic. "David, what are you going to do after this leader is dead?" David answered calmly, having made up his mind, "I intend to migrate to New France."
Three weeks later, Chevalier and Achilles returned to David's apartment. "I have received word of the leader of the Warriors," Chevalier told David. "One of my acquaintances informed me that the masked Templar had gotten on a ship to Boston, and he had killed the Captain when they reached Boston."