Chapter 1: Investigations
Note:
Update Timeline list will be periodically updated on Chapter 1 and the most recent chapter will always be up to date.
All sections that take place in Vlatava are translated from the Vlatavan dialect into English; any conversations where two languages are being used, the non-English language will be in ITALICS TO SHOW TRANSLATION.
Abstergo: Rome
May 1, Thursday, 2014, 03:00
Three men, clad in dark uniforms, stood within the foyer of Abstergo: Rome. It was late, yet VERY early, so the three armed guards were weary, and had been waiting for their shift to end. The next early morning shift was late, as usual.
"Well, I'm going to the john, our shifts over, so we can't be blamed." Said one of the guards.
"Fine, just be quick. We're all supposed to be here when the next shift arrives, and we could get fired if we're not." Responded the shift manager.
"Yeah, yeah. Sue me." Retorted the weak-bladdered guard as he climbed the stair to go to the bathroom. When he arrived, he saw a hand, surrounded by a pool of blood protruding from beneath one of the stalls. "What the hell?" He whispered to himself, drawing his handgun. He heard the handicap stall toilet flush and kicked the door open, only to be greeted with the entirety of the next shift dying in their own blood. The power failed throughout the building.
He heard the sink activate behind him. He whipped around, seeing a white, faceless mannequin clad in a white hooded trench coat. But that wasn't the scary part. It was that its face was splattered in blood, and its sleeve had a long knife protruding from it, dripping with blood. Before he knew it, a dark gray smoke filled the room, and his gun was ripped from his hand.
When the smoke cleared, the man was on the floor. Dead. Lacerations showcased on his neck and bullet holes in his head.
The other two guards jumped when they heard the gunshots. They instinctively reached for their own handguns, only to find they were missing. Turning on their flashlights and looking up the stairs, they saw the same mannequin that was displayed in the lobby, but it was clothed in a hoodie, and had their pistols trained on them.
"Shit."
"JUNO!" suddenly resonated throughout the walls. Turning around, the two, now literally scared shitless, guards saw gray smoke take on the form of a man, or at least the torso of one. It had a detached expression, a red chest, and a flowing white cape which dissolved into the shadows of the night. Its eyes glowed a blood crimson.
Mount Justice
May 1, 20:00
Batman gathered the Team into the Mission Room of The Cave, "As you know, Abstergo Industries in Rome was attacked overnight. The attack was devastating: every guard on duty was killed, all electronic devices were destroyed, but no other traces indicating a perpetrator were left. Whoever did this was professional. The only traces left were the multitude of dead bodies and blood messages."
Batman loaded the images onto the holographic projectors. The images were of poor quality and on an intensive amount of magnification. "These pictures were taken from a building over a block away through a window. Abstergo has the legal right to deny anybody access, even the UN, but the League and The Team are independent. Robin, Artemis, Nightwing, and Batgirl will be sent in to fully investigate any possible traces, seeing as Abstergo has denied the League a presence. Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian, Aqualad, Red Arrow: you are to provide backup if needed. If you are discovered, the League will deny knowledge of the operation."
Red Tornado spoke up, "If there is any illegal activity, report it to the League as soon as possible. This will allow us to determine whether a full search is necessary. Bring all data, encrypted or otherwise, to Batman for decryption and filing. It is of the upmost importance that you stay hidden during this mission, but satellites show that no power is flowing in the area, making cameras and security systems inoperable. Load up and prepare to deploy, Dismissed."
Abstergo: Rome
May 2, Tuesday, 2014, 1:34
The Bioship slowed to a hover just over Abstergo, invisible to the naked eye, letting the team of four heroes drop onto the roof in silence. Nightwing motioned for the Team leave with the ship as the three members of the Bat-Family and Artemis went inside. Artemis and Nigtwing took point, having both experience and a good long-range weapon to take down threats with. Robin and Batgirl trailed behind, covering for any security that may have been missed.
After five more floors of grueling patience, a few arrows, and a lot of hacking later was when the automatic weapon fire broke loose. The team of four jumped behind whatever cover there was, readying their respective weapons before realizing the gunfire was coming from the floors below. Directly below them, in fact. The team ran to the glass elevator, having downloaded as much useful information from the devices on the top six of eight levels. Through the glass door, the four saw a large, open warehouse-type area with a multitude of glass cubicles. Within the area, there was a group of four hooded men firing upon the near army of Abstergo guards. They were winning.
"What is happening? This is a damn research facility, why is somebody attacking it?" Asked Nightwing.
"Don't know, but we shouldn't stay to find out, let's just keep going with our mission, and then-WATCH OUT!" Screamed Artemis, seeing another team of hooded men come through the door and aim their guns at them. She released an arrow through the first assailant's arm, knocking his gun loose in the process. The Bats weren't far behind with releasing a barrage of Batarangs…and wing-dings. They took the brief respite to duck behind the little cover that their was.
As it so happened, The attackers had whipped out military batons in the time that the heroes took to recover. "Finally…" said Robin.
"…something we can fight." Batgirl finished. The three members of the bat family ran from behind their cover at the three remaining attackers, releasing their staffs and batons to their full length. The three went immediately on the attack, but quickly found that the men and woman were able to block, barely, each blow that the heroes dealt. They were obviously very good at this, trained for more than a lifetime to be able to hold off the Bats.
The apparent leader of the Assassins was not pleased. Problem 1, Abstergo was putting up a lot of resistance; problem 2, these tights-wearing freaks were able to hold off his team. He blocked a blow from the oldest of the young team and threw his fist into the mans face, "I don't want to fight!" He said in broken english, dropping a smoke grenade at his feet, "We just need to get into the room behind you, and you can leave like none of this happened." The smoke slowly dispersed, slower than the leader anticipated.
And Nightwing wasn't in the mood to let these guys go. They were too good not to be questioned, so he ducked as an arrow soared where his head just was and into the leaders shoulder. He raised himself back up and slammed his escrima stick into the mans head, knocking him out cold. He then reached back and swung his arm out in an arc, releasing two wing-dings. They hit the last two squarely in the hands, letting the Robin and Batgirl finish them off.
"I think this warrants bringing them to Batman," Batgirl started, reaching to the side that was struck by the baton, "they managed to get the best on us, so either they're really good or we're really rusty."
"Agreed, Batman sees this. Seize anything they have on them and bring them to the Bioship," he told Robin and Artemis, "Batgirl and I will search the rest of the building."
"Got it, good luck." Said Robin, disappearing as the smoke finally created a solid cloud around them.
"Well, Dick, let's go fetch some more data." Batgirl ordered, running to the stairs and picking up any loose Batarangs or bullet casings and stashing them for later inspection. "We only have a bit longer before our window closes."
"Hey, I'm the ranking member here Babs, I should be saying what to do," He said, following his girlfriend. "Besides, we need to find out what those machines in those cubicles are."
"I would normally agree, but then you'd be on the couch. And go take some pictures and map them out with the tech Cyborg gave you. I'm searching the basement, that room takes up at least the last two main floors."
"Fine, but you owe me now."
Mount Justice
May 3, 13:56
It had taken the entirety of the League over a day to analyze all the data collected by the Team. The muscle of the League had taken the four assailants to the Batcave for questioning, but they had remained quiet.
"Good work, Alpha," Started Batman, "But now we realize that Abstergo is practically immune with the connections they have in the economy and politics. Taking down Abstergo would throw the entire world into chaos. They own the majority of the world economy through proxy companies of all sorts. However, the leaders of Abstergo can be traced by this symbol," The Templar Cross showed on the monitors, "they all appear to be members of a revived Knights Templar."
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I will try and get one update per week out, but no promises.
A few changes to continuity will be made here:
-THE ASSASSINS AND TEMPLARS ARE STILL SHADOW ORGANIZATIONS, OH MY
-THE ANIMUS IS NOT ILLEGAL, IF USING OWN DNA, IF USING OTHERS, IT IS. CLONING IS ALSO ILLEGAL
-STRICT GUN LAWS, a bitch but are necessary to make the melee believable
-Nightwing and Batgirl is a thing.
-Queen Perdita, although a minor character in the series, is going to be the love interest of the protagonist because so little is known about her.
-Desmond is NOT the main character, but is in the story.
-Abstergo has a share in everything, even Lex Corp. But Wayne Enterprises does not run on a shares system.
-Batman will not be an unfeeling jerk. I may make Alfred a badass.
-Red Hood is gonna be an Assassin
-Templar/Assassin War will not be black and white
-Juno will not be in the story till later, at least not directly
-People will be able to see second floor rooftops
Background on my Protagonist
-Has an evolved and permanent variant of Eagle Sense, but I will not describe it as the games manifestation: The games make the sense visual because they can't impose feelings.
-Eagle Sense is like really accurate hunches and instincts, along with very powerful sight—capable of magnification and illumination—, but normal people can only use it in bursts if at all
-Is an ALLY to Assassins, but not an Assassin himself, will kill Assassins if necessary
Will give more as necessary
Ground Rules for Review and Comments
-Leave all normal praise of criticism in comments and argue there
-PM me any suggestions on grammar, spelling,or plot
-Forewarning, I have the story plotted out, so unless I contact you, I will not use the idea
-I will not respond to COMMENTS/REVIEWS, only PM's unless they are really good
-Please use proper grammar and spelling when PM-ing me, I will try to
Update Timeline
Chapters 1-3: January 4, 2015
Chapter 4: January 10, 2015
Chapter 5: January 15, 2015
Chapter 6: January 19, 2015
Chapter 7: January 25, 2015
Chapter 8: February 3, 2015
Chapter 9: February 10, 2015
Chapter 10: February 15, 2015
Chapter 11: February 18, 2015
Chapter 12: February 21, 2015-Corrections at Feb 26,2015
Chapter 13: February 26, 2015
Chapter 14: March 3, 2015