Note: If you have not read The Art of Subversion, do not read this. It will make no sense to you, so please read that first!! Just go to my profile page and click on that story. This is a sequel!!!

OK, now that I cleared that up, this is part two of my story. This chapter just sets the stage for the story so no violence or sexual content, and minimal language. Enjoy!!!

2012

"Lucy" Desmond whispered. "Lucy, I need to talk to you!"

Lucy stirred at the sound of Desmond voice.

Desmond tapped her gently on her shoulder. "Lucy, wake up!"

She inhaled through her nose as she woke up. "What is it, Desmond?" she asked.

He helped Lucy sit up next to him and held her hands tightly in his. "Something…strange…has happened."

That caring look for which Lucy was notorious penetrated Desmond's heart. He now hated to see her look at him like that because he knew that deep down inside, she was afraid for him.

"Tell me, Desmond," Lucy urged him as she scooted closer to him. She removed one of her hands from inside his hands and placed it on his left shoulder.

"I--I think I just accessed one of Altair's memories."

Lucy's expression quickly changed to a surprised look. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, positive. I feel just like I did each time I got out of the Animus. But that's not all."

"You mean there is more?" Lucy asked interrupting Desmond.

"Yeah." He felt like he was repeating himself, but he continued. "Remember all the Codex pages that Altair wrote and how he said he used the Apple to see visions and such?"

Lucy nodded her head but said nothing.

"Well, in this memory, he opened the Apple one last time and saw…me."

Confused, Lucy asked, "Are you sure?"

"Positive. Even though the memory I saw wasn't him actually seeing this vision, I still saw what he saw. I guess it came with the memory. And I was in Paris and I assassinated the president of France. But I don't know why or when," Desmond explained.

Lucy's eyes searched the room as she tried to wrap her mind around what Desmond had just told her. "The only reason we would want him assassinated is if he was involved with the Templars, Abstergo, or this Order Shaun was talking about. We still don't know much about them yet."

"Right, and there is one other thing. Altair referred to me as the 'Ultimate Assassin'. What does that mean?" Desmond asked. He hoped Lucy, who knew more about the Assassins than he did, would be able to tell him.

"There is an old legend about an Ultimate Assassin. He was prophesized to be the greatest warrior ever but after several years of no one who fit the profile, it became just a myth. I don't know much other than that."

"But why would Altair call me that? I'm just a regular guy in a fucked up situation. I just now am able to slice a guy without gagging over it twenty minutes later."

"You still don't get it do you?" Lucy smiled as she asked.

"Get what?"

"You are more than just Desmond Miles. Right now, you are the only hope we have at riding the world of those Templar bastards. And if this Order is as intertwined with the Assassin's as Shaun thinks, you may be the only one to unravel their influence over ever Assassin affected by them. And if you really can access memories without the Animus…"

"I'm literally like a breathing history book," Desmond said dully.

"Well I was going to go with 'you have a major weapon against our enemies', but that works, too," Lucy teased. She returned to serious mode. "But you need to let me, Shaun, or Rebecca know when you are going to try to access any more memories. We need to monitor you while you are out."

Desmond shook his head in agreement. "Alright." He felt a headache explode inside his head. It was borderline migraine. "Ugh!" Desmond felt his hands crawl up his face and rub the top of his head.

"What is it?!" Lucy asked nervously.

"Damn headache," he replied.

"Is it as bad as the one you had yesterday?" Lucy asked.

"No, thankfully."

Lucy brought her head down slightly so her eyes could meet Desmond's. "You want to take anything for it?"

"No, I'm fine." He glanced over at the clock next to the room window. "It's almost two AM. I'm just gonna try to go back to sleep."

"OK. Come here," Lucy said. She lay across the couch with her back to the corner of the couch. As she was leaning backwards, she grabbed Desmond and gently pulled him towards her, letting his head rest against her chest.

Desmond felt her left arm wrap around his back as the other gently stroked the left side of his face. He let his hand travel across her chest and rest on her right shoulder. "I love you, Lucy."

"I love you too, Desmond."

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

One Week Later

"Well, it seems as though you will be leaving us today Mr. Hastings," Andrea said happily. "You are all healed up and ready to go!"

"Thank God, I can't stand this place anymore. If I had to describe hell, I would describe this hospital." Shaun was annoyed that he had to stay in bed the entire time. He still was in denial that he was paralyzed.

"Would it be possible to give him some drugs to make him, uh…happier?" Desmond asked jokingly.

"Why don't you shut the fuck up, Desmond?" Shaun retorted.

If Andrea hadn't spent enough time with the group and recognized the close bond the four had with each other, she would have thought Desmond and Shaun would have taken each other's heads off.

"As you wish." Desmond bowed his head and flipped his arm out as it Shaun was some sort of emperor or king.

Rebecca and Lucy both returned from their absence with a wheelchair in which Shaun could leave the hospital.

"Do I really have to ride in that bloody thing?" Shaun pleaded.

"Lisa got you a rather nice electronic chair. It's in the back of your truck. She even had them rig it up for loading and unloading," Andrea sympathetically explained.

Desmond was dying to make a joke about a pimped out HoverRound chair but with Lucy and Rebecca in the room, he refrained.

Rebecca walked up to the bed and kissed Shaun on the forehead. "Here, we got you some clothes to change into."

"Great! Now I don't have to hide my ass from you guys anymore!" Shaun joked.

"Need help?" Rebecca asked eagerly.

"Uhh, well I'll go wait in the hall while Rebecca 'helps' you get dressed," Desmond said awkwardly.

"Me too," Lucy said as she turned on her heel and followed Desmond out.

Andrea followed Lucy to the entrance way and hid there to give Shaun some privacy. She stayed in the room just in case her help was needed.

When Lucy got outside the door, she saw Desmond leaned up against the opposite wall with his hands inside the pockets of his jeans. His head was lowered but his eyes cut up at her as he gave her a subtle yet seductive grin at her.

"What?" she asked sheepishly.

"Nothing. It's just you missed one of your buttons on your top."

"Shit!" she exclaimed loudly. All the nurses that were in the hall heard her were appalled as they looked at her angrily.

"Sorry," she said as she buttoned the top two buttons on her top that she forgot to button. She and Desmond had snuck into one of the vacant rooms the night, made love, and then had to rush to put their clothes back on that morning when they woke up.

"God woman, watch your language," Desmond teased.

Lucy gave Desmond the finger and received some other disappointed looks from other nurses who witnessed the act. "I just can't win here, can I?" she asked as she threw her hands up.

"Nope," Desmond replied with a chuckle.

Lucy stood against the wall opposite Desmond and the two threw each other grins and smiles as they stared at each other. Their attention quickly shifted to Shaun who was being wheeled out of his room.

"Hey there, Wheels!" Desmond shouted as he walked over to the now mobile Shaun.

"I resent that comment." Shaun smiled when he couldn't force himself to look stern anymore. "Let's get out of this hell-hole."

"Right behind ya…literally!" Desmond exclaimed as he offered to wheel Shaun toward the elevator.

Lucy and Rebecca hung back to talk to Andrea and Lisa who was walking towards them.

"Is there any chance he will be able to walk again?" Lucy asked.

"It is possible. People in his exact condition have recovered and been able to walk with the aide of a cane or walker. Don't expect it, but it is probable," Lisa explained.

"That's good news though. I mean he could be bedridden," Rebecca countered.

"Exactly, he has made a remarkable recovery in his three weeks here," Lisa replied.

"What do we need to do to help his recovery?" Lucy inquired.

Andrea got Lucy's attention by clearing her throat and started to explain. "I talked it over with Rebecca. She and Shaun have both agreed that she will be the one to take care him while he recovers. I told her exactly what to do."

"Are you sure, Rebecca?" Lucy asked with concern.

"Yeah, since I don't have to watch over 'Baby' anymore, I can dedicate more attention to Shaun. You just worry about Desmond," Rebecca assured her.

Lucy nodded, thanked Lisa and Andrea for all of their help, and walked with Rebecca to the elevator.

"So where are we going now?" Rebecca asked.

"There is safe house in Princeton, New Jersey. We will be safe there for a few weeks at least."

"New Jeresy? Really? Can't we go somewhere down south? All this snow and cold rain is starting to piss me off!" Rebecca complained.

Lucy was confused. "But you have lived here for, like, almost the past decade."

"And I have been pissed off for the past decade!"

The two giggled the entire trip in the elevator where they saw Desmond pushing Shaun in his wheelchair like a madman. "AIYAH!!" Desmond shouted.

"Get out of the way!" Shaun yelled with excitement. He had coaxed Desmond into pushing him as fast as he could around the lobby scaring the hell out of nurses and visitors.

"Dear God, this is going to be one hell of a journey," Lucy blankly stated in disgust at the boy's activities.

"Well, look at the bright side. At least they are finally getting along," Rebecca shrugged.

There it is!!! I am continuing this story at your request! I had to change story titles though because the other made no sense for this part. I hope that statement wasn't confusing. Like usual, let me know of any errors or confusing bits. I have not proof read this one like I try to do to my others, so if there are any grammatical errors I apologize. Let me know if there are any major ones in your reviews.

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