One hour later

The day on Corona was beginning to draw to an end. To the west, the sky was beginning to turn an array of colours comprising of orange, gold and red. A light breeze began to blow through the air, coming in from the east where the sky would start to turn darker in a few more hours. Soon the night would overtake the world and fill the sky with thousands upon thousands of stars that would continue to keep light shining on the world until the next day arrived. Evenings here were really beautiful as some watched the sun set behind the sea as if it were dropping into it like it would do in Ancient Greek mythology. Corona really was a great place to witness these kinds of things.

Within Salad's carpentry, though, the mood was far from happy in the witnessing of sunsets. Salad was leaning against his counter with his curled fist placed in front of his mouth, his prayer rug fold up on the counter next to him, having just completed it. Rapunzel was sitting behind the table in the middle of the room with Pascal on her shoulder. She was staring down at the table, lost in thought, waiting patiently for Eugene and Altair to return. They had agreed to meet back here when they were done with their search but they had had a long time since they had told each other that and still neither of the two were back.

When she had gotten back to Salad's carpentry, she had told him what he she had heard and then asked him if Eugene or Altair had come back looking for her. When he told her they had not, she began to worry for in fear that they had been caught by the Crusaders, or by the guards. She had wanted to go out to find them, but Salad had convinced her not to because the guards and Crusaders might see her and that would only raise more suspicion against them. It was something Rapunzel did not like doing, and this entire mission was starting to take It's toll on her because she had not told her parents about it. Usually, she would tell them anything if she had a problem, but this time she could not do that. Next to her promising Altair that she would not tell anyone about him, she was just far too involved and was even more scared of what might happen if she did let anyone else, including her parents, know of this. She would just have to hope that it all ended well and soon.

As the two sat, silence hanging over them like a cloud, a sudden knock at the door caused her to turn around so quickly she felt her neck click. Wincing slightly, she got up and walked over to the door, stopping when she reached it and pulling open the slot. Salad rushed over alongside her.

"Who's there?" she asked cautiously.

"Rapunzel, It's us. Eugene and Altair," came Eugene's voice.

Breathing a sigh of relief, she closed the clot and helped Salad unlock the door and opened it.

"Quick, in!" Salad urged them, pulling them in. Rapunzel shut the door and locked it up and closed the slot before turning to them.

"Did you guys have any luck?" she asked them.

"Yes," Altair replied. "I managed to find some good information, as has Eugene as well. What about you?" he asked her.

She nodded. "Yeah, me and Pascal overheard that Harry guy we saw talking to the captain earlier talking to two Crusaders near the docks," she explained.

"Now we just need to formulate a plan on how to get him," Eugene piped up.

"Don't worry," Altair reassured him. "I might have one. Salad, do you have a map of the city?"

"Yes, one moment," he replied. He rushed behind his counter and began to rifle through what was there, pulling out boxes and pieces of parchment onto the floor. After a few moments, he stood back up with a rolled up parchment in his hand. "Found it," he said. He walked back around his counter to the table and rolled it out, showing them a detailed map of the island kingdom. "This should help," he said.

"Thank you," Altair said to him as they knelt down around it. "Okay, Eugene, what did you find out?" he asked him.

"I overheard two Crusaders, who snuck into an alleyway, say that this Geoffrey guy comes into Corona every day at around about the late afternoon time," he explained. "Though where abouts he goes, I dunno,"

"Don't worry, I've got that," Altair looked at Rapunzel. "What did you find out Rapunzel?" he asked her.

"Next to what Eugene said, me and Pascal found out he comes in with two guards," she explained. "They didn't sound very eager to do that though. I overheard them say to this Harry guy that they don't really like Geoffrey,"

"Maybe killing him will be doing them a favour," Salad muttered.

"It will be for the captain," Eugene told him. "He hates the Crusaders,"

"And I don't blame him," Altair piped up. "Okay. With what you two have found out, I managed to overhear two people say he comes into the market," he pointed at an area of the map near the eastern side of the kingdom. "And from what I've heard he harasses people as well and the market will be empty so-"

"-a guy with two guards around him shouldn't be too difficult to find unless you're a complete idiot," Eugene finished the sentence. Altair nodded.

"So how are we going to catch him?" Rapunzel asked.

"This is how," Altair replied and he explained the plan to them from their roles right down to the very smallest detail of it. It took only a few minutes, as did the plans of attack for the Assassins Creed, but it would be good enough with few people about.

"What if he makes a run for it?" Eugene pointed out.

"Then we'll just have to try and corner him," Altair replied. "Now, any questions?" he asked.

"Yeah, do I have to my role?" she asked, not in a way that sounded like she did not want to take part, but she sounded like she could do better than what Altair had given her.

Altair nodded. "You're the smallest out of us Rapunzel, and plus the guards and the city trust you in the street so you'll need to keep an eye out for us whilst we go after him,"

"Right, but what if he escapes over the bridge?" she asked.

"Don't worry, he won't," Altair reassured her firmly.

She rolled her eyes. Not really the answer I was looking for she mentally told herself, a little annoyed at his arrogance to any part that might go wrong.

"When will you begin?" Salad asked them.

Altair answered by getting up and rushing over to the room he was staying in and looking out of the window at the sky. The sun was still high in the air but was lower than it had been an hour ago. He walked back over to the table.

"About another hour or so," he told them. "It'll be enough time for the market to clear and for Geoffrey to enter with his guards,"