Ezio felt the dull traces of consciousness returning, she was laying on a warm bed, or at least she thought she was. A little squirming comfirmed the opposite. She cracked a eye oopen to find herself staring at the workshop ceiling, and behind her, or under her, was the sound of soft breathing. She could barely turn her head back to see a pale brown cape draped over the side of the couch underneith her. That pretty much comfirmed her suspitions.
With as much stealth as she could muster up in her tired body, she slipped one of the arms hold her down off, then processed to untangle herself from the rest of the other's limbs, then got up. Leaving La Volpe still asleep on the couch. Leonardo must have still been asleep.
For a long moment, she debated on what to do until everyone had woken up, until she finally settled with just waking La Volpe up. Which, in itself, was a much more difficult task altogether than she had first antisipated.
First attempt? Shaking him around until he got up. Did it work? Well, if one consiters being swatted at and Volpe turning over on his stomach a sucess then yes. What do you think?
Second? Drag him off the couch. Did it work? No... He clung to the arm and then continued to lay like a limp noodle on the floor.
Third time? Jump on his back. Did that work? Okay, the guy was how old? Ezio didn't want to kill him or break his back!
Fourth. Fourth HAD to work. Right?
Right?
Yeah right...
Dump some water on his face. Come on, that HAD to of worked! Well not exactly. Instead she only sucessed in chasing the thief back onto the couch. Back to where she started...
With a defeated sigh, she plopped down on the chair. Watching as La Volpe laid in a feeble position and pressed into a throw pillow. Maybe she could find another way... but the possiblity of managing to get the older to wake up seemed to be slimmer and slimmer. The last option was to give up and-.
Before she could finish the thought, the door swung open! This made La Volpe sit up with a start as a few guards stood in the doorway. Leonardo had come out in a matter of moments, half dressed. "What's going on?"
One of the guards smirked, "Take them all."
Ezio panicked as they invaded, coming after the three! Leonardo was the first to be tackled, and probably the easiest. Ezio managed to dodge and scramble away from one, only to crash into another. With the momention, she tackled the guard over and jumped over the table. Trying to put something in between herself and the two guards.
La Volpe had easily managed to down one guard, and now was fighting a second. His dagger held at a ready position. The guard slashed his sword, and he blocked as the metal of their weapons clashed. He took a step back as the guard cut the air at a swipe for his midsection! Then found himself cornered up to a wall with the guard, still holding the dagger up ready. The guard knocked it away, letting it clatter on the floor before holding his sword up to the thief's throat.
Ezio lundged for the discarded dagger as the guards rushed around the table to grab her, and picked it up in one fluent motion. "They send bambinos to do a man's work?" She taunted with a challanging grin. Then her dagger met with a sword, and she knocked it back. Using the opening to stab him in the stomach. That guard down. One more to go. She clashed weapons with him, glaring at each other with feirousity in their eyes. They separated and Ezio kicked at the back of his ankle, knocking the foot out from under him and disbalancing him. In the open opprotunity, she impaled him through the neck. Letting him fall to the ground with a thud.
"Ezio!"
She hadn't time to react to La Volpe's one word warning as that downed guard he'd knocked senseless staggered up and pinned her down on the floor with a sword up to her slender neck.
"Tie them up. We're bringing them to Cesare." The leader guard barked from his position next to the knocked over artist, a foot planted on the latter's stomach.