As well as my Evie & Jacob one shots, I am also writing a modern Assassin's creed series

Previously in this series: After being framed for a crime, Jacob left the Order and the Assassin village. Five year later, the Young Assassin team meet Vex and enter into an agreement with him and his club.

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"… What did you mean 'now all you have is monopoly money'… how did you know that only monopoly money was stolen?"

Amanda frowned, silence filling the room as the five bartenders all turned their attention to her. Eventually, she sighed. "I really hoped you wouldn't pick up on that."

Quicker than what anyone was expecting, Amanda struck Vex in the face, knocking him back into Kenzi's arms.

"Bitch!" he yelled, patting Kenzi gratefully on the arm as Amanda ran out of the room, closely followed by the two Assassins.

As Vex quickly checked that his nose wasn't broken, Kenzi groaned to herself. "Agnes is going to go mental…" she sighed, "…. She really trusted Amanda."

"Great…." Satisfied that his nose was fine, Vex sighed, "… but remind me to veto all employees from now on! I'm putting up a 'No criminals' advert on Craigslist!"

"Would that exclude you?"

"Shut up."

…..

"She's heading for the car-park!" hissed Evie, as she and Connor chased after Amanda.

"Makes sense. Now that she's exposed, she needs to get out of town and away from the Assassin Village!"

Evie nodded, "There's no-where to run Amanda!" she called out as they reached the end of the car-park.

As she rounded a corner, she suddenly stopped in her tracks. Lying partially under a parked car was a small device, that had a red light blinking on and off…. Accompanied by beeping.

"GET DOWN!" she yelled, pushing Connor away to encourage him to run away.

As they ran, the bomb exploded, sending a car flying into the air. Diving to the side, the pair narrowly avoided being crushed by the flaming vehicle. Getting their breath back, Evie and Connor listened at car alarms echoed throughout the car-park and the sound of sirens filled the streets.

Shaking her head to try and clear the ringing on her ears, Evie winced. "That bitch!"

….

Vex and Kenzi heard the explosion and raced outside, remaining in the doorway of the club as Vex swore under his breath.

"And now I have to pay for that car to be replaced!"

There was silence for a few minutes, before Vex sighed. "She knew that the Assassins would go into the car-park, because they believed she would try and get away. It was the perfect trap."

"… So, what are the chances that she's coming back?"

"Too high for my liking. Kenzi…" Vex turned to his friend, "… get the gang and lock this club down. That bitch is not leaving this club!"

"If she's in here."

"Oh, she's in here…. I know it!"

Nodding, Kenzi quickly pulled out her mobile.

"Boys?" she began, "We're going to need you to come in."

…

As Evie and Connor continued to search outside, convinced that Amanda was trying to get away, Vex and Kenzi sealed off the club.

"Sir?"

He turned around to see Candice and Gabriel standing behind him, their faces still slightly pale by the revelation that Amanda had betrayed them.

"We saw Amada head towards the main club…" stated Candice, "… what do you need us to do?"

"Get the rest of the bar staff and head to a safe area…" ordered Vex, "… preferably with one of the boys. I'm not risking your safety if Amanda's angry… especially with you Gabriel."

"Sir?"

"You outed her…. And if she's bold enough to plant bombs in my office and then the car-park, then I don't doubt that she might come after you. I'm not risking it."

Whilst Gabriel was still conflicted over this, Candice nodded in agreement and grabbed her friend by the hand, tugging him away.

Once they were out of earshot, Vex turned to Kenzi. "Where's the best hiding place in this place?"

"The main club area with the dancing floor, remember? We had that competition when it was first built?"

"Ah yes. The main floor it is."

….

After searching the area, Connor and Evie both concluded that Amanda was no-where to be found… and there were no signs of her either.

"We need to go back…" sighed Evie, "… maybe Vex will have a plan."

Leaping across the rooftops, the pair jumped down towards the main entrance, only to find a skinny brunette male and a red-headed female blocking their way into the club.

"What's going on?" asked Evie.

"The clubs on lockdown…" answered the red-head, "… Boss says nobody goes in or out with his permission."

"… So, let us in."

The red-head shrugged, "Not without the Boss's permission."

"So… why aren't you letting us in?"

"Boss hasn't given us permission."

Rolling her eyes and resisting the urge to throw her hands in the air, Evie groaned. "Then why can't you ask him if we can go in?"

"We can't move away from the door."

"Oh, for fu- "

….

Vex and Kenzi glanced around the dance floor, searching behind the bar and checking under tables. As they searched, Vex removed a knife from a hidden pocket, twirling it in his fingers.

"Imagine you're Amanda…" stated Kenzi, tense as the silence overwhelmed her, "… your cover's blown and you need to get away, but you decide not to just steal a car because it's too obvious, especially with the Assassins keeping an eye out. Where would you go?"

Silently, Vex glanced upwards towards the vents. Kenzi followed his gaze, smirking when she realized what Vex was hinting at.

"The lockdown…." Vex drawled, "… she'll want to get around the lockdown."

Kenzi played along, nodding in agreement. "Yes… and the easiest way to do that would be to take out the lights. Then it'll be easy to distract the guys."

"Yeah…" Carefully leaving the knife on a table directly under a vent, Vex glanced around, "… but surely she knows that we'd be expecting her to do that?"

"Or does she… I get what you're saying!"

Glancing up at the ceiling, Vex smirked slightly. "Go to the engineering room… cut her off."

"What are you going to do?" asked Kenzi as she headed towards the door.

"I'll stay here… you make sure that the power stays on, that'll help."

Kenzi nodded, heading towards the doorway. Knowing that she was out of sight from anyone who might have been in the vents above the dance floor, she opened the door to the staff exit…. And then let it shut again without ever leaving.

As soon as the door slammed shut, there was the sound of a vent opening, and Amanda hung out of it, fingers tightly the edge until she dropped to the ground. As she crept up behind Vex, grabbing the knife from off the table, Vex couldn't help but smirk.

"Hey Amanda… first rule of trying to be sneaky, always look behind you."

Literally centimetres away from Vex, Amanda stopped when she felt the cold steel of a sword pressed against the side of her neck.

"You know what's funny…" chuckled Kenzi, "… we knew that you wouldn't risk trying to get out of the town just yet. You wanted that money so desperately, you need it…. Which is why coming back to the club was your only option. The thing is, with all the exits blocked, you don't have the skills to get out again, even with the lights off."

Twisting around and re-claiming his knife, Vex grinned as Amanda scowled.

"That was a dirty trick…" she hissed in anger, holding her hands up in surrender.

Vex just shrugged, "If you can't play the game…."

"Right…. You knew I was here."

Keeping her sword by Amanda's neck, Kenzi rolled her eyes. "Of course we knew. Didn't you think we'd have a plan?"

Amanda scowled at her, "Maybe I hoped that you didn't… he didn't tell me I'd have to work against you."

"Who?"

Knowing that she had said too much, Amanda scowled. Before Kenzi could react, Amanda dived away from the katana and twirled around, elbowing the other woman in the face, sending her to the ground.

As the katana fell to the ground, Amanda was quick to pick it up and lunge at the other owner of the club. However, Vex was too quick and leaned back to avoid being decapitated, kicking out at Amanda an pushing her back a couple of steps.

It didn't take long for Amanda to recover, reaching out to grab Vex head and bring it down to meet her knee. He stumbled back in shock and pain, hand flying up to his forehead as Amada ran for the door.

"Bitch!" he snarled, quickly recovering and chasing after Amanda, tackling her to the ground just before she reached the door.

As Amada twisted onto her back, blocking the punches that Vex was throwing at her, she began to rant and rave at him. "Society is flawed! The Assassins blindly follow orders and for what? To put the rest of us down!"

Wriggling furiously, she managed to wrap her legs around his neck and flip him onto his back, lashing out with punches of her own. "He knows the flaws of society and he has promised me rewards!"

Before she could land another hit, Kenzi crept up behind her and wrapped an arm around Amanda's neck. "Yeah..." she whispered in Amanda's ear, "… I'm sure bombing a club and getting some monopoly money is exactly what your little friend wanted."

Amanda growled at this, flinging her head back and knocking Kenzi back before knocking her to the ground and grabbing Kenzi's leg. With a sharp yank, she pulled the hip out of its joint, grinning as she heard Kenzi scream in pain.

"He just wanted chaos…" Amanda growled as she pushed herself to her feet, "… he didn't care how I did this. He's offered me a chance to gain true freedom! Not that anyone here would understand!"

Hearing footsteps behind her, Amanda span around… only to meet the wrong end of Vex's boot. With a deafening crack, Amanda collapsed to the ground, with Vex leaping on top of her and placing a knife at her neck.

There was a tense silence, before he moved away. "Unconscious… finally." He quickly rushed over to Kenzi and gently placed his hand on her injured leg, "I think it's only dislocated… 'm going to pop it back."

"I'd prefer to wait for a Doctor's op-AAAHHHH! BASTARD!"

With a sickening pop, Vex popped Kenzi's hip back into joint and rotated it slowly, making sure that everything was how it should be.

"I hate you!" Kenzi groaned, allowing Vex to lean her against the wall, "If I want my leg tugged and pulled like that, I'll go and see an actual Doctor! Or Terry, at least she warns people!"

Vex shrugged, "Stop bitching and let's get the actual bitch out of here…. Where are the Assassin's when you need them?"

"You blocked all the doors remember?"

"That doesn't usually stop Assassins?"

…

Evie and Connor scowled at the doormen.

"Listen, can't you just- "

Suddenly, one of the men placed a finger near his ear, nodding as he listened to orders coming over his earpiece. "Yeah boss, they're right here…. Send them in, yes Sir."

In unison, the pair moved to the side and waved the two assassins inside.

"The boss says you can come in now. They're in the main dance room. Apparently, he and Kenzi have caught the bit- I mean, Amanda."

Evie and Connor turned to each other in shock and raced inside, heading straight for the main room. As soon as they burst through the doors, they spotted Kenzi resting against the wall and Vex kneeling on top of an unconscious Amanda, tying her hands behind her back.

"I think freedom's going to have to wait bitch…" he was muttering under his breath as he tightened the knots.

"Vex?"

Vex span around and beamed at the two Assassins, "Finally! I thought you guys had abandoned us!"

"Your men wouldn't let us pass!"

"Oh… sorry."

Evie rolled her eyes. She couldn't help but feel like Vex and Jacob would have gotten on brilliantly. "It doesn't matter… have you called the police?"

"Actually… I think you might what to take her."

"Oh?"

"She mentioned a... boss perhaps? Or a mysterious benefactor?"

Evie frowned at this, "Did she mention anything else? Any clues?"

"She just ranted about how society was flawed… and that the Assassins were everything wrong with the world."

This caught Evie's attention, remembering another individual who had similar views.

Shay Patrick Cormac.