CH 40: Pazzi conspirators P2

CH 40:

(nobody's POV)

And so, the two got into action as Ali went after the gahba (whore) and Ezio went after the archers as the bitch just kept yapping around :"Citizens of San Gimignano, heed well my words!

You must repent! Repent and seek forgiveness! For your wicked ways have incurred the wrath of the demons!

Summoned by your sins, they now walks our world, cloaked in shadow and darkness! And everywhere they tread, DEATH FOLLOWS!

Why you ask? Because you have strayed and sacrificed your liberty to that wretch Lorenzo de' Medici.

You are puppets, enslaved by purse strings! Won over by poisonous words! You have lost your virtue. You have lost your dignity. You have lost your faith!

And this draws the demons in to feed. And feed they will. All whilst you wander lost in ignorance. Know that good men have died protecting you from evils.

Men who sought to save these lands, to purify them!Join me in prayer, my children so that together we might stand against this darkness!

Give ear, O heaven, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Let my teachings drop as the rain.

My speech distill as the dew. As raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. For I proclaim the name of the Lord; ascribe greatness to our God.

He is the rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

They have corrupted themselves; they are not His children, because of their blemish: a perverse and crooked generation.

Do you thus deal with LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?"

While the bastard kept going on and on about his bullshit, Ali had already taken care of the archers on the tower beside the one where Antonio was.

And now, he just took care of the archers guarding Antonio before he noticed him :"By the light of the LORD, be cleansed!"

But Ali just snorted with a smirk :"nah, I'm more clean that you or anyone like you will ever be, gahba (whore)!"

Ali was honestly interested in what this guy would yap about, so he just kept blocking his attacks as Antonio shouted :"I will put you on your knees, sinner!"

But Ali couldn't hold back his laughter as he blocked another swing of his sword :"you WOULD enjoy that, wouldn't ya?"

This guy really thought that he was in the right, cause he just kept yapping around :"beg for forgiveness!"

But Ali just snorted as he kept blocking his attacks as if they were child's play :"of who? The god that you think will reward you for your actions?!"

Antonio gritted his teeth as he kept swinging his sword in rage :"Give me strength, O Lord – that I might cast out this demon! It is not too late for you to turn away from evil! Repent, sinner! You may yet be forgiven! I do God's work! And it is good!"

Ali gritted his teeth as this playtime started to get on his nerve :"do you know one of the things that gets really on my fucking nerves?

It's people saying that they do something in god's name when it's just to satisfy their own fucking greed!"

At the end of his sentence, he swung his own sword and hit Antonio's sword away before he raised his foot and shouted with a demonic smirk :"This. Is. Sparta!!"

As he delivered a kick that let him feel Antonio's bones crushing under his feet, he sent the gahba (whore) flying back and down to the ground as his scream that was more painful to the ear than the screeches of the harpies sounded.

He snorted once his screamed finally came to an end and Ali jumped from the edge of the tower, performing a leap of faith.

After reaching the ground, Ali got out of the haystack as he saw Ezio running towards him :"Ali! Perché nel mondo dovresti buttarlo giù dal baratro (Why in the world would you kick him off the edge)?!"

Ali shrugged nonchalantly as he folded his arms in front of his chest and looked away :"quel bastardo mi dava davvero sui nervi, quindi l'ho fatto (the bastard really got on my nerves, so I just did that)."

Ezio looked at him with a variety of expressions as she looked like she wanted to say quite a few things, but she sighed in the end as she rubbed her temples :"Ali, you're not supposed to just kick people off the edge of a tower just because they made you angry. Where is your respect for the dead?"

He looked like he was a child throwing a tantrum now as he snorted :"his fault. Who told him to do one of the things that I hate?

Seriously, yapping all about how the people have sinned even though he himself was yelling it's because of them following Lorenzo.

He was literally exposing that he's mad because his enemy is getting supported by people, but was actually saying that they have sinned against god.

Even though I'm not a believer 'I worship the omniverse', the bullshit act really fucking pisses me off.

Seeing that it's really not the time to argue and she isn't able to convince him when he's like this, Ezio just sighed as she started walking :"qualunque cosa, facciamola finita (whatever, let's just get this over with).

He obviously didn't tell you anything since you kicked him off the tower, so let's see if he has a letter or something on him that can help us."

Ali snorted with a smirk of victory as he followed him to the other side of the tower to see the slightly crushed corpse of Antonio ok the ground.

Thankfully, no one was around since it was just a street. So the frowning Ezio tried to go to the corpse and search it.

But was stopped by Ali who put his hand on her shoulder :"no, no need to get your hands dirty. I will do it."

And so, he searched his body as he took out a slightly bloody, but mostly safe letter. As he rose to his feet, he walked back to Ezio as he opened the letter and read it out loud :"Maestro,

It's with fear in my heart that I write this letter. The prophet has arrived, I feel it. The birds don't act as they should, they swirl around the location.

I see them from my tower. I will not attend our meeting as asked. I can't expose myself like this, or the demons might find me. Forgive me, for I am only listening to my voice.

May the father of understanding guide you.

Guide me,

Brother A."

Ali closed the letter and put it inside his waist bag as he snorted :"so much for not exposing himself. The bastard was crying out loud like that in the middle of the day, what was he expecting?"

Ezio looked at him seriously :"we have already killed two of the men, but we still don't know where the meeting will be.

Where to next? Lead the way to uncle Mario's other men that are waiting for us so that we can take care of the rest."

Ali nodded as he led the way towards their next destination. After they reached a small village outside, Ali nodded towards the place as he looked at Ezio with a nonchalant look :"it's here. Let's look for uncle Mario's man now."

Ezio nodded as they walked in the night and heard a voice :"Over here, Ezio, Ali!" And snorted with a smirk as he shrugged :"Gus's that's our guy."

As they walked over to the mercenary who called out to them, he nodded at him :"yo, so what's the situation?"

The mercenary nodded back as he reported :"We've found Archbishop Salvati! He's barricaded himself inside that villa...

Take some of my men. Use them to clear the fields. Then find a way over the walls so you can open the gates."

Ezio gave a small chuckle as she shook her head in amusement :"Hmmm... Command over our own army? A nice change of pace from the usual sneaking and stabbing. I like it."

But Ali shook his head from side to side with pursed lips as he smiled :"I don't think calling a few people an army is appropriate.

Cause if that's the case, then wouldn't each of us be one man armies since we take down quite a number of guards each time?"

Ezio rolled her eyes as she gently hit Ali's side :"hmph, let me have some fun, won't you? Va bene prendere alla leggera la situazione per alleggerire l'atmosfera alcune volte (It's alright to make light of the situation to lighten up the mood some times)."

Ali shrugged as he nodded towards the villa while looking at the mercenaries :"va bene, preparati e usciamo (alright, get ready and let's head out)!"

As they moved out, Ali and Ezio commanded the mercenaries to distract the guards and take care of them as the two climbed over the walls and took care of the archers.

But Salviati noticed the two :"I see you there, Assassins!

These walls have stood for a hundred years and will stand for a hundred more!

Stop wasting the lives of your men!

Vattene! Vattene via! (Go away!)

All that awaits you here is death! Turn back!"

Ezio and Ali performed a double assassination on a group of guards before Ali shouted at Ezio as the guards came after them :"you open the gate, I will keep them busy!"

Salviati and his men came rushing at the two as Ezio opened the gate while Ali fought of the guards :"Men prepare yourself, the Assassins have arrived!"

As the mercenaries also rushed inside and an all out battle started between the two groups, Ali fought the guards while Ezio fought the axe wielding Salviati who yelled :"I warned you to stay away, Assassins! You should have listened!! You're finished, Assassins! Do you hear me?! Finished!"

Ali snorted as he unleashed his hidden blade in his left hand and raised it before piercing one of the guards throat, killing him.

Ezio dodged the swing of Salviati's axe as she said disdainfully :"You Templars, always singing the same song..."

As she fought the skillful Templar, he shouted smugly :"Do you think a few mercenari (mercenaries) scare me? Hah!"

Ezio :"they should."

Salviati :"Shall I send your remains to that ubriacone (drunkard), Mario? Hah! What's the point? There won't be anything left of you to recognize!"

Ezio :"It's quite a plan you have: Spouting nonsense while you send these other men to die."

Salviati :"I am a reasonable man. What say you to this: turn back now and I'll call off my men."

Ezio :"Sorry, friend. You are on our list. Your fate is sealed."

Salviati :"Tear them limb from limb! Let us paint the walls with their blood!"

But Ali snorted as he tilted his head and looked at him with a smug smirk :"who is supposed to do that? The dead men on the ground?"

Salviati finally took notice of his surroundings as he looked around to see his men dead, or in his word, torn limb from limb by Ali's sharp blade :"What is this?! Guards! To me!"

But Ezio took advantage of his moment of distraction and stabbed him from the back. As the air left him from the sudden action, Ezio gently laid him on the ground as she asked :"Where is Jacopo?"

Salviati weakly let out :"He knows you come for him... emerging only in darkness to meet with the others..."

Ezio gently shook his body to keep the gahba (whore) awake as she asked again :"That answers when... Now tell me where?"

But the life left his body as he died in her arms :"La fede dovrebbe dare conforto, non pena (Faith should bring comfort, not pain) Requiescat in Pace (Rest in peace)."