Chapter 2

After a long ass afternoon of fighting with Shaun and insulting each other back and forth, Rebecca and Desmond made some food for dinner. I made Shaun wheel me over because I was feeling really lazy but he didn't need to know that. I whined and complained about my legs until he did it.

"You're lucky I'm a nice person," Shaun mumbled and sat at a chair at the table. Rebecca set plates in front of Shaun and myself. To my dismay, Desmond sat beside me. He harassed me all dinner and Shaun looked like he was going to punch him. Sadly, instead of starting a fight, Shaun settled for his sharp words. I did get a laugh out of Desmond's mediocre replies.

"Hey Tess, want to go outside for a bit?" Rebecca asked me. "It should be safe."

"Sure," I shrugged and we got up. The boys would get to do the dishes tonight.

"Oh, so you can't walk over here but you can go frolic around on the surface with Rebecca!" Shaun complained.

"What can I say? Eating made me feel better," I giggled as I followed Rebecca up to the surface. It was really nice to feel the cool, fresh air rather than the damp air in the cellar. I stripped off my sweater and let the air cool my body down. Rebecca led me through the vineyard and we climbed up into a tree in the small orchard that was on the other end of the property.

"So Shaun hasn't killed you yet," Rebecca said.

"No, but he might kill me," I laughed at the memory of how red his face had gone multiple times.

"Nah, he'd probably rather make your life hell," Rebecca laughed. "Although he probably won't get very far. You have the same sense of humor as he does and you're the only one who can match him in witty comebacks."

"That is true," I laughed. "Taunting him in French is always fun too."

"Take a picture next time so I can see his face," Rebecca laughed.

We sat up in the tree and talked about nothing in particular. We ended up on the subject of what we did before the Order. Rebecca joined once she was out of high school and became a tech for the field teams. She was best friends with an Assassin in high school who brought her in. Obviously she knew about me already.

"What did you go to school for?" Rebecca asked. I forgot that it was one thing that was probably not important enough to make it into the report about me.

"Language," I replied easily. "I learned like ten different languages or something while I was growing up so it was just easy."

"That's cool though," She said. "You could talk to everyone for us when we went places. That's important on a team."

"Yeah, if I could go outside in the day," I laughed. "Maybe one day after Abstergo stops looking for me, I'll be able to."

"It won't be too long," Rebecca said and there was a small pause.

"What's Desmond's deal?" I asked suddenly.

"He knows how much we need him," She answered. "And he's used to getting what he wants."

"Well he needs to back the fuck off," I almost laughed. "He's just being creepy and borderline rapist."

"OH MY GOD, THAT'S PRICELESS," Rebecca almost fell out of the tree laughing.

"It's creepy though!" I said.

"But you and Shaun," Rebecca said suggestively after she'd recovered. "You guys are getting pretty close."

"It's been one day!" I argued. "I'm pretty sure I aggravate him more than Desmond."

"But you don't know Shaun like we do yet," Rebecca sang. "I think he likes you."

"Well I mean," I sighed and changed how I was laying in the branches. "I wouldn't complain if Shaun ended up liking me."

"But would you go out with him or have a relationship with him?" Rebecca asked.

"Sure," I said. "It's not like I hate him. I just like bugging him a little."

"It'll happen," Rebecca concluded. "I'm psychic you know."

Over the next few days, they didn't let me into the Animus because I was still really weak. It's not like they really took care of us at Abstergo anyways. So I ended up spending all my time with Shaun. Rebecca and Desmond were leaving me alone with him tonight.

"We need to get a lot of things so we'll be gone a while," Rebecca told me.

"I'll beat him if you need when we get back," Desmond winked at me and I gagged a little, making Shaun laugh. They left us alone after that.

"Well look who's got the mighty Desmond wrapped around her finger already," Shaun taunted.

"Please, he's not my type," I snorted. "You can't have two of the same type of people in a relationship. It never works."

"Maybe not never," Shaun argued. "Depends on the people."

"I guess," I shrugged and put my feet up on one of the black boxes.

I walked over to the kitchen and heated up some leftover stew for Shaun and myself when I heard him gasp and start yelling for me.

"TESS! Come look at this!" He shouted. I grabbed the tray of food and brought it with me.

"What's so important Shaun?" I sighed and set the stuff down.

"This is why Abstergo wanted you," He said, almost in awe. "One of your ancestors is Sofia. Ezio's wife."

"WHAT?!"

"Yeah, the little wankers couldn't have Desmond so they settled for you," Shaun told me.

"Oh my god," I laughed a little. "I knew I recognized that scar from somewhere!"

"You've gone in as Sofia?" He asked and then it hit me.

"No," I said in a whisper. "I went in as a powerful female assassin once though… I never met Ezio. It was Altair."