Assassin Initiate

Mom, seeing as I came back, just directly hugged me. I was stunned but hugged her back.

We stayed like this for sometime. After which, she stopped hugging me and looked at me. I was taller than her so she had to look up to me. She then placed her hand on my cheek and gently c.a.r.e.s.sed it.

"Welcome back." she said gently and pulled me inside.

Stepping inside the door, my eyes turned towards T.V, an old 42 in. led mounted on wall. It was currently displaying news about the morning blast at Abstergo. Mom must have been worrying, since I came late from usual time, and my phone was switched off.

"Come, dinner is ready. Let's eat. Your sister has also not eaten, I guess she must be worried about you too."

Mom said while arranging plates on dining table in the kitchen which was further back in.

"Go, call your sister, she went to the roof." she said while continuing her arranging.

"Ok."

Saying so, I went outside and started walking upstairs.

After reaching the roof, I saw my sister, looking towards the city. As it is currently August month, the sky was cloudy, with no stars in sight. Following the gaze of my sister, I saw the building of Abstergo co. . It is visible from this far because it is the tallest building in the whole city.

She must be thinking about the accident. Thinking about it, I started walking towards her.

"Hey, Minu, the dinner is ready. Mom is callin....pff!" This girl, didn't even let me finish and just jumped on me. As my balance went off, I fell while hugging her.

"Ouch...Hey!! don't just jump like tha..."

*sniff* *sniff*

As I wanted to scold her more, I heard her crying, and felt my c.h.e.s.t get wet. Sigh, let's just calm her down first.

*pat* *pat*

"Hey now, calm down. I'm here. Everything's fine."

After some coaxing, she stopped crying.

"Hey, get up now. The roof's cold, I don't want to catch cold." Lying on roof is really not a good idea.

"Yeah."

After getting up,

"You know, I was worried about. After getting home and watching the news about terrorist attack on Abstergo." A terrorist attack?? I guess they must have explained it like this to media.

"I got scared when I thought you would leave us like Dad."

"Shhhh, don't worry. I won't go anywhere. Now, let's go down, mom is waiting for us downstairs."

We went downstairs. When we went inside, mom was waiting at the dining table in kitchen. The T.V. was switched off. Guess mom is not interested in news anymore now that I'm back.

"Come on, or the food will get cold." Mom urged us siblings.

""Coming.""

The dinner consists simple dal, chapatti, rice, and cooked vegetables. We started eating quietly.

The table was for four people, so one seat was empty.

My mum was on my left side. Her name, Jenna Bourne. It is due to her my name also starts with J. Apparently Mom and Dad had a fight over naming me, mom came out as the winner. She was a woman in her mid 50s, a head with black hair, mixed with white here and there. Mom was quite short in height when compared to me. Me?? I'm 6'1 ft. Mum is quite chubby, but not enough to get called fat. Average face but always having that gentle aura around her. My mother used to work at a nearby supermarket, but left her job after my persuasion on getting my job. After Dad's death, it was her, who supported whole family. Now, she is a full-time homemaker.

My sister is on my right side. Her name, Millian Bourne a.k.a 'Minu'. Although it's only mum and me who calls her like that. How should I describe her. Hmm.....she's perfect if I say so myself. Beautiful, hard-worker, caring. Her hair, waist long, tied in a ponytail, different from her usual braided one. One of the top students of her batch. Currently in her final year of her high school. It was her who used to take care of our home when mom was working.

After eating for some time, I remembered,

"Hey, I need to tell you guys something."

"What?" Minu asked. Mom also stopped eating and was looking at me. I continued,

"I've decided to resign. I felt insecure after today's blasts and also I've already found another job. So, don't worry."

"Where did you find another job this quickly? Did you had it all planned and were waiting for a right time?" Minu asked after hearing me.

"No, I had no plans about resigning. And the one who gave me the job is...a friend. It was due to her that today I was safe. She took me to her place when we escaped because it was near the company."

""She?"" they both had shocked expressions.

"Who is she?" "Has Spring finally came for my brother?" they asked at the same time.

"She is the friend who I was talking about and could be considered my superior. And NO I've no interest in her." Hells, I don't dare to try anything on that woman.

"Anyway, its good you are resigning. I was worried when I couldn't contact you after watching that on news." Mum said

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After finishing dinner, I went upstairs and directly went towards my room. The layout is same as the 2nd floor. Being 2BHK, with kitchen at the back, and having a room adjacent to it. The way to both areas goes from hall. My room is the room adjacent to hall. The kitchen on this floor is not used and left empty. The room adjacent to it is the Guest room. Only I sleep on this floor as mum and sister sleep downstairs. My room, nothing unique. With blue being the main theme for paint and white being secondary, it is the most common layout. Taking out a comfortable pair of clothes from the wardrobe, I changed into them and lay on a single bed in room. My bed. My head started to think about all the events happened throughout the day, but most important was,

"....You are history's first...It's like you just popped out of nowhere."

"If it's like this, then who am I??"

Well it's not like somebody will answer it for me.

While thinking of this, I somehow fell asleep.

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The next morning, I had my breakfast leisurely as I was not in hurry to go to the company. After breakfast, I watched some news, did some yoga. How nice... but,

"Don't you have to go to the company to resign. Hurry up and don't waste anymore time, or you will leave a bad impression in front of the company." Who cares about those Templars anyways, but how could I say it to mom. So I had to go to Abstergo.

Currently I'm in a city bus which will take me to the city center. After which a 5-min walk.

After reaching the company, I directly went to my department head to discuss about the resignation.

Although the company was still in a mess, being a big corporation, it can't afford to get shut down even for a day. Due to this, leaving few people, the upper echelons of company still came to work.

After an hour of discussion, I was successful. Although I still have to work a week here for the completion of my resignation formally because my contract will expire that time.

When I was thinking these things, suddenly,

*BOOM* *BOOM*

Two blasts were heard from downstairs

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

followed by more.

Why does this gives me a deja vu??