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Crossed times 5 - Recon

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Chapter 5- Reconnaissance

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Ever since the incident with Altair's weapons, the younger man had been more at ease and seemed more relaxed now that every time Alex went out on reconnaissance; he would allow Altiar to accompany him (Much to Dana's surprise; after all it was odd that Alex was trusting the other enough to actually 'hang out' with him after all supposed 'dislike' Alex had had against the other) and would jump from building to building carrying the younger assassin.

The mental image alone about this scene was comical enough but imagine Altair's frightened face the first few times Alex jumped around with the man in his arms and it gets downright hilarious. Altiar had known of course, that Alex wasn't human and other than changing his hands into claws he didn't know the full extent of the others abilities but it seemed jumping really fucking high was to be added to that list.

Once Altair got used to Alex's way of getting around he relaxed and even started to enjoy this alternative method, of course this way meant that more than once, Alex got spotted by an Apache helicopter who would open fire on them.

The first time this happened was about two weeks after Alex had allowed Altiar to come out on Recon, in search of hunters with him; so far on their watches there had been no hunters, much to Altair's disappointment who, even though the creatures sounded horrid, he still wanted to see one; it was just the sort of man Altiar was; he wanted to see things for himself.

The Helicopter itself had probably just being doing the rounds around the quarantined city when it spotted Alex.

Altiar called the helicopter a demon and did the most logical thing; run and fucking hide; how was he to know it wasn't a demon but actually a machine? (Not until Alex explained it to him later anyway) Alex dispatched of it rather easily though as he tore off a large fuse box and threw it at the helicopter downing it almost instantly.

"W-what the...what was that!?" Altair asked wide eyed; he wasn't shocked at Alex displays of brute strength; no, he was used to that already but helicopters? He wasn't used to them at all. "W-what on Allah's green earth was that!" He yelled as the Helicopter caught on fire as he fell to the ground like as tone.

"That was trouble, we need to keep moving" Alex said with a dark frown as  he grabbed Altair and pulled him to him pressing their bodies close together as he jumped off the building landing in an alleyway "Stay here I'll deal with the military"

Altiar frowned at that; he didn't like the idea of Alex just dealing with all those people on his own "I want to help" He protested as he made to follow the other

"You'll get in the way!" Alex snapped as he turned on him his blue eyes flashing angrily at him "Your fancy blade cannot stop bullets! Now stay here!" He growled before he ran off before Altair could protest.

The others words stung at Altair's pride; true these bullet things seemed unstoppable but Altair wasn't completely defenceless; he was a trained killer for Allah's sake! Altiar growled softly and resisted the urge to go after the other, instead he did as he was told and waited, much to his annoyance.

Altiar must have been there no longer than a few minutes when he heard a faint growling to the left of him; he turned slowly his whole body tensed the hairs on the back of his neck pricking up in anticipation as he saw; there in the shadows was a large monster, it was crouching on all fours and almost filled up all the space in the alleyway, even on all fours it was almost as tall as Altiar was and its muscle mass was huge; it had rows of razor sharp teeth and deadly looking claws; its skin had a purple/pink tinge to it.

The Hunter looked hungry and Altiar was in the menu.

Altiar glared, so this was the Hunter that Dana and Alex had warned him about? He thought the creature would have more teeth and claws but he supposed he should he lucky the monster had weak spots he could exploit; even so he knew he had to be careful; these things could infect him and turn him into an infected human if he wasn't careful, he didn't risk trying to run, he knew this creature was probably faster than him despite its size "...Lets play" He growled; there was only one way out of this; fight and win.

The Hunter let out a blood curdling roar, before it charged down the alleyway at Altiar, hoping to knock him to the floor; Altiar jump up  a garbage dumpster before he jumped up, over the Creatures charge; his hidden blade flicked out on one hand his dagger on the other hand; he thrust his dagger down into the Hunters back avoiding the putrid blood as it sprayed everywhere.

The hunter roared in pain and  tried to shake Altair off, but there wasn't any room in the alleyway for him to try and shake the assassin off its back, Altiar sliced through the Creatures back attacking its spine before he staggered his way to the creatures head.

Using his hidden blade he stabbed it into the creatures shoulder in order to keep a grip on the creatures back as he stabbed the Hunter in the eyes twice, effectively blinding it.

Altair grunted as the Hunter shook his head wildly and buckling, before it managed to shake him off, the assassin rolled on the floor grimacing at the filth that collected on his cloths and got back on all fours as he switched his dagger for his long sword he didn't hesitate to run forwards and stab the Hunter from under his chin and through his brain.

The Hunter let out a chocked sound before its large body slumped to the floor; grimacing Altiar pulled his blade out of the monsters flesh and took time to wipe his blade clean before he sheathed it; even though he was wearing modern cloths he still carried his weapons around., most of them ere hidden under the hoodie but his dagger and long sword were in plain view though as long as he didn't pull them out in the open he should be safe.

"Demon" Altiar spat softly; like he;d ever let such a vile creature  eat him! He was tempted to behead the creature, just in case, but he didn't get the chance to, as Alex landed behind him, obviously finished with dispatching the military.

Alex blinked at the dead hunter; he was...well surprised at a loss for other words; he never imagined Altiar would be able to kill a Hunter; he;d only been gone 5 minutes tops and he'd killed a hunter and he didn't even have a scratch on him. "Did you-"

"Yes" Altiar bit "I am not incompetent" He said softly his yellow eyes burned in anger "Don;t treat me as such, I am more then capable of handling myself"

"..." Alex  had never seen Altiar angry sure the man had been irritated at times but he was mostly level headed and far more calm that Alex could ever be, but to see him actually angry was unnerving and the older man would be lying if he didn't admit that the others glare made him feel just a little ashamed of himself for just brushing Altair aside and thinking him an inconvenience.

"I..." Alex broke off, not sure what to say to that; he hadn't intentionally meant to insult the others abilities and skills, he actually...had wanted to protect him; though for the life of him he didn't understand the urge to protect the assassin; Dana he could understand, she was Alex's sister but Altair? A stranger he barely knew? And seen as he had wanted rid of Altiar from the beginning it just didn't make sense this new urge to protect the other.

The older man felt the virus ripple again; as it had been around Altair for the past month; he was confused; what did it mean? Was Altiar a threat? Was the virus trying to warn him? He didn't understand at all what it meant and it was starting to bother him, so he made a mental not to speak to Ragland about it later.

He heard familiar footsteps of soldiers and before Altair could protest further, Alex had dragged the other behind a large dumpster forcing Altair to crouch down; Alex place a hand against the dirty wall as he crouched with Altiar, his body blocked Altair from view in an almost protective fashion.

The younger assassin swallowed as he felt Alex warm breath on his face; they were inches away from each other; he knew Alex had never been one for being in close proximity to people so he was surprised at how close Alex was right now. "..." He didn't know what to say or really what was going on until he heard a solider  yell about there being a dead hunter and that it seems  'Zeus' had finished it off but hadn't had time to consume it. It seems they hadn't noticed that the wound marks looked nothing like the destruction Alex usually left behind, the cuts were precise and had been quickly executed, unlike Alex who charge in sword arm or claws blazing and attacked until eh was the only one left standing.

"He cant be far from here I doubt that son of a bitch would hang around, take this body to the incinerator and keep a look out for the target" A man, obviously the commanding officer ordered, several men dragged the hunters body away and they were left in silence.

"..." Altair relaxed a little when the soldiers had gone, glad they hadn't tried to look behind the dumpster, it seems they were more focused on disposing of the Hunter body Altair had left behind than anything else. The assassin realized, after a moment that Alex had not pulled away from him, he hadn't moved at all in face and was starting at him intensely for some reason.

"...Alex?" He questioned unsure of what he was getting such a piercing gaze from the other man and he began to feel uncomfortable with the close proximity they were faces and bodies were.

Then Alex blinked and pulled back standing quickly; whatever had happened a moment ago was long gone "We should get going the army will be out looking for me again" He said stiffly; Altiar could tell Alex was very tense for some reason, and the man wouldn't look him in the eye. "Get up, then we can go"

Altair almost winced at the cold tone in Alex's voice and wondered faintly if he'd done something wrong; Even though Alex was still reluctant to have Altiar round he seemed to have warmed to him a little over the past week, but now it was like they had just met all over again, and frankly Altiar was a little disappointed.

Slowly Altair got to his feet and followed Alex out of the alleyway, for some reason they were walking home instead of using Alex's usual method of jumping from building to building, but he decided not to complain as they blended in with the crowds (Altair had to take his hoodie off when they rejoined the crowds seen as it was covered in hunter blood and tied it around his waist inside out instead)and made their way home.

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When they arrived back at the apartment it was pretty dark, the sun having set about an hour before they had returned; Altiar smiled and greeted Dana as he usually did, but Alex didn't even greet his sister as he made a beeline for his room and slammed the door shut, locking it soon after that.

"Uh...what happened between you two, did you guys fight or something?" Dana asked with a raised eyebrow as she looked between Altair and her brothers looked bedroom door; he brother was either pissed about something or he had something major on his mind.

"I...have no idea" Altiar admitted with a sigh and a shake of his head "He's been in a...strange mood today, I fear I might have upset him" He said as he headed into the kitchen to make himself some coffee.

"Upset him how?" Dana asked as she followed though she decided to rummage in the fridge fro a pot of yoghurt. Altiar explained the little argument he and Alex had had before he sighed "I was angry, it felt like he was claiming I was weak...true I cant stop these...bullets, but I took a hunter down by myself...I have my pride Dana" He said softly as he sipped at his coffee, Ahhh sweet sweet caffeine.

Dana shrugged at that before she chuckled softly dipping her spoon into her yoghurt before taking a spoonful before she spoke " I'll bet, he probably said those words to you, because he doesn't want to admit he wants to keep you safe" She teased softly.

"I thought he didn't like me?" Altiar said surprised at this; Alex sure acted lik Altair was a hindrance most of the time. Dana chuckled at that "Well, that's Alex for you, what he says and what he does are two different things, always has been always will be, you have to learn to look between the lines with my brother"

"Look between the lines..." Altar murmured softly to himself as he slipped deep into thought.

Dance smiled softly and slugged Altair's arm (The one that wasn't holding the coffee) in a playful manner "Don;t worry about it, once you've lived here long enough you'll start to understand the complex language that is Alex Mercer" She said with a grin before she left with her chilled desert, the spoon in her mouth as she headed back to the computer.

Altiar frowned a little; not a lot made sense to him right now but soon, he hoped that it would.

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DONE! WHOOOO Two chapters done in less than a week? By god it must be a miricale! Hope you enjoy!

Jade x
Two chapters in one week!? Wow Im really on a roll now huh? XD Hope you guys enjoy this cause I did!

Oh Alex you confused sociopathi bastard :love: *Pets him*

Hope you guys enjoy!

Jade

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In end, it's Dance. O srsly? Change it Dana. XD