Achilles and Liam

“Liam O’Brien?” “‘ye” “Edmund, time for your questioning, any questions prior to this?” “Why is Achilles last?” “Simply because it allows him to think and come to an proper defence and thorough story, it also allows me to interview the others and get their story before questioning him on what they believe or saw. From my experience you are also a Yes man for Achilles, this allows me to get a proper story and not a carbon copy of Achilles’” “You disrespect my mentor and I dislike it. Stop!” “He is under investigation I’m not!” “What have you done? What gives you the right to judge Achilles. You aren’t even a grand master!” “Not of an official brotherhood no. What have I done? I have freed children from **** labour, I have helped take down the Templar networks in Romania and Russia, I have helped set up the new brotherhood in Georgia and helped the Italian and French brotherhood. I have helped locally and have found three pieces of Eden and held two of them, I have one equipped right now, the third was left due to the danger it posed. That isn’t including my work with Adewale! Now shut up and answer my questions. Number one what is your relationship with Achilles, Shay and Hope?” “Hope is a brother in arms and friend, I trust her and stand by her decisions!” “Isn’t that a bad thing?” “Why?” “You assume she would always be right and never question her decision!” “Moving on...” “Because you know you are wrong!” “Shay is my friend or used to be, he is rash and sometimes reckless; with our hand he could have been soo much more. His rashness has caused all of us too lose trust in him!” “Wait...wait a minute, don’t you even care or listen to what he said? He said the artefacts being touched killed 1,000’s of people, 1,000’s and you are caring about how he conducts himself?” “Discipline is key a to a good assassin!” “So you are saying he should have shut up and let the next city be destroyed? When will you learn you lesson? Five thousand? eight thousand? Ten thousand?” “It’s not like that!” “How is it then?” “We need to learn from the mistake! We need to find a way to use them safely!” “So more must die until you can think of a way to safely use them?” “No that is not what I am saying!” “No that is what you are saying not what you want to hear! Now Achilles” “He is a great man, friend and master. He trains the recruits hard but is effective and great in his role. He built this and he has continued to sacrifice for us all even lost his family!” “That must have really effected him!” “Wouldn’t it for any man?” “And he took no time off?” “No” “Hmm so no time to mourn?” “None!” “Could say he wasn’t mentally focused and is emotionally upset in other words not clear minded, understandably of course!” “Like I said wouldn’t any man?” I grabbed a book and opening spoke, “Brotherhood rules on a situation such as this!” I underlined the word and reading it I spoke, “All of you are at fault! What? It’s not like that? Next question: this assignment assigned to Shay was he advised on how to carry out this mission?” “He was told to handle it carefully and if he was sure it would be safe to do so!” “Hmm really?” “Yes!” “Because Shay and Hope said he was only told to be careful, that isn’t much help for a novice... so whose lying? Are you lying?” “No!” “I said are you lying?” “No!” “Because if you are this makes it a lot more serious and I can’t take your word for anything. Now one final time did he say it?” “What I said is the truth!” “Next question: You weren’t there so how would you know?” he froze causing me to state. “Only Achilles, Shay and Hope were!” he remained silent and smacking him in the face with my pistol snapped, “Another thing raised against you!” “Tell me! How did Shay react?” “Irrational and threatened Achilles, we didn’t know what he was planning or what he was capable of, I thought he could have attacked him so me and Hope pulled him away! We never listened because he was mad, we wanted him to sit down and think about it before discussing it out!” “So “get him out of my sight” and “it’s our duty” would give you a lot of confidence?” “You are twisting his words” “Am I? I am asking some basic questions and you are seeing them however you like!” “He did nothing wrong!” “So who you believe Achilles when he says “Shay handled them wrong” and blame Shay?” “No I think it’s a mistake and no one should be blamed instead we should move on!” “And ignore Shay’s case? Ignore the concerns that you are going to continue with this mad plan to continue searching for them?” “It’s not mad, we control this we can stop the Templar’s” “So stopping the Templars is more important then keeping the civilians safe?” “No but Templar’s cause trouble?” “No the conflict between control and freedom causes the trouble!” “So you rather leave them alone?” “Yes, what I have heard from Lisbon it’s a mess and Haiti not much better!” “Achilles said...” “What does Achilles know? Has he ever seen a Piece of Eden? used one?” “No” “Then what makes him such an expert” “He has read” “He has read stories but never seen the true pieces” “Well yes!” “Then he isn’t an expert! Now you sub activities. A lot of your sub activities are concerning. French troops being used to attack colonies for no reason but control same for the French ships, gangs attacking, intimidating and stealing from the people and finally the use of Gas to make new weapons!” “I have nothing to do with that!” “Prove it!” “Chevalier is the french general who has used his authority to do such a thing, we do not. The gangs is ran solely by Hope and poison bombs is the first I have heard of it, the risks it presents” I slapped him again as I snapped, “Liar, letters here is directly from Hope to you on resources and this is a letter to Achilles about the testing” I smacked him again and slamming his head on the table snapped, “Lies, lies, lies!” “What did Hope do?” “She made bombs to use on the people, mass panic causes more mobility for us and people to rise up against the Templar’s!” “Sacrificing the people to lure the Templar’s out!” I slammed my book shut before yelling, “Guards!” they walked in and taking him in Adewale surveyed the damage as he spoke, “Beating confession out of people now?” “No the truth, he has lied multiple times which was proven and I wanted the truth!” “Looking bad?” “Depending on how you see it? As a job it is easy work, pretty open and shut case, Brotherhood point of view horrendous” “is it worth it? To destroy a thriving brotherhood for some scandal?” “Let me ask you something if the French were beating and transporting slaves regularly and/or using them for testing poison on... would you want ****? If you apprentice touched a Piece of Eden that damaged a South America would you want ****?” “Yes!” “We must be above the others, we must punish those when it is needed and not let the go as our enemies would!” “What about Hope? Will she punished the same despite her liking you?” “Yes emotions won’t play a part!” “Just make sure of it!” “I will now bring Achilles in!” “He has asked me to sit in just to make sure nothing happens!” “There shouldn’t be any!” and drinking some ale waited for him to enter.

“Achilles” I bowed to show respect and pouring both men a tankard of rum I spoke, “So I have been interviewing the members, I have the findings from Lisbon and interviewed the crew of the ship before questioning you, so I can get a full story before questioning. First of all I have to let you know, Chevalier, Hope, Liam and Kesegowaase are all detained on other crimes!” “What for?” “Chevalier is using the French **** to establish strongholds and as result killing innocents and those who are fighting purely to defend their family. Hope for creating Toxic Gas, testing it on civilians and looking to use it on the public, She is also leader of the Gangs who are intimidating, hurting and stealing from the public, Liam knew about all of this and did nothing and Kesegowaase I assume knows something about this if not was involved!” “The whole masters? And Shay?” “He is too arrested whilst I decide whether he should be accountable for what happened or not!” “What are my charges?” “Breaking at least two of the tenets; being responsible for the unnecessary **** of civilians, compromising the Brotherhood and I almost have evidence for the third: hide in pain sight...what happened in Lisbon and other methods used isn’t hiding in pain sight!” “I am defeating Templar’s!” Your duty is to kill those who seek to control the public but it’s also to protect the innocents from harm under your watch over 2,000 are dead and that isn’t including what the French have killed and the gas testing has!” “Where’s the evidence?” “Lisbon report, Shay testimony, his image of the precursor image, Hopes testimony and Liam which emulates some points. Hopes virtual confession to using Gas but also letters from Hope to you and Hope to Liam discussing the gas implementation and testing, a report of Chevaliers on the events and a journal entry of Hope discussing everything mentioned!” Achilles looked down causing me to say, “Anything to defend yourself?” “I did my duty to stop Templar’s and if I made mistakes that is my fault. Hope and gas I thought she was testing it on prisoners or the English allies it’s only now that I see what you mean and why Shay reported that! Lisbon was an accident!” “And Haiti? How many more have to suffer for your pursuits to control them? How many more must die?” “It doesn’t have to be like that! I’ve read...” “You reading is different to seeing, I have seen these artefacts and I have seen them in use, if it’s floating don’t touch it!” “It was a grave mistake but it’s our duty!” “What duty to kill 1,000’s for power? You are tyrant then?” “No, I am leading us forward into a new light, I shoulder the blame and I demand you listen to my view!” “Like you listened to Shay?” “Stop twisting words!” “Achilles brother calm down!” “No, he comes here interrogating us, what has he done?” “I haven’t killed 1,000’s of innocents! Sit down!” “No!” “Fine then, I take that as you not complying and charge you all right now!” “You can’t do that!” I wrote it up and signing it spoke, “Done! One chance to explain your story or it is done!” he sat back down and keeping it on the table he spoke, “I don’t need this right now, I lost my wife and my son and now I am in the wrong for caring too much!” “I know, I am sorry for your loss and Liam among the other members should have followed protocol; two years away to mourn and sort your head out but they didn’t!” I showed the line and nodding Achilles spoke, “I thought and still think we can use them against the Templar’s! It is better in our hands then theirs!” “That is true but I would burn the book and destroy the box; it's better to leave it all undiscovered” “And what continue to struggle!” “You fool...you have the upper hand the Templar’s are in disarray Shay sort to that and you still think you can’t win here?” I got up and shaking my head spoke, “Fools all of you!” “What next?” “I see how bad the gang and gas situation is but since you dropped her in it she will likely be executed!”

I sat down on the edge of the dock once again and checking over my notes heard the heeled boots of Hope walk along the wooden planks to stop and hearing two small clunks looked down to see the two bare feet of the woman before joining me smiled looking out across the water, “You have Achilles worried!” “No I have him beaten and bruised, my concern is he wants the evidence to burn!” “It would mean being not accused of anything!” “Too late... six copies have been sent” “Six?” “Two copies to each brotherhood!” “Can’t be too sure?” “Exactly!” I handed her a cup of ale and accepting it she asked, “Am I allowed to know how bad it is?” “Well yes, I forgot to say...you are under arrest!” “For?” “Using gangs to intimidate and hurt civilians and Poison gas to kill civilians” “It’s not true, they were to be used against the British and Templar’s not civilians” I handed her the statement by Achilles and Liam and reading it she closed the book and spoke, “They are dropping me in it!” “Well they are technically true!” “They act like they don’t know anything about it, Liam got the materials from La Chasseur and delivered them to me!” “You manufactured it and tested it” “I know!” I took her hand and looking into her eyes spoke, “Drop them in it...” it was then when I heard the brushes move, so putting the book away and boots back on I stood up to see the group of assassin’s and in front stood Liam, Achilles and Kesegowaase who barked, “Gives us the evidence!” I laughed before saying, “You think there is only one copy? Only a fool does that” “Achilles, we are in enough trouble as it is!” “Hope out of the way!” “Let’s think before we act” I looked up to the group and looking over to them spoke, “You do this and you will all die!” and waiting for their response heard...