The Assassin's Creed

Untitled Part 13

Al-Sah-Him's eyes turned deadly as the children headed down the stairs and he walked back from where they had come. His eyes scanned the area, hand gripping his bow. He knew that she could take care of herself so had she gone of her own free will? No, surely she would have told him if she was going to go on her own. She had promised him. That only meant one thing, she had been taken.

Oliver walked purposefully through the building trying to keep out of sight. Any guild members that he crossed paths with he would question and then kill. He checked every room, his mind racing as he tried to think of why they would have taken her. After looking through every single room, he headed back downstairs, his hands clenched, his jaw tight. He would kill every guild member if he had to get her back.

Slade saw the look on his face as he approached and pulled him aside. "Akilah is missing!", Sah-Him said. Slade frowned.

"She is a very capable warrior Sah-Him, I can't imagine she would allow herself to get caught."

"I think she was taken by surprise. I have searched the building from top to bottom and cannot find her.", he was frustrated and Slade could see him coming unhinged.

"Listen, I am going to send Sara, Nyssa and the rest of the team with the kids to the training facility. I will stay here and help you find Akilah." Oliver gave him a grateful look before Slade turned and walked over to the vans. He spoke to Sara and Nyssa before they drove away.

Slade walked back over to Oliver. "Where do you want to start?"

"Let's check the building one more time and make sure I didn't miss something." They hurried back inside and proceeded to sweep the building floor by floor. As they were walking back down to the first floor, Oliver's eyes glanced down where he had last seen Akilah. He stopped when he saw a pendant on the floor, partially hidden agains the wall. He would know that pendant anywhere. What was Maseo's pendant doing in the hallway of the building they were working?

He hurried back to Slade and when Slade saw the pendant his eyes flew to Sah-Him's. "That is Maseo's pendant. Where did you find it?"

"Exactly at the spot I believe Akilah disappeared.", Sah-Him said, and Slade could hear the rage in his voice. "I need to get back to Nanda Parbat tonight." Slade nodded and they headed to the car. Slade was going to stay and help Nyssa and Sara, while Sah-Him caught the first flight back home. He decided to take a commercial flight so he would not tip off Maseo that he was on his way back.

Oliver's body tensed with rage as he boarded the plane. The League must have taken Felicity. Maybe Maseo had found out they had their memories back and were planning on leaving. At this point he was beyond caring what they knew. He just knew one thing. He was going to get Felicity back, even if he had to kill every single member of the League.

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Felicity woke, her head pounding and her hands chained behind her back. Someone had grabbed her and before she could get to her knife, had knocked her out cold. She looked around the room, trying to figure out where she was, and who might have taken her. The room looked familiar and as she sat up the breath left her lungs.....she was back at the League compound.

They must have given her a strong sedative for her to have traveled so far and not remember and as she sat up and leaned against the wall, she tugged at her chains. Her head hung to her chest when she made a realization. Maseo must know they had their memories back and were planning to leave.

She tried to stand but her legs were wobbly and her head was pounding. She looked at the cold stone walls of the room they had placed her in and she noticed it was one of the rooms she had stayed in when she was going through her initiation process. Shit! Were they going to try to erase her memory again? She needed to think and figure out a way to get out of there.