Kidnapped

“Better get more work done! That break alone will cost me; I just know it!” and drawing my gun I said, “Someone is watching me I can feel it!” she laughed and firing it behind me saw the person fall to the floor, “Shit...Assassin!” the recruit grabbed his arm signaling to Pierre he started to patch it up before feeling a gun in my bag and then a bag get thrown over my head as I was hit on the back of my head.

When I woke up I was met by a group of five assassin’s standing there glaring at me and groaning I moaned, “Did I forget your tobacco Herve? Or your wine Eseosa? Sorry if I have but it’s been hectic all week! wait who are you two?” the two walked forward before saying, “My name is Sophie, he is Guillaume...we are the elite council of assassins!” I nodded before saying, “Sophie if you need anything just ask me, I could probably find it, import it or even steal it from the Templar’s; perfume, soap, fine linen anything!” she looked at me as I smiled before looking at her position said, “You’re the grandmaster?” “I don’t use that word, just council leader!” I nodded before looking around said, “Nice place!” It was then when Hervé snapped holding a gun to my head, “Talk?” I shrugged my shoulders before asking, “About??” Sophie took a chair out and sitting opposite me snapped, “We have spies that tell us about your increased involvement with the Templar’s include a Marie and Elise, speak!” I laughed before feeling a blade against my throat snapped, “Méricourt told me to hide Elise and Arno; I had no idea she never cleared it will you but she can be useful if you help her secure power... a Templar grandmaster as an friend can’t be bad, surely? Marie is different...she came over demanding the same thing as you; I was virtually sexually assaulted by her ask anyone!” Eseosa butted in with, “It’s true however there is a question on whether he enjoys her dominance or not!” I nodded before saying, “She wanted me to go to her manor and sleep with her again, apparently I am her “human sex toy” but I got out of that and slept with Elise after...what I was stressed and she was scared so we relieved some of the tension!” Sophie grabbed two documents before saying, “What about this love letter?” I looked down at it before shaking my head said, “Nope, to neat for my writing; if that is to Marie he is dead by now! she’s very picky in who she sleeps with!” this caused Guillaume to point out, “But she slept with you! A common rat!” I shrugged before saying, “She said she likes common scruffy men!” I looked at second as she said, “And the increase of trade?” “They want more! I do sabotage some of their products and sometimes don’t deliver them the Revolution provides a brilliant excuse to but I can’t say no to them because they know I am well off for stock and would find it weird...let’s not forget where most of your information comes from!” Sophie nodded before nodding to the others to leave she said, “We now wait for their suggestions!” I nodded before hearing, “Must be hard keeping loyal to both sides!” I nodded before saying, “I don’t sleep much because of the worry, to be honest when it’s quiet I don’t know whether to take that as a time to relax and sleep or to take it as a sign one or both sides are planning something!” she nodded before saying, “Why? Why do you do it?” and shrugging I said, “Because I am more loyal to the Assassin’s, you forget I get to see what the Templar’s do to the people on ground level, but the Templar’s spend so much money that I can’t refuse, I have workers who need shelter, food and to support their family’s and they are my top priority and the assassin’s don’t either pay enough or order enough, the Templar’s also help provide my workers with food that they stole from the people so they can eat for themselves. This is why I give you as much information as I can to make up for it!” she nodded before staring at me said, “You can’t play on both sides of the fence forever!” I thought about it before saying, “I’m not...I am on their side of the fence throwing important stuff over to your side before sneaking back over and laying low!” she looked at me and nodding I leaned over to kiss her cheek, “I’ve wanted to do that for ages and since I will probably be executed soon who cares?”

They walked back in before looking at me said, “Sophie we have these suggestions, Guillaume says burn his store down and beat up his workers; he is meant to be on our side!” causing me to snap, “Yeah because intimidation is actually going to help gain support with my workers, you put them out of work, no food or shelter, families homeless and a beating to top it all off, come on!” Eseosa responded with, “Kill him!” causing me to say, “Then have the Templar’s burn the village down to find you? Go on then shoot me just be weary of the problems that it will cause!” Sophie growled before saying, “Shut up!” she slapped me before looking down said, “Let’s investigate and weigh everything up, get some of the recruits out to gather opinions, documents anything on him, meanwhile we will lock him in the attic of the cafe until we have a decision” they nodded apart for Eseosa who grumbling I snapped, “Spainish...always so hot blooded!” and getting hit on the head again passed out.