The New Warehouse Agent Chapter 4, an Assassin's Creed + Warehouse 13 Crossover fanfic

The New Warehouse Agent

Chapter: 4

Claudia's hospital room – Claudia

Opening my eyes I look to my right only to see a few medical machines and then the door opens a nurse with a clipboard walks in. "Ms. Donovan I see that you're up. I'm here to check up on your stitches and broken limbs." She said while getting things ready. "You know I'm surprised that man has been there all night with you." She said looking to my left. It was just then that I felt a hand on mine and some breathing on my shoulder. Looking to my left I see Ryo sleeping, drooling, I could see the tear stains on his cheeks. "First eww he's drooling, and second why was he crying?" I thought before deciding to wake him up. I shake his shoulder while lightly speaking to him. "Ryo it's time to wake up, Ryo, Ryo it's time to wake up." He starts to stir opening his eyes. I sit up as the nurse walks over. "Alright take a few deep breaths." The nurse said while putting the stethoscope to my chest and back. Taking deep breaths I noticed Ryo looking at where the nurse's hand was at and that he was smirking. My heart skips as I start to blush. "Excuse me sir but could you please give us some privacy." The nurse said with an annoyed look on her face. With a sheepish look Ryo just says "Sorry, I would leave the room but I'm sure you know what happens to men in the morning." My eyes widen and mouth hangs open slightly as I realize what he talking about. "Eww, Ryo I didn't need to know that." I told him slightly disgusted and embarrassed. The nurse lifts up my shirt just below my breast to look at the stitches on my stomach. "Wow Y-your S-stitches are gone and there's no scar either." The nurse said puzzled as to why that would be. Ryo looks at me confused too then glance down at the teddy bear and back at me. I glance to the bear as if feeling the sensation that an artifact would give off.

The doctor had me take an MRI scan to check my bones and organs. "I don't know how to explain this but your injuries which should have taken months to heal, just healed over night." The doctor said while scratching his head as he looked at the results. By that time everyone had come to the hospital even H.G., who was spending the last few days being reinstated as a warehouse agent, Joshua had went to sign me out after the doctor said it was okay.

B&B – normal Pov

Claudia walked up to Artie handing him the bear "Artie what artifact is this?" she said curious. Artie pushed up his glasses before saying "This artifact belonged to a little girl who was dying from heart failure back in 1980 and was given a new heart from her cousin who had died in a car accident. The bear has the ability to heal injuries." Ryo walks up to Claudia "Claudia you need to listen to what I have to say." He then told her and the rest of the group everything and answered their questions. "So the assassin's murder people to keep peace." Myka asked as if not understanding the logic in it. "Not exactly Myka, people in the assassin order are just that, assassins, not murders believe it or not there is a difference. Murderers kill people for their own selfish gain and will kill anyone regardless of age, sex, and innocence or guilt. The assassin order assassinates people who want to control and harm others. The assassin's have three rules they must follow or they themselves will be put to death. First is the assassin must stay his/her blade from the flesh of an innocent, second he/she must hide in plain sight using the crowd hide them, and third they must not bring harm to the brotherhood whether direct or indirect. The assassin's believe in the quote 'Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted.'" Ryo explained. "That is rather cynical to believe in." H.G. had said. "Like my ancestor Ezio Auditore had once said 'It would be if it were doctrine. But it is merely an observation of the nature of reality. To say nothing is true is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say that everything is permitted, is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.' And I also believe this quote shows the fact that history is often written to hide the truth of reality." Ryo says explaining the Creed in his Italian accent. "Who's an assassin or templar?" Joshua asked "Like are the assassin's 007 agents and the templars the villains of the agents." Pete asked while making a gun out of his fingers acting like a 007. Everyone looked at him as if he was an idiot until they heard fits of laughter. Ryo was holding his gut as he laughed. "You can't seriously think that was funny." Everyone said as Pete looked offended. "No it's not that, it's the fact that people still think that the government agencies are the good guys." Ryo said while laughing lightly. "Wait what do mean by that?" Myka questioned. Everyone looks at Ryo as he starts to explain. "What I mean is that government agencies, political parties, and commercial companies. They're the guys who want control, the templars. The assassins tend to be in more civil jobs like school teachers, plumbers, bankers, telecommunications, and etc."

Few hours later – Ryo

Few hours later after explaining the few questions everyone had, I decided to have Claudia and Joshua sit in the living room with me as I explain their training. "You both have a choice in the matter of joining the brotherhood but I would not feel comfortable if you two didn't get the training to protect yourself and the ones you love. I can tell you both that just with the fact that the templars know you're assassins by blood they're not going to stop coming after you. The templars will stop at nothing to either take you as prisoners or kill you, they will go after you, your friends, and anyone you hold dear to you. I know this from experience. Joshua you're going to be here for week training under me along with your sister. After that week you're going to get training from the team in Switzerland, your neighbor will be the one to take you to their headquarters. As for you Claudia you will be training with me and that training will consist of parkour movements, multiple fighting styles with and without weapons, stealth, and the human anatomy." I said before being interrupted by Claudia "Wait why do I have to learn the human anatomy?" "Well if I'm going to teach you how to kill you're going to need to know the placement of every organ, blood vessel, and nerve." Looking at her with a smirk I then add "Don't worry I'll make sure to cover up the private parts of the bodies, for your virgin mind." That caused Claudia to blush from embarrassment. "Anyway I would be teaching you how to hack computers but your file says you excel at that. Also I'll be teaching the both of you how to run a SDR (Surveillance Detection Route) and how to spot people ambushing or attacking you." I stop as I see Joshua was about to ask something. "Surveillance Detection Route, what does that mean and why teach us that?" "A SDR is used by anyone in that works as a spy, military, freelance assassin, and etcetera. An SDR is a route someone takes that deliberately forces out their follower. I'll be teaching you with the help of the assassin team out here in South Dakota. Now as for the way I can train you there are three ways you can do your training. One way is physically training you everything which can take months even years to do, another is you use a machine call the animus which decodes and reads your ancestor's memories while using the bleeding effect to train you, but the down side is you can lose your sanity-" "Lose our sanity. NO WAY am I going down that road AGAIN. NO, NO, NO!" Claudia said frantically shaking her head and crossing her arms. Joshua places his hand on Claudia's shoulder as he tries to console her. "Relax Claudia just relax I won't let that happen to you again. Ryo what do you mean by lose our sanity and the bleeding effect?" "Well before I tell you that let me tell you the third option. This option is that you use the animus using the program I created a year ago that lets you learn through the bleeding effect but with less side affects due to it creating new memories for you instead of using your ancestor's memories. Now first I'll explain the bleeding effect. The bleeding effect is where someone learns something without first hand experience through the animus but the down is where you lose your sanity, 'subjects' tend to have problems from the bleeding effect like having split personalities with their ancestor and having delusions of their ancestor's life." Joshua and Claudia look at me confused then ask "Then why did they ever use the machine if it caused insanity?" A sad smile crossed my face as I remembered my experience in Abstergo's care. "You're asking that question as if the people had a choice in the matter. For them it was either use the animus or die, and if you didn't comply you were drugged and forced to do it anyway. The templars don't care if you're in pain or if you die." "You said the third option uses the animus but with less side affects." Joshua said quickly wanting to know more. "Yes it's a program that instead of putting you in your ancestor's body and reliving their life, it lets you use your own body in a virtual world. It has many training courses that will create new memories using the bleeding effect to allow you to learn. It also allows you to feel the sensations of touch without causing physical injuries to your real body. I have been using this program for a year now without mental or physical problems, mainly due to the fact that it creates new memories of your life instead of using an ancestor's genetic memory." I sit there as they both think about the options. "Well we'll go with the third option if you can promise it won't harm us." Joshua said making sure I understood his decision. "Of course you will only train in the animus for an hour for a cautionary reason and will have physical training too. Your training starts tomorrow at 5:00 in the morning so get plenty of rest and eat a light breakfast." I said getting up to leave but before I could go Claudia complained. "5:00 I don't usually get up until 7 or 8:00." I continued on to the sun room to see Leena ignoring Claudia's complaint.

"Hey Leena could you show me my room and where the bathroom is at?" I asked her when getting closer to the table she was reading at. Leena closed her book and got up "Sure it's this way." She said before leading me to my destination. "This is your room Ryo all of your belongings are already inside and the bathroom is the first door to the right from the stairs, make yourself at home and if you need anything else please come and ask me." Leena said with a smile and a happy tone. "Thank you Leena and Oyasuminasai (goodnight)" I said smiling back at her and saying the last bit in Japanese. I went into my room and put my clothes away in the dresser after grabbing a pair of shorts and putting them on the bed. I took off my shirt and put it in the clothes hamper I look at the mirror across from the bed and look at myself seeing the many scars littering my torso but the scar from my left shoulder to right hip caught my attention and looking up a few centimeters I noticed the necklace that my pervious girlfriend gave me now with both parts of the heart grabbing the necklace to take it off and put in on the dresser. I take off my pants and put on the shorts after putting the pants in the hamper I grab a towel from my towel cabinet. I look back at the mirror one last time before I leave for the bathroom as the part of the song scars by papa roach played in my head.

Tear my heart open, I sew myself shut

My weakness is that I care too much

And my scars remind me that the past is real

I tear my heart open just to feel

The bathroom – Ryo

Wrapping the towel around my waist I then went to the sink with a comb running it through my wet hair to make sure no tangles get in there. Grabbing my tooth brush I begin to brush and mid way through the door opens with Claudia behind it wear nothing but her underwear and a towel in her arm. We both stop what we were doing and look at one another. Claudia went wide eyed as she looked me over stopping at the towel. "Like what you see Claudia because I sure do." I said as I looked her up and down "Damn that's a nice little body she has there and it looks like she would be quite flexible too." After I said that she began to try to cover up. I finished up "Well the bathroom is all yours and Claudia Oyasuminasai (goodnight)." I said before leaving.

The bathroom – Claudia

I stepped into the shower and began to wash my body. As I was washing my hair I started thinking about the interaction with Ryo just moments ago. "Man I thought no one was in here, but no Ryo just had to be in here wearing only a towel. Man the guy looked like he was chiseled from stone, almost every muscle was defined in a muscular lean body. The scary thing I notice was all the scars that littered his body I thought he only had those two scars on his face from an old fight but to see that his whole torso was covered makes me wonder how many battles he has been in and that one long scar is the scariest how the hell did he get that one." Finishing my shower I got out and wrapped the towel around me then went to brush my hair and teeth. And started to walk back to my room I notice a guitar being played in the room next to mine. "That must be Ryo." I went into my room and got dressed for bed quickly, then I stepped back out into the hallway and opened Ryo's door slightly to hear him play.

Hey Lucy, I remember your name
I left a dozen roses on your grave today
I'm in the grass on my knees, wipe the leaves away
I just came to talk for a while
I got some things I need to say

Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I'd give up all the world to see
That little piece of heaven looking back at me
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I've gotta live with the choices i made
And I can't live with myself today

Hey Lucy, I remembered your birthday
They said it'd bring some closure to say your name
I know I'd do it all different if I had the chance
But all I got are these roses to give
And they can't help me make amends

Here we are, now you're in my arms
I never wanted anything so bad
Here we are, for a brand new start
Living the life that we could've had

Me and Lucy walking hand in hand
Me and Lucy never wanna end
Just another moment in your eyes
I'll see you in another life
In heaven where we never say goodbye

Here we are, now you're in my arms
Here we are for a brand new start
Got to live with the choices I've made
And I can't live with myself today

Me and Lucy walking hand in hand
Me and Lucy never wanna end
Got to live with the choices I've made
And I can't live with myself today

Hey Lucy, I remember your name

My eyes widen as I listened to him sing, my hand over my mouth as he started the next song.

You can't quit until you try
You can't live until you die
You can't learn to tell the truth
Until you learn to lie

You can't breathe until you choke
You gotta laugh when you're the joke
There's nothing like a funeral to make you feel alive

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

I know some things that you don't
I've done things that you won't
There's nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home

I was waiting for my hearse
What came next was so much worse
It took a funeral to make me feel alive

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

Alive...
Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?

I continued to sit outside his door for a few minutes and then I heard something that had made my heart break. "Rei, Christina I miss you both so much and wish you both were here right now. I'm sorry I couldn't save you guys, I wish it was my life that was taken instead of yours. I'm also sorry I couldn't put roses on your graves yesterday I probably won't be able to do that any more for awhile as there is someone else that needs me. Christina I'm sorry but I know I like her and I hope you'll forgive me, but it's time I moved on. And Rei I wish you had the life that was taken away from you 15 years ago I hope you both are living peaceful lives in heaven. Goodnight little sis. Goodnight my love. Rest in peace." I quickly go back to my room and get my bed for the night. "What the hell happened to him, was Rei his little sister that had died. Christina must have been an old girlfriend that also died." I thought before drifting off to sleep.

Sunroom – normal Pov

It was 4:45 and Ryo was in the kitchen making breakfast for him and his two students. At 4:55 Joshua came in the room dressed for the day of training. Ryo put a plate of eggs, bacon, and toast down in front of Joshua. Ryo looks at his watch then says to Joshua "It is 5:10 now. Where is Claudia?" Joshua just shrugged his shoulders while suggesting she was still in bed. Ryo gets up and goes to her room.

Opening the door he notices a lump of a human forum still in the bed facing away from him. Sighing Ryo closes the door and walks back to the kitchen grabbing a bucket. He than goes to the freezer and dumps all the ice in the bucket and walks over to the sink filling it up just an inch from the rim. Joshua starts to laugh as realize what Ryo was going to do. "This I have to see." He proclaimed as he followed Ryo back to Claudia's room.

They both walked into her room and see that she was still asleep. Ryo walks to the end of her bed and just dumped the bucket of ice water all over her body soaking her completely. Claudia jolts up in bed screaming at the top of her lungs "JESUS CHRIST, S-S-O C-CO-L-LD" while shivering madly holding her arms across her chest. Joshua was on the floor laughing his ass off while Ryo was lightly laughing at her before saying "I told you training starts at 5 it is now 5:20." By now everyone in the house was up and at Claudia's door wondering what had happened. "Y-you f-fu-cki-ing B-ba-s-tard" Claudia said through her chattering teeth. Pete had started laughing as he realized what happened. "You should have gotten up before 5 like your brother Claudia." Ryo said as he headed for the door, stopping he turns his head towards her before saying "Oh by the way this is one of three punishments for sleeping in. Now get dressed, get downstairs, and eat your breakfast its cold now." Claudia stared daggers at him as he left the room and then glared at Joshua and Pete shutting them up in seconds.

Outside – normal Pov

Ryo, Joshua, and Claudia walked outside for the training. Ryo steps in front of the two begin to explain the exercise for the day. "First were going to do a warm up of 10 laps around the perimeter I had set up earlier. You see those orange cones." He said waiting for their heads to nod before continuing. "Those cones are the boundary for the track you are to run on the outside of them if you step on the inside of the boundary you will gain two more laps. Now as for your next punishment Claudia." He said as Claudia began to sigh. "Before I give you your punishment I want you both to know that I believe in teamwork meaning when one of you screws up you both get the punishments." Joshua started to complain. "What I was up and ready before 5. Why do I have to be punished?" "Yes I know that and I appreciate that but like I said I believe in teamwork." Ryo said before walking over to the table on the porch. Grabbing the equipment he than walked back to them dropping the things down in front of them. "These are for you punishment, they are weighted equipments five parts in total the torso that weighs 20 lbs. and can be increased to 50 lbs. and the two arm and leg weights that weighs 4 lbs. each. You both are to run all 10 laps in these and to do all of the exercises in them. You will not take them off until I say so otherwise." Claudia and Joshua started grumbling as they put on the weights. "How are we supposed to run wear these." Claudia complained after feeling all of 36 lbs. of extra weight. "Well you lift one of your legs and put it in front of you and then you do the same with the other leg while doing this at a faster pace. That is how you run." Ryo said with a smirk before running off to the starting line. It took Joshua and Claudia about a minute to get there. "Ready, Set, GO!" Ryo said running at full speed. He over lapped them four times before they were done with their second lap. Ryo stopped running and started to jog behind them. "How can he just over lap us four times on a full sprint." They both said. "Well because I is was in the same boat you two are in right now. But in my case I was the one to sleep in not her and I had double the weight she had on." Ryo said as they turned to see him behind them reading a book. "You're read a book right now!" they both exclaimed.

When they finished their sixth lap Ryo called out to them. "Alright that's enough running, there are four one gallon water jogs on the table over there." He said pointing to the jogs. "Go drink some water or dump it over yourself if you want." After he said that the two rushed over to the table and just took the caps off the jogs, raising them over their heads, and soaking themselves to the bone while drinking the other jogs afterward. A few minutes later Ryo comes over to them telling them of their next exercise. "Alright now to do the basic push up, sit up, squats, and leg raises." They look up to him before saying "We're tired and sore. We can do any more." Ryo looks to both Claudia and Joshua before answering back "Yes you can, again I was in the same boat your in right now I was tired and sore too. I was only seven when I did this kind of stuff. Just be glade I'm not going to throw you into the forest for two months to feed for yourselves. Now I want you to do three sets of 5 for each exercise." Claudia and Joshua grumbled again as they started doing their sets.

"Alright you guys can stop now and take off the weights." Ryo told them as they finished their sets. When they hear that they just started ripping the weights off of themselves. "Thank God I'm so sore and tired, and eww sweaty." Claudia said before looking at Ryo and saying "Are you trying to kill us!" Ryo looks both of them over "why don't you guys go soak in the ice tubs Leena put together for you guys. And then we will do a session in the animus systems."

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