Assassin's creed.

[raihnstar]

It was only nine yet it was allready pitch black out, and the silence in the air seemed to stretch out for miles. A rather large tall figure was making its way through the clearing with only some progress. Neil stumbled on the beach blindly, cluching his leg with a grimace. He'd been luckier this time than he had the last time, when he'd had such a close encounter with death that he'd managed to greet the man, but any form of pain wasn't pleasant.

His hair crackled statically and he was painfully aware that he was losing blood too quickly. From the place he'd just left there was a body, still warm, sizzling on the ground from having been lit on fire. He was struck by a lightning bolt. One which Neil had cast. The man himself was probably part of an assassin's guild, but he'd been hired by one of the larger nations that saw Neil as athreat. The tall black man wondered if he'd have to move away from his current lodgings yet again.

The ground swayed dangerously and Neil gave up trying to get away. Instead he sat on the cold sandy floor and tried to regulate his breathing. Right. Now you have to get help. Who to call? Who to call? His mind was drawing a blank of useful people to call, so he went to his last resort. Jamie. Jay bird. He usually didn't like worrying her, or troubling her with this sort of thing, but everybody else he knew...was busy.

Sighing, Neil pulled out a yellow beed from his pocket and bit into it carefully. A little electric spark lit up the stone, and would also light up the stone on the other end. "Uhh Jamie...?" he asked wearily. He rarely called her by the nickname he still used in his head privately, "I know this is probably a bad time but I've been um...wounded, a little. Nothing to worry about, of course. It'd be nice if I could get some bandages because I'm ah...losing some blood." he paused to get his breath back, "Or y'know...something. I'm at the um...the ocean. Tide's coming in so...it'd be ah..best if you hurried."

As he said this he felt salt water touch the end of his feet. Ouch. He was not looking forward to having that salt water on the gaping cut in his leg.

[charismaticcryo]

((lol i just thought it would be pretty funny if Izarus popped out of the ocean laden with shells, nets, and seaweed. Looking for stuff to make a neklace for Taylor. well cus Neil wouldn't think to ask him for help, and when he came out of the water he'd look like a monster! lol)

[ßlue]

((XD thought for a second someone had gotten the game assassin's creed. I was like "OMG WHATS IT LIKE?!?!?" then I was liek " oh... it's just a thread... oh... wiat!!! THIS IS MY THREAD!!! XD"))

<sub>Jamie was at the mall trying on a new shirt when a yellow spark made her jump. She was looking in the mirror so she accidentally jumped back and bounced off the wall behind her in the dressing room. Neil’s voice sounded from the bead she kept around her neck. She had seen that pixie guy with one too. He gave them out like candy to his friends. A woman outside was trying to talk to her. “Ma’am? Are you alright? You okay in there?” she groaned a little to herself, smiling and blushing.

”Fine! I just… fell over…”

She listened to the woman leave as her attention turned back to Neil’s voice. He mentioned Blood. What? Her heart leapt and her throat tightened. What? WHAT? WHERE WAS THE REWIND BUTTON ON THIS THING?! She nodded as he said he was at the beach and to hurry. She grabbed her things, still wearing the new shirt as she darted from the dressing rooms. She jumped through the doors and instantly the alarms started going off. People were watching her as she ran through the crowd. She was about 5’6, long brown hair with matching brown eyes. She dashed for an emergency exit, a few security guards finally on her tail. She made it out the doors and stuffed her shirt into her bag, a sweater going on over her shirt as she fell to the ground, hair turning raven black with large innocent black looking eyes. Her lips looked larger, more supple as she changed to more slender and shapely.

The guards rushed out, looking around and seeing her looking startled and fallen down on the ground. One of them helped her up and she went on in a frantic voice, a voice she wasn’t pretending at the moment. She had to hurry and get to Neil, no telling how badly he was hurt and could she even find him on the beach?!

”Oh! That horrible woman! She knocked me down when she ran by… She went that way!”

She pointed left and the fat security guy who had helped her up smiled shyly at her, asking if she was alright.

”Yes, thank you so much for saving me from that horrible woman. I think you scared her away, you were so braaave… Oh I’m sorry, I’m Veronica. Veronica Perralez. I really wish I could stay but you see, I had only come to get something for my mother, she’s sick and I must get back to her. I hope you don’t miiiind…”

Jamie put on her best doe eyed look and the fat man blushed, smiling and nodding a ‘sure, we understand’ and letting her go. She made it to her car, a little gold Honda. She named it Zoey. Zoey the Little Crappy Honda. She put in the keys and turned out of the parking lot. She raced down the streets, praying to God there were no police to stop her. Her frantic black eyes changed slowly to gold, hair shortening from long black locks to blond hair just to her jaw. Damn Neil. She hated it when these things happened, but her heart felt like it floated a little as she thought how this time he’d called her. Usually it was someone else and she didn’t find out till much later, but she liked being the first to know. Damn that bastard, not knowing she was in love with him.

Whatever. She knew she couldn’t tie him down. She had known since that first time back in Magikus. She refused to hold him down, so she flew with him. She was his Jaybird, even if he didn’t call her that as much anymore. She knew he still thought of her with that name. She smiled, parking her car in the forever darkening twilight and getting out, long sleek legs in black vans while bare skin ran up and under shorts. Her sweater was plain black and hung down so her shorts almost disappeared. She leaned back into the car to get the first aid kit out of the glove compartment. Now to find the man.

She closed the door, looking up and down the beach. Dammit, where was he?

”Neil!!!”

She yelled, wondering if he could hear her and starting off down the beach, hoping she was going the right way. She felt her heart tug her this way and usually it was not wrong. Soon enough she saw a dark shape along the beach. How long had she taken? It seemed an eternity.

”Neil?”</sub>

[raihnstar]

The tide had slowly crept forward, and his pants were wet up to his knees. He'd shuffled backwards every few seconds, but the waves were coming on harder, and the sound they made as they crashed against the water wasn't reasuring. Sometimes the water splashed on the wound and he would wince without making a sound, instead just moving back and hoping Jamie had gotten his call. The little stone vibrated in his fingers and his hold tightened against it. Good. She was close. He saw her running towards his direction, and she reached him soon enough.

If she'd been anybody else he would have said 'What the hell took you so long, you b.astard?', but instead he grinned at her lopsidedly, "Tha's me." The cold had gotten to his bones and stiffened them, so he could only awkwardly try to shuffle up, while attempting to hide the blood that soaked his pant leg. Neil gave her an awkward one armed hug, "Good of you to come." he said formally, feeling lightheaded as he lifted himself. The bloodloss made him giddy and he swayed for a moment before the world righted itself. "Right. Got any ummm extra pants? Or ummm bandages? Or...transportation?" he asked with a dry tongue, rubbing his eyes tiredly, and moving his hand back to cluch his wound.

"No, no. You hurried. That was good." he was quick to reassure her, "I'm fine. Just a scrape. It'd be good if we got to a medical um...facility, though." He didn't want to lean on her too much but he had to carry his weight somehow, and using his power was out of the question. Not when he'd lost this much blood. He'd tried that before...another close shave with death. Neil wasn't incredibly worried, though. After all, he was quite certain of when he was going to die, and it wasn't now. And it certainly wasn't because of this silly scrape. He fell into his carelessly free personality as soon as he was in the presence of somebody who cared about him, and he grinned at Jamie easily. It made him look young and reckless.

The wind sent the smell of the charred assassin's body their way and Neil's eyes flickered with an unidentified emotion. "Let's go. The authorities will find the body tomorrow." he said in a flat voice. This was especially one of the things he didn't like to expose Jamie and his chldren to. Death. And the fact that he caused it. They knew of course. They knew he had killed people. But they hadn't seen it first hand. And he didn't plan on letting them see it first hand. Especially not if it involved him. I'm not a monster. I just act like one. You can try to fool yourself with those words, chta, but you know the truth. Yeah. Whatever. Neil gave her another easy grin. "Right. Let's go."

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<sub>The salty ocean breeze flowed around her as she smiled in relief. That didn't last long though at the sight of blood and cuts and God knows what else he had all over him. She stood a moment, expression sad as she took him in and gave a concerned worried look. Her hair was short in an instant so when she helped him up he wouldn't pull the brown length. It curled lightly around her ears, golden eyes disapproving. He saw her, speaking to her and making her roll her eyes. She smiled, covering up her worried thoughts with a kind smiling mask. She knelt next to him, looking up from under long dark lashes.

"Of course I came you dolt. I wish you'd make me come more often. I hate being left in the dark and you know it. How long have we been friends now? Twelve years? God Neil.... Yeah, I always have a spare pair of pants in the trunk, got first aid kit right here, but I dont think it'll be enough for all of this..."

She spread her hands in a helpless manner, opening the first aid kit and focusing on getting out disinfectant, spritzing the wounds. That might sting a bit. She got out the swabs and gauze, looking at how she was going to wrap him up. Should she try the biggest wound or some of the smaller ones first? The biggest one. She went to work, wrapping him and trying to make the bleeding stop with her mind. Not that it would work. She was a shapeshifter, not a healer. Of course that didn't stop her from trying with all her might to will the blood to stay in him. She looked up at him again, sighing.

"Keep yourself sitting down so i can try to help. This is bad Neil! We can take you to the hospital after I've cleaned you up a little."

She pulled her back down into the sand, finishing one bandage and going on to the next. Gos he was so irresponsible sometimes! Why him? Well, she knew why him, but still! Why couldn't people ever leave him alone? Why couldn't he mind his own damn business? She frowned, concentraiting and finally looking up at him. She followed his eyes to a body. Great another one. Every damn time. He got up again and she looked up at him with serious eyes, as if wondering if it was worth caring about him so much. Always worrying her like this. That bastard. She frowned, getting up to help him along, adjusting her height so she was like a crutch, her arm wrapping around his waist. They had to go a little up the beach, but they made it to the parking lot and Jamie went to the trunk, leaving him to lean against the golden car.

"Pants... pants... pants...aha!!!"

She pulled out some jeans that would fit him, taking off her baggy sweater to reveal the new shirt, black V neck dropping to her inspiring cleavage that she adjusted now and then but was always stunning. She wrapped the sweater over his shoulders giving him a 'dont argue' kind of look and opened the door for him, slipping into the driver's seat.

"Do you know where the nearest medical facility is? I dont usually drive around these parts. I was just shopping. You're lucky I was so freaking close you idiot."

She looked behind her, pulling out when she was sure he was in the car. She looked at him breifly, hair growing slightly longer to sway across her jaw.</sub>

["Parker!"]

[...she's more irritable that she was in highschool. xDDD]

[Melodia]

[Omg Blue I saw this and thought the same thing! =D Like wtf how did you get it already?!]

["Parker!"]

[what's assassins creed?]

[raihnstar]

"And worry you to death?" Neil asked with a snort, and shook his head, "You don't need to know about any of the things I do. It's dangerous for you and for me. I know you hate finding out about these things later, but it's better if you don't know about them at all... I've enough to worry about without wondering if you're being murdered every day." He allready did that anyway, but somehow the threat seemed more real every time she got involved, like now. He had snapped at her beause the pain made him irritable. Any other man would have been moaning on the floor, but Neil had learned to deal with pain since an early age.

He wasn't ready for the disfinfectant all over his cuts and he sucked in breath quickly when she put it on their, and let out an odd tight grunt, panting in pain as they continued stinging painfully, "That wasn't necessary." he whined through barred teeth. She ordered him to sit down and she put two bandages on him, didn't have enough top put them on the other wounds that were located all around his body. "The man's power was glass..." he offered by way of explanation to the rest of the cut. The assassin had shattered a globe of glass right where Neil was standing before the mage had managed to fry him.

She looked over to the charred body and Neil winced visibly when she looked back at him with disapproving, "Don't..." he began quietly, "Don't look at me like that Jamie. I do what I have to." Wasn't it enough that he allready felt sick with guilt? Or did she have to rub salt into his mind. Shut up, Neil. You of all people deserve that sort of treatment. She made herself taller and Neil leaned on her lightly as she led the way to her car. She went around, leaving Neil to try and make hte world stop spinning. He barely managed it, and fumbled with his pants before managing to remove them. They made his cuts sting painfully and he let out another pained grunt. The bandage she'd used on the larger cut had allready gotten soaked. He removed it carefully, staring at the wound curiously. It was looking much worse in the light...foaming because of the hydrogen peroxide and bleading. "Haha. Creepy." Neil said with a soft chuckle, squeezing the blood out of the bandage and putting it back on hastily.

He put the pants on without a word when he was done, even though they quickly got splotches of rusty red all over them, they were dry and didn't have residues of salt water that made him cringe. Neil leaned his head on the sweater she gave him, feeling extremely dizzy and tired. "Am I?" he asked humorously, giving her another white toothed smile, "Right. Go down on maine street, take a right on King's, and keep going until you get to the hospital."

There was silence as they drove for awhile, and then Neil shifted, "I'm...sorry you had to come out here, Jamie." Jay bird, you didn't have to see this... He made a silent promise in his head not to call her hte next time, and wondered what he'd been thinking when he had in the first place. They nearly passed King's street and Neil jerked up, "Takearightakearightakearight!" he shouted, and winced as the car jerked around and banged him up a bit. "Listen...if uh...if anybody asks, you don't know what happened to me, allright? It's just a scrape, after all."

[raihnstar]

[I... didn't actually know there was a game called assassin's creed. I was looking for how to spell assassin, and assassin's creed came up and it just got stuck in my head and I wrote it as a title...XD]

["Parker!"]

[buaha...thats like so badass xDD totaly neil, yaknow? xDD]

[raihnstar]

[Neil's middle name is badass...XDDD ))

[ßlue]

<sub>Jamie nodded, a frown creasing her beautiful face as her eyes looked over at him. They were speeding down the streets and she made the turns where he said. What if they didn’t make it? Oh please God don’t let him pass out on her or something. If he died, what would she do? The kids, they all needed him. Everyone needed him. She looked back to the road, rolling her eyes. He was sorry she had come out. But she wanted to come. She wanted to always be there for him.

”No no, it’s okay. I’ll live, you know I’ve seen dead bodies before, I just… No, nothing is wrong, it is only a scrape. You know I’ll always be here if you need me Neil. You’re my best friend, and as friends it’s nice to be called in times of need, you know? If I was on the ground bleeding I’d want you to come…”

A smile spread across her face as she turned and grinned at him. Yep, this was Jamie, she didn’t worry, she was there to make everyone feel better. She was the one the kids ran to with problems and boo-boos and things. Their father helped too when he was around but Jamie was like a band-aid for any wound. She was trying to relieve his guilt. She knew she’d made him feel bad, so she smiled at him. It was true. If she was hurt, the only one she would ever wish to be there for her was Neil. The idiot didn’t know how in love with him she was. They were just friends. Yeah, sometimes they had sex and they slept in the same bed, but they were friends. She turned her eyes back to the road, slamming the brakes and skidding sideways around the corner to the right. She felt her heart do a belly flop as she burst out laughing. She looked back to him, eyes twinkling.

”It’s okay Hun, you know I won’t let you down. WOOO!!”

She slid the car again with almost professional skill into the hospital parking lot and parked, jumping out and helping him. She changed her looks again, long black hair, skin darkening to a soft chocolate brown, dark eyes watching over him as she grinned with flashingly white teeth. She closed the door and helped him inside.

”And of course, I don’t know what happened, I just happened to drive by and see you. My name is now Zoey Tafante.”

She put on a face of horror as a nurse saw her and she pretended to hobble while helping him. She looked like a strong black woman and she started off in a Jamaican accent.

”Oh deah! I was drivin down de road and I dunt know what could’a happened to ‘im…”

Her thumbs caressed his skin lightly as the nurse ran over to check out his injuries. She nodded, blonde pony tail bobbing.

”Of course, right this way…”

MJ headed them off to a room with a bed, helping the woman lay him down and promising to be right back. Jamie looked to Neil, grinning.

”I love lying…”</sub>

[raihnstar]

"If you were on the ground bleeding I'd be out there killing the bast.ard that did it." he told her with a grunt, holding on to conciousness and then feeling his stomach heave as she did another sharp turn. How could he have forgotten Jamie got psychotic whenever she was stressed?! He closed his eyes, and felt his forehead tense uncomfortably, but a soft smile was on his face as they arrived at the hospital. She changed again and started to help Neil out of the car.

"Right. Zoey. I like you Zoey. You're hot." he muttered in a half daze, nuzzling her neck and breathing in her scent, "You forgot to change how you smell...you still smell good. Last Jamaican woman I was with smelled like a.ss." he murmured into her ear, trying to make her laugh, as they walked into the hospital. The nurse ahead of them seemed rather stupid, and went on to check on some lady who had trouble breathing. They sat down and the flourecent lights shone down on both of them.

It made Neil look like a dead person. It made 'zoey' look like an angel. "Wish my skin did that in these f.ucking flourecent lights." he muttered giddily. He was getting blood all over the floor. A doctor who was talking to a patient caught sight of him and hurried over, "Good God, what happened?" the man asked, prying him away from Zoey, Neil shrugged.

"I fell down." he said as he began to get up, but the room spun out of control and he found himself on the floor, looking at shoes. The Doctor shook his head, "Ma'am, you've done Lordight a service." he said to the tall black woman. "I NEED A STRETCHER OVER HERE. And I want the nurse fired!" he snapped angrily. Three other nurses came and picked the now unconcious Neil up. The extent of the damage made the Doctor suck his breath in. Neil had little bits of glass embeded in his face, a few on his chest, and the big bloody wound on his leg that made him look like a zombie. "Go take him to the ER. I fell my a.ss..." he muttered, as they took the man away (his feet were hanging off the stretcher because he was so tall).

The Doctor turned back to the woman, " I'm Doctor Heinz, Neil Belosui's doctor... I'd like to thank you personally for what you've done, and ask you a few questions as well. Neil'll be out in about thirty minutes, if you could spare the time." he said, his eyes making it clear that the strange woman didn't really have an option. He led her into a private office and shut the door with a click. "Fill this form out please. We need to verify your identity. I'd also like to know where you found Neil."

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<sub>Jamie watched as she was pushed aside, Neil stumbling along and falling to the floor, worry spread through her now dark eyes and more people came and took him away. She watched after him, a small frown on her face, dark brows knit in a thoughtful way. He would be okay. She turned and the doctor came over to her. Neil's doctor? Okay. She could handle this. She nodded, looking troubled but trying to smile. She was an excellent actress. She loved what she did. She followed him into his office, looking at the paper he gave her and told her to fill out. She took a pen and started scribbling, looking up at the doctor a moment and then back to what she was doing, making up a good fake story.

Name: Zoey Tafante
DOB: 12/19/86
Patient: Neil ...

It took her a moment to remember Neil's last name and jotted that down, continuing on.

Incident: I found him by the side of the road, I dont know what happened. He was off the corner of King. I stopped, helped him up and into my car and drove him to the hospital.
Phone Number: [phone]
Cell Number: [phone]
Any other information: None...

Jamie looked up, handing back the paper. There was other stuff too, but she later on she only remembered the main thing she wrote down. The story. Just in case they'd need it later. If asked where she was she would tell them she had been on the way to pick up her kids. Janine, Yuli and Rorr would know it was her and what to do, they were all pretty good actors themselves, but wern't all little kids?</sub>