A Merry Life (Assassins Creed 4)

Close Enough to Feel the Flames

I wasn't fussed on how this ended up compared to the other ones I'm waiting to post! Hate the fact that what I write seems longer, but then I post it and it's 1 and a half pages or something! God Damn! Anyway, enjoy! A story is finally taking place, HECK YEAH!

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"Do you have any clue about what the hell is going on 'ere?" Kenway broke the silence of them two walking through the darkened path. The dust being kicked up by their feet, the faint sound of music coming from the tavern nearby.

"Not really, I'll be asking him a few questions when we get back"

"Why are we helping this lad?" They pondered for a moment, asking themselves that very question.

Kidd broke the silence, "he seems lost, man"

To anyone that could of meant so many things.

Edward finally had a spark of 'genius', "maybe if I throw him into my crew he won't have a reason to be, he has the agility, and can hold a fight by himself.. at times, take him under my wing, I could be his mentor" Kenway joked.

"You'd lead him to devil's doorstep within his late twenties!" Kidd exclaimed.

Kenway blatantly ignoring what Kidd just said ".. I'm gonna do it, i'm gonna teach him the ways of a pirate, the easy ways of getting coin, living free, as I told you, we take as we please and become who we like, self-made men"

With that Kidd had slight worry in his gut.

A pirate

A merry life and a short one

Kidd didn't like the sound of this young lad falling captive to this life they had chosen for themselves.

"And I told you Kenway, that look ain't you, it's not who you are"

Their attention soon came to the man who had been after Jacob, he was wandering around, his face looking battered from the fight he and Jacob had had, he was eyeing up buildings in the area, it seemed that he didn't know which one Flynn has been staying in.

They tailed the man for a while, watching his moves, he seemed to be in a routine of checking the area, after a while they started to head back to see Flynn sitting outside.

"Mate! What you doing our ere? If that guy walked passed he could of spotted ya" Kenway said aloud.

"But he didn't.." Flynn said with a blank expression.

They told him that the man was wandering through the streets eyeing up different houses.

"Think it's time I be off then, I'm knackered!"

Kidd and Kenway looked confused, "Didn't yer just hear us? He's out there looking for the place your staying"

"Aye, but that doesn't mean he'll find it"

The pair didn't even bother arguing, they were wrecked themselves and needed to get some sleep before going to their own separate destinations tomorrow.

The lad got up and was about to walk down the path before Kidd put his hand on his shoulder, "Yer not going anywhere 'til you answer some things of mine" without questioning he sat back down, waiting for what Kidd had to say.

"You really don't have a clue why this man is after you?" James's eyes burned a hole into Flynn.

He let out a sigh, fidgeting with his fingers as he did at the tavern, his thumb running along the inside of his middle finger, "maybe there might be a reason"

"Out with it then man"

"Back in Kingston someone thought me to be a sly, unpleasant, vile, devious, bastard, rumours escalated, and a certain someone wanted me in hell or close enough to feel the flames, this man who is after me probably has something to do with that"

"Sly, vile an' devious?" Kidd let out a laugh "you?"

"Hard to believe eh? A delightful lad like me" he raised an eyebrow.

"But what reason did someone think this of you?"

Flynn didn't look Kidd in the eyes.

"Because it may be true"

Kidd's eyes glared narrowly to the young man. He quickly added "-and maybe it isn't, I ain't got a heart of gold, but when over hearing this conversation I heard the word 'cheat' roll off their tongue, from then I knew it was all bullshit"

"A lover then?" James asked.

"A 'former' one aye, but still, I have no evidence for any of this"

"So yer saying, your former lass thinks you to be a cheat, so she has sent someone to 'hurt' you?"

"That's my guess, as I said, no evidence apart from things I've heard from others before I left"

They let that be the end of the conversation as Flynn put his hand over his mouth to yawn.

"Is that enough questions for tonight mum?" the cocky lad smirked.

Kidd's eyes narrowed, "Aye, now get back home and get some beauty sleep, by the looks of it ye need tons" he turned on his heel and went inside.

Flynn hobbled back home, ankle still in pain but at least he could plod along, keeping an eye out for the brute, luckily he was nowhere to be seen. He stepped inside, put his jacket over the wooden chair, he eased out of his shirt as his muscles ached, taking his time putting it over his head in case of it catching his injury. He went over to the small mirror to check the damage, letting out a breath as his stitched up wound caught his eye. He stretched his arms from left to right and with a groan he sat on the side of his bed, kicking his shoes off as they flopped to the floor. As soon as his head hit the pillow, he drifted off into a deep sleep.

James had said goodbye to Kenway minutes after he had spoken to Flynn. They were both wrecked, and needed some sleep. Kidd put back all of the items he had used to fix up Jacob. He dropped onto his bed and yawned while taking off his red bandana, letting her hair drop over her shoulders she got into bed, just like Flynn, she drifted off into a deep sleep moments after her head hitting the pillow.