A/N: What? Last update was three months ago? I CERTAINLY have to update. Here you go :)

"Remind me again why we agreed to do this?" I ask Flora, tired.

"We need to poison one of the Borgia's associates," she answers.

"And why must that criminal mastermind have to live in another city!"

"Come on! Don't tell me you're tired already. I used to go on contracts in London. Now that was far."

"Let's just find the stables. Should be a ride going from there to Florence."

"How much was it again?" she asks.

"1000 florins per head."

"Glad we don't have to pay," the assassin smiles.

"How so?"

"Let's just say that yesterday was bloody for the city guard."

I smirk at the remark. "As far as they don't catch you, it's fine by me. Besides, my killcount is getting low lately."

"I remember when you were shocked at the sight of blood."

"Shocked? Nah. Disgusted."

"It's been what, six months, since I found you on that rooftop. You should be glad I saved you."

"I would just have stabbed him a second later."

"Right…"

We walk trough the crowd, towards the city walls. I feel someone bump into me, not even apologising, and then start to move away quickly.

"Hey! You!" I shout and start sprinting after him. The crowd is dense so I have to shove people out of the way in order to keep up. Thankfully, he needs to too and is slowed down.

After a few minutes of tense chase trough the hordes of people he tries to lose me by dodging into a side alley. I follow, almost hitting a wall with my elbow and arrive just in time to see him climbing up a ladder. Why can't anyone climb ladders normally? I mean, just hold it by the bars not the sides! Though it is kind of slower.

I continue up the ladder as fast as I can. I suddenly slip and am left hanging with one hand. I look down and that's a mistake. No, not because I'd be scared of heights, but because of the three guards standing down there. Cr*p…

I regain my balance and pull myself over the roof's edge. The thief is not far away, just on the next building. That's why I took the crossbow for. I aim it carefully at him and pull the trigger. I see the arrow flying trough the air at a fast speed and hitting him in the left foot. Gotcha! I run up to him and take my pouch back and all the other wallets too.

"See ya later, brother," I laugh and punch him so he trips over the roof's edge, into a bale of hay. I have no idea why there are so many safe landing spots around the city. There were a lot less before the incident at the market.

Oh yeah, the guards. I turn around, unsheathing my axe. One of them, a captain is the closest to me. He was apparently trying to sneak up to me.

"Bad idea, buddy."

I throw a large arc with the axe and the head of it hits him straight in the face. I pull it out and send him flying backwards with a kick. The other two are moving side-to-side towards me. That's why I upgraded. I put my hands onto their heads and pull the triggers. Double hidden pistols sure are useful. The result is pretty gruesome as both heads have a huge hole in them.

Flora catches up: "Great. Now we've certainly missed the carriage."

"Don't cry," I joke.

"Bastard," she playfully replies.

*November 2012*

John rises from the Animus.

"Long time you haven't been in there," comments the woman, Kate.

"Yup. After that time we got mixed up I haven't been exactly in the mood."

"Those hallucinations must have been terrible. But we still gotta continue. The templars might knock down our door any minute. Especially after that failure with the other crew."

"The one researching Ezio Auditore?"

"Yeah. Poor people. Abstergo got 'em. We will get them back, but first we have to finish their job. Go get some rest. Tomorrow will be big."