The Assassin's Creed

Ow, ow, ow, ow! I thought as I lunged from my cover and admitted my hidden blade into a Templar's knee. I pulled his knee down so that it seemed that he was bowing as I brought my hoof up and brought the hidden blade down into his throat.

I felt a sharp pain in my wound as Kyros carried me out of the casino. I cried out in pain as this happened. My vision started going black at the edges and I was starting to fade away.

I awoke in the evening as I looked at my torso, finding a tourniquet in it's place rather than the ugly bloody wound. I assumed that this was our cabin by the familiar furniture and building structure.

"Oh thank Celestia your okay!" I heard Xerxes say. "We all thought you could have died."

I got up and said, "We need to find out who that person is. He's a threat to the Brotherhood, this city cleansing will have to wait. If we have spies within the Creed our enemies will always be one step ahead of us." My friends smiled at my quick recovery.

Finding my weapons was the easy part, putting them on was a whole different thing. Having a bullet wound to the torso restricts me from turning. It took a while but I managed to get my weapons on.

Attempting to draw a sword? Bad idea. My body hurt crazily by even running let alone draw a sword. I can probably only rely on my hidden blades and my tools. This is what I get for not dodging that shot at me.

"I'd advise that you stay back Ray, I think we can handle this ourselves." Xerxes suggested. "You are very injured, no offense but, your current state will only slow us down greatly."

I wanted to protest but that will just lead to me being probably strapped down and shot with a sleeping dart.

"Very well." I walked upstairs to my room and decided to sleep this off. I don't think sneaking out will be a good idea this time. I got into my bed and closed my eyes. It was very hard to sleep, knowing that my friends may not come back.

I awoke in the morning to find all my friends gone. It's what I feared, my friends might be captured or worse, dead. It's been hours, I can't track their footsteps with Eagle Vision.

Maybe not Eagle Vision... but what about Eagle Pulse? Using my Eagle Pulse, I could see a faint track on their footsteps for just a second. But that was enough to tell me it was possible. Pushing my limits, I concentrated on making the footsteps visible and mark-able.

My head was pounding, this may leave a headache for about an hour. But it was working so a headache wouldn't be a bad exchange for finding these footsteps. A managed to use my Eagle Pulse for a longer time than usual. The footsteps could not be marked but using Eagle Vision will now reveal the footsteps.

I'm coming guys! I thought as I followed the footsteps for a long time. I arrived to the casino again. Here? Why would they all come here?

I took cover behind the door and used my Eagle Vision to detect some Templars. Grenadiers also were on the scene and that did not help at all. I found two guards guarding the entrance. Now I did not think that they would let me through so I knew I had to forcefully get in.

Stealth may be my first priority, I've learned to be off the radar from other Assassin's Eagle Visions. I'll have to quickly execute this double takedown. I lunged towards the left guard and sliced his throat, using my hind right leg to kick the right guard. Once this was done I whipped around and stabbed the shocked guard. He went down with a small gurgle.

I pulled the bodies upright so that it seemed that they were sleeping or leaning against the wall, looking at the floor. I rushed in and took cover behind a table, using the tablecloth to hide my body. Using Eagle Vision I marked four guards in the room, two were having a nice conversation, while the other two was doing some actual work, scouting the area for intruders like me.

One of the guards walked over to this table and I pulled him across the table, which my injury did not help with. I pulled him halfway and stabbed his throat, alerting some guards. I slid under the table, once again using the tablecloth to hide me.

Inhale through the nose, exhale though the mouth. Inhale... I inhaled as I lunged at the nearest pair of hooves and shot one guard with my hidden blade. I used my hidden blades to pull the guard down and killed him. I shot the last guard through the neck as he drew his sword. Exhale.

I found my hidden blades and put them where they belong: in my hidden gun. I took a moment to tighten the tourniquet on my torso. It hurt very much but I managed. Now we continue.

Using my Eagle Vision, I tracked the footsteps to an execution room. I hoped I wasn't too late. Then I saw Xerxes getting shoved towards the execution table. I let him get on the table and shot the executioner before he swung his axe. He fell back onto his back and dropped the axe. Xerxes saw this and he bucked a guard behind him.

He quickly hopped over to the axe and cut the ropes that restricted him from using his hooves. The others did the same as Xerxes. As they did this I jumped down and when I was near these two guards I landed on their heads. Using the falling force, I made their heads slam straight into the ground, knocking them out.

Taking careful aim, I took two Grenadiers out with both hidden blades. Too far, too little time, can't get those blades back. Grenadiers and Snipers started shooting at us while we took cover.

"We have to get out of here!" I shouted. The reply to this was "No! We have to free the prisoners here! They're all Assassins! They're on our side." Kyros shouted over the shooting.

I used my Eagle Vision to find the way to the cells. "Come on everypony! This way!" I yelled as the Snipers started throwing torches into explosive barrels. I started running but got blown back by an explosive barrel.

"Argh!" I yelled as the bullet wound reopened. I will not lose this time. Not my family, not the Creed, not my friends. I ran to the cells and threw an ignited explosive barrel at the cell door. "GET BACK!" I yelled.

The prisoner jumped back as the door flew open with the explosion. I ignited more explosive barrels by scraping my hidden blades by metal, causing sparks. I threw more explosive barrels as the all ready freed prisoners started lock picking other doors.

I felt white-hot pain through my shoulder and I realized I was shot once again. I quickly grabbed some medicine that was blown back from the blast. I grabbed some leather and wrapped it around my shoulder. I yelled in pain as I used the medicine and applied it to the wound. Patching myself was torture but I knew it was time to get out.

I spotted a window with a ledge and I ran to it. When I got onto the ledge I found a large river down. My friends were on the other side and the guards were running towards me, it's too late to turn back now.

Smiling to my friends, I jumped, backside down and waited for the impact of water.