Chapter 2
Starfire is sitting on her temporary bed, begging for her communicator to work so she can get in touch with the Titans, with Robin. Ezio taps on the door and walks in. "What are you doing?" his voice full of curiosity. She gives him a stressed look. "Trying to get in contact with my friends." she sighs, shutting the communicator and tossing it onto her pillow. "You need to relax." he says, seeing the look of anger written on her face. He sits next to her and pushes her shoulder, forcing her to lie back against the wall. "What date is it?" she wonders. He looks at her confused. "21st February 1478" he says. "Where have you been?" he continues. "You saw me out there. I am not from here." she reminds him. He hesitates. "Then... Where are you from?" he asks cautiously. "A very distant time and a very distant planet." she sighs remembering Robin and Tameran. "Continue." he urges. She smiles warmly. "Ok, I come from the date of 2011and I am not human. I come from a planet call Tameran. That is how I can fly and-" she is interrupted by another assassin, literally, banging the door down! "Mentor! The Borgias have breached the tower Walls! We need your assistance." he blurts out. Ezio dives for the door and starts to follow the assassin. However, he comes back to tell starfire that she is to stay in her room. "But-" she protests. "No! It is too dangerous! Stay here!" he orders. She nods in obedience. As soon as he is down the stairs and outside, she bolts to the closet window and overlooks the chaos unfolding outside.
It's been half and hour and Starfire can't stand it anymore. It's like and itch she can't scratch. She has to go and help Ezio. She runs down the corridor and vaults the stair rail and lands safely in the ground floor. She swings the tower doors open and sees the lifeless bodies, covering the grounds, both Borgia and assassin. She scans the area for any sign of Ezio when she sees another assassin fighting and being ambushed by a Borgia coming from behind. She quickly dashes for him and knocks the Borgia guard to the ground. She strikes him with her fist, making him unconscious. "Thanks, but here you need to make sure they stay down!" the assassin tells her, unhooking a knife from his belt and dropping it. The blade penetrates the amour and pierces the skin, killing the guard. She looks in horror, when, all of a sudden, she spots Ezio leaping from from the ground, knocking a guard to the floor. Then, he presses his hand against the guards neck and extends the hidden blade. She runs over to him, just dodging an arrow shot by an archer. Ezio looks at her disapprovingly. "I told you to stay inside." he reminds, annoyed. "I know, but I could not resist. I am here to help! Where I come from, I am part of a team that fights crime and I am capable of-" she starts, but is cut off by a guard grabbing her from behind. He gets ready to push his sword through her back, when she grab his arm and flips him over her back. Before she can do anything else, Ezio throws a dagger toward him, which kills the guard, instantly. "You have good defence skills, but what are you like in combat?" he asks, holding out a sword. She reluctantly wraps her fingers around it and holds it in her hands. Robin had always taught her not to kill,... but in the time of assassins... she could make an exception. She grips the sword tightly and gets into a fighting stance. "I have the... Basic, training." she replies. Suddenly, the surrounding Walls of the tower topple and thousands of Borgia guards pour through. Starfire smiles, evilly, and her eyes start to glow green. She summons starbolts but instead of them remaining in her hand, they travel up the blade of the sword, making it the most powerful sword in the whole area! Ezio looks curiously, when, all of a sudden, Starfire dashes forward and slashes a guard with her blade! She quickly moves onto the next guard by flipping over a sword that is sliced into her direction. She pushes the sword down, which travels through the guards helmet and skull as she lands on the terrain. After she has pulled the blade out she thrusts it behind her, killing another guard. The two life drained guards fall to the floor and Starfire continues. Ezio watches in disbelief and awe and the girl he thought was seemingly harmless when they first met. Now she was killing the people that had brought despair onto the city and making it an easier place to live. A true assassin.
The fight lasted about an hour and is now over. Starfire walks into the assassin tower, ready to go to her temporary room, when all the assassins surround her. Ezio walks over to her and she sighs. "I know I... I should have stayed inside and-" she starts. However she is cut off by Ezio. "You disobeyed an order. And because of that we want to make you and honorary assassin." he tells her. Starfire gets ready to tell him how he shouldn't be angry, when the sentence finally processes in her head. "W-what?" she stammers. "That type of bravery and skill that you showed in the field proves that you are worthy to be apart of the Brotherhood." Ezio explains. Starfire gasps in amazement and shock and slowly nods her head.
Starfire has been given some assassin robes to wear and has taken to the assassin chamber. "Starfire. Will you keep the assassins secrets and stay true to the Brotherhood?" Ezio asks. Starfire nods. "I will." she replies, truthfully. Ezio takes hold of her hand and she holds out her index finger. An assassin hands him a long piece of metal, which is glowing a vibrant orange and the end. He opens it up and closes it around starfire's finger. She winces in pain. When he opens it back up, a circular mark has been branded into her finger. After he has let go of her hand, he takes hold of her hood and pulls it over her head. She now looks like a true assassin. "Welcome to the Brotherhood." Ezio greets. The other assassins give a cheer of happiness, while giving a bow of welcome. Starfire bows back at them.
Starfire is in the armoury, where Ezio is giving her a choice of new weapons that she can use in battle and assassination tasks. After she has selected the finest swords and knives, he fits a double hidden blade onto her wrist and gives her a handle full of smoke bombs, throwing knives an medicine capsules. However, instead of just a belt, she has a slit down the back of her robes where she keeps another sword that she can use with her starbolts. After all this has been done, she starts to walk back to her room. Fellow assassins bow as she passes. Just then, she hears a familiar tune. The Teen Titans melody... Her communicator! She dashes through her door and flips the lid open. Robins face flickers onto the screen. "Starfire! Thank god you're ok!" he sighs, his voice is a quite distant crackle. The connection is awful. "Robin! I am glad to see you also, but I am in a different time so the connection will not last long!" she warns. "What year are you in?" he asks. "Umm... 1478." she answers. But, the connection starts to disperse and before Robin can say anything else, his face is replaced by static and the connection is lost. She slams the lid shut and blinks back a tear. She screams in frustration and throws the device onto the table. She storms out of her room and slams the door shut
