Karel gathers his strength and focuses on one word and knocks on the door " Ezio " he calls out though it came out no more than a hoarse whisper and collapses back onto the ground.
"What is going on out here?!" A male's voice yelled. Lazlo , it had to be
Karel heard footsteps come towards him, some of their owners gasped. He didn't hear the voice he was hoping for.
" E-Ezio " He called out again, only to be answered by Lazlo. " he is out on a mission to liberate the remaining districts after deciding to gave you leadership of this assassin den. "
" F-Find him " Karel managed to say. Lazlo nods and takes a few of the assassins with him while he had the remaining few help him carry the wounded assassin and put him down onto a quickly made makeshift bed near the fireplace his body felt cold, even through the fabric of his sleeves. Lazlo called for their healer, and hoped it was not too late to save him. The healer came into the room within a few moments after being called. It only needed one glance to see the assassin was not in good condition.
"Put a few more logs into the fire, we need to warm him up." the healer said, after feeling his temperature.
" Ezio... Please... " Karel groaned, now delirious.
~ at the Blacklake District ~
The Blacklake District is the district of the nobles and upper-class inhabitants. Some of the nobles are obliviously paranoid or snobbish, and there are several records of the Blacklakes cutting themselves off from conflicts in the core or other places by creating a buffer of a gated, small district, sometimes called "No-mans land". Almost all homes here are prosperous and wealthy, and the entire district is overall quite rich. Streams and small rivers of decorative water flows through the district. The Neverwinter Zoo is placed in Blacklake, being quite inequitable against the animals inside, raising levels of conflict. Meldanen, an Elf Sorcerer, was rumoured to live in a big fortress-mansion in Blacklake, defended by several guards.
Ezio had just finished the liberation mission and was now just about to make another assassin den when Lazlo came to him running at full speed. It was clear to him that it was another assassin he then wondered what the urgency was for.
"What is it? You look like you've just run halfway across Neverwinter. " he said, starting to make light of the situation before hearing the truth.
" Mentor , there has been a problem... " The man huffed, clearly out of breath. He doubled over, his hands on his thighs as he tried to catch his breath.
" Gather your thoughts and deep breaths , now what is it ? " Ezio then responds.
" The Den Master Karel returned to us , he's been hurt pretty bad. No one is sure if he's going to make it, and he's been calling for you…" The assassin said his eyes looking at the ground before him.
Ezio cannot find the words to respond only muttering under his breath " Merda ! damm the Borgia Imbecilles.. "
Ezio then tells the assassin to gather the order to the Beggar's Nest district , then within seconds he was sprinting across the rooftops to the assassin's den in the Beggar's Nest , hoping he would be able to get back to him in time.
Minutes felt like hours, days even, as Ezio kept up his swift pace. Karel had been the first assassin he had trained and is now a master assassin since he did jobs that no one else wanted. Ezio would not stop or slow down until he reached him. Curses came flying out as he tripped over some loose shingles, but he did not fall. More came as he realized the distance he had to cover just to get to Karel.
He pushed herself to clear the last few yards, and within a few more moments he had made it finding a trail of blood that led inside Karel's blood, it had to be, from what the assassins told him.
" This had to be cleaned up as well " he then heads inside. He ran for the room he expected Karel to be in, and found him inside, lying on the floor next to the fire. The healer had been doing all that could be done to tend to his wound, but it was grave.
Ezio's normally tough demeanor was destroyed he remembered his family his father Giovanni and brothers Petruccio and Federico. Ezio had since then seen Karel as his older brother always been watching out for him. Ezio immediately went to his brother's side and took his hand " what happened ? "
" E-Ezio ... I ... Had been waiting for... you "
" I am sorry I did not get your message sooner " Ezio then held his brother's hand tightly "But I am here now. And I promise, I will not leave."
" T-they told me you were…on a mission you…got here pretty fast…"
He said, the pauses to take in more breaths were coming more often. He winced then, and let out another pained groan. The wound had been stitched up, but the more than dull aches still came any time he moved.
" What do you expect I will do , walk here ? But shhh, don't speak. You need to save what little strength you have left , we will have time to talk later."