"So this is it Aguri, our first real hint at the Nexus, who knows what we could do with it" Yanagisawa said gleefully
"We don't even know what the Nexus is" Aguri argued
"It's something that links memories of the past and present. Meaning it was an ancient yet advanced version of the Animus
"you're not serious" Aguri said
"Oh but I am" Yanagisawa said smiling "Oh but I am, just imagine; we can learn thing from the assassins and they wouldn't even know it, where they are, who they are, the Pieces of Eden they've got locked up, the mentors of their order. With the Nexus it will assure a Templar victory" Yanagisawa viciously smirked.
'Not if they stop you' Aguri thought
Nagisa continued to view the memory of Duke who was currently riding his horse across the desert. Suddenly he stopped and looked over at a cactus. He got off his horse stroking its side while he walked over to the cactus and started to pick the sharp barb like needles off of it. He then looked at one and pulled out a blowpipe and placed the needle in his hand into the blowpipe and checked it's fit
"Thing of beauty, now where is a?" Duke asked before he heard a rattle. Smirking he grabbed the rattlesnake and produced a small glass jar and started to milk the snake of its venom. "These will make excellent poison darts." Duke said as he put the jar and barbs into a thick leather pouch and got back on his horse. "Giddy up" he said after clicking his tongue. 'So the next is one Tiberius Jackson. He's said to be working under Templeton Brown, one of the most evil Templar leader, he was going to use the darts to make it look like a snake did it.
"Help me" a voice rasped out. Getting down Duke helped a young woman who needed water and gave her some.
"What is a young lady doing out here?" Duke asked
"I was kidnapped but some thugs and casted out of the wagon here" she said
"What's your name darlin?" Duke asked
"Elizabeth, Elizabeth Glass" she said
"Nice to meet you Miss Glass, I'm Duke Gray" Duke said helping him up on his horse.
"Thank you kind sir" Elizabeth said
"This isn't good Yangisawa is on the trail of the Nexus, I don't know how long it will take until he finds it" Aguri said on her mobile "I know, I know I'm trying to stall as long as I can, but it's not working. Moretti has been giving Nagisa a bit of the bleeding effect when he was accessing the memory of his ancestor"
"Miss Yukimura?" Kanzaki asked
"Oh Subject 23 Delta Pi, what can I do for you?" Aguri asked
"I'm finished my session for now, I was wondering if I can rest up in my room for a while" Kanzaki said
"Sure sweetie, I'll escort you back, Moretti! Subject 17 Sigma Tau is still in session; look after him until I get back from help 23 Delta Pi" Aguri said
"You got it ma'am" Moretti said smiling as he went to check on Nagisa.
Soon Duke and Elizabeth reached the town they were heading for. Slowing down Duke pulled out a spyglass and looked around
"Yep, I figured he would be here" Duke said
"Who?" Elizabeth asked
"Col Tiberius Jackson, the head of the 10th Calvary and a Templar. But what on Earth could he be here for" Duke asked
"Maybe whatever business you're here for" Elizabeth said
"I Surely hope not darling" Duke said as he rode into town with his horse. Once he was in town he tied up the horse outside a saloon and walked in. Looking around he spotted the barkeep and did a secret sign of the assassins to which the barkeep nodded in response and indicated to a back room. Duke nodded thanks as he entered the back room
"Ah Duke Gray, you've finally arrived. Here is your mission. To assassinate Tiberius Jackson and retrieve the piece of the Map to the Nexus' location he has" the man in the back room said
"You got it Duke said as he grabbed supplies and walked out
"And thank you for being my niece to the city" the bureau guide said
"Stay cool" Duke said as he walked out and untied his horse. Looking around he found an old water tower and deicide to climb up there and look around. to get the lay of the land before he perform the leap of faith, one of the main traditions of an assassin. He landed softly in a hay bale and pulled in a Templar while killing him. Once he exited and adjusted his hat he notioced a brawl.
"No rest for the wicked" Duke said rolling up his sleeves and walked over there. Once he was in rang he threw a punch into the brawl knocking one of the fighters out before knocking the rest of them out. He grabbed a bottle of whiskey off one of the fighters and downed the bottle and left. "Thanks fellas" Duke said as the world faded to white
"What happened?" Nagisa asked
"The data sync was successful, good work Subject 17 Sigma Tau" Aguri said
"That was longer than usual wasn't it?" Nagisa asked
"It was, I was with Subject 23 Delta Pi" Aguri said
"Why do you use those names for us, when we each have real names" Nagisa said
"Company policy; it's to make us think of you" Aguri said
"As something other than humans, that's why you can't or don't care when the late night attacks on the Animus users happens?" Nagisa asked "Isn't it?"
"I'm not at liberty to say about that" Aguri said
"Bullshit" Nagisa said leaving
"Time for bed" the guard said as he did the same signal of the assassins. Nagisa knew the door would be unlock; so he laid down and went to sleep awakening a couple of hours later and slipped out. He looked around and saw three guard
"This one; Subject 11 Kappa Iota" the guard said
'Fuwa, they're attacking Fuwa. Nagisa thought as he spotted a wooden knife, he picked it up and twirled it around just like Daichi Ushioda would do. Looking up he saw the guards slam Fuwa's head into the floor and place a boot onto her head while a second guard tucked her knees underneath her making her ass into the air. The thrid guard smirked as he flicked out an expandable baton and brought it down of Fuwa's backside rather hard with the first guard kicked Fuwa's side. It was then the second guard saw Nagisa
"Hey, back to bed Subject 17 Sigma Tau" the guard said but Nagisa ignored him and race forward disarming the third guard and forcing the first guard to remove foot from Fuwa's head
"STAND DOWN" the leader said only for him to receive Nagisa's wooden knife into his knee, thigh, groin, solar plexus and throat. Nagisa landed and looked at the other two; who proceeded to shoot a taser at him, only for the wooden knife to block the taser dart and yanked the taser away and ran up to kick the guard in the head
"What's going on?" Aguri asked seeing the situation
"I was defending my friend while these three attacked her" Nagisa said
"Is this true?' Aguri asked
"Yes it is, Subject 11 Kappa Iota was a little difficult so I asked the guards to punish her" Yanagisawa said showing up
"You" Nagisa said
"It seems as Subject 17 Sigma Tau needs a lesson" Yanagisawa sneered
"Try it" Nagisa growled as he saw an outline of Daichi who was running and Nagisa followed him, suddenly Nagisa was doing an air assassination, but he missed and Yanagisawa was suddenly scared, and so was Aguri
"So what do you think?" Nagisa said
"I think I found who I want to try out the new Animus" Yanagisawa said
Soon Aguri, Yanagisawa and Nagisa stood in a large chamber before mechanical arm with a massive hoop descended
"What is this?" Aguri asked shocked
"The Animus 4.0, it uses the same technology, only instead of laying flat on your back they are able to move in real time" Yanagisawa said as two scientists placed the hoop around Nagisa's waist as a spine was attracted to his back before a hexagon shaped plate was placed on his neck and needles stuck in there while they strapped on two high tech braces
"What is this Kotaro?" Aguri asked
"This is the latest in the Animus technology line, with this imagine what we can do with this
"link it up with a normal Animus and have your agents trains with this one while the others are reliving memories of their assassin ancestors" Nagisa said
"That's correct" Yanagisawa said as he input the data. "Time to play" he smirked evilly and went into an observation both. Looking puzzled Nagisa was hoisted into the air as a visor placed on his face and activate making it so he was like in the animus.
Duke had finally found Tiberius and was above him, a hay bale was directly behind two of his guards. Jumping into the hay bale Duke pulled the two guards into the hay bale and killed them. Once the coast was clear he jumped out of the hay bale, only for a bullet to enter his shoulder.
"Duke Gray, how long have you been chasing me, months now I think?" Tiberius asked
"So what" two more guards walked in with butcher's knives and they started to attack, only for Duke to pull out a bullwhip and knife and started to counter them. Once he dealt with the guards Duke climbed back up the tower, avoiding the pot shots Tiberius was trying to hit him with, stopping his climb every now to return fire upon Tiberius. He knew he was stalling until he could get up higher and air assassinate him
"Stupid Assassin" Tiberius said smirking as Duke reached the summit of he was going to perform the air assassination. He leapt into the air and drew his hidden blade before diving through air. Tiberius smirked before sidestepping Duke her crashed into the ground and looked up just to see Tiberius kill him.
Nagisa was forced out of the animus, he was in the stance of an air assassination when he suddenly went limp.
"What's going on?" Yangisawa asked as Aguri got him down
"Medical team to Animus lab Delta!" Aguri shouted into a mic. Soon a stretcher was brought in and Aguri got Nagisa out of the Animus and froze. "Shit " she said checking his vitals. "Vitals are extremely low, he has oral, nasal and aural haemorrhaging; his heart is barley working. No, no, wait.." Aguri said sighed as she checked her watch. "Time of Death 3:19 in the afternoon" Aguri said
"I see, take him to the morgue. I don't need his corpse in my sight; but first pull a gene sample, we can use it for more assassins" Yangaisawa said
"Yes sir" Aguri said as she closed Nagisa's eyes and stroked his cheek. "So unfair, your life should not have been taken so early" she said
"It was a shame in some way" Moretti said comforting Aguri "I will tell his friends"
"Thank you Moretti, thank you" Aguri said as she covered Nagisa over with a sheet after removing his twin tails. Soon she rolled Nagisa out of the room as the Animus deactivated and shut down
"Tragic, but I must thank you senior Yanagisawa, for you have attached a beacon to your back; one we assassins will gladly answer" Moretti said as he left the Animus chamber as well following Aguri out with Nagisa's corpse. The other Animus users saw the stretcher and the staff. Moretti broke off once he reached Nagisa's group of friend, each one of them knew who it was. Yada suddenly broke down crying, only to remain standing thanks to Fuwa and Kanzaki.
"Remember Nothing is true, everything is fucking permitted" Maehara said as he looked at his wrist where a hidden blade sat
G'day Guys Grizz here and well...see you Nagisa...that is all I have to say about this so until next time I'll catch you on the flipside